Overview

125: No. 11 Brendan McCrone (OSU) major decision over Chris Vargo (EDIN) 8-0 | OSU 4, EDIN 0 133: No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) fall over Colton Camacho (EDIN) 2:05 | OSU 10, EDIN 0 141: Andre Gonzales (OSU) technical fall over Colin Roberts (EDIN) 15-0 2:54 | OSU 15, EDIN 0 149: No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) decision over Garrett McChesney (EDIN) 6-3 | OSU 18, EDIN 0 157: No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) technical fall over Ryan Michaels (EDIN) 26-11 6:16 | OSU 23, EDIN 0 165: Sammy Sasso (OSU) decision over Max Kirby (EDIN) 13-9 | OSU 26, EDIN 0 174: Brody Evans (EDIN) major decision over T.J. Schierl (OSU) 12-0 | OSU 26, EDIN 4 184: Gavin Bell (OSU) major decision over Hunter Hutchenson (EDIN) 16-0 4:02 | OSU 31, EDIN 4 197: No. 11 Luke Geog (OSU) technical fall over Eli Makel (EDIN) 18-3 4:39 | OSU 36, EDIN 4 HWT: Hogan Swenski (OSU) major decision over Aden Roe (EDIN) 14-4 | OSU 40, EDIN 4

OSU / Edinboro Nov. 17 1pm FLO 125 No. 11 Brendan McCrone (OSU) vs. Chris Vargo (EDIN) - McCrone fall 6-0. 133 No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) vs. Colton Camacho (EDIN) - Bouzakis maj. 10-0. 141 Andre Gonzales (OSU) vs. Anthony Ferraro (EDIN) or Colin Roberts (EDIN) - Gonzales dec 13-0. 149 No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) vs. Garrett McChesney (EDIN) - D'Emilio maj. 17-0 157 No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) vs. Ryan Michaels (EDIN) - Paddy dec. 20-0 165 Sammy Sasso (OSU) vs. Max Kirby (EDIN) - Sasso TF 25-0. 174 Bryce Hepner (OSU) vs. Brody Evans (EDIN - OSU maj. 29-0. Hope to see Birden bump if Kharch is out. 184 No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) vs. Jared McGill (EDIN) or Vitali Daniels (EDIN) - Rogotzke fall 35-0. 197 No. 11 Luke Geog (OSU) vs. Nick Lodato (EDIN) or Eli Makel (EDIN) - Geog maj. 39-0. HWT Hogan Swenski (OSU) vs. Kade Sottolano (EDIN) or Aden Roe (EDIN) - Swenski dec. 42-0

OSU / Edinboro Nov. 17 1pm FLO 125 No. 11 Brendan McCrone (OSU) vs. Chris Vargo (EDIN) 133 No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) vs. Colton Camacho (EDIN) 141 Andre Gonzales (OSU) vs. Anthony Ferraro (EDIN) or Colin Roberts (EDIN) Mendez wrestles Sat. @ All Star Classic 149 No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) vs. Garrett McChesney (EDIN) 157 No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) vs. Ryan Michaels (EDIN) 165 Sammy Sasso (OSU) vs. Max Kirby (EDIN) 174 Bryce Hepner (OSU) vs. Brody Evans (EDIN) Not sure who we see after Hepners injury. Maybe Kharch, maybe Birden. 184 No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) vs. Jared McGill (EDIN) or Vitali Daniels (EDIN) 197 No. 11 Luke Geog (OSU) vs. Nick Lodato (EDIN) or Eli Makel (EDIN) HWT Hogan Swenski (OSU) vs. Kade Sottolano (EDIN) or Aden Roe (EDIN) Feldman wrestles Sat. @ All Star Classic

Wt. No. 6 Ohio State vs. UT at Chattanooga OSU UTC 125 No. 11 Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. Ty Tice (UTC) | TF, 16-0 5 0 133 No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. No. 24 Blake Boarman (UTC) | D, 12-7 8 0 141 No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. No. 20 Isaiah Powe (UTC) | TF, 23-7 13 0 149 No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. Bretli Reyna (UTC) | MD, 14-3 17 0 157 No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) def. Noah Castillo (UTC) SV, 4-1 20 0 165 Sammy Sasso (OSU) def. Jackson Hurst (UTC) | D, 12-6 23 0 174 Sergio Desiante (UTC) def. No. 15* Bryce Hepner (OSU) | Inj. 23 6 184 No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) def. Kamdyn Munro (UTC) | D, 19-12 26 6 197 No. 11 Luke Geog (OSU) def. David Harper (UTC) | TF, 20-5 31 6 HWT No. 3 Nick Feldman (OSU) def. Ethan Vergara (UTC) | TF, 19-4 36 6 *Hepner ranking at 165 | Attendance: 3,419

