Mr. RIght Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 With the state tournment just around the corner I wanted to know who were some bracket busters and guys who you didn't expect to win state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Justin Woods Leo He was a Bracket Buster after watching Malone wreck the Merrillville Semi State I had him as a lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHITE ANGEL Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hector Mendez from East Chicago. I don't remember the year exactly but he lost to Andae Hernandez (Griffith) multiple times such as at the regional and Merrillville Semi State. Hernandez then lost in the semis at conseco to Uhl from East Noble, Mendez then went on to beat Uhl and win the 125 title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. RIght Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Randy Baker from Bellmont I thought he was a lock to win. Even though this kid is a STUD I think Sean McMurry was a big surprise beating Galka last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Randy Baker from Bellmont I thought he was a lock to win. Even though this kid is a STUD I think Sean McMurry was a big surprise beating Galka last year. I had Galka too. I'm with Sean all the way this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naco228 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 who do you guys think will pull away with the 119 title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSanta Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I think Brandon Wright. He is a STUD. No doubt. He is so quick and technical, it's insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHITE ANGEL Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 who do you guys think will pull away with the 119 title? How does that relate to this topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogleg Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Rob Pavletic from Hobart back in 89 or 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops99 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Here are a few from last year Stahl and I know that he didnt win but Roach from CP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice135 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Chad Biddle not only beating, but pinning Cooper Samuels in 145 final 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I like to think this is the Topic where you have a guy that comes out of no where to take a title not just win one. Thurman Stone Calumet in 1999 took a title beat a runner up friday night, a undefeated guy sat. morning and avenged a semi state loss In the finals. Jason Fryar Whiteland with a lateral drop in the final :15 seconds to win against Greg Wagner. Greg Larson Hanover Central was a runner up and beat 2x state Champ Tim Meyers Bellmont. Chris Cooper Whiteland he was undefeated, but he went through Dan Bedoy Bishop Noll and Alex Dolly Mishawaka. Dolly a Indiana great and Bedoy a double national Champ. These are some real bracket busters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midget5589 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 i cant believe howe pulled it out last year, who saw that coming?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Both Shrewsbury and Stahl making the finals broke a few vrackets last year. Shrews couldn't beat Salas, but Stahl did and Stahl couldn't beat Konrath, but Shrews did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Both Shrewsbury and Stahl making the finals broke a few vrackets last year. Shrews couldn't beat Salas, but Stahl did and Stahl couldn't beat Konrath, but Shrews did. That is a good one I didn't even think about it like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awood1 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I bet Naegle's headlock on Dosier a few years ago broke a bunch of brackets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~B~DOGG~SMASH~ Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 1992 - 135lbs. Royce Deckard II(LN) beating Elpers(EMD) Deckard beat all seniors, he wsa 4th in his semi-state, he beat 2 undefeated wrestlers & the other 2 only had 1 loss. 189lbs. Derrick Robinson(LN) beating Damon Hummel(???) 1990 - I agree on the Rob Pavletic also. He had a mean cross-face cradle also. He came out of nowhere. Marc Foreman(MunSo) I'm sure I've missed a whole bunch more. Just off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRyan_Delta Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Chad Ruggeri in 2004. I know he was undefeated, there were 4 absolute studs coming out of the Merrillvile semi-state at heavy that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grappler87 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 2000 State Finals John Sheets (9) pinning Thadeus Douglas (12) in the semifinals. Whiteland's Jason Fryar beating Greg Wagner with a throw in the final seconds of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlevito Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 2000 State Finals John Sheets (9) pinning Thadeus Douglas (12) in the semifinals. Whiteland's Jason Fryar beating Greg Wagner with a throw in the final seconds of the match. Oh come on...I had Sheets winning that year on my pick'em sheet. I was just upset that he didn't pin in the finals, cause I had a bet that he would pin his way to a title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. RIght Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 2000 State Finals John Sheets (9) pinning Thadeus Douglas (12) in the semifinals. Whiteland's Jason Fryar beating Greg Wagner with a throw in the final seconds of the match. Oh come on...I had Sheets winning that year on my pick'em sheet. I was just upset that he didn't pin in the finals, cause I had a bet that he would pin his way to a title. I had to go with Douglas there. That guy was unbelievably big, but I think he was to big to get off his back. I was pretty happy when I seen him because I found out that when I bought tickets to the state finals i also got to see a gun show for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhomburg Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hector Mendez from East Chicago. I don't remember the year exactly but he lost to Andae Hernandez (Griffith) multiple times such as at the regional and Merrillville Semi State. Hernandez then lost in the semis at conseco to Uhl from East Noble, Mendez then went on to beat Uhl and win the 119 title The weight class was 125. I had the pleasure of being the regional champ to face Mendez in the ticket round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. RIght Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hector Mendez from East Chicago. I don't remember the year exactly but he lost to Andae Hernandez (Griffith) multiple times such as at the regional and Merrillville Semi State. Hernandez then lost in the semis at conseco to Uhl from East Noble, Mendez then went on to beat Uhl and win the 119 title The weight class was 125. I had the pleasure of being the regional champ to face Mendez in the ticket round. that sucks. That was almost like joey smith last year. He won a tuff regional and got the pleasure of wrestling Eric Galka in the ticket round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCard Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 1982 119lb State Champ Fernando "Nando" Trevino (East Chicago Washington). I dont rememeber it, but I heard it really was not expected. Maybe the DA RAT could shed some light on this one, may have been around his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marines2 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hector Mendez from East Chicago. I don't remember the year exactly but he lost to Andae Hernandez (Griffith) multiple times such as at the regional and Merrillville Semi State. Hernandez then lost in the semis at conseco to Uhl from East Noble, Mendez then went on to beat Uhl and win the 125 title The year was 2002 and it was at 125. Hector was somewhat overlooked, but this could not be unexpected because of the people that had beaten him from the region. He was runnerup the year before at 119 losing in the finals to T-shirts for maybe the third or fourth time that year. He really turned it on when he got to the state finals. Clint Palmore, Whiteland was the 119 Champ that year beating 2003 Champ Graylan Early in the semis and handing Matt Coughlin 1 of his 2 HS losses under the lights. The other half of Whitelands dynamic duo that year Chris Cooper, mentioned on here, took care of 160 with a somewhat overlooked effort. Two men entered-2 Champs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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