I was fortunate to see Eric Grajales wrestle at a tourney here in CA. He is very well coached and shows incredible promise. He makes very few mistakes and if he does, sees it and reacts very well. Hope you do well at the college level. Good Luck Eric.
I thought his wrestling was amazing and his sportsmanship at the end was even more amazing. In my many years of wrestling I have seen kids who were good athletes but not always good sports (sportsmanship). Good luck to him!
PA dad. Grajales got 5th at the US Open. Thats wrestling against adults too. Im sure you dont even want to know how many kids from those states he's beaten
Grajales is a best plain and simple. people that like to down talk great athletes should be ashamed of themselves because they are a disgrace to the sport. give the kid credit hes just better then everyone else in the nation. if you want to disagree with that then you wrestle him and lets see how that goes. and im not even from florida of NJ or Pa or NY or Ohio im from California and you dont see me trying to down talk anyone
man it seems whenever there is a good wrestler everyone always has to cut them down whether it is grajales is gonna beat taylor or likewise. both of these kids are both top 2 in the nation and definitaly dont go around on the internet and talk smack about each other. they got where they are by training hard and dedication not sitting on a computer posting who is gonna beat whos ass
wow PA dad you need to go mow your lawn or something and stop ing on the internet, grajales never affiliated himself as a "badass" and even so i think he has every right to. his name is in the number one slot in the nation, if hes such a chump how come he isnt second to a PA kid. yeah PA is tough but as far as it goes, its between florida and ohio for the 135 slot, deal with it. go grajales and go taylor. BEYOTCH
Eric has acheived greatness as a high school wrestler: three state titles, an undefeated record, and a great record competing at national events. He showed respect and consideration for his opponent after the match. I have seen some internet matches that he showed great confidence and maybe arrogance, but it is a wrestling match and not a personality contest. It could be he has a fine personality off the mat and in person, but how a guy wins wrestling match proves more about how he wins matches than his personality. I hope he goes on to great success and does well for us internationally. Sure David Taylor is a great wrestler, but the U.S. merits more than just one so lets all be happy we have Eric, David, Chris Perry in this senior class and others coming.
PA dad, Grajales beat both Alton and Kindig at a college tournament earlier this year. And beat Jordan Oliver last year. Not bad for a lazy Fla. kid, huh?
if this is the state finals, florida is more pathetic than i thought...come to PA and we'll see if he can do his bullsh!t leg cradles and sh!t...the other kid couldnt win a JV tourny in PA, pleasssse, florida is such a joke haha
PA wrestling dad, you should learn your stuff before you start talking..
Eric Grajales is one of the most talented wrestlers in the nation, He has won fargo numeros ammounts of times. He is the equivalent of a collegiate athlete wrestling high school kids, he's not lazy, hes bored. Theres a difference.
It doesn't seem that ure good at "research"
PA WrestlingDad... listen... shut the hell up. there's so much i could hammer you with that i don't know where to begin. grajales is the best pound for pound wrestler in the nation. i'll just leave it at that.
Hey dude..............you are so stupid.......The kid has won fargo numerous amounts of times. That is number 1... Number 2.....he got 3rd in the olympic trials.....shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The style that eric wrestles is not being lazy...There are plenty of kids from Florida that are awesome...and plaenty that suck....just like any other state...
Any PA state champ would hand his ass to him? yah ok and you said you did research? Whys he ranked 1 in the nation if any PA state champ could beat him? The only kid in the nation below 152 I can even imagine beating him is David Taylor and hes from Ohio
I've just seen Grajales wrestle 5 matches over internet , I have not seen him wrestle live . I heard Bubba the Love sponge talking to his arrogant , y dad on the show last week, I was intrigued so I did some research on the kid.
My conclusion , Eric , You and your Dad would have your asses handed to you if you ever coome to PA to wrestle any of our State Champions.
You look way y, No class and you are a very lazy wrestler by comparison to any of the top notch kids I've seen from PA, or as far as that goes , New York and NJ kids would have a field day with you.
All the people all correcct when they say, No compitition in Florida, I mean afterall , Florida , A wrestling state, what a joke.Try Iowa, Ohio, PA , NY and NJ kids tehn you can talk a little bit.
If you think your such a Badass come up here and wrestle kids from Shadyside Academy and Burrell, Blair Academy , etc.
You would get your ass handed to you up here, Wrestling at Michigan , You will find out what it's like to wrestle up North.
As far as a future Olympian, " I HIGHLY DOUBT HE'LL EVER EVEN GET CLOSE TO THAT LEVEL" He'll probably end up hurt , wrestling up here.
Good Luck , Your gonna need it.
i personally have seen eric wrestle some phenomenal kids. just cause he makes them look like chumps, doesnt't make them chumps. Kid's a beast. lookin forward to wrestling him at state.
Man I cannot imagine he could be any more egotistical. can someone post a link to a video of him wrestling some advanced even decent level competion. I honestly cannot find one.
WHO EVER SAID ERIC CANT MOP THE MAT WITH KIDS IS WRONG THE KIDS A BEAST AND THATS WHY HES RANKED NUMBER 1 SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU START HATEING
If I was the ref I would get in eric's face and ask him if he has a problem with my calls...The kid doesn't have much class for being so dominant let alone respect for refs who yea maybe make bad calls but be humble man...
u from jersey and ohio can just shut the heck up because there is a reason y grajales is ranked #1 in the country and if u say he doesn't know how to carry himself your dead wrong and you can go suck a fat one because i know plenty of wrestlers that wouldn't help someone back to the center at the end of the match, i think u all r just haters, so i give props to grajales on being humble, congrats
Why do people continually use the "Hes not even trying" excuse. That shouldn't be regarded as a good thing. When you go out there and "don't try", you are not getting better.
