Is Askren Wrestling Academy (AWA) the new Young Guns?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

But now is AWA taking over with guys like Keagen O'Toole, Mitchel Mesenbrink and the Mirasola twins?

I believe the answer is yes.  Whichever school can tap into the AWA pipeline will maintain dominance for the next decade.

 

[Ivan Stankowski]

29 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

But now is AWA taking over with guys like Keagen O'Toole, Mitchel Mesenbrink and the Mirasola twins?

I believe the answer is yes.  Whichever school can tap into the AWA pipeline will maintain dominance for the next decade.

 

If it were only those 4 guys I would say no, but I can't even list them all. Add PARKER KECKIESEN, Mocco, Whitting,,G. Clark, Scoles, Millard, noah mulvaney and Sinclair who just may be the best of the group, and probably 20 more 

Edited January 22 by Ivan Stankowski

[CHROMEBIRD]

He included Gulibon in the list 

[Konquest]

Did Young Guns have multiple locations?  A lot of people from outside Wisconsin don't understand that AWA has like 5-6 different gyms all run by different coaches.  Parker Keckeisen, the Mirasolas, Charlie Millard, and many more were primarily coached by Max Askren in Mequon (just north of Milwaukee County).  AWA now has a top-ranked Illinois high school wrestler as well training out of their South Suburban location.  It's more of a chain/franchise at this point than one singular "super room".

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

7 minutes ago, Konquest said:

Did Young Guns have multiple locations?  A lot of people from outside Wisconsin don't understand that AWA has like 5-6 different gyms all run by different coaches.  Parker Keckeisen, the Mirasolas, Charlie Millard, and many more were primarily coached by Max Askren in Mequon (just north of Milwaukee County).  AWA now has a top-ranked Illinois high school wrestler as well training out of their South Suburban location.  It's more of a chain/franchise at this point than one singular "super room".

Yes, it does.  There are like 4 locations.

[OMW]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

Uh, the Josh's went a little further west than Iowa City.

[MNRodent]

Minnesota has tapped into mostly Max's AWA location with Ethan Riddle last year and Wyatt Duchateau, Charlie Millard, and Silas Dailey this year.

[Caveira]

Not sure how it compares.  But doesn’t purler have like 31 people on d1 rosters?

[MizzouFan01]

7 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

But now is AWA taking over with guys like Keagen O'Toole, Mitchel Mesenbrink and the Mirasola twins?

I believe the answer is yes.  Whichever school can tap into the AWA pipeline will maintain dominance for the next decade.

 

As long as Askren can pump em out, Mizzou will keep taking them. We’ve not got all of them, but the ones we’ve gotten have been great. Personally, I can’t wait for Sinclair to step on campus. 

[Antitroll2828]

M2 has been bringing in a lot of World medals and may pass both schools up

[MNRodent]

Pinnacle out of Minnesota has a ton of prospects in D1.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

1 hour ago, MNRodent said:

Pinnacle out of Minnesota has a ton of prospects in D1.

Pinnacle is an impressive operation.

[jackwebster]

4 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

Pinnacle is an impressive operation.

Though not so good at the graphic design.

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, jackwebster said:

Though not so good at the graphic design.

1987 disagrees

[MNRodent]

Minnesota Elite, coached by Chad Erickson and Dakota Trom, have a lot of the top MN high school kids too.  Robideau(s), Bissel(s), and Friedrichs brothers, Alex Braun, Logan Swenson.

Edited January 23 by MNRodent

[HungusMungus]

On 1/22/2024 at 1:48 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Yes, it does.  There are like 4 locations.

7 locations throughout Wisconsin 

[crzyctldy]

16 hours ago, MNRodent said:

Pinnacle out of Minnesota has a ton of prospects in D1.

That's an impressive list - does pinnacle have multiple locations?

[MNRodent]

11 minutes ago, crzyctldy said:

That's an impressive list - does pinnacle have multiple locations?

Just one as far I know.

[tiger-style]

Does anyone know if there are elite clubs in the Kansas City area? I’m only familiar with Victory and I’m not sure if it’s pedigree.  

[Chas2105]

On 1/22/2024 at 1:29 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

But now is AWA taking over with guys like Keagen O'Toole, Mitchel Mesenbrink and the Mirasola twins?

I believe the answer is yes.  Whichever school can tap into the AWA pipeline will maintain dominance for the next decade.

 

I know a lot of these guys probably spent time at more than 1 club. Cenzo being one of them. I will always consider him one of Abe's guys at Pitbull though. I know he wrestled there through youth and into high school. Then went to Central Catholic where Abe was head coach. Another one of Abe's guys Nino claimed a title last year. 

[Daddy Dave]

In the past the Young Guns Wrestling Club supplied Penn State and Iowa with their best wrestlers (Spencer Lee, Kemerer, Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Nico Megaludis, Josh Shields, Josh Maruca, Jimmy Gulibon, etc).

I know a lot of these guys probably spent time at more than 1 club. Cenzo being one of them. I will always consider him one of Abe's guys at Pitbull though. I know he wrestled there through youth and into high school. Then went to Central Catholic where Abe was head coach. Another one of Abe's guys Nino claimed a title last year. 

and especially Coach Waller at All-American, who doesn't get much credit for the success of these guys. His room was filled with studs where he ground the toughness into anyone that entered...or they never came back. Most of these guys were winning at the highest age levels already before they got to Young Guns. Maybe the personality change is what they were after but the pure wrestling base was instilled at All-American(and yes Pitbull). The WPIAL used to dominate Powerade against the other best schools from around the country with multiple champs each year. WPIAL I believe only produced 1 champ this year,sad. Coach Waller is still a beast without the bling.