Chattanooga posts 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team posted a 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb tonight. The Mocs even their record at 5-5 overall and stay in first place in the Southern Conference race at 3-0.
Chattanooga took seven of the 10 matches, scoring bonus points in three of the contested bouts. Action began tonight with junior Chris Debien posting a 9-7 win over Blake Mulkey at 141. Debien won his fourth-straight match to move to 19-10 overall and 3-0 in SoCon matches. Freshman Tanner Smith continued his hot streak with a first period pin over Conrad Scheiss (2:09) at 149. It was Smith’s fifth win in his last six outings, including four in a row. He improved to 8-4 and 3-0 in league competition.
Freshman Ryan Resnick scored a takedown at the buzzer to defeat Evan Schenk at 157, before the Runnin Bulldogs got on the board with a tech fall at 165. Freshman Hunter Fortner scored a major decision at 175, followed by junior Ben Stacey’s first win at 184. That pushed the Chattanooga lead to 19-5 with four matches left. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21321
NC State comes away with 23-17 road win at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — After dropping the first bout, No. 8 NC State won four straight matches and took a commanding lead in a 23-17 road win at #23 Virginia Friday night. With the win, head coach Pat Popolizio picked up his 100th dual victory at NC State. The dual started at 125 pounds, and No. 5 Jack Mueller scored a first-period tech fall. Bumping up from 125 pounds, No. 12 Sean Fausz scored a 6-0 decision at 133 pounds. Fausz scored a takedown in both the first and third periods for the Pack’s first win of the night.
Jamel Morris controlled his bout enroute to a 10-3 decision at 141 pounds. Morris scored an early takedown in the first and a late one in the second, and used a four-point near fall in the third to secure the win. No. 8 Justin Oliver scored the Pack’s first bonus point win of the night, notching a 13-3 major decision at 149 pounds. Oliver finished the bout with 4:06 of ride time, in addition to not giving up a takedown. No. 4 Hayden Hidlay made it back-to-back major decisions, as he came away with a 15-6 win at 157 pounds. Hidlay scored a pair of takedowns and a pair of two-point near falls in the first period to take a commanding 8-1 lead. At the halfway point NC State was up 14-5. Read rest of the story at
Virginia Tech dominates Duke
DURHAM, N.C. — No. 12 Virginia Tech notched seven bonus point victories and won nine of 10 bouts as the Hokies handled Duke, 40-3, on Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tech (8-2, 2-0 ACC) tallied two pins, four major decisions and received a forfeit at 133 pounds. At 184, Zack Zavatsky became just the 12th Hokie to register 100 career wins with his 18-9 major decision over Duke’s Kaden Russell. The Hokies return to action next Friday when the take on North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill.
MATCH NOTES
The Hokies have now won eight consecutive duals and have beaten 20 of its last 21 ACC opponents.
Tech’s seven bonus wins are its most of the season.
Zavatsky currently ranks 12th on the program’s all-time wins list and is six victories away from tying Chris Diaz for 11th.
The Hokies’ first three wins of the night went for bonus points including Joey Prata’s fourth major decision of the season and Mitch Moore’s ninth pin of the year.
Moore’s win by fall came 45 seconds into the bout was his seventh first period fall of the season.
Ryan Blees pushed the pace and had multiple leg attacks but it wasn’t enough to knock off sixth-ranked Mitch Finesilver, whose third period takedown with a minute to go made it 3-1.
17th-ranked Matt Finesilver had won seven-straight matches entering the night but David McFadden used two takedowns and two near fall to win it 6-2. Rest of the story and details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21320
Nebraska cruises past Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The No. 6 Nebraska Cornhuskers displayed strong performances up and down the lineup on Friday night as they came away with a 31-9 victory over the #14 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. NU took eight of the ten bouts with five of the victories coming courtesy of bonus points. The Huskers won four matches by major decision, three by decision and one by pinfall. For the third time in four matches, NU tallied at least four bonus-point wins in a dual victory.