"nice" showing by brandon coaches and grajales. Kid has enourmous talent but good lord kid just wrestle. Cut the crap and wrestle. Would love to see taylor beat this kid. It was good to see nate moore beat him last year. amazingly the crying from the coaches did not help him in that match. Would have loved to see brandon come up and wrestle dual meets with teams like Ed's, Blair, Easton, Apple Valley and Graham. I think there would not have been a "streak" if they would have done that. For a kid with this much talent it is very sad that he put on this show.
This grajales kid is really not good. He is going to have trouble once he gets to college. This crappy florida kid got in on his legs without taking even decent shots imagine what is going to happen when he wrestles a good wrestler who actually has a decent shot. Mark my words grajales will be nothing in college.
The kid's a stud, no question. But If I'm a coach, I don't like everything I'm seeing here. Kinda lazy, almost like he's bored with the whole thing. I don't get that at all.
its amazing how much trash people talk on here, "Florida has no competition" "I'm not impressed with Grajales". When any of you accomplish even a quarter of the things that this kid has accomplished then you can talk. He is a great kid with a great future, and no I do not know him, and have never met him, just watched him wrestle a bit. You all should be ashamed of yourselves trying to trash a future Olympian because you are jealous.
Anonymous Coward said: “? wrote:
what shoes are grajales wearing??? are they nike freeks? is so how good of a shoe are they?”
yeah the freeks are sweet, i have the white on black, they are comfortable and extremely light! the split sole gives good arch support too, plus they look awesome
Jordan Oliver posted July 12 at 4:59pm.
Grajales is a , u wait till i wrestle him again!!!!! " mark my words im'a whoop his you know
I hope to hell that really was not Mr. Oliver. Anybody with any class would not talk on a message board. They would wait till they met , and let their wrestling do all the talking! Not to mention showing your ignorance and your poor education with your writing abilities. If this was truly him writing i would expect him to fail of out of school and instead of talking about wrestling he would asking "paper or plastic"
has weird defensive tactics for when his opponent is in on his legs....i dont think they will be very successful for him on the higher levels. Good against competition in florida though. He needs some FUNK!
Grajales whined like a little girl in this match. Ande even though he's great, Baily would beat him if he wrestled like that against him. gave up his legs too much.
This is the state finals? That kid in the black didn't look like he could get out of a normal tournament in NY. Sure I give Grajales alot of credit but there's no compitition in Florida. I thought that was a normal match and didnt evey realize it was anything big.
he is going on to wrestle on to u.s team trials now in greco! watched this kid wrestle a long time....cocky in highschool but now he's with the real men
Alright, first off: to those of you who call the Brandon coach's classless and disrespectful or whatever, I watched the entire video and not once did I hear either Coach Cozart or Assisstant Coach Hendrickson call for points or show any other type of unproffesional action. The people you hear yelling in this video are not coachs. Coach Cozart is one of the best and respectful coachs in the sport. Just about anyone that meets him will agree.
Next, questioning the caliber of Eric is completely rediculous. He has beaten some of the top ranked kids in the nation, won several national tournaments and most recently qualified for the OLYMPIC trials. Eric split matches with Oliver. Im not saying that Eric is the best there is, but he has proven to be at that level time and time again.
Graff is not at another level then Eric or Oliver, as Oliver just proved not to long ago.
No Florida wrestling is not better then PA, or Ohio, or several other states, but it is on the rise. Beleive it. Being from Florida, I would love to help demonstrate that hard work and determination can lead to success no matter where your area code happens to be.
truthteller is really lieteller a shadow of a man trying to hide behind a banner of truth all the while fabricating lies and more lies to press his agenda which is Brandon where he lives and breathes feeling there accomplishments somehow make him a better person when he knows if he will be honest it in no way reflects his sad character, "flwrestling" only makes points and observations in a format designed for disscussion but "lieteller" twists and turns and trys to act like a neutral party when in fact he has all his dogs in this fight, clear the air and admit your affilation as the world dismisses fence sitters who jump on the winning side when the victory becomes evident two words that have never been used by anybody on the planet when speaking of "truthtelleroflies are HONOR AND INTEGRITY unless they are followed by the words NONE OF THESE.
Does any1 understand that Eric is closer age with Mac's older bro Zack? And he's in collage.... thats CRAZY! Wat the hell's wrong with that...!! I do have to agree, he is ONE HELL of a wrestler, but Mac is SO good, it's actually scary! I don't know... it would be a ass kick match, low scoring, and very close if he wrestled Mac. But it's actually pretty sad that mainly every1 already pretty much ASSUMS that Mac's going to become a 4 timer just like his brother! HELL YEAH he will he kick sum ass next year at state! He's ready, and all you that say Grajales could whoop him lets see it! Mac won in state, HIGH scoring. But no hard feelings on Eric, he kicked but in his match, he's a good kid and a great wrestler. Thats another reason it would be a good match between him and Bailey. You wana tlk to me or u have sumthin to say, email me, ask for it!
Oliver just beat Graff. Oliver and Grajales split. Graff and Oliver are seniors and are going to do very well in college. Although he's older than the other two Grajales is only a junior and will stand completely unopposed next year.
ok all you jackass check out graff! Eric is the only one one who travles out of the country Graff does too, he has been to china and venezula! He is already an olymic hopeful for 08, This past June, Graff took home a silver medal from the Pan Am Junior World Championships in Venezuela. He followed that in August by qualifying for the FILA Junior World Championships in Beijing. Grajales is good, Oliver is better, Graff is the best and you will see that when he competes at the Dapper Dan.
