Navy Classic

[ScottishSteel]

Oh Nick Hamilton from Virginia looked rough; I was impressed by him at ACC's and NCAA's last year but he had a fugly tourney.

[wrestlingfan22]

16 minutes ago, ScottishSteel said:

I made the drive down to Annapolis and attended the Navy Classic so I can chime in with my observations from watching some of these matches.

First note though @Gene Mills Fan I sat next to a guy who said he was Mills's teammate at Syracuse and that he wrestled Barry Davis in college (this was proven by a picture of him wrestling Davis and double proven by Barry Davis talking to him about said picture) although I'm completely blanking on his name.

Second note, it was wrestled in their indoor track facility that had a gorgeous backdrop of floor to ceiling windows looking out over the water

Now to actual wrestling observations:

Nebraska looked rough as a whole - it really looked like it was their first comp of the year (which fair play it was).  Lauridsen got ridden hard, especially in his first match.  Silas Allred was actually losing his opening round match to a wrestler from Morgan St before Morgan St got hurt (actually got taken out on a gurney - hope he's okay).  Minto was losing his semifinal in the last 30 second OT period and managed to get a TD at the buzzer to make the finals.  He had a tough go in his quarters too.  The Wask win was more Wask getting a little reckless at the end in some yolo moves than Minto beating him as the MD result would suggest.  Brock Hardy got taken down by people he probably shouldn't have been taken down by.  Van Dee got pinned in the semis (although he was up at the time).  Araujo won the thing but I never felt like he was in control of a match.  Just overall sloppy and definitely not sharp but also - it was Nov 2nd so plenty of time for adjustments.  Antrell Taylor was the lone exception; he looked as expected.  I did hear someone in a Nebraska shirt saying AJF had a toe injury - no idea how reliable that source is.

American has some scrappy kids - especially the light weights, JJ Peace made the semis and looked tough.  Ray Lopez pinned Van Dee (Van Dee was winning by a fair amount so I had eyes on the other semifinal at the time and I'm not sure how Lopez caught him).  Lopez beat Leete in the finals but Leete got hurt in the match (looks like a fairly serious knee).  Lopez did look good in his other matches though.

Morgan St has a Campbell transfer, Eugene Harney who made the finals - he looks scrappy and solid.  Don't forget that name; he could be their first NCAA qualifier and I wouldn't be surprised.

@wrestlingfan22 I don't think you see Finn Solomon again this year; he had to get carried off the mat - looked like a knee but I'm not a doctor so who knows what it actually is.  Stout looked great.  Pitzer looked good against everyone but Lanosga so could be a styles makes fights kinda thing.  I think your observations on Chappell and Tallmadge match what I saw yesterday.  I wouldn't put too much stock in the Brown loss to Cassidy - it was a roller coaster.  I thought he wrestled well otherwise.

Ricciardi is definitely a name to remember from Navy.  Payton Thomas had a strong showing and Langosa kept doing his thing.  

George Mason and Bucknell was mostly scrappy but struggled to make a ton of noise; just were hard outs.


That's it for now I think, but if anyone has a specific question tag me and I'll try and answer off my recollections.


 

Thanks for the info @ScottishSteel! Sucks to hear that about Solomon. Good to know about Brown. 

[Huskers20]

2 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

He had a tough go in his quarters too.

Looks like Minto won 17-2 in quarters. Wonder if it was someone else 

[ScottishSteel]

1 minute ago, Huskers20 said:

Looks like Minto won 17-2 in quarters. Wonder if it was someone else 

Definitely possible; I've never claimed to be intelligent haha

He definitely pulled the semi's out of hat though and the Wask match was closer than the score indicated.  Those were both right in front of me so I had eye balls on those without distraction.

[Gene Mills Fan]

26 minutes ago, ScottishSteel said:

I made the drive down to Annapolis and attended the Navy Classic so I can chime in with my observations from watching some of these matches.

First note though @Gene Mills Fan I sat next to a guy who said he was Mills's teammate at Syracuse and that he wrestled Barry Davis in college (this was proven by a picture of him wrestling Davis and double proven by Barry Davis talking to him about said picture) although I'm completely blanking on his name.

