Probably no coincidence that Fritz wrestled with DeStefanis pretty much every day when Carl was at PSU.
Top ten favorite PSU wrestlers
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Probably no coincidence that Fritz wrestled with DeStefanis pretty much every day when Carl was at PSU.
Man, that's crazy! DeStefanis wrestled a kid in HS that we're currently recruiting!!
I have to include Penn State legend Mike Reid in my Top Ten.
I'll also include RIch Lorenzo for his overall contribution to Penn State Wrestling.
The rest of my list (I cheated by grouping to squeeze in more names):
- Andy Matter: Bo/Jason before they were born
- James Yonushonis/English: true grit
- DT/Ed: together they raised the bar
- Phil Davis/Kerry McCoy/Tank/Nico/Q: total commitment
- Morgan McIntosh/Matt Brown: whatever the team needed
- Zain: No one has been that dominant in every position
- Bo/Jason: Breathtaking
- Hall/Joseph and many more to come: apprentices in greatness
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I think it might be a good suggestion to break it down by weight
1. Jimmy Martin
2. Danny Mayo
3. Russ/John Hughes
4. Kerry McCoy
5. Jeff Prescott
6. Frank Molinaro
7. Quentin Wright
8. David Taylor
9. Troy Sunderland
10. Nico Megaludis
I didn't include anyone from the current roster
1. Jimmy Martin
2. Danny Mayo
3. Russ/John Hughes
4. Kerry McCoy
5. Jeff Prescott
6. Frank Molinaro
7. Quentin Wright
8. David Taylor
9. Troy Sunderland
10. Nico Megaludis
I didn't include anyone from the current roster
1. Eric Bradley
2. Phil Davis
3. Ed Ruth
4. Jake Strayer
5. Yoshi
6.Molinaro
7.Brown
8. Kerry Mccoy
9. Gulibon
10. Joel Edwards
2. Phil Davis
3. Ed Ruth
4. Jake Strayer
5. Yoshi
6.Molinaro
7.Brown
8. Kerry Mccoy
9. Gulibon
10. Joel Edwards
It is really tough to compare the newer guys to the older guys, as styles have changed. I'll keep my list to the Cael era. These are my favorites to watch, not, necessarily who I think is most skilled.
1. Jason Nolf
2. David Taylor
3. Ed Ruth
4. Zain Retherford
5. Bo Nickal
6. Quentin Wright
7. Nico Megaludis
8. Frank Molinaro
9. Matt Brown
10. Tie - Vincenzo Joseph & Mark Hall
1. Jason Nolf
2. David Taylor
3. Ed Ruth
4. Zain Retherford
5. Bo Nickal
6. Quentin Wright
7. Nico Megaludis
8. Frank Molinaro
9. Matt Brown
10. Tie - Vincenzo Joseph & Mark Hall
Many great names have been mentioned many times, so I won't repeat all the obvious ones. But one name that has barely showed up, that is a recent wrestler that I LOVED to watch wrestle was Andrew Alton. The gas tank issues for whatever reason (and I'm not opening up that discussion again) plus injuries kept him back. But boy, was he fun to watch. Even when he gassed terribly at the end against Grajales, most of that match including most of the 3rd period, was really fun to watch. When he was a FR there was electricity in the air when he took the mat. I remember his 1st period fall over a highly ranked Lehigh recruit in his first match in Rec Hall--the fans went absolutely wild! (That was back when you didn't have to have a season ticket to get in to Rec Hall).
Those 3 guys were part of one of PSU's greatest recruiting classes of all time. I believe it had 3 or 4 guys that were #1 in the nation at their weight in HS. I believe Lange was only ranked 3rd coming out of HS, but there was a lightweight from Ohio who was also #1 in the country at his weight.
I'm afraid my list would be over 100 names ... I couldn't put 10 on a list, I'd be erasing a name, adding a name, erasing a name, adding a name ...
Great POST whoever started this thread
--- and mega props to the dude who remembered Lange's 7 straight for 3rd!!
Great POST whoever started this thread
--- and mega props to the dude who remembered Lange's 7 straight for 3rd!!
Andrew Alton was my favorite to watch. Should have been a multiple time NC in my eyes. Funny story back when he was in HS. I was talking to a few kids right after team states from the one team. I mentioned like man what if these two kids wrestled what a match it would be. And they chuckled and said Alton decked him real quick in the off season!! I was like really? Wow that’s crazy. Now granted I was just getting back into wrestling cause my nephews were wrestlers so I started paying more attention. And the one kid looks at me real serious and says “only one who can beat Alton is an Alton”!!! I will never forget that.
Jeff Prescott - one mean SOB!!
Jim Martin - all class
Jordan Conaway - good old kid
Zain Retherford - the ideal wrestler, IMO!!
James English - hero!
Frank Molinaro - TANK!
Jason Nolf - FUN!
Mark Hall - swagger!
Quentin Wright - Wish he could wrestle Bo!!
Steve Sefter (once dated a relative of mine, although Steve was probably a much nicer person than her, LOL)
Honorable mention: Wade Schalles. Should have been a Nittany Lion
Jim Martin - all class
Jordan Conaway - good old kid
Zain Retherford - the ideal wrestler, IMO!!
James English - hero!
Frank Molinaro - TANK!
Jason Nolf - FUN!
Mark Hall - swagger!
Quentin Wright - Wish he could wrestle Bo!!
Steve Sefter (once dated a relative of mine, although Steve was probably a much nicer person than her, LOL)
Honorable mention: Wade Schalles. Should have been a Nittany Lion
That may be true. Inability to manage their weight with any regular discipline put a beating on their gas tanks. Especially Andrew's.
The fact that he wasn't certainly pissed Bill Koll off. According to Bill he only ever ask for one academic exemption, and the sonsofbytches said no.
