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Lifetime sport where anyone can pick up a ball and throw it into a hoop (not necessarily well) vs. a combat sport with nuance rules, multiple styles and a sports culture that didn’t grow up competing it it. We can learn some things but ultimately, it’s a tough sell to convert people without prior experience in the sport and we have this habit of turning off our own people to it as well.

You missed the biggest one of all. They recruited Truax over a 3x champ. Forced him to bump up if he wanted to make the team. Real cold stuff from Sanderson.

Weight WS Rank Athlete 2024-25 Year Hometown Transferring From Transferring To 174 2 Dean Hamiti Senior Joliet, IL Wisconsin Oklahoma State 197 2 Jacob Cardenas Graduate Kearny, NJ Cornell Michigan 174 5 Lennox Wolak Graduate Columbus, OH Columbia Virginia Tech 285 6 Yaraslau Slavikouski Graduate Rechitsa, BY Rutgers 157 11 Tommy Askey Graduate Pine Bush, NY App State 165 11 Caleb Fish Graduate Eaton Rapids, MI Michigan State Oklahoma State 157 16 Chase Saldate Senior Gilroy, CA Michigan State Michigan 285 17 Dorian Crosby Graduate Erie, PA Bucknell 133 19 Ethan Oakley Junior Trinity, NC App State 133 19 Connor McGonagle Graduate Danville, NH Lehigh 197 21 Evan Bockman Graduate Anchorage, AK Utah Valley 165 22 Josh Ogunsanya Graduate River Forest, IL Columbia 184 22 Brock Delsignore Junior Ballston Lake, NY NC State 149 25 Jaivon Jones Graduate Shaker Heights, OH Northern Illinois 125 28 Ramazan Attasauov Junior Nalchik, RU Iowa State Illinois 149 31 Sammy Alvarez Graduate Garfield, NJ Oklahoma State Rider 157 31 Jason Kraisser Graduate Ellicott City, MD Iowa State 184 33 Maximus Hale Graduate West Chester, PA Penn 133 34 Sydney Flores Graduate West Covina, CA Air Force 157 35 Clayton Ulrey Graduate Grantville, PA Virginia Tech 125 35 Colton Camacho Graduate Delmont, PA Pitt 184 35 Rylan Rogers Sophomore Coeur d'Alene, ID Michigan 125 37 Nick Babin Graduate Westwood, NJ Columbia 197 37 Spencer Mooberry Junior Osage, IA NDSU 157 38 Nick Stampoulos Sophomore Newark, NJ Buffalo Lock Haven 133 38 Angelo Rini Senior Mayfield Heights, OH Columbia 165 39 Charlie Darracott Graduate Flowery Branch, GA Stanford 197 39 Sam Mitchell Graduate Marshfield, WI Buffalo 141 42 Nathan Higley Sophomore Sullivan County, PA George Mason 157 44 Brock McMillen Junior Coalport, PA Pitt 197 47 Carter Blough Sophomore Lowell, MI Michigan State 125 49 Evan Tallmadge Freshman Brick NJ Navy Pitt 149 52 Justin Rivera Graduate Orlando, FL Campbell 184 55 Chase Kranitz Sophomore Irwin, PA Buffalo 165 57 Carter Schubert Freshman Marion, NY Cal Baptist 174 59 Jay Nivison Graduate Davison, MI Buffalo 285 59 Xavier Doolin