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River Wards are a cool area, but far from the arena. Port Richmond in particular has amazing polish food. You can get peirogis from someones babushka who barely speaks english

I've known some people to attempt the Philly Taco. You go to Jim's on South Street to get a cheese steak, then go across the street to Lorenzos to get a giant slice of pizza. Wrap the pizza around the cheesesteak and enjoy! lol

I feel like the forum average is probably around 40. but based on nothing but a guess

I don't have a specific favorite. I do tend to favor Lehigh because I started wrestling in the Lehigh Valley back in the day. If I consider Lehigh my favorite, then Northern Iowa is my second favorite. I appreciate things like grit and humility which they tend to exhibit and all while consistently overachieving.

If I was their dad I would hate that. Of all the draws!

I don't believe in strategizing for a seed in any event. If you want to win, I think most of all you need to back yourself in all situations. If you're trying to game the situation, there is a part of you that doesn't believe in yourself

@PortaJohn - thank you sir! This was the first and only place that i have viewed the brackets

I'm sorry I even asked. unfortunately I'm not surprised

being the 1 seed is good. having Figs in the quarters is not a great prize

I was once the subject of a VEWL weight-gate in which I showed up 2 minutes late for the weigh in. Stepped onto the scale with my boots and winter jacket, still made the weight by over a pound. All the coaches in VEWL voted on whether or not I could wrestle - it went one vote against me participating. The weight in question was 48 pounds lol Also as others shave mentioned, by the time you're cutting a lot of weight in middle school, you're usually weighing in naked to save the extra couple ounces. I was unaware that there was an underwear requirement

Any chance they awarded it to Starocci based on being a four time champion while also winning a better conference? Even if thats not the real reason, maybe they could rationalize it

Honestly I'm shocked that Gavin Hoffman still has eligibility either, but I don't think he's in the same exact situation. I think it' pretty incredible that someone like myself, who spent a significant time combing through wrestlestat records over the years - had never identified this issue earlier. It' remarkable that it took so long to uncover.

Curious what sort of roster verification process takes place in the first place? Was this just an oversight?

great list. thank you! only one I question if they are the same person is Austin Cooley:

I'm not even playing dumb - I actually am. How does Romero play into it when his final year was alongside Hoffman in the starting lineup?

Shumate, Geog, Feldman, Rogotzke, Welsh

Hell yeah!

Got it - so then he can fill in at 125. But then 141 remains a question mark.

Next year's roster: 125: Joey Cruz / Dru Ayala / Transfer Portal 133: Drake Ayala / Leo DeLuca (RS) 141: (I'd consider letting Ayala adding more muscle to his frame and starting DeLuca from day one at 133) / Transfer Portal 149: Victor Voinovich / Transfer Portal 157: Miguel Estrada 165: Mikey Caliendo 174: Patrick Kennedy 184: Angelo Ferrari 197: AJ Ferrari 285: Ben Kueter I would guess Arnold will transfer out so that he doesn't have to ride the pine.

Schultz tried nothing there

it really was

impressive considering they faced significant injuries

that looks about right

Great match with several amazing scrambles which resulted in zero points

I was imagining Jombo yelling stalling at Ayala while he was getting a good look at the ceiling of Welsh-Ryan Arena