15th Annual Metro Classic

Coaches on the Kansas side, be sure and fill out the Wicina Award application. At the Metro Classic over $2000 in scholarship money was given out last year to wrestlers in the Kansas City area, and none went to Kansas kids. Not one wrestler on the Kansas side was recommended by his coach. This money, given out by the Metro Classic and the Wicina family, would certainly help somebody towards a college education. The person nominated does not have to be a senior, nor do they have to wrestle in college. They just have to be a great person, have wrestled in high school, and be recommended by their coach. Please get those names in.

Gary Ulmer

Coach Ulmer is there a link to the Wicina Award application? That might be helpful for the coaches.

Smokey,

No, but that is a great suggestion. Your high school coach will get information and recommendation forms in the mail from Dale Niehus. In the mean time let me follow up on that link idea.

Thanks,
Gary Ulmer

Coach Ulmer,

Since it is just a little over a month away I assune all the High School coaches get this information in the mail soon or they already have access to the forms. What is the deadline (dates) for them to get it back to the committee?

Smokeycabin,

Feb 23rd is the deadline and your coach should have the forms, soon. We are looking into the link idea for next year. All the forms have been sent by snailmail for this year.

Thanks for the idea,
Gary Ulmer

Coaches on the Kansas side, be sure and fill out the Wicina Award application.

Jeffrey C. Wicina Wrestling Scholarship Fund

Annual awards for graduating high school seniors from the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area who will attend an accredited postsecondary institution. Students must have participated in Wrestling in high school and must be nominated by the Wrestling coach. Applicants shall exhibit character, work ethic, personality, academics, citizenship and the ability to overcome a challenge. Due date, number of awards and award amount may vary.

Jeffrey C. Wicina Wrestling Scholarship Fund

BUMP!

I am just wondering, but does anybody have access or own a copy of the 2000 metro classic, if anyone has any info please let me know.

thanks

Shaun Moore

Here is the best MO team I can come up with, they usually have extra matches at certain weights, with no 103 lbs match.......

112 - Josh Ghisalberti - Lexington (4-2-6)
119 - Cody Hogan - Richmond (2-3-3-1)
125 - Scott O'Donnell - Oak Park (1-1-1-1)
130 - Corey Carr - Park Hill (1-1-2)
135 - Aaron Senzee - Kearney (1-1-1-1)
140 - Ben Hunter - Harrisonville (4-2-1-1)
145 - Shane Nay - Oak Park (1-1-1-1)
145 - Kenzie McClain - Plattsburg (2-2-1-1)
152 - Robbie Hicklin - Park Hill (2-2-5)
160 - Kendall Burke - Ray-Pec (4-1-1-3)
171 - Kyle Campbell - Lee's Summit (SQ-2)
189 - Jake Guthier - Platte County (5-3)
215 - Deron Winn - Liberty (3-1-1-1)
HWT - Dom Bradley - Blue Springs (1-1-1)
HWT - Cody Beck - Lexington (1-1-1-1)

112 Paulie Hansen 37-0 1st KC Turner Matt Allen 35-11 SQ Blue Springs South
119 Marcus Walker 30-2 2nd KC Schlagle Cody Hogan 35-2 1st Richmond
125 Aaron Ely 38-1 1st Leavenworth Scotty O'Donnell 37-4 1st Oak Park
130 Adam Almaguer 37-1 1st Olathe North Corey Carr 44-4 2nd Park Hill
135 Kyle Buehler 38-3 2nd Lansing Nathan Neske 48-4 2nd Lee's Summit
140 Mark Millstead 40-4 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Aaron Senzee 45-1 1st Kearney
145 Lance Serbousek 39-4 3rd Blue Valley NW Jake Hunter 45-0 1st Harrisonville
145 Kyle Hudgins 42-4 4th Spring Hill Shane Nay 29-5 1st Oak Park
145 Jason Pyle 38-0 1st Sabetha Kenzie McClain 32-0 1st Plattsburg
152 Dakota Hall 40-4 4th Ft. Scott Sam Thielen 45-10 5th Lee's Summit North
160 Casey Curran 37-2 1st Blue Valley North Kendall Burke 43-5 3rd Ray Pec
171 R.J. Nill 45-5 2nd St. Thomas Aquinas Kyle Campbell 42-5 2nd Lee's Summit
189 Jed Mamie 46-2 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Steele Shippy 34-2 1st Odessa
215 Mike Hammer 42-6 5th St. Thomas Aquinas Deron Winn 46-0 1st Liberty
285 Joe Payne 39-5 3rd Paola Dom Bradley 50-1 1st Blue Springs


Can someone please list the career accomplishments of the KS kids on the roster? Thanks.