Nolefan1989, What Did You Say? March 10, 2008 at 4:23pm
Eric can wrestle anywhere and he just took bronze in Bulgaria but I bet you think he prob couldn't even get to the state tourney in Ohio. Some people are just idiots.
Grajales started the tournament with a quarterfinal win over Bulgaria%u2019s Radostin Pavlov, but fell in his semifinal match to Kazakhstan%u2019s Menlibekov Yerzhan.
Grajales then topped France%u2019s Thiam Jonathan in the loser%u2019s bracket round to advance to the third-place bout, where he beat Russia%u2019s Topoev Vasily to capture the bronze medal.
Brandon junior wrestling standout Eric Grajales finished third in the 55 kilogram Greco-Roman division at the 11th Petko Sirakov and Ivan Iliev FILA Junior International Tournament in Varna, Bulgaria. EAT THAT ONE
Graff's good. Definately could give Grajales and Oliver a match. Can't see him winning though. Especially against Oliver, he's just been dominant. Just majored Josh Kindig, a top 10 nationally ranked kid, 11-3.
I guess you can afford to let someone get on his legs if he can stop them from scoring huh?? and he actually doesnt cut much weight at all. He goes where he is needed by his team. Get out there and wrestle and quit b****ing about a kid that has worked hard for everything he has earned.
wayne wells,
What do the Brandon coaches do or have done that violates the rules? I realize that when a team is as dominant as they have been for years that some folks will not like them, but implying that the coaches have done something wrong is much more than that. I would think that as visible as Brandon has been if someone had the goods on some kind of wrongdoing they'd have reported it to the right people.
Joker_x
My comments are the truth and the truth is insulting. Dade who beat Brandons streak is held in the highest light by the way they run there program by the coaches of the schools they wrestle but Brandon is not held in a kind light by the coaches of the schools they wrestle and just by playing by the same rules as integrity demands is all that is requires for your peers to respect you, I have wrestled and won at the highest level and would love to have Eric wrestle for me and feel he was done a disservice by those he counted on as he needs no age advantage and allowing it to taint his record is wrong, as he needed no advantage as he is much the best.
Tyler Graff would kill Grajales. Tyler Graff is the best right now at 130. He will face Jordan Oliver in the Dapper Dan and watch the damage he does to Oliver. Oliver and Grajales are great, they are on completely different levels than other kids but Graff is at a level beyond that.
If your number 1 in the country that is great, but it is always easy to make claims when you haven't wrestled someone. Eric has a style to himself that may make you think he is not that good, but no many kids have a track record like he does.
yall all shutup and pay respects to the state finalist..and this isnt a forum anyway truth..congrats to grajales and borelli for working your asses off to get there
I don't live in Brandon. I don't know Cozart. I don't think you know Cozart either. I think you are envious of a team and coach that you cannot compete with, so you turn to the internet to attack people anonymously. You'd never have the balls to speak to anyone in person like you run your mouth on this forum. Somewhere along the line you came up short against Brandon, Cozart, Cozart's kid or someone who knew Cozart. From that point on you felt a need to trash talk that which you fear.
who cares where all yall r from yall r talkin crap on here cause every single one of u must suck at wrestling and just talk trash to boost ur self esteem
I don't live in Brandon and I don't go to their practices. It seems as if you and your team should forget about J Rob and ask Cozart if you can attend his practices!
I couldn't care less if you believe me or not, I stood there and heard that exact quote. Ask him yourself, I bet he will tell you, as a matter of fact ask him tomorrow at practice.
I could teach the whole state of Florida, including Grajales, how to wrestle because they all suck, and I am from Ohio. I wasn't even a state placer, but I can tell that I would school this pud.
If you are or are not a Brandon person it doesn't matter, all of this is because some of the wrestlers act like their coach. Who once was heard saying, "We don't go to Jay Robinson Camps anymore, I can't learn anything from him." That is about as arrogant as anyone can get, but for Russ, it's par.
jlow-IQ said: "ooooooohhh the truthteller has the abilty to read ppl throught there posts and still manage to suck on cozarts meat..lol...you must be proud!"
You do realize that there is a writing component to the SAT's, right?
Looks like HCC for you!
P.S. That comment on 2nd round of consolations struck a nerve, didn't it? Brandon's district was WEAK this year and you didn't make it to Regionals - what's that make you? Maybe you should consider Cozart's Spring Break Camp!
jlo,
Nice response - did that make you feel better. It seems that you find it easier to dog Cozart on an anonymous forum than coach your kids to the point they can beat his. If you are not a coach, you are most likely one of those kids whose highest achievement in high school wrestlin thus far is that you made it to the second round of consolations in Districts before you were eliminated. This Uno kid must have rag-dolled you badly during the season or you wouldn't be so focused on him! Admit it - your name was has never been on a Regional bracket, much less one at the State Tournament, right?
Don't bother answering - your posts have already said enough about you.
obviously or why else would he have him at 189...not to mention the kid cut to 189 for the graves so its likely that he would do it cause they didnt wanna lose at states as a team even though it didnt happen....and you dont know him but you cant seem to get off his DlCK!!!! lol
jlo,
Are you a coach? If so, why didn't you report this if you felt something was not right? Are you saying he moved this Uno kid up a weight based on what he saw from another region?
