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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb picked up a pin from Tayler Parks and a major decision by RJ Mosley to go on to earn a 22-18 win over Franklin & Marshall Wednesday afternoon in the first home dual match of the season. Gardner-Webb (1-3) totaled six wins on the day, including five straight over the Diplomats (3-1), en route to earning its first dual win of the season. Action began at 125 pounds, where the riding time point gave Will Edmiston a narrow 6-5 decision over Jose Diaz to give the 'Dogs an early 3-0 advantage. A forfeit at 133 pounds gave Franklin & Marshall the lead, and the Diplomats added two straight decisions at 141 and 149 pounds to build a 12-3 lead. The momentum shifted back in favor of Gardner-Webb, beginning at 157 pounds as Taylor Parks earned a fall over Noah Chan, pinning his shoulders to the mat in 3:00. RJ Mosley followed by picking up an 11-3 major decision over Emmett LiCastri at 165 pounds to put GWU back on top by a 13-12 margin. The momentum continued as Samuel Mora defeated John Crawford, 12-7, at 174 pounds, Christian Salter defeated James Stillerman, 3-2, at 184 pounds, and Roderick Davis defeated Ethan Seeley, 10-4, at 197 pounds to seal the overall dual win. Action concluded at 285 pounds, where Gabriel Pickett fell to Steven Mercandante in 2:23. The Runnin' Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday, January 1, taking part in the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn. Results: 125 – Will Edmiston (GWU) def. Jose Diaz (F&M), Dec 6-5 133 – Mike Simonetti (F&M) wins via forfeit 141 – Wil Gil (F&M) def. Brandon Bright (GWU), Dec 9-2 149 – Cristiaan Dailey (F&M) def. Anthony Schiess (GWU), Dec. 4-1 157 – Taylor Parks (GWU) def. Noah Chan (F&M), Fall 3:00 165 – RJ Mosley (GWU) def. Emmett LiCastri (F&M), MD 11-3 174 – Samuel Mora (GWU) def. John Crawford (F&M), Dec 12-7 184 – Christian Salter (GWU) def. James Stillerman (F&M), Dec 3-2 197 – Roderick Davis (GWU) def. Ethan Seeley (F&M), Dec. 10-4 285 – Steven Mercandante (F&M) def. Gabriel Pickett (GWU), Fall 2:23

Spencer Lee gets ready to wrestle in the NCAA semifinals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The 2020 Olympic Games will be here before you know it. The upcoming Olympics in Tokyo, Japan are only seven months away. And with just six freestyle roster spots available per country in each of the three styles of international wrestling, there promises to be some epic battles for the coveted 18 roster spots on the U.S. Olympic squad. The Olympic quest continues with the U.S. Nationals scheduled for this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. This event serves as the main qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The top five finishers in each of the 18 Olympic weight classes qualify for April's Olympic Trials at Penn State University. There are 64 wrestlers already qualified for the Olympic Trials, including 24 in freestyle, 20 in women's wrestling and 30 in Greco-Roman. Here are some of the top storylines to watch in what shapes up to be an action-packed weekend of wrestling in Fort Worth, Texas: Spencer Lee's return to freestyle The two-time NCAA champion for Iowa hasn't wrestled a freestyle match in more than three years. But nobody should look past Spencer Lee, who owns a combined three world titles at the Junior and Cadet levels. Lee has proven he is an excellent folkstyle wrestler at the collegiate level, but freestyle is where he is most proficient. Even though he chose not to take an Olympic redshirt this season, Lee is still expected to make a splash in Texas when he competes at 57 kilograms. Among the other entries in this loaded weight class are NCAA champions Cory Clark, Nathan Tomasello and Darian Cruz, Junior world medalist Vitali Arujau and past World Team Trials champion Nahshon Garrett. Yianni D set to take mat Like Lee, Yianni Diakomihalis is a two-time NCAA champion whose best style is freestyle. Yianni is a two-time Cadet world freestyle champion who nearly made the Senior World Team in 2019 before falling to Zain Retherford at 65 kilograms. Yianni is a talented wrestler who looks like someone who could be a dominant force internationally on the Senior level. Yianni will compete in a stacked weight class in Texas that includes 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro along with past Junior world medalists Jordan Oliver and Joey McKenna. Teshya Alo defeated Jenna Burkert at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Return of Teshya Alo Hawaii's Teshya Alo was one of the country's top female prospects entering this four-year Olympic cycle. She dominated at the age group levels and won a Cadet world title in 2016. Now she's back to compete in women's wrestling at 62 kilograms. Alo has experience wrestling at the Senior level where she won the U.S. Open in 2015. It will be interesting to see how she fares in Fort Worth. Graff wrestling Greco Among the surprise entries in Greco-Roman is Tyler Graff, who made the 2019 U.S. World Team in freestyle at 61 kilograms. Graff is coming off a superb season where he made his first Senior-level world team. If he stuck with freestyle, he would have to drop down to 57 kilograms or move up to 65. He is entered at 60 kilograms for the U.S. Nationals in Greco. Kamal Bey throws Pat Smith at Final X: Rutgers (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Bey, Dieringer among top stars Top young stars Kamal Bey and Alex Dieringer have already qualified for the Olympics, but both wrestlers are