Carr beat him in the Cadet trial finals last year, Lee beat him at the Open this year (Carr was hurt I believe). Should be a good one indeed.
They are added to the site almost immediately. http://www.flowrestling.org/video/1229637-160-semis-david-carr-ohio-vs-joe-lee-indiana#.WW1fDIgrJEY
Lots of new stuff on Suriano on FRL, no resolution yet. Apparently Cael said something that irked Bob Suriano at a press conference. Willie says that Bob Suriano is a "particular kind of cat" and you have to watch what you say to him. Suriano wants to wrestle 133 even though in CP's estimation he is significantly smaller than Gilman. (CP says he is 99% sure Tomasello will be at 125) They confirmed that this was false and that he has not been back to PSU all summer. Also confirmed that he was at Steve Rivera's youth camp on friday, cited an instagram post.
I was hanging out with some guys on the wrestling team over the weekend. They were very adamant that Nick would be back at PSU. They also thought McKenna to OSU was a done deal. I don't know how much they know, though.
Interesting. Willie talks to guys on the team as well (though probably only big names) and he says that he's digging for details about Suriano but "nobody's talking". I'm starting to think that the longer McKenna goes the more likely it is that he stays at Stanford.
I'm getting pretty annoyed of you writing all these words and none of them are congratulating yourself for this d*mn championship!
Really nice showing for Michigan recruits with Drew Mattin and Ben Freeman easily capturing stop signs before moving to Ann Arbor. Some great lightweights there with Joey Silva committed for 2018.
Gunners Flo just debuted a feature I've been begging them to implement for 2+ years--notifications Members can sign up for mat assignments/results to be sent via text message or email. Can sign up for individual wrestlers or by team. Signed up for Team Ohio and Sammy Sasso notifications and it worked like a charm. Don't have to worry about missing matches in 16 mat tournaments anymore. Amazing feature.
Not sure how much of this is BS and how much is real, but apparently a wrestler shouted out Hassan Yazdani Charati on WWE Raw this week. Some on twitter are discussing the possibility of HYC to WWE and believe that the shoutout was a carefully placed recruiting pitch. Sounds completely crazy, but Kurt Angle made the leap from Olympic Gold to WWE a year or two after winning, but he was in his late 20s at the end of his amateur career, HYC is in his early 20s at the beginning of his. I'd brush it off as BS for now but maybe something to keep an eye on, especially after 2020. I felt like it was worth noting because the talent development team there is actively recruiting from the amateur wrestling ranks. Don't be surprised to hear some big names from the amateur wrestling world announce contracts with WWE in the near future. Nick Gwiazdowski is probably the biggest name that has been in discussions.
New pic from Bucharest where our National Team (b-team) will be competing on Saturday. Super interesting pic here. NaTo and McKenna are pictured next to each other once again. What makes it kind of crazy is the fact that McKenna has Frankie Perrelli, Lehigh Valley Wrestling's newest resident athlete, on his other side, and Jeff Buxton, his former HS head coach at Blair and current LVWC head coach is next to him. I'm sure he's getting the OSU and Lehigh recruiting pitches.
Not sure if you're making fun of the older guy between buxton and futrell or are asking about the tall guy behind him, but I believe the tall guy is 2x NCAA champ Tony Nelson and he competes at 125kg. Nick Heflin and Kyven Gadsen also in the pic.
Seems like a lot of critics say Malik Heinselman is an undersized 125, but he said in an interview that he walks around at 120 now and cuts 10 pounds to make 50kg. Plans to get up to 125-130 and cut to 120 this year (He's wrestling Kurt McHenry at 113 in October at WNO). After this season he'll continue to add strength and size and cut to 125, not sure if he'll redshirt or not. Also not sure if he'll be a career 125, he's still growing, but he "might" stay at 125. Said he got to wrestle with NaTo and Logan, he was asked if he scored any points on them and he laughed and said no.
Yeah I was joking around about the old guy. I met Buxton a few years back at our dual meet tournament, incredibly intense dude.
They did another 15 minutes on Nick Suriano on FRL today. CP and Willie both said that PSU is NOT going to release Nick Suriano.
Second WNO match announced and we have a PSU-OSU battle on our hands. #1 Michael Beard will take on #2 Gavin Hoffman at 195 pounds. I'm going with Beard by a lot but he is nasty. Hoffman is great but Beard is next level. OSU recruits probably will go 0-2 in the first two announced matches.
