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Posted By: Chief Renegade Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 03:33 PM
103-
Drew Romero #3 Lajunta
Anthony Calderon #2 Garden City
Chris Burley #2 Great Bend
Clay Mulligan #2 Scott City
Braun Marquez #3 Canyon Randall
Paul Mascarenas #1 Cleveland NM
Bo Nickal #2 Rio Rancho
Jason Perez - Ulysses

112-
Mark Edmonds #1 Holyoke
Kurtis Romero #1 Lajunta
Zac Dremel #2 Olathe South
Macarion Borrego #4 Cleveland

119-
Adrian Salas #3 Liberal
Sam Jones #4 Ponderosa
Robbie Hines #2 Ulysses
Francisco Antillon #6 Scott City
Colt McElroy #6 Garden City

125-
Michael Roberts #1 Canyon Randall
Matt Nunez #3 Rio Rancho
Levi Eck #4 Andale
Aaron Aguiano #4 Garden City
CJ York #3 Roosevelt

130-
Louis Trujillo #1 Rio Rancho
Taylor Moeder #1 St. James
Lane Greenlee #1 Garden City
Brandon Charbonneau #1 Emporia
Jon Mark Avila #5 Canyon Randall
Logan Arnold #5 Hays
Presley Pappachek #4 Roosevelt
Skyler Dittmer #2 Holyoke
Miles Johns #3 Newton
Brandon Vasquez #4 Dodge City
Dalton Davis #4 Lakin
Kyle Armstrong #6 Andale

135-
Braxton Medina #3 Garden City
Chad Stroh #1 Holyoke
Darrian Adame #3 Lamar
Colton Eck #2 Andale
Nathaniel Lujan #2 Rio Rancho

140-
Travis Himmelman #1 Conifer
Zach Legino #2 Roosevelt
Derrick Ortiz #6 Garden City
Dillon Stucky #4 Scott City
Hunter Edwards #3 Dodge City
Derek Schnittiker#5 Hugoton
Jon Hunt #9 Canyon Randall
Nick Schwager #6 Great Bend

145-
Jacob Snider#1 Ponderosa
Ryne Cokeley #1 St. James
Joey Dozier #1 Garden City
Dakota Hayes #4 Scott City
Jeff Kielian #3 Roosevelt
Chase Sanchez #2 Emporia
Skyler Mosely Canyon Randall


152-
Jon Heiman #4 Garden City
Morgan Numerich Scott City
Josh Rodriquez #3 Ulysses
Steven Kelly #1 Ponderosa
Cade Garrison #4 Holyoke
Andrew Liab #5 Emporia
Dan Barringer #3 Lewis Palmer
Trip Hiller #2 Olathe South
Victor Dotson #1 Canyon Randall
Zack Rogers #3 Rio Rancho

160-
Jake Hattabaugh #1 Andale
Logan Gaskill #2 Emporia
Colby Kluesner #2 Conifer
Blake Nygren #3 Roosevelt
Cody Hill #6 Hugoton
Eddy Gomez #6 Garden City
Marc Backus #5 Canyon Randall

171-
Benny Armstrong #1 Andale
Nathan Flanagin #2 Emporia
Austin Gabel #1 Ponderosa
Luke Garrett #3 Holyoke
Anthony Garcia #3 Rio Rancho
Mitch Napier #5 Cleveland

189-
Jace Banner #1 Dodge City
Justin Mcphail #3 Liberal
Derek Good #2 Ponderosa
Luke Hayes #5 Scott City
Dane Myers # 4 Garden City
Jace Bennett #1 Canyon Randall

215-
Mark Kolmer #1 Emporia
Shea Nolan #1 Rio Rancho
Pat Martinez #2 Lamar

285-
BJ Finney #1 Andale
Lorenzo Serna #1 Emporia
Abel Ortega #2 Lamar
Jesse Trent #3 Dodge City
Ammon Austin #6 Lawrence Free State
James Beasley #4 Cleveland
Harold Bidlack #5 Rio Rancho








