2023 December 30 « Takedown Report

Buckeyes Down No. 2 NC State, Win Collegiate Duals Title

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 8 Ohio State (7-1) won a 2023 Collegiate Duals Title Tuesday with a 26-7 win over No. 21 Northern Iowa, a 28-9 win over Lock Haven and an upset victory over No. 2 NC State, 21-20, at the Montgomery Bell Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Against the Wolfpack, Ohio State redshirt freshman Brendan McCrone (125) got the match underway with a pin of No. 1 ranked Jakob Camacho just 37 seconds into the first period. No. 12 Nic Bouzakis then pinned No. 5 Kai Orine 51 seconds into the 133 pound match to give Ohio State a 12-0 lead.
No. 3 ranked Jesse Mendez then pinned No. 4 Ryan Jack in the 141-pound match for an 18-0 lead for the Buckeyes.
NC State chipped away at the Ohio State lead before true freshman Rocco Welsh won his bout with a late third-period takedown for a 9-6 win by decision and Ohio State’s final points at the event in the 21-20 win.
How it Happened
Ohio State vs. Northern Iowa
125-Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. Trever Anderson (UNI) | D, 10-8 (OSU 3, UNI 0)
McCrone opened the scoring with a takedown and four points for a nearfall. Anderson got on the board with a reversal to trail 7-2 after the first period. An Anderson takedown midway through the second period made it 7-5 McCrone. A Buckeye reversal then made it 9-5 Buckeyes after five minutes. Anderson cut it to 10-8 with a takedown 45 seconds into the third after a McCrone escape. That’s how it ended to give McCrone a win by decision. …

Ohio State vs. North Carolina State
125-Brendan McCrone (OSU) def No. 1 Jakob Camacho (NCST) | F 0:37 (OSU 6, NCST 0)
McCrone wasted no time in getting a takedown and then the win by fall just 37 seconds into the match.

133-No. 12 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. No. 5 Kai Orine (NCST) | F, 0:51 (OSU 12, NCST 0)
Bouzakis, not to be outdone, put the Buckeyes up 12-0 in the team standings with a fall of his own 51 seconds into his bout.

141-No. 3 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. No. 4 Ryan Jack (NCST) | F, 6:54 (OSU 18, NCST 0)
Mendez trailed 3-1 after the first and closed it to 3-2 with an escape early in the second. Jack took a 4-2 lead early in the third with an escape. Mendez took a 5-4 lead with a takedown with 1:20 to go. Jack got a reversal to tie it at 6-all before Mendez got the fall late in the third.

149- No. 5 Jackson Arrington (NCST) def. No. 4 Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) | D, 5-3 (OSU 18, NCST 3)
Arrington took a 4-1 lead into the third period when D’Emilio got an immediate reversal to trail 4-3 but Arrington got the win by decision, 5-3.

157- No. 6 Ed Scott (NCST) def. No. 13 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | D, 4-2 (OSU 18, NCST 6)
There was no score in the first period. Gallagher took the 1-0 lead with an escape to start the second. Scott tied it at 1-all with an escape to open the third. Scott got the takedown late in the third and won the bout by decision, 4-2.

165- Derek Fields (NCST) def. No. 21 Isaac Wilcox (OSU) | D, 4-1 (OSU 18, NCST 9)
After a scoreless first period, Fields took a 1-0 lead with an escape in the second. Fields added a late takedown for a 4-0 lead going to the third where he won by decision, 4-1.

174-Rocco Welsh (OSU) def. No. 23 Alex Faison (NCST) | D, 9-6 (OSU 21, NCST 9)
Faison led 3-1 after three minutes with an opening-period takedown. Welsh made it 3-2 Wolfpack with an escape early in the second. Welsh scored a takedown followed by a Faison reversal for a 5-all match. Welch escaped to go up 6-5 heading to the third. Faison then escaped to tie it up again at 6-all. Facing overtime, Welch scored a late takedown for the 9-6 win by decision.

