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West Liberty University cordially invites female and male wrestling teams to our holiday classic December 21st (male) and December 23rd (female). Compete against teams from multiple states on a college campus with a finals presentation and experience unlike any other high school tournament. We welcome teams for the female division as well individual entries. Contact Coach Irwin to reserve your spot today! SAVE THE DATE xmas tournament (1).docx

Date: 12/04/2023 Entity: IndianaMat Type: Dual Ranking Class: 4A 1. Crown Point 2. Brownsburg 3. Center Grove 4. Perry Meridian 5. Avon 6. Penn 7. Evansville Mater Dei 8. Warren Central 9. Indianapolis Cathedral 10. Carmel View full team ranking

Anyone else mind boggled over this one occurring. There were rumors the last few days, but it still unexpected considering a prestigious alumni like Colman Scott with a solid coaching record quite a decent head coaching job to take the heir apparent role under Smith all this season. And now he’s passed by even if it was for Taylor. I feel bad for Scott if he didn’t do anything that blatantly made the school consider rejecting him prior to Taylor’s interest. Someone in the search process at OK St. clearly was looking for the magic (pun intended) beans that may knock Penn State down a peg. It would be safe to say this pretty much signals an end to Taylor’s international career. Who does Taylor bring in as assistance that can start chipping away at Penn State’s recruiting and training dominance. Does Taylor retain at least one OK St. legacy coach to help retain current top commits? Who may he grab from the recruiting or transfer pool over Penn State? Where do the rest of OK St. staff likely end up? So many questions and answers are not coming quick enough.

Here are the Team State Leaderboards through Sectional. I wrote in another thread. Two of us that do a lot of this are traveling and we're behind. About half of these scores have only been tallied by one person and have not been cross-checked for correctness. We will be much more "official" after regional. Also, these enrollment numbers are Department of Education numbers. They will remain unofficial until state finals weekend. If the IHSAA does its biannual enrollment/classification release by the state finals, we will use that data instead. If not, these numbers will stand because we are at the end of the 2-year cycle, and we want to use up-to-date data. Remember, in 1A these scores already matter very significantly because it's much tougher to score from here on out in that class. In 2A, scores mean something now, but teams with many kids left can still make big jumps. Scores after sectional for 4A and 3A mean virtually nothing. You need most of your team to semi-state to get one of the automatic 8 spots in 3A, and you need most of your team to the ticket round and state for one of the 6 auto bids in 4A. Here's a file with a Leaderboard tab and a Classification/Enrollment tab: Team State Classification & Leaderboard 2024.xlsx Or, you can simply click a few times to zoom in this image on most formats and the leaderboards and enrollment numbers are both there.

Congratulations to the NWCA Head Coach of the Year and Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year for boys Wrestling! Head Coach of the Year: Cody LeCount of Delta High School. Coach LeCount led the Eagles to an outstanding dual meet season, a dominant Hoosier Heritage Conference championship, a State Dual Meet championship and a 10th place finish at the IHSAA State Championships in Evansville. The Eagles has three place winners for the former Perry Meridian state champion. Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year: Brownsburg High School. Kyles Ayersman, Brian Smiley, Alex Skipper, Brandon Gay, Chris Doty, Drew Krietzer, Eric Lynn and Rick Tompson. The Bulldogs captured the IHSAA state title after a 13-1 dual meet season, a runner-up finish in the IHSWCA Dual Meet Championships, Conference, Sectional, Regional and Semi-State team titles and a national ranking of 18th. The program has produced at least one state champion for the last 10 years. Congratulations to Coach LeCount and the Brownsburg assistant coaching staff. They are now under consideration for NWCA Section 4 recognition as part of the national coaching awards for the NWCA. Dave Cloud-Indiana Rep NWCA

Coldwater (OH) High School is located on the Indiana / Ohio border approximately 30 minutes from Jay County, IN. We are hosting 3 separate wrestling camps this spring / summer: Saturday May 4th - Remy Cotton - Michigan State University Saturday June 15th - Pablo Castro IV and Blake Schaffer - Kent State University Friday June 28th - Gavin Bell - The Ohio State University Cost is $20 per camp or sign up for all three camps and cost is $50. More information is posted below. https://coldwater.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

Rumor is that Roger Goodell wants to move the super bowl to presidents day weekend. This has been the same weekend as the state finals. Dear Indianapolis, DO NOT HOST THE SUPERBOWL. Also this makes for a very eventful weekend. Thoughts?

