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Dean was 3rd that year but bravo on all else!

I know Penn State returns everyone who matters. But I see 2018 as a real chance for the Buckeyes to make a run with 6 returning All-Americans. NATO, Moore and Snyder will be favorites, while both Jordans, and Myles Martin will be high placers. Think about it. 3 champs and 3 more placers should win it, but Penn State could do the same. It will be epic.

I love Kentucky and Larue Co is a quality team and community, but that comment was funny!!

If he (Ervin) tore his ACL.

Just think back to when J Jaggers was a returning national champ but struggled with weight and lost well over 10 matches but won the NCAAs again. It's almost like Tom Ryan designs them for tournaments and blows off duals. Wish I knew what was up with Jake Ryan. He was very good a year ago in making the round of 12. Myles Martin looked awful in the finals but don't count him out. 6 point foot sweep to your back is hard to recover from. Best part is the entire team returns. Next best part was Iowa being a distant third.

Kolat has made an immediate impact in the SoCon. My Bulldogs are down after having had a pretty decent run with several AAs.

They did even better than I thought. Go Bucks! I'm sticking with my predication. I also think they win it all...the Big Tens and NCAAs.

NT is wrestling very well right now. So is Myles Martin. Don't be surprised if the Buckeyes walk out with 4 champs.

I doubt he ever even beats an AA let alone becomes one.

The Citadel has done exceptionally well at the DI level in having multiple all Americans. We only have a student body of 2000 cadets. Geez. New York sponsors a 98 lb class at the JV level...at least recently. I'm sure they still do. Those are great wrestlers. Same for 106. It's a JV Weighy since it's mainly freshman. Youth and middle school wrestling in Kentucky is an abomination right now compared to other states. Having far too many middle school weight classes makes for ridiculously long days and that loses kids in the end. Why not have an 80 lb class at the KHSAA tournament and bring in some 6th graders? Because that's ridiculous as it is a high school tournament. Same goes for 8th graders and 106. I know for a fact people all over the country are contemplating making some of these changes. Wade Schalles makes some of these points often as well.

I simply do not accept that a freshman who wins a state title at 106 is any better than a solid freshman getting spanked by 17-18 year olds at 160. I'm much more impressed with what Zane Brown has done as a sophomore at 152 and what Kadin Kulmer is doing at 182 than I am with a freshman beating freshman and 8th graders to win 106.

Perhaps he's better off weighing as much as Snyder does. Maybe 225-235.

He's not a legit heavy. He looks entirely different at the weight. He needs to start the cut to 197 in March.

The lightweight bias is strong on this site.

1. Just offering an opinion. 2. Major wrestling junkie since 5th grade and I'm old now. 3. Uh, nope. 4. DI wrestler who walked on and beat the kid on scholarship. I was a scholarship wrestler the next season. All Im saying is let the high school kids have their moment. Trae Blackwell should have been a state champ his senior year. Having to wrestle an all-world, non-high school 8th grader in the finals takes away from the high school experience. Also, crowning a weight class champion at a weight few if any upperclassmen compete in is ridiculous. That's what NHSCA grade levels are for.

Why the insults? El CID is anythjng but JV. Maybe you don't care for the military? What gives? 106 is a JV weight class. It's full of middle schoolers, frosh and sophomores competing against each other. That's not what varsity athletics is supposed to be.

You're not exactly unbiased, are you?

8th grader Carr winning at 126 was impressive. Very impressive. An 8th or 9th grader winning a tournament full of 13-15 year olds at 106 and calling it a high school state title is silly.

Let them wrestle but call it what it is. A jv weight class.

Doesn't that unfairly disadvantage private schools who don't enroll middle schoolers?

I don't get too excited about a 9th grader wining at 106 as that class shouldn't even be a varsity weight. The class is mostuly frosh and some soph. Very few juniors and Seniors. Too many forfeits as it is. Eliminate 106 in Ky followed by eliminating middle school particiapation in high school events.

Apples and oranges. It's not accurate to value a 106 or 113 title the same as others...and no 8th grader is going to win a high school state title above those weights. Which brings me to my point: why are middle schoolers competing in a "high school" state tournament!?

By far the best KY wrestler in college right now.

I get the feeling J'Den will be lights out in March though.

That ref for the Ohio State/Mizzou match sure didn't care that guy was tapping!