Change, Change, Change

By Russell Pate
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Houston Wrestling is definitely singing this song heading into the 2005-06 season. Gone is the biggest and most successful senior class the area has ever seen. Adios to State Champions James Aston (to Ohio State), Matt Cole (to Oklahoma), and Jimmy Benavides, along with a number of other state finalists and place winners. Many top teams from a year ago face the question whether they will reload or rebuild. And now a look at ten burning questions that loom large heading into the season.

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Natural Born Thrillers!
Will Bishop Lynch Be the Greatest Texas High School Wrestling Team Ever?

By John Rizzuti
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Silhouetted against a supple black mat in their radiant new wrestling room, the Four Horsemen stand again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Ben “The Beast” Ashmore, Luke “Hi-Ho” Silver, Johnny “The Crusher” Koepp and “Cool Hand” Luke Ashmore. They form the lineage of the Bishop Lynch High School wrestling team, destined to be the greatest in Texas high school history. In the most recent preseason rankings, Amateur Wrestling News has Bishop Lynch ranked 7th nationally, ahead of a dozen perennial national powerhouses. Nazareth (PA), Brandon (FL), St. Paris Graham (OH), and El Reno (OK) among others all ranked below B-L.

Imagine that.

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