JimmyM
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Post by JimmyM on Nov 26, 2021 15:12:09 GMT -5
Season starts next week - will be nice to have a full season again.
Who’s doing rankings this year? I’d prefer not to do it since I’m coaching again this year and don’t want it to be a distraction but think it’s time we got the ball rolling (when I used to do it in 2017 / 2018 I would just start with prior year state placers minus seniors and go from there as the season went on).
If FunkMaster (again, no relation despite similar names) is willing to do it again I think he’s done a nice job in the past, or maybe someone new wants to step up?
I think getting some preliminary rankings up will be a good way to kick off some discussion for the season since most of the discussion usually ends up taking place in this thread.
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Post by funkmaster on Nov 27, 2021 23:34:33 GMT -5
Hello! I will be doing them this year! Anyones welcome to get some preliminary talks going but I usually wait till some action has gone down officially to see who’s going what weights for the most accurate placements!
ETA mid to late December!
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Post by serge on Nov 29, 2021 22:04:45 GMT -5
I am super happy that these kids get to have a season. I am looking forward to a great year for all our R.I. Wrestlers. Our state is small but our kids have really been stepping it up at the national level. There will be some fantastic head to head matches. We also have some very solid freshmen coming in this season and next. Good luck to every R.I. Wrestler this season and I look forward to watching how well our R.I. kids do in the post season this year!
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shoot
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Post by shoot on Dec 7, 2021 14:33:56 GMT -5
Nobody has any pre season rankings? Can we get enough info before the weekend to put guys where they will be or do we wait for competition?
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Post by funkmaster on Dec 7, 2021 14:48:07 GMT -5
Nobody has any pre season rankings? Can we get enough info before the weekend to put guys where they will be or do we wait for competition? I have some , but the only weight im certain of is heavyweight lol. Everyone else is a complete mystery. |
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mike
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Post by mike on Dec 7, 2021 21:00:42 GMT -5
PreSeason Favorites Feel free to add to the list! In no particular order
106 Jared Hood
Ryan Conlan
113 Peyton Ellis
Andrew McCarthy
120 Jacob Joyce
126 Hayden Myers
William Leischner
132 Jason Hood
Nicholas Torres
Luke Lagasse
Nameek Vieira
138 Gabriel Bouyssou
Aiden Robichaud
145 Brock Pacheco
Andrew Reall
Maurice Cooper
152 Justin Hood
160 Nicholas Baccala
Christian Rutherford
Preston Marchesseault,
Isael Perez,
170 Aiden Zarella
Imanol Taveras
182 Spencer Fine
195 ?
220 ?
285 Adolfo Betancur
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mike
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Post by mike on Dec 7, 2021 21:33:25 GMT -5
Team Race
Dual Meet Team Rankings
Coventry
Ponaganset/ Mt. Hope
Cumberland/Hope/ Cranston West
North Kingstown
Tournament Team Race
Ponaganset/Coventry
Mt Hope
Hope
Ponaganset has seven potential finalists in Jared Hood, Joyce, Freshman Leischner, Jason Hood, Reall, Justin Hood, and Baccala and 1 or 2 more scorers at States, but the team is thin, a tough schedule may leave them short-handed come March, when you add another Joyce (This one is a Freak of Nature) to this line-up next year they could grab another NE title!
I see Coventry possibly beating them in a dual and giving them all they can handle at States are Coventry's Horses strong enough to take out Ponaganset's Studs come tourney time? Coventry picks up transfer Farnsworth, but they are crowded in the middle trying to fit Lagasse, Myers, Armstrong, and Farnsworth into the line-up. Don't sleep on Rutherford, and Vesey is back as well! A potent team, Ellis, Farnsworth, Myers, Lagasse, Armstrong, Robichaud, Rutherford, and Vesey.
I also see Mt Hope beating either of the above in a dual, but I don't think they have the guns to repeat at States this year!
Hope has five or six potential placers with three potential finalists!
