holy shit man, yeah Jeff Jaggers was such a beast. I went to States here, which was quite the accomplishment for my four-year wrestling career, but I lost early and out in that year (2004). Jaggers was a helluva good wrassler, there's no shame in losing to him
I remember my best wrestling memory. it was at this tournament near Cleveland that attracted all the best wrestlers/wrestling schools from mainly Ohio, but also PA and NJ and WV (PA is a pretty dang good wrestlin' State, too)
I was pretty good, so my coaches were lobbying for me to get a decent seed at this huge Invitational Tournament. this Tourney was so class that my Coaches were shooting for a 3rd or 4th seed, but they told me this other coach from this other school kept on laughing at their lobbying, and insisting I get a 5th seed so their guy could get the 4th seed. apparently, my Coaches were offended and said that this school and their wrestler thought I was a joke...
now I'm sure my Coaches stretched the story a bit to get the most motivation out of me, but I went on to absolutely rip this guy when I faced him. it was one of those brutally honest and sweaty wrestling matches, but the only points this offensive opponent got on me were when I kicked him out after being taken down (I always preferred standing up and wrestling instead of rolling around in the mat - shit can go wrong down there at any second imo)
THAT was a great feeling. I also remember, like Care, when I wrestled a dude who was so much better than me. I wrestled 160 for most of my career and I went up against this guy who was STRAIGHT from Russia. he couldn't even speak English very well, and I still remember his tattoo on his upper right back shoulder - a tattoo of the Nation of Russia with a guy in a wrestling stance inside of it...
well I won't lie. the first time we wrestled, which was early on in the season, this Russian Guy pinned me in the 3rd Period. however, I remember when I went up against him in Districts, I wrestled SO much better. the Russian Villain in Question still won, however I was able to score on him a couple times, kept it close, and lost by a couple points due to decision
wrestling in high school/college is a LIFE-CHANGING experience imo. nice to shoot the shit with someone like-minded, here :D