Fantasy Team Reflections We are two weeks into the season now, still too early to predict how everything will shake out, but far enough in that most of your guys have probably wrestled a few matches. Whose stock is up, whose stock is down, and how are you guys feeling about your team at this point?
125:#4 Nic Bedelyon 7-0
Wrestling pretty much how I expected-- scoring lots of points against so-so guys and anchoring my fantasy team. Bedelyon is 7-0 on the year with 4 bonus wins
133: UR Frank Martelotti 0-0
Hasn't seen my starting lineup yet, and most likely won't for a while here, as its pretty much official that he'll be out until 2nd semester. Transfer Derek Reber is a guy I wouldn't have been unhappy having as a backup a week ago, but he had a pretty underwhelming loss today so we'll see how things play out
133: #16 Jordan Thome, 5-2
Thome is an average wrestler with a good schedule, and he's been doing his job to shore up 133 quite admirably.
141: #11 Kendric Maple 3-0
Maple off to a solid start and looking like every bit the sleeper I thought he would be. He gave up only 2 escapes in route to winning a brockport title, and while he didn't face any superstarters, he did handle the competent Matt Mariarcher without breaking a sweat
141: #17 Hunter Stieber, 7-1
Hunter looking like a good propsect so far an excellent value for when I got him. He had a loss by fall to the surging Evan Henderson this week but other than that he has looked great. I think he'll be ready to compete for AA by March
149: #7 Dylan Ness
Have yet to see Dylan in action against real competition, but he pinned his way to the finals of the Bison open this weekend, where he gave teamate Matt Mincey a lopsided beating.
157: UR Jed Moore
Hasn't seen my starting lineup yet, but he is 5-0 on the year and should be a competent top 20ish guy with good point scoring potential
157: #20 Josh Demas, 7-0
One of the sleepers I was high on coming into the year, he's having a good run so far and will definitely be moving up the rankings this week. He notched wins over #17 Nicholson and #18 Mock to continue his undefeated streak
165: #1 David Taylor, 1-0
1 for 1 with 1 pin. Not much else to say-- as long as he doesn't come down with an injury, I expect Taylor to win a title in dominating fashion
174: #4 Nick Heflin, 7-0
Mr. Decision is off to a rather quiet 7-0 start this year. We'll see if he is able to hold his #4 ranking when he wrestles #3 Jordan Blanton in the allstar next week
184: UR Nate Schiedel, 5-2
A somewhat dissapointing loss to Clymer at the BU open today, but Schiedel is looking like largely who I thought he was-- a mid-level guy who scores a lot of fantasy points
197: #4 Chris Honeycut, 8-0
Honeycutt is off to a good start this year and he'll be wrestling D3 standout Byron Tate in the Allstar Classic next week
197: Morgan Mcintosh 1-0
Morgan hasn't seen my lineup yet and won't for a week or two, but he'll face a stiff test next week when he wrestles returning AA Sonny Yohn. I'm picking him to win and still expecting big things out of him this year
HVY: #14 Elijah Madison
The only guy on my team whose stock is significantly down at this point. Madison suffered two losses to un-notables at the Brockport open, both in quadruple overtime. Heavyweight is pretty awful this year, so I still think he's an AA contender, but he's definitely not looking like he's on the verge of a breakout year
HVY: UR Nick Gwazowski (I can't spell his name) 5-0
My other heavyweight however, is definitely earning his keep. He hasn't had to wrestle anyone great yet, but as a undersized true freshman I think he definitely turned some heads by winning the BU open and recording a pin in the finals. This guy is going to have a bright future
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