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mike
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Post by mike on Dec 7, 2021 22:26:52 GMT -5
We are exiting a golden era in RI wrestling. I think the largest number of high-caliber wrestlers grouped over a three-year period in quite some time, and many of them in their first and second years of college and already succeeding at the next level. When they were in high school, there were heated debates on this forum over who was the best p4p among them!!
I am not going to argue with anyone about this, and you can put them in any order you wish; I can't remember when Rhode Island had three wrestlers who were as dominant as Bouyssou, Joyce, and Betancur at the national level!!!
Joyce a Junior, is Currently Ranked #17@120 on Flo, #11 on the The Open Mat, #22 on Rokfin, and #19@120 on Wrestling USA All-Class Rankings. He is the #90 overall class of 2023 on Rokfin Mat Scouts. He has wins over four Nationally ranked wrestlers this year, and six fargo AA's including a 7-1 win over Fargo Runner- up Frothinger. Outside of his loss to Myers( NHSCA AA, Fargo Blood ROUND) at States, his only losses were to top 10 nationally ranked wrestlers, and they were close, including a nail biter against Ohio State commit and Super 32 Champ #3 Kilkeary! He beat #11 Corday, #16 Heethius, and recently #18 double Fargo AA Gorman. Recent losses to #4 Montanona, #7 Oyoub, and #10 Knox. Joyce recently committed to Stanford, I think that a RI wrestler in the PAC-12 may be a first for the state.
Bouyssou a Sophomore, has been nothing short of phenomenal, a double Fargo AA as a FRESHMAN let me say that again FRESHMAN! He enters his Sophomore campaign by beating number #14 on Flo and Penn commit Wasilewski, Princeton commit, and NJ placer Joe Davi and took Virginia commit and #4 in the country Gioffre to the edge in a close one at Super 32!!! He recently took second at the kickoff classic, losing only to the excellent Evanitsky from PA, and took 2nd at Pre Season Nationals, losing to fellow Fargo AA McClure in the finals after beating Ohio Runner-up Ginter in the Semi's. He is ranked #1 15U World of Wrestling Rankings @132, is the #87 Overall ranked wrestler on Rokfin Mat Scouts class of 2024, is a special mention on Wrestling USA All-Class Rankings and is an HM on both Rokfin and Flo @138 and will be ranked before the end of his Sophomore year. I predict he will be a top 5 ranked wrestler in the country at his weight; before he exits high school and RI's first Big Ten Wrestler in, well, maybe ever.
Betancur a Senior, is currently ranked #15 on Flo, is an HM on Rokfin Mat Scouts, and a special mention in the newest rankings just released from Wrestling USA ALL-Class! He has three wins over Nationally ranked wrestlers, one being #17 Norris and a recent win over ranked #16 Lacoma from Virginia at Journeymen! Adolfo was already an aggressive, quick and hyper mobile big man at 285, but after dropping what looks like 50+ pounds he is much quicker. I see him packing on 15-20+lbs of muscle over the next two years and being that prototypical 245-255 HVY at the next level, add a quick low single to his arsenal and you have a very dangerous big man!!! Commitment forthcoming!
I think they may be the best to come out of RI in a long time, even better than recent stellar kids who preceded them!!
Other p4p wrestlers to consider Myers, Ellis, Hood, Zarella, Reall
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Post by wrestlingpop6923 on Dec 11, 2021 16:22:08 GMT -5
Good showing at the Mt hope tournament with hope beating Mt hope in the finals both teams were missing wrestlers, hope was missing a few and my hope missing 5 varsity wrestlers should be a great year
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Post by funkmaster on Dec 12, 2021 9:52:52 GMT -5
Good showing at the Mt hope tournament with hope beating Mt hope in the finals both teams were missing wrestlers, hope was missing a few and my hope missing 5 varsity wrestlers should be a great year Any noticeable upsets or ? |
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shoot
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Post by shoot on Dec 12, 2021 12:57:46 GMT -5
No major upsets. Hope was missing 2 or starters and Mt. Hope was missing 5 starters. Over all it was a good day with some good wrestling and competitive duels. Looking forward to seeing everyone getting healthy and hopefully finding a way to manage COVID protocols a little better.
