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Dan Gable - Iowa Gable Steveson - Indiana, Minnesota Robert Louis Stevenson - Scotland

While I may not have a bias toward any particular team, I do tend to root for guys who came through the Lehigh Valley. From my experience, the strength of the youth system in the region is spread throughout mostly public schools with just a handful of private schools. It's generally accessible to everyone. And the culture and history are rich, boosted by Lehigh University and their success in NCAA wrestling. This is a pocket of land with 131 mile circumference and a population of just over 861,000. As a percentage of the US population it makes up 0.26%. As a percentage of division 1 wrestlers, the region supplies 2.04% of the overall pool. This translates into this region below having a 7.95 times greater conversion rate from resident to division one wrestler. Weight Wrestler College High School WS Rank Status NQ AA VEWL Program 125 Brett Ungar Cornell Notre Dame - Green Pond 21 Starter 1 0 N/A 125 Ryan Milller Pennsylvania Blair Academy 33 Backup 2 0 Stroudsburg 125 Carson Wagner Binghamton Northampton 93 Starter 0 0 Pocono Summit 125 Brandan Chletsos Rutgers Notre Dame - Green Pond 120 Backup 0 0 Palmer Township 125 Braxton Appello Ohio State Easton 187 Backup 0 0 Palmer Township 133 Ryan Crookham Lehigh Saucon Valley 3 Starter 0 0 N/A 133 Julian Chlebove Arizona State Northampton 34 Starter 0 0 Northampton 133 Sean Pierson Princeton Nazareth 46 Starter 0 0 Nazareth 133 Devon Britton Rutgers Northampton 112 Backup 0 0 Northampton 133 Charlie Bunting George Mason Nazareth 167 Redshirt 0 0 Bangor 133 Ashton Campbell Bloomsburg Bethlehem Catholic 216 Redshirt 0 0 Palisades 141 Dante Frinzi Harvard Bethlehem Catholic 147 Backup 0 0 N/A 141 Cael McIntyre American Bethlehem Catholic 184 Starter 0 0 Forks Township 141 David Kreidler Navy Central Catholic 218 Backup 0 0 N/A 149 Tyler Kasak Penn State Bethlehem Catholic 11 Starter 0 0 N/A 149 DaShawn Farber Lock Haven Nazareth 109 Backup 1 0 East Stroudsburg 149 Drew Munch Lehigh Wyoming Seminary 119 Backup 0 0 East Stroudsburg 149 Cole Handlovic Cornell Bethlehem Catholic 134 Backup 0 0 Wilson 149 Kenny Herrmann Harvard Bethlehem Catholic 136 Backup 0 0 Palisades 149 Jarred Papcsy Duke Bethlehem Catholic 150 Starter 0 0 Nazareth 149 Steven Storm Lehigh Pocono Mountain East 154 Backup 0 0 Pocono Mountain 149 Ethan Szerenscits American Northampton 168 Starter 0 0 Northampton 149 Matthew Arciuolo Columbia Saucon Valley 202 Backup 0 0 N/A 149 Oliver Fairchild Campbell Easton 249 Redshirt 0 0 Forks Township 149 CJ Fritz Bloomsburg Northampton 254 Backup 0 0 Lehigh Township 149 Jonathan Miers Princeton Easton 264 Backup 0 0 Forks Township 149 Jake Doone Air Force Nazareth 286 Backup 0 0 Nazareth 157 Sammy Sasso Ohio State Nazareth 3 Injured 4 2, 5, 2 Nazareth 157 Nathan Haubert Lehigh Palisades 84 Backup 0 0 Palisades 157 Luca Frinzi Lehigh Bethlehem Catholic 97 Backup 1 0 N/A 157 Dominic Wheatley Franklin & Marshall Nazareth 234 Starter 0 0 Nazareth 157 Dagen Condomitti Oregon State Northampton 259 Redshirt 0 0 Northampton 157 Marco Albenese Binghamton Emmaus 288 Redshirt 0 0 East Penn 157 Christopher Arciuolo Franklin & Marshall Saucon Valley 290 Backup 0 0 N/A 157 Anthon Micci Franklin & Marshall Wilson 293 Backup 0 0 Wilson 165 Andrew Cerniglia Navy Notre Dame - Green Pond 19 Starter 2 0 Nazareth 165 Liam Scrivanich Rider Saucon Valley 62 Redshirt 0 0 N/A 165 Evan Maag George Mason Notre Dame - Green Pond 67 Starter 0 0 Bethlehem Catholic 165 Holden Garcia Princeton Notre Dame - Green Pond 72 Backup 0 0 N/A 165 Benjamin Haubert Citadel Palisades 75 Starter 0 0 Palisades 165 Evan Gleason Harvard Easton 129 Backup 0 0 Forks Township 165 Jagger Condomitti Nebraska Northampton 146 Backup 0 0 Northampton 165 Landon Muth VMI Bethlehem Catholic 254 Redshirt 0 0 Lehigh Township 165 Riley Hughes Bloomsburg Bethlehem Catholic 267 Redshirt 0 0 N/A 174 Darrien Roberts Morgan State Wyoming Seminary 76 Redshirt 0 0 East Stroudsburg 174 Connor Herceg Lehigh Nazareth 80 Starter 0 0 Nazareth 174 Nick Foster George Mason Nazareth 202 Backup 0 0 N/A 174 Anthony DeRosa Bloomsburg Bethlehem Catholic 217 Backup 0 0 N/A 174 Luke Thomas Bloomsburg Bethlehem Catholic 238 Backup 0 0 Whitehall 174 Nathan Stefanik Princeton Nazareth 278 Backup 0 0 Nazareth 184 Lenny Pinto Nebraska Stroudsburg 5 Starter 1 0 East Stroudsburg 184 Adrian Gacek Clarion Parkland 109 Redshirt 0 0 N/A 197 Sonny Sasso Virginia Tech Nazareth 22 Redshirt 0 0 Nazareth 197 Kolby Flank Bloomsburg Wilson 114 Backup 0 0 Wilson 197 Caden Wright Lehigh Emmaus 156 Backup 0 0 East Penn 197 Chase Levey Drexel Nazareth 168 Backup 0 0 Nazareth 285 Matthew Cruise Pennsylvania Easton 165 Backup 0 0 N/A 285 Karam Chakif Lehigh Dieruff 186 Backup 0 0 N/A