Any predictions?

I really don't like Kansas' chance this year. The Missouri team is flat out good. Kansas doesn't match up well. I really hate to say it, but it could be pretty bad.

looks liek the kc boys are gonna get smoked if thats there line up gees why don't they go to a state vs state so we can actually win

most of our best wrestlers are not even seniors.

Pyle's match looks interesting. Two undefeated state champs going at it.

Any other match-ups that look good? I imagine Paulie will beat his man pretty handedly. An SQ (MO) going against an undefeated SR with three titles?! On paper, that does not look like a good match up.


I remember when Bunch wrestled a 3 time state champ in his Metro Classic. It was a great match with lots of action/scrambles. Bunch won by decision.

Any other Metro Classic moments?

Of course Hurla beating his man and sending gutwrench into retirement was a CLASSIC in a league all by itself!

rats, you beat me to the Hurla mention.

If I'm not mistaken, nobody liked Kansas' chances last year either, and we all remember how that one turned out.

This is my report on an outstanding match from 1999!

The 125# match was the highlight of the evening with two 4-time state champs facing off. Brandon Fox, a Stanford signee from Higginsville (M), toed the line against Blue Valley Northwest (K), Zach Roberson, who will wrestle for the Iowa State Cyclones. In the first period both were somewhat tentative but Roberson secured the takedown and rode out the period, to the chagrin of the Showme faithfuls. Fox elected to go down and about midway through the second found himself exposed for the five count. The third period was pure Roberson dominance as he opened up to take Fox down 5 times. The final score was 17-5.

Wow. Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing Randy. We know what the Roberson did in college. What about his opponent? How did his college career go?

Went down the tubes:

Stanford: Won five matches last year and seven matches in 2001-02 ... Scored three dual meet victories for the Card ... Placed fourth in the 2001 California Open ...

High School: A four-time state champion ... Winner of the state Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award ... Four-time Academic All-State member ... Winner of state "Wrestler of the Year" in 1999 ... First team USA Wrestling All-American ... Also played golf and football ... Coached by Bobby Burrows at Higginsville High School ...

Personal: President of Delta Tau Delta fraternity ... Other interests include movies and art ... A Sociology and Art History double major.

Fox's Year-by-Year Statistics
Year
Record Dual
Record
Team
Points
Falls Tech.
Falls
2000 Redshirted
2001 6-11 0-3 9.0 1 0
2002 7-9 0-1 8.5 0 0


2003 5-13 3-8 14.5 1 1


Career Totals 18-33 3-12 32.0 2 1

Ok....here are my predictions.....

112 Paulie Hansen 37-0 1st KC Turner Matt Allen 35-11 SQ Blue Springs South by major dec 4-0
119 Marcus Walker 30-2 2nd KC Schlagle Cody Hogan 35-2 1st Richmond by dec. 4-3
125 Aaron Ely 38-1 1st Leavenworth Scotty O'Donnell 37-4 1st Oak Park by dec. 4-6
130 Adam Almaguer 37-1 1st Olathe North Corey Carr 44-4 2nd Park Hill by major dec. 4-10
135 Kyle Buehler 38-3 2nd Lansing Nathan Neske 48-4 2nd Lee's Summit by dec. 7-10
140 Mark Millstead 40-4 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Aaron Senzee 45-1 1st Kearney by dec. 7-13
145 Lance Serbousek 39-4 3rd Blue Valley NW Jake Hunter 45-0 1st Harrisonville by major dec. 7-17
145 Kyle Hudgins 42-4 4th Spring Hill Shane Nay 29-5 1st Oak Park by tech. fall 7-22
145 Jason Pyle 38-0 1st Sabetha Kenzie McClain 32-0 1st Plattsburg by dec. 10-22
152 Dakota Hall 40-4 4th Ft. Scott Sam Thielen 45-10 5th Lee's Summit North by dec. 13-22
160 Casey Curran 37-2 1st Blue Valley North Kendall Burke 43-5 3rd Ray Pec by dec. 13-25
171 R.J. Nill 45-5 2nd St. Thomas Aquinas Kyle Campbell 42-5 2nd Lee's Summit by dec. 13-28
189 Jed Mamie 46-2 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Steele Shippy 34-2 1st Odessa by dec. 13-31
215 Mike Hammer 42-6 5th St. Thomas Aquinas Deron Winn 46-0 1st Liberty by tech fall/fall 13-36
285 Joe Payne 39-5 3rd Paola Dom Bradley 50-1 1st Blue Springs by fall 13-43

