Coming into the 2019-20 season there are some high hopes and expectation for Malvern Prep wrestling. They return a strong and young core. They’ve had some good individual results at early tournaments. It appears that they have better depth than last season. If they can figure out a couple of pieces in their lineup they […]
Seth Duckworth and I spent some time today doing a preview of this big early season match up. If the expected starters wrestle, more than a dozen top 25 wrestlers will take the mat. The marquee match will hopefully take place at 174lbs: #2 Jordan Kutler vs. #5 Joe Smith. Smith hasn’t wrestled a match […]
Both these guys won the Surge this weekend and are looking to have big seasons with Malvern. Watch out.
Quick thoughts about the tournament. It’s the only preseason tournament that I’ve ever been to that finished ahead of schedule two years in a row. Some of the teams at this tournament didn’t bring their A squads and lots of starters were coaching their teammates. Wrestling is a tough sport. A bunch of these studs […]
There are so many moving pieces with D1 teams trying to win while some of their best wrestlers are trying to make the Olympic team that there are many truly unknowns out there. Things on your favorite team might not be so clear. So many college wrestlers are looking to qualify for the 2020 Olympic […]
I spent a couple of hours talking about Division 1 New Jersey wrestling with Dan Seifring earlier today. We focused on Princeton, RIder and Rutgers but included some thoughts on the top New Jersey wrestlers competing for schools out of state too. Dan is part of the brain trust behind Wrestlestat.com. If you’ve never been […]
There is a bunch of excitement in the media, college athletic ranks and certain political circles about the California law for college athletes to make money while in school. California student-athletes will have the rights to their own name, image and likeness, aka NIL rights, and the law will forbid universities from revoking or denying […]
In maybe the biggest move by an Olympic and World gold medalist wrestler ever Kyle Sndyer is leaving the Ohio RTC for the Nittany Lion RTC. It is a move that will only escalate the broader wrestling war between the two states despite Kyle Snyder’s long and detailed announcement. I have written in the past […]