A big part of that is not being eligible. That's what held some out early. Pay attention to any ranked kids that will now be strangely absent going forward.
I guess we will just have to see how they execute as we go on. I think it's been about 7 years since Penn had anyone reach the semis. With a Texas and SC state champ you figure they'd at least get that far.
It's all smoke and mirrors. There is a giant gap now between this area and the rest. Other places focus more on development, while Penn relies on bringing in established talent that seems to always regress. Kids in other places are wrestling up to get a shot at Mendez, while Penn hides from any real competition.
It's all about being petty. After Carroll left them, they prevented him from having a season and definitely don't want to give him an opportunity to wrestle one of their out of state transfers.
Someone went to a lot of trouble preventing arguably the states best wrestler the opportunity to compete. Sounded like the kid was just looking for a better situation, with a coach that had more interest in helping him than following around a girl that graduated years ago and living off her success.
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