No. 16 Zeke Moisey (125) got the Huskers going immediately with a 10-0 major decision to put the team up 4-0. Moisey has now won four of his last five matches and sits just six wins away from reaching the 100-win mark in his career. In the next match, true freshman Jevon Parrish (133) was defeated by No. 5 Nick Suriano of Rutgers. Suriano was the national runner-up at 125 pounds last year after posting a 25-1 record. His 12-2 major decision over Parrish knotted the team score up at four. No. 19 Chad Red Jr. (141) put four more points on the board for the Huskers with a major decision of his own overPeter Lipari. A second period takedown and a four-point nearfall gave Red Jr. a significant cushion and he was able to notch his third major of the season. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21323
Makovsky claims 300th career win as Minnesota State tops U-Mary
MANKATO, Minn. — It came down to the final match Thursday evening in Taylor Center but it was Minnesota State that was able to come away with the 22-18 victory over the University of Mary. With the win, MSU improves to 7-1 on the season, including a 5-0 NSIC record. With the loss, U-Mary falls to 4-3 on the season, including a 2-3 league record.
Head coach Jim Makovsky earned his 300th career coaching victory with MSU’s win and is now the third active coach in NCAA Division II with at least 300 coaching wins. The first two matches of the dual saw the Marauders jump out to a 9-0 lead. U-Mary’s Ryan Stottler scored a pinfall victory over freshman Dylan Butts (197 lbs.) at 4:29, before Gerardo Jaime posted a 6-0 decision victory over junior Logan Linderbaum (285 lbs.). The Mavericks and Marauders would then exchange a pair of decision victories to bring the dual score to 12-3 in favor of U-Mary. Junior Andrew McFall (125 lbs.) scored a 9-5 decision over Nate Humann, before No. 6 Tate Barnhardt bested senior No. 1 George Farmah (133 lbs.) by the score of 9-2. Rest of the story and details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21313
World Team Trials Challenge Tournament to take place in Raleigh
USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling, has announced that two important national events will be held at the Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of North Carolina State University, May 17-19. The World Team Trials Challenge Tournament will feature top Olympic hopefuls in the three Olympic disciplines of men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s freestyle. Winners in each of the 30 weight classes will advance to one of the two Final X events in June, either Final X: Rutgers on June 8 or Final X: Lincoln on June 15.
The World Team Trials Challenge Tournament is an important part of the selection process for the 2019 U.S. Senior World Teams in all three styles. It is the final qualifier for Final X. The winners in each weight class in Final X will represent the United States at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, September 14-22, 2019. The nation’s best wrestlers who are age 17-20 in men’s freestyle will compete at the UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials, held alongside the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Champions in each of the 10 weight classes will represent the United States at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, August 12-18. Expected in the field are many of the nation’s top college underclassmen and high school wrestlers.
Fans will have the opportunity to witness many of the best Senior wrestlers in the nation, all striving to make the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team, during the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Many future Olympic contenders will be showcased in the UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials. The local organizers for the event are North Carolina USA Wrestling and the Wolfpack Regional Training Center. The event is also supported by the Greater Raleigh Sports Commission. The event director is Kelli Shuffler, who is the Executive Director of North Carolina USA Wrestling. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21297
Lehigh breaks back into NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll after five-match win streak
Manheim, Pennsylvania -Lehigh has been the streakiest team in Division I wrestling this season. The injury-riddled Mountain Hawks jumped back into the Top 25 in the most recent NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday after winning five duals in a row after starting the year with seven straight losses. Lehigh (5-7) started the year ranked No. 6 and with a combination of a brutal schedule and as many as six starters out of the lineup, it made for a rough first semester. After weekend wins over American and Navy, Lehigh returns to the Top 25 for the first time since January 1. Virginia (11-6) also moved into the Top 25 for the first time in two years after weekend wins over VMI and Ohio.
Penn State (7-0) won its 52nd dual in a row with a sluggish 25-6 win over No. 9 Nebraska at sold-out Rec Hall. The dual was highlighted by top-ranked Jason Nolf of Penn State picking off second-ranked Tyler Berger at 157 pounds. Third-ranked Oklahoma State ventured east and picked up wins over West Virginia 40-3 and then-No. 14 Pittsburgh 36-9. The Cowboys improved to 9-0 while the loss was Pittsburgh’s first of the season, dropping the Panthers to 8-1. No. 4 Iowa drew 8,500 fans despite the weather and defeated then-No. 20 Rutgers 30-9 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The big result there was at 133 pounds where Austin DeSanto of Iowa upended Nick Suriano 6-4. Fifth-ranked Missouri extended its win streak to 33 in a row with a pair of wins over the weekend. The Tigers (13-0) beat No. 14 Northern Iowa 29-12 and Central Michigan 32-15. Missouri also leads all Division I schools with 13 dual wins on the season.
