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August 26, 1999
comments: Does anyone hevae AA predictions other than realdeal1 if so could you post them on the forum.
August 26, 1999
From: Charles Easter
email: teameaster@aol.com
comments: Mark Samples All-American wrestling camp was a huge success!! Thirty very dedicated and talented wrestlers came together to experience what Mark had to offer. True to form, the All-American graduate of Edenburo U. let no one down. He led the wrestlers through 6 collegiate style workouts and 3 quality runs, enough to satisfy even the toughest wrestlers.
Working out during the "off"season has positive benifits and produces results. This group carries the hardware to back that up. their accomplishments include; 32 NATIONAL TITLES, 24 national place winners, 2 CADET ALL-AMERICANS (M.Easter,WV,Chris Lape,PA), 3 WV HS STATE TITLES, 1HS placer, 32WV JR. STATE TITLES and 18 placers. Many wrestlers were members of 2 Tulsa National Championship teams and Future Champions Challenge Cup in Chattanooga,TN.
The wrestlers and parents had many positive comments, many reserving a spot in the next camp. The wrestlers left camp tired and satisfied, knowing they polished fundimental techniques and wrestled their hearts out. The parents were happy their sons and daughter had this oppertunity to get a jump on the compition. I have yet to set a date for the next camp. When plans are finalized I will post it on the WV Mat page, also mailing it to everyone on my mailing list. To recieve future camp information e-mail me at TEAMEASTER@AOL.COM or write to Charles Easter, 311-a Grandview Ridge Rd.,Buffalo, WV 25033
REMEMBER:
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE WORKED HARD ENOUGH, WORK A LITTLE HARDER
AND THEN...
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE WORKED HARD ENOUGH, WORK A LITTLE HARDER
AND THEN...
August 26, 1999
From: sleek666
comments: to comments, funny you should mention Johnson at 112, last year at Herbert Hoover Quad Stevens had a forfeit at 103 and moved up to challange Johnson at 112 who also had a forfeit at 112 , but for some reason when Stevens went out to the line no one showed up! Stevens left with a double forfeit.
August 26, 1999
comments: No offense to Chris Johnson, but he will have (excellent competition from) Matt Stevens.
August 26, 1999
From: Donnie
email: Dlewis@sbccom.com
comments: Dave... you forgot to say when and where your practices will be held... gimme an email w/ the details... thanks
August 22, 1999
From: NCAC FAN
comments: To wvufan:
No offense to anyone but there is no way that University will win the NCAC they only have about
1 or 2 wrestlers that will do well. They have a few place at the tourney i dont see them coming
close to winning it.
August 22, 1999
comments: To sleek666:
Well no one forgot Stevens. Chris Johnson is the best man at 112. Stevens might have been good
at 103 but he will have it a little tougher at 112.
August 21, 1999
From: David
comments: To the person inquiring about a wrestling practice taking place at least once a week
in West Virginia, the "West Virginia Iron Eagles" have practice 3 days a week.
August 21, 1999
From: sleek666
comments: "Attn. Forum" In response to AAA picks from "realdeal," not a bad line of
competitors, except you forgot one scrapper who scored more points in the state tourney than
anyone! (3 pins & 1 tech. fall) Does anyone know who that might be???
August 21, 1999
From: wvufan
comments: I say that university is gonna shock the world and become N.C.A.C. champs! Did
anyone know that if University did win it that they would be the first team to win the title
besides West Side and Mostly North Marion?
August 21, 1999
email: DLewis@sbccom.com
comments: Any predictions for the top 6 places @ 160??? if so put it on the forum or email
me...
August 20, 1999
From: INDY FAN
email: smittyc_69@hotmail.com
comments: I LOOK FOR INDEPENDENCE TO BE STRONG THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE TWO RETURNING STATE PLACE WINNERS AND SEVERAL GOOD SOPHOMORES COMING UP THIS YEAR. SO WATCH OUT THE 96 AA STATE CHAMPS COULD BE COMING BACK TO RECLAIM THE STATE TITLE. DOES ANYONE AGREE? OR DISAGREE? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINION.
