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Gotta love Flo for referring to him as Rath in the opening paragraph. Hello? Is there an proofreader available?
Eight weight classes covered by the class of 2024 and four more by the class of 2025 ... so far. 13 wrestlers total. The only weight class not covered is 174, but I have to believe one of Facundo, Haines, Messenbrink, Sealey, Cunningham, Ryder or Henkel will be there.@dicemen99 spreadsheet is going to be entirely blue. He’ll have to replace the blue toner cartridge soon
"I'm sorry, Bobby who? Did I see you at Senior Nationals?"I'm on the phone with Bobby, he's telling me he forgot to call...
Bobby Telford or Will Henkel?Never heard of this guy
Then you must not follow high school wrestling. Don't comment stuff like this on a kids commitment post. He's 5th on Willie's Big Board and 8th on Flowrestling's.Never heard of this guy
Pretty sure Crusher knows his shit when it comes to PA highschool wrestling. He may not be a national scene guy and visit all the national sites like many of us do.Then you must not follow high school wrestling. Don't comment stuff like this on a kids commitment post. He's 5th on Willie's Big Board and 8th on Flowrestling's.
Agreed. Take 5 minutes and go look around the internet then before posting.Apologies for taking a personal shot but just felt it was a little curt to make a statement like that on thread about a top kid who is committing.
Crusher's post, while perhaps a bit narrow, was not stated in a derogatory manner. Sometimes a remark is really just a remark; no need to read anything more into it.Then you must not follow high school wrestling. Don't comment stuff like this on a kids commitment post. He's 5th on Willie's Big Board and 8th on Flowrestling's.
Said it many times but the biggest way the portal benefits PSU is the top kids aren't afraid of entering the jam. Doesn't work out? No problem, you learned a lot and can go elsewhere.He's another middle weight, right? This is a great get, but with Levi and Mesenbrink and Facundo and Sealey and PJ Duke and Ryder and Asher, the room is going to be REALLY crowded in those middle weights. It may actually get to the point where PSU JV is really a top 5 team in the country. LOL.
Right. And the ones that do win those spots, it's going to be hammer->hammer->hammer->hammer->hammer for PSU's lineup no matter who it is that emerges.Said it many times but the biggest way the portal benefits PSU is the top kids aren't afraid of entering the jam. Doesn't work out? No problem, you learned a lot and can go elsewhere.
Class of 2025 PJ Duke expects to go at 157 (his words). Maybe he can get in a season or two at 149 before moving to 157, dunno.He's another middle weight, right? This is a great get, but with Levi and Mesenbrink and Facundo and Sealey and PJ Duke and Ryder and Asher, the room is going to be REALLY crowded in those middle weights. It may actually get to the point where PSU JV is really a top 5 team in the country. LOL.
Yeah, it’s nuts. It’s like these kids are recruiting themselves into the room just to be in the best room in the world and then take their chances on getting a roster spot (knowing, like McScoreley said, that they can always portal somewhere/anywhere else later for a starting spot if necessary). Henckel, Desmond, Duke, and even Mesenbrink are not guys PSU needed given the talent already in the pipeline, but they’re sure nice to have in the mix.This is pretty crazy. I had no idea he was in the mix…not that I should obviously. So many top kids coming it’s going to be a dogfight to make the team at the middleweights
Is Big Board all weights all classes or all weights class of 2025?Then you must not follow high school wrestling. Don't comment stuff like this on a kids commitment post. He's 5th on Willie's Big Board and 8th on Flowrestling's.
Class of 2025 big boardIs Big Board all weights all classes or all weights class of 2023?
Makes me wonder if the opportunity to become part of NLWC RTC is becoming more important to recruits than actually wrestling a lot of folkstyle matches with the PSWC. The pinnacle in the sport is the Olympics/Worlds and where better to prepare for that than State College? It would be interesting to hear what these recruits coming into a crowded (with talent) room have to say was their deciding factor (knowing that they probably have more than one).Yeah, it’s nuts. It’s like these kids are recruiting themselves into the room just to be in the best room in the world and then take their chances on getting a roster spot (knowing, like McScoreley said, that they can always portal somewhere/anywhere else later for a starting spot if necessary). Henckel, Desmond, Duke, and even Mesenbrink are not guys PSU needed given the talent already in the pipeline, but they’re sure nice to have in the mix.
It’s so weird to think that Brooks & Starocci are going to leave and the logjam is only going to get worse.
It does look like PSU has a relatively bigger advantage with the kids with haughty freestyle resumes, so there may be something to that.Makes me wonder if the opportunity to become part of NLWC RTC is becoming more important to recruits than actually wrestling a lot folkstyle matches with the PSWC. The pinnacle in the sport is the Olympics/Worlds and where better to prepare for that than State College? It would be interesting to hear what these recruits coming into a crowded (with talent) room have to say was their deciding factor (knowing that they probably have more than one).
He beat Sealey in free at junior trials last year before losing to Garvin (who would get smacked by Mesenbrink) He lost to Sealey in folk at WNO. 2nd at Fargo last year as well losing to Braeden Scoles. Just placed 5th at that ridiculous Ironman bracket (lost in TBs to Birden, who has beaten Sealey before as well in folk and then 3-1 to Lockett)Blair Academy. 2023 Beast Champ, where he Tech’d Central Dauphin’s Garrick (twice a PIAA AAA runner-up) in the finals. Has a dub over Sealey at WNO.
2025. He’s a junior. The class of 2023 are freshman in college.I'm lost ... in which class is Henckel?
I believe most of these recruits have explicitly stated Olympic aspirations (witness all the PSU recruits still in high school at the recent senior nationals). The NLWC is most certainly dominating the USA team at this point and having exceptional results on the international stage. So in answer to your question, the NLWC is probably at least as important as NCAA competition to most and more important to some. Smart kids, btw.Makes me wonder if the opportunity to become part of NLWC RTC is becoming more important to recruits than actually wrestling a lot folkstyle matches with the PSWC. The pinnacle in the sport is the Olympics/Worlds and where better to prepare for that than State College? It would be interesting to hear what these recruits coming into a crowded (with talent) room have to say was their deciding factor (knowing that they probably have more than one).