Ed’s Word: Number: 6 October 25, 2007
1. We have been informed that Hall of Famer and retired Wrestling Coach at East Aurora - Roy Fowley has died in Florida. He died on October 7th - he leaves a son and a daughter. Roy graduated from Belleville high school and SIU Carbondale after a stint in the Navy. He assisted at SIU for a year and then came to East Aurora where he was swimming and diving coach before taking over as the Head Wrestling coach in l959. He retired from that position in 1975, but stayed on as the Head Golf coach. His record at East was winning 2 UpState 8 crowns; a number of regionals - placed 3rd and 4th in the State - He had 10 state placewinners and l Champion. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1988.
2. Louis Reed, Joliet Central All Stater in the 70’s ;;has been named President of the Board of Aldermen for the City of St. Louis. He is one of a group of 3 charged with reorganizing the St. Louis School System and controls a 800 million dollar budget. He Wrestled for Mac McLaughlin.
3. Eric Juergens a 4 time All American from the University of Iowa has been named the new Head Coach at Augustana College. He succeeds Pat Marsh who will be the City Manager in Monroe, Wisconsin. Pat had a good career at Auggie winning 3 Conference Crowns.
4. High School Sports Participation by Schools lists Boys basketball with 17762 schools, followed by outdoor track; baseball, football, golf, crosscountry, soccer, Wrestling with 9445 schools), tennis and swimming. This was for the 2006-07 year.
5. Participants in sports lists football with 1,104,548, basketball, outdoor track, baseball, soccer, Wrestling with 257,246, cross country, golf, tennis and swimming. Wrestling has a lot of participants with only 300 colleges to go to.
6. Division I graduation rates for the year 2000 was posted recently - The overall rate was 71.5%’ Lacrosse 90.2; Water Polo 87.l; Gymnastics 84.8; Swimming 83.8; Volleyball 84.5; Tennis 8l.8; Golf 80.7; Ice Hockey 79.l; Soccer 75.3; Cross Country/Track 73.4; WRESTLING 73.2; Baseball 67.3; Football 64.7; Basketball 63.6. The big 3 had the poorest graduation rate, of all the others Wrestling is the only collision sport - the rest are non contact sports.
7. I think the only collision sports are football and Wrestling. The only contact sport is probably social dancing. All others are non-contact activities.
8. The National Wrestling Coaches Association All Star Meet will be held at the University of Oregon on November 19th. Hopefully this will help U> Oregon’s cause, which is slated to drop Wrestling in 2008.
9. Jordan Blanton of Richmond-Burton has indicated Iowa U. as his choice; Conrad Polz of Carl Sandburg has selected Illinois; Garrett Goebel of Montini has picked Ohio State for football.
10. Jimmy Chase - highly ranked wrestler from Glenbard North will likely be out until after Christmas with a torn ACL.
11. The Olympic Trials will be held in Las Vegas - June 13-15, 2008.
12. I hope that all of you are attending the rules interpretations: Tonight the 25th is one at Addison Trail in this area and Monday the 29th will be the last one at Wheaton South at 7:00 pm
13. The Sunkist kids tournament starts Friday the 26th and goes through the 28th - The New York Athletic Club tournament is November 16-18 and the Winter Classic at Danville, Illinois is Novembetr 23-24.
14. February 14th will be the IWCOA Social down state - The State Tournament is February 15-16. The State Dual Tournament at NIU will be February 23rd.
15, The Illinois-Indiana Dual will be held Sunday March 16th at Hinsdale South high school - Mark your calendars for this one - remember we take two teams of the highest ranked seniors. We have defeated Indiana the last 2 years - don’t break the streak.
16. The IWCOA Hall of Fame Banquet will be held at Park Place in Countryside on Saturday, April 26, 2008 and the following day - Sunday - April 27th - will be the All State Banquet at the same place.
17. Sectional assignments are out, but not the teams - Regionals at East Aurora, Lake Park, Romeoville and South Elgin will be at Naperville North for the individuals and at Glenbard North for the Teams. Now the guess work starts - It looks like to me that Carl Sandburg will go elsehere this year, but Montini and Glenbard North could be in the same tournaments, but I would not leave Wheaton North out of this mix at all.
18, It looks like Evergreen Park and Harvard will both move up to Class AA - there may be others and if there are it is high time that we readdress the possibility of 3 classes - its time.
19. Peter Hume a Canadian National Wrestling Champion has died at age 54. He was champion in the super heavyweight division in 1977-78 for Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He was 6 foot 6 inches. He also played football there. I do not know how he did in the Internation scene.
