HS Recruiting News
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First of all, that is not true.
Secondly, how does responding negatively help?
You clearly have some insights and opinions, which is great. Make your case and defend your arguments. You can’t control how others react/respond to you.
It’s funny, @leecothran and several others get murdered on here for being too positive…
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OSU wrestling is in a tough stretch right now. That is going to guide a bunch of the discussion.
Acknowledging that this most recent addition looks to be more of a depth guy initially but does have some intrigue with his FS results is not turning a negative into a positive.
It’s realistically discussing the addition.
I was just going to ask @blair2000 if he had any insight into Franek or Caliendo. Sounds like minnesota is pushing hard for both of them, curious if we're making a run at either ofthem.
Franek to OSU would put them in the drivers seat for the Big 12 to say the least…
Christopher Kiser (Ponca City incoming Senior) committed to Michigan… I’m guessing he projects as a career 125, and I know we’ve got Jordan committed (who Kiser lost to at regionals, but beat at State), but still, I hate to see top tier homegrown D1 talent wrestle elsewhere.
I agree, but with the Spratley transfer and Jordan coming in, 125 is going to be a log jam especially with Hughes at 133.
I concur with your concurrence, but we've seen how quickly predicted log jams can evaporate, especially considering today's college athletic environment. Also, I've just got a huge soft spot for Oklahoma kids, probably to the point of where it would be detriment if I was actually making decisions.
Jordan just went 11-0 in Virginia Beach competing at 123 for Kong, defeating Fargo AA 3rd and PA State Champion Gauge Botero and CA's Chris Huerta in the finals. He had no problems getting off bottom and turned Botero for the win.
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I was hoping he’d go somewhere that we don’t dual. Not excited for the Ferrari clan to swagger into Stillwater. Did Anthony figure out how to get accepted by the university?
The odds of all that coming to fruition without incident seem extremely low.
Good luck to the Hawkeyes. They are getting possibly 1-3 great wrestlers and more chaos than anyone can possibly predict.
Strictly speaking on the mat...Angelo & Anthony are really good, but it's hard to know just how good. Neither has wrestled freestyle the last couple of years -- no Fargo, Open or WTT.
AJ was a Fargo champ and Cadet bronze medalist by his soph year. I remember Jacob Cardenas beating Braxton Amos at the trials and then not being able to even touch AJ's legs.
Saw a tweet that Jordan Williams is going 65 KG this weekend. That should be interesting.
AJ was a Fargo champ and Cadet bronze medalist by his soph year. I remember Jacob Cardenas beating Braxton Amos at the trials and then not being able to even touch AJ's legs.
Saw a tweet that Jordan Williams is going 65 KG this weekend. That should be interesting.
Yeah, it would seem to indicate Jordan is not a big 149, so 157 & 165 will be need weights going forward.
I'm guessing Lockett will be 165/174. It would be great to flip Sealey, but I'd also like to grab Sommer & Giddens before they get snatched up by someone.
I'm guessing Lockett will be 165/174. It would be great to flip Sealey, but I'd also like to grab Sommer & Giddens before they get snatched up by someone.
I would say Williams is much closer to 149 than 141 and is a tweener with FS weights so 70kg is obviously too big for him which would indicate 157 appears to be out of the question. Thus the only other option is to cut a little and go 65kg. I think he's struggled some wrestling up the last couple of years so hopefully he will do some work at 65kg.
Sealy would be sommers and giddens at the same time those two are not even in the same class
Welp. Taking a shot at Sommer & Giddens? After taking one at Walker? I thought you were Mr. Positivity.
You also said everyone next year will be an upgrade over this year, a pretty clear knock on Mastro & Voinovich.
Please be more careful, I hear kids read this board. Lol
We have to recruit the best kids in the country top for their weight class top three in Fargo top 4U20 nationals those type of kids.Kids that have proven their self, at the national level not state
Gotta get Franek. We need top end portal guys.
Sure, I think everyone agrees you have to go after those guys, along with the top Super32 & Ironman placers. But I also think it's a mistake to sleep on guys in your own backyard. Especially if they miss some national tournaments due to injury.
Routledge is a Fargo champ & U17 3rd. Randall went undefeated at Elite 8 duals. Both are ranked in the top 20 by Flo. Giddens beat Routledge at state and Sommer beat Randall, yet neither is ranked. Can't overlook them IMO.
Getting talent on campus hasn’t been the issue. We have struggled with our evaluations, projections and development of the talent we have gotten on campus.
Hopefully some changes have been made and we will see better results.
Hopefully some changes have been made and we will see better results.
MatScouts has Sommer ranked 10th at 170, Ayden Thomas 15th at 113 and Beric Jordan 6th at 120. Jordan just picked up a win over Gauge Botero at NHSCA Duals
I don't believe there's a better tournament to recruit then Ironman. Folkstyle rules with same day weigh-ins.
Willie is a much better ranker than Flo, but even some of his look off to me.
On his Big Board he has Voinovich ahead of Giddens and Randall ahead of Sommer. I realize that's more projection than ranking, but still. He even has Sommer listed as only a 2 star. How is Sommer in a lower tier than Randall? I must be missing something.
Do you know if Beric will be wrestling at junior duals & Fargo?
