The next year Wilson was no longer interested in coaching wrestling at Westmar & thus began the search for a new coach. Milton Martin knew nothing of wrestling. His high school didn't have a team. His college didn't have a team. In fact the first time he had ever seen collegiate wrestling was at the first practice he scheduled after being named head coach. He caught on quick.
Martin led the Eagles to an overall dual record of 462-138. He never had a losing season. This included 26 Tri-State conference titles. After the 1996-1997 season, Teikyo Westmar officially closed their doors for good. Martin head coach, the entire time.
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| Darl Weaver 115 lbs |
A graduate of Griswald High School, Weaver won two NAIA national titles for the Eagles in 1964 & 1966.
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| Wade Winter HWT |
Wade Winter put together an 84-6 record during his illustrious career. He finished fourth in 1966, runner-up in 1967 & as the national champion in 1968 at the NAIA tournament.
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| Stan Peterson 167 lbs |
Stan Peterson never stepped on the mat during his time at Estherville High School. Instead his first exposure to wrestling was at Westmar. He finished in sixth place in 1974 & in third place in 1975 at the NAIA tournament.
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| Tim De Larm 158, 150 lbs |
De Larm was a two time NAIA All American. He placed eighth in 1984 & in fifth in 1986.
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| Derek Briggs |
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| Daryl Meyer |
Meyer came down to Westmar from Luverne, Minnesota. Competing for the Eagles he placed third in 1993 & fourth in 1994 at the NAIA tournament. He accumulated 130 wins during his career.
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| Ryan Ferguson |
Ferguson made it to the state tournament three times during his high school career competing for Harris-Lake Park going 156-15. Yet he never made the award stand. He wouldn't have that problem in college. Competing for the Eagles he made the NAIA finals back to back his sophomore & junior seasons of 1994 & 1995. As a senior in 1996 he finished in sixth place.
He later coached wrestling and taught P.E.
Stephen,
ReplyDeleteGreat article. I especially like the information on how wrestling at this school creatied graduates who were impacted by college wrestling. These graduates often go on to coach and impact younger students to wrestle and to continue their education past a high school diploma. Wrestling can make a positive impact on the lives of many young athletes. These blogs are good to encourage us wrestling fans to continue recruiting others to give wrestling a try as it can help build better people. I agree with the remarkable record cited above for Coach Martin with 462 wins in 35 seasons. We also have him with the same number of losses and 12 ties and we believe that he has the most dual meet wins for all NAIA coaches! Please let us know if Westmar was not in the NAIA for any of those seasons. Uncertain as to our source but we have Wilson as the coach for two seasons, 1960-62 with a record of (1-11). Please let us know if that is in error.
Thank you.
I'm not a hundred percent positive. I just know what I was able to find during my research. What I found said that Wilson was the coach for one season, but he very well could have been for two.
DeleteI'm almost positive that they were in NAIA the entire time.