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@IndianaMat: Word on East 17th street is that Angel Escobedo will be named the head coach at Indiana!

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22 minutes ago, ccgeneral said:

@IndianaMat: Word on East 17th street is that Angel Escobedo will be named the head coach at Indiana!

It's official! 

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/4/5/goldman-announces-retirement-as-head-coach-of-iu-wrestling-escobedo-named-programs-eighth-head-coach.aspx

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Admittedly, I don't follow IU wrestling as much as I'd like.  Is this a good thing?

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18 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Admittedly, I don't follow IU wrestling as much as I'd like.  Is this a good thing?

I think so. Young guy, won an NCAA championship here as a player, was associate head coach here last year, seems like good timing with the new facilities.

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New arena webcam:

http://webtech.webhost.iu.edu/build/wilkinson/popup.html

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I can say there is no sport in the world more than wrestling I like less so there is no IU program I pay less attention to. With that said I know they have struggled more than any other program recently and I am sure the 'retirement" was forced much like with Bob Morgan in baseball many years ago. We can only hope the wrestling program has the same renaissance the baseball program had as soon as a mediocre been here to long coach went away. It took Tracy Smith 3 years, but since Morgan has left baseball went from being an after thought to being what I would argue has been the second best sport performance wise after soccer the last 10-12 years in department. I have no idea what will happen with wrestling and I can certainly promise you I won't follow it but I hope IU has the same wrestling turn around once it changed a past his prime coach that baseball has had. 

Also I met Angel Escobedo one time when we were students (and he pronounces it Ang-el the american way and not An-hel despite being Latino and that is straight from his mouth) and he seemed nice as he and I had a class together. Curious to see how arguably our greatest wrestler in history does as our coach. He has the programs last individual national championship in 08 as a player so maybe now he can get the team one as a coach.

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Angel is a great hire. Great for IU. He has great ties with coaches and will recruit the way Iu should have been recruiting. Hopefully the Goldman family will continue to donate some $$ to IU.  Big ten is hard to compete for in wrestling, but give home 2-3 years to get some better talent in the door and we will be back to top 25 rankings like the early to mid 2000s

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His older brother wrestles for Purdue.

@InterMat: Streck becomes Escobedo's first signee at Indiana http://dlvr.it/QPLhVL

2018 Signing Class
Graham Rooks - Columbus, Ind./Columbus East - 149/157 lbs.
Tristan Sellmer - Jeffersonville, Ind./Floyd Central - 141/149 lbs.
Brandon Streck - Munster, Ind./Merrillville - 285 lbs.

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Former Hoosier wrestler Mike Dixon named associate head coach.

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/6/4/wrestling-mike-dixon-returns-to-indiana-as-associate-head-coach.aspx

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Schedule out. Can't wait to see what Escobedo can do.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/9/10/wrestling-unveils-2018-19-schedule.aspx

 

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@JoshMLowe: State champion Jacob Moran (Portage, Ind.) commits to Indiana University, projected 125 #d1wrestle

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Another Portage commit.

@IndianaMat: And.... @IndianaWR keeps another top kid in state, congrats to @PortageWrestlin's Donnell Washington on his commitment to Indiana

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The Escobedo era begins tomorrow at Noon @ UVA. Devin Skatzka transferred to Minnesota. Go Hoosiers!

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The Indiana wrestling team opens the season with a dual at Virginia on Nov. 3 and the next day at the Hokie Open. The Indiana roster features six seniors and three that qualified for the NCAA Championships a season ago in Cole Weaver, Elijah Oliver and Bryce Martin.

Hoosiers in the Rankings
The Hoosiers open the season with three ranked competitors. Cole Weaver is ranked #12 at 141 by FloWrestling. Elijah Oliver is ranked #19 and Bryce Martin is ranked #19 also on FloWrestling.

Scouting Virginia
In the 2017-18 season the Cavaliers posted a record of 4-10 and went 0-5 in ACC competition. At 125 No. 8 ranked Louie Hayes could be a national champion contender this year. Hayes lost in the All-American round at the 2018 NCAA Championships. At 141 the Cavaliers have two-time NCAA Qualifier Sam Krivus and at 184 NCAA Qualifier Will Schany.
 
The All-Time Series vs. UVA
This will be just the fourth meeting between Indiana and Virginia, with the Hoosiers winning all three of the previous duals. The last time these school squared off was Jan. 30, 2005 when Indiana won by a score of 28-10.

Indiana Probable Lineup vs. Virginia
125     Elijah Oliver
133     Garrett Pepple
141     Paul Konrath
149     Tristan Sellmer
157     Jake Danishek
165     Bryce Martin
174     Dillon Hoey
184     Norman Conley
197     Jake Kleimola
285     Rudy Streck

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Hoosiers fall 25-12. We move on to the Hokie Open tomorrow.

