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How about the one-legged guy winning (right two pics on the second row and all pics in the third row)? Guess you could say his competition didn't have a leg up on him.
I think his secret weapon is the "package grab"
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Larimore tops wrestling career with national championship
Officially, Dexter Larimore has wrestled his final match.
And he went out with a bang, winning the heavyweight title at the National High School Seniors Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
The Merrillville senior also had won a state title in February, but his wrestling career will come to an end as an Ohio State football signee, having turned down a number of wrestling scholarship offers.
“It’s great,” Larimore, the Post-Tribune Wrestler of the Year, the P-T Defensive Player of the Year in football, and a state-caliber thrower in track, said of winning the title. “It’s something few people from Indiana have ever done.”
Five, to be exact, including his Merrillville coach David Maldonado, who won in 1994 at 130 pounds for East Chicago.
“It’s a huge accomplishment,” Maldonado said. “That’s a really tough tournament to win.”
And Larimore, who went 48-0 as a senior and 173-15 for his career, went through a veritable who’s who list of heavyweights from around the country.
In the finals, Larimore, ranked as the No. 2 high school heavyweight in the country, beat Oklahoma’s Nathan Fernandez 3-2. Fernandez, No. 4 in the nation, went 39-2 as a senior for his third straight state title, and is an Iowa State recruit; Larimore had received a wrestling offer from the Cyclones.
Along the way, Larimore beat Wisconsin’s William McCormick (who went 43-0 for a state title) 14-0, pinned Oklahoma’s Wes Grant (who went 36-1 to place third after winning a state title as a junior) in 1:08, pinned New York’s Bryant Deinhardt (who went 32-0 for a state title) in 1:32, and beat Idaho’s Landon Harris (who went 42-0 for his second straight state title) 8-5 in the semifinals.
“I think this is above everything,” Larimore said.
Larimore didn’t get the details of his opponents’ respective credentials until after he wrestled them.
“I didn’t want to get myself into that mindset,” he said. “I just wrestled like I have all season. I wrestled with confidence in my moves, wrestled smart and didn’t let the guys play any mind games. I just went out and wrestled, and whatever happened, happened.”
Maldonado described Larimore as the favorite, saying, “He was focused the whole time and handled the pressure with everyone gunning for him.”
Maldonado related a story about how he passed out goals sheets when Larimore was a freshman and asked each wrestler to list his top three goals and put it somewhere visible. Larimore — whose goals were to be a Division I athlete, to be the best he could at everything he did and to be a state champion — taped it on a bathroom wall in his family’s house, which didn’t sit too well with his mother Theresia, who framed it for him. It then resided on the bathroom wall throughout Larimore’s high school career, and he gave it to Maldonado — signed — at Merrillville’s awards banquet.
“This kid actually listened to me and did it,” Maldonado said. “He’s definitely a unique athlete, and he’s just a great kid. He’s going to do a lot of good things in athletics or whatever business he gets into.
“This is like a last chapter. He went as far as he can. People will be talking about this for a long time.”
Contact Michael Osipoff at 648-3137 or [email protected]
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Larimore tops wrestling career with national championship
Officially, Dexter Larimore has wrestled his final match.
And he went out with a bang, winning the heavyweight title at the National High School Seniors Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
The Merrillville senior also had won a state title in February, but his wrestling career will come to an end as an Ohio State football signee, having turned down a number of wrestling scholarship offers.
“It’s great,” Larimore, the Post-Tribune Wrestler of the Year, the P-T Defensive Player of the Year in football, and a state-caliber thrower in track, said of winning the title. “It’s something few people from Indiana have ever done.”
Five, to be exact, including his Merrillville coach David Maldonado, who won in 1994 at 130 pounds for East Chicago.
“It’s a huge accomplishment,” Maldonado said. “That’s a really tough tournament to win.”
And Larimore, who went 48-0 as a senior and 173-15 for his career, went through a veritable who’s who list of heavyweights from around the country.
In the finals, Larimore, ranked as the No. 2 high school heavyweight in the country, beat Oklahoma’s Nathan Fernandez 3-2. Fernandez, No. 4 in the nation, went 39-2 as a senior for his third straight state title, and is an Iowa State recruit; Larimore had received a wrestling offer from the Cyclones.
Along the way, Larimore beat Wisconsin’s William McCormick (who went 43-0 for a state title) 14-0, pinned Oklahoma’s Wes Grant (who went 36-1 to place third after winning a state title as a junior) in 1:08, pinned New York’s Bryant Deinhardt (who went 32-0 for a state title) in 1:32, and beat Idaho’s Landon Harris (who went 42-0 for his second straight state title) 8-5 in the semifinals.
“I think this is above everything,” Larimore said.
Larimore didn’t get the details of his opponents’ respective credentials until after he wrestled them.
“I didn’t want to get myself into that mindset,” he said. “I just wrestled like I have all season. I wrestled with confidence in my moves, wrestled smart and didn’t let the guys play any mind games. I just went out and wrestled, and whatever happened, happened.”
Maldonado described Larimore as the favorite, saying, “He was focused the whole time and handled the pressure with everyone gunning for him.”