registered for this weekend's event. Bey is a talented Greco-Roman athlete who has won a Junior World Team and made a Senior World Team in 2018. Bey competes at 77 kilograms. Dieringer is a three-time NCAA champion who won a Junior world silver medal in freestyle. Dieringer has moved up to 86 kilograms after finishing second to Kyle Dake in the Final X this past season at 79 kilograms. If Bey and Dieringer place in the top five at their weight in Texas, one fewer qualifier advances to State College. Comeback for Lampe Two-time world bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe is registered at 50 kilograms in women's wrestling. Lampe returned to competition this past summer and is a tough, hard-nosed wrestler who has proven herself in a number of big tournaments. She will look to regain her winning form after stepping away from competition for much of this Olympic cycle. Will Zahid, Mekhi be in the mix? Two-time NCAA champion Zahid Valencia and NCAA champion Mekhi Lewis are two wrestlers who could make a big impact in freestyle at the U.S. Nationals. Valencia is a Junior world silver medalist who has wrestled well on the Senior level the past two years. He will compete at 86 kilograms. Lewis won a Junior world title last year despite not having much freestyle experience. He will be at 74 kilograms. These are two young studs who have the potential to be standouts on the international level. Joe Warren is back Joe Warren is among the Greco-Roman entries at 67 kilograms. Warren is the last American wrestler to win a world title in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2006. He went on to become a Bellator world champion in mixed martial arts. Now 43 years old, Warren returned to wrestling competition last month at the Bill Farrell event in New York City. It will be interesting to see if Warren can earn a top-five finish in Texas and qualify for the Olympic Trials. Craig Sesker has written about wrestling for more than three decades. He's covered three Olympic Games and is a two-time national wrestling writer of the year.

Yianni Diakomihalis is pre-seeded No. 1 at 65 kilograms (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com) USA Wrestling released the pre-seeds for this weekend's Senior Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas. A seeding meeting will be held Friday night to determine the final seeds. The top five finishers in each weight class will earns spot at the 2020 Olympic Team Trials, which will be held April 4-5 at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa. 57 kilograms: 1. Spencer Lee (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Nathan Tomasello (Titan Mercury WC) 3. Zane Richards (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Nahshon Garrett (Sunkist Kids) 5. Darian Cruz (New York AC) 6. Vito Arujau (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Josh Rodriguez (Nittany Lion WC) 8. Zach Sanders (Gopher WC) 9. Sean Russell (Gopher WC) 10. Frank Perrelli (Titan Mercury WC) 11. Cory Clark (Titan Mercury WC) 12. Alan Waters (Titan Mercury WC) 65 kilograms: 1. Yianni Diakomihalis (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Jordan Oliver (Sunkist Kids) 3. Frank Molinaro (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Evan Henderson (Titan Mercury WC) 5. Jaydin Eierman (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Joey McKenna (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Bryce Meredith (New York AC) 8. Ben Whitford (Titan Mercury WC) 9. Dom Demas (Titan Mercury WC) 10. Dean Heil (Titan Mercury WC) 11. Nick Lee (Nittany Lion WC) 12. Jayson Ness (Gopher WC) 13. Colton McCrystal (Sunkist Kids) 14. Sean Fausz (Titan Mercury WC) 74 kilograms: 1. Nazar Kulchytskyy (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Mekhi Lewis (Titan Mercury WC) 3. Tommy Gantt (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Dan Vallimont (New York AC) 5. Chance Marsteller (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Alec Pantaleo (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Muhamed McBryde (Buffalo WC) 8. Tyler Berger (Sunkist Kids) 9. Anthony Valencia (Sunkist Kids) 10. Evan Wick (Titan Mercury WC) 11. Dylan Ness (Gopher WC) 86 kilograms: 1. Alex Dieringer (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Zahid Valencia (Sunkist Kids) 3. Sammy Brooks (New York AC) 4. Nick Heflin (Titan Mercury WC) 5. Myles Martin (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Aaron Brooks (Nittany Lion) 7. Nate Jackson (New York AC) 8. Brett Pfarr (Gopher WC) 97 kilograms: 1. Kyven Gadson (Sunkist Kids) 2. Hayden Zillmer (Gopher WC) 3. Ty Walz (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Kollin Moore (Titan Mercury WC) 5. Derek White (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Kevin Beazley (New York AC) 7. Timmy McCall (Titan Mercury WC) 8. Scottie Boykin (Titan Mercury WC) 125 kilograms: 1. Tony Nelson (Minnesota Storm) 2. Dom Bradley (Sunkist Kids) 3. Anthony Cassar (Nittany Lion WC) 4. Greg Kerkvliet (Titan Mercury WC) 5. Nick Nevills (Nittany Lion WC) 6. Mike Kosoy (Sunkist Kids) 7. Youssif Hemida (New York AC) 8. Tanner Hall (Sunkist Kids) 9. Zach Elam (Team Central WC)

