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Another thing about Stanich... he stayed home. he didn't go to a private school with the best partners ever single day. in other words, he wasn't maxed out in HS. it also doesn't hurt that he's a hard worker and a masochist. dude grinds.

In the last 4 global tournaments, we are 11-0 at 65kg against everyone not named Rahman Amouzad. Yianni silver to Amouzad, Lee 3-0 then falls to Amouzad in the quarters, Zain falls to Amouzad then defaults, Woods bronze from Amouzad's bracket If you're undefeated other than 4 losses to the best guy in the world, aren't you actually very good??

57kg: Spencer is pretty clearly the best guy at the weight. 6 weeks ago I thought his toughest match would likely be RBY in the semis with Musa Mekhtikhanov, and Chonsong Han also being tough outs. RBY strikes me as the toughest stylistic matchup with his ability to create from space and his speed, they did hit at a ranking series and Spencer got up earlier and RBY socred late however those scores seemed more of a result of Spencer completely shutting it down. I really like RBY's trajectory but I do not see him beating Spencer. Musa Mekhtikhanov is very skilled but he does not have anything specific that makes me feel as though he can score enough or do enough to beat spencer and lastly Chongsong han who we have 4 matches to look at at the Asian championships but in those matches he looked very dynamic. He presents a similar style to Zhou that has historically given Spencer issues and he will come in unseeded. North Korea only sends guys they have supreme confidence in so in my mind Han has to be a threat to medal. Now I mentioned 2 months ago because Arsen Harutyunyan was previously expected to go 61kg, which is where he generally wrestles during none Olympic years but he has decided to make the cut to 57kg. Harutyunan is very very talented he is a 3x senior world bronze and 2x u23 world champ as well as winning senior euros last year and teching RBY. To me however he has always looked his best at 61kg. He will give Spencer all he can handle for the first 3 minutes, but if the match is close going into the second I expect the wheels to really fall off, he does not have particularly great cardio at 61kg and it seems to get significantly worse after the cut to 57kg. Predictions: (not accounting for full brackets) Gold: Spencer Silver: Harutyunan Bronze: RBY Bronze: Han 61kg: This weight is super deep, however it really lacks that final boss type guy at the top. Some people may look at Uguev as that guy but he has yet to win a medal at 61kg pacing 5th twice. Uguev and Suda are the two biggest on paper favorites going into this followed by a huge tier of guys who if they were to upset either would not be shocking Abakarov, Tairybek Uulu, Yessengeldi, Jax, Ahmad Javan, Udit. Now in my opinion I think Jax is going to win this weight, However I think his draw will be important. Uguev I believe is a great matchup for Jax. I do not think Uguevs high c is super effective against Jax he seems to almost always score off of guys own high c's and his head hands has improved immesely so if Uguev gets to it, it will likely because Jax was ready for it. The guys that worry me the most for Jax are Abakarov, Suda and Uulu. Abakarov has a great ability to counter score coupled with great strength and explosivity which are all qualities I think you need to beat Jax. Uulu shares these traits, and Suda seems like a mini Ono with less power but more length. Now I think Jax can beat all of these guys but in a bracket setting where he could potentially wrestle all 3 I think thats where things get very difficult. I am going to predict he either does not hit all 3 or beats them all probably because I'm biased and he's my favorite guy to watch but I truly believe he can get it done. Predictions: Gold: Jax silver: Suda bronze: Uguev bronze: Uulu 65kg: I have been pretty pessimistic about Real's chances at this weight. I think for his first