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except when he wrestled Stigler, Vince fro La Porte.

Jerry Jackson La Porte the best side headlock I ever seen before.

is Payne really gonna go 140 for this? Jeez.....pick a weight dude! Payne has wrestled every match this year at 140, except for the first meet of the year. SO I believe he has picked a weight. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I'll wrestle wherever my coachs think is best for the team. ;D Sean, where ever your coach decides to wrestle you at, you will do good. You are a true team player. Good luck the rest of the season.

1/2/2009 11:00:00 AM Michigan City had six individual weight champions en route to a 5-0 record at the Twin Lakes 8-Way in Monticello, Ind., on Wednesday. Those champions were Cole Stevens at 103 pounds, Ed Babinec at 112, Jimmy Poplawski at 130, Daniel Peronis at 140, Garrett Payne at 145 and Dustin Fanson at heavyweight. In addition for Payne, in his second match of the tournament against Tyler Hileman of North White, he won his 100th career match. Payne is now 103-21 for his career, and is 22-3 this season. http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=96&ArticleID=20018

Is Payne going 135 or 140 ??? ??? ??? He may want to wrestle Flamme again.

I thoght Crump from Center Grove had a solid day. He is a tough wrestler. :D

WAITING ON REDEMPTION City's Payne has waited more than nine months for this season. Nick Dettmann The News-Dispatch Nine months later, it still stings. Michigan City's Garrett Payne was four seconds away from his first trip to the state wrestling finals Feb. 9 at Merrillville High School. But a one-point penalty against Payne in his match against LaVille's Zach Troxel cost Payne. Payne was leading with four seconds remaining in the match, 10-9. He would go on to lose in the overtime, 12-10. "I believe he really got screwed out of this match," City coach Tom Vasbinder said after the match. "He had two takedowns they didn't give him that he should've had. "It's just disappointing when, in my opinion, a referee takes a match away from a kid." According to Payne and Vasbinder after the match, Payne was told he locked Troxel's hands. "I don't think you ever get over it," Vasbinder said recently. "It still bothers me. He put so much into it. "... I'm sure he'll remember that for the rest of his life." That heart-breaking setback has been the sole motivation for Payne this season to get to the state finals. "It's his senior year and he's worked hard enough for it," Vasbinder said. "He knows we can't leave it in any refs' hands this year. He's been working extremely hard. "He ought to be fun and exciting to watch this year." According to Vasbinder, Payne is not the only one who's going to be fun and exciting to watch this season for the Wolves. City returns a crop of wrestlers with experience, some of whom made strong postseason runs. Among those is senior Daniel Peronis. Peronis returns after going 24-12 a year ago. He finished second at the sectional at 135 pounds, and lost the third-place match at the regional to Crown Point's Josh Flamme, which would've sent Peronis to semi-state. Jimmy Poplawski, who went 23-11 last year, and finished third at the sectional at 130 pounds, also returns, along with Tom Lusco. Lusco missed the sectional after getting in a car accident prior to the sectional. Vasbinder has high hopes for Lusco, Poplawski, Peronis and all of his wrestlers this season, his second as the head coach. "I think this is our year to definitely do something in conference, maybe even in sectionals as a team," Vasbinder said. "These kids have worked hard." Vasbinder said his wrestlers between the 125- and 160-pound classes will be the Wolves' strength. "It's all my upperclassmen right through there," he said. Poplawski will wrestle at 125, sophomore Chris Felske will wrestle at 130, Payne at 135, Peronis at 140, Cody Miranda at 152, and Jeremy Harris at 160. "We're young at the other classes," Vasbinder said. "We're going to have our bumps and bruises, but the strength of our lineup is right in the middle of our order." For Payne, who aspires to become a doctor, has impressed his coach throughout his offseason workouts, adding about 10 pounds of muscle. He has also built up his endurance by being on City's cross country team. Payne wrestled at 125 pounds last season, and will enter the season with a career mark of 81-21. But all the motivation Payne will need is that loss at semi-state. "You got to use last year as a driving motivation to keep yourself mad and hungry," Vasbinder said. "I can see it in his eyes and in practice." Contact sports writer Nick Dettmann at ndettmann@thenewsdispatch.com or 874-7211, Ext. 447.

what the hell? ok...who is going 140, Payne or Peronis? Cuz it keeps going back in forth or did Payne go 140 to avoid March? Payne has gone 140 all seaason except for the first dual meet of the season. East Noble didn't wrestle MC, so I don't think he was trying to avoid Mr. March.

I say go for it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Payne Mcichigan City 5-0

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INFORMATION FROM, HE DID LOSE TO THE GRIFFITH KID BUT HE GOT ROBBED BY THE REF, AND HE DIDN'T SIT OUT THE REST OF THE DAY, HE WENT ON A WON HIS LAST TWO MATCHES.

Well I don't think either one of you will see the match with payne, I heard he got a B on his report card and his father is not allowing him to wrestle Saturday. :o :o :'( :'( :'( :'(

Did Reinoehl have to wrestle off anybody last year? ??? ???

I bet on Payne going 130 or 135 8) 8) 8)

are you sure about that ??? ??? ??? ??? ????

From an inside source i can assure you payne will be at 135 by post-season I wouldn't count on that source. I know he has been talking about 145 I'm not too sure who your gettin info from, but he'll be at 135 for sectionals on I heard last night he was going to cut to 125 or 130.

From an inside source i can assure you payne will be at 135 by post-season I wouldn't count on that source. I know he has been talking about 145

Excellent Job Michigan City