HS Recruiting News
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U mean Spratley Raney Jax Vega Landon?
He's been wrestling 70kg this FS season though. He's going to be like James Green if he makes it to 65. Just a complete shell of himself. Dude is a big *** 149
Yes but 70 isn't a weight in 2028. He's definitely going 65. If he's 157 that's a bad decision being a 65 in 2028. At 74 he's a body
Hmm... I think he could do well at 74 honestly. Certainly better than being complete gassed at 65.
6 Olympic Weights is so stupid. Wish we'd drop Greco and get 10/10 for Mens and Women's FS.
A body was probably a bit harsh
. He wouldn't be a threat to anyone who can make the team I don't thinkIn 2027 they also have Carini coming in at 174. A while back I mentioned Carini is someone we should look at coming to Stillwater like Robideau and Vega. Carini is number 1 at 175 as a junior. I saw him win the Doc B and he is good.
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Wonder if he grows into a 184 Burton into a 174 and Melvin a 165
Actually, I think you nailed the issue here. Swiderski. And the argument between "best team right now" or "best possible team in the future." This is a huge debate. We have no chance to win a team title this year but we are sending out the highest scoring roster possible. Is this the best move? Time will tell.The entire lineup apparently. Cuz Swiderski is a guaranteed champ 149, so everyone had to bump up.
If y'all watch Facundo's matches and think he should be at 174 then there's really nothing to argue about.
Competing in D1 wrestling at the wrong weight class doesn't happen often and definitely not for 1/2 the line up. When the coach gets paid 1 million he better have his athletes at the right weight class. And I believe he does
If you’re referring to Facundo’s ability to get completely smushed on every leg attack he hits - sorry bub, that’s a facundo lower back strength issue.
watch his matches from pan ams at 74kg. He couldn’t finish a shot at THAT tournament!
it’s just who he is.
Dee doesn't struggle on bottom as is. Being smaller will only hurt his top game.
Thank you, the caveat is…the lineup was built how it was for a reason.
Do I think Dee needs to go 57? Yeah, but I don’t know him well enough to know how he’d respond to that situation.
That cut for Landon would be tough for a full season.
The others, that was the slot they needed to be in.
Dee's never really had a "hard cut" for an extended period. 157 would def be a cut for him. I think it would be manageable, but cutting weight sucks. Makes it so that the sport is less enjoyable as a competitor. I think Landon would have an easier time getting to 149 than Dee would getting to 157. Close tho.
I have lots of thoughts and ideas on getting weight cutting out of wrestling.
I agree for the most part.
It’s a tougher cut for Landon, but he’d do it exactly how he’s told. The reason it would be tougher for Dee is that, he’s never had more than a 2-day maintenance on weight. *not sure of his weight history in totality.
I think weight cutting should stay, it teaches some things. But I don’t think monster cuts are a good thing. I don’t think cuts during physical maturation is good. I’d love to hear your ideas!
I personally like the Iowa guys on the board. They seem to have more vigor and fight than the team they cheer for.
Our new recruit beat him at Reno in December. It was up a weight, but Ladd looked pretty good
Definitely stall less
True but that 1 weight difference is 15 lbs. 175 to 190. I watched the match and it was 4 to 0 Holman with seconds left when Carini got a reversal and let Holman go and was in deep on a shot and seemed like he was very close to the tying takedown when time ran out. Ladd won in the finals by 1st period pin. Dotson of Poway got a quick takedown, Holman escaped, Holman slipped a headlock takedown attempt for 3 points and then put Dotson on his back for the pin. Holman looked good in these 2 matches.
I do too! I just think its fun to tease them when they act like the OSU coaches are feeding them information directly. Who knows, maybe the Iowa fandom is just a ruse to throw us off the scent! haha
You might be surprised at who we know and talk to.
Every single line in that movie is incredible.
We either know people or are great at guessing. I guessed Mower 8 Merrill 4 correctly 10 min after it was wrestled
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I just went through 2 to 3 pages with very little about recruiting, if any. I'm just sayin'
Tanner Hodgins just won New Jersey state. He bumped up to 215 for his team and majored nationally ranked guys in the semis and the finals, and was one takedown away from the tech in both matches.
Betz is also good and they split last year. Betz is actually ranked higher nationally. So going to 215 basically guaranteed him a title and allowed his buddy who is smaller to go 190. If it was for the team he would've been at 215 all year .
After this year I like Holman as a 197 prospect better than Hodgins. However, both have a year more in high school left and it is nice to have several options at 197 that are young. I don't like paying for 3 young 197's and I hope that White is a 184. I watched an interview and some of his matches and he seems maybe 5:8 or 5:9 but what do I know.
Agree with all of that. But sounds like White will be a 197 as well.
We either know people or are great at guessing. I guessed Mower 8 Merrill 4 correctly 10 min after it was wrestled
Anyone who tries so desperately to convince strangers on a message board that he knows people doesn't actually know people. Every wrestling nut with a Twitter account knew what happened in the wrestle offs before you posted about them.
If you pay attention, you can tell the guys on here who are well sourced. None of them talk about it.
Maybe I actually know who some of the people are here and my post was poking at them. It's not that serious Travis