Who would it be for New Jersey? Jordan Burroughs right?

FC Rank Wrestler School Conference InterMat FloSports WIN WrestleStat Coach RPI Net Rank 1 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Big Ten 6 4 11 4 3 12 4 2 Matt Ramos Purdue Big Ten 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Troy Spratley Oklahoma State Big 12 12 8 5 7 9 8 7 4 Jore Volk Wyoming Big 12 11 15 15 16 11 9 13 5 Caleb Smith Nebraska Big Ten 7 5 7 6 10 7 5 6 Noah Surtin Missouri Big 12 10 9 6 9 7 5 6 7 Drake Ayala Iowa Big Ten 4 3 2 8 4 3 2 8 Nico Provo Stanford PAC 12 18 20 16 21 16 16 19 9 Cooper Flynn Virginia Tech ACC 3 7 3 11 5 4 3 10 Brett Ungar Cornell EIWA 15 17 19 20 15 13 16 11 Tanner Jordan South Dakota State Big 12 19 14 13 25 14 15 17 12 Michael DeAugustino Northwestern Big Ten 16 11 12 12 13 6 12 13 Brendan McCrone Ohio State Big Ten 22 18 51 17 19 37 23 14 Braeden Davis Penn State Big Ten 8 6 9 15 6 10 8 15 Patrick McKee Minnesota Big Ten 5 10 10 2 12 18 9 16 Luke Stanich Lehigh EIWA 2 2 51 3 2 1 10 17 Jakob Camacho North Carolina State ACC 14 16 17 13 23 20 18 18 Anthony Molton Campbell SoCon 23 29 51 14 20 22 22 19 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State PAC 12 17 12 14 18 17 11 15 20 Anthony Noto Lock Haven MAC 13 21 8 5 18 21 14 21 Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Big 12 9 13 4 10 8 19 11 22 Jack Maida American EIWA 28 30 51 26 28 17 26 23 Trever Anderson Northern Iowa Big 12 26 23 51 19 25 35 25 24 Dean Peterson Rutgers Big Ten 20 19 18 24 21 33 20 25 Jett Strickenberger West Virginia Big 12 57 22 51 28 31 24 32 26 Blake West Northern Illinois MAC 33 57 51 37 32 30 34 27 Ethan Berginc Army EIWA 31 33 51 29 30 23 28 28 Kysen Terukina Iowa State Big 12 27 24 51 31 26 28 27 29 Drew West Gardner-Webb SoCon 57 57 51 43 57 47 45 30 Dominic Mendez Cal Poly PAC 12 30 31 51 38 57 33 33 31 Spencer Moore North Carolina ACC 29 27 51 36 33 27 29 32 Diego Sotelo Harvard EIWA 21 26 51 22 22 14 21 33 Brayden Palmer Chattanooga SoCon 25 57 51 23 29 26 31 34 Sean Spidle Central Michigan MAC 57 57 51 41 57 38 42 35 Eli Griffin California Baptist Big 12 32 32 51 35 24 31 30 36 Jeremiah Reno Little Rock PAC 12 57 57 51 39 57 49 44 37 Conrad Hendriksen Oklahoma Big 12 57 57 51 40 57 29 36 38 Max Gallagher Pennsylvania EIWA 57 57 51 27 57 25 35 39 Nick Babin Columbia