Supposedly Lock Haven not granting Wade academic admission is the reason Gray Simons left Lick Haven.
The ten wrestlers at the first match I ever attended. Already hooked, as my family has wrestling history, but this and everything that's followed has cemented my passion...
Two guys I see on a regular basis, one has passed, and lost track of the others.
Weight PSU Wrestler Opponent Result
118 Wayne Packer Bissell T 3-3
126 John Fritz Milkovich, P. T 1-1
134 Jim Earl Brighton L 1-4
142 Dennis Sciabica Rodgers W 2-0
150 Al Fisher Rodriguez LBF 5:31
158 Dave Becker Greene W 4-3
167 Jerry Villecco Williams WBF 1:53
177 Dan Brenneman Hersha LSD 2-12
190 Jerry White Wickard LSD 6-6
UNL B. Boehmer Avery LBF 4:51
Two guys I see on a regular basis, one has passed, and lost track of the others.
Weight PSU Wrestler Opponent Result
118 Wayne Packer Bissell T 3-3
126 John Fritz Milkovich, P. T 1-1
134 Jim Earl Brighton L 1-4
142 Dennis Sciabica Rodgers W 2-0
150 Al Fisher Rodriguez LBF 5:31
158 Dave Becker Greene W 4-3
167 Jerry Villecco Williams WBF 1:53
177 Dan Brenneman Hersha LSD 2-12
190 Jerry White Wickard LSD 6-6
UNL B. Boehmer Avery LBF 4:51
Roar--must have been 1975. The Fritz-Milkovich match was a preview of the NCAA finals. I ALMOST went to the NCAA finals that year in Princeton (I was in Phila), but thought I had too much studying to do, and turned down my brother's proposal to go. I heard that both Fritz and Milkovich got a long standing ovation after that match. I've regretted it ever since!!!
Quentin Wright flies under the radar too much. I could watch him wrestle all day
- Nolf
- DT
- Zain
- Bo
- Ruth
- Kolat
- Q
- Davis
- Hall
- Vince Fitz -wrestled for PSU in the mid to late 60's. Legendary High School coach in my area, and still coaches in the youth ranks. I had the opportunity to wrestle for him, and he's coached my son some at youth practices. Great guy, and was pretty darned good at PSU. Wanna say around 38-11 with a dozen or so pins. They didn't wrestle nearly as many matches back then.
Should've been a 3 timer. Never forget the standing cradle................Smack deserves a mention (another under the radar guy).
The Moore brothers were killers. Josh and Clendenon from Lehigh had some bad blood. Then this happened:
He comes up to mat town to help coach the kids sometimes .Man is a class act .should be coaching somewhere that's what role models are supposed to be like.
I have mention Andy also, not just because he was a 2 time champ but also he gave us in South Jersey Clint & Brett who provided us with a lot to appreciate!
Nolf
Nickal
DT
Ruth
Nico
Q
Kolat
Martin
Hall
VJ
Vince Fitz--don't think too many on this board will probably know that name. He was on the team when I first started following PSU wrestling as a SCHS student. He wrestled with a certain swagger that created a lot of excitement every time he stepped on the mat. Very fun to watch!
I don't know where you guys are coming up with some of these names. After all, wrestling was only invented in 2009, wasn't it?
These lists are actually cracking me up. The number of them that are more than ten. And one even named Schalles because he should have been a Nittany Lion.
James English
Jim Vollrath
Eric Brugel
Greg Elinski
John Fritz
Adam Lynch
Dan Vallimont
Carl Destefanis
Paulie Wiegardner
Brad Pataky
And....my #11 as who should have been a NL Rob Koll.
Of course these are all friends so....
James English
Jim Vollrath
Eric Brugel
Greg Elinski
John Fritz
Adam Lynch
Dan Vallimont
Carl Destefanis
Paulie Wiegardner
Brad Pataky
And....my #11 as who should have been a NL Rob Koll.
Of course these are all friends so....
RIP Denny Sciabica. Introduced a group of kids to 'snipe hunting' right around that time
.Know some old timers from district four and district six would say otherwise lol
Pretty sure that pawrestling was joking, as districtfour picked up on. But I think there could be some relatively newer fans that might not have realized what a long history PSU has of great wrestling. It's true, we've never seen anything like what we've had in the past 7 years--but boy, we've had a lot of great wrestlers go through PSU over the years. Just saying the same thing as pawrestling and districtfour, but in my own way!
YouTube videos of Troy Sunderland in HS ... easy to see how he became 4,2,2 tough on his feet!
Makes me wonder what happened to some of those greats .Never did a whole lot in college. I remember line mountain putting out studs every year and they were just a small school .Or some of the BEN kids who were a nightmare to wrestle
Biggest disappointment was Jason betz who came out of high school a 3x state champion. Took third at stars and ended up with only one loss .Never did much at Penn State. What a beast he was in high school
Was anyone in the building at Rec the night that Kolat (true freshman) sent Bill Zadick for a ride and got the fall against a tough Hawkeye squad??? Man I thought the roof was gonna blow off of that place!
Also, never forget my first PSU match, wrestled some nobody on a Wednesday night, but saw the legend himself Jeff Prescott, literally spinning circles around his opponent, it was awesome! Man, it's hard to narrow it down to just 10, we've had some great ones!!!
Also, my personal favs, the Hughes boys, absolute studs!!!
Also, never forget my first PSU match, wrestled some nobody on a Wednesday night, but saw the legend himself Jeff Prescott, literally spinning circles around his opponent, it was awesome! Man, it's hard to narrow it down to just 10, we've had some great ones!!!
Also, my personal favs, the Hughes boys, absolute studs!!!
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