sparking a question. Who is Elder Top 5 wrestlers of all time
I’m assuming all 5 are after the year 2000
Nick
Orlando
Konner
Antonio
Austin
Elderstatechamp,
Nice list but if I could add a few people with a bit of info to your list here you are:
Dave Schuler - first State Champ (1973) in school history. Multiple state qualifier and it was not double elimination back then so if you lost to the guy who finished 3rd you never got to wrestle back. He may not have as many wins but back then kids were lucky to wrestle maybe 30 matches a year.
Steve Klumb - State Runner Up (1983). Also a multiple state qualifier and was not double elimination so he lost to a guy by 1 point who ended up 3rd. Same with total matches on season. Funny story, the guy he lost to his Jr year from St Eds by 1 point is the same guy he lost to in the State finals in overtime (got screwed by a Cleveland official who favored his kid, they don't allow that anymore, officials doing kids from their area in the finals).
Ian Korb - State Runner Up (2011) and a 3x state placer, right now only 3 people to my knowledge in school history have done it (Spatola, Scales and Krob but I could be wrong). Korb was only a 3 year starter so he did not get any varsity wins as a freshman (team that year took 8 guys to the state meet and was the most up till then, I think it has been matched since).
Kevin Hyland - State Runner Up (2011) and a 2x state placer. Lost in the State finals 1-0.
Rock Johnson - State Runner Up (2012) and also a 2x state placer. Lost in State finals 3-2
Sean Jameson - State Runner Up (2006) and also a 2x state placer. Lost in the finals on injury default and he was winning the match in the 3rd period. **** this was Orlando Scales freshman year so obviously he was not the starter, so Orlando put up the numbers he did in just 3 years of varsity competition. I would say we had two of the top 215 pounders in the state that year in our own wrestling room.
And Panther on the Porch added Tommy Pretty to the list in his post. He was a State Champ and 2x state placer as well
I am not sure where POTP gets his information on total career wins (used to be on the archived site but it was snatched off the webs site by someone a while back, that info was very valuable) but if he knows that info for the above wrestlers, please post it. I would be interested in seeing where they fall on the career wins list.
**A side note, I believe Dave Schuler had less than 10 losses his whole high school career which back in the 70's was extremely impressive. I think when you speak Elder Wrestling history his name has to be mentioned in every conversation. This is just my opinion though.