I have zero inside information but both Haines and Kasak have had enormous success at Penn State and seem attached at the hip to the institution. Speaking of David Taylor, didn't Oklahoma State bring in Hamiti earlier this year? Perhaps OkSt may not be an ideal landing spot for Barraclaugh. Just a t...

martinsilvestri wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 7:54 pm another ivy coach BAILS - penn's pearsall goes west with the taylor gang

I think Mark Hall went to Oklahoma.

I think LU has done a better job of developing wrestlers than CU in recent years. CU has recruited more high school superstars and has overall out recruited LU by a wide margin, yet LU has kept up with CU on their dual meets and EIWA's This is where I become the villain :-) Although you will get no...

For the sake of discussion, why not Kasak take his redshirt year, Bartlett returns for his final season (since Starocci and Kirkvliet have already announced they are coming back) and Van Ness and Kasak split 141-149 the next year. Of course, Penn State will continue to bring in top talent in the mea...

TYLER KASAK not a Free-Agent yet but he might be the ODD man out in Penn State's MURDERER'S-ROW next year with the return of VanNess. Unless he believes he can beat him, or Bartlett at 141. :roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeO4h5WFL98 BECCA graduate probably had Lehigh on his short-list prior...

Perhaps I missed it before but Flo has Vaughn Spencer now ranked in the Top 50 (actually #44) which is quite an accomplishment for someone who had his sophomore season end due to injury, doesn't wrestle freestyle to my knowledge and whose HS doesn't enter many of the high-caliber tournaments. I thin...

Burke, who came to Lehigh as a PWO, has now committed to Notre Dame for his graduate year.

He had a great senior season and I wish him all the best at Notre Dame

MaxPreps did not include Fricker's sophomore season when she was POY in league amd 1st Team All-State AAAAA.

Here is an article on that season

https://papreplive.com/2022/07/02/2022- ... y-fricker/

It would be interesting to hear from Crookham, who must have had a slew of great offers. What factors did he consider and what tipped him to Lehigh? Even if he never considered anywhere else, why not? The same for a few other top recruits. Something seems to work for some cases. Can these factors b...

Excellent synopsis. I still maintain, and I think the staff agrees that the NIL money will be most beneficial in taking us over the hump in the recruiting process. I have been told many time that we have been so close for elite talent but lost it to NIL. That is certainly not to discount the need fo...