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Posts posted by Y2CJ41
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Whatever Yorktown wrestler ends up at 152 has a good shot to win, whether that be McCormick, Laughlin, or Berkbile.
Berkbile won't be wearing a Yorktown singlet this year.
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Jacob Grey can compete at any weight that doesn't have Drew Hughes in it. This year in an anomaly as we have 8 returning state champions along with 2014 champ Jer Reitz. That is probably the most ever as we usually have 7+ senior state champs.
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None of the freshmen are listed.
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Now that my life is semi back to normal, we will be doing a site update soon and thus change some things up. Still working on TripleB's banner.
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You could hitch a ride with the Florida guys....they are like a half hour from you.
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I bet you tore the tag off your mattress too.
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Photo by Tony Rotundo/Wrestlers are Warriors
By JEREMY HINES
jerhines@cinergymetro.net
When Reece Humphrey was in sixth grade he told his dad he wanted to try wrestling. He remembers his dad, Jim, having a big smile on his face when he learned the news.
Soon Jim started showing up to Reece’s practices. Then he started running the practices. Reece thought his dad running practice was a little odd, until he found out that his dad was a World silver medalist and a two time Olympic wrestling coach.
“I didn’t go out for wrestling because of my dad,” Reece said. “I didn’t even know about his career. I went out for wrestling because my friends talked me into it.”
Now, over a decade later, Reece wrestles for a living. He is the United States’ top 61kg freestyle grappler and will represent his country at the World Championships this week in Las Vegas.
Reece grew up in Indiana, where he was a three-time state champion representing Lawrence North High School. He then went to Ohio State where he earned All-American honors twice with the Buckeyes.
“I remember back in high school, a state championship meant everything to me,” Humphrey said. “Then in college I wanted to be an NCAA champion. I ended up finishing second. But now, the ultimate goal is to win the World Championships, and I really feel like this is my year to do it.”
Humphrey advanced to the Worlds by beating Daniel Dennis 12-1, 4-1 in the qualifying round.
Now, at 29, he’s the second oldest member on the US team. Humphrey is joined by Tony Ramos (57kg), Brent Metcalf (65kg), James Green (70kg), Jordan Burroughs (74kg), Jake Herbert (86kg), Kyle Snyder (97kg) and Tervel Diagnev (125kg).
“I’ve been practicing twice a day, 11 times a week all year long for this,” Humphrey said. “I love what I do. Wrestling is 24-7 for me.”
Humphrey has cut nearly 30 pounds to get down to his competition weight.
“That’s all I’m thinking about every second,” Humphrey said. “I’m on a strict diet. Making this weight is very tough for me. I’m pretty lean around 160 pounds.”
His class, 61kg, is 134 pounds.
This time at the World Championships Humphrey feels it is his time to take gold.
“The first time I competed at World I didn’t know what to expect,” he said. “The second time I lost a close one to a two-time medalist. Now I know how to train, how to prepare. The competition is on home soil and I’m so ready to go out and do this.”
Humphrey feels this is his last chance to win a World medal.
“I’m anxious, nervous and excited,” he said. “I feel the pressure, but I love it. You don’t get that many shots at winning a world title. You have to take each one seriously. This really could be my last chance. I want to go out on top.”
Reece is proud of the fact he grew up in Indiana.
“Indiana isn’t known as one of the best wrestling states,” he said. “But when I was wrestling we had about 10 really tough kids that did really well at nationals. Angel Escobedo is my training partner. He was a four-time champ from Indiana.”
Humphrey teaches at a lot of camps throughout the state as a way of giving back.
“I do a lot of camps,” he said. “I plan on opening a club (in Ohio, where he currently resides) when I’m done with the Olympics in Rio. I’m all around the country doing camps. I have no weekends, ever. But I love working with the kids and spreading my knowledge. It’s my way of giving back to the sport that has given me so many opportunities.”
Wrestling allows Reece to be able to spend a lot of time with his family. He and his wife Meredith have two children – Parker, 4 and Reace, 3.
“I am fortunate to be able to spend a lot of time at home with the kids,” Reace said. “And when they start school I’ll be retired. I get to be a huge part of their life.”
This has been one of Humphrey’s most successful wrestling years so far. He won the US Open, made the world team and is now competing for a title.
“Aleksander Bogomoev (Russia) is very tough,” Humphrey said of the top ranked 61kg grappler. “But I feel like I can go out and compete with anyone right now. I’m at the top of my game.”
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Geeze Lopez is good. He made Smith look like a middle school wrestler.
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Archive ALL the matches on TrackCast! So if you are watching the live stream and miss a match, you can just find the match on the brackets and watch it. No more missing all the great matches of this awesome event!
You can subscribe to the live steam any time for the low low cost of $10!
http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=190918009
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We have 70 on our stud list including 5 returning champs!
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We will be talking to Paul and Tim in a few weeks and have an article on the website in October with all those questions and more answered.
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http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/about%20ihsaa/minutes/2015-16/081915.pdf
I saw some interesting things in the minutes this past month.
-Janis Qualizza from Merrillville stepped down from the board of directors. That could be a reason why Merrillville may not be hosting semi-state any more
-Lawrence North Athletic Director made a proposal to get a waiver for team state. What makes this interesting is it may have a better shot at passing if an AD proposes it rather than the coaches association.
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Steveson is up in about 5-10 minutes
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He will be wrestling around 12:30pm EST time or a little later in the Cadet World Finals. He is looking like a beast and dominating some very tough opponents. You can watch at the following link
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-2
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If the Merrillville semi-state moves, this board will get about 25% less posts due to lack of complaints about it.
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This qualifies him for an Olympic redshirt, however with his recent transfer he will still only have 3 years of eligibility.
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Someone must be guilty of something, no clue what you are talking about.
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I keep reading reasons why this can't be discussed at the annual meeting. Do I need to get an executive order from Obama for that to happen? You're on the board, you are the USAW National Coach, you should have a lot more influence than an internet tough guy like me.
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Why can't you take suggestions from the internet? Is that taboo or something?
I take suggestions on the website all the time and even implement them a lot of times.
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He's back home in Frankton.