Also, Appwrestling, you make a good point. I don't know if Venegas would do good or not in the 215lbs weight class. All I was doing was posting my thoughts. At 215lbs they are used to shooting a lot and being shot on a lot. Venegas isn't. He might have a descent shot, but he is used to shooting on a heavyweight which, in general, does not have the reaction time that a 215lbs'er has. Now, there are those heavyweights that are pretty quick, But not many that I've seen. He might be able to adapt ok but i don't think that he is used to defending his lower body as much as most 215lb'ers are. I think if a good 215lb'er were to shoot a good shot on him he would have a little bit of trouble. Take Joe Neidere (however you spell it) for example. The state finals match with about 15 seconds left Joe was beating Venegas. Then Venegas shot and took him down easily. In a 215lbs match it wouldn't be that easy. He would have to work for it a lot harder. And if the 215lb'er had any speed what so ever, Venegas wouldn't of got the takedown.
Now, there is someone that did adjust good and he became a 2 time state champion. He wasn't necessarily a heavyweight, but he was used to wrestling heavyweight in club wrestling until his sophmore year. Josh Carrol from Olathe North didn't shoot much his freshman year. He wrestled more like a heavyweight. I beat him at state that year because I was the aggressor. I shot. Then I wrestled him my senior year and he was a totally different wrestler. He shot a lot. And he had a good shot. He beat me at state that year in the second round. He started working on his shot his sophmore year and he said that he improved so much. I know this because I talked to him. He adjusted to a lighter, Quicker weight and was very successful. So I'm not saying that Venegas couldn't do that. All I'm saying is that what he is used to right now he might not be as successful at 215lbs. But I could be wrong. That is just my opinion. I'm not a S#%t talker, I'm just expressing my feelings. And I have nothing against Venegas, he's a good wrestler. All I'm doing is expressing my opinion.