St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio -- a suburb of Cleveland -- has suspended a part-time coach in its wrestling program which is ranked No. 4 in the nation by InterMat. An email sent to parents from St. Ed's principal reports possible "inappropriate sexual conduct" towards a student on the part of a member of the wrestling coaching staff. The alleged behavior was brought to the school's attention last Thursday morning. According to the statement from principal K.C. McKenna, upon learning of the allegation, "we immediately contacted the Lakewood Police Department and suspended the coach indefinitely, pending the outcome of the investigation. He was instructed to have no contact with anyone involved with the school. We are cooperating fully with the authorities during their investigation, which is ongoing." McKenna's statement also encouraged students who may have been a victim to immediately contact Lakewood police. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that no charges have been filed in Lakewood Municipal nor Cuyahoga County courts. St. Edward High School is a boys-only Roman Catholic school located in Lakewood, a suburb immediately west of downtown Cleveland. Founded in 1949, St. Ed has an enrollment of approximately 1,000 students. St. Ed's wrestling is highly respected within the state of Ohio and across the nation. Since 1959, the school's mat program has earned 33 state team titles, most recently earlier this year.

Trophies from the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) Over the 109 years since the formation of the NCAA, the organization has remained steadfast in its commitment to amateurism -- even when collegiate athletics became a billion-dollar industry -- a feat that caused the regulatory body to be likened to a cartel. In late September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Fair Pay to Play Act into law, potentially altering the landscape of intercollegiate athletics. Newsom's bill permits athletes attending college in the Golden State to hire agents and pursue outside endorsements. For the first time, student-athletes will have the opportunity to promote products and companies, and financially benefit from their athletic status. For instance, if Ford wanted to sign a deal with former USC running back Reggie Bush paying him $20,000 per season to drive to every home game at the Coliseum in a new Ford F-150, the passing of Senate Bill 206 allows for an arrangement like this to be legitimate starting in 2023. "Colleges and universities reap billions from these student-athletes' sacrifices and success but block them from earning a single dollar. That's a bankrupt model -- one that puts institutions ahead of the students they are supposed to serve," Newsom said. Newsom's statement is based on the fact that numerous different NCAA stakeholders, including the media, individual schools, athletic conferences, coaches, apparel manufacturers and distributors and other commercial entities all make millions, if not billions of dollars from the efforts of these students on the field, hardwood or mat. Yet, the athletes receive zero of the revenues they help generate due to the current amateurism restrictions. Since Newsom's action, other states have started the process toward comparable legislation of their own, though nothing has passed yet. This legislation overrides current NCAA policies forbidding competitors from receiving compensation falling outside their traditional scholarship. Before Newsom's ruling, student-athletes could not accept endorsement deals or payments for the use of their images or persona. In 2023, when the Fair Pay to Play Act officially takes effect in California, they can. As an organization, the NCAA accumulated over $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time during the 2017 fiscal year, according to USA Today. It did so again in 2018, turning a profit of roughly $27 million. Such figures, of which the athletes receive zero, are the driving force behind these litigations and ultimately Newsom's Senate Bill 206. Many have spoken to the impact this development will have on revenue-generating sports such as football and men's basketball, but few have discussed the ramifications on Olympic sports like wrestling. For collegiate wrestling, this could be a huge development and advancement for the sport. Unlike football or basketball, wrestling is a sport where the scholarships awarded to student-athletes are traditionally partial scholarships. In fact, on a given team there are 9.9 scholarships at the DI level, 9 per team for DII programs, 8 for NAIA programs and up to 16 scholarships for NJCAA programs. If those numbers seem low to you, that's because they are. Football, NCAA's most scholarship-heavy sport at the DI level offers 85 scholarships per team. In most cases, these offerings are what are referred to as "full-rides," though they do fall short in some areas. Additionally, when you consider that there are ten weight classes within collegiate wrestling and that a team usually carries upwards of 30 wrestlers on their roster at any given time, these 9.9 scholarships are exceptionally sparse. Newsom's law, though it won't right the many wrongs wrestling has faced over the years -- including the dozens of program cuts over the last few decades, in an effort to maintain Title IX compliance, but it is a small step in the right direction. This legislation will help compensate the dozen or so college wrestlers on any given active roster who currently receive zero scholarship dollars, despite putting in over 40 hours per week lifting, training, watching film and representing their school on the mat. While the combat sport doesn't garner the same media attention and fanfare that "The Big Four" North American sports do, college wrestlers, particularly those in Big Ten country, other markets like Stillwater, Oklahoma, Ames, Iowa, Columbia Missouri, Ithaca, New York and a handful of others are