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:

WEIGHT	NAME	SCHOOL	COACH
98	STEVE BROWN	PARKERSBURG	JOE HANDLAN
105	CHANCE TAYLOR	WHEELING PARK	BUZZ EVANS
112	JOHN CRAIN	OAK GLEN	LARRY SHAW
119	JAY MOORE	NORTH MARION	RUSTY ELLIOTT
126	MIKE BALL	MILTON	BANE MCCRACKEN
132	WILLIAM HARRIS	DUPONT	ROBERT L. ALLPORT
138	VINNIE MONSEAU	WHEELING PARK	BUZZ EVANS
145	DAN WOODYARD	PARKERSBURG	JOE HANDLAN
155	CURT JERROME	WHEELING PARK	BUZZ EVANS
167	MIKE LANTZ	PARKERSBURG	JOE HANDLAN
185	JOE LAMB	FAIRMONT WEST	JOE MATERNICOLA
UNL	WILLIAM HARRIS	DUPONT	ROBERT L. ALLPORT