Hoffman will treat that match like the Super Bowl/World Series/National Championship/Olympic Gold medal match all rolled into one.
Probably. His dad will certainly get him pumped up after how the PSU situation went down. PSU will be represented in probably 75% of the matches. Other matches I want to see: 285: Gable Steveson/Seth Nevills 220: Mason Parris/Colton Schultz 126: Jordan Decatur/Gavin Teasdale rematch 152: Joe Lee/Will Lewan 138/145: Sammy Sasso/Brayton Lee/Jacori Teemer any combo really 160: David Carr/Shane Griffith or Jaden Mattox 132: RBY/Joey Silva Also I want to see Aaron Brooks in action, either at 182 against Wittlake again or 170 against Hidlay again.
No Rahimi at 57kg in Paris. Too injured. Would have probably been the Gold medal favorite. Good news for Gilman, one less guy to get through. Also he took a shot his replacement on his way out and it's glorious.
Cael signs contract extension, Suriano is enrolled in classes at PSU. Congrats on winning back your title, PSU fans.
Thank you! Feels great to back into the offseason title! My condolences to the entire buckeye fanbase, especially Stevis_In_C-Bus. You guys put up a hell of a fight this off-season. Also note this is how to be a gracious winner.
Sammy Sasso vs Anthony Artalona rematch announced for WNO at 145 pounds. Artalona just beat Sasso 10-10 on criteria at Fargo in a wild semi.
Really excited for Junior World's coming up on Monday and Tuesday. Heinselman (50), McKee (60), Hall (74), and Moore (96) go on Monday. Fix (55), Deakin (66), Valencia (86), Steveson (120) go on Tuesday. Hall is a returning gold medalist, Fix is a returning bronze medalist, and Steveson has taken cadet gold the last two years but has bumped up to Juniors (and thusly in weight class) despite still being cadet eligible again. Here's a preview from Track: MEET THE UNITED STATES JUNIOR MEN’S FREESTYLE TEAM 50kg: Malik Heinselman Heinselman has been an American mainstay in recent years, making Cadet World teams in each of the past two years, so he packs a good amount of international experience with him for Finland. The Ohio State commit hasn’t lost a freestyle match to a fellow American in more than three years. 55kg: Daton Fix Fix has plenty of international seasoning, winning gold at the Pan Am Championships in 2013 and 2014, making the Cadet World Team in 2014 and grabbing bronze medals at the Cadet and Junior World Championships the past two years. Fix rolled through the Junior World Team Trials and has his sights set on his first World title. 60kg: Mitch McKee Though McKee’s international track record might not be as long as some of his teammates, the soon-to-be Minnesota sophomore owns a win over a 2016 Junior World champ. McKee downed Iran’s Peiman Biabani last summer in a crazy Beat the Streets bout. Bianbani ultimately went on to capture the 60 kg Junior gold last summer in France. McKee, a past Fargo champ, has a nasty head-pinch and a variety of attacks that could help him compete for a medal in Finland. 66kg: Ryan Deakin Deakin has made a breakthrough in recent months, following up a solid freshman season at Northwestern — he placed third at the Midlands Championships while competing unattached — by beating two-time Cadet World champ Yianni Diakomihalis at the UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals in Las Vegas. He backed that up by winning the Junior World Team Trials, where he beat two-time NCAA qualifier Pat Lugo in two straight matches. Deakin is big for the weight class and can hand fight hard, which could make him a tough matchup in Finland. 74kg: Mark Hall Hall is no stranger to success. He’s aiming for his third World title after winning a Cadet gold and another last year at the Junior level. In the past year, he captured an NCAA title as a true freshman at Penn State and then clinched another World Championships berth by beating Alex Marinelli in two straight bouts. He’s a favorite to grab another gold next week. 84kg: Zahid Valencia Valencia is making his third straight trip to the Junior World Championships. He registered top-10 finishes in each of his previous trips, but he’s looking for a medal this time around. He mowed through Nick Reenan in two straight matches at the Junior World Team Trials and has the skills and experience to bring home some hardware. 