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  1. hammer
    Thomas Hammock - Bishop Luers 3rd - 171 Junior 3rd - 189 Senior Senior year he lost in the semis when an obvious stalemate was never called. He was as quick/slick on his feet as you will see at 189lbs.
  2. hammer
    At Carroll-Raypole (CA) over previously unbeaten Siddons(CH) in the semis.
  3. hammer
    103-10 112-11(Phillips) 119-11(Ayersman)) 125-10 130-10 135-11(Kieffer) 140-11(Tsirtsis) 145-11(Roach) 152-11(Welch) 160-10 171-11(Bratcher) 189-11(Sliga) 215-10 275-10
  4. hammer
    Someone else probably has better specifics on this, but I remember that Colin Warner(Tipton) beat Deron Wynn from Missouri the year before Wynn would win Fargo at 215.
  5. hammer
    Snider Hwt. Greg Wagoner was All-State in Football and Track, winning a State Championship in Wrestling.
  6. hammer
    Mauer should have 3 Team State titles, and one football state title.
  7. hammer
    O'Brien lost to Moore, twice. The other 2 losses were SS defaults. I think I remember him being sick or having mono. It set up a match up on Friday night with Bauhman(sp?) of Portage, who was the next best kid in the weight class.
  8. hammer
    I would agree on Mauer vs. Dolly. Another one that comes to mind is Carr vs. Harper.
  9. hammer
    I agree. Glad to see my old coach get in!
  10. hammer
    Here in lies the problem. The IHSAA wrote the rule one way, and chose to interpret it another way. On how it is worded, ACComputer is correct. However, the IHSAA gets the final say on it, and they choose to disagree with their own rule that they wrote.
  11. hammer
    The rankings look solid, as usual. I do have a question for the Rankings Guy. You have the HN HWT. ranked, who hasn't wrestled all year, but will be returning. Would you rank the backup, too, if you felt like he was one of the 16 best(not saying that he is) in the state?
  12. hammer
    That deserves a Wahoo!
  13. hammer
    Wouldn't that be a loss via DQ?
  14. hammer
    The highest level wrestlers that I have coached all had much better offense than defense. More often than not, great offense will be harder to stop. I used tell one of them, who placed 3rd at State 2X, that his best defense was his offense. A good offensive attack could take him down, but a good defense couldn't stop his great offense.
  15. hammer
    I wasn't aware of that, but I am glad to hear that he is back on the mat.
  16. hammer
    I thought Brooks was sitting out the whole year. Was it only the first semester?
  17. hammer
    I may be incorrect on this, but I believe that Randy Baker(Bellmont) might be the only 4 time Al Smith champ, and he didn't win state.
  18. hammer
    This is going to be an incredible battle of contrasting styles! I am pulling for Howe, and have little doubt that he'd beat Burroughs in freestyle, but I could see folkstyle going either way. I was originally picking Howe, because of Burroughs coming off a major injury, but it looks like he's back to his pre-injury form.
  19. hammer
    Back when I coached at Bishop Luers, this was the springboard for a lot of our wrestlers to making the jump to state. We always looked at it as if you can place top 4, you should get out of FW SS. It probably varies based on which SS you are coming out of, but a lot of the stronger teams from the FW SS used to compete there. That has changed in recent years, as less FW area teams are there, and other FW area teams like Yorktown have become a powerhouse.
  20. hammer
    Mauer lost twice in HS. Once to JD Bergmen (OH), as a Junior, and to an Indiana wrestler as either a Freshman or Sophamore.
  21. hammer
    Good article. Thanks for posting it!
  22. hammer
    Because the "true champion" used to have to be a champion along the way at every step. How is the guy that can't beat someone in his weight class, and not only can't beat the guy, but also loses to him in the state tournament, but ends up beating another guy that beat that guy the "true champion"?
  23. hammer
    Forfeiting a given match is all about strategy and it it no one's business but the coach's as to why he chooses to. I know that you have to take into account that when you have a young team of inexperienced wrestlers, sometimes you sit a kid because of injury, and sometimes you sit the kid who you know won't last 30 seconds, and may very well get injured in the process. You also need to be careful not to set new kids up for failure before they develop a love of the sport, because they will often end up hating it and quit if you throw them to the wolves. That being said, different kids will handle things differently, and as a coach, it is your job to figure out who will and who won't be able to handle given situations.
  24. hammer
    I still can't figure out why those people that are completely against a classed individual tournament get ticked off when someone mentions only advancing champions on each level. If someone was a Sectional runner up and went on to win State, how would we know that they were the real champion? If classing is so bad, let's go back to only winners advancing. We could eliminate a round of the tournament, too, and then we could advance Regional champs to State.
  25. hammer
    I have seen far too many wrestlers that are prime examples that being from a small school hurts them every bit individually just as it hurts their team when competing with teams from bigger schools. Practice partners matter a lot more than a lot of people on here want to admit. Competing in a Spring and/or Fall sport, as athletes at most small schools have to do, does adversely affect those individuals more so than it affects big school athletes. If anyone can't understand that, then they never competed/coached at a small school.
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