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I believe one of the kids that Kris Williams lost to in the OFF SEASON was Indiana's (Penn) own Zach Davis, 3-2 at a summer tournament in Michigan. This is one of the losses that Willie is trying to remember but can't come up with on the video.

http://www.flowrestling.org/coverage/250736-Whos-1/video/720420-Whos-1-Ep6

http://www.illinoismatmen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50749

I keep hounding Steve and Stevan about going to Northwestern! We'll see. 

If we're going to have an honorable mention you have to throw Cleveland on there 1xChamp, 3rd

Indeed. My bad. Definitely put Cleveland in the HM.

Illinois, again, ran away with the most AA's in both divisions and styles (just looking at boys).  They had 71 AA's, more than doubling their closest competitiors, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who both had 30 AA's.  Illinois had a staggering 13.8% of the AA's.  Indiana was just outside the top 10 at the 11th spot with 16 AA's (tied with MD and NJ).  Below are the numbers for the top 15 states:

 

State     # of AA's          State's Population

IL                  71                      12.88 Million

PA                  30                      12.76 Million

WI                  30                        5.72 Million

CA                  27                      38.04 Million

OH                27                        11.54 Million

MN                26                          5.37 Million

OK                25                          3.81 Million

IA                  18                        3.07 Million

UT                  18                        2.85 Million

OR                  17                        3.89 Million

IN                  16                        6.53 Million

MD                  16                        5.88 Million

NJ                  16                        8.86 Million

MI                  15                        9.88 Million

GA                  14                        9.91 Million

ID                    14                        1.59 Million

 

 

 

 

Indiana did great this year, I believe they are moving up due to great coaches, parents, and clubs. Having spent an entire HS season in Illinois, I can tell you that it's a culture thing, it really is. The CULTURE of wrestling in IL is just so much different, that's why they are arguably the best wrestling state in the country. In addition, the IHSA in IL cooperates and supports the sport of wrestling in IL, they seem to really respect the history/legacy of wrestling in IL whereas the IHSAA in Indiana.......well.......I think we all know how they feel about wrestling. Nevertheless, Indiana is on the rise!

 

Mount Carmel's Mount Rushmore should be called Mount Weick for their legendary coach Bill Weick. Not many high school coaches are members of the Olympic Team Staff. If I recall, Bill was a coach on every Olympic staff from 1972-1988 and perhaps before that even.

I see Coach Weick quite often, he's at Brother Rice HS, still in the Chicago Catholic League. He's a legend for sure but our current coach John Kading is not so bad either, 4x NCAA D-1 AA at Oklahoma and National Champ. Gable cites Coach Weick as being one of the most influential people for him personally during his career. During the break at the CCL tournament, I gotta a chance to sit down with Weick and you could literally listen to him for hours, he's got stories on top of stories! LOL

Since Hanover Central (Cedar Lake) is about 2 miles from Lowell, that's a lot of hardware from both towns that are very close to one another!

Mount Carmel Caravan, Chicago IL

Steve Williams 2x

Joe Williams 4x

TJ Williams 4x

BJ Futrell 2x or Bryce Brill

12 Titles

(Honorable Mention: Bryan Harney 2x, Charles Lloyd 2x, Tony Davis 1x, & 1x runner-up)

I can't forget the LOWELL RED DEVILS, Lowell, IN:

Marcus Schontube 2x

Tom Renn 1x & 1x runner-up.

Dale Goings 1x & 1x runner-up.

Bobby Howard 1x & 5th place.

Honorable Mention: Larry McMillen (1x Champ & 3rd place) Paul Mayer (1x Runner-up)

I went with Howard over McMillen because I am biased. LOL

Drew Hughes will be in the TOP 4 before he graduates, IMO.

As good as an athlete Gelen is, he's an even better person. Congrats kid!! Proud of ya!!

http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/l-c-s-robinson-earns-times-male-athlete-of-the/article_c7225dc8-a5e7-54bd-84c9-eeeb780f1edb.html

Re: Nathan Boston

Verbal only...

Micic will wrestle at Northwestern, IMO.

Stevan, don't make your father drive all over the country to watch you wrestle!! hahaha

:) :) :) :)

For the young'uns out there...

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://oldcomputers.net/pics/C64combo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://oldcomputers.net/c64.html&h=300&w=349&sz=20&tbnid=0pshnwoagJZ4iM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=105&zoom=1&usg=__nMm9mr8NFaQxh_d3x5Jo5dwDQAg=&docid=XqK3A_p_X3hNpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cOSTUZnBH5Tb4AOU04GoCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ9QEwAg&dur=5295

you mentioned commodore 64s and for that ill vote...because you got moxy

:) Showing my age!

because the IOC is like we should make a Poll on a .biz website make our decision for us....if you do it now do you get a free Ipad? Will it tell me if I have spyware on my computer? Common sense people

 

Little more research actually shows that this is a website you can trust being ran by upright citizens....http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/olympics/editor-of-olympic-website-is-declared-bankrupt/ but hey wrestlings winning now so yay

Nevertheless, Vote! I don't care if it's a back alley operation with commodore 64's, if it can help save wrestling, I'll vote!

We are getting pushed by SQUASH!!! Please vote!

http://www.insidethegames.biz/polls/71-which-sport-do-you-think-the-ioc-should-vote-to-include-on-the-olympic-programme-for-2020

Oops! 

http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/tuesday-s-prep-roundup-andrean-wrestling-on-probation-following-recruiting/article_f284418a-b94b-5c98-8394-dfd034b9ffa9.html

Congratulations!

Way to go, Mitch!!!!! Congrats buddy!!!! :)

RWA (Region Wrestling Academy) Calumet Freestyle Open, this Saturday! Come out and see us!! 

(We'll see who eats more? Me or Coach Wadkins?  )

The 800lb Gorillas cost $150 and received a super stylish singlet, sweats, sweatshirt, shorts and tshirt along with hotel and entry fee paid for. They also got a great meal at BW3s with the best server in the industry.

That's a pretty good deal, indeed!!!

Hard to call this a national event when it was basically just three states.

The kids just go and wrestle. The parents are proud of their accomplishments whether it was 1 state or 50 states represented. The wrestlers could have easily stayed home and did nothing but I give them credit for getting on the mat. Your statement undermines what these kids did and their efforts put forth in the event, regardless of whether it was a National tourney or not.

BTW, I have no connection to any of the wrestlers that participated in this tourney. I just saw where someone posted the names of the wrestlers who earned some recognition on here and you make a statement like that. What were you hoping to accomplish? If you have a problem with the tourney, take it up with the administrators running it, not tearing down the kids. You wrestle who they put in front of you, period. The kids can't control who shows up.

Deondre/Alber is a tough 1st round draw. Both State champs.

Alber was the 1A champ in IL at 120lbs. IL was the strongest state in the nation at 120lbs this past season having as many as 5-6 wrestlers ranked in the Top 20 depending on which publication you checked. An absolute brutal draw for Deondre first round.

Welcome to the board, Coach Howard!!!!