Mason Parris, Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle all make the U.S. Olympic team. Great job gentleman and ladies. A few other Indiana natives also has a solid showing at the Olympic trials.

Alrighty, I've waited all season for this, let's hear your predictions! I'll start, all in particular order. 106: Boyd, Moore, Ocampo, Fleshman Moore is looking really strong this year, I think he'll get Ocampo in a rematch! I am also gonna go out and say that Mora from Oak Hill may have a shot against Fleshman. 113: Bollinger, May, Salazar, Cooper May and Johns in the ticket round is gonna be a total barn-burner, and I'm excited to see a rematch between Bollinger and May! Not to mention that Hinkel and McIntyre are getting a rematch after a controversial call in the first round last year! 120: Korrect, Tishner, Raber, Douglas Tishner and Korrect tore the house down in the regional finals, with some close calls that could have sealed the deal for the match. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Korrect gets Tishner in a rematch. 126: Mosier, Rowles, Waldon, Love 132: Fielden, Lisner, Bradley, Stuffel 138: Wood, Carter, Dews, Chambers 144: Invested 150: Hagewood, Tuesch, Galvin, Jett Tuesch and Riddle in the ticket round, ouch. They are currently 1-1 against each other, I'm curious as to what may be the deciding factor here. Elkins and Galvin is also going to be interesting, I wouldn't be surprised to see this match go either way. 157: Betz, Warnock, Davis, Russell 165: Invested 175: Leech, Farnell, Russell, Detwiler Farnell is on a hot streak here, him and Russell are going to have a close match! 190: Cressell, Blair, Daring, Currie 215: Hinton, Henke, Martin, Duffy I'm curious about how Martin will do against Hinton. A decision against the returning state champ from Crown Point is something that can't be ignored. 285: Hartleroad, Cruz, Coolman, Hillman-Conley Lots of barn-burners in the ticket round here! Hillman-Conley and Dodson will be good, and Wurm vs Hartleroad may be close as well. Now remember, these are just PREDICTIONS! Hopefully no generic pot-stirrers get upset because I don't have their favorites making it out. I'm pumped to see who makes it out of these brackets!

We are hosting our team camp for the first time this summer! We are hoping to bring in new clinicians every year and continue to grow this camp into something special! This year we have 2 Indiana Legends coming in to do technique and drills for the first 2 days each day we will finish up with a team challenge or game! The last day of camp will consist of team duals!!

Does anyone know anybody that has any 1976 state finals on film? I’m looking for my dad to see if I can find any of his matches. Any help is appreciated!

Warrior RTC - US Open & Freestyle State Prep Camp feat. Jonathan Kervin & Cooper Samuels Sunday April 21 COME LEARN FROM THE BEST! Jonathan Kervin is the 2024 NAIA National Champion at 165 lbs for Indiana Tech and was the 2020 IHSAA State Champion at 152 lbs. Cooper Samuels is a 2x IHSAA State Champion, wrestled at the D1 level, and has had a very successful coaching career at Floyd Central HS and Invicta Wrestling Academy. Session 1 10:00am-11:30am Technique and Drilling Lunch Break (Bring Your Own Lunch & Water Bottle) Session 2 12:30pm-2:00pm Technique and Drilling Session 3 2:30pm-3:30pm Live Session How to Register: Contact Coach McClurg text 317.501.8306 or email info@warriorrtc.com Name, Grade, Weight, School Cost - $75 (cash, check, card) Sibling and Team Discount Rates Available. 377 E Tillman Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46807 Camp Flyer Samuels & Kervin Camp Flyer.pdf

