Monday, August 17, 2009

Ed’s Word: Number: 20 August 17, 2009

Ed’s Word: Number: 20 August 17, 2009.

1. For those of you who keep track of these reports by the number - this is the last issue for this year. The next Ed’s Word will be number 1. It will be a little late coming out as I will be having knee replacement on the 2nd of September.
2. If you haven’t already done so, check out the rules interpretation methods for this year. They are on the IHSA websidte.
3. As a result of tournaments, their placings, etc., USA Wrestling gave out points for the entire season and thus were able to rank all wrestlers. Illinois Wrestlers in the rankings include: Cadets had Nikosi Moody - Country Club Hills at 84; Zane Richards - Carbondale at 125 and Gabe Harrah - Crystal Lake Central at 215 all ranked on the First Team. Juniors are: 98 - 5th - Kevon Powell - Romeoville or Montini; 15th - Jake Miller of Taylor Ridge; 105 - 3rd - Devon Graville - Granite City, 8th - Eric English - Crystal Lake Central, 18th - Jake Bellis - Bloomington and 21st - Kevin Malarick - Hickory Hills. 112 - 10th - Matt Cavallaris. 119 - 24th - Nick Harrison - Stillman Valley. 130 - 4th - Nick Dardanes - Oak Park, 8th - Chris Dardanes - Oak Park, 16th - Colton Rasche - Montini. 140 - 16th - Joe Kielbasa - Crystal Lake Central, 17th - Joe Brewster - Maine South, 22nd - Alex Cizek - Naperville, 24th - Chris Gonzalez - Crete-Monee. 145 - lst - Josh Castellano - Fenton. 152 - 14th - Tyler Prozma - Granite City. 160 - 17th — Joe Moorhouse - Marengo, 20th - Ethan Ball - Aledo, 21st - Nick Proctor - Neuqua Valley, 24th - Justin Peele - Ringwood??. 171 - 3rd - Mark Sternberg - Lockport, 6th - Lee Munster - Grant, 9th - Josh Ronne - Libertyville. 189 - 4th - Ryan Garringer - Hinsdale South. 215 - 7th - Joe Rau - St. Patrick’s, 18th - Donald Howell - Oswego. 285 - 9th - Carey Gushleff - Granite Cityk, 10th - Scott Helton - York, 21st - Tim Zegas - Cary Grove.
4. Jimmy Chase - Glenbard North placed 5th in the Junior Worlds in Turkey, Max Nowry - Wheeling placed 6th and not placing was Peter Kowalczuk of Oak Park. They will be in Denmark next.
5. With successful colaboration with the Edwardsville school district and the SIU Edwardsville Wrestling Club a 24,000 square foot building has been erected. It will be dedicated to Jon Davis and will be known as the Jon Davis Wrestling Center. Jon was a long time teacher and IKWF leader in this area. He is in the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Hall of Fame. This center will be the home to Edwardsville High School, FS/GR club and Fellowship for Christian Athletes in this area. The bleachers will seat 850, will have a strength and conditioning room, locker rooms, concessions,. offices, conference rooms and auditorium, a sound system and screen. This center will also be used on a national scale. It was built entirely with private funds.
6. Illinois had representation at the Disney games in Florida. Winning Disney Gold in the Community division was David Devine and Seth Milks for Dakota and Jason Clearly for Illinois Top Dawgs. In the Team results - District Tournament - 8th place for Illinois Inferno and in Community 2 - 2nd was Dakota and 6th was Illinois Top Dawgs. I do not know where all the wrestlers came from, nor do I know which towns those teams represented, other than Dakota.
7. The University of Northern Iowa profiled Sandy Stevens in their news letter - had a lot of nice things to say about her as did Wrestling USA and W.I.N. which also profiled her.
8. I’m sorry to report that Dale Pierre’s mother was killed in a car accident in Green Bay, Wisconsin last week. Dale’s address is 1912 Huron St. Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54321.
9. Walt Sherman, IWCOA Hall of Famer will be inducted into the University of Northern Iowa Hall of Fame as a part of their 1950 NCAA Championship Team of which he was the starting l77 pounder. This will take place on October 17th as a part of their homecoming festivities.
10. The NCAA’s have been conducted since 1928, with the exception of the War years. The sites until recently were rotated from campus to campus and area to area, etc. The Schools that comprised the Big 10 at one time or another have held the following tournaments: Chicago University: 0; Illinois University 1940 and 1947; Indiana University: 1932; Iowa University: 1959, 1986, 1991, 1995 and 2001; Michigan State” 1942′ Michigan University: 1934 and 2007; Minnesota University: 1996; Northwestern University: 1970; Ohio State: 1929 and 1930; Penn State: 1938, 1953, 1968 and 1999; Purdue: 0; Wisconsin University: 0
Tournaments held in a Big 10 School State: Indiana: 2; Illinois: 3; Iowa: 14; Michigan: 3; Minnesota: 1; Ohio: 5; Pennsylvania: 11 and Wisconsin: 0

