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Not PSU, but PA HS news that I thought I would share. We released our preseeds tonight:

106 1 Kyle Waterman Council Rock South PA 11
106 2 Eric Roggie St. Christophers VA 10
106 3 Kyle Hauserman Council Rock North PA 10
106 4 Matt Vulakh Pope John Paul II PA 10
106 5 Joe Manno St. Joseph's Regional NJ 9
106 6 Evan Holloway New Kent VA 9
106 7 Cole Skinner Cincinnati LaSalle OH 10
106 8 Nasir Wilkinson St. Paul's MD 10
106 9 Mason Prinkey Connellsville PA 10
106 10 Jay Maldanado Boyertown PA 10
106 11 Dante Frinzi Bethlehem Catholic PA 9
106 12 Sean Logue Father Judge PA 9
106 13 Matt Ellis Legacy Christian OH 9
106 14 Braxton Appello-Fries Easton PA 9
106 15 Briar Priest Hempfield Area PA 9
106 16 Ethan Renager JW Robinson VA 11

113 1 Nico Nardone Delbarton NJ 10
113 2 Dustin Norris Cincinnati LaSalle OH 10
113 3 Will Guida St. Paul's MD 11
113 4 Kyle Burkholder Hempfield Area PA 12
113 5 Max Mendez Council Rock South PA 12
113 6 Dayton Delviscio Malvern PA 11
113 7 Jimmy Baxter Canon McMillan PA 11
113 8 Georgio Mazzeo Paulsboro NJ 11
113 9 Luke Kowalski St. John's DC 11
113 10 Kole Biscoe Southern Columbia PA 9
113 11 Julien Holley Grassfield VA 12
113 12 Alex Hanley Northampton PA 9
113 13 Luke Hart St. Christophers VA 10
113 14 Ethan Berginc Hempfield Area PA 10
113 15 Sammy Gerard JW Robinson VA 9
113 16 Logan Attisano Legacy Christian OH 9

120 1 Anthony Clark Delbarton NJ 11
120 2 Lucas Byrd Cincinnati LaSalle OH 12
120 3 Cam Enriquez Stroudsburg PA 12
120 4 Chris Kim Germantown Academy PA 11
120 5 Justin Bierdumpfel St. Joseph's Regional NJ 11
120 6 Matt Mayer Bethlehem Catholic PA 10
120 7 Eamonn Logue Father Judge PA 11
120 8 Riley Starcher Grassfield VA 12
120 9 Jaekus Hines Kissimmee Osceola FL 10
120 10 Mackenzie Bell Kingsway NJ 11
120 11 Camron Lacure Legacy Christian OH 9
120 12 Sam Hanley Northampton PA 12
120 13 TJ England William Tennent PA 11
120 14 Logan Seliga Belle Vernon PA 12
120 15 Josh Pence JW Robinson VA 10
120 16 Corey Cope Quakertown PA 12

126 1 Samuel Alvarez St. Joseph's Regional NJ 12
126 2 Joey Olivieri Hanover Park NJ 10
126 3 Patrick Noonan Stroudsburg PA 11
126 4 Antoine Allen Cincinnati LaSalle OH 11
126 5 Shane Hanson-Ashworth Council Rock South PA 12
126 6 Brandon Wittenberg Battlefield VA 12
126 7 Kenny Hayman Canon McMillan PA 12
126 8 Luke Lucerne Council Rock North PA 11
126 9 Josiah Robinson Northside VA 12
126 10 Gavin Brown Legacy Christian OH 9
126 11 Jared Kesler Connellsville PA 9
126 12 Liam Logue Father Judge PA 12
126 13 Colton Jordan Neshaminy PA 12
126 14 Evan Buchanan Atlee VA 11
126 15 Dominick Baker New Kent VA 9
126 16 Cole Grove Chambersburg PA 12

