Big announcement?

Just to let everyone know that there could be a huge announcement coming in the next week about some really old people stepping on the mat.

Please tell me that you will be wearing a face mask....If you do I will change my first born's name to Jerry Dale Adams.

that's rich

Just spoke with the man in charge this morning. I promise the announcement is coming tonight or tomorrow. Are you ready Cokeley?

Ok here we go. Saturday October 27th at 6 pm at Ark City High school. Ark City vs. Kansas Alumni Dual. See old men like Will Cokeley, Mike Church, Chad Beeson, Chris Hernandez, maybe even me take to the mat one more time to honor Ark City wrestlings founders. I will be posting the line up shortly but if you just can't wait go to the Facebook page. Arkalalah Wrestlers Reunion. There will be 4 time state champs as well as college all Americans wrestling. Let the trash talk begin.

Here is the final line up:


2012 Bulldog Alumni Dual Final Line-Up
October 27th, 2012 @ 6:00 p.m.
Ark City High School Main Gym
BULLDOGS TEAM KANSAS
Matt Hernandez (2x State Champ) vs. Kenny Taylor (Wichita West – 2x State Champ)
Devin Bahm (4x State Champ) vs. Travis Phippen (Sante Fe Trail State Champ – 2x NCAA2 All Am)
Jerry Dale (Stud Champ) vs. Billie Ball (Campus - 4x State Placer )
Brooks Travis (2x State Champ) vs. Chris Saferite (Augusta – 2x State Champ)
Scott Goodale (3x St. - NCAA2 Champ) vs. Dustin May (Derby – 4x State Champ)
Billy Ross (2x Runner up & Hd Coach Derby) vs. Kurt Schmidt (Kapaun – State Champ)
Eddie McGlasson (Runner up) vs. Gaylen Taylor (Wichita West – State Champ)
Chris Stultz (3x Bulldog JV Wrestler) vs. Mike Church (Wichita South – State Champ)
Jerame Hernandez (2x State Champ) vs. Todd Drake (Andover – 4x St. – NCAA2 Champ)
John Borror (State Champ) vs. Will Cokely (Liberal)
Chad Beeson (3x State Champ) vs. Jonny McCreary (Wellington – 2x State Champ)
Chris Hernandez (3x State Champ) vs. Jacob Klein (Kapaun – 3x St. – NCAA1 2x All Amer.)
Scott Munson (State Champ) vs. Justin Thaw (Newton – 2x State Champ)
Dustin Bahm (2x Runner up) vs. Temoer Terry (MacPherson 3x St. – NCAA1 3x All Amer)
Chris Calder (State Champ) vs. Ryan Jilka (Maize- Stud Runner up)
Jim Jarvis (3rd State) vs. Lucas Baker (Abilene 3rd in State)
COACHES:
Wayne Jackson Duwane Miller (Kapaun Mt. Carmel)
Mark Richardson Terry Alley (Andover)
Russ Decker (Wellington)
TEAM CAPTAINS:
Terry Anstine (2x State Champ) Lindon Bontz (Kapaun 3x State Champ)
John Cook (2x State Champ) Roy Oeser (Kapaun 4x State Champ)
Greg Benton (2x State Champ) Jon Gull (ElDorado 3x State Champ)
Val Landes (Wellington – 3x State Champ)
OFFICIALS:
Jim Ramirez Eldon Zimbleman Larry Alley
Mark Richards Dee Gard Marvin Landes
Don Taylor Mike Martinez Bryce Roderick
Chad Harris Jamie Sauder

With all due respect to the fine Ark City Alumni, it looks like Team Kansas has a decided advantage here...

Chief,
No need to get the Bulldogs more fired up than usual. A lot of people have appeared to have that advantage and lost. Heck, I don't even know how I got on this list. Calder must want to pay me back for some old time wrestling camp stunts I may or may not have pulled!

Got to go up my life insurance. Have fun!

It's all good. Nobody was stirring the pot so I chimed in. Looks like a really good time.

Jerry, nice to see what happened 25 years ago. How about current stats... like replacement knees, hips. Major surgeries etc. That will help with the betting odds!

That's hilarious! It would be great to list those with the other accolades. What an awesome event!