I don't have any skin in this game. I'm not from Brandon and I don't know Cozart.
truthteller....hell yea cozart would do that!! i was at that district and it was supposed to start at 8 but we were using Brandons scale and they called and said they were "running late"! thats funny and another thing that was funny was when he was talkin to his 215 pounder Uno while the kid was in the 189 line at weigh ins!
flwrestling,
I think you're stretching a bit on this one. Do you really think at that point in the season Cozart was going to move people around just to avoid someone from another team in another region?
It's obvious you don't like the guy, but this is a bit absurd. Do you have any evidence of him EVER using this tactic at Districts?
You sound a bit envious - are you a wrestling coach in Florida?
Truthteller, if I can start my weigh-ins one hour later than your I will know where you weighed your best kids. If there are only one team that can cause a problem for me at the state championships, I now have an hour to position my kids for the best possible outcomes.
Brandon wrestler, these people obviously are idiots or they're messing with you. I live in Cleveland which is where wrestling goes down, and obviously Eric is one of the best wrestlers in the nation. He isn't the BEST, but one of.
jlo said: "greed cozart is a douche...not saying hes not a good coach but he'll take a win anyway he can and not to mention ALL the refs in FL are on his nuts...just because he argues something doesnt mean you have to give him what he wants let the refs ref the match!"
Sounds like you have absorbed a beating by one of cozart's boys!
Admit it - you are winless against that team aren't you? Don't hate the man because his wrestler whipped you.
i dont see nothing wrong with this kid... he fought the whole match he showed heart...other kids would've gotten pinned not to mention his 54 pin streak was broke in this match and i doubt he was going easy in the state finals!
agreed cozart is a douche...not saying hes not a good coach but he'll take a win anyway he can and not to mention ALL the refs in FL are on his nuts...just because he argues something doesnt mean you have to give him what he wants let the refs ref the match!
and about eric...he would piss on collin whatever from wherever and anyone from ohio...stop hatin on the man hes legit!! hell he'll probaby beat collin palmers coach...lol
flwrestling said: "I heard this year he pushed back the district start time to 9:00, I am sure that had nothing to do with Palmetto Ridge and Manatee starting their districts at 8:00."
Please explain this one. What's the big deal about starting times for districts?
The people that get on here and talk trash about another wrestler from another state simply couldn't qualify for state wherever they are from. If they did qualify then they are bitter because they didn't place...so they make themselves feel better by putting down another wrestler. Everyone feels their state is the "toughest" but face it...you are either have it or you don't...no matter where you wrestle. This Grajales kid HAS IT!!!
BRANDON WRESTLER C/O 02 February 23, 2008 at 11:34pm
MY TURN U GUYS READY... HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HANDBOOK CLEARLY STATES THAT ANYONE SURPASSING THE AGES OF 19 YRS AND 3 MONTHS WILL NOT ATTEND ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL HE IS STRONGER FASTER AND MORE TALENTED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHAT RUSS PUTS US THROUGH; FOR ANYONE THINKING GRAJALES WOULD NOT EVEN PLACE IN OH PA ETC PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NAME 3 I ONLY ASK FOR 3 KIDS FROM ANY OF THESE STATES WITH OVER 15 ALL AMERICAN STATUS MULTIPLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS A TRIPLE CROWN AND (CLEARS THROAT) A PLACING AT A WORLD TOURNEY WHATS WRONG WITH HIM PUTTING SOMEONE IN A LEG CRADLE ITS HIS MATCH ISNT IT IS THERE A NEW RULE STATING THAT U LOSE THE MATCH IF U HUMILIATE UR OPPONENT THATS NOT ERICS FAULT THAT HIS OPPONENT ISNT UP TO PAR AND ALL THIS TALK BOUT NOT PLACING IN OH AND ETC I GUESS U ALL SAID THE SAME THINGS BOUT DAVID CRAIG AND FRANKLIN GOMEZ TOO HMMM I WONDER DID U ALL SHUT UP WHEN WE WENT TO THE BEAST AND THE IRON MAN ONE MORE THING ALL THESE POWERHOUSE SCHOOL ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS SO IM PRETTY SURE U KNOW THE DEAL WITH THEM WITH THAT I BID U SILLY PPL GOODNIGHT 1 2 3 BRANDON WRESTLING NUMBER 1
Saying he wouldn't get there in OH, PA or anywhere is dumb, and I'm from Ohio. Eric would be a favorite in any division in Ohio, but certainly no guarantees especially in this state. Ask Colin Johnstone previously ranked #1. Before December 5th you would have been saying "Who the hell is Chase Skonieczky?"
Ok first don't blame Eric for the way he acts sometimes, if you have been around the Brandon coaches, parents, fans and wrestlers you will understand what I am talking about. One of their coaches, who once was in the WWF better know as A Big Jackass, acted as if he was going to get into another coach%u2019s face while telling people to hold him back. "Hold me back", what is this middle school? The head coach got into it with the crowd at regionals last year. Most of you are probably thinking yeah right, Russ, no way he is just great, isn%u2019t he? Just one last thing, I heard this year he pushed back the district start time to 9:00, I am sure that had nothing to do with Palmetto Ridge and Manatee starting their districts at 8:00. This guy has been doing stuff like this for years. Congrats Eric on winning your 3rd, you showed class at the end helping that kid up. Congrats to A. Boreli for not taking the easy road and throwing in the towel. I wrestled in PA, the top kids in Florida are on the same level as the top kids in Pa, Oh, and NY, there just are not as many down here.
i definitely did not say that this wouldnt place i said he'd place and probably be top 3, anything can happen thats the only reason i didnt say he would win it....he probably would. also you'd have to take into consideration the grueling season he would have in ohio, it definitely would not be as easy as his season is now. and that could really wear a kid down, but being the wrestler is he could probably handle it.
