best teams in illinois history

[will-I-am]

Originally Posted by Homer

People enter incorrect info on track. It happens.

Post the videos please!

Not to mention all the people that also witnessed my matches, including the kids I coach

[bigvern77]

I know how good I was back in the day. (just ask, I'll tell you!! LOL) I don't have anything to prove now. I know I am not an Olympian so why try to beat on some 18 yr old. It's like wrestling a girl. If you win you should have! If you lose, it's embarassing!!

[Leonard Washington]

Originally Posted by will-I-am

Actually trackwrestling is posted the results wrong. I had a technical fall in my first match, pinned the kid in the second match, but ran into a quick 19 year old that was very strong. Was able to pull out the first period and was winning the second period but unfortanetly ran out of gas. You shouldn't always believe everything you read on the Internet. I can post the matches if you need further proof.

Well that sucks. Apparently you and that six year old girl on the IKWF thread had the same incompetent table workers. When will they get it right? On a side note I dont think Gable will be to happy to hear that one of his Hawkeyes ran out of gas.

[bigvern77]

Originally Posted by Leonard Washington

Well that sucks. Apparently you and that six year old girl on the IKWF thread had the same incompetent table workers. When will they get it right? On a side note I dont think Gable will be to happy to hear that one of his Hawkeyes ran out of gas.

Leonard, you are a funny MOFO!

[will-I-am]

Originally Posted by bigvern77

I know how good I was back in the day. (just ask, I'll tell you!! LOL) I don't have anything to prove now. I know I am not an Olympian so why try to beat on some 18 yr old. It's like wrestling a girl. If you win you should have! If you lose, it's embarassing!!

I signed up for the open division, to the best of my knowledge none of the kids I wrestled were in high school. If they were they would have been in the junior division. The only embarrassing thing in this thread is you bigvern, I watched you pretend to know what your talking about on these boards for years, but quite frankly you don't know &$@$!

[MR TWISTER]

Originally Posted by seank1

Hey Tapout that was a great MC team but I think the 93 MC team was the best in MC history. They destroyed everyone that year and had 7 place winners. Scott Radosevich, Timmy Sheehan, Ron Stontisch, and Bo O'Rourke at heavyweight complimented, Joe Williams, TJ, Tony Davis, Joe Opiola. Plus you had Milton as a light 103 pound freshman but he was still pretty competitive. I don't think any of the Sandburg teams could have beaten that team. I'm completely biased but I just don't see how they would have matched up. You had three NCAA National Champs on one team that would have lit up some of Sandburg's studs.


Just my opinion but it's hard to argue.

Sean

Milton "Buster" Blakley = First Cousin. I guess my son was destined to follow in Buster's footsteps at MC...lol.

[mckbln]

Two no brainers:

Old weight classes (12): 1978 East Leyden; a bunch of SQs, 4 champs: Conrad 126, Krist 132, Farina 138, and Bankson Hwt. Garret was 3rd at 167. During the late '60s and '70s, East Leyden was a dual meet jugernaut, at one point winning 59 in a row. Had there been a Dual Team State tournament back then, Farina's teams would have won about 11 titles.

Modern weight classes (14): 2006 Carl Sandburg (the apex of the Sandburg teams that won 3 straight titles) - LOADED. Breezed thru Dual Team state without really wrestling their full line-up. Individual state placers: McAuliffe 2nd (112), Precin 1st (130), Conrad Polz 1st (135), Cusik 1st (140), Pretto 4th (152), Friedl 2nd (160), Rettke 6th (275). This team also had Morrison (103), Schmeski (119), and Clinton Polz (171). They won both Dvorak and The Clash (at the Clash they won every dual by double-digits) Also, note that Montini WAS in the AA tournament that year (when it was just A & AA).

Both teams were undefeated and won state by a mile. East Leyden set a record for scoring in the individual tournament and Carl Sandburg ended up ranked 3rd in the nation behind Blair and St Eds.

[bigvern77]

Originally Posted by mckbln

Two no brainers:

Old weight classes (12): 1978 East Leyden; a bunch of SQs, 4 champs: Conrad 126, Krist 132, Farina 138, and Bankson Hwt. Garret was 3rd at 167. During the late '60s and '70s, East Leyden was a dual meet jugernaut, at one point winning 59 in a row. Had there been a Dual Team State tournament back then, Farina's teams would have won about 11 titles.

Modern weight classes (14): 2006 Carl Sandburg (the apex of the Sandburg teams that won 3 straight titles) - LOADED. Breezed thru Dual Team state without really wrestling their full line-up. Individual state placers: McAuliffe 2nd (112), Precin 1st (130), Conrad Polz 1st (135), Cusik 1st (140), Pretto 4th (152), Friedl 2nd (160), Rettke 6th (275). This team also had Morrison (103), Schmeski (119), and Clinton Polz (171). They won both Dvorak and The Clash (at the Clash they won every dual by double-digits) Also, note that Montini WAS in the AA tournament that year (when it was just A & AA).

Both teams were undefeated and won state by a mile. East Leyden set a record for scoring in the individual tournament and Carl Sandburg ended up ranked 3rd in the nation behind Blair and St Eds.

I was born in '77 so, East Leyden '78 is before my time. My dad has said that is the best team I will never see. He was in HS in the early 70's, but was coaching in '78 and said that team would have killed every team he had seen before then and since then!

[Warrior70]

Originally Posted by lookleft goright

Where did a East Leyden's teams in the late 70's fit in. I remember one year they had 5 state champs. They have to rank up there, but I do not know anything about the rest of the team.

They also had another wrestler who finished third. And that was back when there were only 13 weight classes, instead of the 14 that now exist. Also not mentioned were the East St. Louis team of 1941 with 4 state champions and another place winner, and the 1963 Waukegan team that had 4 state champions, a 3rd and a 4th. Both of those teams wrestled in an era in which there were only 12 weight classes, making it even more difficult to do as well.

[Dondo]

Originally Posted by mckbln

Two no brainers:

Old weight classes (12): 1978 East Leyden; a bunch of SQs, 4 champs: Conrad 126, Krist 132, Farina 138, and Bankson Hwt. Garret was 3rd at 167. During the late '60s and '70s, East Leyden was a dual meet jugernaut, at one point winning 59 in a row. Had there been a Dual Team State tournament back then, Farina's teams would have won about 11 titles.

Modern weight classes (14): 2006 Carl Sandburg (the apex of the Sandburg teams that won 3 straight titles) - LOADED. Breezed thru Dual Team state without really wrestling their full line-up. Individual state placers: McAuliffe 2nd (112), Precin 1st (130), Conrad Polz 1st (135), Cusik 1st (140), Pretto 4th (152), Friedl 2nd (160), Rettke 6th (275). This team also had Morrison (103), Schmeski (119), and Clinton Polz (171). They won both Dvorak and The Clash (at the Clash they won every dual by double-digits) Also, note that Montini WAS in the AA tournament that year (when it was just A & AA).

Both teams were undefeated and won state by a mile. East Leyden set a record for scoring in the individual tournament and Carl Sandburg ended up ranked 3rd in the nation behind Blair and St Eds.

Nice post and I agree. I'm glad that 1978 East Leyden team is still mentioned and not forgotten. I wrestled in the 70's and remember that team well, they were special.
The 2006 Sandburg team, what can I say you haven't covered, what talent and depth!
The 1995 Mt. Carmel team was right there and deserve mention.