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I am looking for some writers to add to my Blog, administrative privileges may be granted. I would like to have editors in the Central, West Coast, North and other interested areas. If you are interested please write me privately at Spiderman_fkn_wrestling@yahoo.com and leave me a note on this topic so I will know to look for it on my e-mail.

You may remain anonymous if you wish or you may give me your identity it’s up to you. I give you my word your identity will remain secure as I have never betrayed a source or confidence, and anyone on here can vouch for me.

I am looking for someone who has knowledge of events in their area and can develop sources in that area; someone who can compose intelligent, coherent, and logical articles for publication on the Blog. You will need to express facts as such, and state opinions as desired so long as the line is not blurred.

You will not be edited or censored so long as the content remains within the standards of decency and such. If you’d rather just report to me and let me write the article for you that would also be acceptable, I will take no credit and will let you post it under your own banner.

I hope to find interest, and I hope to soon be collaborating with you.

Auditions will open immediately, so send me an e-mail with a sample of your writing and a brief description of what you might be able to add to the site.

Good Luck!

Spidey

Galactus GabsMMA AnnouncementBy: Galactus

Tonight, November 10, in Tampa at the USF arena, former South Dade State Champ Eddie "The Cranium" Boza will fight former Tampa Bay Buc Marcus Jones in his MMA debut. This match took some time to happen due to Jones' reluctance to fight a wrestler in his first match. We'll see if his misgivings were justified tonight.

Stay tuned, the results will be posted as soon as possible.

Would Michael Nates and Daniel Ogando be Eligible at American Senior High?By The Ref:

I have been apprised of the Situation by the Spiderman and have read the pertinent information in regards to this case, and here is what I can determine from the information provided.

There are a few rules in place here that would definitely affect the eligibility of the wrestlers in question.

First and foremost is their home address. A school is responsible for policing itself in regards to which students transfer in, and the status of their eligibility. Technically they are supposed to send an administrator or other school sanctioned personnel to verify that said residence is in fact occupied by the student in question. The visits are supposed to be Random and multiple, and are supposed to establish without question that the student actually lives their and that it is his primary residence.

The second issue is that the student must be living with the same guardian with which he was living the previous calendar year (365days previous). The fact that a student might be 18 or 19 years old an emancipated from his guardians makes no difference unless his emancipation is greater than one calendar year (365). Usually a tax return is necessary to complete this process; the student is not considered emancipated if he appears on his guardian’s tax return within the previous calendar year.

The third issue affecting this case is that of following the coach. A student shall not enroll at the same school in which a coach that he was associated within 1 calendar year (365 days). Any enrollment in said school by the student would immediately cause ineligibility due to previous relationship with coach. The fact that these kids went to a different school is beside the point, them going to American would still make them ineligible due to previous contact with coach with less than 365 days removed from the coach.

The first day of school and first day of practice rules do not impede eligibility so long as a corresponding change of address and the guardian rules are satisfied.

An appeal may always be filed, but in this situation the appeal would most certainly be rejected unless there are some extenuating circumstances that have not been brought up here.

I hope this clears things up.

The Ref

New Poll is Up:What's on your Ipod

Don't forget to vote, and if you think we left something out, tell us what it is, we'd like to know.

Spidey Scoop:Word From the West is...

One of my better sources out in the west coast is reporting to me that Michael Nates and Daniel Ogando were dismissed from the Riverdale wrestling team. I can not at this time divulge the circumstances behind their dismissal, but needless to say neither individual will be wrestling for Riverdale. Word has it they are headed back to Dade County where they will basically be free agents. Maybe these two refuges from Hialeah will now become American Citizens and they can proudly display their Patriotism.

Any of you ever seen those Guinness commercials? BRILLIANT! Very well played if I do say so myself. A new change of residence should be enough, and since their last coach was not Osorio, they can not be accused of following their coach. Their last coach was the Riverdale coach, so they should be OK to wrestle as Patriots; after all they did not follow Osorio. Yeah someone will make a stink and the G.M.A.C. will throw a hissy; and likely the FHSAA will as well, but technically speaking they should be able to wrestle at American. Too bad they will not have the pockets to hire the right lawyer to kick the FHSAA in their tail yet again. Hey maybe those Oviedo lawyers would like to do some pro-bono work? I doubt it, besides it’s better to have a judge on your side than a lawyer.

So if not American where will they go?

A South Dade address would do nicely; I could almost see Brandon shaking in their Burgundy Boots if this happens. Would they dare to cry foul? We can only hope; any time the pot calls the kettle black it is always very interesting.

Perhaps they will land at Christopher Columbus, where they can re-name the gym San Salvador Gymnasium. It’s got a nice RING to it. The Godfather can make this happen and solidify a dynasty that includes some very favorable move-ins.

How about Braddock? Why not, lots of nice apartments springing up at Bargain prices in west Kendall. Two returning champs, plus two potential finalists, plus a compliment of others is a nice formula for a run at the title.

What ever the case may be, two Dade boys are headed back home, and I could not be more pleased.

Stay Tuned, things are heating up.

Spidey

Polls CloseThe Top 5 Coaches are Selected

I am happy to say this was our most popular poll so far, with a total of 28 participants casting theirs votes. This poll was a “what have you done for me lately” poll, using just the accomplishments from the last 10 years as a basis from which to rank the Dade Coaches. More than ten years would not have been fair to the coaches with much less experience, and less than ten years would not have been fair to the coaches that have been doing it for a while, so we thought 10 years would be a nice period in which to get a feel for who is doing what.

