40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

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40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby brentsams » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:02 pm

This year was not the first time the tournament was delayed.
Forty years ago the State Wrestling Tournament was delayed one week due to water problems in Fairmont. The Tournament was moved to Parkersburg and started one week later than originally planned.
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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby brentsams » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:06 pm

and the follow up article
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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Bearhugger » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:23 pm

But the whole tournament was delayed and then wrestled as one complete event.
Holy smokes. Braxton Amos works out with a landmine now!!!!!!

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby mattman » Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:53 am

Bearhugger wrote:But the whole tournament was delayed and then wrestled as one complete event.
How do find your information. Bearhugger may have CIA connections lol

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby GRECO » Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:30 am

God I love and miss Joe Handlan Jr.
Love what he said in the news

Best wrestling coach period!

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby mscoach90 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:02 am

Well spoke Greg... Still have that blue Oldsmobile?. lol

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby TrueSouthFanInTampa » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:55 am

GRECO wrote:God I love and miss Joe Handlan Jr.
Love what he said in the news

Best wrestling coach period!


There is a reason the Coach of the Year award is called The Rod Oldham Coach of the Year award

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby GRECO » Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:25 am

Coach 90
We must be very close friends because not too many people knew or even remember that I had that car!

I even forgot about it...lol

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby mscoach90 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:09 am

Don't see you much anymore but years ago we where tight..

John

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Gator » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:55 am

That was my Sophomore year in high school and my first state tournament. Less than 900 fans attended. Wow! Wirt County won the state that year.
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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby mscoach4 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:43 pm

It was my senior year & from what I remember there wasn't an empty seat in the place for the finals.
http://www.wvmat.com/statetou/77aaa.htm

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Gator » Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:13 pm

I was looking back 50 years ago when it was held in Parkersburg. South's first year of existence.
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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Jbee » Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:23 pm

mscoach4 wrote:It was my senior year & from what I remember there wasn't an empty seat in the place for the finals.
http://www.wvmat.com/statetou/77aaa.htm





Hmmmm. completely dominated by Region 1....Someone post all the articles complaining about the strength of R1
top 6 teams from RI, 7 out of the top 10 R1 teams
every class won by a R1 wrestler
37 of the 48 placers were from R1

Where was the outrage
Lifes tough....Wear a Helmet!

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Armyman » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:19 pm

Gator wrote:That was my Sophomore year in high school and my first state tournament. Less than 900 fans attended. Wow! Wirt County won the state that year.


Gator I didn't know they had wrestling back in the 20's.... :D

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Frank » Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:02 pm

Armyman wrote:
Gator wrote:That was my Sophomore year in high school and my first state tournament. Less than 900 fans attended. Wow! Wirt County won the state that year.


Gator I didn't know they had wrestling back in the 20's.... :D

Yeah it was around back then. Gator was on the committee that invented it. He wanted a sport that south could be competitive in and all his neighbors could brag about.

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Frank » Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:04 pm

All though his first form of wrestling did take off as well as folk wrestling. Mainly because Gator wrestling is just too easy

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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby Gator » Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:04 am

Frank wrote:
Armyman wrote:
Gator wrote:That was my Sophomore year in high school and my first state tournament. Less than 900 fans attended. Wow! Wirt County won the state that year.


Gator I didn't know they had wrestling back in the 20's.... :D

Yeah it was around back then. Gator was on the committee that invented it. He wanted a sport that south could be competitive in and all his neighbors could brag about.



I had a little help on the committee from Al Gore.
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Re: 40 years ago - State Mat Tourny delayed 1 week

Postby GRECO » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:22 pm

Ahhhh
John... now I know who you are.
Hope all is well...
shoot me an email


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