Recruits in Action - Onto the Off-season!

[NJwrestling26]

Sonny Amato was interviewed on a NJ wrestling podcast yesterday , in the interview he talks about why he committed to Iowa . Mentioned he’s friends with Ferrari for years and first time he stepped into the Iowa room with Angelo Terry walked right up without saying a word and grabbed a 2 on 1 on him and told Amato to tell him how he would defend this. He’s a big Morningstar guy.

Amato interview starts at 46:25 and ends at 1:05:15

also don’t judge NJ by these clowns with the podcast, most of NJ can’t stand most of them

 

[luthius dagan]

Another pin for Calkins! He's in the California State quarters now!

 

[NJwrestling26]

Amato, P. Kenny, and Duffy have their Districts this weekend.

Amato and Kenny can sleepwalk through districts. Duffy has a returning state placer and D1 commit (LIU) at his weight.

 

[Corby2]

Sonny Amato was interviewed on a NJ wrestling podcast yesterday , in the interview he talks about why he committed to Iowa . Mentioned he’s friends with Ferrari for years and first time he stepped into the Iowa room with Angelo Terry walked right up without saying a word and grabbed a 2 on 1 on him and told Amato to tell him how he would defend this. He’s a big Morningstar guy.

Amato interview starts at 46:25 and ends at 1:05:15

also don’t judge NJ by these clowns with the podcast, most of NJ can’t stand most of them

I thought you said he's gonna have a hard time staying in school? Now you like him?

 

[NJwrestling26]

I thought you said he's gonna have a hard time staying in school? Now you like him?

Literally just sharing an interview most people in Iowa would never see or come across. We ve been over this Corby I think he can be very very good but he has some personality/ character red flags. I didn’t want Rutgers to go after him bc we only land elite recruits once every 5 years and felt like it was too big of a risk to focus that energy on him and I think it’ll be easier to keep his focus solely on wrestling in a place like Iowa then at Rutgers

 

[Trakker]

Literally just sharing an interview most people in Iowa would never see or come across. We ve been over this Corby I think he can be very very good but he has some personality/ character red flags. I didn’t want Rutgers to go after him bc we only land elite recruits once every 5 years and felt like it was too big of a risk to focus that energy on him and I think it’ll be easier to keep his focus solely on wrestling in a place like Iowa then at Rutgers

So how do you feel about Knox going to Rutgers?

 

[NJwrestling26]

So how do you feel about Knox going to Rutgers?

Excited and nervous. Talent to be a 4x AA and compete for a national title right away but he also might knock a dude out on the campus.Im hoping the whole brawl at districts and year of court appearances scared him straight.

I view Knox and Amato as slightly different recruits i think Knox is the top tier ,compete for a title right away type recruits like Bo,Jax, ( I also view Paul Kenny in this category). I think Amato can AA 4x but I’m not sure hes a national champ level recruit and if he is i think it happens when he’s a jr/sr and not right away

 

[luthius dagan]

Borge with a fall into the state semi’s!

 

[luthius dagan]

Calkins with his 3rd pin at state, putting him in the State Semi’s!

Two more wins and he’ll be California’s sole 215 State Champion

 

[luthius dagan]

Mocco with a forfeit and pin into Regional semi’s

Bachmanns both pick up a tech fall each in the round of 16 at Regionals

 

[Squatch96]

Mocco with a forfeit and pin into Regional semi’s

Bachmanns both pick up a tech fall each in the round of 16 at Regionals

Any idea when borge and calkins semi finals start im assuming their on flo?

 

[Tyhawk]

Borge to the championship with another tech fall. He'll meet Cornell commit, Verrette

 

[FanInBlack]

really appreciate the updates boys. good work

 

[luthius dagan]

Bachmanns got a pair of wins to enter their Regional Semi’s.

currently we got:

Joe Bachmann, Fred Bachmann, and Michael Mocco all in semifinals.

Calkins in State semifinals

Borge in State finals

Duffy, Amato, and P. Kenny have their District Tournament today.

 

[IndianaHawk98]

Bachmanns got a pair of wins to enter their Regional Semi’s.

currently we got:

Joe Bachmann, Fred Bachmann, and Michael Mocco all in semifinals.

Calkins in State semifinals

Borge in State finals

Duffy, Amato, and P. Kenny have their District Tournament today.

Killing it man, really appreciate all the great updates!!

 

[Squatch96]

Any one know what time Borges final match. And calkins semi finals match are?

 

[Praguehawk]

Bachmanns got a pair of wins to enter their Regional Semi’s.

currently we got:

Joe Bachmann, Fred Bachmann, and Michael Mocco all in semifinals.

Calkins in State semifinals

Borge in State finals

Duffy, Amato, and P. Kenny have their District Tournament today.

Excellent update updates please keep them coming.

 

[luthius dagan]

Duffy with 3 pins - District Champion!

P. Kenny with 3 pins - District Champion!

Amato with 2 pins and a tech - District Champion!

Mocco with a forfeit and 2 pins into his Region Finals

Joe Bachmann with 3 tech falls into his Region Finals

Fred Bachmann with a tech and 2 decisions into his Region finals

No updates on Borge and Calkins yet

 

[Tyhawk]

Duffy with 3 pins - District Champion!

P. Kenny with 3 pins - District Champion!

Amato with 2 pins and a tech - District Champion!