Posted By: Carl Hungus Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 03:50 PM
Andale la junta ponderosa or garden who will win as a team andale is my guess la junta close second
Posted By: nurastler Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 03:54 PM
Chief it looks like at 285 you missed BJ Finney of Andale
Posted By: Chief Renegade Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 04:17 PM
Got him added. He was standing in the back and I thought it was the bus!
Posted By: Coach Bammes Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 04:36 PM
Andale #1 4a
Canyon Randall-Amarillo #1 5a
Lamar – Lamar, Co #3 3a
Dodge City #5 6a
Emporia #1 5a
Ponderosa H.S.-Parker, Co #1 5a
Rio Rancho H.S. – New Mexico #1 5a
Garden City #1 6a
Roosevelt H.S.-Johntown, Co #2 4a
Scott City #5 4a
St. James Academy H.S. #9 4a
Holgoke HS-Colorado #3 2a
Posted By: Ricky Bobby Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 05:30 PM
130 looks like a beast with 4 #1 ranked wrestlers. 145 not to shabby with 3 #1 ranks.
Posted By: jdunk Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/21/10 11:24 PM
Ponderosa will win
Posted By: Ricky Bobby Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/22/10 04:12 AM
Originally Posted By: jdunk
Ponderosa will win


That's a bold statement for someone with 3 post. I would say it is going to be pretty competitive tournament at this point. Right now based off of the ranked people in the preview Ponderosa only has 3. I actually like Garden City's chances because they have a near complete team top to bottom. It is likely that there two studs will be battling on the backside, but they still might place 10 kids with no finalist and win the tournament ala Scott City's 4A state championship in 2004.
Posted By: DoJack Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/22/10 05:30 PM
Originally Posted By: jdunk
Ponderosa will win


I am not so sure! Garden City won Newton by what 45pts out the back door. I agree with Ricky Bobby, GC wins out the back door by 1/2pt over Randall. In past years Rio Rancho came out and ran away with it or Ponderosa ran away with it, but this year is going to be different. Who ever wins this one will have to earn it! Watch out!!!! The Buffalos are running AGAIN!!!
Posted By: wrestlingparents Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/22/10 08:16 PM
Originally Posted By: Chief Renegade
Got him added. He was standing in the back and I thought it was the bus!

LOL!!
Posted By: Magnum811 Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/23/10 01:29 AM
Buffalos stampede, not run.
Posted By: titan dad Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 01:15 AM
How about some results from Garden City?
Posted By: moeder Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 01:43 AM
They will be up by this time NEXT weekend I'm sure!
Posted By: Ryan Jilka Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 03:21 AM
Seriously, are there results anywhere????
Posted By: smokin gun Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 03:22 AM
from last year? cause its not til next weekend?
Posted By: Cokeley Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 06:31 PM
I would love to see GC win their tournament but after just witnessing the tournament below I am going to have to say it will be a tall order. Roosevelt, Rio Rancho, Pondersosa will all be there. The altitude killed the Grand Island, NE finalists so maybe being closer to sea level it will help out the Buffalos. Ponderosa had three champions and brought a complete team. You have to remember it is easier to be ranked in Kansas than Colorado (fewer schools in our classifications.)

Top Of The Rockies
January 22, 23, 2010
Place Score Name 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1 178.00 Grand Island 3 2 3
2 163.00 Roosevelt 1 1 2 2 1
3 159.00 Rio Rancho 1 3 1 1
4 152.50 Pomona 1 1 2 1 1
5 151.50 Ponderosa 3 1 1
6 140.00 Cheyenne Central 1 3 1
7 138.00 Broomfield 1 2 1 1
8 116.00 Loveland 1 2 2
9 99.00 Greeley West 1 1
10 94.50 Alamosa 1 1
11 86.50 Chaparral 2 1
86.50 Rocky Mountain 2 2
13 82.00 Grand Junction Central 1
14 76.50 Legacy 2 1
15 66.00 Centaurus 1 1
16 64.00 Montezuma Cortez 1
17 62.50 Pueblo South 1
18 60.00 Northridge 1 1
19 57.50 Thompson Valley 1
20 57.00 Brighton 1
21 56.00 St. James Academy 1 1
22 55.00 Green River 1 1
23 51.00 Conifer 1 1
24 47.00 Kelly Walsh 1 1
25 43.00 Grandview 1
26 41.00 Fort Morgan 1
27 40.00 Cherry Creek 1
28 37.00 Fort Lupton 1
29 36.00 Denver East 1
30 32.00 Greeley Central
31 30.00 Franklin 1
32 14.00 Longmont
Posted By: husker44 Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 06:46 PM
What weight will Moeder wrestle?
Posted By: Cokeley Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 06:56 PM
Originally Posted By: husker44
What weight will Moeder wrestle?


