I guess it could always change but as of now he is a very good high school wrestler and would guess a smaller college. That was a huge win but he has also lost to some kids I wouldn’t consider studs.
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Goff is a freak athlete. I could see it going two ways… he either buys in and becomes an absolute stud that surprises everyone or his attitude and ego get in the way and it doesn’t work out. There has been “rumors” of things in high school that would not set will with the OSU staff if he did that in college
I agree. It usually boils down to if the kid loves wrestling or just wrestles because they are good at it. Pulling weight and managing classes and workouts etc can overwhelm most. Particularly when you are no longer the best one. Wonder how many times he was taken down in practice or even got beat in a match?
In the last two years his only loss was last year to Correa in OT and it went to ride outs. He really could be one of the most athletic kids to ever wrestle at OSU. He just needs to buy into our coaches and check the ego
I’m not sure but I bet he is 6’2” or 6’3”. I really doubt he cuts much. He has wrestled 215 the last two years in high school . He’s pretty filled out already
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Could be he doesn’t wrestle year round because he enjoys other sports and/or his family just doesn’t have the money to wrestle year round. Club fees, travel, tournament fees, that all adds up quick.
You don't become a 4x state champ by sitting on your butt during the off-season. Just because he isn't competing in FS doesn't mean he's not training. So unless he is on a different planet with ability I'm sure he's in the room a lot.
True to an extent. I bet if you looked at the top college wrestlers at each Weight the vast majority wrestle FS.
We actually broke it down for Oklahoma during 6th hour yesterday. Over 73% of the kids from Oklahoma that went to southern plains tournament ended up being state qualifiers and state placers. We preach that freestyle is vital as well as Greco for development and mat.
Yeah I've wondered if he's a tweener
They really need to add like a 225 weigh between 197 and heavy
Forrest won his first match by fall in the first minute yesterday. Johnson won his by TF in under two minutes.
Jax with a quick first period TF today to advance to the semis.
Johnson with a quick 18-1 TF in the first period.
He is a Bull. This is my first time watching him much. Impressed. Not sure where he slots in though to be honest. Wrestling at 215 now.
He is a Bull. This is my first time watching him much. Impressed. Not sure where he slots in though to be honest. Wrestling at 215 now.
Yes, Chasingthirty-five I just watched this match and Jax lost the 1st takedown stood up and got mat returned and then stood up again and got the escape and immediately whip by takedown by Jax. He gave an immediate escape and then a quick, fire man carry to the pin. Bad start that quickly turned around. Yes, Johnson was dominant in first 2 matches with lots of takedowns and back points to finish the match before the end of the 1st period.. Also watched Waters match where in his 1st match, he got taken down in a few seconds and then a few seconds later Waters won by pin ( like Jax's match). Waters won by pin in about 30seconds in his 2nd match. As you said the 2nd match by Jax was total domination with takedowns and back points.
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Who is this Jax guy? Is he decent?
He’s ok. He might crack the starting lineup one day.
He recently won PA regionals for the first time, so he's showing improvement!
Jax into the finals with an easy TF to get into the finals. Johnson with a MD to make his.
Austin Johnson's match at 1:30:46 (link is timestamped). I guess Jax was on a different mat
Jax got OW! Deservedly so, he went pin, tech, pin to get to the finals and then beat 3x PA champ Aaron Seidel 7-1.
Seidel wrestled a heck of a match too