August 20, 1999
comments: Anyone who would like to see m predictions for AA and AAA please go to http://www.angelfire.com/wv/poll/index.html if anyone has comments on my picks e mail me at realdeal1@hotmail.com.
Thank You
August 20, 1999
comments: Cliff Warden and Jeremy Hart have been running practices around
Beckley, West Virginia. Cliff is running things on his own now that
Jeremy is back at school. It is a great opportunity for any
wrestler who wants to get better. They workout on Tuesday and
Thursday of each week from 7 - 9:00. Everyone is Welcome to come!
August 20, 1999
comments: I agree that Fairmont Sr should be pretty good.Buckannon will also be though.East Fairmont will be really good in spots.....But remember anyone Coached by Roy Michael should never be counted out of being though. I have never seen a more dedicated, motovational,or intelligant coach.....But as we all know no one can be counted out this early
August 19, 1999
comments: I would predict It would be Fairmont Senior who would win the NCAC. They will be
tough in every weight class. I would look for them to possibly win the state tournament.
August 17, 1999
From: Donnie
email: Dlewis@sbccom.com
comments: How does everyone feel about the N.C.A.C. this upcoming winter? I think the field will be more open this year than in prior years... West Fairmont, and University have almost all of their kids returning and East Fairmont has a good program in the works, and not to forget Buckhannon. So does everyone feel that it will be another year of North Marion Dominance in the N.C.A.C. or do you think there will be a new team on top???
August 17, 1999
email: wvgrappler@excite.com
comments: Does anyone know of any place in WV that are having wrestling practices at least once a week. If so could you please e mail me or put it on the forum. Thank You
August 14, 1999
From: Rob Archer, WV Jr. National Team Coach
comments: I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone involved with the WV Junior National Team making the trip to Fargo, North Dakota. It was truly a team effort to get these hard-working kids to the biggest tournament in the world. I am truly proud of the kids that had the guts and desire to lay it all on the line and try to improve their skills. The schools that were represented should be truly proud of the kids they sent. It was an honor for me to work with them. As far as I am concerned, I will be running this team for the next 30 years. I can promise that it will continue to grow each year. For you wrestlers that were on the edge of going or not and decided not to make the trip, you missed a valuable opportunity. All I can do is present you kids with the opportunity to compete against the best. It's up to you if you wanna wrestle the best. A special thanks to goes out to some very dedicated individuals: Aaron Schetter of Parkersburg South, Tim Mayle of Buckhannon (official driver
and chaperone), Bill Archer state chairman, and, finally, Dennis Stanley for his hard work and unbelievable extra effort. Thank you guys. To everyone else, let's keep WV wrestling growing. This is a great big step in the right direction.
August 11, 1999
Chuck -
Saw your posting on WVmat "wandering" about cadets. Need to watch those
typos. People will think your a dumb jock :)
I took Mason and Moore to Cadet Nationals around 1990. They placed 3rd &
7th. Tournament started in late 80's when I was in college. Cannot
recall any other WV boys placing since than other than Matt, but I only
went one other year. I took kids to Junior Nationals a bunch of times,
but tourneys were only recently combined into one weekend in same
arena. Steve Higgins made a Cadet World Team, and placed in Junior
Nationals, but I do not think he even went to Cadet Nationals.
Ken
Editor's note: Check the National page. There are a number of WV wrestlers who
placed at the nationals from 1988-93, according to some info I received a couple of years ago. This page
need updating. Can someone help??