A little more info on Brendon (not Brandon) Fox....he'll be getting his law degree in a couple of months from Mizzou.

I wouldn't say his career went "down the tubes" @ Stanford. In college, you get out of it what you put into it....and he didn't put in what the other kids did. Mostly because he was tutoring rich DotCom kids in Silicon Valley for $90/hour. I think I'd rather be doing that than getting the crap beat out of me....

hansen will win by fall
walker will win by fall
ely will lose by decision
almaguer will win by decision
buehler will win by major
millstead will lose by decision
serbousek will lose by decision
hudgins will lose by major
pyle will win by decision
hall will win by major
curran will win by decision
nill will win by decision
mamie will lose by decision
hammer will lose by pin
payne will lose by pin


32-28 Kansas

My brother will not get pinned by bradley! Dont be too surprised if my bro wins. Remember no one thought Andy Hurla would win last year.

settle down big guy haha.

I'm going to have to go w/ a 3x state champ and Freestyle Junior National Champ (and #2 ranked hwt in the country) to win big, probably pin, over a guy who placed 3rd in state.

i think payne can stay off his back. i mean, he only lost to Disney by 1 and i don't think Disney is to far off the Bradley level. when wrestling a Heavyweight as good as Bradley their is always the chance of getting caught and thrown big, if that happens Payne will get stuck. i predict a Bradley win in the area of 4-0.

You are right. Madison has defeated Bradley this year. Disney had a very close match with Madison. Your brother had a very close match in the state semifinal with Disney the eventual 4A State champion. It sounds to me like Joe Payne is peaking this year at just the right time. I am not going to count Joe Payne out of this match.

Old gutwrench predicted last year at this time that the next time he saw Hurla that Hurla would be looking up at the ceiling kicking like a junebug and that he would get off the forum if Hurla won and the Kansas team got within 10 points of Missouri. We haven't heard from gutwrench lately, so you know how gutwrench's predictions last year for Kansas doom went. I am not counting out any of the Aquinas wrestlers, Joe Payne or any of the other Kansas team wrestlers of their matches next week at this Metro Classic. I think we have a good chance. Good luck to all of you worthy Kansas metro representatives and I hope you bring us home another victory.

Does anyone know if it will be televised by Metro Sports as it was last year? I have friends in the KC area that can tape it for me.

Shine_Daddy you obviously have never seen my brother wrestle. He is no pushover.

Okey dokey.....

I have to agree with Caleb---Joe is no pushover. Not that my son is the best or anything, but as a freshman he ended the season with only 8 loses and two of those are from Joe.
GOOD LUCK JOE!! We will be cheering for you!!!

Family of Lucas Vincent

Im not trying to sit here and say my brother is going to win. Bradley is a great wrestler. All im trying to say is my brother is good and wont get pinned. I couldn't even pin my brother so i doubt bradley will! I dont understand why no one has faith in the kansas boys.

Caleb-
Has Joe been pinned this year??

No he lost 5 matches this year and im pretty sure all of them were by one or two points. I really feel like he will give bradley a very good match.

Good luck to him!

yeah yeah what he said pinnem Joe you know you can!!!!

Thanks. I just wish i could be there!

If kansas is making concessions to accomidate missuri.s four timers then what is kansas getting. Maybe kansas is trying to give mo a fighting chance. why dont we have a couple of 160 and a couple of 215 or are they week there.