Second note, it was wrestled in their indoor track facility that had a gorgeous backdrop of floor to ceiling windows looking out over the water

Now to actual wrestling observations:

Nebraska looked rough as a whole - it really looked like it was their first comp of the year (which fair play it was).  Lauridsen got ridden hard, especially in his first match.  Silas Allred was actually losing his opening round match to a wrestler from Morgan St before Morgan St got hurt (actually got taken out on a gurney - hope he's okay).  Minto was losing his semifinal in the last 30 second OT period and managed to get a TD at the buzzer to make the finals.  He had a tough go in his quarters too.  The Wask win was more Wask getting a little reckless at the end in some yolo moves than Minto beating him as the MD result would suggest.  Brock Hardy got taken down by people he probably shouldn't have been taken down by.  Van Dee got pinned in the semis (although he was up at the time).  Araujo won the thing but I never felt like he was in control of a match.  Just overall sloppy and definitely not sharp but also - it was Nov 2nd so plenty of time for adjustments.  Antrell Taylor was the lone exception; he looked as expected.  I did hear someone in a Nebraska shirt saying AJF had a toe injury - no idea how reliable that source is.

American has some scrappy kids - especially the light weights, JJ Peace made the semis and looked tough.  Ray Lopez pinned Van Dee (Van Dee was winning by a fair amount so I had eyes on the other semifinal at the time and I'm not sure how Lopez caught him).  Lopez beat Leete in the finals but Leete got hurt in the match (looks like a fairly serious knee).  Lopez did look good in his other matches though.

Morgan St has a Campbell transfer, Eugene Harney who made the finals - he looks scrappy and solid.  Don't forget that name; he could be their first NCAA qualifier and I wouldn't be surprised.

@wrestlingfan22 I don't think you see Finn Solomon again this year; he had to get carried off the mat - looked like a knee but I'm not a doctor so who knows what it actually is.  Stout looked great.  Pitzer looked good against everyone but Lanosga so could be a styles makes fights kinda thing.  I think your observations on Chappell and Tallmadge match what I saw yesterday.  I wouldn't put too much stock in the Brown loss to Cassidy - it was a roller coaster.  I thought he wrestled well otherwise.

Ricciardi is definitely a name to remember from Navy.  Payton Thomas had a strong showing and Langosa kept doing his thing.  

George Mason and Bucknell was mostly scrappy but struggled to make a ton of noise; just were hard outs.


That's it for now I think, but if anyone has a specific question tag me and I'll try and answer off my recollections.


 

Nice story! The wrestling facility in Syracuse was a remodeled Quonset hut in a parking lot of a small dome called Manley field house. Manley field house was their home court a dome in a parking lot with no windows. 

[Truzzcat]

1 hour ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

I'll give my Pitt shaded take

125: Chapell has cemented this as his spot. Had a good tournament and looks like a potential NQ

133: Tallmadge is good, definitely NQ level, but has to make some jumps to be a R12/AA guy

141: Priest seems to be pulling away from Santaniello for the starting spot, had a much better showing today against Cayden Ricciardi (who got 2 takedowns against Hardy in his semi. Watch out for this kid, I think he's a podium threat)

149: Brown took a 15-9 loss to Kaden Cassidy in what seemed like a crazy back-and-forth match. This cools me on stock a little, but he has plenty of chances to bounce back and 149 in ACC is wide open

157: Solomon INJ def. while winning, I hope he is not out for too long. Bouzakis looks good, but I hope they use the rest of his FR dates wisely, because I am not sure if he is a sure point scorer at NCAAs yet. 

165: Evans seems to be adjusting to 165 well, he is a smaller 165 and I am guessing Aruajo is a LARGE 165. Keslar is not far off Evans at all, taking 3rd, if Solomon's injury is serious, one of them could maybe shrink down to 157. 

174: Luca took a last-second loss to Wask, then pulled out of the classic. Minto looks legit up at 174 he smoked Wask. 

184: Daly looks like a solid backup at 184

197: Stout is a machine. McDanel almost made a u20 team this summer and the only person to ever TF him before in College is Barr. 

285: Lanosga clearly has Pitzer's number. Is Dayton just not up to speed yet? Is it purely a matchup thing? Or is Lanosga an AA threat this year? Or none of the above?

Riccardi was the best HS kid nobody talked about last year. He dominated some really good guys. 

[wrestlingfan22]

4 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Riccardi was the best HS kid nobody talked about last year. He dominated some really good guys. 

I agree. I was not sure how quickly he would transition to college, but he beat Priest 2x in two days and appears to have hit the ground running. His style also translates perfectly to college. He has Olivieri this weekend and Simcox next weekend. Will be some good matchups

[Huskers20]

56 minutes ago, ScottishSteel said:

Definitely possible; I've never claimed to be intelligent haha

He definitely pulled the semi's out of hat though and the Wask match was closer than the score indicated.  Those were both right in front of me so I had eye balls on those without distraction.

What was the semis takedown sequence? And how did LJ get his turns?

