If I remember correctly, Lange lost his first match and wrestled the whole way back for third.
With Berge retired, who do you think goes at 157 and 165 next year?
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Don't i know it! in back to back years Casey knocked off my HS teammates on the front side. Billman in the quarters in '98, 8-5; Snyder in the semi's in '99, 1-0.
I'm still working my way up to forgiving him.
i considered him for a big board ranking. he was solid, but came up just short, often times in the blood round of majors.
my nephew nipped him in blood round at Cadet trials a couple years ago, mostly b/c i was in the corner and totally out-coached Cyler.
60 kg Consi Of 8 #2 - Terrell Barraclough, Sanderson Wrestling Academy vs Marckis Branford, LVWC
60 kg Consi Of 8 #2 - Terrell Barraclough, Sanderson Wrestling Academy vs Marckis Branford, LVWC
Eh, I'm not sure that comparison fits. Kemerer was a top 3 guy at 157 and 174. He's just good.
There always seems to be one or two. Any possibility you want to share your thoughts a little more specifically?
Maybe he will give you a crack at "the room" throne. You should lace them up and give it a go.
i thought about it but then his shoulder healed.
I hear he'll roll over and let you pin him, for Bouzakis.
I don't think Casey has that in him. He may want to, but instinct would kick in.
It’s funny because of the frequency of the same question over and over. But, hey, we’re on second page here, so WTF, lets partake.
Bordeaux, you need to read all the replies before you post!
Thankful I have this forum and this post to make me laugh. Started to feel like crap on Wednesday got tested Friday for Covid-19 and was positive. Kick in the butt was the previous Friday I got my First Mederna shot. Go figure.
Did you tell the people you wanted the covid PREVENTION shot or did you just tell them you wanted the covid shot? 🧐
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Bordeaux, you need to read all the replies before you post!
Same thing happened to my 79 year old father with COPD. They told him the shot saved his life,originally told him he would probably need the first shot AGAIN but then just decided to put the second shot off another week or 2.
Everything worked out fine CTS, stay positive brother!
Talking about old weights. High school had 98 lbs. I had a good friend finish 3rd in states his freshman year at 98. He moved up one weight his sophomore year but ended up getting hospitalized with issues from cutting weight. He went on to wrestle at Drexel.
It wasn't until I went to Bloomsburg and became friends with a couple of wrestlers that I realized the weight cut issues. Guys would wear plastic garbage bags in sauna and work out. Saw more than one guy near passing out from dehydration. Bloomsburg had a top 20 team that year. Iowa State visited Bloomsburg that year wearing their robes. Don Reese ended up tied ,no tiebreaker, to give Bloomsburg their only points.
I started showing symptoms of Covid 9 days after getting the first Pfizer shot. It hit me like an illegal fist to the back for 2 weeks. I ended up getting the monoclonal antibodies after a week of suffering and finally started improving 2 days after that. It was rough.
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On the most recent Coffee Talk episode, Cenzo mentioned working with some of the younger guys who are just full throttle on better awareness (paraphrasing). If nothing else, sure sounds like there's recognition some guys just have to wrestle smarter.
I wrestled 98 pounds my freshman and sophomore seasons. Then sucked from 125 pounds to 105 my entire junior season. I didn't wear the plastic suit. I wore the rubber lined suit. I used to change my long johns and shirt under the suit 3 times/practice. My usual diet was 2 poached eggs for breakfast in a cup, and then the same thing for dinner. After weigh-in I had jello and pasta. In my pictures that year I look like a concentration camp victim. Glad they don't allow that any more. My senior year I wrestled 132 and went 126 post-season. At Penn State Intramurals I wrestled 142 and 158. By the time I was 23 years old I was 190 pounds. Now I'm 220 carrying an extra 20 for good measure. My junior season made me lose my love for wrestling competitively.
See Bobby Weaver. Back then it was 118 in college and he was a 1x AA for Lehigh. However, he won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics at 48kg (105.6 pounds) when he was 25 years old. I still remember him running laps around the mat carrying his baby kid. Talk about undersized. Yikes.
Back in the late 60's 9th grade was in Middle School. I wrestled 85 (weighed in at 83 all season). A fellow 9th grader weighed in at 83 as well but cut to 75 lbs so he could wrestle varsity. May not sound like much, but he cut 10% of his body weight. I can't phantom what you looked like losing 16%. I think he must be a producer on the Walking Dead these days as the Zombies remind me of what he looked like prior to weigh ins. The odd part is that in our wrestling room there were 5 guys in that 75-85 lb weight range. Different era.
I can totally relate to wrestling 98lb as a sophomore. I cannot relate to cutting weight or wearing plastic to do so, although I witnessed it.
Notable results are he beat Victor Voinovich and took Facundo to SV (giving up a ton of size) We'll learn a ton next year when he can wrestle opens in the Fall first. Keep in mind, he also can redshirt next year.
I feel Mason is past the point of being effective for folk. I feel there's a reason the best Greco wrestlers usually aren't folk talents (there are exceptions and I noticed it's often bigger weights) It's pointless to practice leg attacks if you want to be good at Greco but you obviously can't be effective in folk without it.
That being said, if he is willing to spend the year focused purely on it (no Greco practicing) then who knows.
