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Posted By: havid deidrick toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 01:58 AM
what was the toughest weight state wide in a single season ever in kansas? this years 171? 145 with johnson, pyle, drennan? 215 a couple years ago with lattimer, speer, weishaar, page, staab, sieler, carroll, hemmerling, bork, walker and all them guys? or was it a different one? what do you all think? i like the 215 a couple years ago.
Posted By: LancerM Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 02:38 AM
119 last year with Gardner, Garcia, and Kriegbaum wasn't half bad either.
Posted By: Aaron Sweazy Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 06:27 AM
I was thinking the Heavyweights around 1998 or 1997 were just crazy in all divisions.
Posted By: fris kitzgerald Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 03:22 PM
112 6a was hard this year with Jeb Woodford, Kelly Heinicker, Tommy Edgmon, and the dodge city kid
Posted By: HOTFORME Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 03:27 PM
The toughest Weight Class has Got to be 189 or 215
All the little guy think there classes are hard but you dont have to wrestle a guy thats strong and quick. our guy are big and buff plus they got quickness. I give all props to whom wrestles theses classes
Posted By: fris kitzgerald Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 03:32 PM
have you not seen our matches then

our guys at around 145 to 215 are strong and quick and when ur the weakest kid in the state like me you think your weight class is harder. Not taking anything away from 189 or 215 but were talking about quality of wrestler here not strength

112 was definatly harder because they had so many state champs and runner ups and places in their bracket that you had to be a stud to place in the top 6 and besides look at edgmon he is huge he could prolly kick the crap outta me
Posted By: smnwrestler2004 Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 05:11 PM
i would have to say that 189 is down this year. not counting ehert and butler. they are bad asses. just because you are strong doesn't mean that you are a good wrestler. our 189 pounder was tiny. he should have wrestled 160 but wouldn't be on varstiy at that or 171 so he went up to 189. weigh in days he would be 165 tops with all his clothes on. and he had a decent record. went to state and won a match. just because you are big doesnt' mean you are good, it just helps.
Posted By: Prant Garker Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 05:13 PM
The 215 class of 2003 would have to be in the top 3, if not the toughest class in recent memory. If I am correct, I believe at least 3 of these wrestlers were all-americans. The weight class consisted of Carrol, Hemmerling, Prant Garker, Bork, Staab, Weishaar, Lattimer, Jhris Cennings, Page, Seiler, and Walker.

What a delicious grand state that would be. (With Jhris v. Prant being the finals match, of course.)
Posted By: JhrisCennings Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 05:42 PM
Hey Kris, why are you talkin' the smack, eh? I seem to recall winning every single award last night, and being voted a captain. Were you a recipient of anything? I'm afraid not. You are also talking the smack on Lee, which is TOTAL bunk. Lee and myself are buff fellas, fat, but buff none the less. We also placed top 3 at state. You did not. Stop talking. Also, change your name. You're not worthy of the letter switch.
I would say 132 weight class back in 1976. It had Mike Garcia from Newton (3X State Champ) later National Champ. Daryl Henning from Great Bend took 2nd, later a National Champ. Randy Maag took third and Weaver took 4th. This was the CKL League, Regional, and State finshes for that year. Daryl and Mike use to go to war in the finals and it was always great to see Maag, a Salina Central wrestler beat Weaver from Salina South.
Thanks for the memories.....
Posted By: fris kitzgerald Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 09:47 PM
so i don't care if i didn't win ne awards and i aint talkin smack on Lee if u remember i said i wasn't taking nething away from 189 and 215 so that means i still think they are good and hard weight classes i mean if lee loses to state champs and finalists thas pretty **** good i loose to everyone so i'm not saying i'm good or nething.
Posted By: swwrestler Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 11:56 PM
If you are gonna look the toughest weight classes in history one cant forget last year 4a 152. Ponce, Wiscombe, Strawn, Sharpe, Metcalf, Taplin, Buck and Frank. The guys in that bracket averaged a 28-5 record. I would have to say that is a hard one to beat.
Posted By: Light Em Up Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/08/04 11:59 PM
Im gonna have to go with 215 a couple years ago with lattimer, speer, weishaar, page, staab, sieler, carroll, very tough, and speer pulled it off
Posted By: Meven Stiller Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/09/04 01:55 AM
was bedore in that weight too i think he won a his first state title that year so u can throw him in
Posted By: D-Lo Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/09/04 02:26 AM
3-2-1a 125..... heck 125 all class this year has to be mentioned
Posted By: take_it_too_em Re: toughest weight class in history - 03/11/04 01:08 AM
yes D-Lo you are 100% correct. the toughest weight class by far was definitely 125 in this years 3-2-1A state championships. Many talented wrestlers like Tyler Baker defending state champ, Levi Younkin defendig state champion, Dylan Loyd runner up from last year, Tait Weatherbee runner up from last year, Matt Warta previous state champ, John Kroeger and Curtis Black both very talented seniors and also Colby Monnington. Now that is a stacked weight class.
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