2014 Wrestling Nationals

[SoxJox]

I hate to start a thread to ask a question, but does anyone know if the finals are being carried on a commercial broadcast?
 
Team scores, after Session III :
 
1. Penn St. 61.0
2. Minnesota 59.0
3. Oklahoma St. 56.0
4. Iowa 42.5
5. Cornell 39.5
6. Ohio St. 38.0
7. Edinboro 30.5
7. Virginia Tech 30.5
9. Illinois 30.0
9. Oklahoma 30.0
11. Missouri 28.5
12. UNI 26.5
13. Wisconsin 23.5
14. Michigan 19.0
15. Lehigh 18.0
15. Northwestern 18.0
 
Semifinal Matchups
125
Jesse Delgado (Illinois) vs Dylan Peters (UNI)
Nicholas Megaludis (Penn St.) vs Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
133
Joe Colon (UNI) vs Tyler Graff (Wisconsin)
Tony Ramos (Iowa) vs Aaron (A.J.) Schopp (Edinboro
141
Evan Henderson (North Carolina) vs Devin Carter (Virginia Tech)
Zain Retherford (Penn St.) vs Logan Stieber (Ohio St.)
149
Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) vs Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern)
Joshua Kindig (Oklahoma St.)  vs Mitchell Minotti (Lehigh)
157
Dylan Ness (Minnesota) vs Ian Miller (Kent St.)
Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma St.)  vs Brian Realbuto (Cornell)
165
David Taylor (Penn St.)  vs Steven Monk (North Dakota St.)
Nicholas Sulzer (Virginia)  vs Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma St.)
174
Chris Perry (Oklahoma St.) vs Michael Evans (Iowa)
Logan Storley (Minnesota) vs Andrew Howe (Oklahoma)
184
Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) vs Jack Dechow (Old Dominion)
Gabriel Dean (Cornell) vs Edward Ruth (Penn St.)
197
Nick Heflin (Ohio St.)  vs Scott Schiller (Minnesota)
Chris Penny (Virginia Tech) vs J`Den Cox (Missouri)
285
Anthony Nelson (Minnesota) vs Bobby Telford (Iowa)
Adam Chalfant (Indiana) vs Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina St.)

 

[terrynever]

ESPN doing tonight's semis at 8 and Saturday's finals, also at 8. I think SOSH is holding a college wrestling bash at the Cask n Flagon both nights. (Kidding.)

 

[SoxJox]

Team Scores Through the Semifinals
 
 
1. Penn St. 91.0
2. Minnesota 90.5
3. Oklahoma St. 87.5
4. Iowa 67.0
5. Ohio St. 52.0
6. Edinboro 48.5
7. Cornell 46.5
8. Virginia Tech 45.5
9. Oklahoma 45.0
10. Illinois 37.0
11. Iowa St. 35.5
11. Missouri 35.5
11. Northwestern 35.5
11. UNI 35.5
15. Wisconsin 35.0
 
 
Finals Matchups
 
125 Pounds
Jesse Delgado (Illinois) vs Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
 
133 Pounds

Tyler Graff (Wisconsin) 31-4 vs Tony Ramos (Iowa)
 
141 Pounds

Devin Carter (Virginia Tech) vs Logan Stieber (Ohio St.)
 
149 Pounds
 
Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) vs Joshua Kindig (Oklahoma St.)
 
157 Pounds
Dylan Ness (Minnesota)  vs Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma St.)
 
165 Pounds
 
David Taylor (Penn State) vs Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma St.)
 
174 Pounds
 
Chris Perry (Oklahoma St.) vs Andrew Howe (Oklahoma)
 
184 Pounds
 
Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) vs Ed Ruth (Penn State)
 
197 Pounds
 
J'Den Cox (Missouri) vs Nick Heflin (Ohio State)
 
285 Pounds
 
Tony Nelson (Minnesota) vs Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State)

 

 

[terrynever]

Minnesota and Penn State have five wrestlers alive in the consis this morning to one for Okie State. The Cowboys have four finalists and probably could overtake the other two if they win all four. But one of their finalists has to face David Taylor. Nits will need Ed Ruth to win at 184 to have a chance in the team race.
 
Minnesota and Penn State both have two finalists.
 
Like a lot of wrestling team races, what happens this morning in consis will have a huge impact. Nits need to get thirds from Megaludis and Retherford, for sure.
 
And now back to our regular programming.

 

[terrynever]

Heading into finals tonight, Minnesota has 104 points, Penn State 101.5 and Okie State third with 87. They're done.
 
Minny and Nits have two finalists apiece. One of the Minny guys is a ninth-seed. If he loses, then Nits can take fourth straight team title with wins from Ruth and Taylor in finals. The finals start at 174 and finish with Taylor's match at 165. 8 p.m. on ESPN.

 

[Fred in Lynn]

Ruth won, as expected, and Nelson lost. This sets up an interesting scenario. I do not care for Minny, but I have a great deal of admiration for how their remaining wrestler, Dylan Ness, goes about it. The looks to pin anything in sight. If he decks Dieringer, which I wouldn't put past him, Taylor will need a major to clinch the team title. If Dieringer wins, Carl gets his fourth straight.

It's on ESPN.soxjox. It's been great: they've televised the whole tournament. Anywho, for anyone who wants to see the best at what they do, tune in around 10:30. Stieber is up next, and he's with the price of admission, too.

 

[terrynever]

Ruth won, as expected, and Nelson lost. This sets up an interesting scenario. I do not care for Minny, but I have a great deal of admiration for how their remaining wrestler, Dylan Ness, goes about it. The looks to pin anything in sight. If he decks Dieringer, which I wouldn't put past him, Taylor will need a major to clinch the team title. If Dieringer wins, Carl gets his fourth straight.
It's on ESPN.soxjox. It's been great: they've televised the whole tournament. Anywho, for anyone who wants to see the best at what they do, tune in around 10:30. Stieber is up next, and he's with the price of admission, too.

Not too many New England TV sets on ESPN tonight, Fred.

Officially, Cael Sanderson was Tim Curley's hire which is ironic because bringing Cael in is the greatest coaching hire for the school since 1966.  Ira Lubert provided the fundraising that lured Cael away from I-State.

 

[SoxJox]

 

Oh, and while the wrestling team was doing its thing, Penn State's fencing team won its 13th national championship, and 3rd in the past 6 years.
 
1. Penn State: 180 bout victories.
2. Princeton: 159
3. St. Johns: 156
 
Individual National Champion: Kaito Street in saber.