Rest of the story at http://www.nwcaonline.com/lehigh-breaks-back-into-nwca-division-i-wrestling-coaches-poll-after-five-match-win-streak/?mc_cid=46b9491cc4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
NIC officials refuse to explain reasons for firing wrestling coach
North Idaho College officials won’t explain why they would fire a three-time national champion coach of a wrestling team that is ranked No. 4 in the nation so late in the season. Midseason firings are rare, but sometimes occur after a team fails to perform. Idaho punted football coach Robb Akey in 2012 after the Vandals limped out to a 1-7 record. Florida canned former Eastern Washington quarterback Jim McElwain in 2017 after a 3-4 start as coach of the Gators. But former NIC wrestling coach Pat Whitcomb said he was fired for what he believes are his efforts to upgrade facilities for a disabled athlete, for speaking up for a co-worker who was assaulted on campus and because school leaders want to drop wrestling in favor of baseball.
If true, NIC would be cutting one of the most successful sports programs in the North Idaho and Spokane region. And that includes Gonzaga men’s basketball, which also is ranked No. 4 in the nation. “We are all extremely proud of Gonzaga basketball. A lot of people are responsible for that,” former NIC wrestling coach John Owen said. “I really believe everybody benefits from quality. I’ve got to believe that if NIC is winning national titles, it is an advantage to that school.”
Rest of the story at http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jan/23/nic-wrestling-coach-pat-whitcomb-claims-school-fir/?mc_cid=9d399d46d4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Perry wrestling makes more history with 1,000th dual victory
TDR Ed’s notes ; This school is far away in Oklahoma. Yes way out there near Stillwater, the home of Oklahoma State and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 1,000 dual meet wins is rare.
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PERRY – It’s been a historic season for the tradition-rich Perry High wrestling program. And on Tuesday, the tradition grew even greater. The Maroons picked up the program’s 1,000th dual victory, making them just the fourth high school wrestling program in the country to eclipse the mark.
“It’s kind of hard for it to sink in because there has been nearly 100 years of Perry wrestling, and to just be a small part of that and coach the team that actually did it is pretty special,” said Perry wrestling coach Ronnie Delk, who was a two-time state champion wrestler for Collinsville High. Perry reached the milestone in emphatic fashion. In each of the contested victories for the Maroons, Perry picked up pins to roll to a 78-3 victory over Guthrie – the most a team can score in a high school dual is 84 points.
The moment could have happened earlier that Tuesday with the Maroons wrestling at the Owasso Duals over the weekend, but lost its last two duals in the championship round robin which set up for the program to reach the 1,000 mark in front of the home crowd inside John Divine Hall. “Obviously, you want to win every dual … but to get it done at home for all the people that aren’t able to travel, for them to see it and be a part of it was pretty special,” said Delk, who is the 11th coach in program history.
Perry is looking to build on its already national record state championship tally come the end of February at the Class 3A state tournament in Oklahoma City. The Maroons have won 42 state championships – which doesn’t include the 19 dual state titles the program has claimed – which is the most of any high school sport in America. Rest of the story at https://www.stwnewspress.com/sports/high_school_sports/perry-wrestling-makes-more-history-with-th-dual-victory/article_61279a92-d02d-54ea-be0f-4a2564d348ca.html?mc_cid=9d399d46d4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Steve Gabriel selected to be inducted into N.C. Sports Hall of Fame
BOONE — The late Steve Gabriel, who coached Appalachian State’s wrestling program to a 90-24-2 record from 1965-74 after competing in both football and wrestling as an App State student from 1948-52, has been announced as a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame’s 2019 induction class. Gabriel, Ernie Barnes, Willie Bradshaw, Eddie Bridges, Rod Broadway, Gene Corrigan, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dee Kantner, Davis Love III, Paul Miller, Neill McGeachy and Thell Overman will be enshrined during the 56th annual induction banquet on May 3 at the Raleigh Convention Center. Rest of the story at https://www.wataugademocrat.com/sports/asu_sports/steve-gabriel-selected-to-be-inducted-into-n-c-sports/article_2dffde2d-88e6-58a2-9acc-1683530bafea.html?mc_cid=46b9491cc4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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