Is this the same jon dillion that used to beat Jack Hathaway? We met you guys at an indiana tournament years ago. The dad was very helpful and took alot of time out to help my son.
Both boys looked very good. Stall calls seemed very fast. To me Dillion looked like the better wrestler Meyers was the stronger of the two, looked very hard to hold down. Looked like Dillion did what he had to to win, that's obvious by the score.
Great match both will do well in high school,myers needs to work on a few things like stance and finishing from headlock but has great movement and speed ,dillon apperars to be a good patient wrestler who knows the sport .
Great match, Myers will still be in jr high next year and will be a force in High school wrestling in South west Ohio ,Dillon is an awesome technician who could do great things in the state of Ohio .
As just an innocent bystander watching a match, I think that both of the two young men are top notch and have brilliant high school careers ahead of them. The Meyers boy was the aggresor, but Dillon had counter after counter. As for the "victory laps", that boys in the 8th grade and just won probably the most improtant tourny of his life thus far. Nothing wrong with celebrating in my opinion. Congrats to both parties and good luck in your future matches.
No body said dillon did not deserve to win or did not wrestle a smart match and no body said myers wrestled perfect but according to some people on here everything dillon did was perfect "he did not stall he was wrestling a college prep match"HAaaa"he nearly had back "im still looking all i saw was an attempted tilt that he lost and got reversed on,and the best "he wrestled to win not to tech or pin "as if he was so good he could do whatever he wanted yes if myers had won he would have been happy and im sure hes actually happy with second placing higher than the year before but many of us have seen him and his brother win and they act much more appropriatly than what i saw in this match They always respect the sport and their opponent .
i'm sure if myers had one he would have been just as happy.you guys think no one is better than myers and every one should act like them.and if they don't there wrong.you all need to seek help.just because dillon is happy to win,does not mean dillon has no class.just because dillon kept myers from scoring on all his attempts but one,it does not mean he is stalling.what should he have done.let myers score so you guys can be happy.the object is to score and not be scored on.and if they are going to score,give up one not two.he did just that.myers stalled just as much as dillon.and all the stall calls where kind of fast.the ref gave no time to work the moves.seems that dillon was the only one to get close to nerfall points.he hit just as many scoring attemps as myers.anyone who watches this film can see that dillon was attempting moves the hole match,was stopping myers scoring attempts or countering his moves.there all part of wrestling,and dillon seem to know exactly when to use them.its called smart wrestling.not stalling.maybe they all should wrestle the way you want.and let myers win so all you guys can rest easier.after all he is the best there is,he has the best style,he is the strongest,the fastest,trains harder,and has more class than anyone.everyone should just quite wrestling,we will never reach myers level.you win.all of us must be wasting our time.
So i guess when dillon stalls he is preparing for college riding time and when he wins 3-2 after trailing he could have actually pinned or teched whenever he chose too .you guys kill me ,dillon is good but the main difference i noticed between him and both myers boys is the way he acts after winning he has to do a few victory laps first while both myers boys know how to win humbily and never jump around pointing everywhere ridiculously they simply shake hands and go on they are the epitimy of class.
the 33 and 0 record john had was the record from his junior high school that wasnt the season record he wrestled for his school and that was his record
i'm not crybabying.i only wrote on this site one other time.so for the last time do not include me or my son in you'r stupid comments.you all are making this great sport look stupid.the grade does not matter,my son is 13 years old.young for his grade.he is a good wrestler and kid.he diserves more credit than you all are giving him.my son wrestled to win,not to tech fall or pin.just win.one point or ten,it is all the same.i do not have to get on here and brag my son up or talk some one down.his past and future speaks for it self.hope all you guys bad mouthing my son,feel good about you'r self's.it will not change anything.myers has earned alot of respect in this sport.keep talking stuped.you might be doing more harm than good.the match is over.leave me out of all the bull crap.anyone who placed in this tournament,is the real deal
3 completed moves and only a 3-2 win you are a genious no one in the country got back points on Myers this year and he wrestled in much tougher tournaments with much tougher kids than Dillon Myers was to powerful to be put on his back he rolled through and got an escape that would have been a reversal if time had not ran out .Myers little brother Austin dominated grade school state the same way Stephen did last year putting everyone on their back they are both grade school state champs and both will be three time jr high placers and Jr high state champs .Be happy with your win and quit whineing it was a good match Dillon deserved to win but by crybabying you are only making yourself look stupid as The Myers will both be multiple time high school state champs yes all kids are nervous but myers is a 7th grader and Dillon an 8th grader who has competed on this level much longer than Stephen ,No 2 kids in the state have improved as much as these boys and i do not see it stopping any kids who have ever wrestled them in practice will agree they are the real deal
myers is the better wrestler.haha.you all must like a fantasy world.every one is nervous.in a championship match.if they meet again the out come will be the same.every wrestler at there level has alot of pressure to succed.a good wrestler does not let the pressure screw with his wresling.dillon did just that.you all are brain washed.i'll take dillon every time.but what ever makes you all feel better,if talking up you'r wrestler makes you feel better.talk is cheap.no one is buy.so sell it some where else.