130
Posted By: husker44 Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/24/10 07:08 PM
Thanks Will. Is Ryne going 145?
Posted By: Cokeley Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 12:31 AM
Number of wrestling programs in Colorado by classification.
5A=63
4A=69
3A=49
2A=59
I got these from the Colorado High School Activities Assoc.
Posted By: Cokeley Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 12:31 AM
Originally Posted By: husker44
Thanks Will. Is Ryne going 145?


I hope so.
Posted By: 2coach Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 02:38 AM
wow this seems he to be one of the toughest tournaments in Kansas, where does it rank and is there any tougher or close to it
Posted By: Ricky Bobby Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 04:24 AM
Originally Posted By: nastyway
newton and garden city go year to year on which is tougher i would say in past basehor could come in third but derby seems to be tougher these days than basehor

Originally Posted By: Ricky Bobby
This year could have been tougher with the addition of Shawnee Heights and Emporia, but the "bad" weather kept them from attending Derby. One problem that Derby has in terms of competition is that only around 20 teams attend. While at Basehor you have 32, which helps to add to the depth in the field. Basehor also has two very tough out of state programs with Oak Park, MO and Glenwood, IA. I've decided I will rank the 5 toughest two-day tournaments in Kansas just to help fuel this discussion.

1. Garden City
Awesome out-of-state competition and some of the best in-state programs butting heads. Not to mention some the top wrestlers in the country with Trujillo of Rio Rancho, Snider of Ponderosa, Cokeley and Moeder of Saint James. It would be nice if they could make this a 32 team tournament, 27 teams went last year. I say add good team from Oklahoma.

2. Newton
Best mix of large and small class programs in Kansas who annually compete for state placements. Also, draws from nearly every region of the state. If only Bishop Lynch, TX and Perry, OK still went to this tournament I'd give it the nod as Kansas' Toughest 2 Day. They should add a few more teams anyways and make it a 32 team field.

3. Basehor
Good out of state programs, along with several state contenders from Kansas. The bottom half teams aren't quite as talented as the aforementioned tournaments bottom halfers.

4. Derby
This tournament has had some of the best individual matchups of any tournament in the last few years with Blair/Cokeley, Moeder/Nitcher, Caldwell/Nelson/Detmer. Weather hurt the quality of Derby for this year. It needs to get a better mix of elite smaller programs to attend.

5. tie: Eudora and Rose Hill
Eudora's an early tournament that gives your team plenty of chances to wrestle with a pool format. Some pretty decent programs attend and there are some marquee matchups in the finals.

Rose Hill is the last major tournament before the state series and matches some of the top 4A programs and 5A programs in the state.
Posted By: Chief Renegade Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 06:47 PM
It is official. St. James Academy will not be competing at Garden City. 130 and 145 just got a little lighter.
Posted By: Thompson Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 06:52 PM
Where will they be competing?
Posted By: Chief Renegade Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 07:05 PM
Shawnee Mission North
Posted By: wrstlmom1970 Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 07:31 PM
That is too bad about St.James not coming to Garden City. Their talent would have contributed to the already awesome matches that we will be seeing there.
Posted By: mouse Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 08:17 PM
Sounds like they are running from the competition! wink wink
Posted By: Utown Tiger Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 08:22 PM
they bumped down a weight last weekend and missed out on matches with Trujillo and Snider at the top of the rockies.
Posted By: cujo Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/26/10 09:04 PM
With the certification rules and date change, how could they drop down below certified weights last weekend?

