Like I said PA is stupid tough.
We need to be making deep roots there. Maybe we can get to a point where Cael will pick up shop again and move to say CA because he has a hard time recruiting against Iowa / Brands in PA.
Kaleb Young
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We need to be making deep roots there. Maybe we can get to a point where Cael will pick up shop again and move to say CA because he has a hard time recruiting against Iowa / Brands in PA.
I think Young could be a Zack Zavatksy type. Guy won 1 title in PA and is looking about as good as anyone not named Dean, or Brooksat 184 as a freshman. PA is just stupid as far as talent at the high school level. Would love for Young to fill in at 174 at that level in 2 years.
That's an interesting comparison DH. In Zavatskys junior year he lost to Marsteller in the semi finals at 170. His senior year he beat Kellen Stout (PSU RS freshman) at 184 in the finals. Stout win at 184 last year.
Last year Cenzo Joseph pretty much mauled the field at 152, including Young in the finals. Went on to tech (IIRC) Stroker in the Dapper Dan. Young has a high ceiling and improved a ton since last year. I'm looking forward to tonight's match against Hidlay. Young beat him earlier this year in a close match.
You can't go far in certain areas in Pa without running into a Kemerer or Stoltzfus
I got a feeling Iowa is looking like having a 1-2-3 punch when Berge commits this fall.
Young takes it 5-3...looked like he could go another six pretty easily. We are getting a sleeper here folks.
Congrats to Kaleb! Strong work!
Next stop, Iowa City, to join fellow Young Guns Kemerer and Lee.
Next stop, Iowa City, to join fellow Young Guns Kemerer and Lee.
Marinelli, Young and Mejia all strike as very high upside guys. Very exciting.
You are right. He still looked very fresh against a kid who was as strong as a horse. He gave up the early TD, but controlled very well from that point.
I'm not sure how much of a sleeper he is Chief. On the other hand he has a huge up side and is an all around good kid. Wish him well at Iowa
Great stream for PA states. Very excited for our recruits...Young, Marinelli, Meija, JRent plus all the Iowa guys
He doesn't have the resume that a lot of kids have...just has progressively worked his way up in PA. He's got that whole Iowa celebration thing down...barely would know he won a state championship he was so calm.
Haven't seen anyone close to deserving OW besides Lee. Kid was a beast. He was relentless with a bit of a mean streak. He owned a very good opponent.
He attempted some face mushing at the end. Gilman is somewhere smiling...well maybe not smiling but nodding his head approvingly
He also had a "Mocco-like" arm bar that he torqued from all angles. Shocked he didn't tear the kid's arm off.
Cael with the barely perceptible frown...PSU boys don't do that kind of stuff. Only assholes from you know where.
Well, the kid from Armstrong (Jacob Robb) at 220 with a dominating match. Fall early 2nd period. Challenging Lee for OW. Same head coach as Nolf. The kid had two first period falls, a 16-1 TF, and a 2nd pd fall in the final.
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Wrong thread, weak attempt, not even related to the subject. You are shooting BB's again 21.
We can't go one thread without having a PSU clown hijack it. I can't believe they have this many fans that are full grown men that feel the need to come over here and constantly troll.
Where's the proof 21guns is full grown.....or .......
Honestly, I hope that some of them are just teenagers. If not, it's very sad
Thats all they know I guess. Man when the shI* hits the fan wonder how they going to handle it most likely blame Iowa no way Cal be that way.
Except when they do that kinda stuff....
We know how they handle down years, like last year. They disappear. Which makes them look all the more pathetic. I'd at least have some measure of repect -- but still very little, mind you -- for a troll who kept up the schtick even in down years. But this is clearly a fair weather bunch. They remind me a little of those kids you knew in grade school whose favorite NFL team was always the one that had most recently won the Super Bowl. Granted, these trolls don't switch their school of choice -- at least to our knowledge -- but they're front-runners, just the same. They come out of the woodwork when PSU is the odds-on favorite. Once they no longer are, these trolls will shrink back into the woodwork and wait for another PSU banner year.
Robb never challenged Lee for OW. 120 AAA was a good weight with a strong runner-up. 220 was easily the weakest AAA weight. Robb (AA finalist last year) was the only returning medalist -- defending champ Jordan Wood was injured; runner-up Seth Janney transferred and won national preps. Robb is a good wrestler, but he was never even minimally challenged the entire weekend.
Robb's finals match was a splatter. Dominated before the fall, and pinned his opponent with what amounted to a standing suck-back. The match was over at the opening handshake.
The real OW story at PA states was AA 126. Brian Courtney beat 3 returning champs in a row, all Div 1 caliber wrestlers, to win the title. First time ever in PA. (He is said to be favoring Cornell.)