If this really happens it will be pretty good stuff. You boys better be careful taking on these AC boys in their backyard.
The only match missing for me is Eddie Borror (RIP) vs Eddie Harrington... Coach Church has some pressure on him in his match.. those AC jv'ers are tough.. I would know!!

One request from me... J. Dale vs sportsfan02....

I'm thinking that would exceed the 100 pound weight differential rule.

Just found out that Mark Wright will also be there to officiate this dual. That is a very smart man wanting to be there and be a part of this event. It's good to have another quality official on board.

Don't know about all the hip and knee stuff but I did hear that Doc Waters will have oxygen tanks and paddles there in case they are needed

Surely the old fat men will pass on wearing singlets. Thats way more than the crowd wants or needs to see!!!!

LMFAO - Did anybody see the George Forman vs. Larry Holmes fight when they were both in their 50's? My point exactly .

Here's to hoping I'm not the fattest and the most out of shape. Remember 3x JV wrestler. Not 4x JV wrestler.

So that everyone knows. There will be a BYOB reception following the dual at the VFW at 3212 N. Summit. That should get some more people there.

If I didn't have an important wedding to go to that exact day and time I would SOOOO be there, I'll be cheering you on from wichita Ryan "Junk In The Trunk" Jilka

CHASE: you have to teach the little woman, friend, brother, etc to sacrifice. Just tell them you will make it up later!

Stultzee- I've got the fat and out of shape title covered.

Chase- You're gonna miss me stalling as much as possible until I finally puke, pass out, or die.

All- Hernandez is wearing a singlet, but for $5 each, I'll NOT wear one. All proceeds will go to a good cause. Most likely, the VFW!

I'll skip the wedding if Jilka gets into this 70s style singlet I have from goddard we turned into a pillow .. it can easily have the stuffing removed and used for greatness again, I will though ask for it back, unwashed, and re-stuff it and use it for a pillow

11 matches to 5...... Team Kansas.

Break them down match by match. I think your wrong.

How about you break your match down first.

Anybody from either team have a "fastest pin pot" going or should we just start one on the side when we get there? Never mind, at this stage in life guys may intentionally throw the match for a split of the pot! Sorry I forgot how old, and close to retirement, we are getting!

I'm old and out of shape. Not much to break down. Oxygen and water.

I did some searching for criteria on Will Cokeley for the Ark City Duals next week:

- 3rd Place at the Ark Valley Junior High League tourney

- 2X Sunflower State Games Champion - Over 40 Division

- Undeclared and unofficial Pizza Hut Parking Lot (aka. "Ceasar's East") champion of Liberal.

- Once challenged Toby Keith to a fight.

Cokeley is so scary, when coyotes hear they are in the county, they won't even come out of their dens........

Hopefully they'll adjust the matches to save the best match for last. Otherwise, it could be the same old mass departure before the bigs get on the mat. On second thought, that might not be too bad. After wrestling last night I felt like I got jumped into a gang.

I think we need some fireworks and entrance music and make it WWE style!

Anyone going from the Topeka area that wants to share expenses? Let me know.

You know it's going to be a big event when people are wanting to carpool from over 3 hours away.

Just released 3 rooms at Best Western in Ark City. Call 620-442-7700 to get one. They will not last long

i think so

Not one peep out of Ark City??????

Is there internet access in that town?

Ark City won but there was some wishy washy calls and matches. Cokely got stuck.Phippen got robbed

Baker is lucky he didnt wrestle Beeson. It's time he hung up the shoes!!!

Easy Don Jaskson i did not see your name in the line up, They asked me to come so i did. I'm sorry I did not wrestle up to your standards, My shoes are brand new i retired my last pair a long time ago. If i threw that leg over when i took him to his back it would have been game over I'm a lil rusty.

Only bad call on the night was Church getn called for stalling, but it was funny as hell to see him start to yell about it. Good job to all involved in this, it was a great time.

Sounds like a great event! Congrats to the Ark City alumni.

Can we get a box score?