myers was just nervous. i talked to him before the match and he has a lot of pressure on him. myers is the better wrestler if they wrestle again. just myers had a lot of pressure on him to succed.
comet fan,you'r smoking crack.name any moves myers hit other than a stand up,a single and an ankle pick.he did not complete anything.give it a rest.dillon completed three moves and won the macth.having a leg in and hooking the arm is not stalling.the ref did not give dillon time to work with the leg in.there are three types of wrestling offence,defence and counter wrestling.and dillon used all of them.dillon was the only one to almost score nerfall points.counter wrestling is not stalling.looked as if the ref would have not called stalling both times.dillon would have had back point.look close to dillons position at both stall calls.the first could have been a gilateen or tilt and the second time dillon had a leg in,waiting for myers to hit the switch.so he can over hook the his arm for a turk type move.dillon will bait kids into making mistakes.then score.i have seen dillon do it many times.i also ref,my self.being dillon had a leg in working on the arm,he should have been given time to work from there.he was not given proper time.the ref's gave myers a gift.dillon would have more points than three.myers points where given to him by the ref's.
Dillon is a good wrestler but stalled his but off jr high is not college ,myers was up fast in the 2nd and dillon stalled because he knew he could not hold him he did a great job in the 3rd catching myers coming in he wrestled a much smarter match and took advantage of his opponents aggresiveness he will do well in high school if he maintains this kind of poise under pressure as will myers if he learns from his mistakes and uses better technique
Great match both these kids can be proud of their acomplishment it seems you all get caried away and there is more than one person on here who tries to instigate things just to keep it going or talk up their favorite John won Stephen came in second in a good match no one talked up or about how good Dillon was anymore than i did and Stephen is my son I thought it would be these two in the finals and i am very happy with how Stephen wrestled and handled himself .John is a great wrestler with a cool head and an obvious love and knowledge of the sport congrats to him and his family they are good people good luck next year ,Forridor and his family are great people as well and a child has no control of the nonsense instigated by others .People tried to argue with me over him and Stephen as well but that is not what the sport is about and their is no arguing they are all good and talented kids.
the way you guy's talk myers is superboy.all we heard be for states was forrider and myers.it did not look like dillon was trying to impress you or anyone.looks like he was wrestling to win.look at it any way you want.dillon still comes out the winner.the way coach ray talks about myers is not normal.he needs to go and get some help.to say he is going to beat everyone up next year,and that he is the best in the state at every sport he does.make me puke!!!!
Great match and a great tournament best of luck to these guys in the future they both wrestled extremely well and it did not look like Dillon even had a challenge untill he hit Myers in the finals.Myers handled everyone fairly easy beating some tough kids including the third placer in a good one and giving Dillon a great match should be fun next year.Ohio looks tough North and South.
Myers pressed the whole first period dillon backed up and spent most of the first looking at the mat because he was in a front headlock fighting of myers who was attempting dumps and chasing the leg there was no shot attempted only an attempt to base up and counter myers dump he did an excelent job of not giving up two .in the second myers was up so fast that when they were brought back to center dillon resorted to kneeling on myers feet and riding hips and when he did attemt a tilt myers rolled through and got a reversal but was only given an escape for dillons loss of control in the third myers apeared to stall as well and dillon finally escaped after a great scramble and a strong standup then went back to backing up while myers pressed but he was smarter and stayed in his stance and caught myers coming in out of his stance myers reached across body for the leg while dillon sucked him in then failed in his attempt to roll out Dillon got the two then waited out the rest of the match giving up the stall point .As i said before if Myers calms down and stays in his stance instead of rushing his moves it would be a different match regardless of the outcome .Dillon apears to be a very talented wrestler who knows the sport and can wrestle nearly flawless.Myers is a beast with some very easily corrected flaws great match just calling it as i saw it .
ky stan you would not kmow a move if it.slaped you in the face.dillon tried a knee tip,a shot and an elbow feed.all myers did was hang on to a front head lock with an arm in dillon's leg's.in the first.name the moves myers.if you can.