97kg: Kollin Moore Moore has been on a tear in recent months, placing third at the NCAA Championships as a freshman for Ohio State and giving J’den Cox one of his toughest matches of the season, notching a couple takedowns against the Olympic bronze medalist. For perspective, Cox didn’t give up any takedowns last summer in Rio. Moore’s variety of attacks and ability to finish once he gets to the legs makes him a tough matchup for anyone and makes him a serious medal threat. 120 kg: Gable Steveson Steveson went 2-for-2 at the Cadet World Championship, winning golds at 100 kilograms in each of the past two years. He’s bumping up this time around for 120 kg and his debut on the Junior level, but don’t expect much to change in terms of results. At the Junior World Team Trials, he teched Cadet World silver medalist Jordan Wood in two matches. Steveson has shown that he has put on the necessary size to continue his streak of gold medals up at 120kg. Team USA is sending a loaded squad to this year’s Junior World Championships. Hall and Steveson lead the team as returning World champions. Fix is a returning medalist who looks to have improved and should contend for gold. Valencia and Heinselman have competed on four different world teams between the two of them, and that experience should pay dividends. McKee beat last year’s World champion at his weight and had a solid freshman year for Minnesota. Moore and Deakin had great college seasons and have been on a tear this summer and will look to finish off their strong runs with a couple world medals. INTERNATIONAL HAMMERS TO WATCH 60KG: Ali Rahimzadeh (Azerbaijan) Rahimzadeh has yet to compete in an age-level World Championship. He does, however, have plenty of experience. Just this year he has competed in both the Junior European Championships and the U23 European Championships. In the U23 championship, he came home with a bronze medal in a weight won by Gadshimurad Rashidov, Russia’s Senior World rep. In the Junior European Championships, he came away with a gold medal with a win over Andrey Yatsenko, a two-time Cadet World champion and past silver medalist at the Senior European Championships. 66 kg: David Baev (Russia) Baev was a Cadet World Champion in 2014. He followed that up in 2016 with a gold medal at the Junior European Championships. Baev then tried his hand at the Senior level, where he posted a top-10 finish at the prestigious Ivan Yarygin Tournament. At the 2017 Senior Russian Nationals, he beat returning Senior World Champion Magomed Kurbanaliev on his way to a third-place finish. He recently won Junior Russian Nationals at 66 kg, and should be the favorite to win in Finland. 74 kg: Radik Valiev (Russia) Valiev hasn’t wrestled in a Cadet- or Junior-level tournament since he finished second at the 2014 Cadet World Championships. He has, however, been having success on the Senior level. In 2016, he finished second at 70 kg at Russia’s Senior-level National Championships. At this year’s Ivan Yarygin, he came away with a third-place finish. At Russia’s Junior Trials, Valiev beat Rustam Magomedov, who was this year’s Junior European champion. Don’t be surprised if Valiev and Mark Hall are battling it out for a gold medal at this year’s World Championship. 84kg: Ahmed Bazrighaleh (Iran) Bazrighaleh was the runner-up to Mark Hall at last year’s Junior World Championships at 74 kg. He was the Asian champion that same year, and followed that up with another gold at this year’s Asian Championships, up a weight at 84kg. In this year’s Asian finals, he beat last year’s Cadet World Champ at 85 kg. It seems as if the weight jump hasn’t affected him much and he figures to be a World medal contender. TEAM TO WATCH Russia brought back six medals from the Junior European Championships. Four athletes captured golds, another grabbed a silver and another claimed bronze. The two that didn’t place will not be Russia’s country representatives at the World Championships as they didn’t win the trials. Russia will be sending a stacked team with a lot of experience and looks to be the early favorite in the team race.
