Foul Territory
A sports blog with no specific focus, though I like wrestling and baseball
10.13.2004
Messiah Through the Years
In thinking about the upcoming Messiah wrestling season, I tried to determine which of the six most recent Messiah teams would win a dual meet tournament with the other five. First, here are the lineups, as much as I could recall for the end of the year lineup. I've included a probable lineup for this year's team.
A few notes on each team:
2000 Luciano Fields Vogel Lippert Helm Roggie Pickett Musser Kolb Knapp
2001 Clackett Ewig Aiello Vogel Logee Falk Stone Kolb Williams
2002 Clackett Ewig Harner Vogel Logee Miner Pentz Stone Kolb
2003 Clackett Alexander Harner Vogel Logee McGann Valenti Pentz Kolb Towers
2004 Clackett Ewig Harner Gorkos Logee Ricker Pentz Valenti Bucarey English
2005 Pollock Harner Gorkos McGann Dill Ricker Valenti Pentz Orfanos Bucarey
2000: Six seniors in the lineup and one 32 match winning freshman. Helm wins the title while Roggie picks up his third All-American award. Big holes at 133 and 285, with a smaller one at 197 once Graber went to student teaching.
2001: Could have been worse after mass graduation. Return of Falk helps to prop up the lineup as well as the arrival of Clackett, Ewig, and Logee as four year stalwarts, not to mention the first of three All-American seasons for Vogel.
2002: Last year's freshmen gain some seasoning and Kolb continues his improvement. Harner and Pentz arrive to eventually become four year starters, with Pentz likely reaching 100 wins this year. Miner gets his one year of college wrestling.
2003: Vogel wraps up his record setting career. Towers becomes the first Messiah heavyweight in three years, though he weighs 190 pounds; he's also the only freshman in the lineup. The last of Messiah's 6 year streak of having at least one All-American, though Vogel is the only qualifier for three straight years.
2004: Three seniors is the most in the lineup since 2000. Clackett finally beats Marcks and goes to Nationals, failing to place. Logee finishes a star crossed career. Ben Ewig finishes without ever having been tired in a match. Freshman Derek Ricker shows promise for the future.
2005: Who knows what the future will bring. Another year of Harner, Pentz, and Ricker, along with the arrival of state runner-up Pollock. Questions: will Harner and Gorkos make the weight drop? Is a heavyweight with a 1-25 record an asset? Can the Falcons qualify more than one, if any, to Nationals? What will Tim McGann do in his last go round?
There you have it. I'm pretty sure the 2000 team is the best of the six, but I'm not sure who is second. I'm taking suggestions, though.
A few notes on each team:
2000 Luciano Fields Vogel Lippert Helm Roggie Pickett Musser Kolb Knapp
2001 Clackett Ewig Aiello Vogel Logee Falk Stone Kolb Williams
2002 Clackett Ewig Harner Vogel Logee Miner Pentz Stone Kolb
2003 Clackett Alexander Harner Vogel Logee McGann Valenti Pentz Kolb Towers
2004 Clackett Ewig Harner Gorkos Logee Ricker Pentz Valenti Bucarey English
2005 Pollock Harner Gorkos McGann Dill Ricker Valenti Pentz Orfanos Bucarey
2000: Six seniors in the lineup and one 32 match winning freshman. Helm wins the title while Roggie picks up his third All-American award. Big holes at 133 and 285, with a smaller one at 197 once Graber went to student teaching.
2001: Could have been worse after mass graduation. Return of Falk helps to prop up the lineup as well as the arrival of Clackett, Ewig, and Logee as four year stalwarts, not to mention the first of three All-American seasons for Vogel.
2002: Last year's freshmen gain some seasoning and Kolb continues his improvement. Harner and Pentz arrive to eventually become four year starters, with Pentz likely reaching 100 wins this year. Miner gets his one year of college wrestling.
2003: Vogel wraps up his record setting career. Towers becomes the first Messiah heavyweight in three years, though he weighs 190 pounds; he's also the only freshman in the lineup. The last of Messiah's 6 year streak of having at least one All-American, though Vogel is the only qualifier for three straight years.
2004: Three seniors is the most in the lineup since 2000. Clackett finally beats Marcks and goes to Nationals, failing to place. Logee finishes a star crossed career. Ben Ewig finishes without ever having been tired in a match. Freshman Derek Ricker shows promise for the future.
2005: Who knows what the future will bring. Another year of Harner, Pentz, and Ricker, along with the arrival of state runner-up Pollock. Questions: will Harner and Gorkos make the weight drop? Is a heavyweight with a 1-25 record an asset? Can the Falcons qualify more than one, if any, to Nationals? What will Tim McGann do in his last go round?
There you have it. I'm pretty sure the 2000 team is the best of the six, but I'm not sure who is second. I'm taking suggestions, though.
Andy, 6:59 PM