Grajales is legit. I saw him wrestle Oliver twice and they are very evenly matched in skill level - they'd probably split 50-50 if they wrestled 100 times.
I have heard Grajales wrestled at 130 to let the team have a stronger line-up. He could easily make 125 and I'll be he goes lower than that at the upcoming Junior Worlds.
Grajales has won too many national titles and beat too many nationally ranked kids, state champs, state placers, etc., to have people think he's not legit just because he's from Florida.
Florida wrestling is not like Pennsylvania's - then again, neither is Iowa's, Oklahoma's, Illinois, etc! It amazes me to see some guys on here dogging Florida wrestling, yet their own state is not known to be all that strong when compared to the really good states.
Mr. Jello, you are showing your lack of knowledge of the sport trying to defend Ohio wrestling. Fact is most state champs in Fl would have difficulty placing in OH...but not Grajales. He is at a who different level. Outside PAs Jordan Oliver, no one beats him at 125 or 130.
How can someone state that Grajales would not place or possibly win in another state. He has obviously proven it nationally against nationally top ranked kids. He is also wrestling 130 in FL. I would bet he could have easily wrestled 125 maybe even 119 if he wanted to.
listen here haters..id love to see yall finish a shot on eric.. and congrats to the kid finishing the match with a hurt knee..you all wouldve thrown the towel or got pinned..yeeek..b****es
Wayne Wells- your statement is both completely insulting and incorrect. Yes a couple kids on the Brandon team have been held back 1 time (eric is one), but you would be suprised to hear that some kids on the team are actually YOUNG for their grade. You speak of being held back as if it is using steroids! Do not challenge the integrity of the Brandon team. Your post shows your own lack of it.
To the folks who thinks Eric wouldn't win in other states, you don't know much about this young man. He makes good wrestlers look bad. He is very strong. He works hard to be where he is. Give him the credit he is due. I wrestled many years ago in PA. Eric would dominate there as well.He will be a national champ in college someday.
Being even close to 20 years old in high school is ridiculus..average graduation age in the US is 17 1/2 to 18...not close to 20..what a joke..he will be older than most college freshman and sophmores..what a joke....the age is a huge advantage..sro008..you must suck erics *****s off everynight,get off it for once
Eric is 18 and will be 19 at the end of the year which will be during his senior wrestling season. Yes, Eric is a year older than his classmate but saying he will be 20 in HS is a lie.
Check out his bio on the mat.com
Jordan Oliver (Easton, PA), Tony Ramos, (Glenbard North, IL), Scotti Sentes, (Riverdale - FL), Johnny Morano (Toms River North, NJ). He beat all of these kids. Placed 5th at worlds, won the super32 twice, won a couple national championships in Greco. To say that he wouldnt place in NJ or IL or OH is ridiculous. How many national championships does he need to win? How many people out of state(that are ranked) would he have to beat? Thats why he goes to every out of state tourney and dominates. Anyone who thinks differently is ignorant. Oh and Mac Bailey would have to get past Tico Baez before he could even think about Eric.
you guys baffle me
eric is ranked number one in the nation. that means he is ranked ahead of everybody in ohio
your ohio bias is becoming humorous. i guarantee you if he was an ohio wrestler you would be bragging that he would kill anyone in the country.
You guys have the same glasses on at Fooball games as well? Grajales would win states any place anytime. He split with Oliver this year. Think about that. He would win States at every level of Florida
Grajales is one month away from being 19 years old and he is a junior and that is the way it is for all Brandon wrestlers as there parents are coached to hold them back at least 2 years while they are in middle school so they can have the age advantage in high school as they have a win at all cost mentality and they will not let honor and integrity stand in there way and Jordan Oliver is a 17 year old senior 2 years younger than Eric who is a junior you figure it out as I saw a 14 year old freshman from Manatee get destroyed by Eric and Eric stood over him after he pinned him in a display of horrible sportsmanship but when the freshman was advised Eric was 5 years older than him it helped him to understand why Eric was so strong as well as advanced in his skills. Brandon for the sake of the sport clean up your act so pride can overcome your lack of integrity.
I guess Josh Moore was showing no class when he legcradled Jonny Thompson to
get to the NCAA finals. Mark Perry also hits a great legcradle. Get over the
leg cradle thing. Grajales would make the finals of any state at 125-130 with Jordan Oliver PA and Nate Moore IA with a shot at beating him. Personal dislike for the kid is skewing wreslting prediction here.
Eric beat the number one kid in the nation! He would win Ohio forsure! But if he bumped up Collin Palmer would take him out. THe competition is not good in Florida but if he wrestled in another state he would be way better then he is now because of the competition. Then he would be the best wrestler in the UNIVERSE>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Eric beat the number one kid in the nation! He would win Ohio forsure! But if he bumped up Collin Palmer would take him out. THe competition is not good in Florida but if he wrestled in another state he would be way better then he is now because of the competition. Then he would be the best wrestler in the UNIVERSE>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Eric is wrestling not as good of talent so he's leg craddling and making it interesting. He beat Jordan Oliver, going to OKst and ranked 1st in country. He steps it up when he wrestles talented kids, not his fault florida is weak in wrestling. He would beat Colin Palmer, and win states in any of the 50 states.
this kid is a really good wrestler.....i dont know if he'd win ohio but he would definitely be top 3 for sure. i'd love to see him and collin palmer wrestle, its just a hunch but i dont think he'd be hitting leg cradles.
