Coaches on the Kansas side, be sure and fill out the Wicina Award application. At the Metro Classic over $2000 in scholarship money was given out last year to wrestlers in the Kansas City area, and none went to Kansas kids. Not one wrestler on the Kansas side was recommended by his coach. This money, given out by the Metro Classic and the Wicina family, would certainly help somebody towards a college education. The person nominated does not have to be a senior, nor do they have to wrestle in college. They just have to be a great person, have wrestled in high school, and be recommended by their coach. Please get those names in.

Gary Ulmer

Coach Ulmer is there a link to the Wicina Award application? That might be helpful for the coaches.

Smokey,

No, but that is a great suggestion. Your high school coach will get information and recommendation forms in the mail from Dale Niehus. In the mean time let me follow up on that link idea.

Thanks,
Gary Ulmer

Coach Ulmer,

Since it is just a little over a month away I assune all the High School coaches get this information in the mail soon or they already have access to the forms. What is the deadline (dates) for them to get it back to the committee?

Smokeycabin,

Feb 23rd is the deadline and your coach should have the forms, soon. We are looking into the link idea for next year. All the forms have been sent by snailmail for this year.

Thanks for the idea,
Gary Ulmer

Coaches on the Kansas side, be sure and fill out the Wicina Award application.

Jeffrey C. Wicina Wrestling Scholarship Fund

Annual awards for graduating high school seniors from the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area who will attend an accredited postsecondary institution. Students must have participated in Wrestling in high school and must be nominated by the Wrestling coach. Applicants shall exhibit character, work ethic, personality, academics, citizenship and the ability to overcome a challenge. Due date, number of awards and award amount may vary.

Jeffrey C. Wicina Wrestling Scholarship Fund

BUMP!

I am just wondering, but does anybody have access or own a copy of the 2000 metro classic, if anyone has any info please let me know.

thanks

Shaun Moore

Here is the best MO team I can come up with, they usually have extra matches at certain weights, with no 103 lbs match.......

112 - Josh Ghisalberti - Lexington (4-2-6)
119 - Cody Hogan - Richmond (2-3-3-1)
125 - Scott O'Donnell - Oak Park (1-1-1-1)
130 - Corey Carr - Park Hill (1-1-2)
135 - Aaron Senzee - Kearney (1-1-1-1)
140 - Ben Hunter - Harrisonville (4-2-1-1)
145 - Shane Nay - Oak Park (1-1-1-1)
145 - Kenzie McClain - Plattsburg (2-2-1-1)
152 - Robbie Hicklin - Park Hill (2-2-5)
160 - Kendall Burke - Ray-Pec (4-1-1-3)
171 - Kyle Campbell - Lee's Summit (SQ-2)
189 - Jake Guthier - Platte County (5-3)
215 - Deron Winn - Liberty (3-1-1-1)
HWT - Dom Bradley - Blue Springs (1-1-1)
HWT - Cody Beck - Lexington (1-1-1-1)

112 Paulie Hansen 37-0 1st KC Turner Matt Allen 35-11 SQ Blue Springs South
119 Marcus Walker 30-2 2nd KC Schlagle Cody Hogan 35-2 1st Richmond
125 Aaron Ely 38-1 1st Leavenworth Scotty O'Donnell 37-4 1st Oak Park
130 Adam Almaguer 37-1 1st Olathe North Corey Carr 44-4 2nd Park Hill
135 Kyle Buehler 38-3 2nd Lansing Nathan Neske 48-4 2nd Lee's Summit
140 Mark Millstead 40-4 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Aaron Senzee 45-1 1st Kearney
145 Lance Serbousek 39-4 3rd Blue Valley NW Jake Hunter 45-0 1st Harrisonville
145 Kyle Hudgins 42-4 4th Spring Hill Shane Nay 29-5 1st Oak Park
145 Jason Pyle 38-0 1st Sabetha Kenzie McClain 32-0 1st Plattsburg
152 Dakota Hall 40-4 4th Ft. Scott Sam Thielen 45-10 5th Lee's Summit North
160 Casey Curran 37-2 1st Blue Valley North Kendall Burke 43-5 3rd Ray Pec
171 R.J. Nill 45-5 2nd St. Thomas Aquinas Kyle Campbell 42-5 2nd Lee's Summit
189 Jed Mamie 46-2 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Steele Shippy 34-2 1st Odessa
215 Mike Hammer 42-6 5th St. Thomas Aquinas Deron Winn 46-0 1st Liberty
285 Joe Payne 39-5 3rd Paola Dom Bradley 50-1 1st Blue Springs


Can someone please list the career accomplishments of the KS kids on the roster? Thanks.

Any predictions?

I really don't like Kansas' chance this year. The Missouri team is flat out good. Kansas doesn't match up well. I really hate to say it, but it could be pretty bad.

looks liek the kc boys are gonna get smoked if thats there line up gees why don't they go to a state vs state so we can actually win

most of our best wrestlers are not even seniors.