August 11, 1999
From: WV wrestling fan
comments: i feel the 130 and the 135lbs weight class's should be stacked this year. You have
the men from the 125 lbs weight class-2x state champion Hayhurst who was 34-1, Prather who took
3rd (33-7), Zyla (21-12), Leach (35-11), Hughes (32-10). Then you have last years 130 lbs class-
2nd place Glass (36-5), 6th place Lynch (29-8), Anderson (21-6), Lucey (29-11). Then also you can't
leave out the 135lbs class of last year- 2nd Childers (33-7), Brown (33-9), Dillon (27-9),
Bosly (27-11), Bragg (40-7), Jones (24-4), Cross (36-8). It all depends on what these men weigh,
and how hard they have been training during the off season. I am going to go ahead and try and
predict the 130 and 135lbs class.
|
130lbs 1st. Hayhurst 2nd. Hughes 3rd. Prather 4th. Lynch 5th. Leach 6th. Zyla |
135lbs 1st Glass 2nd Childers 3rd Cross 4th Bragg 5th Dillon 6th Jones |
August 10, 1999
From: Jim LeMaster
comments: In addition to Jared Walters, don't count out JP Stanley and Byron Wellman from Cabell Midland as possible state champs. Even with the loss of some stellar wrestlers, Midland will be well stocked again this year. Watch out also for Justin Stanley and Todd Arbes who could have a say in things at the state tournament as well. Go Knights!
August 8, 1999
From: joe thorpe
email: thorpejoe@hotmail.com
comments: First of congratulations to everyone from WV who particapated in the
nationals. Finally WV is starting to get out there and compete with
other states. Thats what its gonna take to put us on the map as a
wrestling state. Also does anyone have the finals of the 97-98 state
wrestling tournament. If so please contact me, if possible e-mail
me back personally. Well everyone keep up the hard work. HHS i'll
be there this year to see the state tournament so impress me. I wish
i could come train with yall but I can't but we need to get another
streak started.
Editor's note: Check the page High School State Tournament for info re the 1998 states
August 8, 1999
comments: Att: nextchamp 2000
Where does Cabell Midlands Jared Walters fit in on your pics.
August 8, 1999
From: pshs fan
comments: I will pick Nathan Pickens from PSHS as a champ at 145, Nathan has worked hard all summer and is a very intense youny man. Good Luck Nathan I know you can do it!!! We have a great group of kids coming back. I would not count out either Bosley brother, they will be tough this year.
August 5, 1999
From: B.A.
comments: Ya i was looking at the confernce page and i noticed u left Doddridge County out of
the LKC teams list, they do not field a wrestling team but they are in the confernce for all
other sports.
Editor's note: Thanks for calling that to my attention.
August 5, 1999
From: FTDKATHY@aol.com
I had written earlier in regards to a wrestler that attended and graduated
from Parkersburg High School. I met Greg in 1991 when he was attending
Washington State Community College in Marietta, Ohio. I believe that Greg
graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1982... In 1998, I located Greg
Pettit on a friends computer. He was listed as the gold medalist in wrestling
for the deaf in Moscow. I haven't been able to locate him as of yet, but am
still looking. If you are able to find him, please have him e-mail me. Thank
you so much for your time and cooperation.
August 5, 1999
email: teameaster@aol.com
comments: I'm womdering if ther has been any WV wrestlers place or win the USAW Cadet Nationals in either Freestyle or Greco? I'm not sure how long ago USAW started the tournament,any help?
August 5, 1999
comments: E mail nextchamp2000@hotmail.com
My AAA a picks
103 Johnathan Delligatti
112 Matt Stevens
119 Chris Johnson
125 Matt George
130 Anthony Regalbutto
135 Joey Mayle
140 Bryan Moats
145 ?
152 Brandon Williams
160 Matt Miller
171 ?
189 Matt Wehrle
215 Josh Coffey
275 Joe Heath
any comments please e mail me!!
August 2, 1999
comments: I think that West Virginia should have a Stae Duals. They should also seed the kids
for the state tournament so that the two best wrestlers don't meet in the semi-finals anymore. I
also think another good idea would be a AA versus AAA to see who the true state champion is.
