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NC STATE Wolfpack Wins 7 of 10 Bouts in 24-12 Win at Appalachian State

After a split of first two matches, Pack wins five straight to secure road win
BOONE, N.C. – The sixth ranked NC State Wolfpack went on the road and claimed a 24-12 road win at Appalachian State Friday night. NC State has now won 21 of its last 23 road duals. After the teams split the first two bouts, the Pack (7-0) went on to win five win a row and finished with three bonus points wins overall. The dual started at 141 pounds, and #13 R-Jr. Tariq Wilson scored a 6-2 win. Wilson used a takedown in both the first and second periods and added in 3:45 of ride time. The Mountaineers evened the dual after two bouts after #20 Jonathan Millner downed A.J. Leitten 5-0. NC State then reeled off three straight wins to take a 13-3 lead into the break.
#2 R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay started off with a 16-3 major decision #20 Matt Zovistoski. With a 7-2 lead started the third, Hidlay tacked on another takedown then got a four-point near fall followed with a two-point near fall to open the scoring. #8 Thomas Bullard scored a 6-2 decision then #17 Daniel Bullard followed up with a 6-4 win.
#2 R-Fr. Trent Hidlay scored the second bonus point win, 17-5 at 184 pounds. Hidlay got a pair of takedowns and a two-point near fall in the second, then tacked on three takedowns in the third. Making his season debut, #4 R-Jr. Nick Reenan used a takedown with six seconds left and scored a 4-3 in his first match up at 197 pounds. Rest of the story and results at https://gopack.com/news/2019/12/13/wrestling-6-packwrestle-wins-7-of-10-bouts-in-24-12-win-at-appalachian-state.aspx

December 13, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

28th College News, Notes and Results

Pinning Combination College Edition Podcast 12/09/2019

By KJ Pilcher, Dick Briggs, G. Wyatt Schultz
Rehash past weeks college results
Check out this video podcast at https://www.thepredicament.com/2019/12/pinning-combination-college-edition-podcast-12-09-2019/?mc_cid=0fa14e78f4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