full year training free he has been incredible, but I worry about him being able to get to his positions against some of these guys, and I still worry about the second period for him. Amouzad and Kiyooka are the returning Olympic finalists and have both looked the part this year not taking any losses. They are far and away the favorites to hit again in the finals. The next tier of guys are Sebasitan Rivera, Sujeet, Ibragimov, Tevanyan. I think Real can beat most of those guys, but with how the seed are he is going to have to more than likely wrestle one of Amouzad or Kiyooka first and then get drawn back in where he would more than likely need to beat at least two of these guys which I just do not see at this moment. If I were to pick 2 guys to unseat Kiyooka or Amouzad It would be Seabass or Sujeet. Seabass was very close to knocking off Kiyooka last year and I think has the arsenal and style to also potentially give Amouzad fits. Sujeet is very young but has most Indians do has a crazy motor and good offense if he can keep it close with Amouzad late I think he could take him out, I do not think he can beat Kiyooka. Sujeet could hit Amouzad in the quarters and Seabass could hit Kiyooka in the semis. Predictions: Gold: Kiyooka Silver: Amouzad Bronze: Seabass Bronze: Sujeet 70kg: This weight is very deep. Similarly to 65kg there are a ton of guys that can medal here and there are one or two top guys but they do seem beatable although Kaipanov could change the view of that very easily here. Kaipanov and Amir Yazdani are the two gold favorites to me followed by a huge tier 2 of Kazyrk (russian nats champ), Akmataliev, Rassadin, Aoyagi, Adreasyan, Dudaev, Gomez, Heybatov, Kemertelidze, Ochir, Duke. Needless to say PJ is going to have to battle out there. I think you can condense this list based off of the past years results though, Ochir has not looked great and neither has Dudaev. Adreasyan is very strong and does not break position but PJ will be in a match with him and if he can get a lead I feel confident he could hold on. Rassadin,Aoyagi,Akmataliev,Gomez are the ones I worry about for PJ. All of them are dynamic and will probably be able to hold up in the hand fight with him. Overall I think we are a year or two away from PJ medaling but this will be invaluable experience for him. Predictions: Gold: Kaipanov silver: Akmataliev Bronze: Aoyagi Bronze: Gomez 74kg: God this weight is awesome. Your gold favorites are Valiev, and Sidakov but to me this weight has 5 potential champs and 2 sleepers. Those 5 are Valiev,Sidakov,Carr,Salkazonov,Takahashi. The sleepers are Emami and Khaniev. Khaniev may be a bit off of peoples radar but he was the 70kg u23 champ last year and is super slick and creative. He struggled with Takahashis athleticism in the ranking series final and I think he would also struggle with Carr but I could see him potentially knocking off one of the other guys. Sidakov lost to Valiev at Euros in a crazy final sequence and then was thought to be out for the year but he was able to recover much quicker than expected. In his wrestle off I thought he looked good but certainly beatable. Valiev of course infamously lost after the match on a fleeing the hold call at the olympics which I have never seen before to the eventual champ Zhamolov. He has not lost since. So to me Valiev is probably a slight on paper favorite. That said the Japanese Burroughs amazes me every time he wrestles and David carr made him go life and death. If you wrestle this weight 10 times you probably either get Sidakov winning it 10 times or four different champs, and that is why I am so excited for it. Predictions: Gold: Takahashi Silver: Valiev Bronze: Sidakov Bronze: Carr 79kg: This weight is far more wide open than I originally thought. When levi lost to Kougi I was not very optimistic that he would medal but once I looked deeper into the entries I realized Kougi may just be one of the top 4 guys at the weight and I think that is a result Levi could potentially