apparently you have not come to terms with watching great wrestling. Eric is a great wrestler... He would not be top 3 in Ohio but it takes perfection to be the best in the Greatest wrestling state for highschool athletes
Anyone who honestly believes that Grajales wouldn't win state in Ohio, Nj, or Pa is pretty dense. The only person with the ability to beat him would be Oliver, someone Grajales has beat, and I'm not from florida I'm from Ohio. The kid has consistently proven himself on the national level and deserves credit regardless of all of the age speculation, state, etc. My only knock is that it comes off as a little classless leg cradling your opponent on such a big stage when your clearly head and shoulders above your competition, but he does make it exciting. Rather than knocking the kid for his abilities though we should be excited that there is such parity in our nation in terms of wrestling strength. The kids exciting to watch and that should be enough to satisfy all.
You guys do realize Grajales will be able to by beer his senior year(Corona of course,just what mexicans drink)..He is the oldest senior in high school history next year
Its pretty sad that people have to bash a kid for winning states dominantly. All of these Mac Bailey's and other "ranked" wrestlers that think they can beat Grajales should prove it instead of hating on him. And the leg cradle was to make the match more exciting, I was at Florida states and apart from the Earl hall throw in the final seconds Grajales's match was the only one that EVERYONE watched. And for all of those people that don't think he would place at other states, you really have not watched any of his other matches on this site, being as Grajales beat PA's 2xer and was the only one that really took a shot. Congratulations Eric on your third state title.
all you guys are haters everyone shut up about up north and florida BS there are studs all over the nation from kansas,florida,wyoming,california and texas, FREAKIN IDAHO!
haha eric grajales wouldnt lose to anyone in PA, Ohio, or NJ. if youve heard of jordan oliver, the 3 time PA state champ, youd know that grajales has beaten him AT LEAST 3 or 4 times in the last couple years- freestyle or folkstyle. and he has been to international competitions and is ranked #2 in the whole nation. florida wrestling is gettin better whether you like it or not
how would third be a long shot if hes ranked #2 in the entire nation!!! you guys are idiots!! and he probly shouldnt even be wrestling 130 he would normally be 25 hes just makin room for other kids. i guarntee hes not tryin his hardest in the vid
All you dude from nj,pa,and ohio need to get off of your own nuts. Wrestling in the south is not horrible, and if you think so brings your a$$es down here and get some. Plus the South is better at all the other Sports than you all, we are just about to get wrestling too. We got Football and Everything Else
do you people saying he is good, but not that good honestly think he is trying he hardest? and that he would be dumb enough to try to leg cradle top competition in the nation? you know he has beat jordan oliver twice. alot of people dodged the 130 weight class because of him.
first of all murfalicious florida is not at all a good state and being the best of the south is like winning the special olympics...all the states near fla suck also..even though this kid is ranked ...he is wrestling half ass and i guarntee he wouldnt be a state champ in nj pa or ohio im not syaing he wouldnt palce but no where near the final ...3rd would be a long shot
Grajales is good, no doubt about it, but the against upper level competition he will nto get away with letting people in so deep on shots. Furthermore, the leg cradle is not a great move. Any wrestler worth his weight in salt doesn't get caught in that!
socal, yo're an idiot. grajales went to worlds, and ur gonna give him crap about competition? florida's actually a good wrestling state, probably the best in the south. last time i checked, florida's been placing numerous wrestlers at nationals and was national runner-up in greco two years ago, so everyone who wants to talk trash, feel free to come down here and wrestle
dont understand how this is match of the tournament grajales had no real competition here, props to the other guy for making it to the final but clearly florida 2a is not the strongest of sections
As mentioned below, regardless of whether you think that FL is weaker than some other states, we are talking about a nationally-ranked wrestler in Grajales. He's won both Cadet and Junior Nationals. He represented the United States at 55 kg last summer at Junior Worlds. Let's not degrade him simply because he happens to live in FL. He's not dodging anyone on the national or world level--his win over Jordan Oliver of PA earlier in the year testifies to that. You can watch that match on Flo and see how Grajales pushed the action nearly the whole match.
would someone please teach borelli how to finish a takedown. how does he not finish some of those takedowns, i'd like to see grajales 'confiednt' attitude wrestle up in the midwest.
no wrestler from florida is even worth talking about thats how much lack of competition there is down there. we'll see how he does at fargo. i'm willing to bet he wouldnt even place at the ill. ind. iowa, or mich. state tournaments.
I didn't see that much really wrong with the way he wrestled. It does seem to me that he wrestled to his competition. But when he wrestled Jordan Oliver he stepped it up. I think he even had good sportsmanship for helping the kid up and not teching him or pinning him in 10 seconds. Just my .02.
This kid is a classless sonofab!tch. That stuff would never fly here in St. Paris, but we would welcome Grajales here next year if he wishes to transfer, and I would straighten him out.
It is a pointless argument to say this young man "Would not do well in (insert state here)" He is huge, athletic and obviously has the skills to compete at high levels. To say otherwise reflects pettiness and a complete lack of anything real to add to the discussion.
Yes, this appeared to be a mismatch. But mismatches happen in every state and at every level of competition. It should not condemn an entire state's program to mediocrity. Anyone who ever saw Alexander Karelien completely dominate world-class wrestlers should know this.
It is also wrong to call the smaller wrestler names. Who among us really enjoys wrestling a unbeatable (to us) opponent who seems to want to drag the match out and extend your humiliation?
