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HS Recruiting News
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Wait a cotton picking minute. Chase made me pay $1,000.
Oh, sorry. I forgot to add a 0. Hard to type on a phone sometimes
PSU luxury tax
Dang this is pretty big for them. Their 2026 class is shaping up to be as good as ours. This will probably make things a 3 team race instead of a 2 team one in the future.
Too bad we missed on Jayden James.
Too bad we missed on Jayden James.
Coaching will make the difference. Have faith.
We are really stacked in the weights Raneys are supposed to be. Jax, Vega, Routledge, Wolbert are all around that weight. This is on top of what we might have in campus at that time. I am sad on Jayden James more.
Raney’s slot in at Iowa better than us or psu. It always made sense.
I do not think TNT will be coaching at Iowa during the bulk of this class's run. Tom looked very old this year.
Some stats on Anderson.
2023 Folkstyle nationals champ 132 (16u)
2023 16u 132 5th (Fargo)
2024 17u nationals 4th 60kg
2025 Folkstyle nationals champion 138
2025 Nhsca soph nationals runner-up 138
College Results
2024 Doane Open champ (beat a few ranked NAIA guys) 133
2024 Reno 3rd 133
Best college win was over NAIA 4th place finisher Archuleta. He also beat Oregon States starter at Reno.
You can see Caldwell watching him Matside at RTOC.
You don’t hear much about him because he’s at Valiant College Prep so he does not have a season like most HS kids. Will be in Vegas U20 at 61 kg. Not sure where he projects for college weight wise.
Watch his match vs McComas at PNL spring from last year. Wild finish, Anderson lost 3-2 I think but camera angle couldn’t verify challenge or refute it. Good match.
Was/still hoping the Raneys end up at Illinois. It seems Iowa has gone all in on recruiting and the dominoes are falling into place for a good team in the future. I tend to think landing Bo has been a big factor in getting more top recruits.
Someone above mentioned they fit in better at Iowa than us and thats 100% true. I also firmly believe that if we do/had signed them we possibly lose some of our best recruits for a multitude of reasons which would have been a bad look and we wouldnt be any better off imo.
Someone above mentioned being more sad of Jayden James and I felt that.....
Someone above mentioned they fit in better at Iowa than us and thats 100% true. I also firmly believe that if we do/had signed them we possibly lose some of our best recruits for a multitude of reasons which would have been a bad look and we wouldnt be any better off imo.
Someone above mentioned being more sad of Jayden James and I felt that.....
TNT contracts are up in March 2029. They certainly won’t be coaching past that.
But what if they get a new bigger and better 10 year contract? 🤔
I will be surprised if they stay until then. The big question is what Iowa will do with the vacancy.
That could work. I think they would be crazy to not try something similar to what we did with the DT hire. Selfishly, I would rather see them throw a bag at Casey Cunningham. I've heard he turned us down, but that might not be true, things change, and Iowa can probably offer even more than we were willing to.
There is no die in the Chihuahua twins. They will have to pry those guys out of their coaching positions, just to put them in their caskets
Casey is 47 I think. By the time he’s an empty nester, he’ll be over 50. I think the door is closing on that idea.
Good point. Everyone knows a wrestling coach fades fast after 50. Too many hungrier young bucks to try to keep up with.
I know you were being tongue in cheek, but I think a generational disconnect happens once a coach becomes significantly older than the recruits father. It happens between 50-55 imho. It's not a steady thing, but teenagers are looking to wrestle for their heros and guys they emulated. It also just so happens that coaches in their 50s mat wrestle less and less, so the perception is that a program is in decline.Good point. Everyone knows a wrestling coach fades fast after 50. Too many hungrier young bucks to try to keep up with.
Tom Ryan was doing great several years ago, but lately has missed out on several elite guys, even ones in his backyard. It also didn't help that he was severely injured and doesn't do much coaching on the mat now. Perception. I think the same thing is hurting ISU. A certain staleness in the program develops.
TR lands a lot of high level prospects but in the last few years only Mendez has developed.
I said the same thing about the coaching staff at OK State for the past few years. Things went very stale. John Smith is definitely a legend, but not the legend that the wrestlers today watched. Taking nothing away from Smith, dude was one of the best wrestlers ever and was a great coach!
Munaretto committed to Ohio State.
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#12 Overall Junior Munaretto Commits to Ohio State
One of the top remaining uncommitted juniors in the country, #12 overall Dom Munaretto (St. Charles East, IL), changed his status to committed this afternoon as he gave a verbal to Ohio State University. In addition to Munaretto’s ranking among the Class of 2026, he finished the 2024-25 campaign ...
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Was hoping he’d go to Illinois. Munaretto, the Raneys, and Stewart would be an amazing class for them.Munaretto committed to Ohio State.
#12 Overall Junior Munaretto Commits to Ohio State
One of the top remaining uncommitted juniors in the country, #12 overall Dom Munaretto (St. Charles East, IL), changed his status to committed this afternoon as he gave a verbal to Ohio State University. In addition to Munaretto’s ranking among the Class of 2026, he finished the 2024-25 campaign ...
They got another five to ten years when Bo committed. This will only reinforce that...just like Spencer did. I'm not worried about Iowa until they prove differently.
Don't come on this board with all your letters and numbers. It confuses an old man.😁