184-No. 15 Dylan Fishback (NCST) def. Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) | D, 7-3 (OSU 21, NCST 12)
Fishback got the opening takedown before a Rogotzke escape made it 3-1. Fishback got an escape in the second and Rogotzke escaped in the third to make it 4-2. Fishback then got the winning takedown to earn the win by decision, 7-3.

197- No. 4 Trent Hidlay (NCST) def. No. 23 Luke Geog (OSU) | TF, 22-7 (OSU 21, NCST 17)
Hidlay led 8-1 after the first with a couple takedowns and two stalling points. Geog fought back to make it 11-6 Wolfpack before a Hidlay takedown late made it 15-6 after five minutes. Hidlay then finished off the bout to win by technical fall, 22-7.

HWT- No. 17 Owen Trephan (NCST) def. No. 18 Nick Feldman (OSU) D 8-4, (OSU 21, NCST 20)
There was no score after the first. Feldman got the first score with an escape to open the second for a 1-0 lead. Trephan got the point back with an escape early in the third to make it 1-all. Trephan then got a takedown for a 4-1 lead Feldman added an escape to make it 4-2. Feldman then got his first takedown of the match to go up 5-4. Trephan then escaped to tie it at 5-all before getting the winning takedown with less than 10 seconds to go for an 8-6 win by decision.

OHIO STATE 21, NC STATE 12                               OSU     NCST
125      Mccrone (OSU) WBF Camacho (NCST), 0:37   6          0
133      Bouzakis (OSU) WBF Orine (NCST), 0:51        12        0
141      Mendez (OSU) WBF Jack (NCST), 6:54            18        0
149      Arrington (NCST) DEC Demilio (OSU), 5-3      18        3
157      Scott (NCST) DEC Gallagher (OSU), 4-2          18        6
165      Fields (NCST) DEC Wilcox (OSU), 4-1             18        9
174      Welsh (OSU) DEC Faison (NCST), 9-6             21        9
184      Fishback (NCST) DEC Rogotzke (OSU), 7-3     21        12
197      Hidlay (NCST) TF Geog (OSU), 22-7               21        17
HWT    Trephan (NCST) DEC Feldman (OSU), 8-6       21        20

Up Next
The No. 8 Buckeyes return to Columbus for a bout with No. 3 Cornell Friday, Jan. 5 (8 p.m./BTN) at the Covelli Center. … story at Ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Wrestling-no-8-buckeyes-at-2023-collegiae-duals-updates

And
Wolfpack Wrestling Adds Two More Wins from Collegiate Duals
Nashville, Tenn. – The second-ranked NC State wrestling team (9-1) defeated Lock Haven 34-6 and No. 25 Northern Iowa 25-16 before coming up short to No. 10 Ohio State 20-21 on Tuesday afternoon at the 2023 Collegiate Duals.

Notable Notes
• Out of 30 bouts on the day, the red-and-white took home nine ranked victories
• #5/5 Jackson Arrington (149) upset Ohio State’s #4/4 Dylan D’Emilio, 5-3
• Trent Hidlay (197) and Ed Scott (157) each went 3-0 perfect
• Hidlay dominated the day with one pin and two technical falls
• The team was down 0-18 after the first three bouts with Ohio State but came back to finish 20-21
• Derek Fields (165) re-entered the lineup for the Wolfpack’s ranked matchups and came out on top. He posted a technical fall over Northern Iowa’s Evant Yant and a 4-1 ranked upset over Ohio State’s #24/21 Isaac Wilcox

Pack Pins
• #2/4 Trent Hidlay pinned Lock Haven’s Brad Morrison at the 2:26 mark
• #5/5 Jackson Arrington pinned Northern Iowa’s Adam Allard at the 5:26 mark … story at … GOpack.com/Wolfpack-wrestling-adds-two-more-wins-from-collegiate-duals

December 30, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Most Dual Wins Top 100 – Active College Coaches – TDR # 31-13