132 1 Julian Chlebove Northampton PA 12
132 2 Kenny Herrmann Bethlehem Catholic PA 11
132 3 Dominic Defrancescantonio Hanover Park NJ 12
132 4 Andrew Clark Collingswood NJ 11
132 5 Patrick Edmondson Southern Columbia PA 10
132 6 Casey Wiles Cincinnati LaSalle OH 10
132 7 Nick Vafiadis New Kent VA 9
132 8 Finnegan McFadden Kingsway NJ 10
132 9 Beau Curtis Battlefield VA 12
132 10 Anthony Collela William Tennent PA 11
132 11 Braden Ricchini Council Rock South PA 12
132 12 Christian Colman Germantown Academy PA 10
132 13 Liam Gordon JW Robinson VA 10
132 14 Zach Martin Neshaminy PA 10
132 15 Robert Lawlor Father Judge PA 11
132 16 Mike Cetta St. Joseph's Regional NJ 10

138 1 Malyke Hines Kissimmee Osceola FL 12
138 2 Matt Lackman Bethlehem Catholic PA 11
138 3 Dalton Harkins Malvern PA 11
138 4 TT Elhajj Lower Dauphin PA 11
138 5 Connor Alexander St. Christopher's VA 12
138 6 Dylan Weaver Lyndhurst NJ 10
138 7 Ty Lingensbigler Hempfield Area PA 10
138 8 Jake Niffenegger Cincinnati LaSalle OH 9
138 9 Craig Manno St. Joseph's Regional NJ 12
138 10 Jacob Perez-Eli Paulsboro NJ 11
138 11 Robert Woodcock Southern Regional NJ 11
138 12 Cheyney Kinner Kingsway NJ 11
138 13 Cole Meredith Owen J. Roberts PA 12
138 14 LJ Kahn Council Rock South PA 12
138 15 Garrett Schrantz Kellam VA 11
138 16 Andrew Troczynski Delbarton NJ 9

145 1 Ryan Anderson Bethlehem Catholic PA 12
145 2 Cam Robinson Council Rock North PA 11
145 3 Jagger Condomitti Northampton PA 10
145 4 Evan Widing Pennridge PA 12
145 5 Gabe Onorato Paulsboro NJ 11
145 6 Anthony Petrocelli Owen J. Roberts PA 11
145 7 AJ Tamburrino William Tennent PA 11
145 8 Caesar Fountain Father Judge PA 12
145 9 Tate Nichter Chambersburg PA 10
145 10 Darnai Heard Cincinnati LaSalle OH 10
145 11 Stefano Sgambellone St. Joseph's Regional NJ 11
145 12 Eric Woloshyn Council Rock South PA 12
145 13 Tanner Rohaley Canon McMillan PA 11
145 14 Aiden Rocha St. John's DC 12
145 15 Max Hammond St. Paul's MD 12
145 16 Nathaniel Fly New Kent VA 9

152 1 Ryan Vulakh Pope John Paul II PA 12
152 2 Cole Handlovic Bethlehem Catholic PA 11
152 3 George Worthy Paulsboro NJ 12
152 4 Elan Heard Cincinnati LaSalle OH 11
152 5 Dan Mancini Owen J. Roberts PA 12
152 6 Nick O'Connell Southern Regional NJ 12
152 7 Henry Hague Malvern PA 12
152 8 Michael Kistler Northampton PA 12
152 9 Justin Phillips Liberty Christian VA 12
152 10 Jackson Erb Neshaminy PA 12
152 11 Cole Flanagan Council Rock South PA 11
152 12 Sammy Toggas Evangel Christian MD 11
152 13 Nick Sansone Kellam VA 12
152 14 Dante Stefanelli Delbarton NJ 11
152 15 Casper Hinklie Connellsville PA 11
152 16 Gannon Jones New Kent VA 11

160 1 Thayne Lawrence Frazier PA 11
160 2 Luca Frinzi Bethlehem Catholic PA 12
160 3 Clayton Ulrey Lower Dauphin PA 11
160 4 Vincent Andreano Delbarton NJ 12
160 5 Nick Feldman Malvern PA 9
160 6 Gaven Krazer Easton PA 12
160 7 Matt Colajezzi Council Rock South PA 9
160 8 Dillon Sheehy Council Rock North PA 11
160 9 Matt Kidwell Father Judge PA 11
160 10 Channing Connor Kellam VA 12
160 11 Nolin Eaddy Kissimmee Osceola FL 10
160 12 TJ Stewart St. John's DC 9