Clearly and rightfully, Victor Balmeceda (South Dade) received the largest number of votes, and is the consensus top pick as Dade’s best coach. No real surprise here, the seven rings shirt and four straight runner-up finishes that would likely have translated into at least two more titles were it not for Oviedo’s dip into the free agent market says it all. South Dade is easily the most consistent team in the state along with Brandon, and Balmeceda is in large part responsible.

Tejada was the consensus number 2 vote getter. Does he deserve the number 2 spot is a good question? His success the last ten years speaks for itself, with a runner up finish in 2003 and another 4 times in the top 10 including 8 state champs makes him top 5 for sure. I don’t believe he belongs on this list ahead of Husk, but I was not the only one voting; Husk has almost double the state champs Tajada has plus 2 state titles of which Tejada has none.

Husk Finished 3rd in this poll, but likely should have been no worse than second, and were it not limited to the last 10 years, he would easily be number 1. The Godfather had a tremendous run at South Ridge in recent history, with 15 state champs, and 2 state titles. He had multiple repeaters in Everette, Blue, Rio, and West. A wrestling Legend in Florida for sure; but all has not been rosy since leaving South Ridge. This could be the year Husk has another wrestler climb the podium, but time is running out on this Johnny come lately list; if Columbus doesn’t start to make some noise soon, Husk could drop out of the top 5 soon.

Number 4 on the list was Pardo. He has some nice accomplishments with a runner-up finish and 7 champs along with many individual runner-ups and 2 team 3rd place finishes; lately though it’s been bad News for South Miami, if Pardo can’t bring them out of it soon he is going to fall off this list pretty quickly.

Osorio received the next most votes to round out the top 5. If I were Soderholm I would be a little insulted at that. Not that Osorio is not a fine coach, he is, but he is not in league with Soderholm, not just yet. If Osorio duplicated his numbers in his best 5 years, he would still not have had the success that Soderholm has had in the last 10 years. If however Osorio proves that the formula he used at Hialeah transfers well and American comes up quickly, Osorio could quickly jump up as high as 2 or 3 on the list.

There are some other significant accomplishments by the top 5 coaches, Balmeceda, and Husk are the only two to have state titles, and back to back titles boot. Balmeceda, Husk, and Pardo are the only three on this list to put 4 or more individuals in state finals; but only Balmeceda and Husk have had 4 champions in one state tournament. All three along with Tejada have had at least one state tournament where 5 or more wrestlers placed in the top 4.

Rounding out the poll was Soderholm in 6th place, Mendez in 7th place, Rivera in 8th place, and Turner in 9th.

There was one omission on my part that could have made a big difference in the poll, I was thinking strictly 3A as I tend to do and left Frank Pelegri off the list. His accomplishments would likely put him no worse than 2nd or 3rd with a state title and numerous state champs, bumping down Tejada and Pardo for sure and putting Osorio out of the top 5. There were 6 votes for “Someone left off the list” and I believe most if not all those votes are Pelgri votes.

Was this a popularity contest? Of course it was, but so what. Does it really mean anything? NO! But if you are one of those guys I bet it’s nice to see your name up there; assuming of course they read this kind of crap. Thanks to everyone that voted for making this our best poll yet, and thanks for the comments and the interest, I hope we can continue to build interest.

Spidey

The Definitive List of Coaches and their RankBy: MoonKnight

After much debating I thought that Coach KW would give us some history on who really has been the best school or coach over the past 10 years. From all accounts he has been busy so I took it upon myself to post the accomplishments of the great coaches here in Dade. The

Rankings are my own and your input is appreciated.
Please remember how hard it is to break the top 10 at states and how much harder it is to come in the top 5 especially when your region is the hardest in the state. I congratulate all coaches who dare to venture into this county to try and make a name for themselves. In closing, ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY BUCKS AND BALMACEDA ! ! ! !

Top 5 Coaches in Dade the past 10 years 1997-2007

1. Balmaceda:
1 – State Title (w/Mcoy) (Was really the Head coach that year because McCoy was Near Death)
4 - State Titles
5 - Runner-ups
1 - 4th
24 - Individual State Champs

2. Husk/Johnson:
2 – State Titles
2 – Runner-ups
1 – 5th
1 – 8th
15 – Individual State Champs

3. Tejada:
1 - Runner-up
1 - 4th
1 - 5th
1 - 6th
1 - 7th
8 - Individual State Champs

4. Phillips/Hatcher:
1 - 3rd
2 - 4th
1 – 7th
1 – 9th
5 – Individual State Champs

5. Pardo:
1 – Runner-up
2 – 3rd
1 – 5th
1 – 10th
7 - Individual State Champions


6. Soderholm:
2 – Runner-ups
1 – 4th
1 – 8th
1 – 10th
5 – Individual State Champs

7. Osorio:
1 – 4th
2 – 6th
1 – 9th
4 – Individual State Champs

8. Mendez:
1 – 3rd
1 – 10th
1 – Individual State Champ

9. Turner:
1 – 10th
4 – Individual State Champs

This should settle this stupid popularity poll and truly honor all the coaches who have worked and worked to give their kids a chance to be great.