the last ncaa champ from Blair was Ed Ruth and he only spent a season at Blair , the last full time Blair guy to win a title was Kellen Russell and outside of McKenna and Kolodzik they haven’t had any true title contenders until SVN , lots of Ramirez ,Kutler and Cannon types but no Perry, mocco, Esposito types those days at Blair seem to be long gone. In the past decade Montgomery high school has produced the same amount of champs as Blair , hell Bergen catholic has twice as many in that timeframe
NJ & PA State Tournaments Thread
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Many coaches are here. Pretty much everyone you'd expect: Goodale, Dubuque, Reina, Grey, Grey, and others.
True I forget Ruth was at Blair for a year.. I always counted him more of a PA guy…damn Mocco, Perry, Esposito.. I grew up in this era so maybe nostalgia makes me think this is the greatest NJ wrestling era… I guess the kids today will look up to Lewis, Griffith, Ash, Suriano.. from NJ.. still waiting for the next big NJ force… think Knox got a decent chance.. thought maybe Mullen too but he might be too distracted with football.
In his 3 seasons competing at nationals he was 2nd/1st/1st… 3 diff teams in college too.. legend.
And that freshman season he beat the eventual national champ like 11-0. I'm glad he ended up with 2. I got a little worried for him once Lee then Micic, Fix and even Desanto were in the picture
Perentin , Knox, maybe Burton seem like they are that next wave that comes in ready to compete right away
Chapman is unpolished…he’s gonna be really good once he gets into a college room.
He got absolutely screwed on the potentially dangerous…effin joke
Agreed. He is too aggressive at times and it causes him to get out of position, etc and he can recover vs lesser talents but people like Perentin will make him pay. He relies too much on his athleticism and like you said, unpolished is a good way to describe it.
I get flashbacks of Jordan Burroughs…
Perentin lucky he didn't break his neck!!!!!! Bridged mid toss.... Can't blame ref for stopping it there..... Obviously we know how it worked out... But that was dangerous... As in paralyzing dangerous to do that!!!
Hagensen wins 113! Second Mount Olive champion ever and first since 1988. Awesome. I wrestled with the '88 champ. It's been a long time coming.
He’s likely going to end his high school career with 150ish wins and 1 loss to an elite PA kid who he’s also beaten
Here are the known college commitments of the State Champs. Please add if I missed someone.
Hagensen - Buffalo
Knox - Cornell
Hendrich - Va. Tech
Perinten - Cornell
Burton - Va. Tech
Ludington - Arizona State
Lee - Duke
Dellagatta - Cornell
Anyone know why not one State Champ has committed to Rutgers?
Damion Hahn and Mike Grey were pictured sitting together at the State Tournament. Would be great if Hobbs scheduled a meeting with these two successful legends
Hagensen - Buffalo
Knox - Cornell
Hendrich - Va. Tech
Perinten - Cornell
Burton - Va. Tech
Ludington - Arizona State
Lee - Duke
Dellagatta - Cornell
Anyone know why not one State Champ has committed to Rutgers?
Damion Hahn and Mike Grey were pictured sitting together at the State Tournament. Would be great if Hobbs scheduled a meeting with these two successful legends
Haha it's a bummer, but we're getting some awesome kids over the next two years. Still need a heavyweight though.
The 4 guys who made it to NJ semis are all studs; they just didn't win it. Chapman probably had one of the most impressive rides to the finals other than Knox and Luddington. He'll be better.
The 4 guys who made it to NJ semis are all studs; they just didn't win it. Chapman probably had one of the most impressive rides to the finals other than Knox and Luddington. He'll be better.
