This is cool. You can keep everyone posted in August what coaches come buzzing through.
Hell I was told Brands showed up on JTS' porch carring a newly minted black t-shirt with bold yellow lettering reading "Paid Iowa Hater" as a present and has been staying with the Steel family just so he can give Bo a cup of water as he runs by in the morning.
Coaches have been coming here for a few years now. Ryan and Goodale are two I've seen. Ryan at Sheetz. Lol. Wrestling in this area was never really a hot bed in comparison to many parts of PA. We had Carlton and a couple others but until this current McCort crew, very few D1 wrestlers came from here. Strittmatter and his club really helped in developing kids from here.
Now we know who to blame if Bassett goes elsewhere.
If Bo goes elsewhere, JTS had better be working overtime to bring in his boy, Jax.
Keep the spike strip handy.
Gonna invite them over to the house. When they're forced to basement wrestle the uncles they won't step foot in Pennsylvania again let alone Johnstown.
...and Terry is right there urging Bo to throw him after every lap.
So Bassett is 2+ years from enrolling in college and he already needs a break from the PSU room? Sheesh.
He was at 135 for Ultimate Club Duals earlier this week. I've seen him projected to 149.
What that tells me is: he probably shouldn't have been at 107 six months ago.
Wrestled 133 at freestyle qualifier 3 weeks after states. Think 120 at Super 32 is last we see him at lower then 126.
Huh? 😉
Oh. He just wrestled 107 last year. That's a heck of a growth spurt. Amazing he was even able to make 107.
When I was a sophomore, I wrestled 126. We had a senior who was wrestling 112 because 119 was our best wrestler (and only state qualifier in the school history), so he cut to 112 to have a starting spot. I could basically rag doll him when he was that weak and sucked down, but then he passed out from dehydration at practice and had to spend a night in the hospital where he was recertified at 126. He challenged me for my spot when he got back to practice and beat me easily. Especially back then (in the 80s), people didn't realize how much strength and energy big weight cuts sap from your body and that you're usually way better off not doing it. I think/hope people have a better understanding of that now in today's sports science culture.
Indeed, and with the light weights we are taking about small kids with 5% body fat. 7 lbs might as well be like cutting part of an arm off. It will be really interesting to see if Davis is a slightly different animal this year as a result.
Cenzo?
DT wrestled at 135 as a senior in high school, at least in the state championship.
When I say kids I mean HS just to make that clear. College kids don't do that. I will give example of season to season changes and offseason. I will start in district one because that is what I follow most closely. Brandon Carr was a state qualifier at 145 as a sophmore and 172 as a Junior and was competing in the 170s during the offseason. Michael Spielman DNP at regions as a Freshman 152 then took 8th at AAA states as a Sophomore, also someone who competed in that offseason around 30lbs heavier. Two very recent examples and some of Diceman's boys are Ben Brillhart and Pat Woloshyn. Brillhart was a state qualifier at 145 this season who a week ago at Waterway Duals was at 174, Pat Woloshyn would likely have placed top 6 at states at 127 but missed regionals and he was at 154 at Waterway. In 2023 Cole Coffin was at 113 for PIAA States at 138 for Freestyle States (only 25 lbs but close enough). Back in 2019 Kyle Waterman (Shoutout Diceman again) wrestled 106 at PIAA States then 132 at Freestyle States before he went 126 in the postseason. I don't have an offseason citation because it is older example and the brackets are harder to find but Sam Hayes went from 126 at PIAA States as a sophomore to 152 to start his junior season.
Pat Woloshyn, CR South - wrestled 127 in postseason and last week wrestled 154 at Waterway. I'm in my car waiting for my tank to fill so you'll have to wait until later for me to give you more. But there's more.
Fortunately they give me computer privileges!
