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As for insight on NC as a team..Rex teams have won 35 sectionals,13 regionals, and 6 semi state titles..2x team state runner up Has coached 87 State qualifiers, 41 placers...1 state champion,4 runner ups and at least 20+ top 5 placers..also Peck is nearing 1000 dual wins which 1st in indiana is 2nd all time in the nation..NC won 106 straight dual meets not losing for nearly 3 years in the early 90s..Also had a few of his team's ranked nationally in the mid 90s...lost to Mater dei in 96' stage championship when NC sent 8 to state (minus returning monster HW state champion who passed away) 6 were placers as well...MD sent 10 that year iirc and NC lost a close meet that could've gone either way had nc didn't lose swing matches in our HW absence...

nope sure didn't..5 duals every Saturday if not we wrestled in the old north mont holiday duals that was a 2day tournament that had Lawrence north,portage,Warren cental,Carmel,Franklin central,north mont to name a few, who were all good teams..plus the 2day meet @Lawrence central that was the two days following thanksgiving...or the Adam's central Individual tournament where a lot of us NC guys battled Very tough Bloomington south guys in the finals..was like mini state wrestling under the lights..I loved that tournament.. those guys were great wrestlers,I didn't start til 8th grade and was decent..2x ticket round choke artist..but I got to see many great wrestlers...I would really sucked if I didn't get to see a great example on a daily basis..plus Rex is great coach that has turned a lot of decent and relatively hardly experienced guys into champions in a short time...I wouldn't change it for nothing...In became a young man through his guidance...nc isn't what it once was but if our Feeder program can get up and running right there's some good young gunz that could get us bk to the state one day I sure hope..

To answer what they were like..they all were very talented wrestlers that fell short of a state title..and as much as ppl can mix opinions about how much nc wrestles, they all wrestled tough scheduless bk then...NC was among the top programs in the state throughout the 90s and early 2000s...they may not have been state champs but they all were creme of the crop during their tenure and you don't win 200+ matches by accident

BTW Brendan Campbell had 208 wins so that's 4 of the top 7..a lot of top 3 finishes but no state titles song those 4..Our lone state champion in the Peck era was the HW monster Bubba Dickerson but he passed after his jr year and doesn't have all the wins but is still a legend..

I was on NC and had the privilege to wrestle on a pretty solid team with Keith and Matt was and still one of my good friends...Keith was a Pinning (125 pins) machine that was top 10 ranked wrestler through out most most of highscool that had some tough breaks..as freshman he drew eventual State champion Snyder the ticket round in a close match iirc..his sophmore year was beat by 1 the ticket round by 48-1 nick strub east central who was one of Keith's rivals that he had a few wars with ..that same year he beat current Southport coach and stud wrestler nick skinner on many occasions, among many other quality wins..his jr year was undefeated or only had one loss going into state...He ended up losing In the qtrs to Runner up Beast Dan Bedoy and keith placed 5th..He was ranked number 1 or 2 in the state his senior.. i seen Keith bump to 171 @team regionals and pin top 10 ranked Arik wolf with ease and beat michael Horton who got 4th that same year 14-3..Wolf went on to get 2nd @215 the following yr.. in the ticket round keith (47-0) was upset by Mitch Todd of Pendleton aka state champion Mason Todd's older brother.. it was so devastating...Keith was the hardest worker we all knew...anybody who knows Garrard knows he was a killer that had tough luck..he went on to be a All american @Wabash placing 5th..to top it off Keith only wrestled a few yrs in college and iirc didn't even wrestle his Jr yr but came out his senior yr and got 5th.. Matt jaggers was a takedown machine and a very good all around wrestler..hec was a 4x sectional,regional and NCC champion not to mention 3x NC SEMI state champion..4x SQ,3X Placer and runner up to some guy named Angel escobedo...he was smthn like 211-10 in HS with 7 of those losses coming his freshman year was 50+-0 two strait yrs going into the state finals...I seen him tech fall the #8 kid in the ticket round in under 3 minutes in 03 and bumped up to from 125 to 135 and beat 2x Placer stud Brandon Gonzalez from Delta and is aka member here Navygonzo...was a very mean wrestler that was known for snapping kids down so hard it even put Cole Whalen in the hospital during their sectional title match...He was a treat to watch..he lost to John sheets(1,3,3,3 placings) 7-6 his Jr yr @state in the qtrs finishing 55-1 also...he is still one of NC elite former wrestlers..went on to have a successful mma career was King of the cage 145 world champion...Fought former champion TJ dillashaw (the ,The Korean zombie and former king of Pancrase Marlon Sandro in japan..Matt and myself both fought for showtimes EliteXC...we were wrestling and mma training partners aND best friends to this day. I didn't wrestle with Mac but there are plenty of ppl on here that seen him wrestle and even Coach Nick HULL aka state champion has held Mac in very high regard and many of his peers say as one of the best not to win a title...221-8 career with 6 of his losses coming in @state iirc..221 wins was a national record @one time...placed 4x(6,5,3,3) and was a 4x NCC champion as well..

I misread the post not seeing runner-up..I thought this was referring to Wilson's senior year when he won it..and that was what made me confused..I know he got launched on his back after taking Ellis down in the finals.

Taking It old school! You know who his loss was to?

I'd love to see him wrestle @OSU...Snyder could be the perfect mentor for him!

Not to mention how impressive most of these guys have been in their college endeavors...

That explains it..this is a big opportunity to wrestle the best and guys you might never see during the year..Merrillville always has some real tough guys..be cool if they can change that in the future

Wonder why Merrillville declined?

Period

He planted Bektić clear on his neck with that KO..he fell in a very awkward position...Great win for Elkins he's a warrior

John Sheets is up there too..got 1,3,3,3 and had legends every yr that kept him from getting more than 1 state title his freshman yr..Mental attitude a award winner and excellent student as well..

Right on..I didn't want to say the M word and an not too familiar if little ppl is derogatory or not...Thaddeus was anything but little when he was on the mat..monster that guy was

Unless you're Woodson up 12 and throw a lateral drop and got put on his back byKleinhenz lol

I stand corrected.

Who remembers Kissick hitting a back flip during a match @ state in 96?

Yesub he was huge @103..he is a dwarf and had a good younger brother that I use to wrestle and SQ Andrew Douglas

He tech falled me @ team state..my dad told me he would give me 200 if I got a takedown....I ended up owing him 2 grand

Jaggers vs Sheets in 02' was a great match too.. 7-6 sheets pulled it off...Jaggers told me that's the only time he can remember being absolutely exhausted after a match.

Yep...They wrestled multiple times iirc...I just know Macke made their semis match Closer than prior..

Pringleton is another great that never won it..Elkins had a MEAN WHIZZER.Pingleton had him picked up multiple times appearing to have the go ahead TD..but Elkins whizzer prevailed as it would cause a scramble when they hit the mat...unreal match Yeah it was crazy..he played it off like it was normal...dude was a straight beast that was never boring

Mauer vs Newport and Hobbs were unreal too...I seen nick Hobbs the next year afyer losing in the finals on Friday night was down by 1 with 10 seconds left tell his coach he wasn't cutting the guy...instead dropped in and titled the kid for 2 and the buzzer...Was one of the boldest things I've seen..everybody was confused when he didn't cut the kid..he showed us abd tilted him like it was all planned...Nick Hobbs from beech grove was fun as heck to watch

Heck yea...a lot of ppl can learn from this young man's work ethic and drive...good for Lee and all of the bulldogs