Thompson beat me my sophmore year and we were in course to wrestle in regional finals my jr year but I lost to Barnhizer in one of our many wars that ended in 6-4 score every single time we wrestled, in the semis and Thomson beat Barnhizer in the finals.. James actually lost on semi state finals to my team mate Terrell coatie, James SS runner up year after Terrell pinned Danny Williams in the semis..I had beaten James in FS that summer prior iirc..
Thompson was one the best I seen not make it to state, you talk about a tank, I've never seen a 45 pounder as wide as he was tall and he had a motor on him.. I even felt bad for him when he didn't make it through, I lost to Jerry Gordon in a war in 03' who went on to get 6th coincidentally losing to James for 5th and 6th... James then was upset on Friday night the following year by Whittington who was a 4th seed by pin.. Jaggers dad, Uncle Bob told me about Thompson night before I wrestled him and I'll never forget him telling me "Son I know you are a strong young man but tomorrow vs Thompson that isn't going to work out too well, if you try to muscle the ball of muscle you're facing".. He was correct, he was a stud in every sense of the word and I rarely felt that kinda horsepower in a match.. And Uncle Bob told me when I lost 10-5 "Told ya so"