VIVA! Lord Brakeman... The "List Where He Ranked You" Thread

• cruiser_96

  

  http://www3.washingtonch.k12.oh.us/powpak/cgi-bin/homepage.pl?id=louisr
  
  1996: D-I, 140lbs. #19 (Albeit, he misspelled my last name.)
• The2cKDude

  Mentioned me in '06 but no ranking, 23rd in '07
• Westie101

  

  I am one of few who was ranked twice in the same year. D1 #27 @ 189 in 2010, and D3#13 at 189 also in 2010.
• pugluv

  '94-Mentioned @D3-130, '95-21st @D3 145, '96-6th @D3 171, '97-7th @D3 171
• knightflyer150

  A lowly #15 in 1991 DIII. Still, I was downright giddy and secretly kept the page in my warm-up bag for motivation.
• Dad4Sports

  I'll have to list my son's Brakeman appearances.....since I was not a wrestler (don't think I was tough enough anyway :thumbup
  
  2011 - 4th D2 125
  2010 - 6th D2 119
  2009 - 16th D2 112
• wraith51

  

  2001- #16 DI 189
  2002- #8 DI 189
  
  My brother was #12 at DI 189 in 1998
• Double-Deuce

  1985: "AAA" 98lbs. #11
  1986: "AAA" 105lbs. #16
• hasbeen

  

  He never did sectional rankings so I was left out.
• Bitterrunner-up

  1988, DII, 119, #15
  1989, DII, 119 #14
  1990, DII, 130, #6
  
  Being mentioned in the Brakeman Report was objective confirmation that you had arrived. It was validation that someone who really knew his stuff thought that you could make it to The Show. I never thought about being a State Qualifier until January of '88 when Mr. Brakeman thought I could. I never thought about placing until he thought it was possible. I'm sure it's hard for wrestlers today to understand the power his report carried in the 80s and early 90s.
• boro fan

  Westie101;1370687 wrote:I am one of few who was ranked twice in the same year. D1 #27 @ 189 in 2010, and D3#13 at 189 also in 2010.

  
  Found this interesting, seems like a hug difference between the divisions.
• Coach Hennosy

  what a coincidence, he misspelled my last name also ... he spelled it J-O-R-D-A-N. I knew what he meant and that was enough.
• Westie101

  

  boro fan;1370834 wrote:Found this interesting, seems like a hug difference between the divisions.

  Boro, he also ranked a teammate of mine Neimeister #21 at D3 160, but did not rank him d1. And to be fair to division three, i think he split most of my wins up between my two characters. I had pinned #19 in d1 twice, but I think he thought the "other" russell had beaten him.
• cruiser_96

  

  Coach Hennosy;1370863 wrote:what a coincidence, he misspelled my last name also ... he spelled it J-O-R-D-A-N. I knew what he meant and that was enough.

  Classic!!!!!!!
• Dad4Sports

  cruiser_96;1370680 wrote:http://www3.washingtonch.k12.oh.us/powpak/cgi-bin/homepage.pl?id=louisr
  
  1996: D-I, 140lbs. #19 (Albeit, he misspelled my last name.)

  Not too shabby for a 4X sectional qualifier!
• bw133

  2010 Ranked me 22nd @ 130, which I was personally just excited to be on the list, but he saw 2 dayton kids getting out at my weight class and 2 central ohio kids. It was personally fun to prove him and others wrong that year. I love reading his stuff and loved being noticed by such an important face of Ohio Wrestling.
• ksig489

  1989 - no mention
  1990 - 13 I think
  1991 - 4th
  1992 - 1st
  
  Boy did I prove him wrong!
• Heretic

  

  hasbeen;1370815 wrote:He never did sectional rankings so I was left out.

  Same. Although if he had, I still would have been left out. I was just that ungood.
• cruiser_96

  

  Dad4Sports;1370980 wrote:Not too shabby for a 4X sectional qualifier!

  
  I honestly believe he put a pretty heavy emphasis on the Franklin Heights tournament. Our team attended. I got 2nd. I'm not sure who else was in the weight class or who I beat along the way but I can tell you who I didn't beat! Brakeman's #3 at that weight... Clint Douglas (MP). He pinned me in I'm pretty sure the second period. Most likely after racking 10 or 12 takedowns. It was NOT close. At all.
  
  But, because I got 2nd, I was mentioned.
  
  I actually think that happend my junior year. I got 3rd my senior year. I'll have to go back and look. But I do know I got throttled by Clint. Ugh.
• CoachTim

  95 D2 103 - no metion
  96 D3 112 - 9th
  97 D3 119 - 3rd
  98 D3 130 - 2nd
• MPhillips

  Glory days they'll pass you by glory days.....:rolleyes:
• cruiser_96

  

  In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days!
• cruiser_96

  

  Ha!!! I was mentioned #18 in 1995 at 140!!! I never knew. Again, a mistake in school, but still! Amazing. All this time I thought I was only mentioned once!!! Amazing!!!
• lowsingle174

  1993 Mentioned at 145 DI
  1994 13th 152 DI
  1995 3rd 152 DI <-------Although I was P i s s e d about that since I had beaten the 2 ranked ahead of me! D'oh!
• cruiser_96

  

  One tough hombre.