I counted zero moves attempted by dillon in the first and saw Myers pressing the whole match looks like all he needs to do is calm down and stay in position and it will be a different match
Dillon is a good wrestler and a deserving champ as i stated my comments were aimed at the arguments over the calls that for the most part looked correct to me .Its a shame people can not just take the sport for what it is and not add their own lopsided comments .Anything i said was fact and i feel no embarassment about any of it ,just defending a good kid and a great competitor the same as i would any other kid ,Keep it up Stephen you will have a grade school ,Jr high ,and a few High school Brackets for your wall .Whoever guess is you are an idiot and a crybaby who doesnt have the intelligence to spell guest correctly which says volumes about any of your comments.
first off,this is the first i have wrote on this sight.i see some people think these are my comments.not so.i don't think my son is the best in the north.never said anything like that.who ever is making comments on this site is not doing me and my son any credit.dillon 119 must be a family member.everyone else i have know clue.so just for the records,before everyone starts saying the wrong crap.if you don't have anything positive to say about me my son,his match,or the myers family please don't write at all.the myers family and the dillon family have had no beefs about our kids being better than the other.as for my sons record for the season,i'm sure he thought they wanted his middle school record with boardman.we don't need to lie or have no reason to.so argue about some one else and leave us out.anyone who knows us knows that we do not agree to this type of disrespect towards other wrestlers or our selfs.razor,coach ray and the other guest should be embarrased of there comments.that is not what this sport is about.you all are making my son and myers son,objects of ignorence.i don't like it and i'm sure mr myers don't like it.you all sound like little kids argueing about who as the toughest dad.get real.respectfully mr. dillon
no one can say anything negative about johnny. Hes a great kid who has respect for every opponent he has, win or loose. He and stephan had a great match but johnny was the better wrestler on this day and deserved to come out on top. And the best part about it...HE IS A TRUE 8TH GRADER!!!! and actually is very young for his grade.HE won this tournament with commitment skill and pride and should feel good about it. Stephan myers is a good wrestler and will definatly have his time.
Looks like the Norths best 8th grader could only beat the Souths best 7th grader by a point to bad they cant do it modestly without someone having to put them in their place.Stephen will eat everyone up next year just for fun he dominates every sport he does Wrestling Football MMA hes the best in the state at all of them he will score a touchdown kick the extra point pin you and then choke you out so you dont have to feel bad about it untill you wake up and see him smiling .
Im sure you will see a rematch and no one was making excuses sounded to me like everyone agreed dillon won fair and square you say he attempted all these moves and he did, to bad he could not finish them maybe he could have won by more than a point if he was as tough as you guys say Myers would have been pinned in the first,whats up with the bogus record in the brosure one of your guys records say 139-15(stephen beat him "again"too) while Dillons says 28 -0 funny i saw him lose in the Ironman 10-4 sounds to me like you guys up north are always talking up your kids and forgetting when they lose ,Myers could have easily made 84 in the first place but thinks cutting is for wimps looking forward to watching Stephen Hammer all the Northern kids next year along with all his Buddies from Jordans he never ran from a tough match or circumstance thats why he will be a three time placer and the only kid in the state to ever place in jrs and win grade school on the same weekend ,and he will have two Finalist singlets when he moves on ,I am already feeling sorry for some kids next year.
the fuss comes from the south.they are always bragging up there kids and clubs .then when they loose they make excusses or they say how much better ther kids wrestled.how much more movement there kid shown.how many moves there kid attemted.even if they did not score.who cares if myers was winning by one in the second.he lost the match.to say dillon was hanging on and doing nothing is crazy.attemted three tilt's,countered myers switch and almost turned it in to a tilt.all myers was doing was basing out and trying to hit a switch.you people down south will always see only what you want to see.and if you can't beat a kid you just talk him down,to make you feel better.people can watch the video and see that myers was out wrestled and out smarted.you'r hand get's raised the same no matter how much you win by.one point or ten.still a win.the one point excape point was a gift from the ref's.the time was out.the bopper guy was watching the match not the clock.i was there at mat side.i hope to see a rematch.