170 1 Luke Nichter Chambersburg PA 11
170 2 Angel Garcia Mariana Bracetti PA 11
170 3 Brandon Green Paulsboro NJ 11
170 4 AJ Lonski Delbarton NJ 12
170 5 Leonard Pinto Stroudsburg PA 10
170 6 Nik Korbich Council Rock South PA 12
170 7 Jack Farinaro St. Joseph's Regional NJ 10
170 8 Nick Zarra Hanover Park NJ 12
170 9 Seamus Selmi St. John's DC 12
170 10 Isaiah Reinert Easton PA 10
170 11 Loudon Hurt St. Christopher's VA 11
170 12 Kevin McEachin Fauquier VA 12

182 1 Jackson Turley St. Christopher's VA 12
182 2 Gerrit Nijenhuis Canon McMillan PA 11
182 3 Trey Sizemore Cincinnati LaSalle OH 12
182 4 Scott Joll Belle Vernon PA 12
182 5 Sam Fisher Fauquier VA 11
182 6 Santino Morina Paulsboro NJ 12
182 7 Jack Parr St. Paul's MD 12
182 8 Nick Florschutz Malvern PA 12
182 9 Kieran Calvetti Delbarton NJ 11
182 10 John Stout Southern Regional NJ 12
182 11 Dominic Falcone Easton PA 10
182 12 Giani Gilch Council Rock South PA 11

195 1 Gaige Garcia Southern Columbia PA 11
195 2 Michael Baker Cincinnati LaSalle OH 12
195 3 Jacob Miller Boyertown PA 12
195 4 Anthony Morina Paulsboro NJ 12
195 5 Luke Chakonis Delbarton NJ 11
195 6 Joey Kurtz Bethlehem Catholic PA 12
195 7 Justin Cramer Hempfield Area PA 11
195 8 Logan Green Pennridge PA 11
195 9 Jack Files Pope John Paul II PA 12
195 10 Harrison Levans Germantown Academy PA 10
195 11 Jayden Bortz Northampton PA 12
195 12 Evan Miller Canon McMillan PA 11

220 1 Thomas Mukai JW Robinson VA 12
220 2 Wade Wheeler Amherst County VA 12
220 3 PJ Casale Delbarton NJ 9
220 4 Flynn Leaf Paulsboro NJ 12
220 5 Dillon Ferretti Hempfield Area PA 11
220 6 Preston Zachman Southern Columbia PA 11
220 7 JT Cornelius Southern Regional NJ 11
220 8 Mikey Keen St. John's DC 10
220 9 Shawn Horner Kingsway NJ 10
220 10 Michael Toranzo St. Joseph's Regional NJ 10
220 11 Avery LeBlanc Grassfield VA 12
220 12 Andrew Balackus Easton PA 12

285 1 Jonathon Birchmier Broad Run VA 12
285 2 Isaiah Vance Hempfield Area PA 10
285 3 Sammi Khamis Stroudsburg PA 12
285 4 Jase Crouse Bethlehem Catholic PA 12
285 5 Kyle Wuestner Lower Dauphin PA 12
285 6 Cory Border Parkland PA 12
285 7 Hunter Werkeiser Northampton PA 12
285 8 Austin Mooney Paulsboro NJ 12
285 9 Lear Quinton Southern Columbia PA 11
285 10 Giomar Ramos Canon McMillan PA 11
285 11 Alex Hazard JW Robinson VA 12
285 12 Robert Brown Cincinnati LaSalle OH 12
 
Tournament is this Saturday and Sunday at Council Rock South HS in Holland, PA. Come out and see us, but if you can't we will be streamed live on FLO. All 8 mats, all weekend. Brackets are live on Flo Arena.

Richard Perry will be attending the tournament on Sunday and will present our trophies. We are selling t-shirts and raffling off items - including a pair of wrestling shoes signed by David Taylor and a pair of NCAA tickets - to benefit the Perry family.

We had a couple of notable scratches already (every tournament does). No Kurt McHenry - he is finished with his studies and will not be competing in HS anymore. Guida will drop down from 120 to take his spot for St. Paul's (probably his more naturaly weight anyway). Nicky Raimo and Devon Britton are also sidelined.
 
