gwkhiatt

Brian Branson was, by far, the best wrestler in the state his senior year. He was actually ranked #1 the year i won state. He manhandled all of us at every tournament up to that point. I had 8 losses that year in KY--four from him. The others were divided equally between the same two guys in our region/district. So the same four guys from our region took 1, 2, 4, and 6 in state. Brian didn't lose to anyone of them that year and every tournament we went to one of the others of us would beat each other and meet Brian in the finals. So Brian was actually undefeated that year--and would have likely stayed so. I've never wrestled someone with such natural balance and raw strength. Giorgio Hiatt, the guy who won state that year.