NOTREDAMECHIEF
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I have hotel reservations for Friday and Sat eve so I can go watch Dexter and the 7 Mish. boys try and win state championships.
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Thanks for keeping us updated on Dex's progress Chief. It's nice having a place like BP with folks from all over the U.S. to keep us up on all the goings on. :)
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StateHouseBuck
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Dexter Larimore Fan Club
:) :osu: :)
Watch for the Dexter Larimore Fan Club shirts, I saw several of them at the Semi State in Merrillville on Saturday. I'm sure they'll be out at Conseco Fieldhouse. I saw Dexter signing autographs for a couple of kids during the meet.
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OSUBucks22
No touching!
Dexter won the IHSAA state title to finish at 41-0 for the year. Great job Dex!
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[FONT=Arial,Helv]HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Portage senior one of five area state champions[/FONT]<!--ENDHEADLINE-->
[FONT=Arial,Helv][FONT=Arial,Helv]INDIANAPOLIS — [/FONT]The celebratory backflip said it all. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]In his final season at Portage, Chad Biddle is a state champion. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]The Indians senior took the 145-pound title, one of five area wrestlers to ascend to the top step of the podium on Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Merrillville’s Dexter Larimore, a senior heavyweight, and Javier Salas, a senior 119-pounder, both won championships. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Hanover Central sophomore Andrew Howe won at 140, and Munster junior Eric McGill edged Portage senior Adam Walters at 125. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Hobart sophomore Brennan Cosgrove was the state runner-up at 135. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Trailing 2-0 in the second period, in a flash, Biddle pinned Floyd Central’s Cooper Samuels at 2:22, handing the sophomore his first loss of the season. Biddle, who said he simply was trying for the tying takedown, was at something of a loss to describe what had transpired. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I sorta took a bad shot,” he said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I didn’t think I was gonna pin him until we did that little roll. Then I put him on his back. It was weird.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]After the victory, he did the backflip, sticking the landing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“Ever since I was little and came to watch this, I’ve had that in my mind that I was gonna do it,” said Biddle, who placed fifth at 145 last season and fourth at 135 in 2004. “I pictured myself so many times, and now I got to do it. I can’t compare this to any other feeling. The whole thing is a dream come true.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]It was a dream deferred for Larimore, a state runner-up each of the previous two seasons. The third time was indeed the charm, as he delivered with a 12-1 major decision over previously undefeated Aaron Lindenschmidt of Evansville Harrison, improving his record to 41-0, including 38 pins. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It feels great. Second place, that’s great and all, but first place is what I’ve been dreaming of since I’ve been wrestling since second grade,” said Larimore, the No. 2 ranked high school heavyweight wrestler in the country, but who plans to stop actively competing in the sport as an Ohio State football signee. “I finally did it, I finally got the blue. I’m a state champion. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I had to win it. I couldn’t go through that again.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]With family and friends wearing T-shirts with “Dexter Larimore’s Fan Club” printed on the front and “Unfinished Business” on the back, he won’t have to. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I just told him, that’s a big guy you just beat and that had to be a big monkey you just got of your back,” Merrillville coach David Maldonado said. “He’s been so close to it. It’s been a long four years for him, he’s put in the time and the work. He deserved it.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe ended his season 51-0 by topping Rochester’s Cory Fornal 6-2, becoming Hanover’s first champ since 1995. As a freshman, he had gone 47-1 to finish as the state runner-up at 130, losing his only match to three-time champion Reece Humphrey of Lawrence North. With a title now in hand, he didn’t get overly emotional. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It really has sunk in yet, maybe tonight or tomorrow it will hit me,” Howe said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“You feel good inside. Everybody knows what you did. You don’t have to display it.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe showed more emotion after his semifinal match — the de facto championship — embracing coach Nick Petrov. He knocked off Perry Meridian’s Nick Walpole — last season’s 140 champ and 53-0 entering the match — 4-2 in overtime, getting a takedown six seconds into the extra period. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I knew that was gonna be the big match of the tournament for me,” Howe said. “All the matches are tough here, but beating a defending champ, that’s a big win.