Maldonado related a story about how he passed out goals sheets when Larimore was a freshman and asked each wrestler to list his top three goals and put it somewhere visible. Larimore — whose goals were to be a Division I athlete, to be the best he could at everything he did and to be a state champion — taped it on a bathroom wall in his family’s house, which didn’t sit too well with his mother Theresia, who framed it for him. It then resided on the bathroom wall throughout Larimore’s high school career, and he gave it to Maldonado — signed — at Merrillville’s awards banquet.
“This kid actually listened to me and did it,” Maldonado said. “He’s definitely a unique athlete, and he’s just a great kid. He’s going to do a lot of good things in athletics or whatever business he gets into.
“This is like a last chapter. He went as far as he can. People will be talking about this for a long time.”
Contact Michael Osipoff at 648-3137 or [email protected]
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Thanks, 21. I enjoyed reading that almost as much as when I read it over a week ago up in post #361.
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Merrillville's Larimore happy to succeed his way
BY STEVE HANLON
[email protected]
219.933.4198
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 12:08 AM CDT
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MERRILLVILLE | David Maldonado took over the Merrillville wrestling program four years ago. He asked his incoming freshmen to write down on a piece of paper their three main goals. The former standout grappler at E.C. Central wanted to see what he had to work with.
A "little" Dexter Larimore took out his pencil and pad. The lead struck paper.
"First, I want to win a state championship. Second, I want to be a Division I athlete. Third, I want to succeed in everything I do."
Not wanting to forget his dreams, Larimore taped his list on the wall in the bathroom of his home. His mother, Theresia, found a new place for it. She framed it and hung it on the wall in Dexter's bedroom.
A day didn't go by where his eyes didn't meet the mission.
And after one of the greatest seasons in Region prep sports history -- where Larimore achieved above all his ambition and then some -- Larimore gave the yellowing paper back to Maldonado. And the recent graduate signed it, which is what you'd expect from the 2006 Tim Bishop Memorial Times Male Athlete of the Year.
"What he did was absolutely amazing," Maldonado said. "Most coaches are fortunate to get a kid like Dexter once in 20, 30 years of coaching. I got lucky. I got someone that good in my first year."
What he did was off the charts.
-- In the fall of 2005, Larimore was the anchor of the Class 5A semistate qualifying Pirates defense. Few were those who ran at his 6-foot-3, 275-pound frame. If they did, they got crushed. His 88 tackles, 17 for loss, and 13 quarterback pressures got all of the Big Ten schools looking his way.
-- In wrestling, Larimore wasn't tested once. After two state runner-up finishes in the heavyweight division, he pancaked the state, going 41-0 and winning the state title. Later, he went to Pennsylvania and won the national championship. Larimore finished his career at 167-15, and his season at 47-0.
-- In the spring, with a lot more on his plate, Larimore qualified for his third trip to state in the shot put.
"I got some people telling me I should concentrate on one sport, but I never wanted to do that," Larimore said. "That wasn't me. I wanted to be as good as I could be in as many things as I could."
Larimore settled on Ohio State for several reasons. The biggest was the Buckeyes coaching staff allowing him to be what he always wanted to be -- a three-sport athlete. In an age of specialization, Larimore wanted to remain old school in his final high school years. He wanted to play football in the fall, wrestle in the winter and throw the shot in the spring.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and his staff encouraged Larimore to do it all. And while most of the Region's top football players are already at their school, the Buckeyes have no problem with Larimore reporting after the Indiana North-South All-Star game on July 15.
"That played a big role in me going to Ohio State," Larimore said. "They allowed me to be a high school kid."
"Dexter is a great, great player, and he is definitely old school," said former Merrillville football coach Jeff Yelton. "He wanted to compete in three sports. He wanted to be extremely successful. But he didn't say a word. It was hard to get more than a sentence out of him. He refused to talk trash. He wasn't raised that way.
"It was refreshing to coach a kid like that. He was extremely dominant. But he did all of his talking on the field."
Theresia Larimore remembers an exchange between Dexter and his older brother Riley, a player at Ball State. Riley wanted his little brother to focus on one sport. Dexter heard it from the street agents, the colleges.
"That isn't who Dexter is," Theresia said. "He wanted to be just who he is."
Dexter followed his mother's artistic side and became quite an artist himself, along with being a top-shelf student.
"A lot of people call me the 'Gentle Giant,' " said Dexter, who took seven ceramics courses at Merrillville. "While I'm making (my artwork), it really calms my nerves. It's real quiet, real soothing. How they end up turning out always makes me happy."
Maldonado said Dexter is a talented, one-of-a-kind athlete, who is as humble as they come. Most Division I athletes have a cocky side, a place to go when they're back is against the wall. And today, many of these kind of stars let people know how good they are.
Dexter had such a gear. But he was old fashioned about it. Like a Model T with Turtle Wax.
"He was extremely good, extremely talented and extremely humble," Maldonado said. "It may seem shocking to people who didn't know him. But for those who did, it wasn't much. That's just who Dexter is."
