Marcus Blaze

[Dark Energy]

Takes out fellow high schoolers Jax and Luke.  Very strong tourney.  Hoping folks can add more color — his background and prospects. 

[lu_alum]

11 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

Takes out fellow high schoolers Jax and Luke.  Very strong tourney.  Hoping folks can add more color — his background and prospects. 

Google "Marcus Blaze wrestling"

[Dark Energy]

Will do. But hoping to get a discussion going on this discussion board.

[Masonbuckeye]

I think he ends up at PSU... Hoping he's a Buckeye though.

[MPhillips]

2025 Class. 3xer in OH. 157-2 in HS. Lost a close one to Davino in IronMan finals.

[Gus]

Beat Matt Ramos last year. He’s very, very good. U17 world champ. 

[Truzzcat]

2 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

Takes out fellow high schoolers Jax and Luke.  Very strong tourney.  Hoping folks can add more color — his background and prospects. 

beat Knox two matches to zero to make u17 team last year won gold

2-1 against Jax in High school 

2-0 against Lilledahl beat him in iron man finals 2 years ago

beat Nico at the trials

beat Ramos at clarion open

apparently trains with Jesse a lot at Ohio State 

2 high school losses one off a fleeing the mat call to deluca at iron man in OT that he avenged for 3/4 and to davino in rideouts this year at ironman

I think he is the best p4p wrestler in high school right now as far as recruiting goes you have him,jax,knox all sorta around the same weight for now although I think blaze and Jax end up in the 141-149 range so I would have him as the #2 recruit for 2025 behind duke simply because of separation from guys around your weight. I hope he goes to Ohio State he seems to train there a lot and with Jesse and Feldman having at least two more years welsh having three and him and davino coming in I think they could push PSU potentially.

[Dark Energy]

Damn.  Kids is incredible.  Yet you still have him #2 behind PJ Duke?  Seems like a clear #1 in his recruiting class.  What am I missing?

[Truzzcat]

9 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

Damn.  Kids is incredible.  Yet you still have him #2 behind PJ Duke?  Seems like a clear #1 in his recruiting class.  What am I missing?

Purely because there is so much separation from duke and the other guys around his weigh in the class of 2025. Where as while Blaze I think is better than Knox and Deluca they are both relatively comparable to his skill level. Bouzakis may be the closest comp to duke and Duke beat him 21-8 last time they wrestled. 

After writing that I checked what class ladarion Lockett is and hes also 2025 and I would have him and duke near a coin flip so Im good with blaze at #1

[Truzzcat]

@Husker_Dulikely has some insight 

[Husker_Du]

i currently have it

1 - Duke

2 - Lockett

3 - Blaze

 

but I'm updating after Vegas.

i wouldn't argue with anyone who ordered those three in another fashion.

you get in to nitpicking - but Duke is the most prolific scorer of the bunch. I guess you could argue Blaze had more matches against elite guys than Duke, but Blaze is typically lower/closer scores.

of course i'm splitting hairs. 

 

[Dark Energy]

Lockett, who smoked Shapiro, is a junior?  Holy crap that class is stacked.

[Ragu]

I think PJ ends up with at least 2 nattys. But i also predicted Jacori would have 3

[nhs67]

9 minutes ago, Ragu said:

I think PJ ends up with at least 2 nattys. But i also predicted Jacori would have 3

I once predicted that Brooks, Beard, and Nevills would have six at Penn State.

Had I just committed to the weight class of the years they were eligible I would have been correct (Dean instead of Beard one year and Kerk this year).

My take was still well off, though.

[JuanMogen]

12 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

Lockett, who smoked Shapiro, is a junior?  Holy crap that class is stacked.

While setting up in neutral, Methenbrink pushed his ass into Lockett no less than three times while laughing. That’ll knock you down a few pegs. Not even talking about how he teched him. 

[nhs67]

21 minutes ago, Ragu said:

I think PJ ends up with at least 2 nattys. But i also predicted Jacori would have 3

PJ is registered for U20s this week at 70 KG.  As is Webster of Illinois, Michigan recruit Cooper Hilton, Aiden Davis (Braeden's cousin(?)), Dylan Gilcher (Michigan), and a slew of others.  We'll see his mettle tested.

[pokemonster]

19 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

PJ is registered for U20s this week at 70 KG.  As is Webster of Illinois, Michigan recruit Cooper Hilton, Aiden Davis (Braeden's cousin(?)), Dylan Gilcher (Michigan), and a slew of others.  We'll see his mettle tested.

Any idea how to watch this? 

[nhs67]

28 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

Any idea how to watch this? 

Flo has an exclusive contract with USAW, I believe.

[MNRodent]

53 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

PJ is registered for U20s this week at 70 KG.  As is Webster of Illinois, Michigan recruit Cooper Hilton, Aiden Davis (Braeden's cousin(?)), Dylan Gilcher (Michigan), and a slew of others.  We'll see his mettle tested.

Also, check out Landon Robideau, a Jr from Minnesota up at this weight. His last national appearance was at 138 at Super 32 (2nd place).  He is looking very physical with the weight bump.

 

[Hammerlock3]

20 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

Takes out fellow high schoolers Jax and Luke.  Very strong tourney.  Hoping folks can add more color — his background and prospects. 

i know Iowa is on Blaze big time. not revolutionary insight but its all i got.

[Eagle26]

Blaze was really impressive as were all of the high school wrestlers. When is the last time we had a high schooler on the national team for men’s freestyle?

[Paul158]

6 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

Blaze was really impressive as were all of the high school wrestlers. When is the last time we had a high schooler on the national team for men’s freestyle?

Jimmy Carr made Olympic team in freestyle and wrestled in the Olympics. He was 17 and a junior in high school (Pa.) 1972. I am sure there are others who were top 3 and considered to be on the Olympic team. Kyle Snyder is our youngest World Gold medalist (19) and youngest Olympic Gold medalist (20).

[Paul158]

1 hour ago, Hammerlock3 said:

i know Iowa is on Blaze big time. not revolutionary insight but its all i got.

I hope he goes to Ohio State . That way his mom only has a 2-hour drive to watch him wrestle. Iowa is just too far away. 

[gromit]

26 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

Blaze was really impressive as were all of the high school wrestlers. When is the last time we had a high schooler on the national team for men’s freestyle?

Possibly not since "high schooler" (age 19) Henry Cejudo was the 55kg runner-up at the 2006 World Team trials, losing the best-of-three finals to Sammie Henson (who later won World bronze).

[Gantry]

Did Steiber do it?