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe didn’t suffer a letdown against Fornal, who he had beaten 8-2 in a semistate semifinal for the senior’s first loss of the season. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“Really, I think Andrew Howe is the best high school wrestler in Indiana right now,” Petrov said. “His focus, he acted like it’s just another match. He’s all business — just get the job done and move to the next, get the job done and move to the next. He’s a fun kid to coach, and he’s fun to watch.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]McGill was forced to watch last season’s state meet because of a shoulder injury. As a freshman 103-pounder, he was the state runner-up. This time, he grabbed Munster’s first state title with a 3-2 victory over Walters, McGill’s third straight one-point victory over Walters, including 6-5 in a semistate final. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I’ve been waiting 10 years for this, since I started coming here when I was 7 years old,” said McGill, who finished the season 45-1, with his only loss coming when he was ahead 6-2 in a match and was called for an illegal move, with his opponent unable to continue. “I told myself one day I was gonna win this thing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I let one slip by two years ago, and I wasn’t gonna let that happen again. Last year, there are some things you can’t control, and that was one of them.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]McGill got what proved to be the winning takedown with 41 seconds left, riding out Walters for the rest of the match. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I knew what to expect, he knew what to expect,” McGill said. “It was a battle — it was great for the region. He’s a great wrestler. I have all the respect in the world for him.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Walters, who placed fifth at 119 last season, suffered five losses this season — all by one point. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I thought I could win, and I was in position to win — I gave myself a shot,” Walters said. “To lose, especially in the finals, in your last match, it’s hard. But life goes on, you move forward. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It’s not what I wanted, but it’s something. It’s a letdown, but I’m thankful.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Salas won his title emphatically, pinning Norwell’s Blake Harner in 3:18. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It’s hard to believe,” said Salas who improved to 40-1, with his only loss this season coming in overtime to the No. 1 125-pounder in Missouri at a tournament in St. Louis on Jan. 7. “I’ve never won a title in my whole life. There’s always been someone who could beat me. That’s why I pushed myself so hard.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Salas traveled a hard road to become a champion, in more ways than one. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]In the semifinals, he ousted defending 119 champ Anthony Williams of Evansville Central 4-3 in double-overtime on criteria, riding out Williams for the victory in a physical match. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“That was a victory I loved,” Salas said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]As a freshman 103-pounder, he became River Forest’s first state qualifier. As a sophomore, he didn’t make weight in sectionals. Last season, he transferred to Merrillville, becoming eligible right before the start of the postseason, then going on to place sixth in the state at 119. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“All that helped me,” Salas said. “It made me stronger. I had nothing to lose, everything to win.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Said Maldonado: “I’m so happy for that kid. He’s had some tough times in his life. It’s good to see something good happen for the kid.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Cosgrove lost 12-5 to Bellmont’s Matt Irwin, who hadn’t allowed an offensive point all season until the final match; Cosgrove — who broke his right ring finger in the match and was icing it afterward — finished the season 46-2, with both losses coming to Irwin, last time 14-6. Cosgrove, who placed third at 119 as a freshman, knew the task at hand against the undefeated Irwin, the state runner-up at 125 in 2004 who placed third at 130 last season, and wasn’t extremely upset about the loss. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I got to the match I wanted to get to,” said Cosgrove, who dropped to his knees in celebration after winning 8-6 in the semis on a reversal with 12 seconds left. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I did better against him than what I thought I could’ve done, but I still wanted to win one for my coach,” Cosgrove, getting choked up, said of retiring long-time assistant Don Rogers. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Contact Michael Osipoff at 648-3137 or [email protected] [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Helv]HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Portage senior one of five area state champions[/FONT]<!--ENDHEADLINE-->
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Feb. 19, 2006 [/FONT]
