North Carolina Wrestling Forum
ANY ISSUES - admin@ncwrestlingscoutreport.com => High School Wrestling => Topic started by: coachsmithwick on February 20, 2019, 02:22:37 PM
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Where are NC's senior wrestlers that plan to wrestle in college going? Did anyone sign a NLI(National Letter of Intent) on signing day?
Silas Shaw(Mooresville)- NCSU
Nathan Dugan(Lake Norman)- Princeton
Tyler Moore(St. Stephens)- Mount Olive
Allen Payette(FT Foard)- Mount Olive
Parker Howell(Bunker Hill)- Mount Olive
Easton Griffon(West Caldwell)- Mount Olive
Donald Cates (Northern Durham) - NCSU
Timothy Decatur (Rosewood) - UNC-CH
Will Edmiston (Lake Norman)- Gardner-Webb
Chris Garrison (NW Guilford)- NC State
Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom)- Campbell
Noah Wilson (Rockingham County)- Mount Olive
Landon Shuford (West Iredell)- Campbell
Noah Hall (West Stokes)-Presbyterian
Caleb Smith(SW Guilford)- App State
Heath Gonye(N. Guilford)r- App State
Carson Smith(SE Guilford)- App State
Luis Mena(Asheboro)- Belmont Abbey
Michael Smith(Asheboro)- Belmont Abbey
Josh Blatt (Piedmont) - Belmont Abbey
Torrence Franklin (CB Aycock) - Mount Olive
Yakemeian Johnson(Lumberton) - Pratt CC
Edward Brock Lumberton) - Pratt CC
Hayden Waddell Uwharrie Charter Academy) - Mount Olive
Issac Toe (High Point Central) - Belmont Abbey
Cameron Blizard (Ragsdale) - Washington and Lee
Loki Ryan (RS Central) - Spoartanburg Methodist
Nkosi Barnes Lexington) - Ferrum
Abraham Vargas-Perez (Lexington) - Spartanburg Methodist
Alberto Vargas-Perez(Lexington) - Spartanburg Methodist
Nigel Freeman - UNC Pembroke
Ike Byers(Mooresvile) - App. St
Jared Barbour(Cape Fear) - App St
Tristan Chapman(Cape Fear) Gardner Webb
Gabriel Guess(Bunker Hill) - Mount Olive
Tyler Vinson(Franklin) - Mount Olive
Frederick Lewis(Western Harnett) - Ohio Valley
Jared Dorsey(Jordan) - NCSU
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Donald Cates (Northern Durham) - NCSU
Timothy Decatur (Rosewood) - UNC-CH
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Will Edmiston (Lake Norman)- Gardner-Webb
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Caleb Smith- App State
Heath Gonyer- App State
Carson Smith- App State
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App does this very often and i'll never understand the thought process behind 3 125 pounders, especially 3 125 pounders from the SAME CLUB all going to the same school to compete for the same spot. Mind Boggling. Couple years ago they pulled heath gleaton, which ever grigg brother was last and then the older shufford brother all at the same time. And those are just the names I can remember. It still happens pretty frequently. What is the appeal for app? Kids go there and very rarely pan out because theyre stock piled.
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My guess would be 1 of a handful of things. 1 being keeping a kid at 125 for 4 years is hard. the bookends are the two toughest weights to fill for various reasons. 2. there is a ton of attrition at the collegiate level, especially D 1 but college wrestling at any division is hard. 3. due to said attrition and difficulty of keeping a kid at 125 for 4 years you have a safety valve, and can/possibly cover 2 weights if one can't hold the weight and can then go up to 133 should the need arise. Just a handful of thoughts off the top of my head.
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Chris Garrison (NW Guilford)- NC State
Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom)- Campbell
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Oh I get it on the coaching end. If kids are going to keep coming why not stock pile them, outside of the fact that those kids could have gone somewhere else and been successful instead of sitting and wasting away eligibility. However as an athlete it still doesn't make any sense to me.
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I hear ya. From the Athletes perspective its the nobody is going to beat me out for the spot mentality. Thats at least how I would have thought about the situation. All of the kids you mentioned (Grigg, Shuford etc....) think that way.
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Always bring in quality talent regardless of weight. App sees something in them. Good for them and good for App. Hope all three are AAs.
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Noah Wilson from Rockingham County has signed with Mount Olive.
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Same reason why football teams may recruit 2-3 QB's for competition, attrition like Rogers stated, and they may miss on one or two and he not develop like they hoped, surely 1 of the 3 will have a successful career and hopefully all 3 will. I love that App has a commitment to NC kids.
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I hear ya. From the Athletes perspective its the nobody is going to beat me out for the spot mentality. Thats at least how I would have thought about the situation. All of the kids you mentioned (Grigg, Shuford etc....) think that way.
did either of those guys ever make the starting line up and did they finish their college careers wrestling?
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Irvin Enriquez is the only lightweight from NC that came into app in that couple year span that ended up lasting. No one else made it past their sophomore year.
