When you're a kid in the lehigh Valley, you don't even realize how good Easton would be because they have three youth programs all feeding in: Easton PAL (police athletic league), Forks Township, and Palmer Township.
It is one of America's most highly regarded academic institutions and its located in a state that loves wrestling. They have a great chance to recover from these graduations
Philippines did this with Andray Blatche for basketball. He had no connections to the country whatsoever. They sought to nationalize him for use on their national basketball team because he was never going to be good enough to make team USA
What's the deal are they going to have a team this year or will it be some future year?
Their website seemed to indicate they recently hired Alonzo Allen as assistant coach and are expected to compete this year. I'm not sure if they have any wrestlers yet though.
Regarding the fan vote, some of my friends who are not wrestling fans decided to watch this year's NCAA finals. Both guys thought:
1) Nino Bonaccorsi was super likeable
2) 133 was the most entertaining and impressive wrestling to them as amateurs (the quickness and craftiness)
Folkstyle Lee - he had a higher peak than many will ever dream off. But the full body of his work contained a number of blemishes which would detract from his overall ranking. And then there is the unfortunate reality: "Last impressions are lasting impressions"
I'm a Lehigh Valley homer and since Ungar finished his high school at Notre Dame Green Pond, I'm rooting for him :)
Good trivia question and I'm not sure of the answer - who else has ever won a state title in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania (other than Ungar)
Do you have any feeling on whether Fix will come back for another? Seems he would be eligible for an ORS but that might extend his folkstyle career a bit too long for the sake of his knees