I would say the best was Joe Gormally, 3X AA for UNI, 2 were D2 (4th, 2nd) then finished 4th when they shifted D1. Andy Krueger was a 2x AA and D3 national champ at BV. Steve Hartle was a 2X AA at UNI, Andrew Anderson was a 4X NCAA qualifier for UNI. Keith Linden was a multiple time NCAA qualifier for Purdue. Kellogg wrestled for Northwestern and was a Fargo G/R champ. I would also add Colton McCrystal because Sergeant Bluff is Sioux City (aka Leeds south).
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I remember a wrestling camp with some Mason City kids and Krieger sounds familiar. There seemed to be some brothers from Mason City of that era?
I thought it was funny. Didn’t Terry have an older brother who was more reasonable? I think I remember hanging out with those guys a bit and Terry frothing at the mouth wanting a piece of me. Lol
And let me remind you.... NOBODY left the gym early before the biggest of boys tangled on the mat, back in the day.... Those matchups were discussed before hand and eagerly anticipated by the entire community. Lol
I'd also add Tony DeAnda and Patrick Alibone to that list as well. DeAnda was a state champ for Heelan around 90 or 91 and was an AA at UNL I believe. Alibone was a finalist and 3x placer at Heelan and was a National Champ at UNO
Wait. What? I thought Joe Gormally was just some random dude that occasionally helped out with East High practices in 1987. Mind blown.
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Grew up in Denver Iowa - there's been a few good wrestlers there over the years. Brandon Sorenson, Wolfensbergers, Dylan Peters, Shedenhelms.
Rich Stillman
Jeff Kerber
Dan Kauffman
Pat Hamilton
Steve Hamilton
Jake Naig
Justin Kerber
Also
JD Naig, 1x HS 3x D2
Aaron Janssen
Jeff Kerber
Dan Kauffman
Pat Hamilton
Steve Hamilton
Jake Naig
Justin Kerber
Also
JD Naig, 1x HS 3x D2
Aaron Janssen
Ha Ha! No, Joe was a beast. Sioux City's very first state champ ('77). Kind of crazy to think the city did not have a state champ in wrestling until '77. Even crazier is he beat Jay Hilgenberg (All pro Chicago Bear) in the finals to become the first.
Tom Peckham
Gary Kurdelmeier
Harold Nichols
Don Nichols
Bob Hess
Hon mention: Norman Boulaug
Gary Kurdelmeier
Harold Nichols
Don Nichols
Bob Hess
Hon mention: Norman Boulaug
Well, I wasn't going to reply, but since you asked. Tom and Terry were clearly 1 and 2, after that it gets harder. Jeff Schwartz, Ed Huff and Steve Fox were all great heavyweights. Troy Budden is a friend and was great as well. I'm guessing you were typing super fast, Seldom doesn't translate to Sheldon very easily
Zain Rutherford
John Hughes
Russ Hughes
Tom Yurko
Tough one tied between a bunch
John Hughes
Russ Hughes
Tom Yurko
Tough one tied between a bunch
Well, I wasn't going to reply, but since you asked. Tom and Terry were clearly 1 and 2, after that it gets harder. Jeff Schwartz, Ed Huff and Steve Fox were all great heavyweights. Troy Budden is a friend and was great as well. I'm guessing you were typing super fast, Seldom doesn't translate to Sheldon very easily
Jeff is a friend.
The Tremmel brothers got me started with Seldom. Lol it just.... fits.
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CR Metro area, in no particular order:
Mark Ironside
Jay Borschel
Matt McDonough
Barry Davis
Jim Zalesky
Mark Ironside
Jay Borschel
Matt McDonough
Barry Davis
Jim Zalesky
Old school Cresco and super tough. One of my H.S. coaches was from Cresco.
Am I missing something? would Lange be considered a better college wrestler than Gable？
Bill's son is the football coach at the high school I graduated from here in Albuquerque. Pretty solid wrestler himself, too. Won 4 state titles in NM, wrestled at Northern Iowa and New Mexico.
Sherwyn Thorson...... had forgotten him. Amazing athlete and quite a character. My dad's neighbor for a number of years before 'ole Thumper died.
This Krieger was a 4 Time AA and 2 Time National Champion at Iowa State. First ever #1 seed all 4 years, went 5-1-2-1. Guy was a beast. I believe he had a brother that wrestled but don't recall for certain.
He has 2 older brothers and our Families have been friends for decades so I really don't want to get into anything other than that here.
I had the "honor" of getting beat by Rich Stillman when he was a Soph. and I was a freshman I believe (he won State that year and 3 total). He was the "original" Bull before Alex Marinelli came along in my opinion. Ha!
I thought he was DI caliber for sure, and I would be shocked if he wasn't being recruited by DI schools but he never went that route and was an Official for many years. Seemed like a super nice guy when he wasn't mauling you on a wrestling mat! Ha! Jeff Kerber too. They had quite the team in Eburg in those days.
I considered Jeff Kerber to be the best guy I ever saw wrestle in high school.
I don’t want to stir the pot here but lumping Swisher in with Shueyville may ruffle some feathers.
Going by memory here but I think he was the first undefeated 4 Timer in Iowa (128-0 ?) and pinned his way thru his Senior year I believe.
I don't know what they did for rankings back then but he had to be WAY up there for a #1 overall recruit I would think. He went a lot of places as a kid and I suspect won everywhere he went in those days.
Only if you are a historian of the sport.
Lange was injured in a car accident before the NCAA tournament and lost out on the chance to become the first 4 time NCAA champion.
He won titles as a freshman, junior and senior seasons. I believe his lone loss was when he moved up for a dual meet in Cedar Falls against another 3timer and all time great Bill Koll. A close loss it was...
Lange’s three titles are more than Gable’s, although Gable did have three state championships to Lange’s two.
I am a huge Gable fan, my parents were also at West at the same time.
just going on statistics
If I remember Charlie found his way to Crdar Falls for a stint with the Panthers, no?
He did. He even used to wrestle with Mark Reiland when they were kids, I remember reading that in one of Dan McCool's books.
Really good stuff I love to learn the history of the sport!
Chad Dietz, Tracy Dietz, Kirk Rathjen? Or there was a Smith around the same time as Mike NcGivern
Kevin Dresser
Keith Abens - forgot him. Two time AA at ISU.
Jamie Heidt
Tony Ersland
Justin Hansen
Keith Abens - forgot him. Two time AA at ISU.
Jamie Heidt
Tony Ersland
Justin Hansen
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Terry had older brothers Tim and Jim (Tim 2 yrs (3 grades) older, & Jim probably 5 or 6 yrs older). Both wrestled (as did Terry's little sister Christy), but none obviously at Terry's level.
Didn't Humboldt have a really tough kid with 1 partially amputated leg? I want to say his first name was Wade, but might be way off. Does that ring a bell for anybody?
Pizzi wrestled at Central Missouri State. He was a teammate of mine.
I always wanted to wrestle Kathy growing up.
Miss Kay is a saint for putting up with Terry’s nonsense as a kid.
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