The kid that I had that wrestled both of them was Tyra Thomilin while I was at Schlagle. When Tyra was a sophomore he wrestled Lopez and was ahead of him in the third period 2-0 and got caught in a backside cradle and got beat. Tyra wrestled Justin the next year over in 5A (we fluxed back and forth about every other year) in the semi finals of state and got hammered. When Justin nailed Tyra, tyra was 24-0 and ranked second in the state. We had no questions about Ware after that day. Lopez had a funny style and I think it sort of artificially made it look like he was closer to Ware than he should have been. He was tough, no doubt but not nearly as athletic as Ware.

By the way Ware went to Nebraska and took second in the Big Eight as a freshman and lost to a national champion in the finals 7-5 after leading most of the match. He was ranked fifth inthe nation as a freshman but was upset at the NCAA's. He didn't like college and left after that but he was great while he was there. Hankins was tough as a boot. He was very dominant both his senior and junior years.