sneaker Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 won the state and then quit wrestling for reasons outside of grades and injuries never to return to the mat? kinda like saying" once was enough" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 There was a story about Alex Shaffer, a state champ from New Jersey, who quit wrestling to pursue acting. Has a part in the new movie Win Win. Drooke probably has more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munges Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I could be wrong but wasn't there someone who won state his junior year, signed to play football at a D-1 school and they didn't want him to wrestle his senior year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Computer Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Lynn Fiechter was a state runner-up as a junior at Adams Central. The next summer he became a member of his church and gave up wrestling because he didn't feel he could be Christ-like while trying to pin his opponent. He's still the same conscientious and wise man today. His four sons; Vince Troy Darren and Ben reflect his personality as they wrestle for Southern Wells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU90 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I could be wrong but wasn't there someone who won state his junior year, signed to play football at a D-1 school and they didn't want him to wrestle his senior year? I think you are thinking of Bemenderfer from Penn. He placed third his junior year then didn't wrestle his senior year because he had a football scholarship to Northwestern. The only one I can think of that fits this criteria is Galka from Hobart. He won state as a freshman then quit wrestling for a year, then came back to wrestle again his junior or senior year. I don't remember if he ever won state again, but I think he did place high his senior year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash513 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I think you are thinking of Bemenderfer from Penn. He placed third his junior year then didn't wrestle his senior year because he had a football scholarship to Northwestern. The only one I can think of that fits this criteria is Galka from Hobart. He won state as a freshman then quit wrestling for a year, then came back to wrestle again his junior or senior year. I don't remember if he ever won state again, but I think he did place high his senior year. Galka State Champ FR -- 103 State Qualifier SO -- 119 State Champ JR -- 130 State Runner Up SR -- 135 Never took a year off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No One Famous Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Sam Ackerman - Bloomington South - 98lbs - 1977-78 I think he won his soph of junior yr and chose not to wrestle again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU90 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Galka State Champ FR -- 103 State Qualifier SO -- 119 State Champ JR -- 130 State Runner Up SR -- 135 Never took a year off. I stand corrected. I think what stuck out to me was that he won state one year and didn't place the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I stand corrected. I think what stuck out to me was that he won state one year and didn't place the next. I think you might have been confused on Galka because he was to wrestle 112 as a Sophomore and took a growth spurt once the season started that made him unable to do so. He ended up wrestling 119 for the State series after a team mate at that weight was injured, if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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