It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.
Even when hope and science fail us, art survives.
Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.
Heroes come along when you need them.
No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back.
A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts. See you. Ed

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Ed’s Word: Number: 19 July 27, 2009

 Ed’s Word:  Number:  19         July 27, 2009

   1.  Had a recent death in the Wrestling family.  Thomas Bradley, former Wrestler at Lake Park High School.
 
 2.  The new coach at Wheaton College will be James Gruenwald.  He is a former Olympian, I believe out of Marathana College in Wisconsin.  Has a lot of success in USA Nationals, plus other.  Have not seen any kind of press release as of this date. Former coach Dan Weber out of Conant has taken a 2 or 3 year Sabbatical.  He will be in Zimbawe in Africa helping a Christian Organization.Best of luck to both men.
  3.  An old friend of years past Lanny Bryant, who is owner and Editor of Wrestling USA Magazine, is back in coaching.  He will take over at Big Sky in Missoula, Montana at the age of 70.  He previously coached at Worland, Wyoming;  Missoula, Montana and Montana State before getting involved in Wrestling publications.  Good luck to him.
  4.  Four Jewish athletes, all from Illinois l edthe United States Delagation into Ramat Gan Stadium at the World’s Third Largest International Athletic Event - The 18th Maccabiah Games.  Lindsey Durlacher out of Buffalo Grove and the U. of Illinois, a member of the Judo Team carried the United States Flag.  He is a 7 time Maccabiah Champion in Wrestling, plus an All World Medalist and USA medalist and ranked Wrestler.  The names of the other 3 men were not published to my knowledge.  Do you know them?  July 13th.
  5.  Results of the Girl’s Nationals:  98 - lst Erin Golston - she is from Lake in the Hills and is a sophomore at Northern Michigan;  128 - 8 - Angelina Fabbri - Highland Park;  146 - lst - Brittany Goebel - Lena;  146 - 7th - Chloe Besson - Evanston. 
  6.  They rated America’s Top Wrestling Girls Families:  3rd was the Paul’s of Davis Junction and 8th  the Golston’s of Lake in the Hills.
  7.  They have ranked the top 10 NCAA Division 1 Finishes since 1928.  Number 1 is Oklahoma State with 77 finishes in the top 10 with 34 lsts;  2.  Iowa State - 62 and 7;  3.  Oklahoma U. - 60 and 7;  4.  Iowa U. 57 and 22;  5.  Michnigan - 43 and 0;  6.  Penn State - 4l and 1;  7.  Lehigh - 38-0;  8.  Minnesota - 31-3;  9.  ILLINOIS - 30-0;  10.  Michigan State - 24-1;  11.  Arizona State - 18-1;  11.  University of Northern Iowa - 18-1;  11.  Oregon State - 18-0;  14.  Nebraska - 17-0;  15.  Ohio State - 14-0;  15.  Wisconsin - 14-0;  Northwestern is 24th at 6-0 and Northern Illinois is 1-0.
  8.  USA Wrestling Final Rankings for the year all classes are:  103 - 7 - Eddie Klimara - Providence;  112 - 13th - Edwin Cooper - Providence;  119 - 26th - Jameson Oster - Lockport,  27th - Steve Murphy = Marion Catholic,  28th - Keith Surber - O’Fallon;  125 - 3rd - Tony Ramos - Glenbard North, 4th - Jon Morrison - Carl Sandburg, 30th - Chris Dardanes - Oak Park;  130 - 22nd - Nick Dardanes - Oak Park;  135 - Ellis Coleman - Oak Park;  140 - 22nd - Matt Boggess - Mt. Prospect;  145 - 23rd - Ellis Larson - Marion Catholic, 30th - Dylan Reel - Washington community;  152 - 14th - Bobby Barnhisel - Fenwick;  160 - 25th - Kyle Czarnecki - Buffalo Grove, 26th - Nick Proctor - Neuqua Valley, 27th - Jahwan Akui - St. Rita;  171 - 6th - Lee Munster - Grant;  189 - 17th - Mario Gonzalez - West Aurora;  215 - no one;  285 - 17th - Curtis Blaydes - DeLaSalle.
