This sure was one deep bracket! Some things haven't changed. These boys, now men continue to wrestle at a high level, and I still follow them. When I look at the results of a tournament that Derby wrestled in, I always check to see how Brandon did. Same with every last one of these guys. Finish strong men, and thank you for the memories!

http://www.usawks.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=157393&page=1

The top 6 are in order of how this tournament finished.

NAME..............GRADE.....HS STATE
Boo Dryden..........Sr........1st
Mason Turner........Jr........3rd,3rd
Jake Beeson.........Jr........3rd,2nd
Kesean Deshazer.....Jr........6th
Tanner Hitchcock....Sr........5th,1st,2nd
Cody Phippen........Jr........2nd,1st
Jordan Priddy.......Jr........4th,2nd
Dylan Pelland.......Sr........1st,1st
Brandon Becker......Jr........6th,4th
Bryce Younger.......Jr........2nd,2nd
Drake Tayson........Jr........3rd
Levi Green..........Sr........4th
Bryant Paige........Jr........4th
Dante Rodd.........Jr
Triston Hopkins.....??
TJ Miller...........??

Who am I missing?

That is very cool! I was just telling my wife the other night that I should be able to help with the HS rankings in a couple of years. I've been fans of so many of the kids as they grew. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us.

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Thanks for the post. We've been following this same group of boys over the years as well. It's been fun to keep up with all of them and their accomplishments over the years. Thanks for the memories over the years and good luck to all of you.

Rodd graduated last year, 3rd in hs state last treat not sure about other years.

One tough group though, pretty cool.

My bad... that was Dante, not Dakota.

Thought that seemed light....lol

This was a great tourney as everyone put weight differences aside and didn't care if they won or lost, but to make a fun bracket for everyone to be in. The parents liked all the tough kids in one bracket, some went up, some dropped down. All of the top 6 placed at Tulsa that year, and all of the placement matches were rematches of the state finals from the previous year.

Salina TOC... I have three boys that wrestle(d) and all three ended up being HS state champs. In the 17 combined times they wrestled in Salina we have ZERO first place trophies to show for their efforts! A ton of 2nd, 3rd etc but none of them made it to the top of the podium.

Interesting side note from this years Salina TOC 10u 61 pounds. Andrew Beeson and Mason Younger wrestled in the semis. They are the 1st cousins of Bryce Younger and Jake Beeson.

Now that all of these guys have graduated, here is how they finished their HS careers.

NAME...................HS STATE PLACING.........College Wrestling
Boo Dryden...............1st, 1st.....................NEO
Mason Turner.............3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 1st.........FHSU
Jake Beeson..............3rd, 2nd, 1st, 1st.........Central Oklahoma
Kesean Deshazer..........6th
Tanner Hitchcock.........5th, 1st, 2nd, 1st........Lindenwood
Cody Phippen.............2nd,1st, 1st, 1st..........Air Force
Jordan Priddy............4th, 2nd, 1st, 2nd
Dylan Pelland............1st, 1st, 1st.................Baker
Brandon Becker...........6th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd
Bryce Younger............2nd, 2nd, 5th,
Drake Tayson.............3rd
Levi Green...............4th, 3rd......................Baker
Bryant Paige.............4th, 3rd
Dante Rodd...............6th
Triston Hopkins.
TJ Miller.

That was one Hell of a Bracket!! Hats off to the kids and dad's that bumped up and pulled down to make it happen.