Junior Kansas City, MO Northern Colorado 285 60 Ryan Boersma Sophomore Channahon, IL Missouri 157 61 Jeremy Paradice Sophomore Moultrie, GA Chattanooga 157 63 Carter Martinson Sophomore Altoona, IA Iowa 197 63 Billy Janzer Junior Elk Township, NJ Rutgers 184 63 James Lledo Graduate Lower Merrion, PA Pitt 141 63 Sam Ewing Freshman Pleasant Hills, MO Buffalo 184 64 Connor Strong Senior Bel Air, MD Penn 133 65 Tommy Maddox Graduate Washingtonville, NY Buffalo 125 70 Tristan Daugherty Graduate Peoria, IL Buffalo 184 70 Devin Wasley Sophomore Hammond, WI Minnesota 125 71 Dominic Chavez Junior Arlington, TX Presbyterian 174 73 Darrien Roberts Graduate Bethlehem, PA Oklahoma Morgan State 141 76 Benjamin Lunn Graduate Shakopee, MN Minnesota 184 78 Branson Britten Junior Amarillo, TX Northern Colorado 149 79 Joel Jesuroga Sophomore Pleasant Hill, IA Iowa 285 81 Billy Brosko Freshman Newtown Square, PA Drexel 125 85 Zachary Espalin Junior GIlbert, AZ Navy 285 85 Andrew Blackburn-Forst Sophomore Lockport, IL Northern Colorado 165 85 Luke Odom Graduate Edwardsville, IL Illinois 125 86 Tristan Mascarenas Graduate Rio Rancho, NM Arizona State 197 87 Brad Morrison Junior Landisburg, PA Lock Haven 149 88 Ty Linsenbigler Junior Landisville, PA Lock Haven 197 92 Lathan Duda Junior Broken Bow, NE NDSU 157 92 Nick Delp Graduate New Kensington, PA Bucknell 165 94 Bryce Sanderlin Graduate Chesapeake, VA Davidson 149 96 Ryan Michaels Graduate McKeesport, PA Pitt 165 97 Carson Miller Freshman Granville, OH Pitt 285 98 Gage Cook Sophomore Granger, WA Army 149 99 Gabe Onorato Junior Gibbstown, NJ Drexel 197 99 Ruben Karapetyan Freshman Bethesda, MD George Mason 285 104 Lonnell Owens-Pabon Sophomore Crofton, MD Buffalo 165 105 Mateo de la Pena Sophomore Federal Way, WA Cal Baptist 125 111 Aedyn Concepcion Senior Anchorage, AK Gardner-Webb 157 111 Tyler Badgett Graduate San Diego, CA Pitt 174 112 Braden Welch Sophomore Ashland, OH App State 125 113 Max Elton Sophomore Hammonton, NJ Buffalo 165 116 Andrew Huddleston Graduate Hallsville, MO Iowa State 149 116 Bretli Reyna Junior Homestead, FL Iowa 165 117 Hunter Shaut Graduate Mohawk, NY Buffalo 133 118 Gio Diaz Graduate Valparaiso, IN Franklin & Marshall 197 119 Coen Grimm Freshman Wadsworth, OH Buffalo 133 119 Korbin Shepherd Junior Blue Springs, MO Missouri 141 120 Chris Rivera Graduate Orlando, FL Campbell 184 122 Damen Pape Junior Hastings, NE Northern Colorado 197 123 Cameo Blankenship Graduate McRae, GA Davidson 157 126 Lorenzo Rajaonarivelo Graduate Arlington, VA George Mason 174 127 Ryan Bolletino Graduate Haddonfield, NJ Sacred Heart 165 131 Brant Whitaker Junior Boonville, MO Missouri 133 132 Kyle Rowan Graduate Perry, OH Stanford 174 134 Zachary