To: Nemer who wrote (44052 ) 3/7/2001 2:29:02 AM From: Patrick Slevin Respond to of 44573 Here it runs in the family, something bout the wrestling mania I don't understand Both brothers and several nephews lettered in it during high school, but John is a natural. I guessed him for one when he was an infant, believe it or not, and sent him to martial arts schools over the years. Then club wrestling but he really never learned anything serious until he started with this team. Me, I never had the dedication. Like this kid, Dubuque, a sophomore from a nearby town.nj.com Appello, seeking his third region title, said it was one of the toughest matches he's ever had. But he's expecting his showdown with Joe Dubuque of Glen Ridge, the 112-pound state champion last year, to be just as difficult when they meet in the preliminary round Tuesday in Union. Dubuque lost in the Region 4 semifinal round yesterday when he was forced to withdraw with a head injury against Anthony Messina of Bloomfield 19 seconds into their match. Dubuque, however, recovered to win both of his wrestleback matches by a pin to finish third in Region 4 and advance to the preliminary match with Appello. The head injury occurred when Dubuque "shot" at the opponent and knocked himself out by banging his skull on the opponent's knee. They took him to a hospital, he talked the doctor into jumping him up on line for an MRI (never knew there would be a queue for an MRI, did you?) and then when they gave him the okay he rushed back to the stadium for the wrestlebacks. These people are worse than television. Anyway, I do not know the Rulz around here anymore, so if you like we can do this OT stuff over on FUPS rather than hack Tom off.