Thats just my opinion if anyone agrees or disagrees please post it on the forumn. Thank You
August 2, 1999
comments: Where wil Matt Easter wrestle for next year? I look for him to be a top contender for a state title.
August 2, 1999
comments: My AA picks for this upcoming season
103 Zach Zubay
112 Ashley Gandee
119 Ash Wenmoth
125 Wil Westbrooke/Eric Noel
130 Jason Hayhurst
135 Logan Glass
140 Terry Childers
145?
152 Wyatt O'Neil
160 Tony Hardway
171?
189 Phil Belville
215 Robert Busick
275?
anyone with comments e mail me at wvgrappler@excite.com
August 2, 1999
From: Wrestling Trivia Dude
comments: Congrats to "Randy" and "Somebody's Mom" for correctly answering
"Tom Cruise" to the trivia question I posted below. Tom has even
wrestled onscreen in the movie "Born on the 4th of July".
Link to verification of answer:
http://us.imdb.com/BTrivia?Cruise,+Tom
July 31, 1999
email: bigjunk@hotmail.com
comments: Hi everyone, hope the summer is going great. Little hot up my way. Anyway, I just graduated this year from HS, and won't be continuing my wrestling career in college. However, I am going into Secondary Education and in the future hope to continue my wrestling life on the side of the mats coaching. So, I don't want to get away from the sport. Next year, I was thinking about getting either my coaching or refereeing certification. But why I am leaving this message on the forum is to see if any schools in or within 20 min of Philippi,WV would allow me to come to practice every so often and roll around with their team.
I'm no great wrestler, I qualified for the state tourney three years, however I failed to place. I just love the sport and don't want to get to far away from it. If anyone wouldn'y mind having me come to practice and roll around, email me at the address above. Sorry, for taking up so much forum space with this post, but not to much is on here in the summer.
Thanks
July 29, 1999
From: Erica
comments: Congrats to all of the guys who wrestled at Fargo.
And I hope you had a fun (long) ride home.
July 27, 1999
comments: Trivia - Andy Kaufman
comments: could the actor be Robin Williams? who stopped cause of a knee injury
July 27, 1999
From: somebody's mom
comments: wrestling trivia question- Could the answer be Tom Cruise?
July 27, 1999
email: wvgrappler@excite.com
comments: To: Trivia Question Dude
I'll take a wild guess was it Tony Danza?
July 26, 1999
From: Randy
comments: i'll take a stab at the trivia question
Tom Cruise
July 26, 1999
comments: What high school does or will Matt Easter attend?
July 24, 1999
From: Eric Noel
comments: Congratuations to Matt Easter for placing 6th at nationals.
July 24, 1999
From: Dennis Stanley
comments: Results from Fargo
Things got tough in a hurry the second session for our cadets.
Both Jason Mays and Chris Daggett suffered losses the first bout of the second session to be eliminated.
Nathan Pickens lost his next two after going 4-0 the first day.
Matt Easter has had an outstanding tournament. After the first two sessions he is 5-3. He clinched a spot in the medal rounds with a first period pin over a member of team Ohio. In the medal rounds he lost to Tim Kephart of team Missouri who will wrestle for the championship tonight. Matt will wrestle for fifth place this afternoon. He can do no worse than sixth place. Either way Matt will be considered an All American by USA Wreslting. Congratulations to Matt.
In the Junior tournament there are 1256 wrestlers in 12 wieght classes. Jason Ward Started out 3-0 with close but solid wins over Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He then lost two; one to Nathan Wacker of Pennsylvannia and a second one to Brad Christie of New Jersey.
JP Stanley started out with two first period pins over team New Jersey and Team Indiana. He then lost a close bout with two time Alaska State champ and Boise State signee Jesse Brock. In the fourth round he lost to Maryland State Champ Branden Lauer. The other Junior wrestlers were eliminated after the first two bouts.