Merrillville's Larimore happy to succeed his way
BY STEVE HANLON
[email protected]
219.933.4198
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 12:08 AM CDT
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<!--END OAS AD--> 2006 TIM BISHOP MEMORIAL TIMES MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
MERRILLVILLE | David Maldonado took over the Merrillville wrestling program four years ago. He asked his incoming freshmen to write down on a piece of paper their three main goals. The former standout grappler at E.C. Central wanted to see what he had to work with.
A "little" Dexter Larimore took out his pencil and pad. The lead struck paper.
"First, I want to win a state championship. Second, I want to be a Division I athlete. Third, I want to succeed in everything I do."
Not wanting to forget his dreams, Larimore taped his list on the wall in the bathroom of his home. His mother, Theresia, found a new place for it. She framed it and hung it on the wall in Dexter's bedroom.
A day didn't go by where his eyes didn't meet the mission.
And after one of the greatest seasons in Region prep sports history -- where Larimore achieved above all his ambition and then some -- Larimore gave the yellowing paper back to Maldonado. And the recent graduate signed it, which is what you'd expect from the 2006 Tim Bishop Memorial Times Male Athlete of the Year.
"What he did was absolutely amazing," Maldonado said. "Most coaches are fortunate to get a kid like Dexter once in 20, 30 years of coaching. I got lucky. I got someone that good in my first year."
What he did was off the charts.
-- In the fall of 2005, Larimore was the anchor of the Class 5A semistate qualifying Pirates defense. Few were those who ran at his 6-foot-3, 275-pound frame. If they did, they got crushed. His 88 tackles, 17 for loss, and 13 quarterback pressures got all of the Big Ten schools looking his way.
-- In wrestling, Larimore wasn't tested once. After two state runner-up finishes in the heavyweight division, he pancaked the state, going 41-0 and winning the state title. Later, he went to Pennsylvania and won the national championship. Larimore finished his career at 167-15, and his season at 47-0.
-- In the spring, with a lot more on his plate, Larimore qualified for his third trip to state in the shot put.
"I got some people telling me I should concentrate on one sport, but I never wanted to do that," Larimore said. "That wasn't me. I wanted to be as good as I could be in as many things as I could."
Larimore settled on Ohio State for several reasons. The biggest was the Buckeyes coaching staff allowing him to be what he always wanted to be -- a three-sport athlete. In an age of specialization, Larimore wanted to remain old school in his final high school years. He wanted to play football in the fall, wrestle in the winter and throw the shot in the spring.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and his staff encouraged Larimore to do it all. And while most of the Region's top football players are already at their school, the Buckeyes have no problem with Larimore reporting after the Indiana North-South All-Star game on July 15.
"That played a big role in me going to Ohio State," Larimore said. "They allowed me to be a high school kid."
"Dexter is a great, great player, and he is definitely old school," said former Merrillville football coach Jeff Yelton. "He wanted to compete in three sports. He wanted to be extremely successful. But he didn't say a word. It was hard to get more than a sentence out of him. He refused to talk trash. He wasn't raised that way.
"It was refreshing to coach a kid like that. He was extremely dominant. But he did all of his talking on the field."
Theresia Larimore remembers an exchange between Dexter and his older brother Riley, a player at Ball State. Riley wanted his little brother to focus on one sport. Dexter heard it from the street agents, the colleges.
"That isn't who Dexter is," Theresia said. "He wanted to be just who he is."
Dexter followed his mother's artistic side and became quite an artist himself, along with being a top-shelf student.
"A lot of people call me the 'Gentle Giant,' " said Dexter, who took seven ceramics courses at Merrillville. "While I'm making (my artwork), it really calms my nerves. It's real quiet, real soothing. How they end up turning out always makes me happy."
Maldonado said Dexter is a talented, one-of-a-kind athlete, who is as humble as they come. Most Division I athletes have a cocky side, a place to go when they're back is against the wall. And today, many of these kind of stars let people know how good they are.
Dexter had such a gear. But he was old fashioned about it. Like a Model T with Turtle Wax.
"He was extremely good, extremely talented and extremely humble," Maldonado said. "It may seem shocking to people who didn't know him. But for those who did, it wasn't much. That's just who Dexter is."
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gregorylee
I'd rather be napping!!
Dexter sounds like a hell of a good kid!
His parents must be very proud, it's good to have kids like him in the Scarlet and Grey.
His parents must be very proud, it's good to have kids like him in the Scarlet and Grey.
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NightmaresDad
Woody Rules!
akronbuck;635823; said:
Don't forget about Abdallah. We should have a solid 4-man rotation again, and a sick DE rotation!
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Sounds like Dexter is really doing well in spring practice:
"A guy that's really stepped up is Dexter Larimore. He's show us a lot so far. He's a great leverage guy, very strong, very low to the ground when he comes off the ball. He's given us some problems. He's going to be a good player here."
(from the ozone article enclosed in the spring practice thread)
"A guy that's really stepped up is Dexter Larimore. He's show us a lot so far. He's a great leverage guy, very strong, very low to the ground when he comes off the ball. He's given us some problems. He's going to be a good player here."
(from the ozone article enclosed in the spring practice thread)
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