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I like Jayden, but he has a few years still IMO. He got big brothered pretty hard by Dee Lockett.

Yes. I forgot bassett's points originally and reposted earlier in this thread:

correct. NOT Correct. sorry. I forgot to add Bassett's points. We can still win, but we need wins at 71 and 92, AND for Iran to lose gold medal match. That's asking a lot. If Iran wins gold at 92, we lose 155 to 154

If James wins at 71kg (which I expect him to) and Alizadeh wins at 92kg (which I expect him to), then Iran will win team title 155 to 149. Iran has effectively locked up the team title regardless of the remaining match outcomes. On a side note, I remember Iran folks giving us grief on these boards for winning 2024 U20 team title with only one gold medalist (Lilledahl), which Iran is now about to do here at cadets. Can't have it both ways!

J'den Cox isn't making 92 kilograms...

If I had a dollar for every time this announcer says, "oh, how are they going to score this?" LOL!

wow!!!!! that match was awesome (James). Worth the price of admission!

James movements are super fluid. This guy he's wrestling is crafty though.

battle of returning U17 world champs tomorrow. Should be good!

I don't watch a ton of women's wrestling, but this Shonazarova chick from UZB at 40kg could beat a lot of high school boys...and the matches wouldn't even be close.

I don't think he holds 125 at all. While I realize it's the offseason, he just wrestled at CA freestyle state championships in May at 65kg (143 lbs). I think he redshirts, bulks up and comes back at 141 as a RS Freshman. Don't sleep on Ramirez- he's slick on his feet, has a really good slide by, pretty tough on top, and a very high ceiling. It's going to be an interesting room at OSU for the next couple of years, and I think Ramirez is one that will benefit the most from being in a competitive college room.

Carr secures Bronze, and revenge over Salkazanov. Match wasn't as close as the 4-4 score. Carr wrestled well all tournament with the exception of 3 minute first period against Takahashi. He's a threat on his feet. Good warmup for worlds! *Also, Khaniev looks either homeless or hipster- maybe both.

Honestly, Carini's ranking is a bit too high and he looked pretty lackluster in all his matches. But he's got a few more years. Joseph Antonio out of SJB is a better long term prospect IMO- great pickup for Army.

I can admit when I'm 50% wrong! lol! Bassett does have a cadet gold. We'll have to refer to their recent HTH match between Blaze and Bassett then for this tiebreaker then!

Oh thank God! For a minute there I thought it might just be me (it still very well could be)! I'll PM you our trip details once we get it all squared away.

Let that (above bold) sink in for a second...it wasn't too long ago when we were all fawning over Blaze, remember, like when he beat Forrest at Olympic trials and when he beat Bassett at World trials? Oh yeah, and he's the only one mentioned so far that actually owns an age level world gold medal. Dean Heil could only be so lucky!!! This thread feels a bit like a "what have you done for me lately" kinda thing.

OMG- thanks for sharing!! This seriously had me rolling. Comedy gold! "For every action, there is an inaction." ~Wayne Newton

Pretty good! This is one of my all-time favs (Insta link below). . . Instagram

Lol! Wrong thread but still a good post! John Azevedo was my high school wrestling coach.

Obviously not as straight-forward as is seems. . .there's a lot of great back-to-back combos historically. Great thread!

ok, that's F'n funny!

Who's going? Anyone from this forum want to make a plan to get together and put faces to avatars, drink some beer and become besties for life over our love of wrestling? Let me know . . .I'll make T-shirts!

haha! I wrestled in college with a dude out of Illinois who (actually) changed his name to Martin Hammers . . . everybody saw it coming!

Being true to my CA roots, while not technically qualified, it seems disingenuous (almost criminal) to not include Mark Schultz in this tread. He's the ultimate Diamond in the Rough- hear me out . . . Mark Schultz won a CA state championship his senior year (1978) wrestling for Palo Alto High, which technically disqualifies him from this thread. He won in R16 7-6, Quarters 4-4 OT, 5-2 in semis and 7-4 in finals, hardly dominate, but also upsetting 3 undefeated wrestlers along the way. What makes his senior run improbable (and more so his later accomplishments), is that prior to winning that state title, he is the only wrestler in CA history to never win a single tournament before his run up to a state title (just crazy). Mark's official CA high school record is 34-8, including 4-6 as a junior. Not highly recruited, he attended UCLA and went 18-8 as a freshman...transfers Oklahoma in 1979 and redshirts- fails to place in every tournament that year (flashback to high school). We all know what happens after that...In 1980, unranked, beats #1 Mike DeAnna, gets ranked #2 and goes on to win 3 NCAA D1 Championships, including denying Ed Banach (another all-time great) a chance to become the first 4x D1 champ. Continues on to be a 2x World Champ, Olympic Champ, and a legend in our sport.

Feels like Steve Neal should be the poster boy for this. Placed 4th as a senior in HS in 1994 (only time he placed), goes to CSU Bakersfield where he proceeds to go 4,2,1,1 at NCAAs (last 2 seasons undefeated), wins US Open, Pan Ams, and a World Championship in 1999, and second at 2000 Olympic Trials. Switches to football and becomes a 3x Super Bowl Champ with the Patriots. Who woulda thunk it? Nothing short of spectacular! ...There's also Anthony Cassar...