Dillon is a great kid and a good wrestler, 7th/8th grade is not college and rules are rules i dont know what all the fuss is about i guess people are mad Myers kept it close and was actually winning for a while this college riding time stuff is pretty funny hanging on and doing nothing is stalling .Myers was on top of dillon driving in even though his head was trapped looks like it could have been a reversal .Dillon clearly won in the 3rd showed great poise and maturity in taking advantage of Myers bad stance and taking a good shot he earned his title fair and square.That being said anyone who knows Myers knows he is a good kid with a big heart and 3 years ago he could not have dreamed of being in the spot he was in in this tournament and last years as well when he won grade school and placed 3rd in jrs on the same weekend he will be the one to beat next year if he improves his technique and stays training hard if not nothing is a sure thing in OH IO.
all i'm saying is,in college the match dillon wrestled is the way it's done.he had a leg in and working on top.that would not be called stalling it would be riding time.at some time in all these kids future they will have to mature into college level wrestling.dillon has all ready started the change to that level.any one that has been in this sport knows what i'm saying.dillon kept his body and hipps in good position the hole match.that is why myers did not score.the one piont excape was just that one piont.myers showed no control and dillon was smart enough to hook his leg and keep his head trapped.the time was up before dillon lost his control.i watched the video some one filmed at the tournament.that showed the clock.the time clearly was up.by at least one full second.but crap happens.dillon stayed focused.showing his maturity.don't get me wrong myers is fun to watch and shows a ton of maturity as well.he earned alot of respect in that tournament.and proved he is the one to beat next year.dillon has done alot of great things in this sport.he is a very good kid as well.and never talk crap about any one he wrestles.kids like being around him.kids that loose to him and kids that beat him.i saw him and myers talking and hanging out after the match.alot of parents and fans could learn from these to young men.
Dillon wrestled a smarter match and took advantage of Myers being out of his stance and won on his takedown ,but Myers easily had more movement and clearly scored in the 2nd period the only question was time ,it was not 1 escape but 2 reversal the head DOES NOT have to be out to score .Wether dillon was trained to or not riding the hips and sitting on the legs without any movement is stalling period.Myers did not look as good as usual on bottom for whatever reason ,he is always moving at super speed and needs to be more calm and focus on technique like Dillon did waiting to feel myers out and then coming back in third period after myers made all the attempts at scoring in the first because thats what he does naturally he brings it .North South it does not matter physically Myers has it all and only needs to be more focused and use better technique and he will easily win state and silence all his critics.Tough tournament great match.
yes if dillon goes to college,i'm sure he will.in this match it was college level.he would have had killer riding time.so keep wrestling you style.you'r style is good to go.just keep making it better and improve you'r self on you'r feet.i don't think any one can out wrestle on the mat,but i think you'r a little weak on you'r feet.every one needs to under stand that these kids all want to go to college.the way dillon wrestled out this match is very close to what any college coach would want dillon to do.other than be better on his feet.stephen also is close to that level.he should work on his bottom wrestling and on his feet.no one touches him next year!great match!
you guy's from the south think just because dillon kept bringing myers back to the mat and not letting him go does not me he is stalling.that is what he is trained to do i'm sure.even the announcer was surprised on the stall calles.dillon seemed stronger,smarter and had better technique.and hit just as many moves or more.dillon's stand up in the third was set up buy not stop motion and myers had no answer for.on the other hand dillon seem to have a counter move or block to keep myers from scoring.i call that smart no stalling.i would like to hear some comments from college experienced people.i have watch alot of college wrestling.dillon seems to have it. myers is not far from that level.
Myers definatly moved more and "attemted"moves i doubt anyone on here needs a wrestling lesson on scoring A 3-2 match dillon was a better technical wrestler getting the escape and takedown but stalling to keep Myers from escaping or switching wich he appeared to do in the 2nd period but was only awarded an escape for Dillons loss of control even though dillon was on his Butt headed to his back.Dillon wrestled the smarter match and won a close one obviously but Myers scored with an "escape "and Dillons obvious stall yes its the facts and cant be argued .Yes it was a cool match up one we will see again .Congrats on placing even higher than last year Stephen you are one spot away from being a three time state placer and a state champ 3,2,1,you will get it done .Congrats to John Dillon he is an outstanding young man wrestler and state champ good luck in high school next year.