They start at really inconvenient times unfortunately. Both Monday and Tuesday they start at 2 AM central. Finals are at 10:30 AM central, will catch those for sure. EDIT: Forgot to mention that they are on Trackwrestling Gunners
Another WNO match announced: 152 pounds Will Lewan vs Brayton Lee Lee bumps up from 145, that's a hell of a match imo. Really looking forward to that one a lot. 113: Kurt McHenry vs Malik Heinselman 126: Jordan Decatur vs ? 145: Anthony Artalona vs Sammy Sasso 152: Will Lewan vs Brayton Lee 195: Michael Beard vs Gavin Hoffman
JR World Championships start 2 AM tomorrow night. 50 Malik Heinselman 55 Daton Fix 60 Mitch McKee 66 Ryan Deakin 74 Mark Hall 84 Zahid Valencia 96 Kollin Moore 120 Gable Steveson McKee (60) and Hall (74) probably have the toughest weight classes and they both go tomorrow. Heinselman and Moore also go tomorrow. At 60kg, Rahimzade of AZE and Yatsenko of UKR are both ranked wrestlers at the SR level and should be favorites. Russia and Georgia also really good. India could compete as well. Loaded. Seems like McKee has little hope unfortunately. at 74kg, Hall is the presumptive favorite but he will be tested. Valiev of Russia is his biggest competition but Kentchadze of GEO has had a lot of SR level success. Iran could be a factor as well. At 96kg, the top dog is Matcharashvili of GEO. Not sure about the competition outside of him, don't know Russia's kid but he's surely tough. At 50kg Minkailov of Russia is prob the favorite, AZE is a competitor, don't know most of the little guys outside of those two. Then for Tuesdays matches... Daton Fix at 55kg will be targeting Khashalov of AZE, returning gold medalist. Daton is probably the guy to take him down if anyone has a shot at him, but RUS is also good. Uzbekistan's kid ran through his bracket at Asian JR championships. Daton is so friggin good, him vs Khashalov is my most anticipated match of the week. At 66kg Deakin will have the foreboding task of taking down David Baev, who might be the best wrestler in the entire tournament. Big favorite to win Gold. If Zahid wants to finally medal he has to get past Magomedsaidov of AZE (kid beat Zahid in a really close one last year, took bronze at world's last year and has won 2 straight jr euro golds), Bazrighaleh of Iran (up from 74 last year, lost to Hall in finals), Punia of IND, and Russia's kid Niphonov. Gable's biggest competitors should be Uzbekistan, whom he beat in the finals for one of his cadet golds, and Russia's "kid" Kozonov who looks like he's 35 with a mortgage.
http://www.flowrestling.org/article...s-at-nittany-lion-wrestling-club#.WX8QtZ8pBnF A lot of angry wrestling fans, but I'm not going to tag anyone because posters on here have feelings.
Draws are out for juniors. Mark Hall got one of the worst draws possible (I suppose his opponents' draws are significantly worse). He starts off with UKR which should be OK, but then he gets winner of Russia/AZE (Russia), and then Iran. Russia, Iran, and Georgia are probably his biggest 3 competitors. Russian kid is really good and might be his toughest match. Heinselman has Lehr of GER in the 1st round, very tough opponent, finished 3rd at Euro Jrs. Malik has an uphill climb. Moore had Russia in RD 2 last year, he has Iran in RD 1 this year. Not ideal but Kollin is good. 60kg is a torturous weight class, but it is easier in that Yatsenko of UKR did not weigh in and is not wrestling. McKee got a pretty good draw considering. Starts out with Armenia I think. Rahimadze is on his side and is big favorite.
So I guess someone read the bracket wrong. McKee has the Georgian in the 1st. Tough out. Came in third at Junior Euros. Won't be surprised if he loses.
Hall wins his first match easily against UKR 10-0 McKee beats a tough GEO opponent by 1 with last second TD Heinselman wins against stingy GER 5-4 with pushout with 12 seconds left.
BOOM! Hall beats Valiev (RUS) 6-2 in a match that prob should have been the final. Kid medaled at Yarygin and was runner up at Russian Nats last year. Gets Iran next.
Watching McKee is much more fun when his opponents have no clue he's about to head pinch the shit out of them. He techs Japan easily 10-0, 8 off head pinches.
Kollin Moore beats Iran 10-5 with an exhaustive pace, then Mark Hall beats Iran 10-0 to advance to semis! US still hasn't lost.
Mitch McKee upends TUR 11-9 in an absolutely WILD match. Must watch wrestling. McKee is in the semis. Kollin Moore then cruises past KAZ to advance to semis as well. So far McKee, Moore, and Hall are in semis--couldn't be going much better than this.
Mark Hall is back in the finals after a 10-3 victory over TUR. KAZ loses in semis at 50kg and Heinselman is officially out.
Moore loses to the JR Euro gold medalist Matcharashvili of GEO 16-4. Key moment was a GEO won challenge early that moved the scoreboard from 4-0 Moore to 4-2 GEO.
hell yes!!! Mitch McKee wins another INSANE match 16-14 and he is a world finalist! He was down 8-2 or 10-2 at one point, can't remember. Key sequence saw McKee turn his opponent 3 times with a gut