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Can't wait! Unfortunately will have to follow through flo. Hopefully over the next couple years I'll make it out for this.
 
Kurt McHenry - he is finished with his studies and will not be competing in HS anymore.

Dice-Awesome event, incredibly well run, always exciting and I love to come watch it every year.

Obviously I am asking for speculation but regarding McHenry, is this the equivalent of top D1 football recruits graduating mid year and starting college in January to attend spring practice and get a jump on their peers? Any mention of him heading to another room to train? It could be me but I don't recall seeing someone this elite stop competing (unless injured) mid year in high school.
 
Any mention of him heading to another room to train? It could be me but I don't recall seeing someone this elite stop competing (unless injured) mid year in high school.
My guess is he's hitting the weights hard. Wolverine Weight Job?
 
Kurt McHenry - he is finished with his studies and will not be competing in HS anymore.

Dice-Awesome event, incredibly well run, always exciting and I love to come watch it every year.

Obviously I am asking for speculation but regarding McHenry, is this the equivalent of top D1 football recruits graduating mid year and starting college in January to attend spring practice and get a jump on their peers? Any mention of him heading to another room to train? It could be me but I don't recall seeing someone this elite stop competing (unless injured) mid year in high school.
Thanks for the compliment - we all appreciate it.

In regards to McHenry, yes that is my understanding. 3rd party, was relayed a conversation in regards to our event which was subsequently confirmed at registration. My understanding of it was that it is the situation you outlined above, but have no details and I haven't talked to the parties directly.

But, yes, kid graduating early and getting a jump on his college start seems to be the gist of it.
 
I love seeing all the seeded District XI kids

106 (11) Dante Frinzi Bethlehem Catholic PA 9th
106 (14) Braxton Appello-Fries Easton PA 9th
113 (12) Alex Hanley Northampton PA 9th
120 (3) Cam Enriquez Stroudsburg PA 12th
120 (12) Sam Hanley Northampton PA 12th
126 (3) Patrick Noonan Stroudsburg PA 11th
132 (1) Julian Chlebove Northampton PA 12th
132 (2) Kenny Herrmann Bethlehem Catholic PA 11th
138 (2) Matt Lackman Bethlehem Catholic PA 11th
145 (1) Ryan Anderson Bethlehem Catholic PA 12th
145 (3) Jagger Condomitti Northampton PA 10th
152 (2) Cole Handlovic Bethlehem Catholic PA 11th
152 (8) Michael Kistler Northampton PA 12th
160 (2) Luca Frinzi Bethlehem Catholic PA 12th
160 (6) Gaven Krazer Easton PA 12th
170 (5) Leonard Pinto Stroudsburg PA 10th
170 (10) Isaiah Reinert Easton PA 10th
182 (11) Dominic Falcone Easton PA 10th
195 (6) Joey Kurtz Bethlehem Catholic PA 12th
195 (11) Jayden Bortz Northampton PA 12th
220 (12) Andrew Balackus Easton PA 12th
285 (3) Sammi Khamis Stroudsburg PA 12th
285 (4) Jase Crouse Bethlehem Catholic PA 12th
285 (6) Cory Border Parkland PA 12th
285 (7) Hunter Werkheiser Northampton PA 12th
 
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Hey Dice....I would appreciate your thoughts on Biscoe after you watch. Compare some notes.

I think he has more potential than younger Lane at the next level.
 
Hey Dice....I would appreciate your thoughts on Biscoe after you watch. Compare some notes.

I think he has more potential than younger Lane at the next level.
I'll get a chance to see him in some very good matches this weekend right from the start. I like his potential as well, he is a dangerous #10 seed - but he couldn't be seeded any higher as there are a lot of veterans with hardware ahead of him and he is early in his career. I'll let you know my thoughts.

BTW, it is kind of an oxymoron to put "younger" and Lane in the same sentence, lol.
 
Somebody's bracket is getting busted -- Gavin Garcia is debuting tonight.
 
For those of you who will be attending, because of the weather situation we have accelerated our Sunday schedule. Expect Semis to start around 10am and finals around 12:30. Trying to get everyone out of the gym as early as possible.

For the rest of you, hit the FLO app on your Roku and enjoy some fine wrestling on the big screen in the comfort of your living room.
 