Mendez over McKenna 8-2

Indiana Outlaws Wrestling Club is taking teams to NHSCA National Duals May 25-27th in Virginia Beach, VA. We have multiple teams going and we are looking to fill in the rest of our teams. We have the following weight classes still open: Elementary (1 lb allowance): 56, 65, 100, 120, 150 Middle School (2 lb allowance): 80, 135, 165, 180, 230 High School (3 lb allowance): 113, 126, 182, 195, 220, 285 Girls HS (3 lb allowance): 114, 145 Reach out or tag anyone who might be interested in joining us! Breyden Bailey 269-364-0988

looking forward to the Pride of the Eastside coming to Franklin and bringing some fellas. Great night to scrap and learn from this young kiddo with a bright future ahead him. bring some teammates wrestling community. Great night ahead.

Coldwater (OH) High School is located on the Indiana / Ohio border approximately 30 minutes from Jay County, IN. We are hosting 3 separate wrestling camps this spring / summer: Saturday May 4th - Remy Cotton - Michigan State University Saturday June 15th - Pablo Castro IV and Blake Schaffer - Kent State University Friday June 28th - Gavin Bell - The Ohio State University Cost is $20 per camp or sign up for all three camps and cost is $50. More information is posted below. https://coldwater.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

Coldwater (OH) High School is located on the Indiana / Ohio border approximately 30 minutes from Jay County, IN. We are hosting 3 separate wrestling camps this spring / summer: Saturday May 4th - Remy Cotton - Michigan State University Saturday June 15th - Pablo Castro IV and Blake Schaffer - Kent State University Friday June 28th - Gavin Bell - The Ohio State University Cost is $20 per camp or sign up for all three camps and cost is $50. More information is posted below. https://coldwater.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

Topic #4A: Injured or ineligible Q: Are good wrestlers that are injured or procedurally ineligible factored in to the scoring process? --Yes, if a 4A, 3A, or 2A underclassman reached at least semi-state last year and misses the state tournament series this year due to injury or due to being procedurally ineligible (i.e. transfer rules), their previous year's score is factored into their team's score for this year. The same is true in 1A for any underclassman that reached at least regional last year. Q: Why aren't additional injuries considered? --Unfortunately, injuries are a part of wrestling and the qualification process involves some luck. It would be impossible to consider all injury situations and this is where the committee has voted to draw the line so that there is a balance between genuine competition and the predictive scoring process. Topic #4B: "Those scores don't seem fair" (responses to questions about perplexing scores during the qualification process) Q: Why does an average level team have a similar score to a top-level team after sectional or regional? --All that is measured after sectional is placement in the top 6 and qualification for regional. There is no difference between a sectional 4th place guy and a sectional 1st place guy at this point. Plus, recall that underclassmen score more than seniors. Also, in 4A and 3A specifically, the biggest scoring doesn't happen for top teams until semi-state. For these reasons, a lesser team with many underclassmen advancing to regional can have a score in line with top teams the first week or two of the tournament. Q: At what point in the individual tournament series do the qualifying scores become meaningful? --In 1A, scores are quite meaningful after sectional already. There will be some further shuffling after regional, but contenders will have already put themselves in position. Positions will then be mostly decided after regional in 1A. --In 2A, scores are somewhat meaningful after sectional, much more meaningful after regional, and further finalized after semi-state. --In 3A and 4A, scores are largely meaningless after sectional. The list of contenders will be clearer after regional. However, the biggest weekend in these classes is not until semi-state. We won't really know the cream of the crop until then. Q: Why does a team that we beat during the season have a higher score than my team? (several possible answers) --It may be too early in the state tournament series to fairly evaluate scores (see previous 2 questions' answers). --The team you beat during the season may have more underclassmen coming back and their tournament performance suggests they are expected to be better than you next year. If a team is at a similar level to you this year and has 3 or 4 more starters returning than you, there is a high probability they will be better than you next year and the qualifying scores should reflect that. --THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS IS A COMPETITION. Just as during the season, you have to earn the points you get. Upsets, injuries, underperformance, and bad draws can all have a negative impact, while a strong performance can slot you higher than people might expect.

