rocknraider-

I believe you are speaking of good ol' Bananafingers McCantbendhisknees. It's not that he wasn't a great wrestler (he was good enough to rip my heart out), but I still think Carroll was better.

Carrol was a two time state champ, 3x finalist.
Carrol had more technique than Hemmerling.
Carrol won 215 as a sophomore. Impressive.
Hemmerling got tech falled by Ben Coleman his freshman or sophomore year. (And Coleman was trash.)
Carrol wrestles at a D1 school
Carrol placed 3rd at nationals.

Was Hemmerling a slouch? Absolutely not. Is he a dragonslayer? Absolutely. However, I think he caught Carrol on a bad bad bad day in the finals. He was out of shape, had a passion for breaking hearts, and wrestled with practically one elbow.

Not to take anything away from McCantbendhisknees, but how hard can it be to win state in a bracket where Jhris places fourth?