The GOAT High School Wrestler (highlights)

[TBar1977 4,603]

Cary Kolat. For real.

 

http://www.flowrestling.org/video/1223689-kolat-dominating-everyone-at-cadets#.WWObaIjytPY

[WrestlingFan89 246]

I expected this thread to be about Mark Hall.

[TBar1977 4,603]

I expected this thread to be about Mark Hall.

 

 

Kolat is still the best I have ever seen in h.s., bar none. I was ready to put Spencer Lee into a first place tie until Austin DeSanto beat him. 

[bigmik 218]

Kolat is still the best I have ever seen in h.s., bar none. I was ready to put Spencer Lee into a first place tie until Austin DeSanto beat him.

 

Lee also lost twice to Daton Fix. Snyder was only a few years ago.

[BigTenFanboy 1,790]

Kolat is still the best I have ever seen in h.s., bar none. I was ready to put Spencer Lee into a first place tie until Austin DeSanto beat him. 

 

So did the Asics All American Team.

[WillieBoy 713]

And here I thought the answer to every "Who's the Greatest" question was Cael.

When I was younger it was Gable.

[steamboat_charlie 727]

Hard to argue against Kolat's body of work in high school.  If we're comparing peak form, Fried deserves a serious shout.  IIRC Kolat said in an interview that Fried was the best that he'd ever seen in high school.

 

Stieber's resume is outstanding as well... only 1 loss as a freshman to DT, and then his performance at the open.  Big guys get the shaft in this discussion since it's harder for them to prove themselves against NCAA or senior level guys, but Hahn and Snyder deserve some consideration too.  

[BigTenFanboy 1,790]

And here I thought the answer to every "Who's the Greatest" question was Cael.

When I was younger it was Gable.

 

And then along came a guy named Cael....

[Erminio8 42]

Spencer Lee had 3 world titles before graduating high school. Has anyone else equaled that? Not arguing anything, just asking a question.

[TBar1977 4,603]

All those who deserve to be mentioned in this category have already been named.

 

Kolat, Snyder, Fried, Hahn

 

Sanderson lost at Fargo. 

Hall lost 3x to Bo Nickal. 

Lee lost 2x to Fix, 1x to Suriano, 1x to DeSanto, and his world championships are at 110lbs. which some will balk that I even bring that up but it matters to me. 

Did Gable ever leave Iowa in h.s.? I have no idea. 

[Tofurky 633]

I'm dating myself here, but Alan Fried was a beast. For guys my age, Fried and Kolat were the sun and moon when referencing high school wrestling.

[WillieBoy 713]

All those who deserve to be mentioned in this category have already been named.

 

Kolat, Snyder, Fried, Hahn

 

Sanderson lost at Fargo. 

Hall lost 3x to Bo Nickal. 

Lee lost 2x to Fix, 1x to Suriano, 1x to DeSanto, and his world championships are at 110lbs. which some will balk that I even bring that up but it matters to me. 

Did Gable ever leave Iowa in h.s.? I have no idea. 

When Gable was in High School, Iowa WAS the world.

[TBar1977 4,603]

When Gable was in High School, Iowa WAS the world.

 

 

Reminds me of that Disney Classic

 

Its a small world after all

Its a small world after all

Its a small world after all

Its a small, small world

[Erminio8 42]

All those who deserve to be mentioned in this category have already been named.

 

Kolat, Snyder, Fried, Hahn

 

Sanderson lost at Fargo. 

Hall lost 3x to Bo Nickal. 

Lee lost 2x to Fix, 1x to Suriano, 1x to DeSanto, and his world championships are at 110lbs. which some will balk that I even bring that up but it matters to me. 

Did Gable ever leave Iowa in h.s.? I have no idea. 

Lee was not in high school when he lost to Suriano. IIRC Suriano was in 9th grade and Lee was in 8th grade,

[TBar1977 4,603]

Lee was not in high school when he lost to Suriano. IIRC Suriano was in 9th grade and Lee was in 8th grade,

 

 

OK, that is true. The losses to Fix and DeSanto are also true, and  equally true that Kolat never lost in 8th grade. 

 

Kolat is one of the all time greats imo. Nobody outside the 1972 Oly basketball team got screwed over by Int'l refs more than he did. 

[sgallan 592]

All those who deserve to be mentioned in this category have already been named.

 

Kolat, Snyder, Fried, Hahn

 

Sanderson lost at Fargo. 

Hall lost 3x to Bo Nickal. 

Lee lost 2x to Fix, 1x to Suriano, 1x to DeSanto, and his world championships are at 110lbs. which some will balk that I even bring that up but it matters to me. 

Did Gable ever leave Iowa in h.s.? I have no idea. 

 

I think Lee was still in 8th grade when he lost to Suriano.... otherwise my .02:

 

1. Kolat

2. Fried 

 

These two seem to be the names that consistently come up over and over through the years.

[hammerlockthree 2,637]

I think Pico is worthy of mention. Main detraction is his abbreviated career, so the stats aren't really there, but I'm more impressed by a junior world loss to Yazdani chariti at 65 Kilos (right?) than dominating junior worlds at a low weight. My previous statement is somewhat unfair, because I am convicting Lee of being smaller than pico, but I think I could make a better argument for pico being one of the best in the world while in high school than I can for Lee. 

[tec87 349]

Here's an old intermat article on this topic that gives a good breakdown of the guys.

 

http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/179

[hammerlockthree 2,637]

Lets just wait until Intermat updates the article, tomorrow they are posting "Top 10 High School Wrestlers Now in Jail for Crystal Meth and/or Child Abuse"   

[stp 564]

Yea, I'm a homer.   Just going by who some of his competition was, in particular the Ironman finals, he deserves being mentioned.

 

2005 - David Taylor vs Boris Novachkov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYe4ao3ZIc

 

2006-  David Taylor vs Logan Stieber

 

2007 - DT vs. Jamie Clark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWlgfCRExA

[Billyhoyle 2,500]

If there ever was a post that belonged on the high school forum, wouldn't this be it?

 

And my answer would be Kyle Snyder, the Junior world champion as a Jr. in H.S. and world champion two years later.  

Edited July 10, 2017 by Billyhoyle

[hammerlockthree 2,637]

its not in the high school forum because it was spawned by Tbars naive assumption that he is the only person on this forum who visits flowrestling. 

[denny 216]

its not in the high school forum because it was spawned by Tbars naive assumption that he is the only person on this forum who visits flowrestling. 

 

 

Hammer, really I just don't get that ? What does your post mean ? 

[denny 216]

Okay I might understand now. Although, just remember . It's off season for college -so- I think that there is little or no harm in expanding our horizons until the college men start to rev up their engines. 

[hammerlockthree 2,637]

your right, I am sorry.

 

The intended purpose of this topic was not the discussion of the best high school wrestler, it was just to share a highlight video of a great wrestler who succeeded at all levels, which i think is fair game for the college forum.  

 

Me pointing out that Tbar likes to post content we have all seen or would have seen  if we wanted has no context and was just some mean spirited stuff i couldn't resist blurting out.