THIRD SEASON COLUMN 15: A MIDWEST LOVE-FEST AT THE CKLV; A PORTAL OR A FUNNEL; SOCON NEWS; AND A THANK YOU
Andy Williams said it best: it IS the most wonderful time of the year. The weather brings friends and family closer together. The comfort foods, upbeat music and general goodwill of the Holiday season help to make the season bright. Tiny tots-Oops, sorry, Nat King Cole, AND Mel Torme’.(a) So, wrestling….
CKLV SEES CREAM, AND SCARLET, RISE TO THE TOP
Those would be the colors celebrated in a fight song for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who topped a tough field to take the title at the 38th Cliff Keen Las Vegas. The Huskers had a Champ, 165LB Isaiah White, defend his crown, and Nebraska led every round to pick up their 3rd Team CKLV Gold. The Huskers scored early and often. The whole team made the quarter finals and 5 won there to advance to the semis. While only White made the championships, 3 of the 4 Huskers who suffered semi-final losses fell to their weight classes eventual champion. Finishing 2nd, and almost doing the Saturday double-dip Championship Dance, Ohio State. The Buckeyes were the 3X defending champs, and their Silver showing in Vegas was just a few hours after Ohio State won yet another BIG10 football title. The Buckeyes found themselves one step and a few points back of their conference foe both days, but ahead in titlists as 141LB Luke Pletcher and 197LB Kollin Moore wore crowns(b) for Ohio State. It was Moores 3rd CKLV title. Also picking up a 3rd Vegas crown, undefeated 2X National Champ 184LB Zahid Valencia. Z_money97 blitzed the toughest weight class at the tournament with 2 pins, a tech fall and 2 majors. He wasn’t exactly flipping flounders around either, as Valencias victims included Top 10 wrestlers Sammy Colbray of Iowa State, Lou Deprez of Binghamton, and previously unbeaten Trent Hidlay of NC State. Valencia earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors and the Sun Devils took the Bronze team trophy. AA’s 165LB Josh Shields and 285LB Tanner Hall both took 2nd, and 3 more Sun Devils finished top 8. Hopefully, 133LB Josh Kramer and 197LB Kordell Norfleets injury defaults won’t keep them off the mat long. Fully healthy, this Arizona State team could seriously challenge for a Top 4 spot at Nationals. While UNIs 4th place CKLV finish featured no champs, it was a championship level showing by the SchwabMob. 6 Panthers placed, led by AA174LB Bryce Steierts silver. Both Steiert and 184LB Taylor Lujan, who finished 4th, are looking good at their new, heavier weights. Fellow CKLV placewinner 149LB AA Max Thomsen is another stellar Panther redshirt senior starter, as is pinning machine 125LB Jakob Schwarm. Schwarm took the Gorarrian award (most pins, least amount of time) home from Vegas. If and when UNI gets the Hog, AA197LB Jacob Holschlag, back, the Panthers will have 5 wrestlers in the starting lineup with a combined 30 years of being SchwabMob coached. The Big 12 Conference will be looking for a vaccine for that stuff. They will want better results than with that Rabbit Proof fence they tried to install in 2017.  Rest of the story at https://morewrestlingplease.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/third-season-column-15-a-midwest-love-fest-at-the-cklv-a-portal-or-a-funnel-socon-news-and-a-thank-you/?mc_cid=0fa14e78f4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Tanner Cole Named MIAA Athlete of the Week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced Tuesday that University of Central Oklahoma sophomore Tanner Cole is this week’s Co-Athlete of the Week.
READ THE MIAA RELEASE HERE
Cole went 5-0 last week, knocking off a ranked opponent in a dual and then winning the Bob Smith Open at Fort Hays State. The Edmond, Okla. native and 125-pounder cruised to a 7-1 win over sixth-ranked Montana Moon in UCO’s 32-6 dual win over Oklahoma City before taking the Bob Smith Open title. Cole went 4-0 on the tournament, earning a fall and two major decisions beating Oklahoma State’s Dallas Wilson 11-7 in the finals. Rest of the story at https://bronchosports.com/news/2019/12/10/wrestling-tanner-cole-named-miaa-athlete-of-the-week.aspx?mc_cid=0fa14e78f4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Hayden and Trent Hidlay Place Second at Cliff Keen Invite
LAS VEGAS, NEV. – The NC State wrestling team brought home a pair of second place finishes and four podium placements overall at the 2019 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay (157) and his brother R-Fr. Trent Hidlay (184) both were runner-ups in their weight class. R-Jr. Thomas Bullard (165) scored a pin in his final bout to bring home a third place finish, while classmate Tariq Wilson (141) was seventh. Hayden Hidlay fell in the finals to #2 Ryan Deakin of Northwestern. Deakin scored takedowns in both the first and the second periods and scored a 6-2 win.
In his semifinal bout, Hayden Hidlay dominated in an 8-0 major decision over #8 Coleman of Purdue. Rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2019/12/7/wrestling-hayden-and-trent-hidlay-place-second-at-cliff-keen-invite.aspx