Here is the final Team State qualification leaderboard for 2024. Teams highlighted have earned automatic bids into the event next year. That's the 3 best semi-state winners plus the next 3 best scores in 4A and all 4 semi-state winners plus the next 4 best scores in 1A, 2A, and 3A. (Note: The final 2A spot came down to the 3rd tiebreaker (most underclass ticket rounders) after points, most underclassmen, and most underclass state qualifiers were equal.) The final 2 berths in 4A and the final 4 berths in 1A, 2A, and 3A will be voted on in December. Teams with a star (*) next to their school name had injury points added in. File with all 4 weeks' updates plus enrollment and classification numbers: Team State Classification & Leaderboard 2024.xlsx Image of the final leaderboard (click on it multiple times to zoom in):

Is the only option to weigh-in for ISWA freestyle state on Friday night? No potential Saturday morning weigh-ins? We're starting to work on kids doing a freestyle season, but most of them also run track, and that Friday night is the ACAC conference track meet. I'm thinking they just may be screwed for doing state.

Here is the Team State qualification leaderboard through Semi-State. Classification assignments are now finalized. The IHSAA released its data and the only changes were South Bend Adams moving up to 4A and Decatur Central dropping to 3A. Only a few points are available at state, but there's still some drama for the 6th spot in 4A and the 8th spot in 2A and 1A. (6 automatic wildcards in 4A, 8 automatic in the other three classes). DON'T FORGET: Send your injury or transfer info by Thursday at the latest. Page 6 of this doc gives instructions: IHSWCA Team State Duals Qualification Procedures 2024.pdf Here's the full Leaderboard and classification data: Team State Classification & Leaderboard 2024.xlsx * = injury or transfer data added in Or click here a few times to zoom in:

Chatard is down to host wildcard weekend again to help teams make a case for team state vote in. Its looking like we auto qualified, but will still host to help give teams the opportunity. Last year we had some solid 1a & 2a school. (I won’t take all the credit but Faith Christian came and wound up getting a vote in.) 10 teams. 2 pools. 4 matches then crossover for placement. nspangle@bishopchatard.org if you’re interested. 12/14/2024 Teams that are in: Switzerland County Owen Valley Griffith Purdue Polytechnic- Englewood

The deadline to accept invitations has passed, so I am filling teams with people who I've contacted or ones that have contacted me. I went through and contacted all seniors who qualified for state and then went to semi-states ticket rounders. If I did not hear back within a reasonable time, I went to next wrestler. We are still looking for 113 and 120. 106: Mason Jones - Lake Central (Accepted) Gold Brady Byrd- Washington (Accepted) Blue 113: Jalen Sawyer- Kokomo (Accepted)Gold Logan Schnarr- Cascade (Accepted) Blue 120: Cameron Fogle-- Southridge (Accepted) Gold Brandon Didat-- Floyd Central (Accepted) Blue 126: Luke Rioux -- Avon (accepted) Gold Josiah Dedeaux -- Terre Haute South (accepted) Blue 132: Tye Linser Western (accepted) Gold Isaac Kuhn-- Hamilton Heights (accepted) Blue 138: Tony Wood-- Jay County (accepted) Gold Gavyn Whitehead -- New Castle (accepted) Blue 144: Colt Bollenbacher-- South Adams (accepted) Gold Griffin Sanders -- Mooresville (accepted) Blue 150: Christopher Bohn-- Munster (accepted) Gold Carson Fettig -- Hamilton Heights (accepted)Blue 157: Mitchell Betz-- Western (accepted) Gold 165: Duke Myers-- Bellmont (accepted) Gold Jesse Derringer -- Brownsburg (accepted) Blue 175: Chase Leech-- Garrett (accepted) Gold Bray Emerine -- Floyde Central (accepted) Blue 190: Elias Cressell-- Wabash (accepted) Gold Collin Casad -- Terre Haute South (accepted) Blue 215: Brandon Johnson Lawrence North (accepted) Gold Keegan Marting - Bellmont (accepted) Blue 285: Oluwagbe Orisadare -- Avon (accepted) Gold Tyler Schott -- Center Grove (accepted) Blue I attached all the information you'll need to know. Girls Roster Committed so far: 100 Kyleigh Honaker -- East Noble 105 Jacki Shackleford -- Ft Wayne Northside 110 Kylie Smith-Foster -- Greenfield Central 115 Tola Aluka -- Ben Davis 120 Sophia Buechner Terre Haute North 125 Rose Kaplan West Lafayette 130 Kyra Tomlison Noblesville 135 Alexes Spaulding -- Columbia City 140 Kaylea Beauchamp Jeffersonville 145 Josie Hause Monrovia 155 Leila Thomas Whiteland 170 Jaiah ONeal Brownsburg 190 Michela Clifford -- Columbia City 235 Portia Weaver - Monrovia Boys All-Stars 2024.docx