obviously they run to and not from competition, just didn't realize dropping down could be done.
Posted By: 2coach Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 02:39 AM
Wow why would such a team with good talent not come to the toughest tournament in Kansas, I was looking for the 145lb. championship match.
Posted By: badbo Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 12:57 PM
the president of the school pulled them back in. He was concerned about the number of school days missed. They would be there if they could.
Posted By: 2coach Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 01:52 PM
Come on these guys go all over even to other states to wrestle, I don't believe that one more day of missing school is the reason there has to be something else. I know I hate when people speculate on here, but maybe it is cause of competition.
Posted By: moeder Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 02:07 PM
At first thought I was dissapointed, but actually I am personally glad they are not traveling to Garden City. The schedule has been brutal and is starting to take a toll on the boys. I know Taylor is exhausted and fighting sinus and throat problems since prior to Derby. So along with missing school for travel, he has a couple sick days in there as well. Some time at home to rest and heal up will be well welcomed prior to regionals and state.
Selfiously, I would also like to see these young men wrestle in person as well. I've missed more matches of Taylors this year than I have in the 11 years he's wrestled combined, and I know there are other parents in the same position.
Lastly, this is not a team like Goddard or Andale that is full of experienced wrestlers from 103 to 285. It is a new program with alot of wrestlers new to the sport. Yes they have great coaching and have had some great exposure this year and benefited from it, but I know they are ready to win some matches and see some of the rewards for what they have been through!
Good Luck to the St. James team this weekend, glad to have you in town.
Posted By: Ricky Bobby Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:01 PM
Why don't they just take Cokeley and Moder to Garden City and let the other team members wrestle at Shawnee Mission North?
Posted By: mouse Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:27 PM
Last time I checked sleep was the best thing to recover from an illness. I do not see how going to SMN instead of GC could benefit them health wise. When I wrestled a few years back, if I had a long trip I was sleeping to be rested up. You can't sleep during school. So going to GC in theory would be better health wise for the kids then going to SMN. I just hear you guys talk about how you always seek out the best competition but yet when you went to the tournament in Colorado your two studs moved around weights to avoid two studs out there. Then you pull out of the next tournament that your athletes will face these same kids. In my opinion sounds like they are running.
Posted By: HEADUP Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:38 PM
haters
Posted By: badbo Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:42 PM
Mouse and 2coach-You are way off. Those two wrestle the best competition of any wrestlers in KS and move INTO competition many times. They are not running and I know for a fact, they were pulled by the president of the school so they did not miss Friday. Going to SM North is Saturday only. And mouse I question your experience level for long trips if you believe that a two day competition with a 8 hour drive is not more tiring than a one day tournament 30 minutes from the house.

I am done defending them, their record speaks for itself.
Posted By: mfe Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:53 PM
mouse: I'm very disappointed in your post! What business is it of anybody other than Will and Tim, and the son's where they wrestle? These are 2 very fine young men with a bright future.Why are you so hatefull. Sorry. Matt
Posted By: Chief Renegade Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 03:55 PM
Originally Posted By: mouse
Last time I checked sleep was the best thing to recover from an illness. I do not see how going to SMN instead of GC could benefit them health wise. When I wrestled a few years back, if I had a long trip I was sleeping to be rested up. You can't sleep during school. So going to GC in theory would be better health wise for the kids then going to SMN. I just hear you guys talk about how you always seek out the best competition but yet when you went to the tournament in Colorado your two studs moved around weights to avoid two studs out there. Then you pull out of the next tournament that your athletes will face these same kids. In my opinion sounds like they are running.


Mouse...

The top two wrestlers in Kansas that seek out the toughest competition are Ryne Cokeley and Taylor Moeder. Everybody else is a DISTANT third. They were the ONLY KANSAS wrestlers that wrestled Super 32. Ryne wrestled in the college bracket at the Missouri Open. He wrestled at the Oklahoma Open against multiple state champions. He wrestled Himmelman in Colorado who had beaten him FIVE times. The St. James schedule is by far the toughest schedule that I've seen in many years.

You lost all credibility when you said they are running "from" competition. In reality they are running "to" it.
Posted By: moeder Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 04:02 PM
Yep mouse, you're correct - sleeping in a car sitting up for 12 hours is so much better than sleeping in your own bed.
I would also like you to pull up where I have posted about how we "seek" out the best competition. Dont post it if you cant back it please. I can put my foot in my mouth on my own without you making things up! smile Also,do your research on Colorado my friend. Taylor had returning state champs in his bracket, multiple other state top ranked kids, and the Nunez kid from New Mexico had put a loss on Taylor the last time they wrestled. His finals match was Colorados returning state Champ that was undefeated this year and finished last year with a record of 42-2. Yep, I guess he went in there because it was a cakewalk.