Ruggiero Picks Up MEC Wrestler of the Week Accolades
BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. – After rolling through the bracket to win the 2019 Bob Quade Cyclone Open at 157 pounds last weekend, Clifton Ruggiero was tabbed as the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Wrestler of the Week. The award marks the first for a Davis & Elkins wrestling athlete in its inaugural season. Ruggiero was one of several Senators to perform well at the Cyclone Open on December 8 in New Jersey. He picked up a win over Anthony Ulaszek (Navy) in the first-place bout, defeating the DI opponent by fall at 6:16. Ruggiero, a sophomore from Brick, N.J., began the day with a quick fall against Charlie Burke (Scranton) in the round of 16. He followed it up with a major decision win against Joseph Hatcher (Middlesex County College), which included a riding time bonus in the 16-5 win. Rest of the story at https://senatornation.com/news/2019/12/10/wrestling-ruggiero-picks-up-mec-wrestler-of-the-week-accolades.aspx?mc_cid=0fa14e78f4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Johnston Named NSIC Wrestler of the Week
MANKATO, Minn. – Senior Zach Johnston earned Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Wrestler of the Week honors after wresting his way to a 5-0 record en route to winning the 174-pound bracket at the Buena Vista Open on Saturday. Johnston now holds a 7-3 record on the year. The Waukee, Iowa native defeated St. Cloud State’s Luke Clark 4-1 in the quarterfinals before defeating Northern Iowa’s Keegan Moore 2-1 in semifinals. In the championship match, Johnston defeated St. Cloud State’s Devin Donovan by a 5-2 decision. Rest of the story at

Caniglia Named Mid-South Wrestler of the Week
(COLUMBIA, Ky.) – Thomas More University senior wrestler James Caniglia (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) was named the Mid-South Conference Wrestler of the Week on Monday (December 9, 2019).
Caniglia earned a 6-2 decision in the Saints’ dual against Kentucky Wesleyan on Tuesday, December 3, then went 4-0 at the Indiana Little States Open to win at 197. He outscored his opponents 34-15 with one major decision and three decision wins over the week. Thomas More’s wrestling team will return to action at the Warrior Duals in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday, December 14. Rest of the story at https://www.thomasmoresaints.com/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191209lczi0k?mc_cid=4692e6bf0d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Reno Tournament of Champions begins Friday for 25th anniversary
More than 1,000 wrestlers will converge on Reno this week for the 25th anniversary of the Reno Tournament of Champions. The tournament, at the Reno Events Center, includes several Nevada high school teams as well as top prep and college wrestlers from around the country. New this year is a college dual meet, between Eastern Oregon and Montana State Northern. That dual will be at 7 p.m. Friday after the high school competition. In addition to the first day of competition for the high school tournament streaming live on Flo, the college dual will also be streamed live. “On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Reno Tournament of Champions, we are extremely proud and honored that both Coach Azure and Coach Thivierge and the administrations of each school were agreeable in moving the dual to Reno,” Jack Dolan, president of the RTOC, said in a news release.  Rest of the story and photos at https://www.rgj.com/story/sports/2019/12/11/wrestling-reno-tournament-champions-begins-friday-25th-anniversary/4392125002/?mc_cid=ccc735817e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Fifth-Ranked Wildcats Beat #14 Coast Guard Academy
NEW LONDON, Conn. – A battle of ranked teams came down to a tiebreaker and the fifth-ranked Johnson & Wales University wrestling team came out on top. The Wildcats and No. 14 Coast Guard Academy were tied 16-16 after the last bout with JWU winning on criteria. The tiebreaker was decided on total points won, which JWU had the 63-58 advantage. Johnson & Wales improved to 5-1 with its 23^rd-straight win over the Bears. Coast Guard dropped its opening dual meet. The Wildcats trailed 16-5 after seven matches. Justin Lopez got the comeback started with his 5-3 overtime win at 125 pounds. Fifth-ranked Hayden Brown produced an 11-1 major decision versus Liam Logue at 133 pounds. Another major decision, this time a 15-4 triumph by Jordan Robinson at 141 pounds tied the team contest at 16-16. Rest of the story at https://providence.jwuathletics.com/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191211yr5hm8?mc_cid=ccc735817e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Lashuay Named MIAA Wrestling Athlete of the Week
Freeland, Mich. – Sophomore Trent Lashuay (Saint Johns, Mich. / Saint Johns) has been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Wrestling Athlete of the Week on Monday (Dec. 9). Trent Lashuay won the 133-pound weight class at the Ohio Northern Invitational Dec. 7. Lashuay went 4-0, with two technical falls and a major decision along the way.  Rest of the story at http://almascots.com/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191209ose9vl

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