Best TN Wrestler to Never Medal at the TSSAA Tournament

[Sommers]

All divisions... Met Gobbell (had to edit auto correct,,, changed his name to Connell of all people) a time or two. Good guy! Can't remember... Atty, Dentist or architect in Nashville today?

Edited September 4, 2014 by Sommers

[shaner10]

Lol Sommers the Gobbell you are talking about is a Architect. Believe it or not there are a few Gobbells in the area. Ron Gobbell is who you are thinking of. He owns Gobbell/Hayes Architecture. The Gobbell I'm talking about has done well for himself but he isn't an architect. The Gobbell I'm talking about wrestled for Simpson In Simpson's 2nd to 3rd year as a head coach at Ryan. I can't remember the dates, sorry. Needless to say the Gobbell kid, now grown, placed 2nd 2 years In a row, losing once on a bizzare stalling call! I'm purposely not naming the first name because I'm not sure that he wants it out there, especially in this type of conversation .

[shaner10]

By the way Sommers, the gou you are thinking of and the guy I'm talking about are related. If I'm not mistaken there is still a Gobbell involved with Catholic Wrestling. I'm not sure how involved but I believe at the Middle School level. There is a young Gobbell still working is way up! Granted he's only 8! We hope to do as well as the Gobbell's before us!

[Sommers]

Yeah, nice guy, atty I believe & fine fella too. Imagine that ... Right Pat Murphy?

 

He had just gone through some similar circumstances as Bear Cat Brown,,, although not deserving as much as the ol ND Irish or Every one's Favorite alum

[Sommers]

Other than HARRY THORNTON

[CoachBray]

Matt Turner (Warren County)

Lee Ramsey (Warren County)

Nick Willmore (Warren County)

Kevin Ralph (Warren County)

Chad Warren (Ridgeway)

Zach Friedman (Ridgeway)

Edited September 8, 2014 by CoachBray

[Sommers]

Lee Ramsey, still passionate for wrestling today, huh?

[westernwrestler]

Just a few names that came to the top of my head

 

Patrick dooley

Chris Wesnofske

Elijah Oliver (this year) 

[WrestlingGod]

Just a few names that came to the top of my head

 

Patrick dooley

Chris Wesnofske

Elijah Oliver (this year)

Best wrestler to never MEDAL?? Dooley won 160 this past year and Oliver has won twice.

[goblue1]

Thought I'd take the other topic one step further. There are a ton of previous medalists who are very deserving of a state championship who were never able to reach it. But there are even more who were never even able to reach the podium who were deserving.

 

I'll throw out my first name to start. As an Indy guy I nominate Matthew Gabriel.

 

Medal or no medal, he's hands down the best takedown artist I've ever seen live, ever. His senior year, again just missing a medal, the state runner up was from FRA at 140. Matt teched him the same year.

 

The craziest stat. His senior year he finished with 315 takedowns. On average that's around 9 a match.

Hey Wrestling God

 

I know another pretty god kid that beat quite a few state placers and some of them pretty bad but was alwasy 1 or 2 points away.