reverse. This weight has two very good guys at the top with Usmanov and Nohkodi and Usmanov is an absolute monster at 79kg historically but he looked pretty human at Euros. Nohkodi of course beat JB last year and is great as well but he missed nearly the entire year recovering from and Injury so I think it is possible that he is not quite at his best. After those two guys the medal contenders to me are Evloev, Kougi, Gamkrelidze, Levi, Mykhailov. To me these are all winnable matches for Levi. Evloev is super tricky, he is incredible in a crackdown and floats his hips super well but he has taken some bad losses and that is certainly a match levi can win, and Mykhailov lost to Ruiz a month ago so thats another guy I feel good about Levi going up against. Gamkrelidze is never a guy that impresses me a ton and perhaps I am underrating him but thats another match I feel ok about for Levi and we have seen the Kougi matchup and that seems winnable. Predictions: Gold: Nohkodi Silver: Usmanov Bronze: Levi Bronze: Gamkrelidze 86kg: This weight from a pure highlight reel standpoint is going to be asburd. Seems as though Ramazanov is out which is definitely a big deal although he would not have been my pick to win. Excluding Ramazonov my favorites for gold are Ghasempour, Kadiev, Zahid, Kadi. Throwing Kadi in may be a stretch but I would have included Ramazonov and Kadi had him dead in the water until his lungs stopped working so I am going to throw him in. The 4 guys I mentioned all have very contrasting styles. Ghas is a brick shit house thats going to push and pull and look for his high C. Kadiev has his own offense but really thrives when you are in on his legs and if you do not finish quickly he is probably going to score on you, he has an insane feel and crazy hips/rubber knee stuff. Zahid is going to use your pressure against you and can also blow through you from space, and Kadi is as explosive as they come, well at least for 4 minutes. Other medal contenders are Kentchadze (world gold at 79 last year), Dhizoev, Dauletbekov. (I do not think Ghas is going to be able to make the weight effectively that is factored into my predictions) Predictions: Gold: Zahid Silver: Kadiev Bronze: Ghas Bronze: Kadi 92kg: I could be foolish but to me this weight is a 2 horse race I think its Trent and Firouzpour. Of course 4 guys medal so the guys that could sneak in for Bronze to me would be Nurmagomedov,Kurugliev,Punia,Akturk. I really want to pick Trent the dude works so damn hard but I think that Firouzpour may be the most underrated guy in the world right now. Predictions: Gold: Firouzpour Silver: Trent Bronze: Kurugliev Bronze: Nurmagomedov 97kg: The battle we've wanted since 2023 Taz vs Sadulaev. As someone who once rooted for Sadulaevs downfall I am now really hoping he can get it done, it would be a great story. I will say I think Azarpira could have his say on if this matchup actually happens, but it is definitely and outside shot. Rounding out the medal threats are Snyder, Yoshida, and Magomedov. I view this weight as the big guys tier 1, Azarpira tier 2 and then Yoshida and Snyder tier 3. Predictions: Gold: Sadulaev Silver: Taz Bronze: Azarpira Bronze: Snyder 125kg: A lot of people seem to be writing Wyatt into the finals, I am definitely not that confident but I do think there is a world that his style gives Zare fits. If Wyatt makes the finals I think it could be a 50/50 matchup but I think navigating the bracket will be difficult for him. Zare is obviously the guy to beat. Then you have Wyatt, Munkthur, Meshvilidishvili, Sharipov. I like Wyatt to beat all of those guys, but they are all good enough that if he takes a risk and it results in a chain of points they could shut it down and it will be difficult for him. Munkthur is the biggest worry for me. Munkthur and mesh are same side so assuming Wyatt is on that side (lets hope) one of the two will not win bronze. Predictions: Gold: Zare Silver: Wyatt Bronze: Meshvilidishvili Bronze: Sharipov

