Bill Maresh
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Class
of 1979 (Inducted 2008)
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PERSONAL
INFO
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Wrestled for Blaine 1977-79
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- Coached by Ron Johnson,
Jim Minnie, and Jim Maestro
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- Married Julie Sochko
in 1981
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Graduated from BYU with a Bachelors of Science
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Currently Teaching and Coaching at Champlin Park High
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4 Children 1983 – Tony, 1985 – Michael,
1987 – Danielle, 1989 – Sam
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Children are very active in sports, drama, and music
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Tony served a two year mission and is attending BYU
and working on
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becoming
a Doctor
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Michael attends and plays football for NDSU. He was
a High School All-
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American
and Champlin Parks 1st Wrestling State Champ.
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Danielle
was an All Conference and National Choir Soprano. She
is attending
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BYU
where she sings in the Women’s Choir.
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Sam is currently a two time State Champ and working
on his third title in
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2008.
He will be playing football at the U of M
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WRESTLING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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1979 – All Conference, Region Champ, Minnesota
State High School runner
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up,
and Most Valuable Wrestler for Blaine High School
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1978 an 1979 - 2nd place Greco Elite World Championships
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1980 and 1981 - Greco Jr. World National Champion
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1981 - 2nd place University World Cup
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1981 - 5th place Jr. World Greco World Championships
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1982 and 1983 – All Navy Freestyle and Greco Champion |
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1990, 91, 92 – Utah 3A Wrestling Coach of the
Year
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Bill has been very involved with Minnesota USA Wrestling,
volunteering his |
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as National team Greco Coach, Cadet Director and Junior
Director |
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FAVORITE
BLAINE WRESTLING MOMENTS
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- "Developing
life long friendships with men like Pat Delaney and
Jim Mead"
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- "Having
great coaches to work with, Ron Johnson, Jim Minnie,
and Jim
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Maestro."
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- "Running
with Jim Mead every morning my senior year, and going
to State."
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