[Bias]

2 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

I made the drive down to Annapolis and attended the Navy Classic so I can chime in with my observations from watching some of these matches.

First note though @Gene Mills Fan I sat next to a guy who said he was Mills's teammate at Syracuse and that he wrestled Barry Davis in college (this was proven by a picture of him wrestling Davis and double proven by Barry Davis talking to him about said picture) although I'm completely blanking on his name.

Second note, it was wrestled in their indoor track facility that had a gorgeous backdrop of floor to ceiling windows looking out over the water

Now to actual wrestling observations:

Nebraska looked rough as a whole - it really looked like it was their first comp of the year (which fair play it was).  Lauridsen got ridden hard, especially in his first match.  Silas Allred was actually losing his opening round match to a wrestler from Morgan St before Morgan St got hurt (actually got taken out on a gurney - hope he's okay).  Minto was losing his semifinal in the last 30 second OT period and managed to get a TD at the buzzer to make the finals.  He had a tough go in his quarters too.  The Wask win was more Wask getting a little reckless at the end in some yolo moves than Minto beating him as the MD result would suggest.  Brock Hardy got taken down by people he probably shouldn't have been taken down by.  Van Dee got pinned in the semis (although he was up at the time).  Araujo won the thing but I never felt like he was in control of a match.  Just overall sloppy and definitely not sharp but also - it was Nov 2nd so plenty of time for adjustments.  Antrell Taylor was the lone exception; he looked as expected.  I did hear someone in a Nebraska shirt saying AJF had a toe injury - no idea how reliable that source is.

American has some scrappy kids - especially the light weights, JJ Peace made the semis and looked tough.  Ray Lopez pinned Van Dee (Van Dee was winning by a fair amount so I had eyes on the other semifinal at the time and I'm not sure how Lopez caught him).  Lopez beat Leete in the finals but Leete got hurt in the match (looks like a fairly serious knee).  Lopez did look good in his other matches though.

Morgan St has a Campbell transfer, Eugene Harney who made the finals - he looks scrappy and solid.  Don't forget that name; he could be their first NCAA qualifier and I wouldn't be surprised.

@wrestlingfan22 I don't think you see Finn Solomon again this year; he had to get carried off the mat - looked like a knee but I'm not a doctor so who knows what it actually is.  Stout looked great.  Pitzer looked good against everyone but Lanosga so could be a styles makes fights kinda thing.  I think your observations on Chappell and Tallmadge match what I saw yesterday.  I wouldn't put too much stock in the Brown loss to Cassidy - it was a roller coaster.  I thought he wrestled well otherwise.

Ricciardi is definitely a name to remember from Navy.  Payton Thomas had a strong showing and Langosa kept doing his thing.  

George Mason and Bucknell was mostly scrappy but struggled to make a ton of noise; just were hard outs.


That's it for now I think, but if anyone has a specific question tag me and I'll try and answer off my recollections.


 

Great post. Appreciate it.

[jdalu75]

3 hours ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

285: Lanosga clearly has Pitzer's number. Is Dayton just not up to speed yet? Is it purely a matchup thing? Or is Lanosga an AA threat this year? Or none of the above?

Lanosga is a 3x Louisiana state champion who won the NHSCA tourney as a sophomore.  So there's something there.  AA threat?  Not sure, but Flo and Intermat had him ranked pre-season.

[jbai3_12]

Certainly have seen the huskers have rough starts before. 

[ScottishSteel]

2 hours ago, Huskers20 said:

What was the semis takedown sequence? And how did LJ get his turns?

Here's what I can recall - going into the second 30 second OT; Minto was down 2 points.  Bucknell takes neutral and spends 27/28 seconds of it keeping space without pure running; I do not believe he ever went to the edge to play the out of bounds game.  As time was expiring it appeared Bucknell relaxed a little and Minto was able to get in close enough to get a shot off and finish.  Kudos to Minto for keeping the pressure on; learning experience for Bucknell for not wrestling through the whistle.

Did you mean a specific turn in general for Araujo?

[Huskers20]

1 hour ago, ScottishSteel said:

Here's what I can recall - going into the second 30 second OT; Minto was down 2 points.  Bucknell takes neutral and spends 27/28 seconds of it keeping space without pure running; I do not believe he ever went to the edge to play the out of bounds game.  As time was expiring it appeared Bucknell relaxed a little and Minto was able to get in close enough to get a shot off and finish.  Kudos to Minto for keeping the pressure on; learning experience for Bucknell for not wrestling through the whistle.

Did you mean a specific turn in general for Araujo?

