California Bap vs Iowa

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Starting on Flo any moment at 125 lbs where Eli Griffin will hopefully give Ayala a tough match

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Bobby Telford, St. Mark's Spartan, holds his hand proudly on his chest and resists weeping before the beautiful flag.  Both teams lined up and ready for intros

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@nhs67 Swatford starting tonight.  As well as Riggins

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Griffin and Ayala with some funky scrambles which amounted to a takedown and an escape each.  4-4 going into the second.  I wondered if we'd see a challenge from the Lancers, but here we go

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125 was tight so far until Ayala got the TD, then Griffin escape.

8-5 after 2... great bout to start!

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Uh, oh... the subway is leaving the station and Ayala is on it.

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[flyingcement]

18-8 in a score that widened at the end.  Griffin needs to wrestle for the full seven (the commentator is saying the same)

[D3 for LU]

Just now, flyingcement said:

18-8 in a score that widened at the end.  Griffin needs to wrestle for the full seven (the commentator is saying the same)

Tru dat... Iowa usually comes w/ a full gas tank.

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Darren Green from Wyoming vs Real Woods from Stanford

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Woods looks like a snake taking a moment to play with a mouse before eating it whole

[D3 for LU]

The 133 bout was a yawner, fc. (Teske won by majorD.)

Please, continue!

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[D3 for LU]

Woods was playing with his food!

(Kwick Kill w/ a 1st pd. TF... )

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Dayne Morton who filled in for Ridge Lovett last year at Nebraska has been holding tight against Victor Voinovich after the first.  It's Victor Voinovich the third apparently (lol)

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tough ride out for VV3 to win 2-0

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And now Franek will beat up Morton's younger brother

[D3 for LU]

Voinovich is riding like Humphreys from LEHIGH... that'll do it for the win!

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Edited November 5, 2023 by D3 for LU

[flyingcement]

Good showing by the Morton brothers here.

Older brother, who spent much of his time outside of D1, narrowly loses to Voinovich.  True freshman younger brother goes into the third period against Jared Franek only down 4-0.  I hate to dwell on silver linings, but they did better than I expected.  As I say that, Franek gets another takedown and clinches a riding time point for effectively an 8-0 lead with a minute left in the third

Edited November 5, 2023 by flyingcement

[flyingcement]

Morton gets an escape to avoid the major.  Not bad young man.  Keep getting better

[D3 for LU]

Looking at Cal. Baptist stylized knight w/ a shield and lance on the mat & on the back of their singlets.

(It took me a bit to realize what it was! lol.)

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[D3 for LU]

By the way... the other dual that was on FLO, Air Force beat Western Colorado 27-13.

Hedrickson didn't wrestle tonite, but his teammate won nonetheless.

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The stadium is actually filled up pretty well and this is part of southern California that is not particularly known for wrestling.  Whoever promoted the team and event did a hell of a job

[D3 for LU]

Have to agree there, fc... and Iowa pitching a shutout so far as well.

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Wow... even the Hawkeye subs are having a fieldday!

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36-0 Iowa going into 285... So far the Lancers are getting lanced. 

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Gee, the dual has been so one sided that the Cal Baptist announcer thought the bout & dual was over after the 2nd pd...

until he realized that there was one more period to go (heh, heh!)

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