Wells Graduate Sterling Heights, IM Presbyterian 157 134 Paolo Salminen Freshman Billings, MT Wyoming 285 140 Max Acciardi Freshman Woodcliff Lake, NJ Cal Baptist 141 141 Walker Bents Sophomore Glenwood, MN NDSU 149 141 Theo Cha Graduate Anchorage, AK Minnesota 174 144 Hayden Pummel Junior Indian Lake, OH Northern Illinois 125 146 Jacob Houpt Freshman Canonsburg, PA Kent State 133 146 Caleb Coyle Junior Omaha, NE Oregon State 157 152 Kaiden Wagner Sophomore Lewisburg, PA Lock Haven 141 153 Cam Soda Junior Burlington, MA Edinboro 184 154 Anthony DeRosa Junior MIlford, NJ Bloomsburg 141 157 Chandler Ho Junior DuBois, PA Clarion 174 162 Mason Gode Junior Browerville, MN NDSU 165 164 Carson Martinson Sophomore Altoona, IA Iowa 125 171 Zachary Jacaruso Freshman Milford, PA George Mason 125 171 Jacob Joyce Freshman Ponaganset, RI Stanford 125 171 Keegan Schlabach Freshman Lagrange, IN Clarion 165 184 Cole Zoller Graduate Medford, OR Oregon State 133 185 Braxton Appello Sophomore Easton, PA Ohio State 141 185 Peyton Moore Sophomore Fulton, MO Missouri 133 185 Amantee Mills Freshman Fort Pierce, FL NDSU 285 186 Carson Hatch Senior Hughson, CA CSU Bakersfield 285 186 Zach Evans Freshman Chambersburg, PA Buffalo 141 188 Freddy Junko Graduate Wexford, PA VMI 133 190 Drew Cooper Freshman Omaha, NE Nebraska 184 202 Mahkyi Smith Freshman Lehi, UT Cal Baptist 141 204 Drew Woodley Graduate Northfield, MN Iowa State 197 207 Macray Klohs Freshman Plymouth, MN NDSU 197 214 Brett Wittman Senior Appleton, WI Clarion 157 223 Brayden Shelton Freshman Centralia, MO Northern Illinois 157 226 Jamisen Colongione Sophomore Sayerville, NY LIU 157 230 Aiden Smith Sophomore Brighton, MI Northern Illinois 149 235 Hunter Hockensmith Graduate Spofford, NH Franklin & Marshall 157 235 Dagen Condomitti Freshman Northampton, PA Oregon State 141 245 Hunter Sloan Freshman Doylestown, PA Bucknell 285 255 PJ Casale Sophomore Little Falls, NJ Rutgers 174 264 Jacob Yawn Graduate Shreveport, LA Cornell 165 265 Zane Licht Freshman Prairie du Sac, WI NDSU 165 265 Miles Bassett Graduate St. Louis, MO Bucknell 165 267 Griffin Ray Freshman Hillsboro, MO Nebraska 165 269 Sam Beckett Sophomore Harleysville, PA Stanford 133 272 Spencer Von Savoye Freshman Oakdale, CA Cal Baptist 165 275 Brady Conlin Freshman Williamstown, NJ Rider 165 283 Tyler Martinez Freshman Plano, IL Northern Illinois 141 292 Toby Billerman Freshman Indianapolis, IN SIEU 141 297 Brayden Sonnentag Freshman Boyd, WI Wyoming 141 301 Kaiser Simpson Freshman Cushing, OK Cal Baptist 141 305 Tanner Frothinger Freshman Eagle, ID Nebraska 141 310 Eyan Chavez Sophomore Antonito, CO Northern Colorado 157 310 Michael Duggan Freshman Boiling Springs, PA Bloomsburg

