Contrarian,

You are correct. Joe Pace's dad and mom were in the military. They were stationed on Fort Leavenworth and lived in Lansing. Joe wrestled with the Slammer Wrestling Club and was quite the monster. We called him "cross-face Joe" because he would make some kids nose bleed every practice (to include my youngest Nick).

The Pace's moved to Fort Hood, Texas. Joe made the papers several years back when both his mom and dad were deployed to Iraq. Joe lived with this grandparents and I believe Joe won the Texas state tourney as a freshman. The Pace's were reassigned to Fort Leavenworth and bought a house in Platte County were Joe has spent his high school years making Platte Country High one of the toughest wrestling schools in MO.

Will be fun watching all these kids get at it again at the Metro!

Mike Flynn