Thanks to both of you. Vince, I also wanted to tell you that I only realized today that the Matt Baker who beat Jake in the finals was the same kid that Jed Mamie wrestled many times in high school. What a small world and what an improvement for him! Did Matt and Jake ever wrestle each other in high school?
Actually they did wrestle once at the SM South tournament when Jacob was a freshman at Aquinas and Matt was a sophomore at SM East. I am pretty sure Jacob won that match something like 6-5 in overtime. After that match I was told that Matt was only in his second year of wrestling that year. It was obvious to me though that Matt was very athletic and had a lot of potential in wrestling. Matt quickly improved during that year. He was becoming a very good wrestler by the end of that sophomore year. I believe he won the 6A regional that year against some pretty tough competition. Matt is one of those good athletes who did not start wrestling until high school but with hard work has become an excellent wrestler.
