11986 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, The_KC_Godfather said: Missouri - J'Den Cox (more NCAA titles and world gold's, Olympic bronze) or Sammie Henson (only in the convo because of Olympic silver). 1 hour ago, KLCarnegieTech_1969 said: Henson was a phenomenal high school wrestler. He should be in conversation. 3X NCAA Champ? Not sure. Sammie was a 2 time NCAA champ. Internationally in addition to the Olympic silver, he was also world champ one year and won bronze another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestMan Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I hear that Cael Sanderson guy was pretty good wrestler, HS level in Utah, and held his own collegiately and Internationally. Do we need another topic concerning "Best coach from each state?" Could even be broken down categories: HS, College, International, or combination of all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, KLCarnegieTech_1969 said: Currently? College or High School? PA All time high school-Carry Kolat All time college- Carlton Haselrig, Zane Rutherford, Wade Schalles, Jason Nolf, Ty Moore, Spencer Lee, I could go on and on, tough to single one out. Current college- Carter Starocci, Levi Haynes Current high school-Bo Basset? kind of surprised Ty Moore made your list for all-time college. Phenomenal HS career but never AAd in college. RIP Ty Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadzaev2 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 6 hours ago, Husker_Du said: David Taylor is from Wyoming. 4 hours ago, MPhillips said: Technicality... David was born in Reno, Nevada, but wrestled all 4 years at St. Paris Graham, OH. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow_Medal Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Dean Lohr was a 2x Champ and 1x Finalist Duane Goldman was a 4x Finalist and 1x Champ Also Ben Cherrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestle87 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, BloodRound said: Fellow Jersey native here. Maybe it is recency bias here but I think I would throw Suriano into the discussion if we are speaking from a high school/college standpoint. If we are speaking on international accolades though, I think we can just disregard this comment for now. I originally had an extra sentence in there about why I didn’t put Suriano in there for that exact reason. But you’re absolutely right. If we just look High School and college, I think he definitely takes it. And he would quite possible be even more in the conversation if PSU, Okie State and Cornell hadn’t teamed up to put some covid in his water bottle before the olympic trials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rassling Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, PortaJohn said: New Yorkers always forget they have the Banach brothers. They do? ALL New Yorkers? I chose what came to MY mind and you can choose what comes to yours. See how a free country works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) 13 hours ago, peanut said: Who is the best wrestler from your state? Indiana is not a premier state, and some of its best wrestlers have competed in other states for high school. But it’s produced some elite wrestlers anyway. Not sure who the best is, but some of the best are Micic (world champ), Escobedo, Howe, Nick Lee, and Parris. Steveson lived in Indiana for a while but it doesn’t really count. Hildebrandt is the best women’s wrestler. Can we get a definition of "your state?" Perhaps it should be something like a state in which you currently pay taxes. We also need a definition for "wrestler's state." Perhaps again something like a state in which parents paid taxes (or the most taxes) while said wrestler was in high school. Edited February 20 by ionel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, Truzzcat said: Hm: chance marsteller Middle School Best Ever -> Chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 13 hours ago, Gage said: Without looking, just off the top of my head (probably missing a few big ones). Colorado... Past - Henry Cejudo (technically he went to HS in Colorado for his junior and senior year). Ryan Deakin, Tyler Graff, Connor Medbery Currently Andrew Alirez, Cohlton Schultz, Daniel Cardenas, Isaiah Salazar... Since we are talking about the best wrester CO has to be Adeline Gray: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 13 hours ago, flyingcement said: Pennsylvania: Cary Kolat Ohio: David Taylor Delaware: Sheldon Thomas Massachusetts: Kenny Mallory California: Dave Schultz Massachusetts has Rodney Smith - 2X Olympic Greco team member and Olympic Bronze or Elena Pirozhkova with 4 World Championship medals including one Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortaJohn Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Going to step in as an ambassador for a few states Hawaii Travis Lee Vermont Robert Hamlin Louisiana Daniel Cormier Tennesse Jordan Leen New Mexico Joe Puerta New Hampshire Connor McGonagle??? Oregon Louden Swain 2 I Don't Agree With What I Posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 13 minutes ago, Jim L said: Massachusetts has Rodney Smith - 2X Olympic Greco team member and Olympic Bronze or Elena Pirozhkova with 4 World Championship medals including one Gold Colin Kilrain is another good one from Massachusetts. Took 3rd three times for Lehigh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadzaev2 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, cowcards said: Dean Lohr was a 2x Champ and 1x Finalist Duane Goldman was a 4x Finalist and 1x Champ Dean Lahr? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Kong Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 43 minutes ago, PortaJohn said: Going to step in as an ambassador for a few states Hawaii Travis Lee Vermont Robert Hamlin Louisiana Daniel Cormier Tennesse Jordan Leen New Mexico Joe Puerta New Hampshire Connor McGonagle??? Oregon Louden Swain I thought Swain was from Spokane. Hamlin with the best nickname award: The Vermontser! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcement Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Who would it be for New Jersey? Jordan Burroughs right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchapman Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 minutes ago, flyingcement said: Who would it be for New Jersey? Jordan Burroughs right? George Mehnert Craig Henning got screwed in the 2007 NCAA Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbone Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 minutes ago, flyingcement said: Who would it be for New Jersey? Jordan Burroughs right? I would think only Bruce Baumgartner could make an argument against JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortaJohn Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 4 minutes ago, Major Kong said: I thought Swain was from Spokane. Hamlin with the best nickname award: The Vermontser! You're absolutely right. I guess I always associated Vision Quest with Oregon wrestling for some reason. 1 I Don't Agree With What I Posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchapman Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Just now, Dogbone said: I would think only Bruce Baumgartner could make an argument against JB. George Mehnert won two Olympic Golds. Craig Henning got screwed in the 2007 NCAA Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbone Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 minutes ago, jchapman said: George Mehnert won two Olympic Golds. Evey one knows the 1904 games have an asterisk due to the Russo-Japense war. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortaJohn Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) 22 minutes ago, flyingcement said: Who would it be for New Jersey? Jordan Burroughs right? Depends how we want to define "best ever". College, absolutely not (Mike Caruso 3 timer) (Mocco 2x champ 4x finalist). International you can definitely argue he has a slight edge over Bruce with more titles even though Bruce has more medals (only counting Olympics/Worlds) Edited February 20 by PortaJohn I Don't Agree With What I Posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Kong Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 20 minutes ago, Major Kong said: I thought Swain was from Spokane. Hamlin with the best nickname award: The Vermontser! That's "Vermontster" of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestej Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, KLCarnegieTech_1969 said: Henson was a phenomenal high school wrestler. He should be in conversation. 3X NCAA Champ? Not sure. Sammy lost to the Purler brothers (Tony and Nick) every time they wrestled in high school. Wentzville school (Purlers) was in a different class from Francis Howell (Henson), otherwise Sammy might have never won a state championship in high school. Reason I have both Nick and Tony listed is because they alternated who wrestled Henson through out high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowcards Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Fadzaev2 said: Dean Lahr? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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