Takedown Report

Wrestling History – # 21

TDR Editor’s Notes ; The TDR was started decades ago with the intent to report on wrestling coverage elsewhere in the media. The desire was to show wrestlers and wrestling fans that the sport has a long history and widespread interest that is neglected by the mainstream sports media. In recent years with the evolution in technology and media coverage all wrestling fans can easily access information and records of other wrestlers. The discovery of video clips from the World Cup in Toledo in 1989 kept me up much later than I planned. It was great to view the matches in person back then and surprising to find themagain. Keep wrestling and encourage others to support wrestling when you can.
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1 } – Best Husker Wrestlers Ever: No. 1 Jordan Burroughs
No. 1 Jordan Burroughs (2006-11)
Jordan Burroughs put together a Husker career that was head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. In fact, naming the greatest Husker wrestler ever was similar to naming the greatest basketball player ever for the Chicago Bulls. Easy answer.
As a Husker, Burroughs finished with a 128-20 career record, winning two NCAA titles and three conference titles while earning All-American honors three times. Burroughs won the 2011 Hodge Trophy, given to the nation’s most outstanding college wrestler. He’s the only Husker to ever win the award, which is like the Heisman Trophy for college wrestling. Burroughs is sixth on the all-time win list at Nebraska and holds the sixth-best win percentage (.865). As an upperclassman, Burroughs put together the only two undefeated seasons ever by a Husker.
Despite where he’s at now, Burroughs wasn’t always considered the best. In fact, he wasn’t all that highly recruited out of high school. The 2006 New Jersey state champion, Burroughs was sort of a late addition to the Husker recruiting class. As a freshman, Burroughs cracked the starting lineup midway through the season after moving from 141 pounds to 149. Burroughs finished the year with a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championships to qualify for the NCAA tournament … rest of story at _{https://www.cornnation.com/2020/8/29/21406408/best-husker-wrestlers-ever-no-1-jordan-burroughs}
No. 2 Bill Scherr (1981-84)
At the end of Bill Scherr’s career, he was by far the most accomplished wrestler Nebraska had ever seen. He was the first to win over 100 career matches, setting the Nebraska career mark with a 133-18 record that would stand for more than a decade until Tolly Thompson set the current career mark with 157 wins. Scherr, who wrestled at 190 pounds, currently sits in fourth place in all-time wins behind Thompson, Robert Kokesh (144) and Bryan Snyder (136). Scherr was Nebraska’s first three-time All-American, including an NCAA title in 1984, winning his title the same year as his brother Jim Scherr (177 pounds). In duals, Bill Scherr shined. He went 71-9 in dual competition, the most dual wins ever by a Husker. His win percentage of .881 is fifth most ever at Nebraska, and he was the first Husker to notch three 30-win seasons. … rest of story at _{https://www.cornnation.com/2020/8/25/21398631/best-husker-wrestlers-ever-no-2-bill-scherr?mc_cid=0b16b413d6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}
No. 3 Bryan Snyder (1997-2002)
At the time of his graduation in 2002, Bryan Snyder was arguably the best wrestler in Husker history. He went 136-11 throughout his career, giving him the all-time best win percentage at Nebraska at .925. The 157-pounder went on to win four Big 12 titles while becoming the first Husker to earn All-American honors all four years of his career. Snyder went 69-4 in dual competition, securing the second most dual wins by a Husker and the second best dual win percentage (.945) behind only Mike Nissen, who went 36-0 in duals in the early 60s. … rest of story at _{https://www.cornnation.com/2020/8/19/21374392/best-husker-wrestlers-ever-no-3-bryan-snyder?mc_cid=b69497687c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

2 } – Dennis Hall: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Dennis Hall. The 1995 Greco-Roman World champion and 1996 Olympic silver medalist shares his thoughts on his wrestling hero: Andy Rein.  “I’d probably say Andy Rein (was my wrestling hero_ when I was young. I’m from Wisconsin and he’s an Olympic silver medalist. I enjoyed watching him compete. He could wrestle both lower body and upper body at the same time. That was kind of cool because that’s what I wanted to do.  “He coached me at Madison for the first year — it was just the mental stuff. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600666030730&twSessionId=itskowpdma&postId=867087135&mc_cid=f6e465b58d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

3 } – Friday Feature: More Dominance
EDMOND – The 1984-85 season looked like it was going to be a rebuilding one for Central Oklahoma’s powerhouse wrestling program. After all, only three starters returned from the previous year’s national championship team and there was just one senior on the 38-man roster. Some rebuild.
The Bronchos of head coach David James stormed to their second straight NAIA national title behind a dominating national tournament performance, giving UCO its fifth championship in seven years. The 1984-85 squad is the focus of this week’s Friday Feature.
James was cautious entering the season. “We may take some lumps this year,” the third-year coach said in the 1984-85 media guide’s preseason preview. “But we’ll keep working and hopefully qualify 10 wrestlers to defend the title.” UCO’s dual record wasn’t impressive at 11-9, but the Bronchos wrestled 11 Division I teams (going 3-8) … rest of story at _{https://bronchosports.com/news/2020/9/18/wrestling-friday-feature-more-dominance.aspx?mc_cid=f6e465b58d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

