If you haven't looked at these results in a while, it can be alot of fun.

2003 STATE CHAMPIONS

2003 KY MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE

Campbell Co. High School

2/8/03

    1  242.00 Woodford Co.

    2  239.50 Fern Creek

    3  215.00 Larue Co.

    4  177.00 Gray

    5  156.00 Oldham Co.

    6  143.00 Harrison Co.

    7  138.00 Eastern

    8  134.50 Dunbar

    9  115.00 N. Hardin

  10  110.00 Wayne Co.

  11  108.00 Inez

  12  100.00 Anderson Co.

  13    88.50 N. Oldham

  14    78.00 S. Oldham

  15    76.50 Whitley Co.

  16    75.00 Henry Clay

  17    65.00 Moore

  18    53.00 McCreary Co.

  19    48.00 Conner

  20    33.00 Elkhorn

  21    32.00 Bourbon Co.

  22    30.00 Campbell Co.

  23    21.00 Dixie

  24    19.00 W. Hardin

  25    13.00 Mason Co.

        13.00 Warfield

  27    12.00 Simon Kenton

  28    11.00 KCD

  29    8.50 Verity

  30    4.00 Woodland

  31    3.00 Prestonburg

  32    0.00 East End

2003 KY MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE

Campbell Co. High School

2/8/03

Weight: 70

1st: S. Parks, Woodford Co.

2nd: J. Johnson, N. Hardin

3rd: J. Voth, Dunbar

4th: M. Bradbury, W. Hardin 

5th: T. Hines, Larue Co.

6th: J. Jude, Inez

Weight: 75

1st: T. Warren, Fern Creek

2nd: A. Zeppa, N. Oldham

3rd: J. Ducker, Gray

4th: N. Laughlin, Oldham Co.

5th: K. Shotwell, Mason Co.

6th: N. Wieman, Larue Co.

Weight: 80

1st: T. Voth, Dunbar

2nd: J. Burkett, Fern Creek

3rd: K. Griffith, Campbell Co.

4th: M. Bradbury, W. Hardin

5th: M. Aylor, Gray

6th: L. Carmen, Larue Co

Weight: 86

1st: K. Ashworth, Gray

2nd: T. Sullivan, Wayne Co.

3rd: M. Eck, N. Hardin B

4th: H. Whalen, Harrison Co.

5th: B. Minnock, Oldham Co.

6th: D. Perez, Larue Co.

Weight: 92

1st: C. Wood, Fern Creek

2nd: B. Wasson, Harrison Co.

3rd: B. Neal, Woodford Co.

4th: B. Daniels, Wayne Co.

5th: J. Woods, Dixie 

6th: J. Holtzapfel, Gray   

Weight: 98

1st: C. Lewis, Woodford Co.

2nd: B. Kraft, Moore

3rd: N. Rousseam, Oldham Co.

4th: B. Howard, Inez   

5th: M. Cordray, Harrison Co.

6th: S. Staloff, KCD

Weight: 104

1st: T. Morlatt, Oldham Co.

2nd: B. Peace, Gray

3rd: B. Hitchings, Fern Creek

4th: J. Luna, Eastern 

5th: S. Boreing, Henry Clay

6th: C. Guinn, Wayne Co.

Weight: 110

1st: H. Courtney, Woodford Co.

2nd: M. Parrish, Elkhorn 

3rd: S. Carey, Anderson Co.

4th: J. Bradford, Gray

5th: J. Chancellor, Whitley Co.

6th: B. Barger, Fern Creek

Weight: 116

1st: J. Wolsiefer, Fern Creek

2nd: C. Hall, S. Oldham

3rd: M. Miller, Larue Co.

4th: S. Butler, Woodford Co.

5th: C. Ward, Harrison Co.

6th: T Brundt, Wayne Co.

Weight: 122

1st: B. Case, N. Oldham 

2nd: M. Reid, Gray

3rd: J. Vaught, Eastern   

4th: E. Smith, Larue Co.

5th: S. Isaacs, Anderson Co.

6th: D. Branch, Fern Creek   

Weight: 128

1st: P. Banks, Larue Co.

2nd: Z. Byrne, Oldham Co.

3rd: P. Marks, Eastern   

4th: T. Cook, Dunbar   

5th: B. Hardin, Conner   

6th: J. Bentley, Woodford Co.

Weight: 134

1st: S. Wheeler, Larue Co.

2nd: B. Rupp, Eastern

3rd: J.Thompson, Inez   

4th: K. Stewart, Fern Creek

5th: J. Condict, N. Oldham   

6th: J. Sharp, Harrison Co.