LOL...

lots of luck to you also i'm sure you will need it.
can you hear me now.

I have Missouri ahead 19-15 with 6 toss-up weights. I think the pin points will come from Hanson at 112 and Deron at 215.

These could go either way:

Walker/Hogan
Ely/O'Donnell
Almaguer/Carr
Buehler/Neske
Nill/Campbell
Mamie/Shippy

Laugh out Loud is what he was trying to convey. Most likely a missouri fan on the kansas site trying to intimidate, the fact is that we won it last year and still have bragging rights. troll you should get out more. It also could of been Lots of love.

I think it would be nice to see how these wrestlers stack up

Gpa vs Gpa

Get out from under the bridge no way.
I'm looking for goats.

I want to say good luck to the kansas team. Let it all go on the mat and be a team. This dual is about self pride and KANSAS pride. We will all be proud of you as long as you WRESTLE TOUGH.

I was part of the metro team in 98 and nobody gave us a chance to win, and we did. Good luck and have a great time that night.

Hey, I thought I was going to win!

I really think it is a toss-up this year. If we can secure bonus points when we have the opportunity we have a real good shot, especially since Payne WILL NOT get pinned!
I think Millstead and Mamie can win there matches. Remember, Mamie only lost twice this year to a studly Evans, and I don't know how good Shippy is but I will never bet agaisnt Jed!
I bet MO takes it a little bit more serious this year though, since they were so stunned last year.
All we can say for now is GOOD LUCK!
This dual has the most intense atmosphere for high school athletes that I've ever experienced!

I thought you were going to win hurla. No one on here did. No one has faith. I really regret not wrestling in it last year.

... yes it was too bad that you didn't wrestle Caleb! However, Bowen did a great job!!

Good Luck Kansas Boys. I am really looking forward to seeing what happens at 130 and 135

Hurla gets to wrestle again this year so the folks from Missourah will have to relive what he did to them last year.

That is for sure. The pressure was on. Bowen came thru like a champion. I know Caleb would have too had he been able to wrestle that night. It was a great clutch win by Bowen though.

Good luck Kansas. It's a fun dual to be apart of. Also, I live and wrestle with a bunch of MO guys. So I sure had fun last year rubbing it in. Let's win it again.

Word is that Ely is not wrestling. Can anyone confirm or deny?

Shine on, ask gutwrench if you can find him he has been missing for about a year.

How much are tickets?

not sure but well worth it Coach Yeamans Is selling them I think

Ummm.............huh?

Ummmm.....Huh?

Is missoury talk for I don't understand

Its a long story but you jumped topics
is this you way of cross pollination?

Tickets can be purchased in advance from wrestlers in the Classic for $8 or they are $10 at the door, and Ely is not wrestling because of a high ankle sprain. Jordan Miller from Ottawa is stepping in at 130 for KS.

KS got to choose who the opponent from MO was going to be for Payne. They chose McClain, who is a 2x state champ, and tough kid. However, it's too bad KS didn't choose to wrestle 4x state champ Shane Nay. That would have been a much better, and higher profile, matchup. I wonder why the KS coaches chose not to wrestle him?

Wow, they are pretty liberal with the term Metro i guess, i have been to sabetha and i did not feel any where near to Kansas City, i think its awesome that Pyle gets to wrestle for kansas because who else would you rather have representing us, but i just didnt figure the Missouri people would go for that. I guess its like the Shrine bowl where they have kids from Wichita and Manhattan playing for the west, i was just kind of suprised when i saw that.

The boundary for the Metro is 90 miles and Sabetha is within that boundary, it was at one time 70 miles and I believe that a few Sabethans have wrestled in it before, Matt Pyle and my assisstant coach Aaron Georg both wrestled in it.
As far as Pyle Vs. Nay, the committee decides that and maybe they were wanting to put the undefeated together or maybe they were just looking at team points.

I know that Jason was excited about the fact he could be wrestling Nay but it wasn't in the cards, we may get that chance at Nationals...Ely on the other hand has an injury I believe that limits him from wrestling-ankle injury I believe.

Either way it is the one of the most exciting duals and the KWCA board looked at the East/West Classic today in our regional meeting. It is going to be an exciting March for many of us and I for one am very excited.