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For those of you who will be attending, because of the weather situation we have accelerated our Sunday schedule. Expect Semis to start around 10am and finals around 12:30. Trying to get everyone out of the gym as early as possible.

the forecasts seem to be turning from snow to rain for the immediate region where ETR is being held. Some of the teams in the competition may have some complicated travels back home. if the latest forecasts hold, ETR has avoided a rather messy situation for competitors, spectators, and all others attending the event.
 
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Kurt McHenry - he is finished with his studies and will not be competing in HS anymore.

Dice-Awesome event, incredibly well run, always exciting and I love to come watch it every year.

Obviously I am asking for speculation but regarding McHenry, is this the equivalent of top D1 football recruits graduating mid year and starting college in January to attend spring practice and get a jump on their peers? Any mention of him heading to another room to train? It could be me but I don't recall seeing someone this elite stop competing (unless injured) mid year in high school.
 
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I'll get a chance to see him in some very good matches this weekend right from the start. I like his potential as well, he is a dangerous #10 seed - but he couldn't be seeded any higher as there are a lot of veterans with hardware ahead of him and he is early in his career. I'll let you know my thoughts.

BTW, it is kind of an oxymoron to put "younger" and Lane in the same sentence, lol.

Along these lines, Dice, did you get a chance to see Luke Nichter from Chambersburg? I know he had to come from behind in his last two matches, but curious as to your thoughts and if you heard anything about his recruitment. Thanks for your contributions.
 
I'll get a chance to see him in some very good matches this weekend right from the start. I like his potential as well, he is a dangerous #10 seed - but he couldn't be seeded any higher as there are a lot of veterans with hardware ahead of him and he is early in his career. I'll let you know my thoughts.

BTW, it is kind of an oxymoron to put "younger" and Lane in the same sentence, lol.
@dunkej01
Now that this thread is revived, I finally remembered to reply to you after the tournament.

Unfortunately 113 was one of the two or three weight classes that really got hit at our tournament due to scratches and the couple of teams that couldn't make it due to weather concerns. It was just one of those unlucky things that hit that weight class - there were probably only about 6 AAA state level type wrestlers in a weight class that I've seen as many as 20 of those type of kids before. So I only really got to see Biscoe in a couple of decent matches. Unfortunately he got the snot rode out of him against the two quality kids he faced (Guida and Kowalski) and didn't even threaten to score. Faced off against a fellow freshman in Alex Hanley (although I think Biscoe is a year older if I'm not mistaken) in the 7th place match and kind of big-boy'd him. '

Don't really want to criticize here, as there are still 3 years to go in his career and who knows what the future brings, but I would probably be extremely surprised if he's ranked 23rd or top 30 or whatever he is by FLO right now in his class, this time next year. Incoming freshman rankings are a complete crapshoot anyway and just basically a ranking of events won without regard to competition, age, development, etc.

Could very well end up as a D1 wrestler, but that's a long ways and a lot of projection away. Check back in a couple of years.

SoCo does have a super frosh, though, but he's just got a different last name.
 
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Along these lines, Dice, did you get a chance to see Luke Nichter from Chambersburg? I know he had to come from behind in his last two matches, but curious as to your thoughts and if you heard anything about his recruitment. Thanks for your contributions.
I have seen Luke wrestle many times both inseason and offseason. He had two tremendous matches in his semifinal and finals. I haven't really thought much about him as a recruit, but my initial impression thinking about it is that he doesn't really wow you with anything, but is a tremendous gamer. That's not just because of his ETR performance, I've seen that from him before. And IMO that counts for a ton when it comes to translating at the next level. I'm sure he's going to end up wrestling D1 somewhere, no idea about who is recruiting him.

In the semis he got down big to Lenny Pinto of Stroudsburg - a soph who is really tough, going to make some noise in Hershey this year. Just going off the top of my head but I think Nichter scored late in the 2nd, not giving Pinto a chance to return score and then had choice in the 3rd, got the escape and you knew he was going to get the TD and that was the match.

