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ANDREWS’ WIN PUSHES HUSKERS PAST MINNESOTA
Minneapolis, Minn. – In a back-and-forth top 10 showdown, heavyweight Harley Andrews secured an upset victory to help the No. 6 Nebraska wrestling team earn the 19-14 win over No. 9 Minnesota Friday evening.  Action started at 125 as No. 7 Caleb Smith faced Minnesota’s No. 18 Patrick McKee in the dual’s first ranked bout of the night. McKee scored first with a takedown and a combined seven points of nearfall to take the 10-0 lead in the first period. Smith then scored a reversal in Period Two, but McKee held the momentum and Smith fell by tech fall, 18-2. 
At 133, Kyle Burwick made his Big Ten season debut as he wrestled No. 27 Tyler Wells to a scoreless first period. Burwick then got on the board first with an escape and held the 1-0 advantage with 2:00 to go. In Period Three, Burwick was awarded a stall point, Wells scored a takedown and Burwick earned the escape to tie the match and force overtime, 3-3. In sudden victory, Wells scored the takedown to win by decision, 6-3.  With the Big Red trailing 8-0, No. 8 Brock Hardy worked to get them back on track against No. 19 Vance VomBaur at 141. Hardy was aggressive in Period One, but the two were scoreless with 5 minutes remaining. Hardy then recorded NU’s first takedown of the night in the second period and after a pair of VomBaur escapes, held the 3-2 lead to start the final period. Hardy got the quick escape, added another takedown and secured the riding time point in the final period to earn the 8-3 decision. 
Up next, No. 1 Ridge Lovett took on Minnesota’s No. 13 Drew Roberts at 149. Lovett scored first with a takedown and got the rideout to end the first period with 1:41 of riding time. Lovett earned an escape to start Period Two and finished the period with another takedown to lead 7-0 with two minutes remaining. Lovett then tallied his third takedown of the match and the riding time point to earn the 11-0 shutout major decision and improve to 16-0 on the season. … story at … Huskers.com/Andrews-win-pushes-huskers-past-minnesota

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Chadron State Eagles defeat Orediggers for first time in five years
CHADRON, Neb. — The Chadron State College men’s wrestling team defeated Colorado School of Mines for the first time in five years on Friday night, winning 22-12 in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.
Chadron State was victorious at 125, 133, 141, 174, 184 and 285 to improve their record to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play. The Orediggers drop to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
A ranked matchup at 125 pounds started the dual between #7 Quade Smith, a junior from Layton, Utah and #17 Christian Lopez. Smith gained an early advantage with a takedown and four near fall points. Lopez ended the period with a first period escape.
The third and final period started with another Smith takedown before another Lopez escape, giving Smith an 11-2 major decision.
#2 Quen Campbell earned a victory at 133 pounds with a 9-3 decision. Campbell, a redshirt senior from Tifton, Georgia used one takedown, a reversal and four near fall points to win.
At 141 pounds, #17 Ethan Leake, a redshirt senior from Clovis, California, needed overtime to beat #8 Grayston DiBlasi. Knotted at one a piece heading to overtime, Leake scored a takedown with 30 seconds left in overtime 1 to earn the SV-1 4-1 victory.
The Eagles had a streak of three consecutive losses at 149, 157 and 165 pounds. The Orediggers three victories came by way of two decisions and one major decision.
#10 Logan Berger, a redshirt freshman from Hartsville, South Carolina, gave fans another exciting match at 174 pounds. Berger used a late third period takedown to defeat #11 Wyatt Reisz 5-4. … story at … Chadroneagles.com/Mens-wrestling-eagles-defeat-orediggers-for-first-time-in-five-years

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Nebraska Football Star Nash Hutmacher Giving Husker Wrestling A Boost
Nebraska all-Big Ten defensive lineman Nash Hutmacher returned to the mat and dropped 45 pounds to give the Husker wrestling team some heavyweight help
The Nebraska wrestling program is already a Top-5 squad in the country, but the Huskers got an extra shot in the arm a couple weeks ago when football standout Nash Hutmacher took the mat for the first time since high school. In high school in South Dakota, Hutmacher went 166-0 and won four state titles. He pinned his final 73 opponents and was the top heavyweight recruit in the class of 2019, but he chose to pursue glory on the gridiron in college.
An honorable mention Big Ten selection at nose tackle as a junior, Hutmacher joined the wrestling team, with head football coach Matt Rhule’s approval, in early December weighing 330 pounds. Over the course of a month, “The Polar Bear” dropped 45 pounds and made the 285-pound heavyweight limit. He first took the mat for the Huskers on Jan. 6, winning his college debut via first-period pinfall over Wyoming’s Mason Ding.
In his next match, Hutmacher lost a 4-1 decision in a step-up in competition against Iowa’s Bradley Hill. Despite the setback, Nebraska coach Mark Manning has been impressed with Hutmacher from the start. “He’s real aggressive and gives great effort. The match that he lost against Iowa he gave great effort – he went for it and was the aggressor,” Manning said. “I’d say, strategically he got beat – he didn’t get outwrestled. I thought he fought like an animal. He really went out and did his best. I was really proud of him.”  With the addition of a potential future NFL draft pick and Husker fan favorite to the room, there are now more eyeballs on the team. It was unknown when Hutmacher joined the team whether he was really going to cut and reshape his body to make 285 pounds or if he was just joining the team to practice, shed pounds and improve his athleticism.  According to Manning, the goal has been for him to compete for the starting spot since the second he joined the team. … story at … Flowrestling.org/Nebraska-football-star-nash-hutmacher-giving-husker-wrestling-a-boost

January 21, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized