SouthEast Open

[MNRodent]

Hwt. Koy Hopke, MN over #14 Jimmy Mullen, VT 12-1

174  Ethan Riddle, MN over #16 Sergio Desiante, VT 16-10

 

Edited November 2, 2025 by MNRodent

[Antitroll2828]

18 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

Hwt. Koy Hopke, MN over #14 Jimmy Mullen, VT 12-1

174  Ethan Riddle, MN over #16 Sergio Desiante, VT 16-10

 

#33 Rune Lawrence WVU over #19 Sonny Sasso Vt 7-6

[HokieDave87]

Is Whiting a clear starter over Riddle? Would be weird to see Desiante lose to the backup and beat the starter

[MNRodent]

6 minutes ago, HokieDave87 said:

Is Whiting a clear starter over Riddle? Would be weird to see Desiante lose to the backup and beat the starter

I think it's up for grabs.  Riddle also beat him in freestyle this offseason.

[flyingcement]

Dillon Campbell with an impressive showing winning his weight class and majoring Braxton Brown.  Maybe they keep Seidel on redshirt this year if Campbell is capable of this

[Lunaticfringe]

Braxton Brown is a badboy 

[Tyler Perry]

Hopke looks good  

[Truzzcat]

31 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Dillon Campbell with an impressive showing winning his weight class and majoring Braxton Brown.  Maybe they keep Seidel on redshirt this year if Campbell is capable of this

They may need to get all the boys on the jesus and no lifting weights protocol and get seidel up to 141, bo 149 henson 157, miller 165 etc.

[Truzzcat]

Who the heck is this Branson John fella. Beat Nelson 11-4 and Lawrence 12-2.

[creek chub]

23 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

They may need to get all the boys on the jesus and no lifting weights protocol and get seidel up to 141, bo 149 henson 157, miller 165 etc.

Seidel to 141 might be a good option. Not sure what his weight is or if he can beat cook out. With Basset coming next year at 141, it makes sense to try now and shirt next year

[wrestlingfan22]

25 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Who the heck is this Branson John fella. Beat Nelson 11-4 and Lawrence 12-2.

He was a NQ at 174 last year, but was nothing special. He clearly made a huge jump by moving up in weight

[Truzzcat]

20 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

He was a NQ at 174 last year, but was nothing special. He clearly made a huge jump by moving up in weight

Bernie truax 2.0?

[Truzzcat]

23 minutes ago, creek chub said:

Seidel to 141 might be a good option. Not sure what his weight is or if he can beat cook out. With Basset coming next year at 141, it makes sense to try now and shirt next year

Crook did not have a great tournament I honestly would not be stunned if Seidel could beat him right now, I am super high on Seidel though.

[creek chub]

21 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Crook did not have a great tournament I honestly would not be stunned if Seidel could beat him right now, I am super high on Seidel though.

I watched all of Crook’s matches matside today. He was loose and smooth until the UNC match. I was hoping Crook had a level change after shirting. It could still happen but if Seidel can beat him now, it might be the best move for Seidel now, knowing he’d have to either cut to 133 next year or face Bassett at 141. DC looked great today and Seidel might not beat him next year. 

[Truzzcat]

26 minutes ago, creek chub said:

I watched all of Crook’s matches matside today. He was loose and smooth until the UNC match. I was hoping Crook had a level change after shirting. It could still happen but if Seidel can beat him now, it might be the best move for Seidel now, knowing he’d have to either cut to 133 next year or face Bassett at 141. DC looked great today and Seidel might not beat him next year. 

Any idea how their wrestle off went? was adding up the scores and I believe Campbell outscored his opponents 57-2. I think its worth noting that he beat Hohman 11-0 after hohman beat Oakley which was probably the biggest win of his career.

[Antitroll2828]

11 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

Who the heck is this Branson John fella. Beat Nelson 11-4 and Lawrence 12-2.

 

11 hours ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

He was a NQ at 174 last year, but was nothing special. He clearly made a huge jump by moving up in weight

John is a California state champ from Buchanan , NQ as a true freshman , had a really rough start to last year before picking it up at the end , had 7 wins over NQ. Pretty sure he is redshirting this year and will take the 184 spot from Smith next season 

[Hilton Head Joe]

15 hours ago, Tyler Perry said:

Hopke looks good  

That's what I was thinking. I was there. He looked big, strong, fast and technical. Most got him 2nd tier but he looked to me like he could beat AJ? 

[Antitroll2828]

Jett Strickenberger was beating Volk 1-0 in the 2nd period in the finals and hurt his knee defending a shot . It didn’t look good and he yelled out in pain , he tried to continue but inj def after about 20 seconds . Let’s hope it’s not severe 

[bnwtwg]

Hopke has a potentially career-altering injury to overcome, but if he does he WILL be our rep for at least a full quad. He's going to fill out into an absolutely massive human being with balance and a skillset to go with.

[Hilton Head Joe]

Also staying on Hwt from SE open. Does UNC make Levy starter over Neves? 

[Hilton Head Joe]

26 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Hopke has a potentially career-altering injury to overcome, but if he does he WILL be our rep for at least a full quad. He's going to fill out into an absolutely massive human being with balance and a skillset to go with.

I mean I was like dang. First time I have seen him wrestle in person. What is his injury? I see why he beats Mocco and losses to Merrill now. Merril can handle the size. 

Edited November 3, 2025 by Hilton Head Joe

[MNRodent]

On FRL today, Pyles (from Virginia) said that Mullen majored himself against Hopke.  I'll admit a couple of those scrambles were scary and could have ended differently, but isn't coming out on top in scrambles an important wrestling skill?

[ragnardinho]

On FRL today, Pyles (from Virginia) said that Mullen majored himself against Hopke.  I'll admit a couple of those scrambles were scary and could have ended differently, but isn't coming out on top in scrambles an important wrestling skill?

I’ll agree that first 7 was a bit fortunate. But I don’t think you can ignore the ride out and power the rest of the match. Ran him off the mat a few times.

[HokieDave87]

21 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

On FRL today, Pyles (from Virginia) said that Mullen majored himself against Hopke.  I'll admit a couple of those scrambles were scary and could have ended differently, but isn't coming out on top in scrambles an important wrestling skill?

Mullen's mat IQ was terrible but that's been a theme dating back to the end of last year

[MNRodent]

1 minute ago, HokieDave87 said:

Mullen's mat IQ was terrible but that's been a theme dating back to the end of last year

We have had some like that on our team as well