Ricky Bobby - Have to address your suggestion while I've got a good blood pressure rolling as well.
That is an idea...Surely in your next post your going to suggest that Gentzlers leave their team hanging this weekend and get out to Garden City as well. I know you'll want Beasley and Miller to jump in on the way by and since they should have room I know you will expect Deshazer to catch a ride also since they are all right there together. Really its not too far from Smith Center and Osborne so Rogers and Floyd can hook up with Madl and Anderson on 1-70 when they drive by.
OR a 2nd idea could be:
Moeder and Cokely can participate at the same tournament with their teammates and help them try to win a team trophy for all of their hardwork during the season. It seems to me that they are in the same wrestling room working just as hard as Taylor and Ryne are.
Posted By: Chief Renegade Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 04:05 PM
Solid post Tim. Go Thunder at SMN!
Posted By: doug747 Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 04:37 PM
Mouse, all I can say is YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Cokeley Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 04:58 PM
No one is more disappointed about the decision than I am. I have a plane ticket that takes me from LA to GC this Friday so I will be there. I grew up in Liberal and lots of my friends and my old coach make the drive to GC to watch Ryne as it is the only time he is near there.

For the record, they would miss two more days of school to attend GC. That would bring the total to nine missed days this month and I have a hard time putting up much of fight against staying in school this Thursday and Friday. Last time I checked the primary reason they are there is for academics, not wrestling. On top of this Coach Medina suffered a fractured orbital socket on Monday and is under strict orders not to travel, scream, blow his nose, bend over fast, etc.

For 13 years I have taken Ryne to find the best competition possible. Heck, he has 11 losses in HS so I think it is quite insulting to even hint that there is any competition dodging going on. This summer, due to a KS scale snafu, he was .4 over for GR in Fargo. He had a good chance at winning it at 130 but being nearly five under and a bit demoralized didn't leave him with much of a chance at 135. Did he sit until FS? Heck no! He went out and gave Ellis Coleman all he had during what I could only describe as a mat molesting. There is no running going on!

Two years ago only Ryne went to GC and many anonymous posters complained because our whole team didn't go (at that point we didn't have a single wrestler, other than Ryne, with more than 1 year of experience!!). Heck, just a couple of weeks ago Gary Seibel jumped on SJA because it seemed our team was only about two guys. Now it is ok to split up the team just because a few of you cowards (that is the only name I am going to use if you can't put your name on your post)want that? To what end?

My son and Taylor work hard and our families sacrifice much to help them work towards their goals. I am proud of the personal sacrifices they have made and it makes me sick to know that there are people that want to tear them down on this forum. They read this CRAP and I think it is time to stop all of the speculating and attacking. The decision was beyond their control.

Travel is tough on athletes, don't kid yourself, just ask any major sports team. How often do you hear how hard it is to win on the road? These are just kids you are talking about.

Before you throw stones, add up the miles your school travels and the days of school you or your team has missed. I will venture to guess they are not even close! Heck, Blue Valley doesn't even leave the metro area! Take a poke at them and your school before you insult our boys with these false accusations.

Good luck to everyone no matter where you are wrestling this weekend!
Posted By: SpratDad Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:04 PM
Perhaps the most "run to competition" wrestlers in the state. Which is why they are GREAT and will get "GREATER" smile.
Posted By: mouse Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:16 PM
I guess the two winks at the end of my first post were overlooked by some (complete sarcasm in that post)! Also, I never said you in particular. I believe my post said you guys plural which means more than one.

quote from mr johnson

The top two wrestlers in Kansas that seek out the toughest competition are Ryne Cokeley and Taylor Moeder.

I do have experience on long bus rides, I grew up in western KS. There is no such thing as a short ride for us. I guess riding a bus to KC, Topeka, Liberal, Paola, Phillipsburg, Wichita, and Garden City are all short trips. I did not realize a 65 mile trip was a short one and that would be our shortest trip in sports which would be to Hays, Hutch, or McPherson.

Anyone with half a brain would know that sleeping in a car isn't even remotely close to the same as sleeping in one's bed. You people get fired up over stuff way to easily!

I commend your son and Mr. Cokeley on searching for tough competition. I just would of liked to see them at this tournament, but as was stated in a previous post by mfe "What business is it of anybody other than Will and Tim, and the son's where they wrestle?"