All that being said, Grajales *should* have wrestled to pin the kid. It would have been the merciful thing to do in this case. It was obvious he was not trying to do so.
2xNCAA Champ, 3xfinalist Johnny Thompson of OSU was leg cradled twice in the same match by Josh Moore of PSU. When you wrestle, stuff happens, not necessarily indicative of the level of competition.
This kid that wrestled grajales is a puss, im willing to bet that if he where to wrestle the 3A state champ at 130 he would have had a really hard time probably even loose, grajales never really wrestled any good miami wrestlers, it would be nice to see him take on Tico Baez or Michael Nates
Yeah well for people who think Eric Grajales would be alright in other states. Eric Beat Jordan Oliver in the begging of the season at the super 32 which is a national tournament in the finals,,and remember Jordan is ranked number one in the country. Jordan is also a senior and eric is a Junior. Now Jordan is also one of the most dominant wrestlers in the country and has had an amazing career and the match the next time they meet could go either way. Jordan a two time state champ in Jersey, 4 time Reno tournament of champions finalist, and a fargo champ. Great Career... So000 ERIC would probably do a little better then 8th in ohio he would most likely win any state in his wait class including Ohio or NJ. Ohio is arguably the most dominant state to wrestle in for sure but u cant take anything away from this talented wrestler who beat Oliver who has pretty much dominated the nation in his wait year in and year out.
i dont understand why everyone rags on grajales...he is in florida which is not the best state for wrestling...but he has beaten national calibur wrestlers...he is nationally ranked...so i dont understand why people are saying that he would take 7/8 in NJ, OH, PA....when he has beaten state champs in his weight class from any of those states...he is a phenominal wrestler in a weak state....thats it in a nut shell
Im sorry, but that kid in black wrestled like a wuss, kept running, and all in all did not want to wrestle this match....come on, u got cradled with jst the legs!! LMAO, THAT WAS HILARIOUS...the other kid did nothing wrong but wrestled an aggressive match. And I dont get why they said best match either??? Go figure...best match goes to Earl Hall at 103!!!! word...
grajales is tough but he is also a cocky punk and a whiner to the refs. Just wrestle and stop whining. Unfortunately Borelli did not know how to finish a takedown.
that kid made the state finals? and why was this the match of the event? it was terrible...and agreed, grajales does his major damage outside the terrible fl season
He didnt need good techique to win! this is not were you prove yourself. You should prove your self in the summer! Grajales does that every year! No body gives a crap what what you think jerz! Dont speak for a whole state idoit!
Nice cement mixer grajales...IT WAS TERRIBLE...HOrible technique, some of these takedowns he's getting he wouldn't get on a middle school kid in ohio, seriously though.
A mockery of Florida wrestling. Grajales has no class wrestling like that. You have lost a fan from Jersey. That attitude don't fly in Jersey and definitely won't fly in college. Rocky, you should be ashamed of yourself letting a guy wrestle like this. I am no longer a fan of Brandon. I hope the streak ends...oh, wait, it did. Maybe this type of wrestling is the reason why.
Eric Grajales is one of the most talented wrestlers in the nation, He has won fargo numeros ammounts of times. He is the equivalent of a collegiate athlete wrestling high school kids, he's not lazy, hes bored. Theres a difference.
It doesn't seem that ure good at "research"
My conclusion , Eric , You and your Dad would have your asses handed to you if you ever coome to PA to wrestle any of our State Champions.
You look way y, No class and you are a very lazy wrestler by comparison to any of the top notch kids I've seen from PA, or as far as that goes , New York and NJ kids would have a field day with you.
All the people all correcct when they say, No compitition in Florida, I mean afterall , Florida , A wrestling state, what a joke.Try Iowa, Ohio, PA , NY and NJ kids tehn you can talk a little bit.
If you think your such a Badass come up here and wrestle kids from Shadyside Academy and Burrell, Blair Academy , etc.
You would get your ass handed to you up here, Wrestling at Michigan , You will find out what it's like to wrestle up North.
As far as a future Olympian, " I HIGHLY DOUBT HE'LL EVER EVEN GET CLOSE TO THAT LEVEL" He'll probably end up hurt , wrestling up here.
Good Luck , Your gonna need it.
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what shoes are grajales wearing??? are they nike freeks? is so how good of a shoe are they?”
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you guys are dumb, he gave up his legs for the leg cradle. its the easiest and only way to do it”
They cry alot no matter what the score is.
Grajales is a , u wait till i wrestle him again!!!!! " mark my words im'a whoop his you know
I hope to hell that really was not Mr. Oliver. Anybody with any class would not talk on a message board. They would wait till they met , and let their wrestling do all the talking! Not to mention showing your ignorance and your poor education with your writing abilities. If this was truly him writing i would expect him to fail of out of school and instead of talking about wrestling he would asking "paper or plastic"
He always does that thing where he waves his hand back in forth in frustration. He seriously looks like a retard when he does it.
Next, questioning the caliber of Eric is completely rediculous. He has beaten some of the top ranked kids in the nation, won several national tournaments and most recently qualified for the OLYMPIC trials. Eric split matches with Oliver. Im not saying that Eric is the best there is, but he has proven to be at that level time and time again.
Graff is not at another level then Eric or Oliver, as Oliver just proved not to long ago.
No Florida wrestling is not better then PA, or Ohio, or several other states, but it is on the rise. Beleive it. Being from Florida, I would love to help demonstrate that hard work and determination can lead to success no matter where your area code happens to be.
and hes only a jr
Cory Mock out of North Carolina
Grajales then topped France%u2019s Thiam Jonathan in the loser%u2019s bracket round to advance to the third-place bout, where he beat Russia%u2019s Topoev Vasily to capture the bronze medal.
