Three-Way Dance

[blueandgold]

According to IndianaMat, former Evansville Mater Dei head coach Mike Goebel owns the greatest winning percentage (.975) in Indiana high school wrestling history. In 29 years, Goebel only lost a total of 13 times along with having two draws in comparison to his 540 wins. While he led twenty different undefeated squads, three seem to stand out more than any others: 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2006-07 all because they had at least ten state qualifiers. 2001-02 had ten qualifiers, six medalists, and one champion while going undefeated; 2002-03 had ten qualifiers, eight medalists (seven of which placed top three), and four champions, but one team loss; 2006-07 had eleven qualifiers, six medalists, but no champions, yet went undefeated. I am sure you could make a case for each team (my nod goes to 2003), but who would you vote as the greatest Mater Dei team ever of these three, or has the greatest team EMD ever produced not any of the above? Where do you rank 2021's record-breaking squad in EMD's history?

[TripleB]

I need to reference "We Are... MD! A History of Mater Dei Wrestling" by @hook and half  (btw hook, isn't it about time for an updated version?) but I'd say it was hands down 2003 right??

 

 

[ReformedPoster]

2003, no doubt.  They only lost to St. Paris Graham that year.  Would have smashed the scoring record at individual state if team scores had been kept then.  I'm sure somebody with time on their hands can tally their team score.

[hook and half]

On 11/30/2021 at 1:44 PM, TripleB said:

I need to reference "We Are... MD! A History of Mater Dei Wrestling" by @hook and half  (btw hook, isn't it about time for an updated version?) but I'd say it was hands down 2003 right??

 

 

The Wildcats travelled to Columbus, Ohio on January 18 to compete in the National College Duals.  Mater Dei rolled over, Lisbon, 56-12 in the first round, and Cincinnati Lakota East, 58-13, in the second round.  Their last opponent, St. Paris Graham, was much more formidable.  The national polls had Mater Dei at 11^th, while St. Paris Graham was ranked second.  St. Paris Graham was a buzz saw and defeated the ‘Cats, 39-15.  The loss broke Mater Dei’s 116-match winning streak and handed Mater Dei its second dual loss in 253 matches.

"If our streak mattered, we wouldn't have accepted this challenge,” said Mike Goebel.  “We never talk about that. We just saw this as a chance to wrestle a quality opponent, somebody who will make us better in the long run.”

St. Paris Graham was the real deal.  Standard-bearer Blake Maurer lost only the second match of his career, a 3-1 decision to Joe Dennis. 

"It was a great match," said Goebel. “He (Dennis) got a takedown with two seconds left. We didn't question it when we were there, but when we watched the tape, Blake was clearly out of bounds and Dennis' foot was on the line. The match should've gone overtime, I guess. But that doesn't necessarily change the outcome. The guy was a bear. Blake will learn from it, go on and get better."

"The guys came back to the room and decided they needed to work harder, and that's what they've done," said Goebel. "We didn't lose anything that really mattered, we just lost a match.  But even at that, if we win all four of our close matches, it's a tie. And if we get those and Craig Weinzapfel gets the pin at 145, which we thought he had, well, we could conceivably win."

Maurer faced an unfamiliar foe in his match with Dennis:  Nerves.

 

“To be totally honest, I was very nervous,” said Maurer.  “The match was at Ohio State.  I really wanted to go to Ohio State.  After my warm-up, I look in the stands and there is Russ Hellickson (Ohio State’s wrestling coach) setting next to my dad.  I’m like, ‘Holy crap, I need to get it done out here.’”

 

Mater Dei tallied wins from Matt Coughlin, Craig Weinzapfel, Sam Wildeman and Chaz Schwartz.  Schwartz won with an eight-second pin at heavyweight. The Wildcats were disappointed with their performance.

 

“The whole dual was about ‘What ifs?’” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “We had a bunch of one-point matches that went the wrong way.  To not do our best was a real let-down.”

 

In Paris St. Graham, Mater Dei found themselves sampling their own medicine.

 

“Everywhere we wrestled, people always talked about what good shape we were in,” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “That team (St. Paris Graham) was in incredible shape; incredibly strong.  It seemed like they had the mentality that they were going to go as hard as they could no matter what.”

 

“We were at the weigh-in,” said Wildeman.  “I’m looking at this guy, and he is around my size (160 pounds).  One of the guys on the team, said ‘No, that’s who Macke (125 pounds) has.  The guy was huge.  He was a man.”

