Middie senior earns third place

Globke battles through injuries to survive  at Sample Classic.

Andrew Globke of Middletown (right) defeated Anthony Carome of Goshen in the 160-pound weight class during the Glenn Sample Classic wrestling tournament. Contributed photo by E.L. hubbard

Hubbard Andrew Globke of Middletown (right) defeated Anthony Carome of Goshen in the 160-pound weight class during the Glenn Sample Classic wrestling tournament. Contributed photo by E.L. hubbard

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By John Bombatch, Staff Writer 12:43 AM Monday, December 19, 2011

HARRISON — Looking as if he’d arrived a couple months too late for the Halloween party, heavily bandaged Middletown High School wrestler Andrew Globke fought through three injury timeouts to win his third-place match at the 44th annual Glenn Sample Classic at Harrison High School.

Globke needed five staples in his head for a gash he suffered in his first match of the morning. When the wound began to bleed while the Middie senior battled Goshen’s Anthony Carome in the third-place match, athletic trainers wrapped the wound with enough gauze to have Globke looking like a mummy.

After a second injury timeout for a bloody nose, Globke jumped out to a 10-4 lead with just over a minute left in the match.

But when his head wound started bleeding through the initial gauze wrapping, trainers placed still more gauze and padding over top of the original full-head bandage.

During the last injury timeout, Middie coach Shawn Thomas had to re-size Globke’s headgear in order for it to fit over all the tape. Globke then reeled off two more takedowns in the final minute for a 14-5 major decision at 160 pounds.

“For most of the match, I was just worried about keeping my gauze together,” Globke said. “I’ve never wrestled with that much wrap on me. At times it was hard to breathe.”

To keep the bandage in place, the gauze was wrapped tightly under Globke’s chin and covered his entire head.

Three other Middletown wrestlers placed: Desmond Hall (170) finished fourth; Nick Reeves (195) placed fifth; and freshman Anthony Jagel finished seventh at 106. Thomas said the team lost a lot of crucial matches in Saturday’s third and fourth rounds of competition.

“It’s best that we lose those matches and learn from them now, than to have us lose those matches in February (when the post season is going on),” Thomas said. “Right now, this was a good experience that helped us find out where we are, and now we know where we need to go.”

Edgewood’s Jordan Puska claimed a 3-1 decision over Gus Adams of Ryle (Ky.) to finish third at 120 pounds and Lebanon’s Eddie Noble won his fifth-place match by 4-0 decision over Conor Brockman of Anderson.

Middletown finished 17th overall in the 39-team field while Edgewood was 27th and Lebanon 28th.

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2851 or jbombatch@coxohio.com.

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