Lose to Carr and you’d still have your knee. Maybe think about that next time!!!

Ok, count me in. What a freaking legendary performance. Like someone said …. He scored 20 points in that match but lent a bunch to his opponent. What an incredible comeback. Count me in as a big time fan. WORLD CHAMPION

The call from Cael in an hour or so... *RING RINGGGGG* Kyle: Hey coach! Cael: Hey, man. Just wanted to be the first to tell you... Kyle: Thanks man, but everyone here has... Cael: ...NOT spend it on hookers and blow. Kyle: ... Cael: I'm serious about this, Kyle. Kyle: ... Cael: Nod if you understand me. *Kyle nods* Cael: No hand the fone to Jamie *hands fone to Jamie* Cael: Did he nod? Jamie: Who, Kyle? No. Cael: DAMNIT GIVE HIM THE FONE BACK! *Jamie looks around... can't find him anywhere* Jamie yells: Yo, where did Kyle go? Random person: Oh, him and Zadick were running out the doors together laughing and bouncing around Jamie: Damn. Did you hear that? Cael: ... *three seconds of silence* Cael: Damn it.

Trent Thicclay. World Champ.

Looks like you are already in and starting threads.

I'm just a lurker around here as I rarely have anything worthwhile to add, but I had to create an account for this thread. I am a HS coach and took a group of my wrestlers to a camp this summer where Trent was a clinician. He did an outstanding job communicating his techniques to a wide spectrum of wrestlers and I'm excited to see them put to use this season, but that's not what made me a fan. This camp has somewhere around 200 boys and girls in 7-12 grade. During one the sessions, after showing an underhook technique (what else?), Trent was walking around and giving pointers as most clinicians do. One of my wrestlers will be a freshman this year. He wrestled a couple of years in elementary but quit until coming back last year as an 8th grader - pretty green, but smart and willing to learn. As Trent came by, we chatted a little bit and I mentioned that the kid that was in front of us likes underhooks but sometimes has trouble getting to it. Trent pulled him aside and worked with him for 3-4 minutes 1-on-1 with some tricks to get his tie. He made the kid feel like the most important person in the room. Whether the technique sticks or not, that kid will remember the way a world champ treated him when he didn't have to and there were higher level wrestlers around that he could have focused on. I have always enjoyed watching he and Hayden wrestle and they seemed like genuinely good guys, but Trent is something special and I'm glad he finally got his due.

Not sure I have ever been happy for someone to win a match. Trent works so freaking hard and has always been one of the best guys but just never the best guy in his bracket, finally gets it done when it matters most.

How do we feel about Team USA’s performance so far? Spencer: 1-1 (eliminated) - Disappointing. Jax: 3-2 (5th) - This feels really good, especially when you consider that he (arguably) should have been a medalist. Real: 1-1 (still hope for a bronze) - About what I expected. Duke: 1-1 (11th) - Can't be mad about this effort. Carr: 3-1 (going for bronze vs Sidakov) - About what I expected, but in retrospect it feels like he could have been a finalist. Haines: In the finals - Better than I expected. Zahid: Champ - Not a surprising result, but his dominance was at least slightly more that I expected. Hidlay: In the finals - Feels about right. Snyder: In the finals - Snyder just medals in world/Olympic events. Hopefully he can get another gold. Wyatt: 0-1 (17th) - Not that surprised, but slightly disappointing.

24 years ago we experienced one of, if not the, darkest and most tragic days in the history of our nation. 8 years ago my community woke up in the morning and began picking up the pieces of the destruction left behind from Hurricane Irma 3 years ago my wife went under the first of many surgeries and treatments for a very rare form of cancer, that would take her life just 17 months later 2 years ago we finished the last room of the almost total rebuild of our home from the destruction of Hurricane Ian This morning I woke up hoping to see people realizing the hatred and division is going to bring us down and start a different path, only to see it amplified all over the place. I think beginning in 2026, September 11 is going to be spent way out in the ocean, or up deep in the mountains…totally off the grid.

Even though, the seedings are a result from various wrestlers attending, placing,(AND winning) various ranking tournaments... it IS surprising to see that only FOUR (Lee #1 @ 57Kg, Valencia #4 @ 86Kg, Trent Hidlay #8 @ 92Kg, & Synder #3 @ 97Kg) are seeded. Much like the U20, the Senior World Championships will start off w/ the FS tournament 1st, on Saturday, September 13. (61, 70, 86, and 125 kg) For some... pairing off w/an unseeded American may be a dangerous draw. (Wyatt HENDRICKSON anyone? ) D3

