{"id":2891,"date":"2023-04-20T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/?page_id=2891"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:35:09","slug":"1974-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/athletic-excellence\/wrestling\/1974-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"1974 Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sectional Champions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Coach George Girardi. Sixth place in the State Class &#8220;A&#8221; Wrestling Tournament. Dan Murphy the state title at 132 pounds and had a season record of 31-1-0. Brother Don captured first at 138 pounds and ended the season with a 32-0-1 record. It was the first time in Illinois competition that brothers shared victory in the State Wrestling Tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Both Murphys were also named Central Illinois&#8217; Outstanding Wrestler in their respective weight classes. Dan and Don were co-MVPs for the season.<br>Wrestlers who placed in the District meet were Don Murphy (138) \u20141st, Dan Murphy (132)\u20141st, Bill Funk (126)-1st, Tim Hutson (155) \u20142nd, Darvin Miller (145)\u20142nd, John Funk (119)-1st, Mike Armes (167)-2nd, and Ron Biddle (105)- 2nd.<br>Wrestlers who placed in the Sectional meet were Don Murphy\u20141st, Dan Murphy-lst, Bill Funk-lst, Tim Hutson-3rd, John Funk-4th, Mike Armes-4th, and Ron Biddle-3rd.<br>Wrestlers who took places in the Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament were Don Murphy\u20141st, Dan Murphy\u20141st, Bill Funk\u20142nd, Tim Hutson-3rd, Darvin Miller- 3rd, and Mike Armes-3rd.<br>Dan Murphy, Don Murphy, and Bill Funk (25-4-1) were tri-captains for the 1973-74 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b-1024x681.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"team\" class=\"wp-image-2892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bwrestling74b.jpg?w=1496&amp;ssl=1 1496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra-1024x701.jpg?resize=1024%2C701&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wrestlers\" class=\"wp-image-2899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra.jpg?resize=1024%2C701&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra.jpg?resize=768%2C525&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhighhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/74extra.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sectional Champions Coach George Girardi. Sixth place in the State Class &#8220;A&#8221; Wrestling Tournament. Dan Murphy the state title at 132 pounds and had a season record of 31-1-0. Brother Don captured first at 138 pounds and ended the season with a 32-0-1 record. It was the first time in Illinois competition that brothers shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2954,"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2891\/revisions\/2954"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhighhistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}