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Is this a takedown?
This scramble marked the end of the second period of a semi-finals match between two wrestlers ranked in the top 10 nationally by InterMat Wrestling. Bryce Brill (Mt. Carmel – Chicago, IL) takes a bad shot from left field on Jake Short (Simley, MN) and appears to give up a takedown at the end of [...]
Moving Up: Growing Pains
While getting ready for this wrestling season, I was taken back to the night I almost called it quits two years ago. It was early in my varsity career and I’d had “one of those nights”. In the first match of a dual meet, I made an unnecessary roughness call on an overly aggressive cross [...]
IHSA Wrestling Exam – Explained
Based on the response I received from publishing my thoughts on the IHSA football exam (Part 1), I decided to do the same for the IHSA wrestling exam (Part 1). I worked my way though the exam researching each individual question and the results of my research and notes are below. This is intended to be [...]
IHSA Football Exam – Explained
Over the past few weeks, I’ve gone through each of the 50 questions on the IHSA football exam (part 1) 5 questions at a time. I tried to provide all of my reasoning behind each answer and give the applicable rules or case plays. Now that I’ve made it through all 50 questions on the IHSA [...]
IHSA Football Exam VIII
This is part 3 of a multi-part series that will discuss the rule and case references used to arrive at the correct answers on the multiple choice IHSA Football Exam (PI). The series will run through the final testing day (September 5, 2011) and be comprised of 10 separate articles that will ultimately address all [...]