20. Difvision I National tournament is in St. Louis - March 20-22; Division 2 is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - March 14-15 at the USA Cellular Center. Their regionals are for the Midwest - Indianapolis on March lst. Division 3 Nationals will also be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 7-8 at the Cellular Center. Their regionals are for the Midwest February 23rd at Wabash, Indiana and the Great Lakes regional is sat St. John’s in Minnesota on February 23rd. The Big l0 is at Minnesota on March 8-9.
21. The Missouri Open is November 18th - Las Vegas Open - November 30 - December 1st and the Northern Iowa Open is December 2nd.
22. The Midlands is scheduled for December 29th and 30th and should have an outstanding entry list.
23. The Pete Willson invitational at Wheaton College is February lst and 2nd.
24. The Loras open is November 10th in Dubuque, Iowa.
25. The recent NCAA graduation rates for football has come out by school: l. Bost College 93%; 6. Purdue - 70; 10. Wisconsin 6l; 19. Ohio State 53 and 25th - Georgia at 4l. For basketball the results are: 1. Florida 100 %; 7. SIU Carbondale 79; 9. Wisconsin 67; 15. Ohio State 40 and 25th - Maryland - 0. Girls basketball has 1. Tennessee at 100; 1. Ohio State at 100; 5. Michigan State 93; 7. Purdue - 92 and 25th Louisiana State at 55. The National averages for football is 67%; mens basketball 6l5 and womens basketball is 8l. I only listed those schools at the top or bottom or midwest.
26. The Missouri Open is November 18th in Columbia, Missouri - Illinois first home meet is against McKendree college nd Findlay on December 8th at 12 pm
27. Rankings are out: Amatuer Wrestling News: 4th - Northwestern - 14th - Illinois. lst is Minnesota, 2nd Iowa State - 3rd Iowa. 125 - 9 - Gabe Flores - Illinois - 11th - Brandon Precin - Northwestern and 16th - Pat Castillo - Northern Illinois. 133 - 5th - Jimmy Kennedy - Illinois; 10th Nick Fanthorpe - Iowa State; 15th - Daniel Dennis - Iowa and 19th - Conor Beebe - Central Michigan. 141 - lst - Ryan Lang - Northwestern. 149 - no one. 157 - 3rd - Mike Poeta - Illinois and 19 - Jake Murphy - Purdue. 165 - 2nd - Eric Tannenbaum - Michigan U. 8. Roger Smith-Bergsrud - Illinois and 11th - Stephen Dwyier - Nebraska. 174 - 10th - Nick Hayes - Northwestern. 184 - 15. Duke Burk - Northern Illinois and 16th - John Dergo - Illinois. 197 - 3rd - Mike Tamillow - Northwestern and 11th - Patrick Bond - Illinois. 285 - lst - Dustin Fox - Northwestern. WIN Rankings are: 125 - 8th - Nick Fanthorpe - Iowa State; 10. Gabe Flores; 15. Brandon Precin and 16. Pat Castillo. 133 - 6. Jimmy Kennedy. 141 - lst. Ryan Lang and 15. Troy Tirapelle - Illinois. 149 - No one. 157 - 2nd - Mike Poeta. 165 - 2nd - Eric Tannenbaum; 7. Roger Smith Bergsrud and 9. Stephen Dwyer. 174 - 11. Nick Hayes and 13. John Dergo. 184. 18 - Duke Burke. 197 - 3. Mike Tammilow and 12. Patrick Bond. 285 - l. Dustin Fox. Wrestling USA Magazine: 125 - 9. Gabe Flores; 11. Brandon Precin; 16. Pat Castillo. 133. 7 - Nick Fanthorpe; 16 - Kenny Jordan - Nebraska; 25 - Conor Beebe and 31. Erick Metzler - Northwestern. 141 - 15. Troy Tirapelle and 28 - Pat McLemore - Northern Illinois. 149 - No one. 157 - 3. Mike Poeta; 18. Jake Murphy; 31. Kyle Bertin - Northwestern. 165 - 2. Eric Tannenbaum; 7th - Roger Smith Bergsrud; 13th - Stephen Dwyer; and 30th Greg Hagel - Northwestern. 174 - 10. John Dergo and 13. Nick Hayes. 184 - l. Jake Herbert - Northwestern (he is scheduled for an Olympic red shirt); 18. Duke Burk. 197 - 4 - Mike Tamillow; 15. Patrick Bond and 31 - Jake Smith - Northern Illinois. 285 - l. Dustin Fox and 23. John Wise - Illinois. Teams 6 - Northwestern and 11th - Illinois. The next ratings will not be out until after some of the competition and they will surely change, hopefully to the better for Illinois schools.
