Wrestling BREAKING: Mason AND Erik Gibson Announce Commitments To PSU

[mcpat]

Great stuff! Thank you!

 

[El-Jefe]

Eric not as heralded. Was a two time piaa state placer, 3rd as a freshman and 6th as sophomore and was not allowed to wrestle at states his junior and senior year because of McCort transfer. Ranked #1 in state his Senior year. Also was a double AA at Fargo that year. I'm thinking Willie had him around #50 on his big board.

Erik was still widely regarded. He was one of those guys whose freestyle results exceeded his folk, and he likely was a 2x state champ without the transfer flap. He went 7-1 as a JR, twice beating Grant MacKay (who won states in what would've been Erik's bracket), and losing only to Rocco Welsh in OT.

His SO 6th place finish was defaulting out after losing in the semis, which was possibly the biggest upset at Hershey since DeSanto beat Lee. Earlier that year he had split matches with the eventual champ.

 

[johnstownsteel]

Erik was still widely regarded. He was one of those guys whose freestyle results exceeded his folk, and he likely was a 2x state champ without the transfer flap. He went 7-1 as a JR, twice beating Grant MacKay (who won states in what would've been Erik's bracket), and losing only to Rocco Welsh in OT.

His SO 6th place finish was defaulting out after losing in the semis, which was possibly the biggest upset at Hershey since DeSanto beat Lee. Earlier that year he had split matches with the eventual champ.

Yes..most definitely highly regarded but in my opinion not as high as little brother. If I came across to be putting Eric down my apologies, certainly not my intention. Eric is a kid every college in the country would welcome him in in a heartbeat.

 

[El-Jefe]

Yeah I was shocked. But then didn't Ungar beat an elite recruit a week or two later in an All Star match that kinda showed he was for real? Maybe I'm misremembering that part.

Yes, Ungar beat Figueroa at Dapper Dan.

Everybody thought he was legit when he transferred to NDGP. But nobody thought he had THAT in him.

 

[BrockBronson]

Mason is a 5 time PJW champ. Won Super 32 as an 8th grader. 2 time Fago champ I believe. Finished 2nd his freshman year at PIAA states. Injured sophomore year and did not wrestle.

Holy crap. I knew he was good but those are some serious accolades. Is this the same Ungar who is starting at Cornell and freshmen, Forest just beat?

 

[johnstownsteel]

Holy crap. I knew he was good but those are some serious accolades. Is this the same Ungar who is starting at Cornell and freshmen, Forest just beat?

Yeah same

 

[pointingdogsrule]

I am half expecting to be evicted from HR after today.

83%

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Holy crap. I knew he was good but those are some serious accolades. Is this the same Ungar who is starting at Cornell and freshmen, Forest just beat?

Same Ungar that had Steen’s number his senior year as well. Ungar is legit, Forrest beating him was mind-blowing IYAM.

 

[PSU Mike]

There’s certainly going to be some big battles in the room the next few years with SVN, Kasak, Gibson, Haines, Sealey, Facundo, Barr, and Ryder all between 49-84 with multiple years of eligibility. Will be exciting to see how it all works itself out.

At the risk of being overly optimistic, the winners among them in the room have inside tracks to be B1G qualifiers, the highest plane in the sport.

 

[mcpat]

At the risk of being overly optimistic, the winners among them in the room have inside tracks to be B1G qualifiers, the highest plane in the sport.

I was watching BTN this morning. Rutgers wrestling season ticket commercial ran this morning.

 

[jsk163]

There’s certainly going to be some big battles in the room the next few years with SVN, Kasak, Gibson, Haines, Sealey, Facundo, Barr, and Ryder all between 49-84 with multiple years of eligibility. Will be exciting to see how it all works itself out.

Grey shirts galore

 

[Ja1339]

There’s certainly going to be some big battles in the room the next few years with SVN, Kasak, Gibson, Haines, Sealey, Facundo, Barr, and Ryder all between 49-84 with multiple years of eligibility. Will be exciting to see how it all works itself out.

Ryder is projected at 184 or 197.