John you did excellent, great match. Somehow you seem to impress me more and more each time you wrestle, but unsure how because you are the best there is every time you go out there and wrestle. Keep it up baby I love you. Aunt Tammy
myers stand up was fast but dillon did what he was trained,that is to bring him back to the mat.how do any of you guys know what each wrestler was attempting.dillon kept him to the mat the hole 2nd.with many scoring attemps.dillon was the only one to hit a stand up and excape.he also finish the winning take down.he ran a bar tilt.you don't get pionts for good movement and attemting moves only completing the move.dillon also has a fast stand up but it look to me as if in the third john knew he was down one to nothing,and had 1:30.plenty of time to attemp a two piont score of bottom.but myers was tuff on top doing a little stalling of his own,being up by one.dillon change up by getting to his feet pretty easily and scoring a text book excape for the tying piont.then shot an ok single.using good wrestling skills and strenth crumbled myers to his hipps and scored the only take down.so if myers showed better movement hit more moves, was faster and stronger way did he lose the match.and way did he not truely complete any thing he attempted.no stand up for an excape no turns and no take downs.mmmmm!!!this is how the match went.it's not how i see it.it's facts that you can not argue.good luck to both.i enjoyed the video
Watching the match with the stall on Dillon i think you are going by what you know he normally tries to set up but there was no guilotine or tilt developing and he was riding the hips .He is a very sound wrestler and deserves the win but it is what it is ,All stephen needs is to pay attention to the right people settle down a little and keep training .Northern ohio has some great wrestlers around these kids age and weight while southern ohio with the exeption of the Graham /Jordan kids is fairly weak at this weight and age Stephen does a great job in hanging with all the kids up north and everwhere else with what he has to train with ,He will bring it again next year and finish up a 3 time placer Both these guys could have placed well wrestling up a few weight classes and everyone who knows them knows its true.
He definatly stalled Myers standup was to fast for him and he knew it and Myers showed much better movement and more moves ankle picks snap downs front headlock etc .Stephen is a true 90 lber and a true 7th grader.He had control in the 2nd period how can that be 1 and not 2 ,Great match Dillon got the takedown playing on stephens agressive style not his "d"Dillon was the better technical wrestler. Sure these two will mix it up again and sure Stephen will be back in the finals next year as well
as long as i have watched dillon wrestle,i have never seen him stall in a match.he is all ways trying something.watch the match with out favorites.dillon attempted more moves than myres.thats why he one.i was on mat side during the match.the time was up be for the ref gave the excape.the stalling calls on both wrestlers was crap.i think they where both working there styles very well.they both stayed busy during the match.dillon is proof that you don't have to be a two year hold back to be good.bravo to the true freshman,next year.
look at it again.to have a reversal his head had to pop out before time pasted.if where there you would have seen that time had ran out before the exscape was given.looked as if john knew what he had to do,to not give up two.both wrestlers did there share of stalling,but the second stalling call on dillon in the third was wrong.dillon looked to have stephens arm under hooked looking to tilt or run a gilateen when the ref called it.how is that stalling.i think thay both are very talented.and wrestled a very smart match.stephen playing "d" trying to slow dillon down and dillon mixing it up,to catch stephen out of position.dillon maybe an 8th grader but he is only thirteen and will be a young 9th grader.super match.good luck to both in the future.
Great job Steph you got to the finals and brought your A game( ok couple mistakes )looked like a reversal in 2 period instead of an escape ???and there was definately stalling, either way great match Congrats you will be a 3 time jr high Placer and bring it all home next year just like last year in grade school.You are one of a kind we are all proud of you and your brother
Is this the same jon dillion that used to beat Jack Hathaway? We met you guys at an indiana tournament years ago. The dad was very helpful and took alot of time out to help my son.
Both boys looked very good. Stall calls seemed very fast. To me Dillion looked like the better wrestler Meyers was the stronger of the two, looked very hard to hold down. Looked like Dillion did what he had to to win, that's obvious by the score.