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Jayruss

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    Jayruss reacted to Indianawrestler145 in Mendez vs Tsirtsis style wise   
    I felt like Jason wrestled a much slower pace and more defensive style when he go to college, I remember him being pretty fun to watch in highschool. But pretty boring in college. Still one of the greats! 
     
    Mendez is a point scoring machine!! 
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    Jayruss reacted to Justin Plank in Brenton Russell   
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    Jayruss reacted to maligned in 2025 Title Contenders   
    I don't have the credentials to pull off the meme skills--but I was thinking this same thing. Only loss in two years is to Indiana's #1 pound-for-pound. Biggest jump in quality is often sophomore to junior year. Owns an in-state title and wins over nationally ranked guys in-season and out. I guess he's already old news. 
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    Jayruss reacted to SIACfan in CA vs. IN   
    I agree 100%.
     
    I have pointed this out many times over the years when people want to argue how good of a wrestling state California is. They are good, but it is more a product of how large their population is verses how good their wrestling truly is.
     
    Below is a list of 2023 NCAA DI qualifiers by state per 1 million in population with total qualifiers in parenthesis.
     
    1. Iowa 5.0 qualifiers per 1 million in population (16 total qualifiers)
    2. Pennsylvania 3.5 (46)
    3. Oklahoma 3.2 (13)
    4. Illinois 2.5 (32)
    5. New Jersey 2.5 (23)
    6. Minnesota 2.1 (12)
    7. Ohio 1.9 (22)
    8. Missouri 1.9 (12)
    9. Michigan 1.6 (16)
    10. Colorado 1.5 (9)
    11. Indiana 1.0 (7)
    12. New York 0.9 (18)
    13. California 0.5 (18)
    14. Florida 0.4 (9)
     
    As you can see in 2023 while California had 18 qualifiers verses Indiana's 7,  Indiana did twice as good as California if you take into account population size.
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    Jayruss reacted to maligned in CA vs. IN   
    Yes, their depth of talent is very, very high. They don't have the "per capita" talent that we do. We're more of a "wrestling state" in terms of how many kids we develop relative to our population--but California's population is so gigantic. They produce a LOT of good kids.
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    Jayruss reacted to Beamaker in CA vs. IN   
    Just finished watching the California state finals matches. Some spectacular wrestling. I honestly believe Indiana’s state finalists would match up very well with California’s finalists this year.
     
    would love to see our 150 v. Ca 150.
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    Jayruss reacted to ReformedPoster in Chattanooga visits the Hoosiers   
    Boarman is quietly putting together a nice season.  Chatt is showing his record at 16-4, with 4 MD, 5 TF and 4 pins.  Interested to see how he does against a big 10 opponent.
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    Jayruss reacted to maligned in Chattanooga visits the Hoosiers   
    Will we see an Evansville semi-state special--Boarman vs. Rooks--at 133?
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    Jayruss reacted to Silence Dogood in Who beat the state champs?   
    Schaefer beat Rioux a few times, didn't he?
     
    And Henderson beat Larocca.
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    Jayruss reacted to maligned in How would they have done?   
    The only thing I'll say about that is that we've only seen Veazy as a sophomore, too, and his jump up from already having been in tight matches with a killer like Orlando Cruz a year ago would be significant. And...the power output from Weaver that was a problem for McConnell and Henry might be slightly reduced against a fellow uber-athlete like Veazy. I'd consider dropping another $15 to watch Veazy-Weaver, though, I'll tell you that.
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    Jayruss reacted to TeamGarcia in How would they have done?   
    The way Weaver picked apart 2023 State Runner Up and a very accomplished wrestler and athlete that I known since he’s 4 years old in McConnell excellent defense wrestler . You don’t score very many points on that type of wrestler .  When the ref raised his hand . I looked at Asa and said . Explicit word .WOW !  Where is Rossville ? Then Gunner who has very tight matches with Kaden this year UTB, scoring was a minimum and he does it again to him. 
     
    Gunner and Veazy are tight matches . I wouldn’t be surprised if Weaver scores same amount of points on Veazy . Matchups make or brake wrestlers . Weaver I think is a bad matchup for all 3 . 
     