NATO vs Ramos: I think this is a very competitive match that largely hinges upon if we get the Ramos that trusts himself or the version that is a bit more passive. I also think there is a chance that freestyle is Ramos's better style. That being said I am going with NATO I think he is a bit bigger and I liked what I saw in him beating nico and going 2-1 with Blaze at the open. Woods vs Caldwell: I do not think this match is very close. Darian is older and has presumably been off the mat exclusively for a good bit of time, I am not aware if he got back into coaching after MMA but I want to assume this match is no problem for Real. If it is then we need to really temper our expectations for worlds. I could see Caldwell giving him something to worry about on their feet but I think one takedown and real ends it on top. Also not sure how long its been since Darian felt a head pinch like real has but I could see that being a big factor as well Ill go real by tech. Hildebrandt vs Hernandez: Hernandez has a pretty impressive age level resume but I don't think she is going to have any answers for Sarah even with Sarah being off the mat. Dake vs Hamiti: This one is really fun. I think Kyle is a bit bigger for the time being and really struggle to see how he finishes on kyle. He is absolutely going to need to get Dakes foot off the mat or he is going to go for a ride. I think Dean needs at least two takedowns here and I just do not see how he gets two. Kyle was an absolute mat general against a much bigger PK and I see a lot of the same going on here. Wick vs Nolf: Another very fun one. I firmly believe Nolf would have been our guy had he gone this year at 79kg and I think I may have still picked him even if he just entered the open and started training from there. He is still doing his instructional's and coaching and while BJJ is not even close to a 1 for 1 to wrestling he is still rolling and probably has a bit of a different feel than he had before. I would not be entirely shocked if Wick won this but I would also not be shocked if Nolf techs him, going with Nolf. Palmer vs Gomez: These guys have been chirping a bit online and for that reason I am anticipating Gomez not f'ing around and going out and smoking Lance. Lance was an incredible collegiate wrestler but I am not sure if he wrestled much Freestyle and I think Gomez is going to medal this year. Think this may be the most lop sided match on the card, Gomez by tech. Yianni vs Bajarang: Two of my favorite wrestlers to watch ever. Their first match was Yianni's coming out party to the international scene, and there second match Yianni beat the breaks off of him. I think with Yiannis heart now under control + him being more a true size for the weight and Bajrangs inactivity this match is far closer to their last encounter than their first. Yianni by tech. Kennedy vs Rivera: Rivera got 5th at pan ams in 2024 and did not wrestle an american, thats all I really need to know about this one, Kennedy by tech. Wyatt vs Elders: I really like this matchup for wyatt because Elders is a bit smaller and more athletic similarly to how Trent was. I think Wyatt will do well with the bigger guys at worlds besides maybe Zare, the Munkturs and shapirovs worry me a bit more but this will be a great indicator on how Wyatt is moving and a good warm up for him. Wyatt by tech Nickal vs Cardenas: This match is awesome and I am glad Bo did not get a layup first match back. I expect Cardenas to be the bigger guy here, but I do not think size will be super relevant. It does seem like while Bo has obviously been focusing on MMA he still is on the mat a lot. I just wonder where his timing is at and Cardenas has always been better at freestyle. Basch made the argument that he feels to beat Bo you need to be a medal contender this year and while I am not sure I would go that far, Cardenas had a relatively competitive match with Firouzpour who is probably the on paper favorite at 92 so I dont think its a stretch that Cardenas could have medal'd this year. Going with Cardenas in a close one.

No way that thread is 10 pages long. Hawkeyes can't read or write above a 3rd grade level.