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Landon Shuford (West Iredell)- Campbell
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Want to wrestle in college but not getting a big $offer? ECU has a competing college club team that allows our wrestlers to compete in duals and tournaments up through the NCWA Nationals each year. Our events allow multiple entries so if you get to practice daily you will get to compete in the tournaments. Take a look at our attached flyer.
Coach Milt Sherman
ECU Wrestling
shermanm@ecu.edu
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Noah Hall (West Stokes)-Presbyterian
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Irvin Enriquez is the only lightweight from NC that came into app in that couple year span that ended up lasting. No one else made it past their sophomore year.
7 NC kids were regular starters most of the season for App St.
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Asheboro High School
"Luis Mena" Belmont Abbey
"Michael Smith" Belmont Abbey
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Josh Blatt (Piedmont) - Belmont Abbey
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Torrence Franklin (HWT) from CB Aycock has signed with Mount Olive.
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Josh Blatt (Piedmont) - Belmont Abbey
Surprising to see a 3x NC State Champ heading to BA. Did he have any D1 offers or opportunities? Blatt is one of our premier guys!!!
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Yakemeian Johnson and Edward Brock from Lumberton will be attending Pratt CC in Kansas next year.
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Hayden Waddell from Uwharrie Charter Academy has signed with Mount Olive.
Chris Waddell
Uwharrie Charter Academy
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Josh Blatt (Piedmont) - Belmont Abbey
Surprising to see a 3x NC State Champ heading to BA. Did he have any D1 offers or opportunities? Blatt is one of our premier guys!!!
He had early offer from Clarion(PA) and Walk-on at Appalachian State late. Other than that no real interest from any D1 schools. Belmont Abbey was the most active school in recruiting him and he should get a really good education out of the deal.
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He had early offer from Clarion(PA) and Walk-on at Appalachian State late. Other than that no real interest from any D1 schools. Belmont Abbey was the most active school in recruiting him and he should get a really good education out of the deal.
Congratulations to Josh. Wish him the best at Belmont Abbey. He has the ability to compete at a very high level for them.
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High Point Central's Issac Toe will also attend Belmont Abbey. We are so proud of what Issac has accomplished and how he represents our school and community.
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Cameron Blizard of Ragsdale of Ragsdale to attend Washington & Lee
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He had early offer from Clarion(PA) and Walk-on at Appalachian State late. Other than that no real interest from any D1 schools. Belmont Abbey was the most active school in recruiting him and he should get a really good education out of the deal.
Congratulations to Josh. Wish him the best at Belmont Abbey. He has the ability to compete at a very high level for them.
Good luck to Josh. Hell of a wrestler!! Wish him nothing but success. Have fun with Issac Toe and give em hell Gents.
Clarion seems to recruit a lot here in NC. Off the top of my head, I know Vernagallo and Jameson are two up there.
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Loki Ryan will be attending Spartanburg Methodist College next season. I hope to see more NC guys attend SMC if they don't get the offers they expected. Matt Oliver is building a very good Juco program right here in the Carolinas with multiple AA's already.
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Lexington had 3 sign today. Nkosi Barnes signed with Ferrum. Abraham Vargas-Perez & Alberto Vargas-Perez Spartanburg Methodist.
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Matt is a great coach. I would like to send more guys to spartanburg because its closer than Kansas and the other juco's, however its just not the cheapest option in the Juco route. In state SC kids though it should be a no brainer! Excellent deal for in state kids.
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I was told this morning that Nigel Freeman (Ragsdale) is going to attend UNC-Pembroke where he will be wrestling for my former wrestler, and adopted son, OT Johnson. Congratulations to Nigel, and especially his mother (of which Nigel is her PRIDE AND JOY). Go Nigel Go!!
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Ike Byers Mooresville HS 2x state Champion will walk on to Appalachian State University.
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Coach Atwood, that's awesome news. I've been watching Nigel develop since his 8th or 9th grade year. He just plain outworked a lot of kids this year. A couple years in a college weight-room and wrestling room and he will be a stud for UNCP.
Congratulations Nigel!
Jake Berrier
Asheboro Wrestling
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Jarod Barbour from Cape Fear signed with App
and Tristan Chapman from Cape Fear signed with Gardner Webb
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List has been updated
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I can't remember his full name but the Feliz kid from north henderson signed with UNCP.
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Two time finalist Erik Martinez from Jack Britt has signed to play football at Campbell.
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Jack Britt's female wrestler Madajah Trapier signed the same day Erick Martinez did. Trapier will be going to Presbyterian College to wrestler next year.
Both of these two are great athletes with great work ethics too. I look forward to seeing these two do big things on the football field and wrestling mat at the college level.
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Union Pines has Elijah Martin going to wrestle at Ferrum and Mike Shook going to Wrestle at VMI.
Brian Gray
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Parker Corwin of Pinecrest High School also signed to wrestle at Presbyterian College earlier this month.
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Mason Ingram from A.L. Brown will be wrestling at UNC-Pembroke next year.