Coach Brown

As far as Pyle Vs. Nay, I would say more than likely team points.

Putting undefeated wrestlers together might look good on paper but I'm sure the committee knows who the best wrestlers are.

My opinion, it takes away from this event if you don't match up the best wrestlers.

Thats what we all come out to see (at least on the Missouri side)

What time does this get started tonight at KCCC?

7pm

New prediction after line-up change:

I have MO up 28-18 with 4 toss-ups. That is even giving MO 12 points for 215/285. I think Payne has a chance to save KS points. The toss-ups are 119, 135, 171 and 189. If KS gets 3 of those 4 and Miller or Payne can hang in there, it could be the start of a streak for Kansas.

KS/MO
112 - 6-0
119 - ?
125 - 6-6
130 - 9-6
135 - ?
140 - 9-9
145 - 9-12
145 - 9-16
145 - 12-16
152 - 15-16
160 - 18-16
171 - ?
189 - ?
215 - 18-22
285 - 18-28
11

In the 4 toss-ups that are listed above, Missouri has the upper hand in weight on 3 of the 4.

119 - Hogan was the 125 state champ.
135 - Neske got beat by Joiner 12-5 in the 140 finals.
189 - Shippy was the 215 state champ. Can he get to 196 with no problem?????

Keep in mind, Corey Carr (130) is a 2x state champ and lost to O'Donnell in the state finals 5-4....and Kendall Burke (160) is a 2x state champ.

Shippy was a small-ish 215 lbr. His school had a good 189, and went up for team purposes.

Are you suggesting Bradley will pin Payne? Uh oh, watch out for the wrath of Caleb.....

I would think you'd see a pin @ 215 for MO b/4 one at HWT....

They also weighed in last night so with them getting 7 lbs, and having a day to refuel, I'm sure the kids will be big.

Shippy is STRONG STRONG STRONG

I totally agree that 215 is much more likely to hurt KS. If Payne hangs with Bradley, I'll be high fiving half of the gym!

112 Paulie Hansen 37-0 1st KC Turner Matt Allen 35-11 SQ Blue Springs South ...6-0
119 Marcus Walker 30-2 2nd KC Schlagle Cody Hogan 35-2 1st Richmond ...6-3
130 Jordan Miller Ottawa Scotty O'Donnell 37-4 1st Oak Park ...6-7
130 Adam Almaguer 37-1 1st Olathe North Corey Carr 44-4 2nd Park Hill ...6-10
135 Kyle Buehler 38-3 2nd Lansing Nathan Neske 48-4 2nd Lee's Summit ...9-10
140 Mark Millstead 40-4 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Aaron Senzee 45-1 1st Kearney ...9-13
145 Lance Serbousek 39-4 3rd Blue Valley NW Jake Hunter 45-0 1st Harrisonville ...9-16
145 Kyle Hudgins 42-4 4th Spring Hill Shane Nay 29-5 1st Oak Park ...9-21
145 Jason Pyle 38-0 1st Sabetha Kenzie McClain 32-0 1st Plattsburg ...12-21
152 Dakota Hall 40-4 4th Ft. Scott Sam Thielen 45-10 5th Lee's Summit North ...15-21
160 Casey Curran 37-2 1st Blue Valley North Kendall Burke 43-5 3rd Ray Pec ...15-24
171 R.J. Nill 45-5 2nd St. Thomas Aquinas Kyle Campbell 42-5 2nd Lee's Summit ... 18-24
189 Jed Mamie 46-2 3rd St. Thomas Aquinas Steele Shippy 34-2 1st Odessa ... 18-27
215 Mike Hammer 42-6 5th St. Thomas Aquinas Deron Winn 46-0 1st Liberty ... 18-32
285 Joe Payne 39-5 3rd Paola Dom Bradley 50-1 1st Blue Springs ...18-36

That is probably close. If KS won at 160, it would still be 21-33. Hudgins staying close to Nay would make it 21-31. Almauger beating Carr would tighten it up to 24-28. Walker winning at 119 puts KS back on top. A lot of what if's....

does anyone know how much this is going to cost

It seems like $7 or so. I'm really looking forward to this great event!