Pyle's match looks interesting. Two undefeated state champs going at it.

Any other match-ups that look good? I imagine Paulie will beat his man pretty handedly. An SQ (MO) going against an undefeated SR with three titles?! On paper, that does not look like a good match up.


I remember when Bunch wrestled a 3 time state champ in his Metro Classic. It was a great match with lots of action/scrambles. Bunch won by decision.

Any other Metro Classic moments?

Of course Hurla beating his man and sending gutwrench into retirement was a CLASSIC in a league all by itself!

rats, you beat me to the Hurla mention.

If I'm not mistaken, nobody liked Kansas' chances last year either, and we all remember how that one turned out.

This is my report on an outstanding match from 1999!

The 125# match was the highlight of the evening with two 4-time state champs facing off. Brandon Fox, a Stanford signee from Higginsville (M), toed the line against Blue Valley Northwest (K), Zach Roberson, who will wrestle for the Iowa State Cyclones. In the first period both were somewhat tentative but Roberson secured the takedown and rode out the period, to the chagrin of the Showme faithfuls. Fox elected to go down and about midway through the second found himself exposed for the five count. The third period was pure Roberson dominance as he opened up to take Fox down 5 times. The final score was 17-5.

Wow. Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing Randy. We know what the Roberson did in college. What about his opponent? How did his college career go?

Went down the tubes:

Stanford: Won five matches last year and seven matches in 2001-02 ... Scored three dual meet victories for the Card ... Placed fourth in the 2001 California Open ...

High School: A four-time state champion ... Winner of the state Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award ... Four-time Academic All-State member ... Winner of state "Wrestler of the Year" in 1999 ... First team USA Wrestling All-American ... Also played golf and football ... Coached by Bobby Burrows at Higginsville High School ...

Personal: President of Delta Tau Delta fraternity ... Other interests include movies and art ... A Sociology and Art History double major.

Fox's Year-by-Year Statistics
Year
Record Dual
Record
Team
Points
Falls Tech.
Falls
2000 Redshirted
2001 6-11 0-3 9.0 1 0
2002 7-9 0-1 8.5 0 0


2003 5-13 3-8 14.5 1 1


Career Totals 18-33 3-12 32.0 2 1

Ok....here are my predictions.....

112 Paulie Hansen 37-0 1st KC Turner Matt Allen 35-11 SQ Blue Springs South by major dec 4-0
119 Marcus Walker 30-2 2nd KC Schlagle Cody Hogan 35-2 1st Richmond by dec. 4-3
125 Aaron Ely 38-1 1st Leavenworth Scotty O'Donnell 37-4 1st Oak Park by dec. 4-6
130 Adam Almaguer 37-1 1st Olathe North Corey Carr 44-4 2nd Park Hill by major dec. 4-10
135 Kyle Buehler 38-3 2nd Lansing Nathan Neske 48-4 2nd Lee's Summit by dec. 7-10
140 Mark Millstead 40-4 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Aaron Senzee 45-1 1st Kearney by dec. 7-13
145 Lance Serbousek 39-4 3rd Blue Valley NW Jake Hunter 45-0 1st Harrisonville by major dec. 7-17
145 Kyle Hudgins 42-4 4th Spring Hill Shane Nay 29-5 1st Oak Park by tech. fall 7-22
145 Jason Pyle 38-0 1st Sabetha Kenzie McClain 32-0 1st Plattsburg by dec. 10-22
152 Dakota Hall 40-4 4th Ft. Scott Sam Thielen 45-10 5th Lee's Summit North by dec. 13-22
160 Casey Curran 37-2 1st Blue Valley North Kendall Burke 43-5 3rd Ray Pec by dec. 13-25
171 R.J. Nill 45-5 2nd St. Thomas Aquinas Kyle Campbell 42-5 2nd Lee's Summit by dec. 13-28
189 Jed Mamie 46-2 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Steele Shippy 34-2 1st Odessa by dec. 13-31
215 Mike Hammer 42-6 5th St. Thomas Aquinas Deron Winn 46-0 1st Liberty by tech fall/fall 13-36
285 Joe Payne 39-5 3rd Paola Dom Bradley 50-1 1st Blue Springs by fall 13-43

A little more info on Brendon (not Brandon) Fox....he'll be getting his law degree in a couple of months from Mizzou.

I wouldn't say his career went "down the tubes" @ Stanford. In college, you get out of it what you put into it....and he didn't put in what the other kids did. Mostly because he was tutoring rich DotCom kids in Silicon Valley for $90/hour. I think I'd rather be doing that than getting the crap beat out of me....

hansen will win by fall
walker will win by fall
ely will lose by decision
almaguer will win by decision
buehler will win by major
millstead will lose by decision
serbousek will lose by decision
hudgins will lose by major
pyle will win by decision
hall will win by major
curran will win by decision
nill will win by decision
mamie will lose by decision
hammer will lose by pin
payne will lose by pin


32-28 Kansas