Freestyle tournament is done. USA came in 2nd behind Iran (their Toot Squad in the stands was like 12th man in the football stadium!) Final Top Ten and other sundries: Final Top 10 Team Standings 1. Iran - 145 2. United States - 134 3. Japan - 111 4. Russia - 96 5. Azerbaijan - 83 6. Bahrain - 53 7. Kazakhstan - 48 8. Kyrgyzstan - 41 9. North Korea - 35 10. Mongolia - 30 10. Ukraine - 30 10. Uzbekistan - 30 Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: Gold - 25 points Silver - 20 points Bronze - 15 points Bronze - 15 points 5th - 10 points 5th - 10 points 7th - 8 points 8th - 6 points 9th - 4 points 10th - 2 points Of note, Russia and Belarus are not in the official team rankings because they are competing under " United World Wrestling.” However, we chose to include them in the above standings to show how those countries are performing at the World Championships. Here's a detailed breakdown of the scoring: Rank Country 57 61 65 70 74 79 86 92 97 125 Total 1 Iran 20 25 10 15 15 15 20 25 145 2 United States 4 10 15 10 20 25 25 25 134 3 Japan 6 20 25 25 20 15 111 4 Russia 8 25 10 2 15 4 2 20 6 4 96 5 Azerbaijan 15 8 10 15 15 20 83 6 Bahrain 8 15 15 15 53 7 Kazakhstan 15 4 15 4 10 48 8 Kyrgyzstan 20 6 15 41 9 North Korea 25 10 35 10 Mongolia 20 10 30 10 Ukraine 8 2 8 6 6 30 12 Uzbekistan 15 15 30 12 Armenia 15 10 25 12 Greece 25 25 12 Poland 10 15 25 24 India 6 10 8 24 16 Albania 2 20 22 16 Georgia 4 10 6 20 16 Hungary 4 6 10 20 19 Slovakia 15 4 19 24 Puerto Rico 8 10 18 20 Mexico 10 6 16 20 France 6 10 16 22 Canada 2 10 12 22 Bulgaria 10 2 12 28 Germany 4 8 12 24 Moldova 10 10 24 North Macedonia 10 10 28 Latvia 8 8 28 Switzerland 8 8 31 Belarus 4 4 32 Türkiye 2 2 32 China 2 2 32 Italy 2 2 Cuba 2 2 Team USA Results: 57 kg: Spencer Lee - Eliminated 61 kg: Jax Forrest - 5th Place 65 kg: Real Woods - Bronze 70 kg: PJ Duke - Eliminated 74 kg: David Carr - 5th Place 79 kg: Levi Haines - Silver 86 kg: Zahid Valencia - Gold 92 kg: Trent Hidlay - Gold 97 kg: Kyle Snyder - Gold 125 kg: Wyatt Hendrickson - Eliminated The remainder of the schedule: Wednesday, September 17 4:30 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET: Qualification rounds – WFS 53, 62, 68, 72 kg; Repechage – WFS 50, 57, 65, 76 kg 10:30 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. ET: Semifinals – WFS 53, 62, 68, 72 kg 12:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET: Medal Matches – WFS 50, 57, 65, 76 kg Thursday, September 18 4:30 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET: Qualification rounds – GR 55, 77, 82, 130 kg; Repechage – WFS 53, 62, 68, 72 kg 10:30 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. ET: Semifinals – GR 55, 77, 82, 130 kg 12:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET: Medal Matches – WFS 53, 62, 68, 72 kg Friday, September 19 4:30 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET: Qualification rounds – GR 60, 72, 97 kg; Repechage – GR 55, 77, 82, 130 kg 10:45 a.m. ET – 11:45 a.m. ET: Semifinals – GR 60, 72, 97 kg 12:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET: Medal Matches – GR 55, 77, 82, 130 kg Saturday, September 20 4:30 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET: Qualification rounds – GR 63, 67, 87 kg; Repechage – GR 60, 72, 97 kg 10:45 a.m. ET – 11:45 a.m. ET: Semifinals – GR 63, 67, 87 kg 12:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET: Medal Matches – GR 60, 72, 97 kg Sunday, September 21 10:30 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. ET: Repechage – GR 63, 67, 87 kg 12:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET: Medal Matches – GR 63, 67, 87 kg D3

D3, you are a treasure to these boards. Thank you for all you do.

Hidlay > Brooks

If Harutyunyan made the finals and pulled Spencer back in and he took a bronze, then I don't think this noise is anywhere near as loud. If Khadi didn't pull Dake back in 2021, everyone would have said that Burroughs should have been the guy at the Olympics. Repechage is a fickle b1tch. At the end of the day, I don't think Spencer respected Harutyunyan enough, and it cost him. You can't take any match for granted at Worlds, and to me it looked like Spencer went into the match thinking he was the better wrestler and would win, and when Harutyunyan gave him more than he was expecting, he couldn't regroup mid-match and it snowballed. IMO it was kind of similar to the US Open match between Mesenbrink and Carr where Mesenbrink won a couple of early exchanges and things just unraveled for Carr leading to a tech. My biggest question with Spencer is whether or not he still loves wrestling. After being denied his 4th HS state title, the battles with knee injuries from his senior year of high school in 2018 until preparation for the 2024 Olympics, the pin in the NCAA semis to stop him from being a four-time NCAA champ.. you have to imagine he has some demons to battle after giving so much to the sport and feeling let down by shocking losses when all eyes are on him, and by his own body when just as he's feeling fully healthy again, another heartbreaking injury and long road of recovery takes place again.

PS underhooks don’t work on me Uppercuts though...