Coaching win totals as of July 2023. This list is of the first 48 coaches while the rest of the list is Page linked in the upper right corner.
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ACTIVE Coaches – Top 100 w/ at least 104 wins Wins &-Level

Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown) 646 – II
John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 476– I
Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 439 – III
Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 422 – III
Tom Borelli (Central Michigan, Lake Superior St.) – 406 – I, II
Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha) 389 – II retired in 2023
Bruce Haberli (New York Univ./Manhattan Coll.) 384 – III
Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 374 – III
Rob Koll (Cornell Univ./Stanford/UNC) 327 – I
Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 326– I
Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.) 324 – II
Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud St. Univ./Dana College) 319- II
Dave Mitchell (Luther (IA) 315 – III
Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 307 – I
Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 305 – I
Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater, La Crosse) 300 – III
Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 299 – III
Jim Zalesky (Jamestown U./Oregon State/Iowa) 287 – I
Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) – 282 – III
Tom Brands (Iowa, Va. Tech) – 282 – I
Paul Keysaw (Fresno City/Moorpark College) 278 – Cal. Jr.Coll.
John Oostendorp (Coe College) 266 – III
Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) – 261 – III
Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) – 255 – III
Tim Flynn (West Virginia Un./Edinboro Univ.) – 254- I
Jake Fitzpatrick (Santa Rosa Coll.) 246 – incomplete Calf. Jr. C.
Joel Greenlee (Ohio University) – 244 – I
Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of) 242 – I
Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) – 236 – III retired in 2022
Joe Renfro (Northeastern Oklahoma, Labette Jr. Coll.) 236 – JuCo
Robert Fisher (Kutztown University) – 236 – II
Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) – 235 – I
Franky James (Campbellsville Univ. Tennessee-Chattanooga) – 235 – NAIA,I
Don Henry (Gannon University) – 233 – II
Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley) – 232 – NAIA retired in 2022
Pat Popolizio (North Carolina State, SUNY-Binghampton) – 231 – I
Kevin Dresser (Iowa State, Virginia Tech Univ.) 228 – I
Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) – 225 – I
Dave Malecek (Wisconsin-LaCrosse State) – 220 – III
Drew Black (Wesleyan Univ., Phoenix Coll.) – 219 – III incomplete
Sebastian Amato (Trinity College) 217 – III
Johnny Johnson (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) – 213 – III
Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College, S.D.) – 212 – II
Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.) – 210 – II
James Kisgen (McKendree College) – 210 – II/ NAIA
Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) – 209 – I
Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State) – 207 – II
Jamie Gibbs (Baldwin-Wallace, U.N.C.-Pembroke) – 205 – III/II

Rest of the list is on the Page with the same title linked in the upper right corner.

December 30, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

New Programs in 2024 – TDR # 31-12

So far we have become aware of the following schools that will restart or revive their wrestling programs in 2024. We hope to see more schools joining this list. Bismark State College, Maine Mariime Academy, Northern Oklahoma College and Cal. State Poly at Humboldt.
Some schools are increasing wrestling opportunities by starting both Men’s and Women’s teams such as Felican University in New Jersey, Maine Maritime Academy, Misericordia University in Pennsylvania, Northern Oklahoma College, Penn State-Altoona, Tarleton State in Texas, and Randolph College in Virginia.
New Women’s teams will be added at Baldwin-Wallace University, Bethany College, Centenary College (NJ), Fort Hays State, Manchester University, McDaniel College, Minnesota North College-Itasca, Mount Union University, Muhlenberg College, Newberry College, Otterbein University, SUNY-Buffalo State, Upper Iowa University, West Liberty University, and Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
New Men’s teams will be started at Andrew College in Georgia and Westcliff University.

Some west coast schools have announced changes in conference affiliation in Division I for next year. We hope that they will take the opportunity to add wrestling to the athletics departments. The BIG 10 has traditionally been then only D-I conference with a wrestling program at every member school. We hope that the west coast teams will see the wisdom in expanding their sports offerings. It is a reasonable expectation since the conference schools will be flooded with TV coverage monies.