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#003399"><td>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]By Michael Osipoff / Post-Tribune staff writer[/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table> <!--COPY-->[FONT=Arial,Helv][FONT=Arial,Helv]INDIANAPOLIS — [/FONT]The celebratory backflip said it all. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]In his final season at Portage, Chad Biddle is a state champion. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]The Indians senior took the 145-pound title, one of five area wrestlers to ascend to the top step of the podium on Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Merrillville’s Dexter Larimore, a senior heavyweight, and Javier Salas, a senior 119-pounder, both won championships. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Hanover Central sophomore Andrew Howe won at 140, and Munster junior Eric McGill edged Portage senior Adam Walters at 125. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Hobart sophomore Brennan Cosgrove was the state runner-up at 135. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Trailing 2-0 in the second period, in a flash, Biddle pinned Floyd Central’s Cooper Samuels at 2:22, handing the sophomore his first loss of the season. Biddle, who said he simply was trying for the tying takedown, was at something of a loss to describe what had transpired. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I sorta took a bad shot,” he said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I didn’t think I was gonna pin him until we did that little roll. Then I put him on his back. It was weird.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]After the victory, he did the backflip, sticking the landing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“Ever since I was little and came to watch this, I’ve had that in my mind that I was gonna do it,” said Biddle, who placed fifth at 145 last season and fourth at 135 in 2004. “I pictured myself so many times, and now I got to do it. I can’t compare this to any other feeling. The whole thing is a dream come true.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]It was a dream deferred for Larimore, a state runner-up each of the previous two seasons. The third time was indeed the charm, as he delivered with a 12-1 major decision over previously undefeated Aaron Lindenschmidt of Evansville Harrison, improving his record to 41-0, including 38 pins. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It feels great. Second place, that’s great and all, but first place is what I’ve been dreaming of since I’ve been wrestling since second grade,” said Larimore, the No. 2 ranked high school heavyweight wrestler in the country, but who plans to stop actively competing in the sport as an Ohio State football signee. “I finally did it, I finally got the blue. I’m a state champion. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I had to win it. I couldn’t go through that again.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]With family and friends wearing T-shirts with “Dexter Larimore’s Fan Club” printed on the front and “Unfinished Business” on the back, he won’t have to. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I just told him, that’s a big guy you just beat and that had to be a big monkey you just got of your back,” Merrillville coach David Maldonado said. “He’s been so close to it. It’s been a long four years for him, he’s put in the time and the work. He deserved it.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe ended his season 51-0 by topping Rochester’s Cory Fornal 6-2, becoming Hanover’s first champ since 1995. As a freshman, he had gone 47-1 to finish as the state runner-up at 130, losing his only match to three-time champion Reece Humphrey of Lawrence North. With a title now in hand, he didn’t get overly emotional. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It really has sunk in yet, maybe tonight or tomorrow it will hit me,” Howe said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“You feel good inside. Everybody knows what you did. You don’t have to display it.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe showed more emotion after his semifinal match — the de facto championship — embracing coach Nick Petrov. He knocked off Perry Meridian’s Nick Walpole — last season’s 140 champ and 53-0 entering the match — 4-2 in overtime, getting a takedown six seconds into the extra period. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I knew that was gonna be the big match of the tournament for me,” Howe said. “All the matches are tough here, but beating a defending champ, that’s a big win.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Howe didn’t suffer a letdown against Fornal, who he had beaten 8-2 in a semistate semifinal for the senior’s first loss of the season. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“Really, I think Andrew Howe is the best high school wrestler in Indiana right now,” Petrov said. “His focus, he acted like it’s just another match. He’s all business — just get the job done and move to the next, get the job done and move to the next. He’s a fun kid to coach, and he’s fun to watch.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]McGill was forced to watch last season’s state meet because of a shoulder injury. As a freshman 103-pounder, he was the state runner-up. This time, he grabbed Munster’s first state title with a 3-2 victory over Walters, McGill’s third straight one-point victory over Walters, including 6-5 in a semistate final. