Not a like for like comparison at all. Bo had that in his arsenal on topic of very, very good baseline wrestling. For Rogotke (at the moment) that *is* his entire arsenal.
Match Thread Ohio State dual - Fri, Feb 2
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Uh, have you seen the rest of the lineup? SVN at 157 crates more problems than it solves.
Neither Levi nor Mesinbrink are 174s. Who is sitting because SVN bumps or Kasak doesn't use a shirt next year or manage his weight back down, Levi, Mesenbrink, Facundo, or Barr? I will grant you the fact that both Levi and Mesenbrink have redshirts, but I don't see either sitting when the youngest (Kasak) also has a shirt. To be honest I think there is an outside possibility Levi and Mesenbrink swap weights next year.
There is also the fact that Kasak started the year at 141. We all see the log jam before us, the most logical choices for Kasak are either redshirt or go back down to 141 and compete with Beau for the spot.
As troubling as it might seem, this isn't the first difficult choice the team will face over the next couple of years at several weights 125/133 comes to mind. In 2 years, there is little doubt Nagao will be facing either Davis or Lilledahl.
The more I see Tyler develop, and the more I try to project where he will be next year, I really think he has a legit shot at winning the 141 slot next year if he wants.
Rogotzke is much closer to Soldano than to Bo.
Only with our Lions can a 28-9 win feel humbling. Davis lost (I saw a TD) to an unranked but stronger kid and maybe learned to stay out of the upper-body stuff. Great test before meeting an angry, vengeful Ayala.
Nagao was ragdolled a bit by another stronger kid, but ferociously fought back (nice to see his inner wolverine).
Carter tired but hung on against an up-and-coming fireplug of a wrestler who puzzled Griffith as well.
Bernie looked great until, well . . .
Iowa’s own humbling was more devastating, though two different TB outcomes make theirs a 1-point loss. Like Michigan after losing to Bucks, the Hawks will be uber-motivated for redemption next week. I’ll bet some of our Lions will be, too.
Nagao was ragdolled a bit by another stronger kid, but ferociously fought back (nice to see his inner wolverine).
Carter tired but hung on against an up-and-coming fireplug of a wrestler who puzzled Griffith as well.
Bernie looked great until, well . . .
Iowa’s own humbling was more devastating, though two different TB outcomes make theirs a 1-point loss. Like Michigan after losing to Bucks, the Hawks will be uber-motivated for redemption next week. I’ll bet some of our Lions will be, too.
At 141. D'Emilio is not looking like an AA at 149.
He only jumped up in rankings because he beat literally everyone in the world but our kid and him are a wash in my opinion.
Carter had some interesting matches in PIAA tourney that didn't make him seem such a high level kid. But, that turned out to mean absolutely nothing.
I agree with this - disappointed with a 20 pt win only because our expectations are so high. But wrestling is hard, and things like a tough cut, a slight illness, an off day happen. Lack of activity from Davis was surprising, but we haven’t seen it before, so maybe an off night. Nagao, clearly now, has issues to address and I suspect he/coaches know what those issues are better than the rest of us. Mess might need to work on his bottom game, but maybe that kid was really good on top and he was clearly working to just hold on and not score points. I was actually encouraged by Bernie - his attack rate and energy was high and he was controlling the match - until he wasnt. All wrestlers get caught at times. Carter was clearly gassed in the 3rd period, but we all know he’s a beast.
First world problems.
Please don't tell my wife this is "pudgy". He was a beast then, the whole world didn't know it yet. But our coaches did. Good for us.Umm no. Carter was a specimen his entire career. Absolutely great genetics.
Infemery? So that's the problem! Way too much estrogen. I would think the PSU training staff would know to send him to an infirmary. smh
He is on record saying he will return.
Thought he had both a standard RS and an ORS? Didn't he gray shirt at his previous stop?
I think he wrestled like 3 matches at an open in November last year, before entering the portal.
I think Alex will be looking for a new address.
According to Ex coach Karam ,Tyler was having tough cut to get to 141
I checked the eligibility thread and if McSorely is right, he is out of shirts.
I planned on Evans as BB back up and TK as SVN's backup.
That's why I shouldnt be the planner.
Barr wrestling at the Edinboro open hmmCoaches watching Truax get pinned. Rare indication of concern on Cael's face.
OSU likes the upper body,stay away from that and you have them beat!oops we did crush them!
As I recall, MM had not one but two reversals against Hepner. Not bad against a guy known for being tough on top. Biggest problem was that after his second reversal, MM almost immediately got reversed himself. Not sure what MM was trying to do in that sequence.
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I'm not either. And I don't think MM had a bad match. Just identified some things to clean up.
Was bittersweet seeing Sasso in the handshake line yesterday (Levi had some extra kind words for him you can tell), on one hand, great to see he seems to be in good spirits and he looks to be doing great in recovery overall, praying he can walk without that limp soon. On the other, hard to imagine him wrestling ever again. Miracles do happen though and if Alex Smith played football again, anything is possible.
You can critique Tom Ryan about many times (and we do lol) but one thing you can never ever take away from him is the fact he's there for his wrestlers no matter what. I think Sammy's journey in this sport is just beginning.
You can critique Tom Ryan about many times (and we do lol) but one thing you can never ever take away from him is the fact he's there for his wrestlers no matter what. I think Sammy's journey in this sport is just beginning.
I was at a VT match a few weeks ago. Sammy’s bro wrestles for VT. After the match they have 4-5 wrestlers sit at tables to sign autographs for kids and engage in chitter chat with fans. One of our
Local HS assistants asked about Sammy and things got pretty misty. I got the impression that everyone is simply glad that Sammy is alive.
True freshman going to opens to get matches, more at 11
I think people got confused since they wrestled at PWC. Davis was representing Michigan, Kilkeary PA. My tongue in cheek joke about this being a makeup call comes from the fact Davis had the leg up in the 3rd and Kilkeary countered using a super illegal cutback to get the TD and 2NF to win 5-2.
Okay. Looks like Kilkeary beat Davis at Dapper Dan.
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Obviously, Davis isn’t a PA state champ though.
Ohio State recruits beat Penn State recruits, Pa. squad falls at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic | Trib HSSN
Vinny Kilkeary and Rocco Welsh ended their high school careers with wins at the 49th annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Saturday at Peters Township.
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Obviously, Davis isn’t a PA state champ though.
I posted a screenshot
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I'm holding judgment on Young. He's not a 141. I’m with you on that but after his freestyle performances I was expecting more
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Makes me wonder if he's 100% healthy. If memory serves, he sat out a match or two not too long ago. No one seemed overly concerned, but don't recall seeing any real explanation either.