28. Rankings for high schools: Amatuer Wrestling News all classes: 103 - 2. B. J. Futrell - M;t. Carmel; 3rd - Max Nowry - Wheeling. 112 - no one. 119 - 2. Jon Morrison - Carl Sandburg; 125 - 8. Tony Ramos - Glenbard North; 130 - No one. 135 - 9. Lee Munster - Grant. 140 - no one. 145 - 11. Vince Ramos - Glenbard North. 1562 - no one. 160 - 3rd - Conrad Polz - Carl Sandburg and 7th - Lucas Roth - Lockport. 171 - 5th - Jordan Blanton - Richmond-Burton. 189 - no one. 215 - no one. 285 - 3 - Garrett Goebel - Montini. WIN All classes: 103 - l. Max Nowry. 112 - 3. B.J. Futrell; 5th - Jon Morrison. 119 - l. Tony Ramos and 6. Ellis Coleman - Oak Park. 125 - 4. Jimmy Chase - Glenbard North and 16. Lillashawn Coleman - Oak Park. 130 - 14. - Izzy Montemayor - Grant. 135 - 4. Josh Kratovil - Lincolnway Central. 140 - 17. Danny Monaco - Glenbard North. 145 - 8. Vincent Ramos and 13th - Jimmy Duffy - Nequa Valley. 152 - 2. Conrad Polz and l5th - Lucas Roth. 160 - no one. 171. 4th - Jordan Blanton. 189 - no one. 215 - 3. Ben Apland - Downers Grove South; 7th - Pat Walker - Glenbard East and 15th - Gordon Kickels - Lemont. 285 - 5th - Garrett Goebel - Montini. Wrestling USA Magazine - Juniors only: 103 - Brian Bokoski - Minooka; Special Mention - Sergio Figueroa - Harvard. 112 - 3. Jon Morrison; 20. Adam Sheleyh - Geneseo and SM - Seth Milks - Dakota and Joe Roth - Dixon. 119 - lst - Tony Ramos, 8th - Ellis Coleman, 12th - Justin Farmer - Lincolnway Central and 21. Josh Zinzer - West Aurora. 125 - SM - Chris Gonzales - Bloom Trail. 130 - 4. Jimmy Chase, 12. Matt Boggess - Prospect, 19. Mark Marianovich - Marion Catholic, SM - Joshua Castellano - Fenton and Matt Walters - Nequa Valley. 135 - 5. Bobbhy Barnhisel - Fenwick and 16. Jake Wojik - Providence. 140 - 8. Adam Heimer - Lincolnway Central; SM - Shea Baker - Murphysboro, Joe Foreman - Downers Grove North, Kyle Logsdan - Rockford East and Tyler Miller - Dixon. 145 - 10. Mark Stenberg - Lockport and 16. Elias Larson - Brother Rice. 152. 16. Ryan Garinger - Hinsdale South, SM - Dan Martin - Oak Park, Chase Odeen - Coal City and Collin Unzicker - Gibson City. 160. 14th - Daniel Watson - Batavia, SM - Andrew Brewer - Mahomet-Seymour and Carl Foreside - Montini. 171 - 5th - Mario Gonzales - West Aurora, SM - Clayton Kendall - DeLaSalle. 189 - SM - Cody Force - Argenta-Oreano, Robert Perna - Palatine and A. J. Smith - Marist. 215 - 29. Reggie Reed - Bloomington, SM - Mitchell Alberstett - Durand and Chris Narel - Lincolnway East. 285 - SM - Chris Brassell - ;;Maine South, John Grubisch - Argo and Terrell Pugh - O’Fallon.
If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it someday, you might as well laugh about it now.
Most new parents don’t realize that labor pains can last 18 years or more.
Nothing makes a bed more comfortable than someone yelling “Get Up”
The only consolation you have as a taxpayer is that you don’t have to pay taxes on the amount you think you’re worth. Have a great year. Ed - Oh yes, Don’t forget this Sunday, October 28th at 4 pm - The National Hall of Fame inductees - Illinois Chapter - Lifetime Achievement: ;;;Jim Cartwright; Joe Cliffe; Ron Bessemer; Larry Gassen; Rick Mann and Dale Pier re. See you there.