The expansion of the number of college programs will encourage the growth of the number of high school teams and the number of opportunities for more students to learn positive life skills that can be found in wrestling.
This listing could be missing other new programs but so far we will have over 30 new programs in men’s (11 teams) and women’s (22) wrestling.

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TDR Top 12 Rankings – Mid-Season 106-113 – TDR # 31-11

Editor’s Notes; The preliminary mid-season rankings for male scholastic wrestlers in eastern North Carolina with the final two weight classes. The rankings are imperfect and are intended to generate discussion and interest. The top 12 wrestlers in each weight class are listed in order. Wrestlers listed as #13 are to be considered as honorable mention for the weight class. We welcome reader’s input and information. Email us at martinkfleming@takedownreport +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Rank Wght. Wrestler Team Gr. Yr. Wins Ls Pct Region

1	106	Verhow, Abrey	White Oak	26	17	0	1.000	3A-E
2	106	Quincy, Holton	North East Carolina Prep	27	25	1	0.962	1A-E
3	106	Alvarado, Brian Trujillo	New Hanover	25	25	2	0.926	4A-E
4	106	Monks, Alex	Bunn	25	24	3	0.889	2A-ME
5	106	Baker, Trevon	Southern Nash	25	22	3	0.880	3A-E
6	106	Hernandez-Aragon, Jonathan	New Hanover	25	13	2	0.867	4A-E
7	106	Maples, Joseph	South Lenoir	25	16	3	0.842	2A-E
8	106	Boltes, Sam	Washington	27	29	8	0.784	2A-E
9	106	Sanchez, Cameron	Croatan	25	30	9	0.769	3A-E
10	106	Fountain, Weseley	SouthWest Edgecombe	26	9	1	0.900	2A-E
11	106	Fox, Landon	New Bern	27	18	5	0.783	4A-E
12	106	Mundell, Tyler	North Pitt	27	23	7	0.767	2A-E
13	106	Ockerman, Anna	Corinth-Holders	25	7	0	1.000	4A-E
13	106	Dung, Seth	Heritage	27	7	1	0.875	4A-E
13	106	Raines, Michael	Lejeune	26	17	6	0.739	1A-E
13	106	Winburn, Tristan	West Brunswick	27	16	6	0.727	3A-E
13	106	Gibson, Brayden	South Central	26	18	7	0.720	3A-E
13	106	Climie, Brayden	Swansboro	24	12	5	0.706	3A-E
1	113	Perry, Bryce	Washington	27	36	2	0.947	2A-E
2	113	Guthrie, Keller	Ayden-Grifton	26	21	2	0.913	2A-E
3	113	Lewis, Colton	North East Carolina Prep	25	26	3	0.897	1A-E
4	113	McMahon, Carvin	Aycock, C.B.	24	16	2	0.889	3A-E
5	113	Barnett, Alexander	New Bern	25	20	3	0.870	4A-E
6	113	Salazar, Jose	Southern Nash	25	26	5	0.839	3A-E
7	113	Williamson, Redmond	Northern Nash	25	20	4	0.833	3A-E
8	113	Arrington, Ayden	Laney	25	19	4	0.826	4A-E
9	113	Gresham, Bryson	J.F. Webb	24	11	3	0.786	2A-ME
10	113	Bullock, Jeremy	North Pitt	26	16	6	0.727	2A-E
11	113	Tran, Sander	South Central	26	16	6	0.727	3A-E
12	113	Brandow, Maison	Pasquotank Co.	27	20	8	0.714	2A-E
13	113	Duhon, Carter	Southwest Onslow	24	0	0	####	2A-E
13	113	Goodman, Aaron	Swansboro	27	9	3	0.750	3A-E
13	113	Hizer, Michael	West Johnston	27	9	3	0.750	3A-ME
13	113	Smiling, Chayton	St. Pauls	25	11	4	0.733	2A-ME
13	113	Wright, Finley	Heritage	26	13	5	0.722	4A-E
13	113	Carter, Matthew	New Hanover	27	12	5	0.706	4A-E