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Post by atlantaal on Dec 12, 2021 13:27:11 GMT -5
Any results from the Mt. Hope Sharon Lombardo tournament? I don't see anything on Flo or Trackwrestling.
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shoot
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Post by shoot on Dec 12, 2021 13:29:45 GMT -5
Hope beat mt.hope in the finals
They also beat Franklin ma, pilgrim and Barnstaple
Mt. Hope beat Needham, lowell and johnston
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Post by atlantaal on Dec 13, 2021 11:24:45 GMT -5
Thanks Shoot. I didn't realize it was a dual-team format rather than a tournament format like it was in the past. Franklin and Lowell are usually pretty good Massachusetts teams so that's a good start for two of the top RI contenders.
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JimmyM
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Post by JimmyM on Dec 13, 2021 22:37:51 GMT -5
Notable "upsets" (based on 2021 state place) from South County Invitational (listed place finishes are 2021 States):
120 lbs
Husing (Char) over Flores (Classical) 113lb 6th
138 lbs
Kattan (CW) over Pathoummahong (Classical) 120 4th
Neiman (NK) over Kattan
152 lbs
Hunter (TG) over Giampietro (CW) 152 3rd
182 lbs
Bastajian (Smith) over Reiner (SK) 170 4th
Alaire (Woon) 170 6th over Bastajian (Smith)
195 lbs
Daylor (NK) over Polion (CW) 182 3rd
Maraia (Char) over McWilliams (Cen) 220 5th
Think thats all of them, sorry if I missed any.
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mike
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Post by mike on Dec 18, 2021 8:38:10 GMT -5
Nice to see some RI wrestlers seeded at the Beast of the East Tournament Hood, Bouyssou and Joyce!
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1 Mcgowan, Mark Anthony Blair Academy
2 Giampietro, Gabe Smyrna
3 Consiglio, Jack Malvern Prep
4 Tallmadge, Evan Brick Memorial
5 Joyce, Jacob Ponaganset Chieftains
6 Nini, Alex Christian Brothers Academy
7 Sherlock, Emmitt Gilman
8 Mcintyre, Cael Bethlehem Catholic
9 Calello, Nico St Joseph Metuchen
10 Mooney, Ryan Jensen Beach
11 Mcburney, Austin Perry (Massillon)
12 Arbogast, Brycen Benedictine College Prep
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1 Santaniello, Anthony Brick Memorial
2 Vazquez, Tyler Delbarton
3 Chletsos, Brandan Notre Dame
4 Barnhart, Spencer Malvern Prep
5 Aniciete, Anthony SLAM
6 Del vecchio, Antonio Valwood School
7 Hood, Jason Ponaganset Chieftains
8 Dunham, Dyson Benedictine College Prep
9 Sturgill, Hunter Heritage
10 Thode, Jack Milford
11 Rozynski, Logan Wyoming Seminary
12 Mcclelland, David St Francis DeSales
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1 Kasak, Tyler Bethlehem Catholic
2 Nini, Danny Lake Highland Prep
3 Soriano, Jordan WT Clark
4 Lettini, Felix St Peter Prepatory
5 Ognissanti, Paul Blair Academy
6 Bouyssou, Gabriel Scituate
7 Vaughn, Bryson Notre Dame
8 Mason, Hunter Greeneville
9 Ivy, Brayden Lakeway Christian Academy
10 Aybar, Judah Loyola Blakefield
11 Williams, Jewell Jensen Beach
12 Wild, Cody Timberlane
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JimmyM
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Post by JimmyM on Dec 18, 2021 15:00:33 GMT -5
Looks like Joyce didn’t end up wrestling
Hood made it to R16 before dropping one 9-4
Bouyssou on to Quarterfinals
Streaming on Flo for anyone interested
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JimmyM
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Post by JimmyM on Dec 19, 2021 11:54:41 GMT -5
Consi-Quarters: Bouyssou just knocked off the #9 138 in the nation (per Flo). 6-5.