EIWA 57 57 51 33 57 36 37 40 Justin Cardani Illinois Big Ten 57 57 51 52 57 46 51 41 Tucker Owens Air Force Big 12 57 57 51 48 57 43 47 42 Kyle Montaperto Virginia ACC 57 57 51 53 57 54 54 43 Jake Ice Sacred Heart EIWA 57 57 51 60 57 65 62 44 Tristan Lujan Michigan State Big Ten 57 57 51 44 57 32 40 45 Chad Bellis Appalachian State SoCon 57 57 51 34 57 42 41 46 Kade Davidheiser Bucknell EIWA 57 57 51 77 57 77 78 47 Richie Figueroa Arizona State PAC 12 24 25 20 30 27 39 24 48 Ryan Henningson North Dakota State Big 12 57 57 51 65 57 64 64 49 Yusief Lillie Utah Valley Big 12 57 57 51 67 57 59 63 50 Joey Fischer Clarion MAC 57 57 51 42 57 53 48 51 Tyler Klinsky Rider MAC 57 57 51 32 57 40 39 52 Michael Joyce Brown EIWA 57 57 51 55 57 58 56 53 Richard Castro-Sandoval Cal State Bakersfield PAC 12 57 57 51 46 57 45 46 54 Benjamin Aranda Cleveland State MAC 57 57 51 57 57 51 55 55 Drew Heethuis Princeton EIWA 57 57 51 49 57 48 49 56 Colton Camacho Pittsburgh ACC 57 29 51 47 57 51 38 57 Davian Guanajuato Southern Illinois Edwardsville MAC 57 57 51 58 57 57 57 58 Desmond Pleasant Drexel EIWA 57 57 51 51 57 50 52 59 Tommy Capul Maryland Big Ten 57 57 51 76 57 62 67 60 Massey Odiotti Northwestern Big Ten 57 57 51 62 57 56 58 61 Damion Ryan Bellarmine MAC 57 57 51 71 57 68 68 62 Trenton Dominguez Presbyterian SoCon 57 57 51 75 57 74 77 63 Logan Agin Duke ACC 57 57 51 50 57 55 53 64 JB Dragovich George Mason MAC 57 57 51 68 57 76 71 65 Robbie Sagaris Long Island EIWA 57 57 51 56 57 63 59 66 Blaine Frazier Indiana Big Ten 57 57 51 45 57 41 43 67 Carson Wagner Binghamton EIWA 57 57 51 54 57 44 50 68 Dylan Acevedo-Switzer Hofstra EIWA 57 57 51 64 57 72 66 69 Malik Hardy Citadel SoCon 57 57 51 59 57 61 60 70 Dayton DelViscio Navy EIWA 57 57 51 66 57 66 65 71 Eric Howe Franklin & Marshall EIWA 57 57 51 72 57 73 73 72 Max Elton Buffalo MAC 57 57 51 61 57 60 61 73 Enis Ljikovic Davidson SoCon 57 57 51 79 57 81 80 74 Caleb Edwards Edinboro MAC 57 57 51 73 57 75 76 75 Bronson Garber Bloomsburg MAC 57 57 51 69 57 70 70 76 Ryan Meek Ohio MAC 57 57 51 74 57 71 72 77 Adan Benavidez Kent State MAC 57 57 51 70 57 69 69 78 Julian Dawson Morgan State EIWA 57 57 51 68 57 78 74 79 Austin Kegley Lindenwood MAC 57 57 51 80 57 67 75 80 Tony Burke VMI SoCon 57 57 51 78 57 79 79 81 Daniel Graham Queens SoCon 57 57 51 81 57 80 81