36-6 Buckeyes. Hepner got hurt and gave up 6. Sasso wrestled. I never believed I’d see him wrestle again…

Season opening dual. OSU vs. UTC Wt. #6 Ohio State vs. UT at Chattanooga 125 No. 11 Brendan McCrone (OSU) vs. Ty Tice (UTC) - McCrone maj. 4-0 133 No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) vs. No. 24 Blake Boarman (UTC) - Bouzakis dec. 7-0 141 No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU)vs. Dayne Dalrymple (UTC) - Mendez TF. 12-0 or Bretli Reyna (UTC) 149 No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) vs. No. 20 Isaiah Powe (UTC) - D'Emilio dec. 15-0 157 No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) vs. Noah Castillo (UTC) - Paddy fall 21-0 or Tavian Camper (UTC) 165 Sammy Sasso (OSU) vs. Jackson Hurst (UTC) - Sasso fall 27-0 174 No. 15* Bryce Hepner (OSU) vs. Sergio Desiante (UTC) - Hepner dec. 30-0 184 No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) vs. Kamdyn Munro (UTC) - Rogotzke fall 36-0 197 No. 11 Luke Geog (OSU) vs. David Harper (UTC) - Geog dec. 39-0 HWT No. 3 Nick Feldman (OSU) vs. Ethan Vergara (UTC) - Feldman TF 44-0

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I'm so happy to see this. I mean, I really hate the Buckeyes, but this will be something that I read for years to come. Cheers!

Been waiting for you...

Wow! I didn't know this resource existed until :20 ago. Wonderful stuff. Didn't much care for the score of that dual, but I hope we can have dueling previews this season and every season after that. I'm excited to see the ILLINI and the Buckeyes this season. Last year, it was a-whoopin', but it will be entertaining this time. It should be on BTN, but it's actually better for me that it will be on BTN+, he said selfishly. There'll be great battles up and down the lineups, but I'm especially interested in who OSU sends out at 133 and 184. Is Welsh going to redshirt or not? Has the new Freshman phenom outwrestled the old Freshman phenom? As soon as you know, please let us know. And like my kids used to say to me, "I said 'please.'"

Sasso to return for season opener. https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-wrestling/2024/11/150594/sammy-sasso-to-return-for-ohio-state-s-season-opener-against-chattanooga Sasso will start at 165. Surrounding him will be No. 11 Brendan McCrone (125), No. 18 Nic Bouzakis (133), No. 2 Jesse Mendez (141), No. 11 Dylan D'Emilio (149), No. 10 Paddy Gallagher (157), No. 15 Bryce Hepner (174), No. 17 Ryder Rogotzke (184), No. 11 Luke Geog (197) and No. 3 Nick Feldman (HWT). No Kharch or Welsh... .

Time to turn an eye to the Buckeyes. Says Who? Wrestlestat says. The algorithm seems to prefer the Buckeyes to the indivdual. Wrestlestat has OSU ranked higher in six of ten weights with Kharchla's 174 ranking being the most significant difference of opinion. I have been trained to trust the machine's. I was a fan of that plucky young go getter Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 in the 1984 underdog classic, The Terminator. So let's go with Wrestlestat the rest of the way. All-Americans If Wrestlestat knows what they are talking about, the Buckeyes look to have somewhere between 3 and 4 All-Americans this year. The obvious one is Jesse Mendez. As the top dog at 141 he has a slightly better than 98% chance of All-Americaning. I know, I know. Dude has a title. Come on, of course he will AA. Not so fast my friend. Returning finalist from 2014-2024 only AA 89% of the time. Nick Feldman as a four seed has about three chances in four to become an AA. Putting it all together gets us 3.5 expected AA's from 10 weights. Ohio State is Clearly Better Than PSU I pointed this out on the Illinois thread, too. PSU currently has only 9 wrestlers in the top 33. Ohio State has 10. As I type, Ohio State has a better shot at matching Minnesota's all-time feat of 10 AA's than PSU. So, there is that.

Ohio State freshman Ben Davino won his first collegiate event with a 5-0 record and wins over a pair of 2024 NCAA qualifiers to earn the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, the league office announced Thursday.

Saldate too much for Herman this time, wins 9-3. Herman faded badly end of the third against Fish. Herman is a viable option at 57. Hepner BY MFF... Kellar beats Lovett. Thompson loses in SV. Greer loses 2-0.

Herman beats Fish. Will wrestle for third. Gets Saldate again.

