bellevillefollower

those are the best states but washington has quite a few amazing wrestlers.

ccbig

Notice anything about Ohio, Pennsylvania, California?

By populations they are the among largest states. California (1) , Pennsylvania (6) Ohio (7)

Minnesota does well consistently and has won some national titles and is (21) in population wise.

I'd say that give Minnesota some high standing in the quality of wrestling done here.

I also understand that many of those powerhouse high school teams from out East are private schools and academies. I think that those schools are free to recruit kids. The big powerhouse schools in Minnesota are public schools.

Is Minnesota the best in the nation? When population size is taken into account we are near the top.

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LkwdSteve

This thread has all of the the usual conversation on this subject (repeated ad nauseum) including the per capita angle.

"I also understand that many of those powerhouse high school teams from out East are private schools and academies. I think that those schools are free to recruit kids. The big powerhouse schools in Minnesota are public schools."

As I wrote on another forum all of the high profile teams, that are consistently ranked top 20 from year to year, both public and private, get transfers.

I also wrote that the private school, Lakewood St. Edward, probably has gotten fewer tranfers over the last 10 years than ANY of the others, both public and private. That the top public schools are not free to attract (I perfer that word instead of "recruit") talent is an urban myth.

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RYou

Geez, only took 5 posts for the per capita justification to rear it's head.

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shankbob

Im from WV, and have wrestled a bunch of Pa and Ohio guys, there pretty much on the same level.

oldcougar

When talking about the top tier kids, PA and OH are back and forth, with NJ on their tail, IMHO. CA lagging a little behind them.

But for pure depth, PA is a cut above. It's purely depth. But a 5th or 6th placer in PA is generally one top hombre.

Hey, Ed Ruth never placed higher than 4th. That's depth.

Ground&Pound

Private schools and academies are a non-factor in PA wrestling.

Actually, it's tough to say that PA even has powerhouse teams. The talent is more or less spread out, which in turn accounts for the depth.

One exception my be Easton (which is public) out east. They have long been accused of recruiting and are also probably the most hated team in the state because of it.

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