 

“Graham won all of the close matches,” said Maurer.  “Their conditioning was better than ours.  We had our opportunities; we just didn’t get it done.”

[Southern Side]

2 hours ago, hook and half said:

The Wildcats travelled to Columbus, Ohio on January 18 to compete in the National College Duals.  Mater Dei rolled over, Lisbon, 56-12 in the first round, and Cincinnati Lakota East, 58-13, in the second round.  Their last opponent, St. Paris Graham, was much more formidable.  The national polls had Mater Dei at 11^th, while St. Paris Graham was ranked second.  St. Paris Graham was a buzz saw and defeated the ‘Cats, 39-15.  The loss broke Mater Dei’s 116-match winning streak and handed Mater Dei its second dual loss in 253 matches.

"If our streak mattered, we wouldn't have accepted this challenge,” said Mike Goebel.  “We never talk about that. We just saw this as a chance to wrestle a quality opponent, somebody who will make us better in the long run.”

St. Paris Graham was the real deal.  Standard-bearer Blake Maurer lost only the second match of his career, a 3-1 decision to Joe Dennis. 

"It was a great match," said Goebel. “He (Dennis) got a takedown with two seconds left. We didn't question it when we were there, but when we watched the tape, Blake was clearly out of bounds and Dennis' foot was on the line. The match should've gone overtime, I guess. But that doesn't necessarily change the outcome. The guy was a bear. Blake will learn from it, go on and get better."

"The guys came back to the room and decided they needed to work harder, and that's what they've done," said Goebel. "We didn't lose anything that really mattered, we just lost a match.  But even at that, if we win all four of our close matches, it's a tie. And if we get those and Craig Weinzapfel gets the pin at 145, which we thought he had, well, we could conceivably win."

Maurer faced an unfamiliar foe in his match with Dennis:  Nerves.

 

“To be totally honest, I was very nervous,” said Maurer.  “The match was at Ohio State.  I really wanted to go to Ohio State.  After my warm-up, I look in the stands and there is Russ Hellickson (Ohio State’s wrestling coach) setting next to my dad.  I’m like, ‘Holy crap, I need to get it done out here.’”

 

Mater Dei tallied wins from Matt Coughlin, Craig Weinzapfel, Sam Wildeman and Chaz Schwartz.  Schwartz won with an eight-second pin at heavyweight. The Wildcats were disappointed with their performance.

 

“The whole dual was about ‘What ifs?’” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “We had a bunch of one-point matches that went the wrong way.  To not do our best was a real let-down.”

 

In Paris St. Graham, Mater Dei found themselves sampling their own medicine.

 

“Everywhere we wrestled, people always talked about what good shape we were in,” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “That team (St. Paris Graham) was in incredible shape; incredibly strong.  It seemed like they had the mentality that they were going to go as hard as they could no matter what.”

 

“We were at the weigh-in,” said Wildeman.  “I’m looking at this guy, and he is around my size (160 pounds).  One of the guys on the team, said ‘No, that’s who Macke (125 pounds) has.  The guy was huge.  He was a man.”

 

“Graham won all of the close matches,” said Maurer.  “Their conditioning was better than ours.  We had our opportunities; we just didn’t get it done.”

 

[Southern Side]

Do you happen to have results of each weight and where the kids from Paris went

to

college

[md66]

I would have to say it was the first the 86 team. The first is always the best.

[MattM]

16 hours ago, Southern Side said:

Do you happen to have results of each weight and where the kids from Paris went

to

college

I do know that SPG had like 6 state champs from that years group.  Minds a little fuzzy on who everyone was and where they ended up though.  

[ReformedPoster]

All i remember was the Dustin Schlatter beat Macke in a relatively close match, CP Schlatter teched Nosko and Joe Dennis beat Blake Maurer.  Obviously the Schlatter brothers ended up at Minnesota and Dennis went D1, but I don't recall where.  Maybe Ohio U?

[ExCoach123]

Dennis went to Iowa and placed 2nd at NCAA finals

[MattM]

7 minutes ago, ExCoach123 said:

Dennis went to Iowa and placed 2nd at NCAA finals

I believe you are referring to Daniel Dennis.   Joe Dennis I think went to Cleveland St. or Ohio University.  But I recall him having some off the mat issue at some point that may have cut his college career short.

Edited December 6, 2021 by MattM