OSU 165 Hepner in final against Gilcher. Herman 157 will get Fish to wrestle for third. Ohio University with two in the finals, Kellar 157 and Thompson 174. Make it three for the Bobcats Greer in final at 285...

Finals 125: #16 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) DEC Vinny Kilkeary (Ohio State), 5-3 Good match. McCrone keeps his spot. Both had a good day. 133: Ben Davino (Ohio State) DEC #12 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State), 5-3 Still Bouzakis for now but Davino gets his opportunity. 141: #2 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) MD Luke Stanich Roxbury (Unattached-Lehigh), 14-3 Mendez was just fine. Handled Stanich. 149: #12 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) DEC Kade Brown (Pittsburgh), 5-1 D'Emilio looked great. He looks strong. 157: Brock Herman (Ohio State) MD Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo), 13-5 Herman gets a chance and handles it. 165: #21 Max Brignola (Unattached-Lehigh) DEC Brock Mantanona (Michigan), 8-6 Birden was third. Long and a solid wrestler. Had a great debut. 174: Joseph Walker (Michigan) DEC John Worthing (Clarion), 4-2 184: #3 (at 174) Rocco Welsh (Unattached-Ohio State) DEC #15 Jaden Bullock (Michigan), 7-2 Handled Bullock. Looked solid @84. 197: #8 Michael Beard (Lehigh) DEC #18 Luke Geog (Ohio State), 7-5 Geog had a good day. wrestled Beard tough. 285: #3 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) DEC #8 Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), 7-3 Wrestled well. Handled everyone. No Paddy. No Hepner. No Kharchla. Sasso in the corner. Buckeyes looked good today. Great opening weekend.

Finals 125: #16 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) DEC Vinny Kilkeary (Ohio State), 5-3 133: Ben Davino (Ohio State) DEC #12 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State), 5-3 141: #2 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) MD Luke Stanich Roxbury (Unattached-Lehigh), 14-3 149: #12 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) DEC Kade Brown (Pittsburgh), 5-1 157: Brock Herman (Ohio State) MD Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo), 13-5 165: #21 Max Brignola (Unattached-Lehigh) DEC Brock Mantanona (Michigan), 8-6 174: Joseph Walker (Michigan) DEC John Worthing (Clarion), 4-2 184: #3 (at 174) Rocco Welsh (Unattached-Ohio State) DEC #15 Jaden Bullock (Michigan), 7-2 197: #8 Michael Beard (Lehigh) DEC #18 Luke Geog (Ohio State), 7-5 285: #3 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) DEC #8 Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), 7-3

Clarion Open 9am Sunday Nov. 3rd. FLO #5 Ohio State, #7 Michigan, Pittsburgh, Kent State, Navy, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Bellarmine, Buffalo, Bloomsburg, and Clarion. No clue who wrestles. These are the ranked wrestlers. 125 lbs - #16 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State 125 lbs - #20 Colton Camacho, Edinboro 133 lbs - #4 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan 133 lbs - #12 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State 141 lbs - #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State 141 lbs - #7 Sergio Lemley, Michigan 141 lbs - #12 Josh Koderhandt, Navy 149 lbs - #12 Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State 149 lbs - #23 Finn Solomon, Pittsburgh 157 lbs - #9 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State 157 lbs - #17 Chase Saldate, Michigan 174 lbs - #3 Rocco Welsh, Ohio State 174 lbs - #19 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh 174 lbs - #20 Danny Wask, Navy 184 lbs - #15 Jaden Bullock, Michigan 184 lbs - #17 Ryder Rogotzke, Ohio State 184 lbs - #18 Reece Heller, Pittsburgh 184 lbs - #22 Jha'Quan Anderson, Gardner-Webb 197 lbs - #2 Jacob Cardenas, Michigan 197 lbs - #16 Mac Stout, Pittsburgh 197 lbs - #18 Luke Geog, Ohio State 285 lbs - #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State 285 lbs - #10 Josh Heindselman, Michigan 285 lbs - #14 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh ~FLO

Wrestle offs... https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2024/10/18/wrestling-brackets-set-for-2024-wrestle-offs

Date Opponent Location Nov 3 (Sun) A Clarion Open Clarion, Pennsylvania (Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium) Nov 14 (Thu) H University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Covelli Center) Nov 17 (Sun) A Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, PA (McComb Fieldhouse) Nov 24 (Sun) H Hofstra University (Covelli Center) Dec 6 (Fri) N Cliff Keen Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center) Dec 7 (Sat) N Cliff Keen Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center) Dec 13 (Fri) A University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA (Fitzgerald Field House) Dec 21 (Sat) N Collegiate Duals Nashville (Montgomery Bell Academy) Jan 5 (Sun) H Oregon State University (Covelli Center)