     
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    Jayruss reacted to maligned in How would they have done?   
    Past matches with Weaver wouldn't have mattered much since Noah's had such rapid recent physical and skill growth into what he is now. Still, it would be tough not to pick Veazy as champ if these 3 wrestled each other.
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    Jayruss reacted to TeamGarcia in How would they have done?   
    Not taking away anybody Wrestling Skill, Age, Grade . 
     
    For the Freshman at those weights I’d say Top 5 Placers . Hungry Seniors at that weight, Freshman either have to phenomenal athletes or absolute HAMMERS . Not saying it can’t be done . 
     
    Veasy … Top 3, Gunner and Veasy exchange wins and loses though out their careers . Would he beaten Weaver this year ? Idk, if they wrestled in the past or not . 
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    Jayruss got a reaction from GTboyz in Kyrel Leavell   
    I said before bet the house on him winning. I mean he practically told us to! 3rd, 1st, 3rd…1st
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    Jayruss got a reaction from maligned in Kyrel Leavell   
    I said before bet the house on him winning. I mean he practically told us to! 3rd, 1st, 3rd…1st
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    Jayruss got a reaction from Coplen187 in Kyrel Leavell   
    I said before bet the house on him winning. I mean he practically told us to! 3rd, 1st, 3rd…1st
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    Jayruss reacted to 2xplacer--060708 in Kyrel Leavell   
    Congrats to Kyrel 3rd, 1st, 3rd, and 1st. One hell of a HS career. He's a great representative of the Far Eastside #justakid
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    Jayruss reacted to aoberlin in Kyrel Leavell   
    For anyone that knows Waylon when it comes to wrestling he has a mindset at all times to score points and break his opponent. All the while being confident he will do that. What is wrong with that? His speech reflected that and the question is asked less than 5 minutes after he just got done taking care of business. You think his mindset changed that fast? The kid just went full throttle on a very tough bracket. Being humble in an interview is not be a requirement. Being confident in your ability is if you want to win on that level. 
     
     
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    Jayruss got a reaction from Coplen187 in Kyrel Leavell   
    Was Kyrel offered by either Purdue or IU?
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    Jayruss reacted to TeamGarcia in 🔥 Keep The Flames 🔥   
    If anything the IHSAA takes from State Finals being held this year in Evansville to bring back to Indy next year .
    KEEP THE FLAMES and Smoke for introductions of the Wrestlers. So ….. Bad As* !!! Can’t wait to see some pictures for the wrestlers and 🔥 in the background . 
     
     
     
     
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    Jayruss reacted to Justin Ratliff in Semi-State Supremacy   
    Evansville is not only in the top four semi-states. It is THE top. 
     
    Nearly as many medals as East Chicago and the Fort combined.  Not even a contest.  Evansville is "Prelim State".  All the others are semi-states.
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    Jayruss reacted to CCWPhwt in Semi-State Supremacy   
    Fort Wayne East Chicago New Castle Evansville 1st 3 1 4 6 2nd 1 5 1 7 3rd 2 3 3 6 4th 6 2 2 4 5th 1 6 2 5 6th 2 3 5 4 7th 3 0 6 5 8th 2 4 4 4  
     
    Im pretty sure I got this right. If anyone sees a mistake I will change it.
     
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    Jayruss reacted to bwoodjc89 in Kyrel Leavell   
    I don't like mentioning my son on message boards but he's done with HS wrestling. I'll say this... Kyrel wrestled likely the best he ever has on Saturday. Tony put his best out there and it wans't good enough. Then Kyrel backed that up with a better performance in the finals. Congrats to Kyrel, had a great tourney! I hope he kills it at The Citadel.
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    Jayruss reacted to Lat Drop in Kyrel Leavell   
    The joke was, when asked about being a teammate with Kyrell, after winning the state title himself, Cressell went on to talk about how it was nothing new for him to win a state title and he knew he was going to win.  It's a joke brother.  Not taking anything away from the two-timer, he's a stud, as I previously stated lol.
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    Jayruss reacted to HWTDAD in Kyrel Leavell   
    It must have because there was no hating there. He was making a joke with the even Waylon Cressel would tell you that line. Yikes
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