Is your first name Cesar?
What do the Brandon coaches do or have done that violates the rules? I realize that when a team is as dominant as they have been for years that some folks will not like them, but implying that the coaches have done something wrong is much more than that. I would think that as visible as Brandon has been if someone had the goods on some kind of wrongdoing they'd have reported it to the right people.
What are/were the rules violations?
My comments are the truth and the truth is insulting. Dade who beat Brandons streak is held in the highest light by the way they run there program by the coaches of the schools they wrestle but Brandon is not held in a kind light by the coaches of the schools they wrestle and just by playing by the same rules as integrity demands is all that is requires for your peers to respect you, I have wrestled and won at the highest level and would love to have Eric wrestle for me and feel he was done a disservice by those he counted on as he needs no age advantage and allowing it to taint his record is wrong, as he needed no advantage as he is much the best.
If your number 1 in the country that is great, but it is always easy to make claims when you haven't wrestled someone. Eric has a style to himself that may make you think he is not that good, but no many kids have a track record like he does.
Away with you, troll!
I don't live in Brandon and I don't go to their practices. It seems as if you and your team should forget about J Rob and ask Cozart if you can attend his practices!
You're a troll and an uneducated one at that.
You heard exactly that quote? Those exact words? I seriously doubt it.
So now Ohio and Cozart both suck?
You are an illiterate buffoon.
You go to one of the "ghetto schools" don't you?
Did you actually hear Cozart say that about Jay Robinson?
This jFOOL kid is obviously pissed about getting stuffed at Districts, most likely by Uno who is from Brandon.
What school are you from?
Did anyone from your team make it past the first day of Districts?
Admit it - you're one of those pudge-ball 215 lbs whales that showed up for the first round of Districts and went 0-2.
Out of Districts on the FIRST DAY!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Admit it - UNO FLIPPED YOUR SHAMU LOOKING AZZ!
You do realize that there is a writing component to the SAT's, right?
Looks like HCC for you!
P.S. That comment on 2nd round of consolations struck a nerve, didn't it? Brandon's district was WEAK this year and you didn't make it to Regionals - what's that make you? Maybe you should consider Cozart's Spring Break Camp!
Nice response - did that make you feel better. It seems that you find it easier to dog Cozart on an anonymous forum than coach your kids to the point they can beat his. If you are not a coach, you are most likely one of those kids whose highest achievement in high school wrestlin thus far is that you made it to the second round of consolations in Districts before you were eliminated. This Uno kid must have rag-dolled you badly during the season or you wouldn't be so focused on him! Admit it - your name was has never been on a Regional bracket, much less one at the State Tournament, right?
Don't bother answering - your posts have already said enough about you.
Are you a coach? If so, why didn't you report this if you felt something was not right? Are you saying he moved this Uno kid up a weight based on what he saw from another region?
I don't have any skin in this game. I'm not from Brandon and I don't know Cozart.
I think you're stretching a bit on this one. Do you really think at that point in the season Cozart was going to move people around just to avoid someone from another team in another region?
It's obvious you don't like the guy, but this is a bit absurd. Do you have any evidence of him EVER using this tactic at Districts?
You sound a bit envious - are you a wrestling coach in Florida?
Who is the best?
Sounds like you have absorbed a beating by one of cozart's boys!
Admit it - you are winless against that team aren't you? Don't hate the man because his wrestler whipped you.
Maybe his wrestler wasn't even that good.
Maybe you.....well....you know what I mean.
Hater.
and about eric...he would piss on collin whatever from wherever and anyone from ohio...stop hatin on the man hes legit!! hell he'll probaby beat collin palmers coach...lol
Please explain this one. What's the big deal about starting times for districts?
I have heard Grajales wrestled at 130 to let the team have a stronger line-up. He could easily make 125 and I'll be he goes lower than that at the upcoming Junior Worlds.
Grajales has won too many national titles and beat too many nationally ranked kids, state champs, state placers, etc., to have people think he's not legit just because he's from Florida.
Florida wrestling is not like Pennsylvania's - then again, neither is Iowa's, Oklahoma's, Illinois, etc! It amazes me to see some guys on here dogging Florida wrestling, yet their own state is not known to be all that strong when compared to the really good states.
Check out his bio on the mat.com
eric is ranked number one in the nation. that means he is ranked ahead of everybody in ohio
your ohio bias is becoming humorous. i guarantee you if he was an ohio wrestler you would be bragging that he would kill anyone in the country.
get to the NCAA finals. Mark Perry also hits a great legcradle. Get over the
leg cradle thing. Grajales would make the finals of any state at 125-130 with Jordan Oliver PA and Nate Moore IA with a shot at beating him. Personal dislike for the kid is skewing wreslting prediction here.
Grajales is worthy of credidation!!!!
http://www.flocasts.org/flowrestling/coverage.php?c=188&id=9282
you can post negative comments makes you an adolescent.
Yes, this appeared to be a mismatch. But mismatches happen in every state and at every level of competition. It should not condemn an entire state's program to mediocrity. Anyone who ever saw Alexander Karelien completely dominate world-class wrestlers should know this.
It is also wrong to call the smaller wrestler names. Who among us really enjoys wrestling a unbeatable (to us) opponent who seems to want to drag the match out and extend your humiliation?
All that being said, Grajales *should* have wrestled to pin the kid. It would have been the merciful thing to do in this case. It was obvious he was not trying to do so.
What is he like almost 20 now?
bad...