Hey Jefe, don't trash Trevor. He is a fantastic wrestler!!🔥
P.s. i get your point. Just having fun. 🙂
125 this season
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P.s. i get your point. Just having fun. 🙂
No. Michigan's shirting freshman Haworth went to Davison with Facundo and Barr.
New Intermat rankings are out. Braeden up to #4.
1 Matt Ramos Purdue Junior Big Ten 17-3 2
2 Luke Stanich Lehigh FreshmanEIWA 11-1 3
3 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Senior Big Ten 17-2 4
4 Braeden Davis Penn State FreshmanBig Ten 12-0 14
5 Drake Ayala Iowa SophomorBig Ten 15-2 1
6 Cooper Flynn Virginia Tech SophomorACC 8-2 8
7 Noah Surtin Missouri Junior Big 12 10-1 9
8 Jore Volk Wyoming SophomorBig 12 18-4 6
9 Anthony Noto Lock Haven Junior MAC 10-1 10
10 Richie Figueroa Arizona State SophomorPac-12 6-2 11
11 Patrick McKee Minnesota Senior Big Ten 9-3 18
12 Caleb Smith Nebraska Junior Big Ten 14-4 7
13 Brett Ungar Cornell SophomorEIWA 10-4 15
14 Michael DeAug Michigan Senior Big Ten 7-2 5
15 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State Senior Pac-12 13-5 16
1 Matt Ramos Purdue Junior Big Ten 17-3 2
2 Luke Stanich Lehigh FreshmanEIWA 11-1 3
3 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Senior Big Ten 17-2 4
4 Braeden Davis Penn State FreshmanBig Ten 12-0 14
5 Drake Ayala Iowa SophomorBig Ten 15-2 1
6 Cooper Flynn Virginia Tech SophomorACC 8-2 8
7 Noah Surtin Missouri Junior Big 12 10-1 9
8 Jore Volk Wyoming SophomorBig 12 18-4 6
9 Anthony Noto Lock Haven Junior MAC 10-1 10
10 Richie Figueroa Arizona State SophomorPac-12 6-2 11
11 Patrick McKee Minnesota Senior Big Ten 9-3 18
12 Caleb Smith Nebraska Junior Big Ten 14-4 7
13 Brett Ungar Cornell SophomorEIWA 10-4 15
14 Michael DeAug Michigan Senior Big Ten 7-2 5
15 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State Senior Pac-12 13-5 16
Well, to be picky, it was at Wilkes University (my MBA alma mater) not Wyoming Sem, wrong side of the river. And it was about 30 miles from Benton. I was there and met Bo and Anthony (with toothpick of course). Our family had a blast!
Does Sem wrestle there? I thought saw banners, but maybe I’m fabricating that. I guess 30 is a bit more than a few. Still—dang close.
I didn't want to correct you. My daughter attended Wilkes and got to watch the match live on campus between classes. She got to meet Cassar while attending.
I'm not sure where SEM wrestles.
Nope, Sem wrestles at their own facility. Wilkes wrestles there and has the Wilkes open that used to be at Christmas and we used to send some guys, i think I saw the Altons wrestle there years back. Now they have it earlier in December.
And yes, 30 miles is all relative, close for some, others not so close, lol.
Actually, Wilkes-Barre is about 130 miles to both PSU and Cornell
The Wilkes tourney used to be a big-time xmas tournament. It was almost on a par with the Midlands, which back then was very important. Not so much anymore.
If someone would have told me before the season that our 125 lber would be ranked in the top 4 by multiple wrestling media outlets before February, I would have been ecstatic for Robbie. If they told me it wasn’t Robbie, I would have said Steen just needed to put on the weight. If they told me it wasn’t Steen, I would have said McHenry was a huge pickup.
Davis wasn’t really even on my radar. That prob says something about me, but I’m thrilled for him. And I’m having a lot of fun watching him.
Davis wasn’t really even on my radar. That prob says something about me, but I’m thrilled for him. And I’m having a lot of fun watching him.
I've always been pretty high on Davis as a recruit. (@CSauertiegPSU will back me up on this) Felt like a huge hidden gem overall that people weren't really talking about. His skillset and style was always excited but a lot of his domination was at lower weights and you always wonder about that. When he went to 120 then 126, he was still more then holding his own but looked maybe a step behind the top kids like Davino.
That being said, I know the coaches were super high on him for a reason. We weren't in his original Top 5 then suddenly he commits, so Casey and Cael clearly saw something they really liked. I thought he was RS, sit a year then make a huge jump in the room by his 3rd year and surprise everyone. I think part of the reason is (beating the dead horse) the fact he looks so young still so I just assumed that must mean he is behind strength wise. Nope, he's just a baby faced assassin. Strength is NOT missing lol.
Did Cael allude to a weight management challenge this week? I thought so. I am just wondering about career 125, as even Lilledahl is raising some questions lately. Definitely a 2025 discussion topic but, a career 125 being in the pipeline may not be a slam dunk.
