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Recruiting - Aaron Brooks

jbkeller72

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Just curious if anyone has heard Brooks' name in connection with recruiting. Kid is a rising junior from Hagerstown, MD - central MD, right on the PA line. He's a recent double champ at Fargo @ 160 and a 2-time MD state champ.
 
Tell Spyker to Start up the campaign for Brooks Bros....
 
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Sure he can. Dude had a serious handle at Oregon.

But, the wrestling Aaron Brooks is still something of an unknown. It's hard to gauge a lot of MD kids because of the level of competition throughout the state. Now, having won Fargo, Brooks is on the scene. Same class and similar weight to Carr and Wittlake. I'm just curious to know whether anyone here has heard about him being anyone's recruiting radar.
 
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Sure he can. Dude had a serious handle at Oregon.

But, the wrestling Aaron Brooks is still something of an unknown. It's hard to gauge a lot of MD kids because of the level of competition throughout the state. Now, having won Fargo, Brooks is on the scene. Same class and similar weight to Carr and Wittlake. I'm just curious to know whether anyone here has heard about him being anyone's recruiting radar.

I'm sure Dice, Dunk or Ames might know ,but Snyder transitioned ok out of Maryland.
 
Snyder transitioned ok out of Maryland.[/QUOTE]

He did. Maryland produces talented kids, but it's tougher to gauge the talent level of a public school kid like Brooks versus a Good Counsel product like Snyder who sees national competition throughout the season. Unless of course the kid wins Fargo... then you know he's talented.
 
I'm sure Dice, Dunk or Ames might know ,but Snyder transitioned ok out of Maryland.
Because Snyder was on everyone's radar real early. Walsh Ironman champ 2x, Beast of East champ 3x, plus Powerade once, then there was that Junior World Championship thing in 2013...not to mention undefeated in High School only giving up 1 takedown, going 179-0...and I probably missed a couple accolades. When you have results like that, doesn't matter the state you're from.
 
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Because Snyder was on everyone's radar real early. Walsh Ironman champ 2x, Beast of East champ 3x, plus Powerade once, then there was that Junior World Championship thing in 2013...not to mention undefeated in High School only giving up 1 takedown, going 179-0...and I probably missed a couple accolades. When you have results like that, doesn't matter the state you're from.

Mat Miller did pretty well too. Kriasser brothers, Pat Downey, Hunter Ritter, Alfred Bannister, Cam Harrell going forward...they've got some solid kids but not a consistent heavy-hitter state
 
Offhand, the only recent Maryland HS wrestlers to place at NCAAs are Snyder and Lewnes... both of whom attended prep schools.

(Not counting Myles Martin, MD prep school but NJ resident.)

I'm probably missing someone, but the point is that Maryland public schools have not exactly been wrestling factories. In fact, it's not unheard of for a good Maryland wrestler to transfer to a PA school for better competition and visibility.
 
Roar, just curious if you know who Snyder gave up the only takedown to?
 
Offhand, the only recent Maryland HS wrestlers to place at NCAAs are Snyder and Lewnes... both of whom attended prep schools.

(Not counting Myles Martin, MD prep school but NJ resident.)

I'm probably missing someone, but the point is that Maryland public schools have not exactly been wrestling factories. In fact, it's not unheard of for a good Maryland wrestler to transfer to a PA school for better competition and visibility.
Matt Miller and Patrick Downey in 2016, in addition to Snyder.
 
Matt Miller and Patrick Downey in 2016, in addition to Snyder.
Good catch.

BTW, the trivia answer is: Alex Campbell, Canon McMillan, in the Dec 2012 Walsh Ironman finals. (And, yes, it took some digging.)

"Kyle Snyder (Good Counsel, Md.) cut through his four matches like a knife through butter. This included a 26-11 technical fall in the finals over Alex Campbell (Canon-McMillan, Pa.) at the 4:54 mark. He had five first-period takedowns, five second-period takedowns and a near fall, and one third-period takedown to the solo takedown from Campbell in the third period."

http://www.wrestlersarewarriors.com/category/high-school-3/2012-high-school-3/feed/

BTW, check out the Ironman finals that year ... a whole lot of familiar names
 
Good catch.

BTW, the trivia answer is: Alex Campbell, Canon McMillan, in the Dec 2012 Walsh Ironman finals. (And, yes, it took some digging.)

"Kyle Snyder (Good Counsel, Md.) cut through his four matches like a knife through butter. This included a 26-11 technical fall in the finals over Alex Campbell (Canon-McMillan, Pa.) at the 4:54 mark. He had five first-period takedowns, five second-period takedowns and a near fall, and one third-period takedown to the solo takedown from Campbell in the third period."

http://www.wrestlersarewarriors.com/category/high-school-3/2012-high-school-3/feed/

BTW, check out the Ironman finals that year ... a whole lot of familiar names

Sure are. 5 starters for tOSU for the upcoming season were in those finals.
 
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BTW, check out the Ironman finals that year ... a whole lot of familiar names

Just three seasons later, 7 wrestlers from that IM have become NCAA D1 finalists
(Zain, Nato, Snyder, IMar were IM finalists while Heil, Myles Martin, and Bryce Merideth finished 3rd, 3rd, 7th at the 2012 IM). The number of finalists will surely increase over the next few years.
 
Pretty sure Bader or CP said that Brooks was going to Blair next year. If so, his recruiting will start picking up even heavier next year. Kid has some dirty ankle picks.
 
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^u sure it wasn't his finals opponent they were talking about from FL? I think he is going to Blair. Don't know for certain though.
 
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