Which Cub will catch Doug Foley first...
Picture is coach steckelburg, Nash, Remington Rossow, Coach Donovan. Front row Gabe Skudstad, Max Donovan, Collin Powell and Dilen Anderson.
Happened across Hoss Pearman last night at a little kid's wrestling event in Mission. Pearman is the father of Valentine's Hudson Pearman, one of the top 145 pounders in Nebraska. Asked him about the recently completed O'Neil tournament, and then asked about Chamberlain and how the Cubs did in O'Neil.
"They were TUFF," he said.
Yes they were....five individual champions and third overall in a pretty rugged season-starting tournament.
As the Cubs head to this weekend's Rapid City Tournament, can't help but wonder just how these Cubs are going to fare this season. But, I also wonder, if the next Chamberlain state champion is on this year's roster. It's been awhile since a grappler from Chamberlain stood on top of the podium. Last guy to do it...Doug Foley.
Now, to make this even more of an interesting tidbit, Foley's grandson, Gabe Skustad is ripping it up in the 106 lb. weight class and appears ready to compete at a high level. Skustad is just an 8th grader has been wrestling for a few seasons.
A little breakdown on some of the kids:
Remington Rossow - Freshman, hasn't been in wrestling for five years and came back out and placed 4th in O'Neil. That's a good result and with a little more mat time this guy's gonna be tough by the end of the year.
Lotta good wrestling programs have some sort of father/son combination and Chamberlain has that element on the team. Max Donovan is at 113, and a coach's son that made it to state last year so he'll be looking to podium this season.
Collin Power (120) - This guy was third at state a year ago....Tough, tough kid and someone that's just a sophomore, loaded with potential, and a bunch of guys to wrestle with in practice. Really looking forward to seeing what this kid does in Rapid City.
Dilen Anderson...(126) - So, this guy wrestled last year but was not a usual placer at tournaments...Found the weightroom this summer, stomped onto the mat in O'Neil and came out as champion....OOOOOHHHHHH, I like it.
And then of course you have freshman, Nash Hutmacher who just beat the No. 1 in South Dakota from Brookings, 6-1. Watched that match, kid is tough, really fast and athletic as heck.
Hmmmm, all six hit the weightroom this summer, all are having success....Hmmmm?
Rapid City is a beast: All week long long I've been hearing wrestling jibber-jabber about four No. 1 kids in the 170 lb. bracket and just how tough the sledding is going to be up there.
Rapid City Invite this weekend. 202 rated wrestlers will be there from 3 state (ND,SD,WY). Toughest tournament of the year. I keep hearing this chatter about if you can place at Rapid City, you will make it to state...I'll take that a notch further...If you're top-5 in Rapid City, you're going to be in contention for state titles later in the year.
Really nice job for the Chamberlain wrestling program. I think of Chamberlain as a team that usually has some quality kids, some that are likely to make it to state with a few that are going to contend at state. Suddenly the roster is filled with young, tough and up-and-coming kids that are ready to make some noise.
If ya can't make the tournament, it will be live-streamed on liveticket.tv
