Has anybody heard of Zach Bainter of Norton...He placed 2nd at 3-2-1A State...and he wrestled a senior in the finals..and only lost by one..and the way he came back from i think a 7-2 deficit was just amazing..what does everyone else think of this kid??

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How about freshman Zac Bainter of Norton losing by 1 (15-16) to Nash Burton in the finals at 3-2-1A.?!?! Bainter takes down in the second and gives up nine (9!) points on cheap tilts and is behind, if I remember correctly, 12-3 to start the third period. (Won't even get into whether the second of the three tilts met near fall criteria). Five more seconds in the third and Bainter wins.

I knew this match was gunna be a tough one for him...he came out in the 1st period a lil tenative but then he settled down and go in the groove...i think Bainter was the better wrestler but good job to Burton in winning and great job to Bainter for having a really good season and ending his last match of the season strong

tyler calwell went to nm 4 a year and repeated the 8 th grade so i wouldt say he is a good freshman more like a badass 10th grader. but im not saying he wouldt have been a good freshman last year.....

There were quite a few good freshman, one i would have to say would be Ryan Wuthnow of Abilene, this year he qualified for state at 130, he started off the season at 125 and switched with Dawson. One great match from regionals is when he wrestled Ray Olson (who went on to get 4th at state). Ryan took olson into overtime for sure once possibly a couple times. He will be something to look for in the next year or 2!

I've been very impressed with Mitchell Means of Goddard, there are great things in the future for him.

Mike , sorry it took so long to get back. I wasn't attempting to sound critical of Nathan. Quite the contrary, I was asking about (hence the ?) his age, not making a statement of conviction. Just wondering out loud, in the future I would encourage you or anyone to defend all personal attacks made on this forum, see the way that people have portrayed Beard and Caldwell who both happen to be in the same situation.

ya thats too bad Nathan wasnt growing more, i would have loved to see him and Hansen from Turner wrestle but like you said he isnt growing much and is a small 103 pounder, and is already going up in weight as it is.