ND1974

On 1/12/2024 at 7:47 AM, h2ooutofmudpuddles said:

better story about you, when Ester and i walked in your dorm room with Lopez trying to break your arm with a baseball bat.  so you didn't have to make weight. lol great times

Yeah, cutting weight was brutal back then. Coach Jarman called me out after that early morning incident and had me running before, between, and after classes to cut the 14 pounds I needed to make weight before we went to Ohio Northern that night. I had my arm all wrapped up like a club because of the huge bruise on my arm. I ended up winning that match with some huge cross faces with my club. Lol.
 

I don’t know who to thank for that experience: Coach Jarmen for pushing me through a stupid decision or Lopez for a having a sissy swing that night. Lol

On 8/31/2023 at 12:57 PM, maligned said:

Wow! I did not remember that. So Ester puts out following-season state champ Requejo in the ticket round in 1991 and #1-ranked Wilson of Warsaw in the ticket round in 1992. Who kept beating him at regional to create those matches?!?

Ester got me in 91 was correct. He held my hands together and dropped to a knee with a couple seconds left and got the 1 point penalty for having my hands clasped. He was a good friend and we joked about it at the Mishawaka Invite the next year while we were warming up for our finals matches. Me at 125, Mike at 119. Even when we wrestled at Manchester before I joined the Army, we still talked about that match. Wrestling someone in a close match, regardless of the outcome, can create a bond, even if you hate the guy’s guys afterwards. Losing to Mike was the best motivation I had for my senior year.

He is and will always be missed by anyone who knew him. He’s probably hitting that blast double leg somewhere! RIP brother!

On 3/10/2022 at 12:34 PM, Y2CJ41 said:

On the heals of Marshall Fishback's run... here is a list of the wrestlers who went to state as a senior only and brought back the gold.  Curious if others know how the guys did the previous year before their title. It's impressive the jumps some made in one year.

 

Year	Weight	Name	Year Prior
1992	125	Chris Requejo- Wawasee
1992	160	Roger Blanton- Hanover Central
1992	171	Rico Talamantes- Fort Wayne North Side
1994	103	Matt Deters- Castle
1994	145	Pete Knecht- Huntington North
1995	106	Courtney Duncan- Frankton	Lost in Ticket Round to Quiyon Brooks
1995	172	Will Hill- Lawrence Central
1995	185	Darren Happe- Evansville Central
1996	215	Chad Buntin- Frankfort
1997	189	Todd Wright- Carmel
1998	145	Anthony Lapsley- Fort Wayne Snider
1998	275	Dan Spencer- Merrillville
1999	275	Tim LaMar- Wabash
2000	160	Bryce Hasseman- Franklin Community	Missed weight during state series?
2000	215	Matt Hasbrook- Indianapolis Cathedral
2000	275	Jason Fryar- Whiteland
2003	160	Sam Wildeman- Evansville Mater Dei	Lost at semi-state
2004	275	Chad Ruggeri- Mount Vernon (Posey)
2011	189	Garret Goldman- Bloomington North	Lost in ticket round to Josh Boots
2011	285	Jeremiah Harvey- Culver Community	Lost at regional to Evan Nixon
2012	170	Sean Mappes- Center Grove	Lots in ticket round to Gabe Holt
2013	160	Riley McClurg- Perry Meridian	Lost 1st round of SS to Nardi
2015	170	Dylan Lydy- Ben Davis	Lost in ticket round via DQ
2017	170	Eli Stock- Monrovia	Lost 1st round of regional to Arkee Glover
2022	285	Marshall Fishback- Rochester	Pinned by eventual champ in ticket round

Chris Requejo lost in the ticket match at 119 to Mike Ester of Ft Wayne Snider.