i don't remember these two competing much in freestyle. Looking forward to seeing how they far. Glynn, Shaw, Moody, Gunther, Happel, Brownlee, Malcom, and Murphy also competing.
Young and Marinelli at UWW JR
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If he and Matt Brown square off will be a good indicator of where he stands. It might even impress Mike.
I would guess he was close to 25 when he graduated. He did the two year mission trip then redshirted. If Marinelli was anywhere close to him I would be thrilled.
But won't Marinelli be wrestling in the junior tournament?
EDIT: Just noticed the title of the thread ...
Agreed. Guess I'm not sure why we think he'd match up against a 26-28 year old this weekend.
From cyclones.com -
2008 - 09Redshirted initial collegiate season.
High SchoolCompiled a career 149-4 record ... three-time Utah high school state champion ... placed fourth in Utah state class 4A as a freshman ... two-time high school All-American ... ranked as the 10th best 145-pound prep in the nation by Intermat ... coached by Eddie Berrest.
PersonalBorn May, 29, 1990 ... son of Dave and Cindy Brown ... majoring in kinesiology.
Sorry to ruin so many fantasies!
Lol, so in 7 months he'll be closer to 30 than 25. Spooner was waaaay off.
I don't believe Marinelli ever competed in any of the big National Freestyle events while in high school. I don't know why, but for some reason, his high school program, St. Paris Graham, rarely has wrestlers competing at Fargo or other big freestyle events (with some exceptions such as David Taylor and Issac Jordan). For this reason, and this reason only I would temper your expectations for Marinelli in this event. He is a whale of a talent and I think he will have a tremendous amount of success in Folkstyle as early as next season, but he might struggle with some of the nuance of Freestlye early on and have a slight adjustment period. He will adjust though and excel at Freestyle eventually too, it just may not be right away.
Damn--I took a shot at it but would have lost that bet. Anticipated he wasn't so young for his high school class.
Wasnt he also a good sized 174. A few years out of college would make him fill out more I would guess. I certainly keep filling out every few years.
Brown was a HUGE 174. His size, IMO, was the main reason Evans struggled so much with him. Just too much girth and power.
On the other hand, Storley was fantastic but more of a finesse 174, and Evans handled him on a pretty regular basis.
For some reason, I thought Evans vs Storley was pretty even (going by memory). Looking it up [on WrestleStat] for his last 2 seasons, he was undefeated against him! Also, all 5 of those matches went to OT
https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/12244/evans-mike/profile
It must not have been fun to be pummeled by Brown as it's like a really brawny, fresh-faced Eagle Scout with a smile on his face absolutely beating you to a pulp. Like getting destroyed by a muscular Richie Cunningham.
Majority of the Graham wrestlers have summer jobs, working at JJ's state champ camp where they are paid.
No clue if JJ pays them under the table or if any evasion is going on. Hmmm....maybe JJ's neighbor, the congressman, should look into it.
Wow -- that is surprising. I could have sworn Storley had stolen one along the way. Always nailbiters, but Mike just had his number. Funny how some relatively even match-ups go that way sometimes.
Thanks for the info! Shouldn't be surprised, coming from the holder of all info ever to exist in the sport.
Toward the end of the rivalry it was hard to watch as neither seemed to try to score points.Wow -- that is surprising. I could have sworn Storley had stolen one along the way. Always nailbiters, but Mike just had his number. Funny how some relatively even match-ups go that way sometimes.
Thanks for the info! Shouldn't be surprised, coming from the holder of all info ever to exist in the sport.
Their matches should have started in SV, instead of wrestling 3 periods.