Mocco with a forfeit and 2 pins into his Region Finals

Joe Bachmann with 3 tech falls into his Region Finals

Fred Bachmann with a tech and 2 decisions into his Region finals

No updates on Borge and Calkins yet

Calkins coming up soon

 

[Tyhawk]

Calkins into championship

 

[Squatch96]

Great win by calkins!

 

[jrod65]

Calkins into championship

Calkins having a strong finish to his hs career. Believe the guy he just beat is #8 at 215. Calkins also beat Willie's #5 recently. His finals will be a rematch of Doc B. Calkins lost 5-8 in that one. Willie has his opp #4 at the weight.

 

[Tyhawk]

Calkins having a strong finish to his hs career. Believe the guy he just beat is #8 at 215. Calkins also beat Willie's #5 recently. His finals will be a rematch of Doc B. Calkins lost 5-8 in that one. Willie has his opp #4 at the weight.

Flo has his next opponent, Burford #3 one spot ahead of Calkins. Hope proper adjustments were made & he can win this rematch & get himself a state title. I hate the 215lb class because these guys usually have no place in college because they cant get big enough for Hwt or get down to 197

 

[Tyhawk]

A little off topic here but Landon Sidun was just beat in his regional finals by sophomore, Mateo Gallegos

 

[luthius dagan]

Flo has his next opponent, Burford #3 one spot ahead of Calkins. Hope proper adjustments were made & he can win this rematch & get himself a state title. I hate the 215lb class because these guys usually have no place in college because they cant get big enough for Hwt or get down to 197

Yeah, he’s pretty shredded at 215, I can’t see him cutting to 197. Don’t think there’s enough to cut. Could be like a 230-240 heavyweight like Kueter and Mirasola.

 

[luthius dagan]

A little off topic here but Landon Sidun was just beat in his regional finals by sophomore, Mateo Gallegos

Maybe we should recruit that kid haha!

 

[Libertylover]

A little off topic here but Landon Sidun was just beat in his regional finals by sophomore, Mateo Gallegos

No worry. Someone on here pretty much guaranteed Sanchez of 28 to PSU. He can take Siduns place after year one

 

[UNIHawk]

Yeah, he’s pretty shredded at 215, I can’t see him cutting to 197. Don’t think there’s enough to cut. Could be like a 230-240 heavyweight like Kueter and Mirasola.

He might be 230 right now before the cut to 215. He looks like a heavyweight all the way to me.

 

[Squatch96]

Think its been awesome to watch Calkins go from kinda of an unknown greco guy to what he's done this year!

 

[IndianaHawk98]

Would Calkins be a better prospect at 197 or HWT?

 

[Tyhawk]

Maybe we should recruit that kid haha!

One kid I've really been impressed with watching the California tournament is James Curoso. I believe he's just a sophomore but he's in the championship at 165 where he'll meet returning champ & Stanford commit, Shahbazyan. Would love to see Curoso in a Hawkeye singlet & at a weight of need

 

[UNIHawk]

Would Calkins be a better prospect at 197 or HWT?

IMO Heavyweight. Cutting these guys doesn't work out a lot of time ie Christian Carroll, Bradley Hill.

 

[Tyhawk]

Would Calkins be a better prospect at 197 or HWT?

Not sure he could make 197

 

[maxpain]

Sorry if already posted but Jarrell Miller is the #1 184 in NJCAA. The championship is next week.

 

[IndianaHawk98]

Sorry if already posted but Jarrell Miller is the #1 184 in NJCAA. The championship is next week.

So is he taking the Junior college route for eligibility? or is this something that he actually desired?

I was excited when we landed the twins.

 

[Squatch96]

Sorry if already posted but Jarrell Miller is the #1 184 in NJCAA. The championship is next week.

Wonder if he still comes to iowa think we could of used him in some matches this year would of been more competitive at least in some of the 97 matches Sampson wrestled no offense to brody sampson

 

[luthius dagan]

Mocco with another pin to capture his Region Title!

Joe Bachmann with another tech to capture his Region Title!

Freddy Bachmann wins his Region Title with a 3-2 win in ultimate tie breaker to C. Chunko. He any good?

(Peter Mocco also wins his 215 Region Title with 4 pins as a sophomore)

 

[ChicagoHawk2020]

Mocco with another pin to capture his Region Title!

Joe Bachmann with another tech to capture his Region Title!

Freddy Bachmann wins his Region Title with a 3-2 win in ultimate tie breaker to C. Chunko. He any good?

(Peter Mocco also wins his 215 Region Title with 4 pins as a sophomore)

Rutgers commit and 19th at 126 per Willie.

 

[Tyhawk]

Mocco with another pin to capture his Region Title!

Joe Bachmann with another tech to capture his Region Title!

Freddy Bachmann wins his Region Title with a 3-2 win in ultimate tie breaker to C. Chunko. He any good?

(Peter Mocco also wins his 215 Region Title with 4 pins as a sophomore)

Chunko is ranked #25 nationally (flo)at 126lbs

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

One kid I've really been impressed with watching the California tournament is James Curoso. I believe he's just a sophomore but he's in the championship at 165 where he'll meet returning champ & Stanford commit, Shahbazyan. Would love to see Curoso in a Hawkeye singlet & at a weight of need

That is very impressive to do as a 165 pound sophomore in single classification California. There are over 1000 high schools in CA that have a boys wrestling program. Curoso wrestles for Clovis High. The city of Clovis is a hotbed of wrestling in California. Nationally, #1 ranked Buchanan is there along with #12 Clovis and #13 Clovis North.