It's slim pickings - maybe Leon Rattigan - or eventually my own daughter

Pennsylvania: Cary Kolat Ohio: David Taylor Delaware: Sheldon Thomas Massachusetts: Kenny Mallory California: Dave Schultz

you're not a big fan of Treasure Island? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Just saw the Pinto vs Truax match. Got to love the PA guy kicking the ass of his homestate. Pinto is too powerful for Truax.

I'm finally getting around to seeing the 141 match. The Penn State referee bias is now at an elite level. It makes me as a fan root against them as much as possible. Hardy won the match

I just want to circle back to this comment to give a more thorough explanation. The loss to Forrest counts against him for sure, but more than that- is the lack of matches against D1 starters (which seems to have been by design to preserve his redshirt). But it just means he has had fewer opportunities to face top rated d1 starters than many of his untethered peers

If Burwick is in a position to graduate early, maybe he would be a good replacement as coach for the Badgers

At one point, Cal Baptist had both Mesenbrink and MJ Gaitan committed. Gaitan flipped before joining, Mesenbrink jumped levels after committing and reassessed his future accordingly.

Antrell Taylor is also a 157 lber wrestling up a weight class. He's a beast. I'm happy the were able to figure out the lineup where Robb, Taylor, and Bubba are all able to start. There was a thought of Pinto being at 174 at one point, but maybe that bridge has passed.

or maybe playing possum!

Caliendo looks tired

Should be an awesome dual.

Caliendo vs Hamiti - these are Illinois guys. They must have wrestled in high school.

It was worth it to see the angry Bono

That's awesome!!

