Saturday, May 21, 2005

Great Grappler

For full-disclosure, I note that I spent one season on the wrestling team at Plainfield (New Jersey) High school. I lettered but was only so-so.

In a defining coincidence, the wrestling room shared a wall with the swimming pool, a wall with windows. I decided I'd rather do the latter than roll around in various folks' sweat. I was a better swimmer in high school and college than I was a wrestler.

All that written, one of us was hot stuff 19 years ago. The 1986 West Virginia AAA High School Wrestling Champions were:


WEIGHTNAMESCHOOLCOACH
98STEVE BROWNPARKERSBURGJOE HANDLAN
105CHANCE TAYLORWHEELING PARKBUZZ EVANS
112JOHN CRAINOAK GLENLARRY SHAW
119JAY MOORENORTH MARIONRUSTY ELLIOTT
126MIKE BALLMILTONBANE MCCRACKEN
132WILLIAM HARRISDUPONTROBERT L. ALLPORT
138VINNIE MONSEAUWHEELING PARKBUZZ EVANS
145DAN WOODYARDPARKERSBURGJOE HANDLAN
155CURT JERROMEWHEELING PARKBUZZ EVANS
167MIKE LANTZPARKERSBURGJOE HANDLAN
185JOE LAMBFAIRMONT WESTJOE MATERNICOLA
UNLWILLIAM HARRISDUPONTROBERT L. ALLPORT

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