Curious besides our guys (and the Lock Haven guys, whom I'll be shooting) which guys at any weight I should keep an eye out for. Not many names jumping off the page on Flo Arena.
At first glance, you are probably right, not a lot jumping off the page at you - although the abbreviated season likely has a lot to do with it.
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Has got some solid veterans there but I wouldn't be surprised if some 4th and 5th-year guys aren't quite what you expect coming off the Covid year.
Jacob Allen/Navy - down at 125 after a couple of years at 133. Solid kid who I could see making some noise at this weight if the cut is not a problem
Werner and Gage Curry are there. Werner just dropped a match to a kid (Noto) which makes you do a double-take but is that a case of a teammate knowing how to avoid getting worked on bottom by him, or something else.
A couple of freshmen, Braxton Brown and Joey Fischer, were nationally ranked. I would think Fischer is a bit small right now based on HS, but who knows.
133
Not much
Strickland had a nice Crimson and White night for Lock Haven
Jordan Titus is a big recruit for WVU - he's pretty funky, wondering how he will translate at this level
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Ryan Crookham, HS SR, is entered after a very long layoff.
Maybe I'm missing something but scanning the names, Josh Mason might be the favorite on paper, so...
149
I'll be really surprised if other than some kind of fluke, Van Ness does not win this. Who is going to beat him - Luke Kemerer?
There are a bunch of young guys from PA here that are of interest, but no one that will be in the national conversation this year unless they made huge jumps.
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Cerniglia/Navy - best kid I've mentioned so far. I'd like to see him have a big year this year.
165
Peyton Hall/WVU - 3-2 at NCAAs last year as a true frosh
John Martin Best/MD - good recruit for MD
Stamm/Hofstra is a solid veteran
Thayne Lawrence/Lehigh - down a weight from last year. Lost to Meyer in wrestle offs but Meyer is solid
174
Jaden Fisher/Bucknell - up 2 weights from last year. Always been inconsistent, but flashes at times. Interesting to see how he fares at 174. IIRC he had gas tank issues at his previous weight.
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Edmond Ruth is registered out of Harrisburg. Wouldn't expect a lot, but who knows. Cochran and Acciardi are the only names recognizable at first scan and they are not NCAA qualifier types (so far)
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Martin Cosgrove, HS SR, entered - he's a top guy in the country. Caden Rogers is as well, he's been ranked nationally before in HS, is a PG this year at Malvern.
NCAA qualifier Jake Koser/Navy
285
Nick Feldman - one of the top P4P HS wrestlers in the country is registered. Will be interesting to see how he does against someone like Knighton-Ward/Hofstra, who is a top 20 type kid, or Wolfgram (WVU).
