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   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.