HIDLAY IS A WORLD CHAMP!!! comes back from being down 8 points!!!! WOW

This has always been one of my favorite interviews, but this hits different today. Hayden Hidlay must be a very proud brother.

Starocci vs Arnold (they should handicap it) Steveson vs Ferrari Suriano vs Jax Pyles vs Saylor what am I missing

With regard to the likes of RV and Trip, don’t waste the time and energy on them. There precisely why they’re (continuing) making the comments they’re making. For the attention. For example, trip could look up articles everyday and post here to bring awareness. He doesn’t. He’s using the platform to pat himself on the back. It’s sad this is the kind of behavior that makes them feel good about themselves, don’t enable it.

Find me an instance of any athlete pointing to the heavens after a loss. I'm not a fan of thanking God for athletic successes in general, but Bo in post tournament interviews is consistent when he says things like "I would have loved to come out with the win today, but you know, God has something else planned for me, so I'm just going to continue to trust in him and continue putting in the work and getting better." He is one of the humblest high school wrestlers in defeat that I have seen. I'm not even necessarily a Bo Bassett fan, but the hate he gets from grown men leads me to frequently feeling the need to defend him.

57 - lee 61 - suda as he has momentum 65 - no one repeats at 65, but Kiyooka wrestled Amouzad and Amouzad couldn't really do anything to him. I will take Kiyooka 70 - No clue , maybe Aoyagi 74 - Takahashi - pure hunch 79 - Usmanov - Nokhodi is bound to win this weight at some point as he has been right there these past few years and probably should have won in 2024, but he hasn't wrestled a tournament or even an official match since last years worlds. 86 - Ghasempour 92 - Firouzpour - reasonably confident 97 - Tazudinov - I think he will win and win in style 125 - Zare - the only guy who could actually wrestle him for 6 minutes was Akgul and he is gone. Someone would need to score big points on him very early and put him in a huge points hole( or tech him) to beat him and while it seems he has a match like that once in a while, I don't see it happening in this field.

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy.

back in my day it was all about your Top 8

It's not surprising whatsoever. Primary points are based off previous year's championship results at the weight currently being contested (eg. Dake would have 0 seeding points at 86) and supplemental points from rankings series (4 total tournies this year not heavily attended by any single athlete) + continental tourneys (1 per region [Pan-Am, Euros, Asian, Oceania, African]). Out of the Team USA roster only 12 total tourneys were wrestled and none more than twice. Given the turnover of the team and the fact that a couple guys were wrapping up their junior year studying for the SAT, the numbers don't lie. Zagreb Tiran Mongolia Pan-Ams Budapest Total (Feb) (Feb) (May) (May) (July) 57 Spencer 1st --- --- --- --- 1 61 Forrest --- --- --- 1st --- 1 65 Woods --- 3rd --- --- --- 1 70 Duke --- --- --- --- --- 0 74 Carr 2nd --- --- --- 3rd 2 79 Haines --- --- --- --- --- 0 86 Zahid 1st --- --- 1st --- 2 92 Hidlay --- --- --- 1st 1st 2 97 Snyder 1st 3rd --- --- --- 2 125 Pindrickson --- --- --- 1st --- 1

I'm not sure how much you have watched Zepeda wrestle. . .when Zepeda is in shape and motivated, he is capable of beating anyone in this age group. I look at this as a quality win for Stanich, regardless of the score.

Chris Cannon vs AARP

I think it's valid to say that USA wrestling is the healthiest country right now in terms of potential future success. We're loaded with young talent. We should be excited and cross our fingers real tight. We're possibly at the dawn of a golden age.

Fair. I just want the annual freestyle style rule changes being pushed on folkstyle to stop. That Along with the narrative that the world stage is more important to justify said stylistic changes. some even go so far as say just dump folkstyle altogether. the narrative that we’re not competitive enough on the world stage is also nonsense imo. Somehow our u20 team just dominated to world first place …. All while pesky folkstyle didn’t somehow ruin them! Folkstyle is a far more entertaining product. Let’s keep it that way.

Iran dives a thte legs on the restart an dMcEnelly steps aside and stays center McEnelly takes it 5 -5 on criteria!

