These days I take my heroes wherever I can get ’em. Earlier this week it was Maryland state Sen. Bryan Simonaire of Anne Arundel County. This week it’s some kid way out in Iowa. Joel Northrup is a 112-pound wrestler in a state that is rich in wrestling history. Frank Gotch, America’s greatest professional wrestler who did his grappling when wrestling was a sport, not a jock opera, hailed from Iowa.
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