Weight: 142

1st: M. Jones, N. Hardin B

2nd: R. Kelly, Inez   

3rd: W. Starks, Woodford Co.

4th: K. Turner, Bourbon Co. 

5th: R. Burd, Dunbar

6th: A Murdock, Harrison Co. 

Weight: 150

1st: C. Lasseigne, S. Oldham

2nd: M. Baker, N. Hardin   

3rd: A. Root, Whitley Co.

4th: C. Temple, Anderson Co.

5th: J. Cox, Whitley Co.

6th: D. Chaney, Fern Creek

Weight: 160

1st: J. Young, Oldham Co.

2nd: J. Singley, Whitley Co.

3rd: D. Kirchner, Henry Clay 

4th: J. Farmer, Anderson Co. 

5th: J. Hatfield, Harrison Co.

6th: A. Lee, Fern Creek

Weight: 172

1st: J. Johnson, Eastern

2nd: Z. Guiler, Henry Clay   

3rd: R. Stevens, McCreary Co. 

4th: J. Poteet, Larue Co.

5th: E. Lee, Fern Creek

6th: E. Draper, Conner 

Weight: 195

1st: J. Faulkner, Dunbar

2nd: D. Robinson, Woodford Co.

3rd: W. Jude, Inez 

4th: J. Watson, McCreary Co. 

5th: C. Nicholson, Anderson Co. 

6th: J. Cornwell, Eastern   

Weight: 230

1st: M. Byrd, Woodford Co.

2nd: M. Sullivan, Moore

3rd: C. Hornback, Larue Co.

4th: B. Newsome, Warfield   

5th: N. Elam, Wayne Co.

6th: T. Davis, Fern Creek

Yes, that is very interesting to see.  I guess it shouldn't suprise us that many of these same guys are ending up on the medal stand in Frankfort.  Just taking a quick look at this, I came up with the following:

Medals awarded at state tournament = 112 (8 for 14 weight classes)

Seniors who won medals (too old to be in 2003 MS) = 55

Move-ins or kids who started wrestling in HS = 1 (that I know of)

That leaves 56 medals for the kids who were able to participate in the 2003 MS state.  32 (almost 60%) of the kids on that list won medals this past season, including 10 state finalists and 5 state champs.  So is you are looking for some underclassmen that might step up look at the 2003-2005 MS state tournament results.  Looks like they are a pretty good predictor.

BUT it also leads to another question.  What happened to some of these kids?  For example:

75 lbs J Ducker of Gray, N Laughlin of Oldham Co

92 lbs B Neal of Woodford (how did he get so big?)

110 lbs M Parrish of Elkhorn, J Bradford of Gray

122 lbs J Vaught of Eastern

128 lbs Z Byrne of Oldham Co

134 lbs J Thompson of Inez

150 lbs A Root of Whitley Co, C Temple of Anderson Co

172 lbs J Johnson of Eastern, J Poteet of Larue Co

195 lbs D Robinson of Woodford Co, W Jude of Inez

230 lbs M Sullivan of Moore, C Hornback of Larue Co

92 B Neal Is a different kid than youre thinking of he never wrestled in high school  Danny Robinson moved to Jessamine Co i think

lol....these results are great!  someone else showed me some results i think from 2002 that were interesting as well.  if i can find those, i'll post them on here as well.

look at big Matt Byrd....he doesn't seem to have grown since middle school....maybe his parents need to feed him more!  ;-)  just kidding. 

Here's a memory for you.  Fern Creek was in 1st place all day long....Until the finals at Hvy Wgt.  Byrd pinned Sullivan to push Woodford into 1st place.  Ouch!!!!!

Boy, I remember that day very well...very long and very crowded. The fans sat on one side of the gym so they could have more room for mats. After all was said and done, I was sure one....Happy Pappy! The two kids from LaRue never pursued much wrestling after Middle School. I just don't think that they thought much of Canter's meatgrinders and decided other sports (or none at all) were better choices. There was even some controversy after that tournament over the kids who wrestled varsity and middle school at the time (Banks esp. and Wheeler) and even some talk about stripping their titles. Thanks to Coach Bankemper (who I greatly admire BTW), that did not happen. With all of the controversy at that time, I think the ultimate decision worked out for the best as you now see multiple numbers of kids doing that especially at the smaller schools, and (I think) it has made us as a state more competitive. But at the time, there was a lot of negativity (as well as support) for the issue on Bluegrass Preps. The numbers Ranger has come up with proves the point as well. It would be interesting to see the numbers from last year's MS State and HS state to kind of get a guage on where this stands today.