We plan on returning to West Virginina Saturday. We expect to be in Huntington Sunday morning
Dennis Stanley
July 24, 1999
From: Wrestling Trivia Dude
comments: Trivia question for all wrestling fans:
What famous movie star took up acting only after a knee injury
ended his wrestling season prematurely?
Care to guess?
Answer in a few days...
July 24, 1999
From: Chad K.
email: toitis@hotmail.com
comments: How many wrestlers do you have to have to start the season.
Editor's note: I am not the authority in this area, but I do recall that 2 or 3 years ago Clarksburg Notre Dame had
a team with one wrestler. I would suspect that this question is answered at each school by the principal and/or
athletic director.
July 22, 1999
From: Dennis Stanley
comments: Results from day one for the Cadet Freestyle group.
We expected better succes when fresstyle started and so far we have not been wrong. Cadet Freestyle has 1352 wrestlers competing in 13 wieght classes.
Nathan Pickens from Parkersburg South had a great first round at 143 lbs going 4-0. He had a pin aganst Louisiana, a tech fall against South Dakota, a close win over Pennsylvannia and a fall over an Alaska opponent.
Matt Easter from Buffalo also is undefeated at 2-0 in 94.5 lb bracket. He has two convincing wins. One an 8-0 win over Minnesota and a tech fall over Oregon.
Jason Mays from Huntington High is 2-1 in the 154 lb bracket. He lost a close first bout to Wisconsin. He came back with a convincing tech fall over Iowa and a absolutly punished a Virginian in his third bout. Jason was down 4-3 in the second period when he turned the Virginian with a reverse Bow and Arrow three times. The Virginina will be sore for days after that bout.
Chris Daggett from Parkersburg South is also 2-1 one in the 154 lb. bracket. He had a solid win against North Carolina. He then tech falled a Connecticut wrestler before losing 5-6 to Illinois.
The boys from Cameron were close in several matches. I think we had three one point losses. But were eliminated.
The ineresting thing about these tournaments is that you can lose one bout and still win the tournament. Several of the Greco champions had taken a loss earlier in the tournament.
The Juniors get started tommorrow as well.
July 22, 1999
From: Parent
comments: Does anyone know when the State Tournament will be held next year?
According to the WVSSAC website, it will be February 24-26. Hats off to the WVSSAC, as they continue
to upgrade their website with lots of good information. They have a standardized calendar which lists
important dates for all the sports.
July 22, 1999
From: Jason
email: mightymouse@hotbot.com
comments: Hey this is for Eric Noel, It Jason Roberts if u have the time email me at mightymouse@hotobot.com Thanks
July 19, 1999
From: John
email: wrestler@exl.co.uk
comments: Anyone have tape(s) of the National HS Championships held in Birmingham, Alabama?
Please let me know! Thanks! Also, want to correspond with any HS wrestlers! Live in the UK
where wrestling ain't big!! Thanks again!
July 19, 1999
From: Dennis Stanley
comments: Junior Results from Fargo
We had six entries in the Junior division. We had more experience with these boys with at least three of them with Greco experience However the first round was disappointing. There is an average of 90 boys per wieght class in the middle wieghts.
Joey Mayle of Buckannon Upshur was the bright spot going 2-2 in his first Greco competition. He won his first match over a New York opponent 8-5. He lost his next bought by fall to Oklahoma. In his third bout he was starting to get the hang of the style and dominated a Florida opponent. His fourth bout was a loss by fall to a wrestler from Washington. State.
Jason Ward of Cabell Midland won his first bought with an overtime win over Illinois. His second bout he was dominating Sean Watters of Ohio. He was attempting a turn to achieve the tech fall when Waters stepped over and pinned Jason. Jason lost again to an opponent from Connecticut to be eliminated.
The rest of the boys went 0-2. JP Stanley of Cabell Midland drew a tough bracket with Brandon Lauer of Maryland and AJ Grant of Michigan his first two bouts.