Weak

I loved Bo's performance. Great wins for a young guy in a tough tournament. The Valencia win is the most impressive, he's committed to becoming an elite Freestyler. The Ashnault win is fun because we can say "national champion" but let's be honest. He really hasn't transitioned to freestyle all too well, he was never going to make it a full match (He needed to get a lace or something early to have a chance), he's on his way out (I assume 1 foot out the door realizing how far he is from a shot at a world team *See Eiermen)... And Bo is a great freestlyer, and hungry, a cadet world champ, blah blah blah..... PEDs SCHMEEE-EDs.... just Clubber Lang vs Rocky the first time

Looked like he tried to get knuckle deep into the eye socket. Then buried a shot into his gut after time is up. Brands looked composed despite all of this. That last sentence has never been uttered and probably never will again.

Damn, I guess I can’t hang out with my SO and walk the dog. I must stay inside and vegetate. Such is life, thanks!

Apparently you aren't familiar with how universities operate.

Piles just said finals 4pm

U20 world bronze. I just had to look him up. https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/08/17/camden-mcdanel-bronze-medal-u20-world-freestyle-wrestling-championships/70609506007/

125 KG Jaron Smith beat Nathan Taylor 10-7... not sure why the bracket isn't updating for me (yet)...

97 KG

86 KG

74 KG

65 KG

57 KG

Going to be lots of fun matches. I'm excited to see how all the young guys do. Enjoy the day brother

Wore out my “v” key typing up an update about this event.

I have said this for years.....anybody can shoot baskets or play catch with a football or baseball, but how many can just go out and wrestle....they might get dirty, break a sweat, rip their clothes and could easily get hurt. I watched WBB this year mainly due to the Caitlyn Clark and then the Reece deal, so that probably helped a lot. A good friend of mine, who was a great Hawkeye wrestler said he had never watched so much girls basketball. I remember in the early 70's, ABC, along with Frank Gifford, focused on Dan Gable, actually did a special on him and his training leading up to the games which included Ben and John Peterson. It did create some interest in wrestling nationwide, but it can't just be a one time thing. Gifford liked Gable so much, that he wrote a book called "Gifford on Courage" (which is in my coaching library). This book included Dan Gable. Also, most of the media people out there, didn't wrestle. Again, they have the basketball and football mentality. That doesn't help the cause. I have to say, the BTN was great this year, which helps and ESPN covered the whole NCAA tournament, but the average viewer isn't going to pay for, or follow wrestling when it's split up between ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU......I'm at NCAA's, and I tape it too, but most people aren't going to follow our tournament on three different formats. I also do think Flo and Track help us....although though they have a number of critics. It's too bad ESPN couldn't focus on a superstar in our sport, like Gabe Steveson, Aaron Brooks, Kyle Dake, Jordan Burroughs, David Taylor, etc. like they did Gable....it would be great for the upcoming Olympic Games, and wow, how about the upcoming Olympic Trials. Fadz (45 NCAA's/39 in a row and counting)

The first thing wrestling needs to do is figure out how to stop these coaches from holding wrestlers out against other ranked wrestlers. It’s hard to build a story line that casual viewers do not understand.

125 - Ayala 133 - Crookham 141 - Mendez 149 - Sasso 157 - Haines 165 - Messenbrink 174 - O'Toole 184 - Keckeisen 197 - Cardenas HWT - Hendrickson I only have 2 PSU champs next year, but the overall depth of the team will likely have 7+ AAs making it hard to beat them. Yes, I know, I pulled out the hollywood script for Sasso.

Carroll's dad responded to one of my posts earlier today on another forum and said "He will be at 197 for sure next season". End quote. He will be lean and mean, he looked fantastic today, sharp and quick as hell.

2015 world team trials Anthony Valencia has entered the chat

Why not: 125 - Spratley 133 - Hughes 141 - Jamison 149 - Williams 157 - Travis 165 - Fish 174 - Hamiti 184 - Plott 197 - Carroll 285- *Hendrickson *guys are always flying in from Vance AFB to practice so why not Davis Fld?

Chamizo shared the ending of his match, it was close, they conferenced gave him 2, got challenged looked like 2, everyone thought 2...... then they reversed it. Wild ending https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5eD3-CsGC6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

away from Bo and Jax I thought Christian Carroll looked outstanding he may be able to push for top 5 at trials and could be an absolute monster at a pretty cleared out 197 next year.

I missed that. At least the French helped us against the British in the American Revolution. Belarus would be far less welcome on a singlet lol. But I'm not actually upset about it - I was just surprised by it. I guess respect for another person can transcend politics in a way that I should be happy about.

Forrest was at 127lbs all this last season. 57kg is clearly the right weight for him and that’s where he went. Not sure what fluctuating you are talking about. He doesn’t look particularly strong but clearly he is, and his technique is just so on point. Bassett was at 138 all year, but I think he was more of a 132lber, and was wrestling up to make room for Mason Gibson. When he entered college tournaments this season it was at 133. I think it’s pretty clear he would have gone 61kg if it was a weight class, unless he grew a bunch in the past couple months. In any case, he is plainly at a strength disadvantage with the 65kg guys. I think it likely made a difference in the Kolodzik match.