$8 pre-pay $10 at the door

KANSAS WINS 27-26

Missouri had a bunch of very talented studs... But Kansas won 8 matches to Missouri 6 and secured the victory!!!

Great win tonight boys. All I heard for the past year was how good this Missouri team is supposed to be. They were good, but we were better. You guys made it alot easier to be a Kansan living in Missouri tonight. Thank you for that.

It was 8-7 in matches.

KANSAS 27 MISSOURI 26

112 - Hansen (KS) WBF Allen
119 - Hogan (MO) dec Walker 7-3
125 - O'Donnell (MO) tech fall Miller 19-4
130 - Carr (MO) dec Almaguer 6-2
135 - Buehler (KS) dec. Neske 6-2
140 - Senzee (MO) dec Millstead 4-3
145 - Serbousek (KS) dec. Hunter 2-1 ot
145 - Nay (MO) dec. Hudgins 14-7
145 - Pyle (KS) dec. McClain 8-6 ot
152 - Hall (KS) dec. Thielin 8-1
160 - Curren (KS) dec Burke 6-4
171 - Nill (KS) dec Campbell 6-1
189 - Mamie (KS) dec Shippy 5-2
215 - Winn (MO) WBF Hammer
285 - Bradley (MO) dec Payne 5-0

Where is gutwrench when you need him?

Tonight was awesome. Good job Kansas.

Great Job Kansas!

You can be sure that Missouri is not going to train like they have the past two years in the future for this event. One would guess that this will make them prepare seriously as the Kansas teams have the past few years. I think that is really what many of the matches came down to. I am really beginning to enjoy this event. I cannot wait until next years Metro Classic.

I suppose that's a real tribute to Tonganoxie coach Bryan Goebel and the other Team Kansas coaches who've been preparing the guys for this event the past two years.

I think that the training done by several coaches in the last two years is a giant reason "our" wrestlers are making a better accounting of themselves.

In the past I have been a bit critical of the cavalier way we approached this event. Last year, we entered the event having been spanked three years in a row. These past two, Kansas was the underdogs and through hard work, won!

I agree, Goebel is a relatively new face in Kansas wrestling, but he is now beginning to make a name for himself. He would be a great addition to Cadets/Juniors work if you ask me. I have been coaching with Goebel since my days at DeSoto and I've seen great things come in a short time with relatively little resources to work with. I definately see Goebel getting more and more recognition for what he has the potential to bring to Kansas wrestling.

Again, great job Team Kansas!

Also, his name is Jeremy, not Bryon. Easy mistake though, I often forget or are plain wrong with names of people I respect and feel like an ass for it.

Awesome job Coach. This is Joe Payne and if you could give that information to me for Senior Nationals then that would be great.

Joe I looked up on the national high school web page and it showed how to go about a wild card. The email address is http://www.nhsca.com/event and then go down to wild cards and it explains. Let me know you received this and great job last night you and all of your teammates.

Joe I guess that link did not go so try this one http://www.nhsca.com/event_ show.php?id=20063

Hey Joe just go google the national high school wrestling championships and then click on wrestling and on that page it talks about wildcards.

Great job Kansas. Fantastic!

Eligibility: Must have senior eligibility in high school and a public high school state champion or runner-up or national prep school champion or runner-up during your high school career. New York, New Jersey, and Indiana will qualify the top four wrestlers in each weight class due to past performance and because there is only one division in their state tournament. California will qualify the top eight in each weight class because they have more than 800 high school wrestling programs and only one state championship. Arkansas will qualify only its State Champions since this is the first year for a State Championship in Arkansas. The National Champion and All-Americans (top eight place finishers) in the High School Junior Nationals and the top four finishers from the high school division of the NHSCA National Open Wrestling Championships are also eligible. All entries must be done on-line. Entry deadline is March 25 (must be received by March 25)

Wild Cards - If you are not qualified according to the criteria above, do not submit an entry on-line. You may have an opportunity to receive one of the limited number of wild cards that are determined at the state level to highly-accomplished wrestlers. To inquire about this and determine who your state representative is, email the NHSCA at nhsca@nhsca.com and put wild card in the subject line.

Joe,

If you contact Chuck and Cherie Elvin, they maybe able to help you. 913-888-8630

Gary Ulmer