Coach Archer's plan was to have the boys wrestle greco to get over the intimidation of the size and quality of this tournament before freestyle starts on Wed. All the boys are looking forward to the next round.
I will post results on Thursday.
Those of you who know CP Schlatter from Columbus. He is in the 114.5 finals in Cadet.
Dennis Stanley
July 18, 1999
From: Dennis Stanley
comments: Results for Cadet Greco at Fargo
Sunday PM
The Cadet Greco Team finished up during the second day of competition. The results were not unexpected considering that none of the boys have wrestled Greco before.
The Cadet Greco Tournament had 770 competitors competing in 13 wieght classes. That is about an average of 60 per wieght class, some were much bigger.
A parade of the state teams was lead by by Bruce Bumgartner. The area that we wrestle in is an indoor football stadium. There are 23 mats running at one time.
Tyler Hughes fom Cameron won his first bout with a win over an Idaho. In his second bout he was ahead 10-1 going for the tech fall and got caught in a headlock and pinned with 15 seconds to go by an opponent from Kansas. Tyler was later eliminated by a boy from Colorado.
Chris Daggett from Parkersburg South tech falled his first opponent. He lost his next two.
Jason Mays from Huntington High Lost a close opener to an Idaho boy. The score was tied 3-3 after the first period. Jason got thrown late in the bout to lose 6-3. In his second bout he tech falled an Iowa opponent. In Jason's third bout he won in overtime against Ohio's number 1 kid who was expected to place. Jason was later eliminated by an opponent from New York 4-0. An excellent showing for Jason in his first competion in this style.
Those are the high spots. The low spots are the rest of the boys went 0-2. Blane Mayle suffered a thumb injury (poosibly broken) in the first minute of his first bout.
July 18, 1999
From:
jmgivens@access.k12.wv.us (Jeff M Givens)
To all wresling fans:
All fans would of been very impressed with the LKC all-sports banquet.
It was very well attended and all the student athletes looked great!!
Nearly all of the wrestling champions were present to represent our great
sport.The LKC showed up large on the state level in many sports, especially
WRESTLING. Our small school conference produced 31 place winners,5 being
runner-ups, and 6 of the wreslers became STATE CHAMPS.We as a conference
also can claim the coach of the year in John Peters from Ritchie and the
Dutton Award winner in Mike MILLER. WOW!!! WHAT A YEAR. CONGRATS TO ALL
ATHLETES,THE PARENTS, AND THE COACHES.
Editor's note: My apologies - I got this May 24 and somehow overlooked it. Sorry.
Re the LKC - check out some of the links to the Conference page - the stats speak for themselves....
July 15, 1999
From: Eric Noel
comments: To: Daran Hayes
My coach Randy Pryor went 56-0 in high school. He went on to wrestle in college and was a 2x
all american for West Liberty.
July 15, 1999
From: Nick Dolan
comments: There is a summer wrestling going on in Southern Garrett County
Maryland every Tuesday night at 7:00 pm. There is a small fee of ten dollars a night. Former Souther Garrett and current James Madison University wrestler Nathan Rickman will be ther teaching and wrestling. Anybody is welcome and hope to see you there. Any questions call me at 301-334-5189
July 15, 1999
From:
DStan81351@aol.com
West Virginia is going to be represented in Fargo by 16 young men from all
over the state. Cabell Midland and Cameron High Schools are represented with
4 wrestlers each. Parkersburg South, Huntington and Buckhannon Upshur with two
each. The Cadet team has some familiar names; Matt Easter, Tyler Hughes,
Roger Kupfer, Nathan Pickens, Chris Daggett, Jason Mays, Curt Meyer plus
others. The Junior team is smaller but has more freestyle experience with
Jason Ward, JP Stanley, Jared Walters and Joey Mayle plus others.