  9.  Looking ahead to the 2010 season in Division I - Iowa is predicted number 1, followed by Ohio State,  Iowa State,  Nebraska, Cornell, Edinboro State, Missouri, ILLINOIS,  Wisconsin and Maryland for the top Ten - this is based on returning tournament points.
10.  Tyler Clark, former All Stater from Orion, who moved to Bettendorf, Iowa - then enrolled at Iowa State - has gone to the Nationals both his frosh and soph year, but did not place.  He has transferred to the U. of Iowa, where he has to sit out a year, but since he has not used his red shirt, he will still have two more years of competition.  He will be in the mix, as I am sure he will move up a weight or two in the next year - we’ll see.
11.  By now you have been apprised of the bad news coming out of USA Wrestling head office, so I will not elaborate here.  Has nothing to do with the organizationl, but dwells solely upon the conduct of l man, who has been there dfor many years and was well respected.
12.  Tom Heniff, who has been cleaning up the record book for all of us, has found another name to place in the books.  Regarding falls - George Ross of Tilden Tech had 4 falls in 5 matches in 1954, he placed Third.
13.  One of my Wrestlers at Wheaton Central, who sends me a lot of information from Iraq - is there as the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Interior in Baghdad.  He has retired from the Illinois State Police and is there involved in police training policies, etc.  Name:  George Murray - Third in the State at 137 in 1970.  As usual he has risen to the top.
14.  Illinois Results from the Nationals at Fargo:  Girls Division:  95 - 3rd - Erin Golston - Lake in the Hills;  124 - 2nd - Ali Regan - Carbondale;  139 - Champion - Veronica Carlson;  146 - 2nd - Brittany Goebel - Lena.  Team Title to Texas, followed by California;  New York;  Washington;  ILLINOIS,  Michigan, Missouri,  Ohio,  and Hawaii.   Cadet Greco Roman:  84 - 4th - Nikosi Moody;  91 - 6th - Joel Shump;  105 - 8th - Derrick Elmore - McChesney Park;  125 - CHAMPION - Zane Richards - Carbondale;  130 - 4th - Lucas Smith - Wheeling;  135 - 3rd - Dillon Cowan - Harvard,  135 - 7th - Bradley Kolb.  152 - 2nd - Dylan Reel - Washington community;  160 - 2nd - Sam Brooks - Oak Park;  215 - 2nd Josh or John Marchak - Schaumberg, 215 - 3rd - Luke Miller.  11 All Americans with l Champion.  Team placings:  1.  Wisconsin,  2.  Minnesota,  3.  ILLINOIS.  4.  California,  5.  Michigan,  6.  Pennsylvania,  7.  Iowa,  8.  Virginia,  9.  New Jersey,  10.  Colorado.   