18/07/2024
Another top ten team performance for the Junior Men's Freestyle team. This team featured five All-Americans in the toughest division in Fargo.
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Another top ten team performance for the Junior Men's Freestyle team. This team featured five All-Americans in the toughest division in Fargo.
Impressive performance by the 16U Men's Freestyle squad with NINE All-Americans and 5th place as a team! Lead by two champions in Clinton Shepherd and Lucas Boe.
Sitting in 6th place as a team, the Junior Men's Freestyle team is lead by a pair of Bulldogs and a Hatchet in the semi-finals. Seven others are in the bloodround looking to make the podium in the morning.
After two grueling days of action the 16U Men's Freestyle team has 13 wrestlers left. As a team they sit tied for 4th heading to the final day with five in the semi-finals and eight in the bloodround!
FIVE All-Americans highlight the Junior Women's Freestyle action at Fargo. Lead by national champion Heather Crull finishes 4th in the team race.
Congratulations to our FIVE 16U Women's Freestyle All-Americans in Fargo!
There are normal moms, then there are WRESTLING moms! From the sweaty workout gear to making healthy meals to being there at the lowest times, wrestling moms are built different. Happy Mother's Day to all of our great moms out there.
Big news out of Indianapolis as the IHSAA has officially sanctioned girls wrestling for the 2024-2025 school year! Congratulations to all the girls who will now be wrestling for an IHSAA state title next year.
Three big changes coming to high school wrestling next season!
1. Three point takedowns
2. One supporting point in bounds
3. 2, 3, and 4 point nearfall
How do you feel about the big changes?
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/articles.html/high-school-news/threeeee-big-rule-changes-coming-to-high-school-wrestling-r1393/
THREEEEEEE big changes coming to high school wrestling!
Big changes are coming to high school wrestling this season. Over the past ten years the collegiate folkstyle rules have become almost a different sport with out of bound stalling, what determines out of bounds, and this past year the three point takedown. While many were clamoring for the colleg...
FIVE total Olympians in wrestling from Indiana
Representing 🇺🇸
Mason Parris
Sarah Hildebrandt
Kayla Miracle
Representing 🇷🇸
Stevan Micic
Representing 🇳🇬
Ashton Mutawa
Indiana will be well represented in Paris as we will have three Olympians wearing the red, white, and blue! Mason Parris, Sarah Hildebrandt, and Kayla Miracle all swept their matches to earn a coveted spot in Paris.
Time to wake up and secure some Olympic spots! We have four Indiana natives in the best of three series to earn a spot in Paris.
Men's Freestyle
65kg Nick Lee
125kg Mason Parris
Women's Freestyle
50kg Sarah Hildebrandt
62kg Kayla Miracle
The Olympic Trials start today at 10am EST. Here are all the details you need on the Indiana participants.
Wrestlers from all over will converge upon State College, Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday for one of 18 coveted spots on the Olympic team. Seven wrestlers with Indiana ties will look to call themselves Olympians after the dust settles on Saturday evening. Men's Freestyle At 65kg there are two en...
Three Indiana natives will take the mat looking for a spot in Paris in Women's Freestyle.
Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle will both be awaiting the challenge tournament winner in the best of three series. They both represented the USA in 2021.
Alara Boyd will be the 5th seed at 68kg.
It's Olympic Trials week! Indiana has four wrestlers in the Men's Freestyle tournament.
At 65kg Nick Lee is the #1 seed, while Jesse Mendez is the 11th seed.
At 97kg Christian Carroll is the 9th seed.
At 125kg Mason Parris will be in the best of three series for a spot on the Olympic team.
Women's Nationals takes place starting today in Spokane, Washington. We have a lot of participants from Indiana looking for a spot on a World Team.
Here is all the info you need
BracketsClick here for brackets Schedule of Events Friday, April 12 10:00am- 2:30pm U23 Women and U17 Girls Session 1 – Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolation 3:30pm – 7:30pm U23 Women and U17 Girls Session 2– Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolation Saturday, April 13 10:00am to 1:00...
Be on the lookout for this guy. Per authorities he goes by Jordan Burroughs. If you see him in Indiana please contact the immediately. Do NOT try to apprehend him as he is armed and dangerous!
Here are the 10 qualifiers for the NCAA Wrestling DI Nationals starting tomorrow!
For more information go to
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/articles.html/college-news/2024-ncaa-di-nationals-qualifiers-from-indiana-r1388/
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Mejia, Blubaugh, and Streck all capture D2 titles! Way to go guys!
The D2 National Finals start at 8pm ET. Indiana will have three representatives in the finals. At 125lbs the last Charger, Christian Mejia from Elkhart Memorial will take the mat. Bloomington South's Derek Blubaugh will be in the finals for the third time at 197. Merrillville's Shawn Streck will look for his second title at 285lbs. We'll post the link to the steam later.
Here is the link on FloWrestling
https://www.flowrestling.org/live/91860?watchOnWeb=1
Live! Stream 2024 NCAA DII Wrestling Championship on FloWrestling. Watch on your computer, the FloSports Mobile App, your Smart TV, Roku or FireStick.
DII and DIII nationals start up today, here is all the info you need with schedule, brackets, and who is wrestling from Indiana.
DIII
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/articles.html/college-news/2024-ncaa-diii-nationals-qualifiers-from-indiana-r1386/
DII
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/articles.html/college-news/2024-ncaa-dii-nationals-qualifiers-from-indiana-r1385/
Location: Hartman Arena Wichita, KSSchedule Friday, March 15 11 a.m. Preliminaries and First Round 6 p.m. Quarterfinals and first-and-second round consolations Saturday, March 16 11 a.m. | Semifinals, wrestle backs (seventh-, fifth-, and third-place matches) 8 p.m. | Championship finals BracketsB...
A pair of Brownsburg Bulldogs are the top dogs in our Pound for Pound rankings. Check the link below for the full top 25.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_rankings.html/pound-for-pound-r364/
Leading the fine senior class are two state champions that were absolutely dominant this year. Check the link below for the full top 100.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_rankings.html/class-of-2024-r363/
Here are your top ten juniors lead by two purple Bulldogs. Check the link below for the full top 75.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_rankings.html/class-of-2025-r362/
The top ten for the class of 2026 is lead by two wrestlers with two state titles. Check the link below for the full top 50.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_rankings.html/class-of-2026-r361/
Here is the top ten wrestlers in the class of 2027 lead by three Bulldogs! Check the link below for the full top 25.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_rankings.html/class-of-2027-r360/
Starting at 10am we will release all the grade rankings and pound for pound rankings on the hour.
11am Class of 2027
12pm Class of 2026
1pm Class of 2025
2pm Class of 2024
3pm Pound for Pound
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Julianna Ocampo makes history tonight winning her first round match to guarantee a state medal! Congratulations on this great achievement. #IndianaWrestling #Wrestling #IndianaMat #800lbGorilla #INWrState24 Video Adam Hartsough
Dane, Rex, and Joe go over the seeds and brackets for the 2024 IHSWCA Team State Finals in all classes
Big week of wrestling, team state draw, Carnahan, and MORE! We'll talk about food too.
All entries for #IHPO23 have been finalized! We have 851 entries with 270 being on our #StudList! https://indianamat.com/index.php?/articles.html/indianamat-hoosier-preseason-open/2023-indianamat-hoosier-preseason-open-stud-list-r1312/
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