"1998 Nebraska State Arm Wrestling
Championships"
Omaha, NE * November 14,1998 * American
Armwrestling Assoc. Sanction #295-98
Sponsors: Bushwacker's Saloon and Gold's
Gym
Competitors: 61 * Total Entries: 109 *
Teams: 6 * States Represented: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa,
Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Highlights: The 1998 Nebraska State
Championships attracted some extremely tough competitors this year.
Arm wrestlers traveled from eight other states, and Turkey, to claim
sixteen of the seventeen state titles awarded at this event. 1998
Nebraska Hall of Fame recipient, Tressa Brooner, was the only
Nebraskan to retain a State Title by winning the women's right 55 kg
division. Other big winners of the day were Rett Houdek (St. Paul,
MN) and Kathy New (Silver Spring, MD), who each won two divisions.
Mary McConnaughey congratulates Tressa
Brooner who was inducted into the Nebraska Arm Wrestling Hall of Fame
for 1998.
The winning team at the 1998 Nebraska
State Championships: Greg Wilson, Tressa Brooner, Jerome Moore and
Jerry Remer.
Jason Remer and Pat Beare in the men's
left 90 kg division.
Bruce Kern and Jerry Remer in the men's
novice right 90 kg division.
Brian Stevenson and Greg Wilson in the
men's left 75 kg Division.
Tressa Brooner and Joette Peterson in the
women's right 70 kg division.
[ Men's
Right | Ladies Right |
Men's Left | Ladies
Left | Men's Right Novice | Team ]
Men's Right Hand
60 kg = 132 - Under lbs
#1. Jerome Moore-Prophetstown, IL
#2. Lyle Foster - Riverton, NE
#3. Ben Gant - Crescent, IA
70 kg = 133 - 154 lbs
#1. Wayne Burns - Camdenton, MO
#2. Jack Nisi - Omaha, NE
#3. Volkan Isikol - Turkey
80 kg = 155 - 176 lbs
#1. Marty O'Neil - Otsego, MN
#2. Greg Wilson - Schamburg, IL
#3. Jerry Remer - Chanhassen, MN
90 kg = 177 - 198 lbs
#1. Rett Houdek - St. Paul, MN
#2. Jason Remer - Ramsy, MN
#3. Pat Beare - Belleville, IL
100 kg = 199 - 220 lbs
#1. Rett Houdek - St. Paul, MN
#2. Aaron Burns - Camdenton, MO
#3. Chris Anderson - Dixon, MO
100+ kg = 221 - Over lbs
#1. Andy Fuller - Ludowici, GA
#2. Matt Klingsporn - Hershey, NE
#3. Jason Remer - Ramsy, MN
Ladies Right Hand
55 kg = 121 - Under lbs
#1. Tressa Brooner - Omaha, NE
#2. Chasity Griffis - Carter Lake, IA
#3. Lisa Hall - Omaha, NE
70 kg = 122 - 154 lbs
#1. Joette Peterson - Tyndall, SD
#2. Tressa Brooner - Omaha, NE
#3. Susan Deats - Omaha, NE
70+ kg = 155 - Over lbs
#1. Kathy New - Silver Spring, MD
#2. Joette Peterson - Tyndall, SD
#3. Tressa Brooner - Omaha, NE
Men's Left Hand
75 kg = 165 - Under lbs
#1. Greg Wilson - Schaumburg, IL
#2. Brian Stevenson - Omaha, NE
#3. Jim Larson - Canton, SD
90 kg = 166 - 198 lbs
#1. Jason Remer - Ramsy, MN
#2. Pat Beare - Belleville, IL
#3. Chris Anderson - Dixon, MO
90+ kg = 199 - Over lbs
#1. Marc Johnson - Big Lake, MN
#2. Andy Fuller - Ludowici, GA
#3. Cliff Hall - Omaha, NE
Ladies Left Open
#1. Kathy New - Silver Spring, MD
#2. Joette Peterson - Tyndall, SD
#3. Kandie Fiala - David City, NE
Men's Novice Right Hand
70 kg = 154 - Under lbs
#1. Mike Copeland - High Ridge, MO
#2. Volkan Isikol - Turkey
#3. Jim Larson - Canton, SD
80 kg = 155 - 176 lbs
#1. Shawn Dempsey Jr.-High Ridge, MO
#2. Jerry Remer - Chanhassen, MN
#3. Chad Pelley - Omaha, NE
90 kg = 177 - 198 lbs
#1. Jesse Gilliland - Helena, AL
#2. Eric Sparks - Rolla, MO
#3. Jerry Remer - Chanhassen, MN
90+ kg = 199 - Over lbs
#1. Mike Doppenberg - Luverne, MN
#2. Earl Nosekabel - Glenwood, IA
#3. Aaron Burns - Camdenton, MO
1st Place Team
Tressa Brooner - Omaha, NE
Jerome Moore - Prophetstown, IL
Jerry Remer - Chanhassen, MN
Greg Wilson - Schaumburg, IL
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