Who are the athletes on the banner picture for this website?
Re: Who
Posted by Dave G on 11/4/2024, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Who"
Douglas "Boomer" Burnham of the Tahoma HS coaching staff put that together and gave it too me about 15 years ago. He is pretty good with phototography and grapic design.
On the left is Jonny Gilbertson, 2nd from the left is Michael Mangrum, in the middle is Derek Garcia, 4th from the left is a Tahoma wrestler (I think) but it was a few years ago so I don't remember the name. On the right is Jordan Rogers of Mead HS.
Mangrum, Garcia and Rogers were all Fargo National Champs. Gilbertson took 3rd in Fargo. As noted above, I don't remember the Tahoma wrestler but maybe someone that does can fill in the blanks here.
Where are they now? Last I knew, Mangrum was working in the sheetrocking industry. Garcia went on and became a lawyer and I think works in that capacity for a large electrical construction firm. Last I knew of Rogers is that he is a physical therapists in Oklahoma. My son Jonny works at Boeing as an industrial engineer and is also the head coach at Arlington HS.
Wrestling history is fun and I had a front row seat for about 20 years. Now I watch more from the sidelines.
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Posted by Steve Davis on 11/4/2024, 6:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Who"
Nick Bayer. 3x state champ
Re: Who
Posted by Correct on 11/5/2024, 7:48 am, in reply to "Re: Who"
That is Bayer. He wrestled at Northern Colorado and is a teacher and coach now.
Re: Who
Posted by Dave G on 11/5/2024, 11:37 am, in reply to "Re: Who"
