Illinois all time team

[tapout_machine]

My picks
103 Jeremy hayes.
112 Israel martinez
119 Mike mena
125 grant hoerr
130 David douglas
135 Tony Davis
140 Reggie Wright
145 tj Williams
152 Matt lackey
160 Joe Williams
171 Jason potter
189 Shane zajac
215 John lockhart
hwt tom erickson

[bigvern77]

Originally Posted by tapout_machine

My picks
103 Jeremy hayes.
112 Israel martinez
119 Mike mena
125 grant hoerr
130 David douglas
135 Tony Davis
140 Reggie Wright
145 tj Williams
152 Matt lackey
160 Joe Williams
171 Jason potter
189 Shane zajac
215 John lockhart
hwt tom erickson

I am not sure he would qualify academically or mentally, but I would put Hubert Thompson in at HWT! I like the Zajac pick at 189! He finished 90-0 his last two years!

[jimbob]

103-Lindsey Durlacher
105-Ed Giese
112-Jack Griffin
119-Tim Wright Jeff Mirabella
125 Mike Mena
130-Steve Williams
135-Joey Gilbert
140-TJ williams
145-Sean Bormet
152 John Kading
160-Joe Williams
171-Jevon Herman
189-jehad Hamden
hwt-will lepsi

[CONDOR]

Lepsi always gets overlooked on these type of threads. Nice call JimBob.

[bigvern77]

TJ Williams vs Sean Bormet @ 145 would be a battle!

[wrestlr89]

Originally Posted by bigvern77

I am not sure he would qualify academically or mentally, but I would put Hubert Thompson in at HWT! I like the Zajac pick at 189! He finished 90-0 his last two years!

I too am a Zajac fan. Vern, how about your picks?


98 - Mike Farina
103/105 - Ed Giese
112 - John Starzyk
119 - Cal Ferry
125/126 - Tony Ramos
130/132 - Israel Martinez
135 - Joey Gilbert
138/140 - Albert White
145 - T.J. Williams
152/155 - Eric Tannenbaum
160 - Joey Williams
167/171 - John Dergo
185/189 - Shane Zajac
215 - Russ Weil
275/HWT- John Gurka

[TappedOut]

Originally Posted by bigvern77

TJ Williams vs Sean Bormet @ 145 would be a battle!

if I'm not mistaken, Sean is the one who prevented brother Joey from being a 4x ncaa champion.....

[Dondo]

Originally Posted by TappedOut

if I'm not mistaken, Sean is the one who prevented brother Joey from being a 4x ncaa champion.....

Sean did beat Joe Williams at the NCAA's, Joe took sixth or seventh that year.

I remember Sean losing in the finals to Pat Smith?

[seank1]

Originally Posted by jimbob

103-Lindsey Durlacher
105-Ed Giese
112-Jack Griffin
119-Tim Wright Jeff Mirabella
125 Mike Mena
130-Steve Williams
135-Joey Gilbert
140-TJ williams
145-Sean Bormet
152 John Kading
160-Joe Williams
171-Jevon Herman
189-jehad Hamden
hwt-will lepsi

I don't know if I would change one person in that line-up. You'd have a tough time arguing any one of those all timers. Maybe Jehad but boy he was pretty good. Manganiello would have given him all he could handle.

[Celticwrestling]

Jimbob-Everyone you have listed were all phenominal wrestlers, but I would put Kurt Mammen and Geno Savegnago as the top 2 at 185-189lbs. Mammen was a 2x state champ, and Asic Tiger All-American in 1987 and a 4x All-American at Oklahoma State. Savegnago was a D2 National Champ, 4x D2 All-American and a 3x D1 All-American at Eastern Illinois at 190lbs. At HWT I have listed Carl Pressley because of his dominance in high school and at Junior Nationals against the nations best HWT's at that time. Pressley was a 2x Junior National Champ in Greco and placed 2nd in Freestyle to Kurt Angle who he beat previously at another tournament. Scott Trizzino was another phenominal wrestler who has not been mentioned. Trizzino was a multiple state champ, 3x D1 All-American and 2x finalist at the University of Iowa. 167-171lbs is a tough one, but I gave Rich Powers the edge over all the others, because he was a 2x state champ, placed 3rd as a sophomore and was a 3x All-American at Northern Iowa.

Seank1 - As far as Maganiello is concerned, he was a great wrestler, but had a cinderella state tournament in 1988. If I remember correctly he lost to Tom Salvino 3x's that year and also to Sherif Zegar. Maganiello beat Salvino in the semi-finals and Zegar in the state finals. Maganiello placed 2nd the following year (89) at HWT.

My All-Time list is below....

103-Mike Farina, Mark Pustelnik
105-Ed Giese
112-Jack Griffin
119-Tim Wright, Jeff Mirabella
125 Mike Mena
130-Steve Williams
132 Scott Trizzino
135-Joey Gilbert
140-TJ williams
145-Sean Bormet
152 John Kading
160-Joe Williams
167-Rich Powers
189-Kurt Mammen, Geno Savegnago
hwt-Carl Pressley, John Gurka, Will Lepsi