I believe Coach Archer has done an excellent job of preparing these boys for
the biggest challenge in thier carrers. A special thanks to Aaron Shetter
who came down from Ohio to work with the boys.
Another thanks to the parents who have supported our effort take WV wreslting
to the next level. We leave in the morning for Fargo. If I can get on a
computer in Fargo I will try to keep WV Mat Posted.
Dennis Stanley
Editor's note: Thanks Coach. I must confess I will be away Thursday night through Sunday, so I won't be doing any updates
on the website until Sunday at the earliest.
July 15, 1999
From: Eric Noel
comments: To editor:
You made a mistake in the 1997 A/a 125lb weight class. You put up the 1998 125lb bracket instead of the 97.
Editor's note: Yikes, I sure did!! Sheesh, I wonder how long that has been incorrectly posted???
By a sheer stroke of luck, I still have the 1997 AA/A 125 bracket, and I think it is correct now. Thanks for
calling that to my attention.
July 15, 1999
comments: I have searched all over but have been unable to obtain the 1976 state results including full brackets. I would like to give these to a buddy of mine who is a career Marine officer and who placed. Could anyone be so kind as to post these?
Thanks.
Editor's note: I don't have any leads on the 1976 brackets, but I suspect they will show up some day....
July 15, 1999
From: Daran Hays
email: Daran158@aol.com
comments: Does anyone know of anyone who went through an entire high school career in WV without a single loss. I know north marion's Doug Moore had 2 losses and Williamstown's Mike Mason had very few but i was just wondering was there was ever a WV wrestler without a loss?
July 15, 1999
From: Eric Noel
email: wvwrestler@hotmail.com
comments: To Jonathan Delligatti
This is my e mail. E mail me whenever you get the time.
July 13, 1999
From: Jonathan Delligatti
comments: My e-mail address is delbert103@aol.com give me yours and i will to e-mail u.
July 13, 1999
email: realdeal1@hotmail.com
comments: If anyone has any information on any summer wrestling tournaments could they please e mail it to me.
thanx
July 13, 1999
From: Brent Sams
comments: My apologies to Rocky Morgan and the fans of West Fairmont. The newspaper clipping I used as a source had East Fairmont's Rocky Morgan finishing as runner-up. It usually takes me over four hours to do a tournament and by that time my eyes start to criss cross and names start running together. In my haste to finish up at a late hour, I failed to notice the discrepency. Sorry for the oversight and thanks for reviewing my work.
July 11, 1999
From: athleteef
email: athleteef@aol.com
comments: rocky morgan and steve gabert used to be my 8 grade wrestling coaches havent talked
to them in a while but rocky did place 2 in states
July 11, 1999
From:
Philip <pstamper0@mail.frostburg.edu>
I'm a member of the wrestling club at Frostburg State University. I
want to keep up some practice over the summer. Do you know of any place
in the Frostburg, MD/Morgantown, MD area that has open mats or
practices? Thanks for your time.
Philip A. Stamper
July 11, 1999
From: daran
email: daran158@aol.com
comments: what years of state results do you not have...
i have some programs if i could help....just let me know what years you need
July 11, 1999
comments: To: Jonathan Delligatti
Hey John what is your e mail address. delbert103@aol.com does not work, did you get it changed?
July 11, 1999
From: Rocky Morgan Fan
comments: I noticed a major error in your 1990 state tournament results.
At 171 lbs., Rocky Morgan of fairmont senior decisioned Chad Hill of East Fairmont
and went on to become state runner-up for the second consecutive year to Robert
Jarrett of Hedgesville.
Tou have Hill winning and Morgan placing sixth, when in fact the
exact opposite happened.
Morgan beat Hill 11-5.
Editor's note: Thanks for calling that to my attention.
July 9, 1999
From: Joel
email: JMHarris@inetone.net
comments: I am a high school coach looking to buy a used mat in good condition. If anyone has information, please contact me.
