Coach Williams

JV - LN 80 LC 0

I let you have all of those to build your self esteem.

Man, I am a little shocked this is even being debated. We have always told our kids they have the best looking staff in the state. I figure that's worth at least 3 points a dual due to the aura of confidence we have.

This is how I see it:

Pendoski vs. Williams - Ed has too much body hair to have a fighting chance in this match up and he works out too much. There is just a lot more of me to love.

Tharp vs. Douglas - I'll give the nod to Douglas. Tharp is a beautiful person on the inside. But I've seen Douglas in action in Broad Ripple too many times.

Hinkel vs. Weimer - In the battle of the receding hairlines, I take Weimer. I think he got started on Rogaine last year and it's made a big difference.

I didn't get to see Weinzy and Macke wrestle much in high school. But, I don't see Gans or Thomas Johnson giving up bonus points. They were both 3-time state placewinners that were in the hunt to win the whole thing as juniors and seniors. Gans could have easliy been a state champion. Also, I see Coach Goebel having Macke and Weinzy being a little more conservative than usual against guys as dangerous as those two in dual like that.

I agree these are two of the best teams I have seen

MD 02-03 vs. LN 04-05

103 - Bittner (Qualifier) vs. Schaler: MD by dec 3-0

112 - Williams (6th) vs. Leppink (Qualifier): MD by dec 6-0

119 - Hillenbrand vs. Pino (4th): LN by dec 6-3

125 - Macke (3rd and lost in semis to Angel 5-2) vs. Gans (3X Placewinner): MD by dec 9-3

130 - Coughlin (runner-up to Andrae that year) vs. Albert (2X Placewinner): MD by dec 12-3

135 - Scott (3rd and lost to T-shirts in semis by TF) vs Hump (3X Champ): LN by maj dec 13-7

140 - Lehman vs. Aspling (2X Placewinner): LN by maj dec 13-11

145 - Weinzapfel (Champ) vs. Johnson (3X Placewinner): MD by dec 14-11

152 - Nosko (Champ) vs. Walker: MD by fall 20-11

160 - Wildeman (Champ) vs. Rugenstein: MD by fall 26-11

171 - Maurer (4X Champ) vs. Vogelsong: MD by fall 32-11

189 - Coughlin vs. Burr: MD by dec 35-11

215 - Unfried (Qualifier) vs. Locke (Qualifier): LN by dec 32-14

285 - Schwartz vs. Gunn (2X Placewinner): LN by fall 32-20

Final Score 32-20 MD 02-03 beats LN 04-05. But, I think LN could have possibly won at 112, 125 or 145. 215 could have probably gone either way. Those matches could have changed some things also if LN could stay off their back from 152-171.

I would love to see this dual.

Here is LN, I know some are a little out of weight class, but had to get all the state champs in there. There is state champ at every weight except heavy. There are 4 multiple state champs.

103 - N. Hartman (Champ, 3rd)

112 - B. Ingalls (2 X Champ, 5th)

119 - Quiroga (Champ, Runner-Up)

125 - Hugh Waddington (Champ, 3rd)

130 - Jason Smith (Champ)

135 - Humphrey (3 X Champ)

140 - Spence Spencer (Champ, Runner-Up)

145 - Deckard (Champ, 5th)

152 - Hooper (2 X Champ)

160 - Miller (Champ)

171 - Balwinski (Champ, Runner-Up)

189 - Stephens (2 X Champ, 4th)

215 - D. Robinson (Champ, 6th)

285 - Gunn (3rd, 6th)

I would argue that the Traicoff is more difficult than team state. If you make the A pool, you wrestle 3 teams that will most likely be at team state immediately after wrestling 2 solid teams. Last year, LN wrestled a Highland, a very scrappy Portage team, and then Crown Point, Mishawaka, and Cathedral. You will not find a tougher day than that, including team state.

160 LN wins by dec

171 LN wins by fall

189 AH wins by dec

215 LN wins by dec

285 LN wins by dec

103 LN wins by fall

112 LN wins by fall

119 LN wins by maj dec

125 LN wins by dec

130 LN wins by dec

135 AH wins by fall

140 LN wins by fall

145 LN wins by fall

152 AH wins by fall