Cadet Free Style:  84 - 3rd - Nikosi Moody;  112 - 4th - Derek Elmore - McChesney Park,  119 - 3rd - Eddie Klimara - Providence;  125 - 3rd - Zane Richards - Carbondale;  125 - 5th - Jameson Oster - Lockport;  130 - CHAMPION  - Edwin Cooper - Providence;  130 - 8th - John Delmedico;  135 - 7th - Blaise Butler - Rockford Boylan;  152 - 8th - O’Shea Traylor;  160 - 5th - Jeff Koepke - Hersey;  160 - 2nd - Sam Brooks - Oak Park;  189 - CHAMPION - Austin Marsden;  189 - 4th - Brad Johnson;  189 - 6th - Jared Koch - Woodstock Marion Catholic;  215 - CHAMPION - Gage Harrah - Crystal Lake Central;  215 - 3rd - Josh or John Marchak - Schaumberg;  215 - 4th - Luke Miller. 17 All Americans, 3 Champions.  Team Results:  1.  ILLINOIS;  2.  Pennsylvania;  3.  Ohio,  4.  Iowa,  5.  Minnesota,  6.  Michigan,  7.  California;  8.  Missouri,  9.  New Jersey;  10.  Wisconsin.   Junior Greco Roman:  98 - 4th - Devon Graville;  105 - 3rd - Jake Bellis - Bloomington;  105 - 4th - Kevon Powell - Montini;  125 - 7th - Pat Scully - Hoffman Estates;  130 - 7th - Brandon Rice - Washington community;  135 - CHAMPION - Ellis Coleman - Oak Park;  135 - 7th - Bo Schlosser - Mt. Zion;  140 - Chris Gonzalez - Montini;  145 - CHAMPION - Josh Castellano - Fenton;  152 - 3rd - Joe Moorhouse - Marengo;  171 - CHAMPION - Mark Stenberg - Lockport;  215 - CHAMPION - Joe Rau - St. Patrick’s;  215 - 6 - Charles Lewis - Thornwood;  285 - 6th - Scott Helton. 14 All Americans with 4 Champions.  Team Placements:  1.  ILLINOIS;  2.  Florida;  3.  Minnesota;  4.  California;  5.  Arizona;  6.  Pennsylvania;  7.  Wisconsin;  8.  Oregon;  9.  Washington;  10.  Utah.   Junior Free Style:  98 - 4th - Kevon Powell - Montini;  105 - 8th - Kevin Malanick - Stagg;  112 - 7th - Matt Cavallaris - Neuqua Valley;  119 - 6th - Joe Roth - Dixon;  130 - 2nd - Nick Dardanes - Oak Park;  130 - 4th - Chris Dardanes - Oak Park;  130 - 6th - Colton Rasche - Montini;  135 - 7th Jed Lightfoot - Yorkville;  160 - 8th - Nick Proctor - Neuqua Valley;  171 - 2nd - Lee Munster - Grant;  189 - 7th - Ryan Garringerd - Hinsdale South;  215 - 8th - Joe Rau - St. Patrick’s.  12 All Americans - No Champions.  A couple of guys were one bout out of AA.  It seems to me that a lot of our top competitors were missing from this tournament, so a lot of credit should be given out to those who represented Illinois.  Team Placings:  1.  Pennsylvania;  2.  Minnesota;  3.  ILLINOIS;  4.  California  5.  Missouri;  6.  New Jersey;  7.  Iowa;  8.  Washington;  9.  Wisconsin;  10.  Ohio.
15.  The State of Pennsylvania routinely produces the most all americans at the collegiate level - they also are at the top of the high schools, counting cadet and junior nationals at Fargo and the National high school championships.  As of July 2008, prior to 2009  Pennsylvania had 34 at Fargo and 66 at the National High School.  2nd - New Jersey - 24 and 49;  3.  New York - 18 and 54;  4.  Californ ia 25 and 34;  5.  Ohio - 27 - 24;  6.  ILLINOIS 37 - 9*;  7.  Missouri - 33-11*;  8.  Minnesota - 34-7*;  9.  Florida - 21-13;  9.  Iowa - 30-9*.    *  I suspect that the midwestern states could do better in the National high school T., but probably do not send many due to the cost, distance, school breaks, etc.  Eastern states can easily send many to this event.  Pennsylvania’s record every year is supposedly the main reason for Sanderson’s leaving Iowa State for Penn State.  Said he couldn’t win the National title in Iowa, but could at Penn State. We’ll See.
   
Ed.  Oh Yes - I enjoyed Alaska immensely.
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