Best wrestler who never placed

[DragonWrestling05]

Nick was a great wrestler in high school and it was a shame he didn't go to state his senior year. Sorry if I ruffled some feathers on another thread Nick. You've said smack to me for four years during high school, I say were even. I just state my opinion, like everybody else on CoachT.

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Aww Mikie, you gonna be that easy on him? I mean look at what he put you thru all those years in high school, picking on ya. Nick, why'd you ever get kicked off anyways, I never heard.

[fabulousone]

Brooks Placed twice, this thread is about those that NEVER placed.

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he also got a fifth

[bhsOL]

Who do you think is the best wrestler who never placed in the state tournament.

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I wouldn't say I was the best, but my senior year (2002-2003) I beat 2 guys who ended up placing in the state. I didn't get to go to state because I didn't get to wrestle in regions (Blackman, region 5). I got ringworm and the flu the week of regions so I couldn't wrestle.

[alwaysfaithful]

Two kids from SoddyDaisy. Both dropped wrestling after their freshman years to consentrate on football.. Jason Wilson and Joel Slater. Both would probably placed in jr and sr years. And, Rabbitt is correct about Lance Lindsey.

[Wrestling4Life]

I'm gonna have to throw Adam Jaeckle (Hendersonville, 2002) into the list. He was at 215 and a great all around wrestler. His senior year he tore his acl or something in football and was unable to compete in his last year of wrestling. We had another pretty good guy almost place at 215 that year, but he was nowhere near as talented as Jaeckle.

[PAPPY215]

what about inman from smyrna

[mrsoddydaisy]

Alwaysfaithfull..thanks for the confidence in my son. You have been complimentary of him before in the football boards. Who in the crap are you?

[alwaysfaithful]

My my mrsd, just a SD fan from way back. Joel was a fine football player, wrestler and baseball player. I was sorry to see him give up the last two. Esp. baseball. He would have been 2 time all city and prob all state. I hear he will be an Austin Peay Governor next year playing football. Any truth to that rumor?

[slingshot]

I certainly didn't create this thread, so I can't tell you exactly what the author intended. But when I first read it, the image that came to mind was the kid who stuck it out through many years and hundreds of brutal wrestling practices, working each day toward his dreams, both during the season and year round. Fighting his teammates in practice, his weight and the sacrifice that our sport demands. Yet in the end, he falls short and must bear that disappointment.

 

The kids who gave up the sport after their freshman years are probably good guys and were gifted athletes, but I choose not to think of them with the same admiration and empathy as those wrestlers who loved our sport above all others, stuck it out, paid the price, yet still fell short. True, the others never placed, but then again, they chose to never give themselves the chance to become a State placewinner. The others went down swinging.

[dragonwrestler]

The kids who gave up the sport after their freshman years are probably good guys and were gifted athletes, but I choose not to think of them with the same admiration and empathy as those wrestlers who loved our sport above all others, stuck it out, paid the price, yet still fell short.  True, the others never placed, but then again, they chose to never give themselves the chance to become a State placewinner.  The others went down swinging.

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very well said

[ZekeJones]

very well said

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i agree, zak morris was a very good wrestler who came close to placing his senior year.

[alwaysfaithful]

They are gifted athletes. I was just giving an answer to the question that was asked. They just decided to consentrate on one sport. Don't demean them because they chose football.