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Son of
Lincoln native claims Indiana high school championship title
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[FEB. 23, 2006]
Joshua Harper, son of a Lincoln native, won the
state championship in the 103-pound class in the Indiana High School
State Wrestling Tournament last weekend.
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Cavemen wrestler Joshua Harper
A freshman at Mishawaka (Ind.) High School, he finished his first
season with a 47-0 record.
Joshua is the first freshman in Mishawaka's High School history
to win a state title and only the seventh freshman to win a state
title in Indiana high school wrestling history. While Illinois has
individual champions for two school sizes, Class A and AA, for each
weight category, in Indiana there is only one champion for each
weight class. All schools compete in one state tournament regardless
of enrollment.
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 Harper wrestled in Japan this past summer for Team Indiana. He
earned a spot on five national "Team Indiana" teams. He is a
Folkstyle National All American and a Freestyle National All
American with USA Wrestling.
His parents are Sue Rahn Harper (LCHS 1984) and Guy Harper of
Mishawaka, Ind. He has two siblings, Donnie Couve and Rachel Harper
of Mishawaka. His grandparents are Ellen Keys of Lincoln and Gary
and Dee Rahn of Springfield. Other relatives in Illinois are two
uncles, Tony Rahn of Lincoln Gary Rahn of Decatur, and four cousins,
Brandon Rahn, Bradley Rahn, Shannon Rahn and Mark Rahn, all of
Lincoln.
[News release]
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