Takedown Report

InterMat Rewind: Looking back at first college All-Star event

TDR Notes ; We lament as well the lack of an All-Star Meet this season as there are fond memories of attending previous events.
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For more than a half-century, the NWCA All-Star Classic has been an annual event on the college wrestling calendar going back to 1967. Until this year. Last month, the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced that the 2019 All-Star event would not take place this fall.
Here’s how the NWCA announcement described the event: “Typically serving as the kick-off to the collegiate season, The All-Star Classic has matched up numerous national champions and All-Americans through the years, including many No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups.”
Why no NWCA All-Star Classic this fall?
Here’s the explanation provided by Mike Moyer, NWCA Executive Director:
“On behalf of the NWCA Board of Directors, I wanted to let you know that we have decided to suspend the NWCA All-Star Classic for the 2019/20 year. Over the past 6 months, we have received some terrific ideas and concepts from our constituents on how we can ‘revitalize’ the All-Star Classic to meet the unique needs of our college wrestlers, coaches, and fans. Some of the proposed ideas and concepts required some extensive vetting which has made it impractical to still host the All-Star Classic this Fall…” InterMat thought the time was right to take a look back at the very first NWCA All-Star event — the 1967 East-West Classic — which took place in early April of that year.
Not always the kickoff for the college wrestling season
Although the All-Star event has been a fixture of college wrestling since 1967, it hasn’t always been the season-opening event. In fact, the NWCA All-Star Classic has been the kickoff event for only a decade-and-a-half … going back to 2005, when the event made its first appearance at the beginning of the collegiate season when held at the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in metropolitan St. Louis. In the early years — 1967 through 1971 — the All-Stars had been the capstone event of the college wrestling season, taking place a week or two after the conclusion of the NCAA wrestling championships.  Rest of this story of reflection at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22530?fbclid=IwAR2gkWX2q9zVhXvDMU_BxE_SfubAoR3ZAXk8UBLNPLqX4kb3PMDJdKtbgXU

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College (9th) Results & News

Ohio State’s new COVELLI CENTER ERA BEGINS WITH A BANG
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University wrestling program hosted its first match inside the Covelli Center, putting on a show for the nearly 4,000 fans in attendance by chopping down the Stanford Cardinal in 29-6 final tally. The Buckeyes were victorious in nine of 10 matches, including a pair of sudden victories which sent the crowd into a frenzy. Rest of the story at https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/covelli-center-era-begins-with-a-bang/?mc_cid=2c9f643a62&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

St. Cloud State’s Garrett Vos named NSIC Wrestler of the Week St. Cloud State University sophomore Garrett Vos (Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia H.S.) has been selected as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Wrestler of the Week for Nov. 4-10.
In action at 133-pounds, Vos opened his 2019-20 season with a 2-0 record at the 2019 Journeymen Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y. on Nov. 9.  Vos carded an 11-6 win over No. 1 ranked Tyler Warner of Pitt-Johnstown to highlight his day.  He also posted a 5:43 fall against Hayden Brown of Johnson & Wales, and received a forfeit win over American International in the first dual of the day for SCSU. Rest of the story at https://scsuhuskies.com/news/2019/11/11/wrestling-st-cloud-states-garrett-vos-named-nsic-wrestler-of-the-week.aspx?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Mount Union’s Jordin James Named OAC Wrestler of Week
AUSTINTOWN — Mount Union junior Jordin James (Bedford) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week. James won the 141 pound title at the Mount Union Invitational in his first action of the season this past Saturday. He won four matches as he started with an 11-2 major decision win over Zach Layne of Bellarmine (Ky.), got a 9-5 win over Brendan Tenney of Lake Erie, had a 16-0 technical fall against Jacob Simpson from West Liberty (W.Va.). In the title match, he edged out Andrew Lieb of Lake Erie, 9-6. Mount Union next wrestles against Muskingum in an OAC dual Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at Timken Gymnasium.
Rest of the story at http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191111lwnppt?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Stevens Institute of Technology’s Kaliner Earns MAC Wrestler of the Week Accolade
ANNVILLE, Pa. (November 11, 2019)  – Junior Brett Kaliner of the eighth-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team was named Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Wrestler of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It’s the first weekly award for the program since officially joining the MAC last July. “Wrestler of the Week is a great honor, especially on opening weekend,” said head coach Joe Favia. “We certainly want to make a good impression with our move into the MAC. Brett executed his position at a high level this weekend. We are encouraged by the direction of the team as a whole after the weekend and look forward to the challenge ahead.” Rest of the story at https://stevensducks.com/news/2019/11/11/wrestling-kaliner-earns-mac-wrestler-of-the-week-accolade.aspx?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

TOM’s College Wrestler of the Week – November 11th, 2019
This week’s college wrestler of the week is an NCAA qualifier from Utah Valley that entered the weekend ranked 13th in the nation at 285 lbs. Needless to say, after his performance, he will be much higher in the upcoming national rankings. The scene of Tate’s big weekend was the Journeyman/NE Duals and Collegiate Challenge in Troy, New York. The sophomore Orndorff, started his season with a pair of first period falls on Saturday in the Wolverines duals with Sacred Heart and Purdue. Those wins were expected as both of his opponents were unranked sophomores. At the individual portion of the event, on Sunday, Orndorff started his day off with a 16-3 major decision over Oklahoma’s Connor Webb. In his next bout, Tate would face All-American Jordan Wood (Lehigh), the third-ranked 285 lber in the nation. Wood had finished fourth at the NCAA Championships in March. Rest of the story at https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/toms-college-wrestler-of-the-week-november-11th-2019/75334?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling Director of Communications and 2020 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee
For over 30 years, Gary Abbott has worked at USA Wrestling in Communications. As the Director of Communications and Special Projects, Abbott has overseen media relations for the company since it was based in Oklahoma. In 2020, Abbott will be honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and will receive the Order of Merit. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and around wrestling. Rest of the audio and story at http://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/trackwrestling/on-the-mat/gary-abbott-usa-wrestling-director-of-communications-and-2020-national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-inductee-otm589/?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Chris Eddins Garners PSAC Wrestler of the Week Honors
Pitt-Johnstown two-time defending National Champion Chris Eddins (149 lbs.) was named the PSAC Wrestler of the Week by the conference office on Monday after posting a 3-0 record at Saturday’s Northeast Duals and defeating the NCAA Division I’s No. 12-ranked wrestler at 149 lbs. at Sunday’s North East Tournament in Troy, NY.
On Saturday, Eddins, the NCAA Division II’s No. 1-ranked wrestler at 149 lbs., opened the North East Duals with a technical fall win at 5:31 over Matthew Beyer in Pitt-Johnstown’s 25-12 win over Ithaca (NY) College, before defeating St. Cloud State (MN) University’s second-ranked James Pleski, 3-2, in the second round. Rest of the story at https://pittjohnstownathletics.com/news/2019/11/11/wrestling-chris-eddins-garners-psac-wrestler-of-the-week-honors.aspx?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Here’s what we learned from Penn State’s opening dual
The No.1 Nittany Lions started the 2019-2020 season in style, dominating Navy 45-0 with pins from Luke Gardner, Nick Lee, Mark Hall and Anthony Cassar, as well as a tech fall from Vincenzo Joseph and a major decision from Roman Bravo-Young. The win is the first time since Dec. 2, 2018, that Penn State has shut out an opponent, and these ten victories highlighted the strength and depth of head coach Cael Sanderson’s lineup. Rest of the story and video at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-11-11/college-wrestling-heres-what-we-learned-penn-state-wrestlings?mc_cid=8eac02cb54&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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