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was a hell of a dual meet, but iowa came out ahead. Some real good wrestling! Poor mn just can't catch a break in anything.
Ness looked slow, he should have lost that match. That iowa kid got shafted on a couple takedown calls. Ness's unorthodox talent was able to save him too. It was still an exciting match.Ness is great but looked off tonight. I think he might have been sick as the rumors earlier this afternoon were he might not wrestle. Glad he pulled it out but that was probably his worst match this year.
I foresee a lot of misery inside those walls. Haha where does mn play their high school championships? Cause those are the only possible titles. HahaA sneak peak for you Vikings Fans! My son who has been working on the new Vikes stadium almost 7 days a week, sent me this this morning!
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Gophers have 7 nt in football , badgers-0 and they own college hockey.
My best friend in HS played basketball. Wrestling practice was in the upper level of the gym (where they rolled out bleachers for BB games) while BB practice was on the main floor. Anytime my buddy would complain about a "hard" practice, I would belittle him mercilessly. At one time or another, I played every major sport (baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, track, hockey...NOT saying I was any good at some of them). The hardest practice in any of those sports never remotely compared to the easiest wrestling practice.Wrestling is too hard for most to handle so they go play basketball.
Mn wrestling at the high scool level has been in decline for close to a decade in regards to depth. There are still a lot of good individuals but not what it once was with guys like Eustis, Nagel, and LeVessuer all graduating the same year. Even when you look back to the 90s with Forest Lake and Hastings being dominant not to mention schools like Painesville. Valley will always be good but it requires depth and balance to maintain strong state wide wrestling. The east coast is where a lot of good wrestlers come out of now because of their clubs and private school systems. Wrestling is too hard for most to handle so they go play basketball.
Yup. I went to a HS with a class of 150 and played baseball, football, and basketball. Now my kids go to a school with a class of 1k and at the age of 8 we were told pick your favorite sport play it 365, do all the camps and travel and maybe you will make the high school team.My best friend in HS played basketball. Wrestling practice was in the upper level of the gym (where they rolled out bleachers for BB games) while BB practice was on the main floor. Anytime my buddy would complain about a "hard" practice, I would belittle him mercilessly. At one time or another, I played every major sport (baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, track, hockey...NOT saying I was any good at some of them). The hardest practice in any of those sports never remotely compared to the easiest wrestling practice.
I pity the kids really into wrestling these days. It's somehow become a nearly every day, year round commitment, if you want to really excel. I guess it's the same in most any sport, but I remember when you did this stuff because it was fun, not because you had to. Heck, I'd wrestle a handful of freestyle tourneys during the off season and that was considered hardcore back in my time. Now, it's JRob and other camps all summer long, if you even want a legit chance of going to state, and even that isn't enough for most kids.