Amen

There's sucking, and then there's sucking. While I was the EIWA's SID we had a few new teams enter the conference. At least one of them didn't field a full team and a couple saw their entire squad go 0-2. Granted, the EIWA no longer includes the Ivies and is down to just 12 teams, but Morgan State sent 10 wrestlers to the 2025 tournament, six of them won bouts, three placed, and Doolin was an alternate NCAA qualifier. They recorded four falls and didn't finish last as a team. They're not going to win the EIWA title anytime soon, but I've seen far worse first years.

I've been on the bandwagon for a long time. Fan of his brother as well. Those guys met up with legends in their finals, Nolf (Hayden damn near won), Brooks (might have been juiced). I saw Trent wrestle live up close at the 2023 NYAC tournament. He beat a super savvy Kentchadze who ended up winning worlds that same year down a weight. He also beat Alex Dieringer that day. I knew then was a serious contender at the world level. What a machine this weekend. Wrestled his style, his pace, imposed his will on everyone he wrestled. From bride's maid to the f'ing bride! Congrats to the Hidlay family! Forever a world CHAMP!

WAAAAA! Pay attention to me instead! WAAAAAAAA!

I would just like to go on record and say that we don't need Aaron Brooks to come back. He can stay away because we like WINNERS in 'Murica and we just won 86 and 92 and we're going to win 97 tomorrow by golly.

I told you we should feel good about it being 10-5, guys.

Good for him. Don't be in a hurry.

Finally

It might be pathetic in your opinion, but more people voted for Trump than voted for Kamala. In an election, that is what counts, voter turnout. More people voted that this was not a thing to get all riled up about. Else their vote would have gone to Harris. It was apparent that there was a way different standard placed on the jan 6 crowd than any other riot that caused way more damage. You can say it was the Capitol and I wish it hadn't happened. Those that destroyed property or assaulted cops should not have been pardoned. But for the rest, the punishment did not fit the crime and I have no problem with them being pardoned. When cities allow the burning down of their cities and do not go after the perps like they did with Jan 6, it is easy to see that this was treated way differently than the others and I think that is why it is not considered as big a deal on the right as it is on the left, just like burning of cities is a bigger deal to the right than to the left. Lawlessness is rampant. It all needs to be treated equally. If so, I don't think we would have seen a Jan 6, and I don't think cities would continue to have the crime problems they currently have. It is all related to a lack of enforcement of the law. Some people just open their windows and smell the freedom of burning tires and cars and are happy about it. That is just as wrong as Jan 6 in my opinion. Jan 6 was not a coup, nor was it an attempted coup. It was a demonstration that got out of control. Like I said, those that assaulted cops or bldg need to be jailed and not pardoned. It was the most peaceful coup attempt in the history of world coups. Where were the grenade launchers, the automatic rifles, the semi automatic rifles, the handguns, the knives, etc etc. It was no coup attempt. It was angry people feeling that they had been cheated. With a record number of votes for Biden and a record number of votes in total, something did seem out of place. 2012 65.9 million votes for Obama 60.9 votes for Romney 126.8 million total votes 2016 65.8 million votes for Hillary 63 million for Trump (but he won the electoral college which is what is important) 128.8 million votes total 2020 81.3 million votes for Biden 74.2 million for Trump 155.5 million total votes 2024 75.0 million votes for Kamala 77.3 million for Trump 152.3 million total votes There is a step jump to Biden and then a step down to Kamala. Where did all those votes come from? Trump did way better in 2020 than he did in 2016 yet still lost tremendously. That was at the center of the vote issue that was the reason for the Jan 6 demonstration. Trump got more votes than any candidate ever in 2020, except Biden jumped the shark. The damage to the Capitol bldg pales in comparison to the damage from the George Floyd riots that went on all summer long with nary an arrest made on any perp. A stunning result that I'm sure allowed the Jan 6 folks to not think too much of what they were doing. What they did was wrong granted. Those that assaulted should still be put away granted. mspart

Our hardest battles are often against ourselves.

I remember Mike Castillo but had forgot about Mike Castillo.

You put the D in TDS.

Justin Rademacher....the world champ. You can be a world champ at Oregon State.

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