I assume they swapped with other wrestlers at international tournaments. For example McDanel won the Deglane in France back in January so I assume he got it there. I don’t see the problem with it as it’s just an OTT qualifier, not OTTs. However I might make an exception for Knox’s Belarus singlet, since they are banned for invading Ukraine. If Belarusians can’t wear a BLR singlet should/can anyone else? Probably would have been better to leave that singlet at home.

It's quite annoying how Salk and Kadi are better and have a much higher chance to win an Olympic medal than both Bayramov, Chamizo and anyone who was in their bracket, but were both placed in one bracket, separated from the rest.

Kolozdik smokes Bassett 10-0

Agreed that it is super lame. Carrol showed that French lover what America is all about. In all seriousness Carrol looked really good.

Jesus (Aaron Brooks’ Jesus)…Carroll is an animal slimmed down.

I'm not a very patriotic person, but wearing a French national jersey is kinda weird during an American World Team Trial tournament...

No!!! Damn it!! Told my wife we can go do something at 4:30 …. Freaking people with the curveball. Oh well.

They need some time tappers for these refs. Many have no clue when time gets to 0.

Warner has a beer belly...

And more active later. There was nothinh stopping them from hitting Yahya again.

Bassett just teched an undefeated 149lb national champion at 65 KG (143.3lbs) as a 138lb high school soph in the first period. It wasn't even close. Shnaulty had nothing to make me think that match goes the othet way, at all - ever.

I'd want it stopped there too if I made up things like "shouted down."

The politicians and media is good at misinforming and making issues out of nothing. It's easy to assume that a team misses the anthem due to player protests, given how frequently the narrative has been presented. LSU says that is not what they did. Okay fine. There is still discussion to be had. There is a difference between not knowing any better, following orders, and showing intentional disrespect. Some deserve a pass, but the other deserves to be called out. Could the remarks about shouting down, rage, and anger actually stem from individuals projecting their own insecurities and defensiveness onto others? Without direct callouts, I assume the remarks include me as a target. I don't feel rage. I feel disgust and dissapointment... similar but more intensely to how I feel when someone doesn't wash their hands after using the bathroom. These comments remind me of my daughter. When I call her out for neglecting her Covid dog, her response is anger. This is a defensive reaction to protect herself from discomfort and guilt.

I hear you, but is Rogers anything more than a longer term stop gap? He was a blue chip recruit but wasn’t able to beat out Jaden Bullock. I’d rather see what Valencia can do at 184 and insert at proven short term solution in Bockman at 197. Reassess, and reenter the market next spring.

I don't recall any of Hall's, Nolf's, or Kerkvliet's fathers coaching at PSU. Did I miss something?

Sadly, I only see one commitment for MSU and that kid got throw off his high school team.

Goodness, how many years did we say that about Minkel! They haven't had an All-American in what 6 years??? They compete against Wisconsin, NW, Ind, Purdue, Maryland, and ILL yet they have had many more AA's in that time. Also don't see any AA's for MSU for the forseeable future.

With all the complications MSU is getting in the other sports, specifically the revenue ones, you aren't going to see it unless Chandler and Co do something dramatic and stupid. There is no reason to. There is no urge from administration to be in the Top Tier or Two... hell even the third tier.

Didn't Keck win a Natty wrestling in a warehouse this season?

This is why I will never pull for him, RBY, or any other defector. There is no way in hell I'm supporting anyone on an International Level when the Red, White, and Blue are there. Zero, zilch, never. It shocks me that this is even a discussion of this matter.

UWW actually has a development restitution rule for Olympic, World, or Continental medalists who switch countries. The idea being that the athlete's new country should pay a one-time fee to compensate the old one for the training and development that they spent on a wrestler, up to around $350k USD. If RBY (for example) won Olympic gold and decided to come back and compete for the US, it would be pretty funny if Mexico's national wrestling federation (FEMELA) invoiced USAW $350k in training and development expenses. Oh, the fireworks!