Here is the 2024 Team State Qualification Procedures doc, which includes injury reporting instructions and Category levels for all sectional and regional sites. Additionally, two significant changes to qualification are outlined in the document: 1. Class 3A will now permanently have 12 participants rather than its previous total of 8. 2. Classes 3A, 2A, and 1A will now have its final 4 wildcards (slots 9 through 12) determined by IN-SEASON voting in December. Previously only the final 2 wildcards were chosen by in-season voting. (note: 4A will continue to have 8 participants and 2 vote-in spots from its much smaller class of about 32 to 34 teams.) IHSWCA Team State Duals Qualification Procedures 2024.pdf Finally, here are links to all of the most common questions about the process: General Qualification and Scoring Process: Team Classification: Controlling for Sectional and Regional Difficulty: Injuries and "Those scores don't seem fair" situations:

Team Indiana Heartland Duals Both the middle school and elementary teams were pre-selected by the Heartland Committee. The pre-selected members can be challenged to a wrestle off. Wrestle off will be held March 1st (Evening) or March 2nd(Morning). In order to challenge you must be able to make both days. You will be notified which day your wrestle off is, it is at the discretion of the committee. Challenges will be held at Contenders Wrestling Academy in Brownsburg, IN. Anyone challenging must beat the blue team member in a best 2 of 3 series, unless there are multiple challenges in which a bracket will be formed. If you would like to challenge, a request must be submitted VIA EMAIL to ryan@contenderswrestling.com by February 23 at 6:00pm EST. The tournament will be held March 28-30th in Council Bluffs, Iowa. If challenging you must be able to register and attend the tournament on the challenge date. The trip cost is $300 Weight Gold Blue 50 Landon Childers Wyatt Schoettle 55 Leyton Marsh Suncera Dickman 60 Roman Howe Silas Sanderson 65 D’Angelo Chavez Henry Reisen 70 Colton Wiseman Josh Mussleman 75 Parker Staniz Jeremiah Maldanado 80 Luke Pipito Max Kessinger 85 Jace Largent Brady Ramirez 90 Dron Scott Rocco Cartilino 95 Max Cantu Maverick Smith 100 Camden Hook Maddox Stultz 105 Carson Planer Will Carney 112 Newt Randol Raidon Gonzalez 120 William Smith Landon Bauman 130 Landon Lukeman Eric Barr 140 Noah Fitzgerald Ellis Jones 160 Mason Heidelberger Austin Fouty Middle School 75 Mason Bayor Wyatt Melchi 80 Haedyn Cochran Henry Antrobus 85 Hunter Pierson Deacon Gibbs 90 Kellen Schoeff Karson Kahlekomo 95 Ty Whitten Cruz Orueta 102 Trae Ducking Sebastian Gracia 110 Anthony Zuranski Daniel Brown 117 Collin Stayer Noel Verduzco 125 Lincoln Underwood Gavyn Kemp 132 Lincoln Hinchman Bo Jackson 140 Brendan Bentz Ezra Olster 150 Darrel Hicks Connor Haines 160 Jackson Smith James Scruggs 175 Mj Staples Garret Deuser 195 Kalvin Grose Bradley Rivera 220 Cesar Salas Austin Oakley 275 Kameron Hazellt Levi Parrish