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Following what Preston Weigel has done this year at Hays High (pinning or tech falling everyone...or darn near) has me thinking of the most dominant wrestlers we've seen in Kansas.
Jeff Boyle from Norton comes to mind, pinning every opponent and nearly all (all but 1??) in the first period in 1997. I'm not merely thinking unbeaten wrestlers...but those who weren't even challenged.
Weigel is on one of history's most impressive tears. Who else comes to mind as this dominant?
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Reece Wright-Conklin was as dominant a wrestler as I was fortunate enough to watch during the last two years of his high school career.
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Following what Preston Weigel has done this year at Hays High (pinning or tech falling everyone...or darn near) has me thinking of the most dominant wrestlers we've seen in Kansas.
Jeff Boyle from Norton comes to mind, pinning every opponent and nearly all (all but 1??) in the first period in 1997. I'm not merely thinking unbeaten wrestlers...but those who weren't even challenged.
Weigel is on one of history's most impressive tears. Who else comes to mind as this dominant? Matt Treaster, Roy Oeser, Justin Ware, Bo Maynes, and many others. Recently, both Bean brothers from Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School. Make no mistake Preston Weigel's accomplishments are indeed outstanding however there are many wrestlers with similar outstanding accomplishments (take away the unfortunate slam by a young Dulgarian and the youngster would be attempting to become a 4 time state champion.
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Zach Roberson has my vote!
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I am going to plug for my brother Lyle Geyer. One of few senior national champions from Kansas, and as far as I know one of the two OW wrestlers from kansas at senior nationals. He won these 1992.
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Tyson Toelkes is currently 26-0 with 24 pins!
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Another is Zach Roberson!
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Have seen a lot of good ones and I know I am biased. . . but I have not seen as dominating wrestler/athlete as Jeff Boyle was his senior year. His 1997 state HWT championship match summed up his entire 1996-97 season. At the whistle, double leg to half to mat to fall. . . 27 seconds. The opponent was NOT a small HWT and was a good wrestler; went on to be an AA at FHSU.
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Coach Samson and i were just talking about this yesterday. I have to agree with Holliday. Preston weigel from hays is a machine. I haven't seen many wrestlers aside from Boyle be this dominant. A couple others i've seen were Colt Rogers, Dulgarian, and Lance Roe his sr year was pretty dang tough. Good topic
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Donnie Lockhart was also one tough hombre !!!
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If you are talking single season dominance, its hard to beat two undeafeted state champs from Louisburg. Doug Eaton HWT. 1971 class 2A, surrendered only 1 point all seaon long. Tim Dozier 167lbs. 1987 class 4A, surrendered 2 points all season long, only matches to go the distance were semi final and finals matches.
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Taylor Moeder went through a brutal schedule his senior year completely unscathed. If he wouldn't have made that one bone headed mistake his junior year he would have went undefeated then as well.
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Ryan...I take it you don't let Taylor live that Jr. Year match down? You're right...his Sr. season was incredible!
E.K Franks of Wellington in '88-'89 was incredibly dominant, too. He made really good wrestlers look silly.
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Jeremy Long pinned all opponents I believe his Fresh, Soph and Junior Years at state, and had wins over 4X champs Spaulding and May and 3X champ Tillman and 2X champ Saferite.
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Ryan...I take it you don't let Taylor live that Jr. Year match down? You're right...his Sr. season was incredible!
E.K Franks of Wellington in '88-'89 was incredibly dominant, too. He made really good wrestlers look silly. We can laugh about it now at least  . Headlined by Maple, Caldwell, and Beard I'd say the class of '09 was one of the deepest senior classes ever!
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Jason Pyle from Sabetha was pretty dominate his Sr. year in 321-A not giving up a single take down all year and going undefeated. I believe that his last 2 state titles were won without giving up a point in the finals.
His older brother Matt was very dominant as well.
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I was wrong, he gave up two take downs his sr. yr, just checked my records...I was correct on the finals though.
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All of these guys are definitely in the conversation, but I have to agree with Greg. I don't think we'll ever see another wrestler that was on such a different level than the competition as Jeff Boyle was. He was truly a man among boys.
The fact that girls are forced to wrestle at state in the middle of the week is laughably sexist.
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Ive seen boyle and weigel, and weigel is on that level.
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Agreed Malay. Weigel's sophomore year, he won the State Championship match with a first period tech. That's almost impossible to do.
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