Interesting with Minto, wasn't sure if it was a long developmental TD or late, quick strike. 
im curious if LJ was using tilts, legs, or what he used to score nearfall

[ScottishSteel]

8 hours ago, Huskers20 said:

Interesting with Minto, wasn't sure if it was a long developmental TD or late, quick strike. 
im curious if LJ was using tilts, legs, or what he used to score nearfall

Late quick strike; if you look on Flo it says Bucknell got a reversal in the first 30 seconds but that's incorrect.  Minto got dinged for locking hands and Bucknell got an escape in the same sequence.  That's how Minto found himself in a 2 point hole going into the latter 30 seconds

Araujo had legs in a lot; looks like he only got turns in the early rounds so I wasn't watching as closely then as all 8 mats were relevant

[ScottishSteel]

Navy Classic is wrestled in their fieldhouse; nice little venue w/ floor to ceiling windows looking out over the water.  Bleachers are right off the mats - very spectator friendly and the price is right; free admission if anyone has the opportunity to go it's worth it.

[NM1965]

22 hours ago, Fletcher said:

Nobody told Ferrari that going to Nebraska means wrestling a Big Ten schedule. Those shirtless workout videos aren't going to make themselves.

Just noticed they took the emojis away. I'd have given you a laugh emoji on that one. 

[ionel]

8 minutes ago, NM1965 said:

Just noticed they took the emojis away. I'd have given you a laugh emoji on that one. 

Did that time change last weekend catch you off guard? 

[NM1965]

31 minutes ago, ionel said:

Did that time change last weekend catch you off guard? 

Yeah, I was at the Holiday Inn Express in Sand Springs, OK. I woke up super hungry and went down to the hotel breakfast at 7am. I was disappointed it wasn't open and went to the front desk. I said to the lady "so, no breakfast on Sundays?". She laughed and said, "everybody is making that mistake". I had no idea what the hell she was talking about, she said to come back in about an hour. I didn't find out about DST until noon. I was early for everything!! 

Oh, I haven't been in this forum for a long time so I have no idea when the emojis went away. 

Edited November 4, 2025 by NM1965

[ionel]

2 hours ago, NM1965 said:

Yeah, I was at the Holiday Inn Express in Sand Springs, OK. I woke up super hungry and went down to the hotel breakfast at 7am. I was disappointed it wasn't open and went to the front desk. I said to the lady "so, no breakfast on Sundays?". She laughed and said, "everybody is making that mistake". I had no idea what the hell she was talking about, she said to come back in about an hour. I didn't find out about DST until noon. I was early for everything!! 

Oh, I haven't been in this forum for a long time so I have no idea when the emojis went away. 

nooneknows but knownothing knows 

[Huskers20]

10 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

Late quick strike; if you look on Flo it says Bucknell got a reversal in the first 30 seconds but that's incorrect.  Minto got dinged for locking hands and Bucknell got an escape in the same sequence.  That's how Minto found himself in a 2 point hole going into the latter 30 seconds

Araujo had legs in a lot; looks like he only got turns in the early rounds so I wasn't watching as closely then as all 8 mats were relevant

Thanks, I was guessing it was a stalling calling that caused for the riding time to be stopped but wasn't sure. 

[Tyler Perry]

On 11/3/2025 at 9:35 AM, Gus said:

Notable results/storylines form the Navy Classic

125 -  for Nebraska neither Koehler nor Laurdisen did anything to grab ahold of the Nebraska starting spot. Laurdisen placed higher but both look losses in watered down field.

133 -  Raymond Lopez from American had a day as an unseeded wrestler. He pinned Jacob Van Dee in the Semis and then pinned Max Leete in the finals.

141 -  Brock Hardy takes care of business with a close win (4-3) over Chapell from Buckness in the finals.

149 - Nebraska cannot wait to have Lamer officially join the team

157 - Antrell Taylor takes care of business with a 7-2 win over a solid Colton Washleski who I did not realize has transferred to UVA.

165- LJ Araujo wins his first tournament as the Nebraska starter in a decent field - Evan Maag GMU, Dylan Evans PITT, Noah Mulvaney Bucknell

174 - Chris Minto announces himself as a threat at 174 with an 11-3 MD over Danny Wask in the finals. 

184 - Allred is the champion here with a close win over DuVall (9-6 SV) in the finals

197 - A battle of AA's from last year in the finals with Mac Stout getting the 20-4 TF over McDanel

285- For the second time in a week Lanosga (Navy) takes out Dayton Pitzer 6-4. No AJ Ferrari in the field. Not sure why he was not there.

 

 

Ferrari has turf toe 

[Antitroll2828]

Finn Soloman tore his acl at the navy classic and is done for the year so Bouzakis will be the starter