(Update attached on 5/13, on bottom)
Due to the constant stretch in recent weather conditions, the Illinois High School Association has postponed the State Bass Fishing Meet at Carlyle Lake.
The event was scheduled to take place on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. However, the Lake will not be ready for competition on these dates. Rain waters have increased the water levels at the Lake, and it is expected to crest at 13 feet higher than the normal stage.
Rescheduling the event is in the works; and while the IHSA is committed to holding a Meet at Carlyle Lake, a new date has yet to be determined.
"The IHSA will crown a Bass Fishing State Champion in 2011, but in good conscience, we could not hold the tournament as scheduled on May 6th and 7th due to safety concerns," IHSA Associate Director and Bass Fishing administrator Kurt Gibson stated in a press release. "We want to make a decision on the new state final date as soon as possible so that Carlyle and the qualifying schools can plan accordingly. Yet, we also need to exercise a certain level of patience, as our colleagues in Carlyle predict and monitor how the lake will drain over the coming weeks. If that means pushing the tournament into June, we are prepared to do that."
Sectional Meets were held on April 19 and 20. There will be 55 boats, representing 50 schools, at the State Meet.
Moline won the Argyle Lake Sectional in Colchester, and qualified another boat for the State Meet. Senior Zach Latting, junior Devon Gamboe and senior Logan Street were on the winning boat (7.54 total pounds), while senior Austin Paytash, and sophomores Logan VanBlaricome and Jon Berhenke were on the third-place boat (3.79). VanBlaricome had the Meet's largest bass, weighing 2.855 pounds.
Streator won the LaSalle Lake Sectional in Marseilles, and also qualified another boar for the State Meet. Juniors Derek Kruger and Sean Sroka were on the winning board (11.43), while sophomore Blake Angelico and junior Drew Martin were on the third-place boat (11.06). Angelico had the Meet's largest bass, weighing 5.12 pounds.
Rockford Lutheran won the Pierce Lake Sectional in Roscoe with a total of 6.36 pounds, with Rochelle (5.16) second and Boylan (3.24) third. Lutheran sophomore Adam Carlson caught the meet's largest bass (3.46).
Indian Creek was the highest finisher at the Shabbona Lake Sectional, qualifying by placing second with 4.15 pounds. This was on just one bass, which was the meet's largest, caught by sophomore Tim Tausch. Sandwich also qualified with a third-place finish (3.40).
UPDATE:
Plans to reschedule the Bass Fishing State Meet are underway. The IHSA plans to announce a date by June 3.
“The IHSA is continuing to monitor water levels at Carlyle Lake and discussing the situation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Carlyle as well as city of Carlyle officials in attempts to find a date for rescheduling the event," IHSA Associate Executive Director Kurt Gibson stated in a press release. "At this point, it is still too early to know with certainty at what point the lake will recede enough to allow for a safe competition. However, the weekends of June 17-18 and June 24-25 are currently being targeted as potential state final dates."
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wrestling Weight Classes to Change
BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois High School Association has announced a change to the way high school wrestlers will be classified by weight.
Changes to the weight classification were made by the National Federation of High Schools' Wrestling Rules Committee, a department under the national governing body of high school sports. The IHSA then made it official for Illinois high school competition.
There will still be 14 weight classes, but 10 of them will change.
The 14 weight classes, starting with the 2011-12 school year, are as follows: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. Three middle weight classes – 145, 152 and 160 – were retained, as well as the largest weight class of 285 pounds.
Ordering of the classes was changed by way of merging the 135- and 140-pound classes into 138, and creating an additional class above the former 171-pound (now 170) class.
In 2006, wrestling saw its more recent classification change when the largest weight class was increased from 275 pounds to 285. Prior to that, the former 215-pound class was made mandatory in 2002 (although Illinois has had state competition in that since 1998), and a restriction of 275 pounds was made to the former "heavyweight" class in 1993. The last shift in weight classfication prior to 2006 was the increase of the smallest weight class from 98 pounds to 103 in 1988.
Change in weight classification has happned at various times in the history of Illinois high school wrestling. Other significant changes occurred in 1940, 1949, 1960, 1970, and 1971.
Other wrestling rule changes were made along with the classification changes. The Figure-four lock is now illegal around the opponent's head in addition to the around the body and both legs. The circular boundary line itself is now considered inbounds, and a wrestler is ruled out-of-bounds when the body is past the entire line instead of the start of the line. A choice-of-starting-position rule change was made when an injury time-out ("blood time") is taken at the conclusion of the second period, and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the third period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period.
The Committee also recognized the increased number of dual-formatted tournaments throughout the nation, such as DeKalb's Flavin Duals.
Changes to the weight classification were made by the National Federation of High Schools' Wrestling Rules Committee, a department under the national governing body of high school sports. The IHSA then made it official for Illinois high school competition.
There will still be 14 weight classes, but 10 of them will change.
The 14 weight classes, starting with the 2011-12 school year, are as follows: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. Three middle weight classes – 145, 152 and 160 – were retained, as well as the largest weight class of 285 pounds.
Ordering of the classes was changed by way of merging the 135- and 140-pound classes into 138, and creating an additional class above the former 171-pound (now 170) class.
In 2006, wrestling saw its more recent classification change when the largest weight class was increased from 275 pounds to 285. Prior to that, the former 215-pound class was made mandatory in 2002 (although Illinois has had state competition in that since 1998), and a restriction of 275 pounds was made to the former "heavyweight" class in 1993. The last shift in weight classfication prior to 2006 was the increase of the smallest weight class from 98 pounds to 103 in 1988.
Change in weight classification has happned at various times in the history of Illinois high school wrestling. Other significant changes occurred in 1940, 1949, 1960, 1970, and 1971.
Other wrestling rule changes were made along with the classification changes. The Figure-four lock is now illegal around the opponent's head in addition to the around the body and both legs. The circular boundary line itself is now considered inbounds, and a wrestler is ruled out-of-bounds when the body is past the entire line instead of the start of the line. A choice-of-starting-position rule change was made when an injury time-out ("blood time") is taken at the conclusion of the second period, and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the third period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period.
The Committee also recognized the increased number of dual-formatted tournaments throughout the nation, such as DeKalb's Flavin Duals.
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