4 } – Frank Molinaro: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Frank Molinaro. The 2016 Olympian shares his thoughts on his wrestling heroes: World champions Magomed Kurbanaliev and Reza Yazdani. 
“Right now I’d say my favorite wrestler is Magomed Kurbanaliev from Dagestan. He’s the (2016) World champ at 70 kilos. I’ve studied him since 2013. I really like his stuff. I’ve studied everything he does — his tactics, his technique, his strategy. He has a lot of similar attributes to me — shorter, more compact, explosive. “Another person that I modeled my style after was Reza Yazdani. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600666030730&twSessionId=itskowpdma&postId=867287135&mc_cid=f6e465b58d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

5 } – Marcus LeVesseur: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Marcus LeVesseur. The four-time Division III NCAA champion shares his thoughts on his wrestling hero: John Smith.  “As a young, young wrestler when I was growing up it was all about John Smith. He was very shifty and versatile on his feet. My style matched his style — trying to be as fast as I can as an offensive wrestler (with) low-singles, misdirection-singles, high-crotches, those are super slick. I wanted to emulate my wrestling style to cater to his. John Smith would probably be my wrestling hero as I was growing up.  “As I grew into my own in the sport of wrestling … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600745763883&twSessionId=layhgfixqr&postId=867310135&mc_cid=1ea990827d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

6 } – Jim Gruenwald: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Jim Gruenwald. The Wheaton College coach who was a three-time USA Greco-Roman national champion shares his thoughts on his wrestling heroes: John and Ben Peterson.  “I would like to rephrase it and not say hero, but say icon. The reason I say icon is because there’s a danger with calling people a hero because we’re all flawed in some way, but there are some icons in the sport that we accept their humanity yet they’ve still done great things. I think for me — and I’m 50 years old — my generation of looking at icons would be John and Ben Peterson. Here’s why. “They were more just wrestling … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600789898120&twSessionId=ztkwysceng&postId=867465135&mc_cid=e10bcd29f6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

7 } – Bebeto Yewah: My Greatest Loss
Note: This is the seventh edition of the ‘My Greatest Loss’ series. In the weeks ahead, we’ll interview some of wrestling’s past and present stars to hear their thoughts on the losses that helped shape their careers and put them on a higher trajectory toward greatness. 
Bebeto Yewah emigrated from Cameroon to the United States in 2001 having never wrestled before. He started wrestling as a junior in high school and placed second for Lansing Sexton High School in Lansing, Michigan, as a senior. 
Yewah attended the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where he was an NCAA Division III champion in 2010 and 2011 and was seeded first at 141 pounds entering the 2012 NCAA tournament after placing fifth at the prestigious Midlands earlier in the season. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600828805161&twSessionId=qnkfmnnlap&postId=867577135&mc_cid=e10bcd29f6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

8 } – Dan Dennis: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Dan Dennis. The Hawkeye Wrestling Club coach and 2016 Olympian shares his thoughts on his wrestling heroes, including Lincoln McIlravy, the Brands brothers and Sergei Beloglazov.  “I was more into other sports (growing up). (Mike) Tyson and (Michael) Jordan were my favorite athletes. As I got older, I had more respect and more admiration for a lot of different people. I don’t know that I have a wrestling hero, but I have admiration for (Lincoln) McIlravy because he broke the mold of what you would expect on that team.  … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1600914601788&twSessionId=ldkhnhsavf&postId=867579135&mc_cid=9754f989b3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

9} – Alex Clemsen: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Alex Clemsen. The Maryland coach shares his thoughts on his wrestling heroes, including Lincoln McIlravy and Sanshiro Abe. 
These are Clemsen’s words on his wrestling heroes: “I would say I have two. It would be my old man (Byron). He got me into the sport and introduced me to it. He kept me really steady in it. Wrestling is such an emotional sport, but if you’re going to be successful long-term you have to be able to handle highs and lows and he did a really good job of allowing me to have sustained success because of his outlook and his mentorship and focus maturation and not just wins and losses. He always did a good job. 
“Growing up I had two guys I really liked to watch — Sonny (Sanshiro) Abe … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1598057948343&twSessionId=vkuhpehiqw&postId=860944135&mc_cid=3e7422f8f7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

10 } – On His Own But Not Alone: The Ballad Of Jake Fisher
ByTimothy Hands
It arose from begrudgement. The presumption is that Jake Fisher (77 kg, Curby 3-Style) wanted to talk. Though he is on the record below, the opposite was true. Not that Fisher wishes to avoid sharing his story. That is another 180 of the facts. It’s more about the commitment, from both of you. He needs to be sure. The way Fisher sees it, if you are keen to learn his deal, to try and understand the wheels which spin inside of his head and the magnetocardiography reading from the heart that drives his passion, then you better come prepared. To him, the whole thing is an investment. A conversation is an investment. Especially when there are times the discussion feels akin to an exhumation. And the only reason why certain issues aren’t truly dead to Fisher is because he hasn’t yet had the chance to kill them again. Part of Fisher’s frustration is, inevitably, intertwined with love.  … rest of story at _{http://www.fivepointmove.com/greco-wrestling-interviews/on-his-own-not-alone-jake-fisher/?mc_cid=9754f989b3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

November 30, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized