Jake RosholtThe night started with a heavyweight exhibition match involving two Division II wrestlers. Tervel Dlagnev of Nebraska-Kearney scored a 6-3 decision over Central Oklahoma's Josh Leadingfox.
Then the All-Stars took the mat starting with Oklahoma's third-ranked Sam Hazewinkel and Michigan State's fourth-ranked Nick Simmons. Hazewinkel scored twice on shots initiated by Simmons and used it to propel him to a 6-3 victory.
The round of upsets started at 133 where fourth-ranked Darrell Vasquez of Cal Poly, who sat out all of last season with an illness, used two first period takedowns to stun Minnesota's third-ranked Mack Reiter.
Second-ranked Nate Gallick of Iowa State defeated Oklahoma's top-ranked Teyon Ware for the fifth time in his career. Ware's only victory over Gallick came in the NCAA finals last season.
Zack Esposito was the first Cowboy to take the mat at 149. Esposito scored the first points over Michigan's Eric Tannenbaum with a reversal in the second period. However, in the third period Tannenbaum got a reverse of his own that put Esposito on his back for a four-point move and a 5-3 lead in the match. Tannenbaum added a takedown and finished off the upset with a 7-3 decision over No. 1 Esposito.
Alex TirapelleJohny Hendricks was OSU's second top-ranked wrestler to hit the mat when he faced Minnesota's Matt Nagel at 165. The bout was the first overtime match of the night. Neither wrestler could score in the first sudden victory period, and both wrestlers added escapes in the tiebreaker period. Hendricks had the riding time advantage heading into the second round of overtimes, but it did not matter as Nagel scored a takedown with four seconds left in the second sudden victory period and won 5-3.
Third-ranked Jake Herbert of Northwestern was one of the few matches that held to form as he controlled Nebraska's Jacob Klein from the beginning and earned an 8-5 decision.
Illinois' Pete Friedl scored the first takedown on Iowa's Paul Bradley. Bradley eventually tied the match, but Friedl took the lead with an escape with 35 seconds remaining and No. 4 defeated No. 2 at 184.
It was Bedlam at 197 with the top two wrestler being from Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. OSU's Rosholt jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a takedown and a reversal and coasted over OU's Flaggert.
"My match was OK," Rosholt said. "I did not stay focused for the whole seven minutes. That is something I identified that I need to work on."
OSU's Steve Mocco and Minnesota's Cole Konrad went at it at heavyweight in the last match of the night. The two wrestlers went into a tiebreaker, but this time the result was different then the past few times. Konrad took a one point lead when Mocco was called for locked hands, and Konrad iced it when he scored a reversal to earn a 4-1 overtime decision over top-ranked Mocco.
"Tonight, OSU wrestlers had trained hard for this and did everything we could, but we didn't do it hard enough," Oklahoma State 165-pounder Hendricks said afterward. "We did not do the extras, like myself. I thought I was doing what I needed to do, but tonight showed me that even if you work hard, it doesn't mean anything. You have to work smart too. Tonight, we did not do what we needed to, but we have time to change and that's the main thing."
40th annual NWCA All-Star Classic
presented by the United States Marine Corps
Monday, Nov. 21, 2005
Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena
Attendance: 4,854
125 -- Sam Hazewinkel, (Oklahoma) dec. Nick Simmons, (Michigan State), 6-2
133 -- Darrell Vasquez (Cal Poly) dec. Mack Reiter (Minnesota), 6-3
141 -- Nate Gallick (Iowa State) dec. Teyon Ware (Oklahoma), 3-1
149 -- Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan) dec. Zack Esposito (Oklahoma State), 7-3
157 -- Alex Tirapelle (Illinois) dec. Joe Johnston (Iowa), 4-2
165 -- Matt Nagel (Minnesota) dec. Johny Hendricks (Oklahoma State), 5-3
174 -- Jake Herbert (Northwestern) dec. Jacob Klein (Nebraska), 8-5
184 -- Pete Friedl (Illinois) dec. Paul Bradley (Iowa), 4-3
197 -- Jake Rosholt (Oklahoma State) dec. Joel Flaggert (Oklahoma), 8-3
Hwt -- Cole Konrad (Minnesota) dec. Steve Mocco (Oklahoma State), 4-1
Exhibition Match:
Hwt -- Tervel Dlagnev, (Nebraska-Kearney) dec. Josh Leadingfox, (Central Oklahoma), 6-3
Related:
RevWrestling.com correctly predicts seven of the 10 matches, including Darrell Vasquez over Mack Reiter and Cole Konrad over Steve Mocco upsets. Read Story.
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