Wonder if that was a factor for Nijenhuis sucking down to 165 (2020 PIAA champ at 182) for Purdue?
He and CStar have a history.
I know we've only seen him a couple times as starter @49, but...
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Wonder if that was a factor for Nijenhuis sucking down to 165 (2020 PIAA champ at 182) for Purdue?
He and CStar have a history.
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I was a PL in D/1-87 and A/1-87 from 2011 to 2014. Including a trip to lovely RC-East.
Had several friends in 4-31. My soldiers would occasionally decorate your little bear.
I was a PL in D/1-87 and A/1-87 from 2011 to 2014. Including a trip to lovely RC-East.
Had several friends in 4-31. My soldiers would occasionally decorate your little bear.
Agreed. Intermat not even on my favorites list anymore. Wah wah wah. Kept waiting for TR to come up with something fresh. Never happened. The mailbag was interesting, then they put it behind the paywall. Even though it's fairly inexpensive it wouldn't be worth it at 1/3 the price!
Leave George alone! Haha! You are quite a bit younger than me. It was quite the experience up there. Had some fun trips to Canada back when you could cross the border pretty easily.
Nijenhuis (170) wasn't winning another state championship at 182 with Carter there.
They wrestled that year for the 182 pound Powerade championship. The final score was a 3 or 4 point difference, the separation was 2 or 3 times greater.
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Absolutely true. Should be noted that they faced several times in 3 years -- always tough, physical matches -- and Starocci won every time.
- 2017: 3-1 at Powerade, 5-1 at states
- 2018: 3-1 in Feb (state duals?), 3-1 SV at states
- 2019: 5-2 at Powerade
The 2019 Powerade match was a slugfest. They had to be separated at the end.
9-house later dropped to 170 and won states. (It was the right decision -- he wrecked Edmond Ruth in the finals, which made him an even more attractive recruit.)
The he went back up to 182 and dominated in 2020 as expected.
Be careful CJFisJoePall, if you post about 149 or Beau Bartlett, you’re at risk of The Thread Police knocking on your door to make a citizen’s arrest for posting in the wrong spot or with the wrong content!
And then there was Pat Smith who not only HELD his 134 class for 4 National championships but he won his Oklahoma HS championships at 148 and 157. Lol. He outgrew his college weight years earlier in HS.
Many HS kids have done that. 6th year senior James Woodall wrestled at 149. Senior year in HS he wrestled at 160.
Marsteller wrestled 170 in HS and dropped to 157 at Okie State. From what I have heard.....he loved dropping down
OKST jokes aside, Marsteller wrestled 165 at Lock Haven, not 174, so maybe he could've been 160 his HS SR year ... maybe.Marsteller wrestled 170 in HS and dropped to 157 at Okie State. From what I have heard.....he loved dropping down
Some top guys have actually wrestled up a weight their HS SR year for the challenge, so sometimes it's better to look at JR year weight. Unfortunately it's a case by case situation.
Offhand we know Starocci, Nijenhuis, and McCutcheon all did.
I'll second this. Jmadden1998's comment in this thread about Facundo avoiding Kennedy was kind of funny IMO and was comfortably short of "dickishness". There are plenty of HR guys who are absolute tools, but thankfully they generally stay away from this board.
At least it was on a message board and not, say, at a pre-game event before the college football championship game.
Jerome Brown: ''Let`s get out of here. The Japanese didn`t eat with Pearl Harbor the night before they bombed it.''