141 Paul Konrath (Indiana) over Sam Krivus (Virginia) (Dec 10-3)
149 Michael Murphy (Virginia) over Tristan Sellmer (Indiana) (MD 11-2)
157 Jake Keating (Virginia) over Jake Danishek (Indiana) (Dec 6-2)
165 Cam Coy (Virginia) over Bryce Martin (Indiana) (Dec 4-2)
174 Robert Patrick (Virginia) over Dillion Hoey (Indiana) (TF 16-1 5:45)
184 Norman Conley (Indiana) over Will Schany (Virginia) (SV-1 7-5)
197 Jay Aiello (Virginia) over Jake Kleimola (Indiana) (Dec 4-3)
285 Quinn Miller (Virginia) over Brandon Streck (Indiana) (MD 14-4)
125 Elijah Oliver (Indiana) over Unknown (For.)
133 Brian Courtney (Virginia) over Garrett Pepple (Indiana) (Dec 4-2)

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The Indiana wrestling team continued competition in Virginia at the Hokie Open on Sunday.
 
Bryce Martin at 165 lbs., finished in second-place. Martin defeated Colston Diblasi 4-2 in the semifinal, before narrowly dropping the final 8-6 to Mekhi Lewis of Virginia Tech.
 
Paul Konrath competed for the Hoosiers for the first time this weekend. Konrath won his match in the Virginia dual on Saturday and finished in third-place at the Hokie Open at 141 lbs.
 
Also finishing in the top-five in their respective weight classes were: Elijah Oliver (fourth-place at 125) and Jake Danishek fourth-place at 157. In his second match Danishek recorded a major decision with a 14-1 victory over Zachary Barnes of Campbell. In the quarterfinal Danishek got a pin on Tony Palumbo of Davidson.
 
In the freshmen/sophomore division Michael De La Peña finished in fourth-place at 141 and Rudy Streck finished in second-place at 285.
 
Up next the Hoosiers have a dual match against SIU Edwardsville on the road on Nov. 9 at 7:00 p.m.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/11/4/wrestling-hoosiers-find-success-at-hokie-open.aspx?path=wrestling

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Escobedo notches his first career win yesterday. The Indiana wrestling team came out on top against SIU Edwardsville, 21-15 on Friday.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/11/9/wrestling-hoosiers-top-siu-edwardsville-21-15.aspx?path=wrestling
 
Final Results
125: Elijah Oliver D, 6-4 over Austin Macias
133: Garrett Pepple pins Jacob Blaha
141: Paul Konrath pins Coleman Brainard
149: Michael De La Peña is defeated by D, 5-3 to Tyshawn Williams
157: Jake Danishek is defeated by D, 5-1 to Justin Ruffin
165: Bryce Martin defeats Nate Higgins 12-5
174: Dillon Hoey wins by D, 7-5 over Ryan Yarnell
184: Norman Conley is defeated by D, 3-2 against Sergio Villalobos
197: Jake Kleimola is defeated by D, 8-6 against Christian Dulaney
285: Rudy Streck is defeated by D, 6-2 against Tommy Helton

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Kleimola wins the 197 lbs Navy Classic Title! We finished 2nd overall behind Michigan State.

3rd - Konrath (141), Martin (165)
4th - Luigs (133)
5th - Oliver (125), Danishek (157)
6th - Pepple (133)

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Escobedo inks 12 in his first class - 9 State Championships, 8 Nationally Ranked.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/11/21/wrestling-hoosiers-ink-impressive-2019-signing-class.aspx

Jacob Moran (125) Portage, IN 
65-7 Record
2018 State Champion (106)
#6 National Ranking 

Matt Ortiz (174) Saint Charles, IL
120-27 Record
2018 State Champion (160)
#7 National Ranking

Luke Baughman (149) Wadsworth, OH
142-28 Record
State Runner-Up (138)
#8 National Ranking

Asa Garcia (125/133) Avon, IN
116-11 Record
2X Indiana State Champion ('16-106,'18-126)
Third at Flo Nationals 
#9 National Ranking

Kyle Cornwell (Hwt) Elwood, IN
126-7 Record
#10 National Ranking

Eduardo Bolivar (141/149) Oak Park, IL
82-28 Record
2018 State Runner-Up (132)
#13 National Ranking

Nick South (165) North Vernon, IN
81-11 Record
2018 Indiana State Champion (160)
#15 National Ranking

Donnell Washington (174/184) Portage, IN
110-8 Record
State Runner-Up, Super 32 All-American
#15 National Ranking

Cayden Rooks (141/149) Columbus East, IN
128-5 Record
2017 Indiana State Champion (120)

Joey Sanchez (157/165) Saint Paris, OH
135-9 Record
State Champion
NHSCA All-American

Greg Hagan (Hwt) Des Moines, IA
72-23 Record
Iowa State Runner-Up
USA Nationals 6th Place

Jacob Covaciu (174) Merrillville, IN
163-14 Record
2X Indiana State Champion ('15 - 145, '16 - 160) 
16-2 in Redshirt season at Wisconsin.