blueandgold Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 220-pound wrestlers! As far as I know going all the way back to state champion Billy Baker from Bellmont, Indiana generally in the last decade or so has consistently produced nationally-ranked light heavies. 2014 and 2016 were two years we had four nationally-ranked wrestlers competing at the state finals in the 220 weight class! Some big names over the years Billy Baker Trey Reese Tyler Kral Gelen Robinson Kobe Woods Mason Parris Evan Bates Tristan Ruhlman Christian Carroll Fletcher Miller Connor Tolley Dylan Faulkenburg Gunnar Larson Evan Ellis Kyle Cornwell Josh Howell We’ve got a good crop of them here in Indiana! Fargo and Super 32 All-Americans Edited December 16, 2021 by blueandgold Paycheck141, Thor, busstogate and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I thought the answer would have been corn?? Cosgrove, Trev Young, Cricket21 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, rookie78 said: I thought the answer would have been corn?? It’s a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrecoCoach Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I thought it was gonna say "wrestling website" busstogate, Wrestlingfan937 and Y2CJ41 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReformedPoster Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Those guys were/are all fantastic high school wrestlers. But only Parris continued that path at the D1 level. It's too early to tell how Carroll, Ruhlman, etc will do at that level, but they will have their shot. Problem with 220 is that they likely have to bulk up even more to be a decent sized heavy or suck a lot of weight to get to 197 in college, which could potentially cause them to lose some of what made them very good 220's. They are tweeners in college for the most part. blueandgold, Cricket21 and Coach Moore 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscis1956 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Jake O’Brien? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestlingfan937 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 9 hours ago, GrecoCoach said: I thought it was gonna say "wrestling website" All jokes aside Indianamat is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 10 hours ago, piscis1956 said: Jake O’Brien? Didn’t he end up at Purdue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 19 hours ago, ReformedPoster said: Those guys were/are all fantastic high school wrestlers. But only Parris continued that path at the D1 level. It's too early to tell how Carroll, Ruhlman, etc will do at that level, but they will have their shot. Problem with 220 is that they likely have to bulk up even more to be a decent sized heavy or suck a lot of weight to get to 197 in college, which could potentially cause them to lose some of what made them very good 220's. They are tweeners in college for the most part. I know that Trey Reese was nowhere near 220, but had to bump up because of the hammer below him. Was that Indian Creek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Time Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Pork chop/pork loin sandwich make this list? Somewhere just below corn, wrestling website . .. 1. 220 pounders 2. Corn 3. Wrestling website 4. Pork sandwiches 5. ???? Cricket21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Wasn't Billy Baker a light/undersized 215/220? Or am I thinking of another Bellmont guy from the same time frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetwrestling Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) "Wasn't Billy Baker a light/undersized 215/220? Or am I thinking of another Bellmont guy from the same time frame?" Daniel Meyer was a very successful undersized heavyweight for the Braves. If I am correct, he was 205-215 ballpark. Edited December 17, 2021 by jetwrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Baker was definitely a stud , barrel chested with low to no body fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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