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Post by serge on Dec 20, 2021 10:29:21 GMT -5
Gabriel Bouyssou ended his day in 5th place at 138. Hood brothers wrestled very tough and all won some matches. R.I. keeps improving!!!!
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Gabriel Bouyssou (27-2) placed 5th and scored 19.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by tech fall over Jacob Andrade (Timberlane) 0-2 (TF-1.5 1:47 (19-4))
Champ. Round 2 - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by major decision over Joey Miranda (Kingsway Regional) 46-42 (MD 11-1)
Champ. Round 3 - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by decision over Patrick Jordon (New Kent) 10-4 (Dec 10-4)
Quarterfinal - Hunter Mason (Greeneville) 13-1 won by fall over Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 (Fall 2:59)
Cons. Round 6 - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by fall over Jake Doone (Nazareth) 9-3 (Fall 1:20)
Cons. Round 7 - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by decision over Paul Ognissanti (Blair Academy) 6-2 (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Semi - Alessio Perentin (Delbarton) 5-2 won by decision over Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 (Dec 10-5)
5th Place Match - Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate) 27-2 won by decision over Dom Findora (Downingtown West) 11-3 (Dec 13-7
Jared Hood (2-2) place is unknown and scored 5.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Anthony Mutarelli (Malvern Prep) 5-1 won by fall over Jared Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 2-2 (Fall 2:48)
Cons. Round 1 - Jared Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 2-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Jared Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 2-2 won by decision over Chris Thompson (Eastside) 20-4 (Dec 4-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Jared Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 2-2 won by fall over Clifton Bakhsh (Caravel Academy) 2-2 (Fall 2:23)
Cons. Round 4 - Sean Garretson (Archbishop Spalding) 4-3 won by decision over Jared Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 2-2 (Dec 10-3)
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Jason Hood (23-2) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jason Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 23-2 won by decision over Johnny Cerqueira (Danbury) 0-2 (Dec 14-13)
Champ. Round 2 - Jason Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 23-2 won by fall over Marshall Geckler (Perry (Massillon)) 4-4 (Fall 4:59)
Champ. Round 3 - Ashton Campbell (Bethlehem Catholic) 36-21 won by decision over Jason Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 23-2 (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Ayden Rader (Nazareth) 8-4 won in tie breaker - 1 over Jason Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 23-2 (TB-1 8-4)
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Justin Hood (9-3) place is unknown and scored 5.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Justin Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 9-3 won by decision over John Antonio (Caravel Academy) 0-2 (Dec 5-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Ben Rogers (Wantagh) 6-2 won by decision over Justin Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 9-3 (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Justin Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 9-3 won by fall over Jake Stephenson (Waynesburg) 2-4 (Fall 1:51)
Cons. Round 3 - Colin Bridges (Frank W Cox) 14-4 won by decision over Justin Hood (Ponaganset Chieftains) 9-3 (Dec 5-3)
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Post by atlantaal on Dec 20, 2021 12:58:31 GMT -5
It is also noteworthy that this is the second national-level tournament that Gabe went further than the wrestler who beat him in the New England finals, Kai O'Dell of Danbury CT. Neither placed at the Super 32 tourney, but at the Beast O'Dell lost to Jake Doone, of Nazareth PA, who Bouyssou pinned in the blood round on his way to 5th place. O'Dell had a good showing, winning three straight consolation matches after losing in the second round, so New England was well represented at this weight class.
Another strong NE performance was turned in by Joshua Cordio of Lancaster MA (Nashoba Regional) who had finished second to Nick Fine of Hendricken at 170 in the New England championship. Cordio finished 3rd at 182 for the highest NE placer at Beast of the East. With several New England teams in attendance (Xavier CT among the others already mentioned) Timberlane NH was the highest finisher despite no place winners; they took the whole team.
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