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Arthur Connorton gets my respect RIP. I remember him well. I shook his hand a couple times. He taught me his famous crab ride during a summer wrestling camp at St. Lawrence University. Of course Art Connorton was a nemesis for coach Quinn.

Ronald Leder is a classy guy. I remember him well and I wrestled Leder in the qualifier for the Empire State Games.

@@johnhanselman6371 Thanks Mr. Hansleman, and your name is a memorable blast from the past. I remember you well and appreciated guys like you back in the early 80s. You all made me a better wrestler. I loved those days looking back … the wrestling camps, the AAU tournaments, Empire State Games, and on and on. Hearing from you is flattering and flabbergasting … Hope all is well with you and your Family.

jake schojan Chris I wrestled in pit with with him Frank Rossi many more itainos in the but I watched brall he wasn't lazy he had braul my buddy Jimi spallina in wrestled match Chris won .Don Quinn was wrestling master coach

Hey, I wouldn't mind getting in touch with him. Always wanted to check in with him just to say hello.

By the way, are you related to Chris?

rascal people gotta go work

rascal don't make ascuses

rascal it's feet when man takes second wrestling nys

rascal my coach said word gonna brutal unfair

John Hanselman Chris Cole talk spoke bout u

John Hanselman minga I have tobraull Frank Rossi

@@bobcat8439 Hey Scott Scherberger. Tell Chris Cole a said hello. Always fun talking to Chris and O'neil and Joe V... etc You guys were competition but still family. I would storm the Gates of Hell with all you guys. I heard from I think Armdrag that Spallina fairly recently left us. Spallina gave Schojan a tight battle. I expected Spallina to be in the finals at 167 lbs but Peter Z..ski won the qualifier.

John Hanselman hey bro

John Hanselman we from the hammer it sellf

@Marla Shidster cool you like, many years ago

Cool.

@Marla Shidster I never got a boner,

@Marla Shidster doing mma

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Very humble of you to post this! Do you still wrestle?

I hope somebody told you Morris was already a high level Judoka, competing against international opponents I believe, when you competed. I thought you did rather well even being caught. Of we can look back and see you cold have drilled him with some lower doubles or tackle-stye like you probably did, or even super-low ankle attacks. But it's not easy when you're actually out there. You couldn't have been to shabby to get that far. Section five had some real tough dudes mid-eighties (and other years of course), and you were one of them. When you get to that final match, I imagine it must make people wrestle very differently sometimes. Just making it to the finals of smaller tournaments made me sometimes wrestle out of character. I never made it to states, having always needed a bit more polish in every area, and missed my freshman year after being looked at as a decent junior high wrester (going 18 and 1). I was explosive and had funky balance that made the top four guys in my section (4) awkward with me, and their coaches told my coach they felt relieved to get past me... but I just couldn't beat them so nobody cares now LOL. Our program was seemingly always "rebuilding" or not even aware of our troubles following the 1970's. Something was goofy about those days, looking back at when I was a little kid wrestling. Lots of focus on strength and not many people trying out for wrestling... mostly hanging out behind schools smoking instead. I was an '86 grad so section 4 was just starting to come around, the area not being very tough since the 50's. Then in the 90's they were sending up a lot of champs again. I also have some of these NYS finals videos from "our" years, and wondered who else out there had them. Interesting to hear from you dude! Take care.

Hi - lasvegasloner said "When you get to that final match, I imagine it must make people wrestle very differently sometimes." -- For me, yes. I was a little star struck that I was wrestling in such a large venue. But, the bigger factor was that when I walked out onto the mat I was already really proud of my accomplishment of having achieved being a "finalist". In other words, I didn't put myself in the mindset "to go for #1" or to "battle to the death" as I should have. Again, I was proud being a "finalist" because I hadn't expected to ever have the kind of successful season I'd had that senior year -- Prior to my senior year I yielded 50% win/loss records year after year. But, in my senior year, I changed my focus away from trying to win and instead focus on being a better wrestler; I put all of my focus on moves and counters. I learned to view competitions as an extension of practices which removed the "stress/anxiety" of winning/losing. So, I never truly established a goal to be a state champion; ending up in the state finals was an unexpected yet awesome reward all in itself. The cool thing about my approach to wrestling during the season was that I told myself "any move an opponent uses against me is a move I can counter, a move I've seen/beaten in practice." That philosophy worked for 99% of my matches; Jason reflected the 1% that exploited my blind-spot. Prior to the match with Jason, I was given zero knowledge of his *unique* abilities, AND I'd never seen nor wrestled anyone like him. Jason completely caught me off guard. His throws had me thoroughly confused (I'd never been thrown before and no one ever attempted to throw me). I suppose if I'd sustained the match with a "killer instinct", along with better execution, I would have at least put on a better showing; don't necessarily think I would have beaten him. In the end, I recommend that wrestlers should learn from other combative disciplines: Judo, freestyle, greco roman, mixed martial arts. (BTW: For anyone reading this post, check out James Clear's article "Forget about Setting Goals and Focus on This Instead". jamesclear.com/goals-systems . )

interesting comment! from sweden.

That's the beauty of wrestling. It's both mental and physical. Some guys rise to the occasion and others don't.