ntc513 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 mike venesia is making his first state appearence and has beaten some quality wrestlers the last three years. he's a great wrestler but there is no way he belongs in this thread. that being said, i hope he crushes this weekend. I'll be rooting for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelphiHWT Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Braden Atwood. Beat the eventual state champion both his junior & senior seasons He's also having a great freshmen season at Purdue, I think hell be a national champ before he's done with college Also he has beaten 2 more state champs in Ian Hinton & Marcus Shewsberry this season Agreed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyshred Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Agreed!!! Recent history has got to be Atwood, Stevenson deserves mention also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVander Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Jeff Pease -If my fading memory serves, he was dq'd at semi-state for a slam as a junior and suffered a pretty severe broken ankle the start of his senior season. I was on the team with him at Junior Nationals (Cedar Falls back then) and he hammered everyone, extremely dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I will say two former Madison Wrestlers, Michael Galbreath was a two time runner-up, and current Madison asst Dustin Bentz, runner-up as junior then 5th as Senior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Randy Baker of Belmont He is the only 4x Al Smith champion..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I will say two former Madison Wrestlers, Michael Galbreath was a two time runner-up, and current Madison asst Dustin Bentz, runner-up as junior then 5th as Senior. That Bentz kid was awful..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has to be Mac Taylor of New Castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogleg Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has to be Mac Taylor of New Castle. Thank you. I was going crazy trying to remember his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 From Connersville so I got to see Mac wrestle several times. He was extremely tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stateorbust Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I have to say Atwood. He was/is a beast on the mat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowsingle Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Gill Journey, Mac Taylor, Sherman Woodard (bd), Devon Jackson (not done yet), Dion Brimmage (pike) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggods Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Man this topic comes up every year around this time and my vote is always Eric Douglas, 2-time runner-up, losing to the same guy from Ben Davis (can't remember his name). If you know Coach Douglas, he is not much of a talker, and I asked him about his high school career along time ago. After his junior year, he made his mind up that he was going to wrestle whatever weight the Ben Davis wrestler was going to go, many people don't think that way anymore when it comes to wrestling. Even though he didn't get a state title, he didn't shy away or dodge people, he went after them, and that is the type of attitude you need to have in such a tough sport. He also went on and finished Runner-up at Senior nationals and became and All-American at Purdue University. Great resume for never winning a state title. Coach Weimer He is a pretty good ping pong player too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BClark Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Randy Baker of Belmont He's got my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjacoby Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I was unfamiliar with his body of work. 4x Fargo (was it in Fargo back then?) champ (FS/Greco once as cadet and once as Junior). He has my vote. I believe Cadets were in Warrensburg, Mo. Juniors were in the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. I gotta go with Pease on this one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx 8 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Atwood is a great pick, but at that weight I would have to go with a kid who beat Atwood, Johnson-Jones, Sliga, and Goldman, the kid only wrested twice in the state tourney due to injuries. Only losses in those two years is to Shewsberry in OT his sophomore year in the semi?s and lost to Goldman in triple OT in the finals weekend before beat Goldman 5-2. But my pick would be Justin kieffer for some reason the kid always would beat Ethan Ralley in the regular season then they would end up on the same side of the bracket at state, Justin beat Ethan his sophomore year Friday night but his Jr. and Sr. year fell short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross-face Cradle Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Randy Baker. 4x Al Smith says everything you need to know. I have seen him dominate many state champions, including some by fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaltHarris Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 1. (tie) Alex Dolly, Mishawaka 1. (tie) Damon Hummel, Rochester 2. Jeff Pease, Muncie Southside 3. Craig Macke, EMD 4. Gil Journey, 5. Randy Baker, Belmont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefellure Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Shane Perkey Jimtown-highest finish 3rd, 4th, 4th, 4th, 2nd Division II UIndy Great match with Angel Escobedo his senior year. Charlie Pingleton Greencastle-2X runner up, 7th, 4th Division II UIndy Mike Jackson-1X state qualifier, 3rd, 2nd, 2nd Division II UIndy Jeff Pease was very good also, multiple time AA for Central Oklahome Division II, too bad he got out of state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachW33 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Shane Perkey, Kid was a STUD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No One Famous Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Jamie Murray Decatur Central 88-91 Pretty good pick, although I dont know what he did after HS. Gil Journey is another pretty solid pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1WildCat2 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Throw Jordin Humphrey into that mix as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldwrestler215 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 BRADEN ATWOOD and TANNER LYNDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyshred Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 BRADEN ATWOOD and TANNER LYNDE! Well Lynde prollywont be on this list after this coming weekend. He has gotta be the hands down favorite at 182. Very diluted weight class since the new weights came into effect this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD92 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just some guys that I think need mentioned. 1. Gil Journey, PM - sooo fast. Thought for sure he would get one his senior year 2. Craig Macke, EMD - 4x making it to the semi's. If not for Angel, he is a 2x champ 3. John Boes, Princeton - big time thrower. Dominated people his last 2 years. 4. Rusty Head, EMD 5. Toby Turner, Monrovia 6. Jamie Murray, Decatur Central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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