In the finals, he pretty much got dominated in all positions for 5:50 seconds by Angel Garcia of Mariana Bracetti - an under the radar Beat the Streets kid with a ton of talent. I had Angel on a freestyle team this spring and he handed Edmond Ruth his behind (unfortunately Spyker was not in attendance, ergo no Cael FCP!). The year before I had Angel on our Waterway team coming into his soph year and he beat a couple of kids with state medals. Just doesn't get any partners/training with his team during the season but very talented. Garcia got a little greedy and tried to score another TD on a go-behind with about 10 seconds to go as icing on the cake and Luke came up with a body lock and 2 and 2'd him for the win. That's pretty clutch, although I guess there are pluses and minuses to the performance from a recruiting standpoint.
 
I have seen Luke wrestle many times both inseason and offseason. He had two tremendous matches in his semifinal and finals. I haven't really thought much about him as a recruit, but my initial impression thinking about it is that he doesn't really wow you with anything, but is a tremendous gamer. That's not just because of his ETR performance, I've seen that from him before. And IMO that counts for a ton when it comes to translating at the next level. I'm sure he's going to end up wrestling D1 somewhere, no idea about who is recruiting him.

In the semis he got down big to Lenny Pinto of Stroudsburg - a soph who is really tough, going to make some noise in Hershey this year. Just going off the top of my head but I think Nichter scored late in the 2nd, not giving Pinto a chance to return score and then had choice in the 3rd, got the escape and you knew he was going to get the TD and that was the match.

In the finals, he pretty much got dominated in all positions for 5:50 seconds by Angel Garcia of Mariana Bracetti - an under the radar Beat the Streets kid with a ton of talent. I had Angel on a freestyle team this spring and he handed Edmond Ruth his behind. The year before I had Angel on our Waterway team coming into his soph year and he beat a couple of kids with state medals. Just doesn't get any partners/training with his team during the season but very talented. Garcia got a little greedy and tried to score another TD with about 10 seconds to go as icing on the cake and Luke came up with a body lock and 2 and 2'd him for the win. That's pretty clutch, although I guess there are pluses and minuses to the performance from a recruiting standpoint.

Thanks Dice. I was super impressed by Garcia - very slick. Nichter doesn't wow you with athleticism but he does have great hips. Reminds me of Nate Brown maybe. I have no idea how he projects at the next level though. Thanks for your thoughts
 
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Speaking of Nichter and Ruth, they are both at 170, both D3 AAA -- so they will meet at SC Regionals and quite possibly in the state finals.

Gavin Garcia last weekend lost to returning state finalist Caleb Dowling 5-4 UTB. Not bad for his 6th career varsity match.

Of note about one other ETR entrant: shaping up for a monster PA state finals at 132 -- Chlebove vs. Hillegas.
 
Some notes about every kid discussed.

I’ve had Nichter on my youth dual team for an entire season. Very solid kid and good listener. Wants to be the best and that’s all you can ask from as a coach. Does he have Kurt McHenry or Malcom Robinson athleticism, who I’ve also coached? No, but he’s a good technician and will be a solid D-1 wrestler.

I’ve seen Angel Garcia wrestle for years and he’s got a lot of untapped potential. Very athletic! In a great room, he can become great, but has never had this. Whoever signs him is getting close to a blank canvas to paint. Watch out for him.

Gavin Garcia is special. I have Nick Feldman, who is also a special freshman, and Garcia beat him in the PJW Finals last year. I’ve seen Gavin dominate over the years, and he has a chance to be the #1 recruit overall in the entire class. He’s that good.

I just coached my National Youth Team at Tyrants and McDonogh over the past three weeks. Got to coach against McKay from West Allegheny, who is the #2 Overall recruit, and also coached against the #4 and #7 Overall at McDonogh. McKay is one of the best 8th Graders I’ve seen and much better than #4 and #7. Kid is going to be very, very special.

Bonus Note: Michael Beard was going to be in my corner this past weekend coaching at McDonogh against David Taylor and Mark McKnight (M2), but caught a 24hr stomach bug. Just a bunch of PSU wrestlers giving back to the kids. M2 got us by 3 after we beat them at Tyrants. David and I were talking afterwards and it’s going to be a good rivalry for years to come.
 
Gaige and Gavin Garcia aren’t bad considering they basically do no off season wrestling....
 
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