As for being a coward, Mouse is my name. I have been involved with wrestling for 19 years from wrestling to coaching to officiating and anyone who has wrestled me has known me as Mouse. If you do not know me by Mouse my real name is Jared Chansler.
Posted By: master blaster Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:17 PM
After watching the St. James kids for the first time at Derby its very clear that they dont dodge competition! They even go as far as to go up in wieght to wrestle the best competition they can find. Most high school kids worry about how tough thier bracket is while these kids find the toughest bracket and throw themselves in the middle of it in order to become better. Mouse should change his name to rat for posting such a statement.
Posted By: 2coach Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:45 PM
I just wanted to see good wrestling And like mouse I didn't say anyones name. But I do know that Cokeley is the best at 145 and I wanted to see him wrestle Doizer in the championship match, just to see who would win. Taylor on the other hand I know would win this tournament, just from reading what he done at Newton. So please do not speculate that I was saying that these boys run I just wanted to the outcome at 145Ibs thats all
Posted By: moeder Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:49 PM
2coach - Taylor would have been a heavy underdog to Trujillo of New Mexico, and Snider would have been a slight favorite over Cokely.
Posted By: 2coach Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 05:54 PM
Really, man those boys must be really awesome then. I would've liked to seen Cokeley and Doizer go at it. And Mr. Moeder I really was'nt meaning to sound that your boy was running from anyone cause I was not good luck to you guys and can't wait to see your boys wrestle...
Posted By: Ricky Bobby Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/27/10 06:16 PM
Sorry that I hit a nerve with anyone for even suggesting that SJA split its team up to wrestle at Garden City this weekend. It just seems that this year teams in the smaller divisions are splitting up more than they use to just for the purpose of seeking out competition.

At the beginning of the year Norton went to two varsity tournaments and split the team to seek the best matchups. They performed quite well as I remember bringing home hardware from both tournaments. At the end of December Halstead sent its 3 best wrestlers to Bishop Carroll where Soward took 4th and the Thibaults both finished 2nd. To start the new year off Lamar from Silver Lake headed south to Derby where he showed his stuff and gave Daniel DeShazer all he wanted.

I would compare the situation similar to when ole' Frenchy, Jean Girad, left Formula 1 racing to come and meet me in the oval of doom, NASCAR. It really would have been nice to see those marquee matchups at 130 and 145 with the Colorado and New Mexico boys.
Posted By: 73wrestler Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/28/10 01:01 AM
who did cokeley lose to in colorado
Posted By: racer12x Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/28/10 01:58 AM
wow, what a bunch of bull. i have three sons who wrestle for st. james, one who started as a freshman now a junior, just now getting over mono. twins who started as sophmores, seniors now. they have taken a beating and lost a few matches and won a few matches. the experience they have gotten from the toughest schedule in the state will pay off. missing garden city, one was not the decision of the wrestlers them selves. but in retrospect probably a much needed break for most of the team. hopefully they can go to a local tournament, well rested and wrestle well, and wrestle at a high level due to what they have been trough. lets all remember that when we make our comments, we are talking about the young athletes, not grown men. thank you, bill vielhauer
Posted By: moeder Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/29/10 12:33 AM
Originally Posted By: 73wrestler
who did cokeley lose to in colorado


Travis Himmelman from Conifer, CO.
He is a very solid kid who does very well on the national level and a Colorado state champion. He used to be in Taylors weight and they went back and forth. He grew along with Cokely and now they have gone back and forth as well ever since. He will most likely be a prime Div. 1 prospect his senior year.
If the weather permits, those that attend Garden City will get to see him there. He will be a force in that tournament at 140lbs.
Posted By: tigerwrestling Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/29/10 02:31 AM
ulysses isnt goin school was canceled
Posted By: Ryan Jilka Re: Garden City Preview! - 01/29/10 03:53 PM
This thread is amazing. I know there was some sarcasm, but for those that think Moeder and Cokely (or SJA as a whole) are dodging anyone is humorous. I have no dog in the fight, but I think every reason given for them pulling out is legit. I only wonder why the schedule wasn't looked at prior to the season. If it's because of the injury to coach...good enough for me.

I can't speak for Coach Means, but even when I was coaching we discussed the fact that GC was just tough on our kids at this point in the season. At the time we had a several weeks of Thursday duals with 2 day tourneys following them. On top of that we were always questioned on why we didn't go to Newton, which would have been four two day tourneys in a row. Couldn't do it all, and can't please everyone.

Good luck to all that are lucky enough to wrestle this weekend!
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