He could probably get by with just the beard hair swept up after the DeAgedstino match.
BTW, I heard DeAncientstino has vowed not to cut any hair until end of season. Here's the expected progression analysis.
Deaugustino as a post grad in the business world
Anyone else notice how often Braeden messes with his singlet during matches? M&M does a bit too, but not as much as Davis.
Seems like one of our other studs in the past few years was often tugging at his singlet during matches. Bo maybe? Does Cael need to upgrade the team wardrobe?
Seems like one of our other studs in the past few years was often tugging at his singlet during matches. Bo maybe? Does Cael need to upgrade the team wardrobe?
Headed toward DeCousin it.🙂He could probably get by with just the beard hair swept up after the DeAgedstino match.
BTW, I heard DeAncientstino has vowed not to cut any hair until end of season. Here's the expected progression analysis.
It’s not the PSU singlet. I’ve seen Davis do the same thing in every match I’ve watched him wrestle. He is definitely always messing with it and pulling it down
Braeden wrestled 138 his senior year in HS….
He wrestled most of the year at 126, and went 132 for states. He did bump up as far as 138 on occasion.
Link below is to his team's results from last year. Select Davis from the top pop-up and hit submit.
Fun fact:
Kid has great taste in music, hope we hear it in Kansas City. This came out in 1999.
Kid has great taste in music, hope we hear it in Kansas City. This came out in 1999.
Desmond, Lilledahl, Nasdeo. There are plenty of lightweights coming in behind Davis. We’ll just have to see which ones can hold the weight and which ones need to move up. If you have to recruit 125s every other year because kids are still growing, so be it.
Third time for this Gif, Im guessing no one else was able to find any other ones of him either?
Mat Town Open. Jax has the opportunity to be the 2nd HS'r to knock off a #1 ranked D1 NCAA wrestler this season today.
Plus, there's Lilledahl. If Jax beats Stanich today, it is arguable to say that the top 3 HS wrestlers could be ranked #1, #2 & #3 if they were allowed to compete in the NCAA championships.
125 and 106 - been saying it for years. Yes, some great wrestlers pass through these weights, but winning titles here doesn't mean squat compared to winning in the middleweights.
Only in rare circumstances does the competition have any depth. Even when you point out a bracket like 2012 AAA 106, those kids were a bunch of mostly freshmen and a few sophs - nowhere near the wrestlers they were 2 and 3 years later. College is a bit better because kids grow less, but still, most guys end up moving up so it kills the depth.
Plus, there's Lilledahl. If Jax beats Stanich today, it is arguable to say that the top 3 HS wrestlers could be ranked #1, #2 & #3 if they were allowed to compete in the NCAA championships.
125 and 106 - been saying it for years. Yes, some great wrestlers pass through these weights, but winning titles here doesn't mean squat compared to winning in the middleweights.
Only in rare circumstances does the competition have any depth. Even when you point out a bracket like 2012 AAA 106, those kids were a bunch of mostly freshmen and a few sophs - nowhere near the wrestlers they were 2 and 3 years later. College is a bit better because kids grow less, but still, most guys end up moving up so it kills the depth.
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Why Not include them. … They earned it
#1 B. Davis
#2 Jax
#3 Lillidahl
4. Ramos
5. Ayala
PSU. Top three with fingers crossed
I guess Marcus Blaze gets no credit for beating Ramos and Jax since he’s not a Penn St recruit.
Really, Blaze’s win over Ramos is much more impressive. Anyone ranking Stanich #1 is just doing it to be edgy, whereas Ramos is an actual contender/favorite.
I would normally agree with this but I'm really not sure now. 125 is really wonky.
Ramos just squeaked by Matt Spangler today. Davis destroyed Spangler a couple of weeks ago. I was thinking that the was a tier of four or so that you could count on just a few days ago, but each competition date that goes by I'm increasingly unsure.
Maybe there really are about 20 guys that could win it. None of whom are as good as a few HSers. Historically weak.
The good news is they still earn the same points at nationals so it should make for some exciting matches.
Yup, it's going to be wild. I would be willing to bet that we'll have at least 4 double digit seeds in the quarters and we'll lose 3 or 4 top 10 guys in the first round.
Regardless, Ramos is one of the contenders/favorites, even if there are 20 guys on the list. Stanich is maybe a fringe contender if he’s even the starter for Lehigh.
Intermat has Stanich 2, so we must be talking about Flo -- and we all know they do Rankings By Hot Take.
But Stanich is not completely meritless: he won Midlands beating Griffin, Sotelo, Barnett, and Flynn. Then beat Ungar in the next dual. That's a 5-match stretch comparable to placing at nationals, and with 4 of those matches in a tournament setting.
In the weird world of 125 this year, anybody who can beat that many quality opponents consecutively is a contender.
Does anyone know if Ayala’s mom wears glasses ? 🥸
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