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...months into the school year, but the Crimson’s Louis Caputo has a tremendous head start.Harvard wrestling suffered a devastating blow last spring, when the already-ailing co-captain endured a knee injury that shelved the grappler for an entire semester.Ranked eighth in the nation after an All-American sophomore campaign in 2007, Caputo looked to have a breakout season, but he instead found himself on hiatus from Harvard, preserving his final two years of eligibility by taking the semester off.Still, as the Blue Springs, Mo. native has proven time and again, his heart never strayed far from...
...opportunity to challenge the squad’s rookies and showcase its stars. Along with six returning grapplers, Harvard entered five freshmen into Saturday’s competition.No first-year competitor showed more promise than Walter Peppelman, who has the daunting task of replacing junior co-captain and All-American J.P. O’Connor (157) at 149 lbs. The freshman from Harrisburg, Penn. reached the finals in his first collegiate action, dispatching multiple competitors in the talented open field.“[Peppelman] blew through the tournament, just killing people,” Weiss said.The rookie earned three straight...
...playing as well as anyone and as consistent as anyone so far this year.”The senior suffered a foot injury last week in practice but will be expected to return to the squad within two weeks. Upon return, Housman must gel with Amaker, a former All-American point guard in his own right, for the team to have any chance of success this year.“I think our relationship has grown. We’re working hard to make that point guard relationship work because that’s important for the team...
...star recruit, would have filled a huge gap in the middle of the Crimson rotation. He was highly touted out of prep school, and for good reason. In addition to being recruited by Georgetown and Virginia, he was one of 24 nominees from Massachusetts for McDonald’s All-American and the 12th-ranked player from Massachusetts by Rivals.com. These are not titles usually associated with a Harvard recruit. But all that is changing under coach Amaker, who is not new to bringing in coveted recruiting classes. At Seton Hall, after taking his team to the Sweet Sixteen...
...team mentality is great,” the All-American explained. “Everyone’s excited and we’re all on the same page, looking to do what we set out to do [capturing the Ivy League title...