New addition:

Ben Kaspin

*** Defender from NY

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Holmes is another of the recruits in the 2025 class that can have significant upside. He is a PA-AA 3,4 at 215. Perhaps he tracks Nathan Taylor who is about the same height , also from a small western PA school and was a PA-AA 4, before moving up in his senior year. To me the 2025 Class has a bunch ...

I recently came across a football related article on Rowan From a wrestling perspective, I found this to be relevant "This offseason, Holmes has been recovering from knee surgery but has gained 30 pounds of muscle to help him terrorize offenses and get prepared to wrestle at the Division I leve...

Agreed!!

Perhaps I'm playing devil's advocate but if neither Bailey or Hines are considered top 20 and Stanich just gets by them, do you think he is ready to make a splash at 141 yet? Another scenario. Stanich is just slightly better at this point but either Bailey or Hines challenge again later in the seaso...

I like the idea that people re talking wrestling in July With that being said, I believe the typical strategy today is to wrestle your best guy. The future is becoming more and more uncertain. There is NIL, transfer protocol, injury as well as future recruits on the horizon to consider. The formula ...

One last thought Thinking outside the box with no inside information: Malyke Hines has always been a good wrestler for Lehigh that has never quite broken through. He relies a bit on funk but to me didn't have quite enough horse power to finish. There is some speculation that he has really bulked up ...

This season v last season for dual meets: 125 - 133 = 141 + 149 = or + 157 = 165 - 174 + 184 = or + 197 = 285 = 2 - 2 + 4 = 2 = or + Cheesesteaks + (Highly regarded Mercatino Italiano from Quakertown opening a branch on Bethlehem's South Side) Interesting look at our dual meet team. I have no idea ...

Fan expectations are almost always out to lunch. Those expectations cannot be managed -- by any program, anywhere. As you say, time will tell. He looks like he'll be a good-sized 141, but he has to win the spot first. If he can't, then he probably defers unless there is an injury. The only guy prev...

Good post. My concern about Stanich at 141 is not whether he can compete there but rather managing fan expectations of whether he can repeat his 125 success. IMO, Luke is very talented and reportedly does everything right but as you say, he was really a 133 wrestling at 125, a weight class with a la...