Chris Stultz 0-7 Mike Church
Scott Munson 0-1 Justin Thaw
Eddie Mcglasson 2-3 Gaylen Taylor
Dustin Bahm 2-11 Temoer Terry
Devin Bahm 2-1 Travis Phippen (they called stale mate while he was turning the guy with the legs in? and hit him twice with sketchy potentially dangerous.
Matt Hernandez 6-8 (ot) Kenny taylor Kenny was down early due to more sketchy calls then came back and won it.
Jerry Dale beat Billie Ball I did not catch the final score.
Brooks Travis beat Chris Saferite I did not catch the final score.
Billy Ross 1-0 Kurt Schmidt
Chris Hernandez 2-12 Jacob Klein
Chris Calder 2-1 Ryan Jilka
Scott Goodale 4-10 Dustin May
Jim Jarvis 6-0 Lucas Baker
John Borror pinned Will Cokely
Jerame Hernandez 2-6 Todd Drake
The score was 27-26 AC before the last match of the night.
Chad Beeson 6-3 Jonny McCreary
Final team score Ac 30-26

Baker, you must have got hit in the head, there were no potentially dangerous calls in the Bahm-Phippen match there was a choking and head scissor both illegal, as far as the stale mate that could go both ways Bahm had a couple of close call take downs that were called stale mate and there was nothing sketchy in the Hernandez-Taylor match other than they should have went on their feet for the OT.

Does it matter. Don't expect to get a call at a Ark City Alumni dual....looked like a great time.

8-8 in matches. Will was up 2-0 in the 3rd. He should have picked down and avoided the snake. That was a 9 point swing. Ouch...

Thanks to the Hernandez's, Chris and the others who put on a great show. It was probably the best showing I've seen at an AC dual. Its a bit frustrating to hear the chatter about referee calls.

Baker, please, I'm trying to be respectful to you as I don't know you and to be honest don't care too. (your the only one I know of making these "so called" scetchy call allegations) But this was a tribute dual and to read your post is offensive) Who really cares who won, the fact is, AC has great tradition, started by those that gave a majority of their life to kids like me. So please, all, lests keep the focus on that. "We" wrestled our butt's off and I appreciate Team Kansas for supporting our tribute. And more importantly thanks to those that started the Bulldog tradition....

A little rusty? Really? Dude....Everyone was rusty. This was the first time I've even been in a room with a live match going in 15 years. No need for excuses.

What I'd like to see is an injury update. I'm going to the dr as soon as I get back home. Really jacked up my knee.

Without question one of the coolest events I have seen to celebrate our sport and it's history! Great job to all organizers and competitors for making this event happen! It was a 100% blessing to be a part of this event... How could you not be in awe of a FULL Ark City Gym to watch a bunch of old dudes who believed they were moving faster than they really were!

LOL... And yes Jeremy, I did get hit for stalling, but I felt like I was on top of a big ole boy and I might have been just hanging on at the time Everyone, have an enjoyable season!!

Church

Jeremy-the illegal holds called were-front headlock without an arm (not a choke) I have the video and I did have an arm, also he shot in on my leg and lifted it and it touched my back leg, when an offense wrestler bring a limb into contact with another limb you do not punish the defensive wrestler, my foot was in front of my other leg not behind it so I could not have applied any pressure for a scissor or a figure four. In my opinion, Sauder was wrong on both of the calls he made. Stalemates are a judgment call, but he made the wrong call on calling those illegal holds.

Travis-you should have had Oeser throw is challenge flag! Besides, I've always claimed to be an equal opportunity hoser.

Travis I have had the experience of your "front headlock" and it goes across the throat every time I think it is the cage fighting in your blood it just comes natural to you, and the scissor you were clinging on like a leach so that call could have gone either way.

haha or just Travis natural tendency to be a little bad ass. I say that with all due affection and respect. One nice thing about Travis, no matter what it is, it will be all the way to the wall. This meet sounded like a lot of fun. Lots of memories in some of those names and some of those memories weren't all that much fun at the time :)).

Great Matches

It was so awesome! The place went NUTZ when Cokely was pinned. All in all it was a great time! Best move of the night was probably Kenny's "No touch" otherwise known as a Super duck!

I was happy to contribute to the crowd's enthusiasm... I want a rematch!!

Will was you sore? I was sore from head to toe. Rematch maybe next year. lol. Good luck to your boys this year. I hope they do well.

Sore isn't the word for it on my end. Im still hobbling around. Surgery on my acl/mcl is scheduled for the 12th. My old body barely made it 90in seconds!