If go back four years in time and look at Fern Creek's Middle School team, you would have believed that this years High School team would have been unstoppable.  Members of the 2003-04 Fern Creek Middle School team included Tommy Warren, Josh Burkett, Grant Ohlman, Trent Kelley, Josh Lewis, Ben Barger, Jarman McNiel, John Wolsiefer, Deon Chaney, Eddie Lee, Antoine Lee, Curtis Gages, Myron Bradbury, Erin MaCauley, Brad Hitchings, Brent Hitchings, Tyler Ford, Derrick Branch and other talented wrestlers.  This list includes seven Middle School State Champs (some of them multiple champs) and many runner ups and placers. 

If you were to fill in this past seasons Fern Creek line-up with the kids from the past middle school team, this is what it could have looked like:

103  -  Myron Bradbury

112  -  Daniel Wexler

119  -  Tommy Warren

125  -  Josh Burkett

130  -  Grant Ohlman

135  -  Derrick Branch

140  -  Tyler Ford

145  -  Ben Barger

152  -  Cody Mann

160  -  John Wolsiefer

171  -  Brad Hitchins

189  -  Kyle Hardin

215  -  Deon Chaney

Hwt -  Eddie Lee

This Team could have won state with possibly 11 or 12 kids placing.

So What happened????

103  -  Myron Bradbury  --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed  3rd

112  -  Daniel Wexler      --  Fern Creek, placed 6th

119  -  Tommy Warren    --  Quit

125  -  Josh Burkett      --  Quit

130  -  Grant Ohlman      --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed 5th

135  -  Derick Branch      --  Fern Creek,  placed 5th

140  -  Tyler Ford          --  Wrestles for Manual

145  -  Ben Barger          --  Quit

152  -  Cody Mann          --  Fern Creek, placed 8th

160  -  John Wolsiefer      --  Quit ( Sad, Sad, Sad)

171  -  Brad Hitchins        --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed second

198  -  Kyle Hardin          --  Fern Creek, Did Not Place

215  -  Deon Chaney        --  Quit

285  -  Eddie Lee            --  ?

Oh what a great team this would have been if they would have stuck together...

119  -  Tommy Warren    --  Quit

125  -  Josh Burkett       --   Quit

145  -  Ben Barger          --  Quit

160  -  John Wolsiefer      --  Quit

215  -  Deon Chaney        --  Quit

Of these that quit, all of them at least placed in previous State tournaments.

119  -  Tommy Warren    --  3rd

125  -  Josh Burkett      --  6th

145  -  Ben Barger          --  7th & 4th

160  -  John Wolsiefer      --  4th & 1st twice

215  -  Deon Chaney        --  2nd

Did Myron Bradbury wrestle for FC? I know he wrestled for the Trinity middle school program.

Oh and Myron was living and I believe still is living in Hardin County. If thats the case then he could not wrestle for a public school in Jefferson County. He would not have been at Fern Creek.

Myron wrestled for the Fern Creek Optimist Wrestling Club as a 7th grader(2005).  He was the state champ that year at 75lbs. 

Fern Creek won the 2004 Sate Championship by almost 100 pts:

60 Matt Fahy 4th

65 John Fahy 1st

70 Brent Hitchings 1st

75 Jacob Smith 5th

80 Tommy Warren 6th

86 Josh Burkett 3rd & Erin McCauley 5th

92 Grant Ohlmann 4th

104 Brad Hitchings 4th

110 Trent Kelley 4th

116 Josh Lewis 2nd

128 Ben Barger 3rd

134 Jarman McNiel 3rd & Jordan Whiting 4th

140 John Wolsiefer 1st

160 Antoine Lee 5th

172 Deon Chaney 2nd

195 Eddie Lee 1st & Kurt Waller 4th

230 Curtis Dages 2nd

4 state champs, 16 in the top 4, 20 placers!!!!! 

It's alot of fun to go back to the state finishes which are posted at www.kyswa.org and see how all the current wrestlers did back then.  My favorite is 2004 at 70lbs.....

1st Brent Hitchings FC

2nd Elliott Martin Goldsmith WC

3rd Matt Walker N Oldham

4th Myron Bradbury Larue

5th Matt Watson Conner

6th Kevin Cooper Simon Kenton

Brent hit a duckunder in OT to beat Martin. LOL!!!!!!!  I still remind Elliott of that from time to time.  It was Elliott's 1st year wrestling and Brents 4th.

    It is still possible to attend a public school out of the district you live in.  You must enter that school district your freshman year.  It is up to the district recieving the individual as to if they except him/her or not.

Yep. Coach Hitchings' move to Trinity has driven Fern Creeks program into the ground. That combined with Wolsiefer, Barger, Warren, and Chaney quitting this year.

Why did so many good wrestlers quit.  Doesn't make sense.  Guys that are dedicated to wrestling will put up with anything to wrestle.

dan smith was on the team too

If go back four years in time and look at Fern Creek's Middle School team, you would have believed that this years High School team would have been unstoppable.  Members of the 2003-04 Fern Creek Middle School team included Tommy Warren, Josh Burkett, Grant Ohlman, Trent Kelley, Josh Lewis, Ben Barger, Jarman McNiel, John Wolsiefer, Deon Chaney, Eddie Lee, Antoine Lee, Curtis Gages, Myron Bradbury, Erin MaCauley, Brad Hitchings, Brent Hitchings, Tyler Ford, Derrick Branch and other talented wrestlers.  This list includes seven Middle School State Champs (some of them multiple champs) and many runner ups and placers. 

If you were to fill in this past seasons Fern Creek line-up with the kids from the past middle school team, this is what it could have looked like:

103  -  Myron Bradbury

112  -  Daniel Wexler

119  -  Tommy Warren

125  -  Josh Burkett

130  -  Grant Ohlman

135  -  Derrick Branch

140  -  Tyler Ford

145  -  Ben Barger

152  -  Cody Mann

160  -  John Wolsiefer

171  -  Brad Hitchins

189  -  Kyle Hardin

215  -  Deon Chaney

Hwt -   Eddie Lee

This Team could have won state with possibly 11 or 12 kids placing.

So What happened????

103  -  Myron Bradbury   --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed  3rd

112  -  Daniel Wexler      --  Fern Creek, placed 6th

119  -  Tommy Warren    --  Quit

125  -  Josh Burkett       --   Quit

130  -  Grant Ohlman      --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed 5th

135  -  Derick Branch      --  Fern Creek,  placed 5th

140  -  Tyler Ford           --  Wrestles for Manual

145  -  Ben Barger          --  Quit

152  -  Cody Mann          --  Fern Creek, placed 8th

160  -  John Wolsiefer      --  Quit ( Sad, Sad, Sad)

171  -  Brad Hitchins        --  Wrestles for Trinity, placed second

198  -  Kyle Hardin          --  Fern Creek, Did Not Place

215  -  Deon Chaney        --  Quit

285  -  Eddie Lee             --  ?

Oh what a great team this would have been if they would have stuck together...

Been Brothers,  woulda been coulda been and should been wrestled for them too.

If my aunt had a set, she would be my uncle.

There are so many personal reasons behind all of this, it's unreal. I've been there since the very beginning, so trust me, I know. It would have been unreal to see what the line up could've been like... Stuff happens though and there isn't anything you can do about the decision people make.

There are so many personal reasons behind all of this, it's unreal. I've been there since the very beginning, so trust me, I know. It would have been unreal to see what the line up could've been like... Stuff happens though and there isn't anything you can do about the decision people make.

This just proves how hard it is to have a winning program year after year.