Lehigh Sports Forum

Thought I would start this as a place to post results and stories on our incoming class for next year.

Owen Reinsel, Brookville, Pa, projects at 133-141
Ryan Crookham, Saucon Valley, Pa, projects at 141-149
Limo Leia, Selma, Ca, projects at 141-149
Kelvin Griffin, Hill School, Pa, projects at 149
Enzo Morlacci, Kiski Area, Pa, projects at 165-174
Owen Quinn, Malvern Prep, Pa, projects at 165-174
Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic, NJ, projects at 165-174
Caden Rogers, Malvern Prep, Pa, projects at 197
Remy Brancato, Bergen Catholic, NJ, projects at 285

Let me know if I missed anything and I can update accordingly.

Caden Rogers placed at Fargo
Limo Leia placed at Fargo
Onello and Brancato competed at Super 32

These recruits are coming in from elite programs (by and large) and developing relationships with those coaches is critical. Perhaps Blair has waned, but LU now has a working relationship with Wyoming Seminary, Malvern Prep, Bergen Catholic and now Selma, CA. That's a net positive.

Very much a net positive, especially with very few recruits historically from them.

I'll try to remember to add them up (since 1955) when I get a break

The three private schools obviously are elite - Elite.

I seem to remember Kiski winning a few PIAA AAA duals. I don't that they ever medaled (top 4 there) but a very solid program

Selma, I was never aware of, but others seem to think they are very serious in the locus of Calif Wrestling

All may be good programs but none of these wrestlers is blue chip except Crookham who may be damaged goods due to injury.

It's never a good idea at a high cost top academic school to get too caught up in the definition of 'blue chip'

Caden Rogers is flirting with Top 30, like Manzona Bryant was as a senior. We knew he was good but Carter Bailey -- an excellent recruit -- wasn't Top 100; never got to win CA States (was Top 2 when canceled). I'll be contacting Kimo's coach soon (Jason Kraft) but in the interim I'm treating any favorite to finish CA 3,1 as my definition of a rather blue chip. We've never landed that good a kid from CA in 50 yrs, at least on paper if that's how we evaluate.

Darian wasn't Top 50; I don't think Burley was. Mike Lieberman was barely above avg at Blair; never placed at Nat Preps. Hamlin & Preisch weren't Top 100, same as Brad Dillon. It's an endless finish line, the only thing that matters. Hell, our best-ever Hwt wasn't as much of a 'blue chip' in HS as NCAA 8,4 Bill Closson was (a Top 12). Zach was 'only' ranked 45, the 2nd-best hwt that year (who never medaled at all).

Get back to us later about why so many fans focus on such a narrow definition of blue chips

I thought Regan was Ca 3rd, only loss on the year was semi to the champ. Also #1 in a graduating class of 900(?).

I thought we were after Kurt Howell that year and went after Ed when that failed.

If I recall in those three years of merit scholarships, 11 guys, he was the only one who did not miss a semester with an injury

When recruited Tihamer, Ca did not have a state championship

Jason Kraft....is he the former Minnesota wrestler?

Tihamer, if memory serves, transferred in from Claremont-Mudd

I checked ..... Jason is not 1 of the 4 Kraft bros; his resume says A/A for UNI and record book shows Rd12; that worked for 2020.

Correct about Claremont-McKenna, where I once had a job interview for alumni relations in late '90's. Terrific place; the VP, Dev was a Brown alum who went overboard to tell me repeatedly that I was going there. He forgot to get the Board's vote, who chose an inexperienced female alumna .... but let's not go there (pun intended)

One report has Emilio Ysaguirre (132) narrowing his list down to Iowa State , Lehigh, Stanford, Cornell and ASU