July 9, 1999
From: Jim LeMaster
comments: Congratulations to Jason Ward who won the Dave Shultz Award for WV as chosen by USA Wrestling. It is based on athletics, academics, school and community service. Way to go Jason.
July 9, 1999
From: Daran Hays
email: daran158@aol.com
comments: does anyone else think it is odd that from pee wee through college folk style is the main type of wrestling. than once you finish college there is no folkstyle olympic team or any thing like that. I for one think folkstyle should become an olympic event.
July 9, 1999
comments: ya can u get the 92-94 AA state tourny up i really like to see those
July 7, 1999
From: smitty
email: smittyc_69@hotmail.com
comments: Thanks for the 95 AAA results but I was looking for AA, can you help?
Editor's note: I have the 95 AA/A results in hand (except for one weight class which I can get)
and will have them up in a week or so. Attn Randy R.: I didn't get the AA/A 152 ( I got a duplicate of the AAA 152)
If you see this before I get a letter out to you, can you mail me the AA/A 152 from 1995?
July 7, 1999
email: wvwrestler@hotmail.com
comments: If anyone knows how many College All-Americans West Virginia has could they please
email me.
Thank You
July 4, 1999
From: John
email: wrestler78@sniffout.com
comments: Guy in the UK would like to ask others which style they prefer? HS/College/Freestyle/Greco? Is there a "best style"? Also, how important do you think bridging is?
July 3, 1999
From: Robert Hickman
email: SHickman@aol.com
comments: Jonathan Delligati's idea for a North-South allstar wrestling match is a good one and should be communincated to the highest levels. Maybe, to make it interesting, and not just a state tournament rematch, it could be done in freestyle. Just something to think about. Keep up the good brain work Jonathan!!!
July 3, 1999
From: Mike Hayhurst
email: hayhurst@ruralnet.org
comments: Congratulations to Ash Wenmoth, Anthony Regulbuto,and Bryan Moats for becoming High School All Americans and to all the WV wrestlers that participated at the NHSCA at Birmingham Al.
July 2, 1999
comments: How did everybody do at Alabama?
July 2, 1999
From: Robert Hickman
email: Shickman@aol.com
comments: I'm afraid the squeeky wheels have won this round and the kids safety has lost. A mouthguard is a simple, effective and cheap
safety device. It is PROVEN (read the studies) to eliminate or decrease the severity of tooth, mouth injuries. Many wrestlers already wear them now and few problems have developed because a wrestler spits their guard out of his/her mouth. When they do, the official has always just knocked it out of the way and the wrestler puts it back in at an appropriate time. I have never seen a match stopped for a mouth guard, maybe the officials I'm exposed to do a better job than most. Kids safety should be one of our first priorities, period!! I've not been coaching too long, about 8 years, but I have seen many injuries prevented by the guards and I've seen several injuries that could have been lessened or prevented by a mouthguard. One other point to consider. When a kid does have a mouth or tooth injury, parents frequently have to take time off from work to deal with the problem, several doctor or dentist appointments are usually needed to correct the problem. I realize this is probably a minority opinion but I feel we neglected one of our primary duties in preventing injury and suffering of our kids.
Dr. Miller, thanks for the opportunity to air opinions regarding issues rrelated to wrestling. Keep up the good work!!!!
July 2, 1999
From: Jonathan Delligatti
email: Delbert103@aol
comments: I was just wondering why the state of West Virginia does not have a North-South wrestling match for Seniors like some other states do. And if it could ever be possible to get one started. I think that if there was a North South match a couple weeks after the state tournament that it would persuade more WV wrestlers to go to the NHSCA tournament in Pittsburgh.
July 2, 1999
From: Brent Sams
comments: I have the State tournament books from 1990 through 1993 but with the weather being nice and three other ongoing personnel projects, it will be a while before I can work them into the software. I also have a contact who might have some books from the early 80s, which I need to follow up on.