US Open pre-seeds, LIT. 57kg Thomas Gilman Daton Fix Zach Sanders Nathan Tomasello Frank Perrelli Darian Cruz Vito Arujau Joshua Rodriguez Zane Richards Jesse Delgado Nick Piccinnini Austin Miller Eddie Klimara Austin Assad 61kg Nico Megaludis Tyler Graff Ben Whitford Cory Clark Anthony Ramos Cody Brewer Daniel Deshazer Johnny Dijulius Shelton Mack Joey Palmer 65kg Jordan Oliver Zain Retherford Joey McKenna Frank Molinaro Yianni Diakomihalis Jayden Eierman BJ Futrell Dominick Demas Colton McCrystal Evan Henderson Jayson Ness Bryce Meredith Nick Dardanes Brandon Wright Dean Heil Mitch McKee 70kg James Green Jason Chamberlain Brandon Sorensen Jason Nolf Nazar Kulchytskyy Alec Pantaleo Lavion Mayes Mario Mason Dylan Ness Anthony Collica Ryan Deakin 74kg Isaiah Martinez Tommy Gantt Evan Wick Quinton Godley Dan Vallimont Anthony Valencia Joshua Shields Jared Frayer Joey Lavallee Logan Massa Chase Pami 79kg Alex Dieringer Chance Marsteller Nathan Jackson 86kg Sam Brooks Myles Martin Pat Downey Nick Heflin Brett Pfarr Kenneth Courts Josh Asper Max Dean Nino Bonaccorsi 92kg 1. Hayden Zillmer 2. Bo Nickal 3. Michael Macchiavello 4. Kollin Moore 5. Timothy McCall 6. Timothy Dudley 7. Scottie Boykin 8. Riley Lefever 9. Nikko Reyes 97kg 1. Kyven Gadson 2. Ty Walz 3. Ben Honis 4. Blaize Cabell 5. Kevin Beazley 6. Wynn Michalak 125kg 1. Adam Coon 2. Dom Bradley 3. Anthony Nelson 4. Tanner Hall 5. Derek White 6. Youssif Hemida 7. Ceron Francisco 8. Garrett Ryan
vander02 Two things: Pretty much everyone is talking about Anthony Valencia leading up to the Open. Apparently he's looked great. Have you heard the same? I just think it's odd that EVERYONE is talking about how good he looks when the last time we saw him he was decidedly not good. Secondly....where's Zahid? Come on bro!
I'm just as confused as you on the Anthony Valencia talk, he hasn't really been seen since he melted down last year. Freestyle is his thing though, so maybe the redshirt year did him some favors? Zahid is already qualified for the WTT and with Dake in for Final X, there's no upside to the Open... though I still wonder if he might take the summer off
There's always upside to the open if you can win. Sitting in the finals at WTT is still better than not.
This. And there's always the chance that Mark Hall decides to go the last chance route, why not wrap up the Challenger final spot in Vegas? I wouldn't want to have to beat Hall and Dieringer back to back if I was Zahid.
Started a Flo account last week but didn’t but pay. Was going to but holding out till the weekend. Just got a 20% off email so I signed up at $120/yr. not bad.
It's very puzzling what the Brands Bros and Perry are doing with Spencer. It's like they are trying to avoid another Ramos-Dennis situation with Gilman and Spencer, but their solution is just benching Spencer? It's wild. I can't imagine the kid doesn't want to wrestle. I can't imagine he's not ready. Let him go.
My Open picks: 57: Gilman over Fix 61: Clark over Brewer 65: Oliver over Retherford 70: This bracket is going to be upset city. I don't know, I guess I'll take Nolf over Sorensen, but I could see Kulchytskyy 74: Imar over Gantt 79: Dieringer over Marsteller 86: Brooks over Martin 92: Nickal over Moore 97: Gadson over Walz 125: Coon over Bradley
I think they got the score right in the end, but what made no sense to me was that after the review the official signaled 2+2 for blue and 2 for red, then they went back and changed it to 2 and 2. From the action, that's the right call imo, but what the hell was going on? That's what needs to be answered.
Semis look great 57 Gilman vs NaTo Cruz vs Fix 61 Nico vs Clark Brewer vs Palmer 65 JO vs Yianni - this is gonna b straight fire. Zain vs Eierman 70 Nolf vs Green - should be finals Deakin vs Pantaleo 74 Imar vs Murphy A Valencia vs Gantt 79 Ringer vs RockHardEnis39's boy Morelli Davis vs Marstellar 86 Brooks vs Heflin PD3 vs Mymar 92 Zillmer vs Moore Bo vs Macciavello 97 Gadsen vs Boykin Honis vs Walz 125 Coon vs White Nelson vs Bradley
Won't be long for Nolf, James Green is clearly on the downswing. Plays for those last second matches all the time now
Why have I gotten a blank screen and “limits exceeded” please close a stream on my screen? Does it think I’m on somewhere else? Do I need to log off other computers to be sure?
I'm so fascinated by Yianni D vs Zain. I'm picking Yianni to win in a relatively low scoring match. Also wanted to point out that Yianni shot like two times the entire JO match and scored both times. So more of that please Yianni.
65 goes through Yianni D. He beats Molinaro, Oliver, and Retherford back-to-back-to-back to cash his check to Final X. He is the Man.
Malik Heinselman gets a 10-0 tech in the finals in under a minute to win the US Open and a spot in the JR WTT finals. I guess he kinda likes freestyle.
Hoffman did not look good vs Hidlay Not sure what to say about Mattox, he dominated Joe Lee for a period plus then gassed hard and blew a 8 point lead. Then had Julian Ramirez's leg up which turned into a Ramirez pin after a sloppy trip attempt.
Agreed about Mattox, but I thought Hoffman looked ok against Hidlay. It was a 4-1 match without takedowns until Hoffman went into desperation mode. Hidlay is really good, Hoffman is really good. They're both going to be NCAA All-Americans. I'll also add though that Mattox has to be better in folk than free. He's really strong on top.
Sasso absolutely wrecked the field in a ridiculously stacked 70kg bracket. Techs Brayton Lee 10-0 in 49 seconds.
Penn State wrestling getting it done in the class as well as on the mat. The Room (TM) is more than just wrestling. Shout out to Emma and the rest of the Badgers as the only other b1g school to get recognized
Saw intermat recruiting rankings today. Congrats on the upcoming championship bucks. Hokies looking good at number 5. What’s up with Penn State?
Penn State built their dynasty of hammers, we need those. I think Sasso, Kharchla, maybe a few others can be them but Brooks at least will be 1 for them. There's not gonna be another reign like Cael had the last decade but hard to see anyone taking their place. I don't like them but not sure anything has ever gone better than Cael and folkstyle