FC Rank Wrestler School Conference InterMat FloSports WIN WrestleStat Net Media Rank 1 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Big Ten 3 3 7 2 2 2 Matt Ramos Purdue Big Ten 1 1 1 1 1 3 Nico Provo Stanford PAC 12 16 19 16 21 18 4 Jore Volk Wyoming Big 12 9 14 15 15 12 5 Troy Spratley Oklahoma State Big 12 10 7 6 8 6 6 Cooper Flynn Virginia Tech ACC 4 6 3 10 5 7 Drake Ayala Iowa Big Ten 5 4 2 5 3 8 Noah Surtin Missouri Big 12 8 8 9 9 7 9 Caleb Smith Nebraska Big Ten 12 9 10 12 9 10 Tanner Jordan South Dakota State Big 12 15 13 13 22 16 11 Braeden Davis Penn State Big Ten 6 5 5 6 4 12 Michael DeAugustino Northwestern Big Ten 14 10 11 11 11 13 Brett Ungar Cornell EIWA 13 16 17 20 17 14 Luke Stanich Lehigh EIWA 2 2 51 3 14 15 Brendan McCrone Ohio State Big Ten 22 17 51 17 22 16 Patrick McKee Minnesota Big Ten 11 15 12 7 10 17 Anthony Molton Campbell SoCon 23 30 51 14 23 18 Jakob Camacho North Carolina State ACC 24 20 18 16 19 19 Anthony Noto Lock Haven MAC 21 21 8 4 13 20 Jack Maida American EIWA 29 31 51 26 27 21 Jett Strickenberger West Virginia Big 12 57 22 51 28 31 22 Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Big 12 7 12 4 13 8 23 Dean Peterson Rutgers Big Ten 19 18 19 23 20 24 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State PAC 12 17 11 14 18 15 25 Blake West Northern Illinois MAC 33 57 51 36 33 26 Trever Anderson Northern Iowa Big 12 26 23 51 19 24 27 Ethan Berginc Army EIWA 32 32 51 30 29 28 Brayden Palmer Chattanooga SoCon 25 57 51 25 32 29 Spencer Moore North Carolina ACC 30 27 51 38 30 30 Kysen Terukina Iowa State Big 12 27 24 51 31 26 31 Dominic Mendez Cal Poly PAC 12 31 57 51 40 34 32 Drew West Gardner-Webb SoCon 57 57 51 42 43 33 Diego Sotelo Harvard EIWA 20 26 51 24 25 34 Sean Spidle Central Michigan MAC 57 57 51 47 47 35 Eli Griffin California Baptist Big 12 28 28 51 34 28 36 Jeremiah Reno Little Rock PAC 12 57 57 51 41 42 37 Max Gallagher Pennsylvania EIWA 57 57 51 27 37 38 Conrad Hendriksen Oklahoma Big 12 57 33 51 39 35 39 Jake Ice Sacred Heart EIWA 57 57 51 60 60 40 Kyle Montaperto Virginia ACC 57 57 51 51 51 41 Tucker Owens Air Force Big 12 57 57 51 44 45 42 Justin Cardani Illinois Big Ten 57 57 51 52 52 43 Tristan Lujan Michigan State Big Ten 57 57 51 43 44 44 Joey Fischer Clarion MAC 57 57 51 37 41 45 Richie Figueroa Arizona State PAC 12 18 25 20 29 21 46 Michael Joyce Brown EIWA 57 57 51 56 56 47 Ryan Henningson North Dakota State Big 12 57 57 51 65 65 48 Kade Davidheiser Bucknell EIWA 57 57 51 77 77 49 Nick Babin Columbia EIWA 57 57 51 35 40 50 Tyler Klinsky Rider MAC 57 57 51 33 39 51 Yusief Lillie Utah Valley Big 12 57 57 51 66 66 52 Benjamin Aranda Cleveland State MAC 57 57 51 57 57 53 Chad Bellis Appalachian State SoCon 57 57 51 32 38 54 Richard Castro-Sandoval Cal State Bakersfield PAC 12 57 57 51 49 49 55 Drew Heethuis Princeton EIWA 57 57 51 48 48 56 Colton Camacho Pittsburgh ACC 57 29 51 46 36 57 Davian Guanajuato Southern Illinois Edwardsville MAC 57 57 51 59 59 58 Desmond Pleasant Drexel EIWA 57 57 51 54 54 59 Tommy Capul Maryland Big Ten 57 57 51 76 76 60 Damion Ryan Bellarmine MAC 57 57 51 71 71 61 Logan Agin Duke ACC 57 57 51 45 46 62 JB Dragovich George Mason MAC 57 57 51 63 63 63 Trenton Dominguez Presbyterian SoCon 57 57 51 75 75 64 Blaine Frazier Indiana Big Ten 57 57 51 50 50 65 Massey Odiotti Northwestern Big Ten 57 57 51 73 73 66 Robbie Sagaris Long Island EIWA 57 57 51 55 55 67 Dylan Acevedo-Switzer Hofstra EIWA 57 57 51 62 62 68 Carson Wagner Binghamton EIWA 57 57 51 53 53 69 Dayton DelViscio Navy EIWA 57 57 51 64 64 70 Malik Hardy Citadel SoCon 57 57 51 58 58 71 Eric Howe Franklin & Marshall EIWA 57 57 51 70 70 72 Enis Ljikovic Davidson SoCon 57 57 51 79 79 73 Max Elton Buffalo MAC 57 57 51 61 61 74 Bronson Garber Bloomsburg MAC 57 57 51 68 68 75 Caleb Edwards Edinboro MAC 57 57 51 72 72 76 Adan Benavidez Kent State MAC 57 57 51 69 69 77 Tony Burke VMI SoCon 57 57 51 78 78 78 Ryan Meek Ohio MAC 57 57 51 74 74 79 Julian Dawson Morgan State EIWA 57 57 51 67 67 80 Austin Kegley Lindenwood MAC 57 57 51 80 80 81 Daniel Graham Queens SoCon 57 57 51 81 81

Even though you didn't ask me - I'll tell you what I've done in those situations. Wins against: high schoolers, other college divisions, backups, and redshirts - do not count at all for anything Losses against all of those same individuals count against them as much as they possibly could.

I agree. I actually haven't spent much time thinking about an overall criteria like that. My rankings have been based on matches this year only and does not take into account momentum. It's only meant to be an input into an ultimate equation like @jmoney has laid out. I think it's a fun philosophical exercise to consider what that equation should look like

probably that mastrogiovanni zoo