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I’ve been waiting 10 years for this, since I started coming here when I was 7 years old,” said McGill, who finished the season 45-1, with his only loss coming when he was ahead 6-2 in a match and was called for an illegal move, with his opponent unable to continue. “I told myself one day I was gonna win this thing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I let one slip by two years ago, and I wasn’t gonna let that happen again. Last year, there are some things you can’t control, and that was one of them.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]McGill got what proved to be the winning takedown with 41 seconds left, riding out Walters for the rest of the match. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I knew what to expect, he knew what to expect,” McGill said. “It was a battle — it was great for the region. He’s a great wrestler. I have all the respect in the world for him.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Walters, who placed fifth at 119 last season, suffered five losses this season — all by one point. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I thought I could win, and I was in position to win — I gave myself a shot,” Walters said. “To lose, especially in the finals, in your last match, it’s hard. But life goes on, you move forward. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It’s not what I wanted, but it’s something. It’s a letdown, but I’m thankful.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Salas won his title emphatically, pinning Norwell’s Blake Harner in 3:18. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“It’s hard to believe,” said Salas who improved to 40-1, with his only loss this season coming in overtime to the No. 1 125-pounder in Missouri at a tournament in St. Louis on Jan. 7. “I’ve never won a title in my whole life. There’s always been someone who could beat me. That’s why I pushed myself so hard.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Salas traveled a hard road to become a champion, in more ways than one. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]In the semifinals, he ousted defending 119 champ Anthony Williams of Evansville Central 4-3 in double-overtime on criteria, riding out Williams for the victory in a physical match. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“That was a victory I loved,” Salas said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]As a freshman 103-pounder, he became River Forest’s first state qualifier. As a sophomore, he didn’t make weight in sectionals. Last season, he transferred to Merrillville, becoming eligible right before the start of the postseason, then going on to place sixth in the state at 119. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“All that helped me,” Salas said. “It made me stronger. I had nothing to lose, everything to win.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Said Maldonado: “I’m so happy for that kid. He’s had some tough times in his life. It’s good to see something good happen for the kid.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Cosgrove lost 12-5 to Bellmont’s Matt Irwin, who hadn’t allowed an offensive point all season until the final match; Cosgrove — who broke his right ring finger in the match and was icing it afterward — finished the season 46-2, with both losses coming to Irwin, last time 14-6. Cosgrove, who placed third at 119 as a freshman, knew the task at hand against the undefeated Irwin, the state runner-up at 125 in 2004 who placed third at 130 last season, and wasn’t extremely upset about the loss. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I got to the match I wanted to get to,” said Cosgrove, who dropped to his knees in celebration after winning 8-6 in the semis on a reversal with 12 seconds left. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]“I did better against him than what I thought I could’ve done, but I still wanted to win one for my coach,” Cosgrove, getting choked up, said of retiring long-time assistant Don Rogers. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helv]Contact Michael Osipoff at 648-3137 or [email protected] [/FONT]
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crazybuckfan40
Head Coach
That is awesome. Can't wait for him to start throwing them o-lineman around.
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41-0 and only 38 pins... plus two of these guys even scored a point against him...
How can he sleep with himself?
How can he sleep with himself?
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NOTREDAMECHIEF
Legend
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I don't know (nor do I put much stock in) his star ratings, but a kid who has the drive to become a champion and never give up despite 2 years in a row of just missing his goal is definately a 5 star in my mind. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have the attitude that Dexter has, you won't even get your foot in the door.
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NOTREDAMECHIEF
Legend
btw -The kid that was ranked #1 in the country lost recently ( he apparently was sick) so Dexter should be ranked #1 when the new rankings come out.
PS. For posters that are TIBOR-ISH!! Dexter wrestles at 275 ......
PS. For posters that are TIBOR-ISH!! Dexter wrestles at 275 ......
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NightmaresDad
Woody Rules!
After reviewing the pics of Dexter in the semis and finals, all I can say is: to the future Mrs Larimore - Dexter likes to be on top!
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