Bruschi Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Eric Douglass from Valpo is one of the best he lost to Cameron Smith from Ben Davis two years in a row. Went on to AA at Purdue. Devon Jackson is pretty tough, super 32 runner up. Bill Hawkins From Crown Point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyGonzo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 As a Delta guy, I have to throw in Shannon Stout. Wrestled between 145-160 through high school finishing 6th, 5th, 2nd, and 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count_the_lights_219 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 He didn't beat two former state champions.. HE DOMINATED them, with the surfboard on Hinton and a sweet throw to pin Shewsberry in the first period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoTweet 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 Stevenson is a great pick for this topic, good example of bad luck. Not many have victories over 2 state champs (possibly 3 if Sliga wins) and 2 OT losses to 2 more state champs. His national resume is a bit weaker than most on this list - but none may have been closer to being a state champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regionrat1 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Alan Grammer - placed 2nd - went on to be a AA at SIUE - he beat John Smith http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/grammer_alan00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparticus Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Dallas Hesseltine of Portage. 4x state qualifier-2 places and a runner up. Went on to be a Junior College National Runner his freshman year and Got third Sophomore year. Injuries took over after that. Boy did he have a great spladle... ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebels4life Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has to be my 2 favorite wrestlers. Josh and Justin Kieffer collected 8 medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Damon Hummel, a "little heavyweight" among the big boys. No 220 then. Saw a comment about a leg cradle. He did it to a heavyweight at the semi-state! Speedway sure is lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOGILLIS Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Dallas Hesseltine of Portage. 4x state qualifier-2 places and a runner up. Went on to be a Junior College National Runner his freshman year and Got third Sophomore year. Injuries took over after that. Boy did he have a great spladle... ;D GIVIN SPLADLE D SOME LOVE... Man he was 2 tenths of a second away from winning it, what an exciting match ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathewsz7 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Has to be my 2 favorite wrestlers. Josh and Justin Kieffer collected 8 medals. 2 of my favorites too..........should have been a title or 2 from these 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2boys64 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/grammer_alan00.html Alan Grammar needs consideration, its too bad he's not coaching anymore. What a great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastMode#31 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 1. Gil Journey 2. Randy Baker 3. Damon Hummel 4. Joey Strausborg 5. Ryan Schoettle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Clev Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 William Campbell Warren Central 2x runner-up and 7th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodogs Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Here I go I am going to earn myself another BOO point But to me it has to be every young man and lady that has competed at this sport for more than one year. They show a commiment both physical and mental that I have seen in triathaleats so I think they are all champs. There is only one at the end and he or she deserves it but they all need our round of cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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