Weight by Weight Preview - 125

[CowboyT]

Here is my weight by weight preview as we get ready to begin the season.
125

• Roster - Jayce Mullin, Sam Smith, Troy Spratley
• Starter - There is no question, this is Troy Spratley's weight.
• Ranking - Troy is ranked 6th by Intermat. This has been a difficult weight to rank since last year. Spratly beat the number 1 ranked wrestler and defending national champion (Richie Figueroa) last year. Spratley has Richie Figueroa (#1) and Jore Volk (#2) on the schedule early in the year. There may be other highly ranked wrestlers at CKLV.
• I see Spratley having potential to be a national champ to not quite making top 8 due to the uncertainty and competition in this weight. My prediction is 4th place. I want to see the consistency to be confident in him placing higher.

Thoughts?

 

[JAY45]

Solid analysis.

Gilman is going to have had a tremendous impact here. Of the athletes who have the highest chance of jumping levels, Spratley is at the top of the list. Previously he tended to be undisciplined at times (on the Mat) and inconsistent. He has the requisite level competitiveness and healthy dose of nastiness to compete with anyone.

Can and has beat top guys, yet had also lost to some of those same guys. This is where the consistency element kicks in.

Should be high AA at minimum and hopefully finds himself in the finals.

 

[CowboyT]

Someone else may know more, but who has a better light weight room than us? Fix, Gilman, and RBY are as good as it gets as a group.