household names. At schools like Iowa, Minnesota Northwestern, Cornell, and Arizona State, an argument can be made that Spencer Lee, Gable Steveson, Sebastian Rivera, Yanni Diakomihalis and Zahid Valencia are the most successful athletes on their respective campuses, even if they are not the most well-known. That said, these athletes deserve to be compensated for what they individually bring to their university. Senate Bill 206 allows for this. Another beneficial aspect of this legislation, albeit a seldom discussed one, is its ability to ease the financial burden that comes with trying to qualify for the Olympics for wrestlers. Wrestling is very much an international sport. As such, many Olympic qualifying tournaments and invitationals take place overseas. Allowing wrestlers to accept outside endorsements and sponsorships will help cover the often-pricey expense that is international travel. Prior to the induction of Senate Bill 206, this was the sole responsibility of the athlete and accepting any outside funding would compromise NCAA eligibility. A final benefit worthy of discussion is the unique opportunity it provides wrestling-specific apparel and merchandising brands like Cliff Keen, Rudis and Asics, which also has a large presence in the wrestling world. Now, these merchandisers will have access to the best young athletes that the sports have to offer during their peak years of competition. Prior NCAA regulations meant NCAA wrestlers were off limits to brands like these until they began their international careers post-college. For those worried that Newsom's legislation would provide an unfair recruiting advantage to schools like Stanford, Arizona State and others located in California, that is a valid point. However, the NCAA is actively working to eliminate this concern by passing further legislation that would amount to a "universal Bill 206" if you will. On Oct. 29, 2019, nearly a month to the day after Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 206, the NCAA Board of Governors expressed via press release, their desire to start the process of enhancing the name, image and likeness opportunities for athletes across all three NCAA divisions. "We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," said Michael V. Drake, chair of the board and president of The Ohio State University. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships." The board asked each division to create any new rules beginning immediately, but no later than January 2021 -- virtually ensuring that, by the time the California Fair Pay to Play Act takes effect, all NCAA member institutions will be on equal footing as far as name, image and likeness rights are concerned for student-athletes. Currently, a broad plan exists, but what does it truly mean given legitimate, tangible and quantifiable changes may not be seen until as late as 2023? Few know what the true impact of these decisions will be, but it does allow student-athletes, and more importantly wrestlers like Lee, Steveson, Rivera, Diakomihalis and Valencia and others to set their own market as student-athletes and help make up for some of the obvious scholarship shortfalls under the current NCAA structure.

Mike Eierman coaching J'den Cox at the 2016 Olympic Team Trials (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) PROVIDENCE, R.I. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University and Brown University today unveiled the formation of The New England Regional Training Center (newenglandRTC.com), a state of the art program designed to advance the sport of wrestling in all ages in New England and throughout the country. Mike Eierman has been hired as the Head Coach of NERTC to lead the initiative. Building on the successful regional training center model created by USA Wrestling, NERTC will provide elite athletes from around the world with an unparalleled opportunity to create future career paths by tapping into the most powerful network of alumni and supporters in the wrestling world. The networks of both schools typically consist of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, doctors, lawyers, financial industry leaders and other professionals who are highly successful in their chosen careers. "Combining the goals and ideals of both Harvard University's and Brown University's wrestling programs is monumental. Not only will we provide resident-athletes with an unprecedented path to be great on and off the mat, our partnership will impact the entire New England Region through wrestling," noted Harvard University Head Coach Jay Weiss. "Mike Eierman is an elite coach and leader and knows the landscape; a true difference-maker. With Mike on board, we will be able to attract many wrestlers to come train here in New England, and we will be able to help these elite athletes prepare for life off the mat." Eierman brings a wealth of experience at the highest level of coaching, having coached Olympic Medalists, World Champions, NCAA Champions and NCAA All-Americans. His technique has been proven successful for athletes ranging from youth to senior-level. Before beginning his coaching career, Mike was a resident athlete of the U.S. Olympic Training Center from 2000-2003, placing in the U.S. Open and winning numerous medals in International freestyle tournaments in Russia, Ukraine, and Italy. In college, he was an NCAA All-American for the University of Nebraska. Eierman was the personal coach for J'den Cox at the 2016 Olympic Games, where Cox won an Olympic bronze medal in men's freestyle. Eierman helped coach Cox as a youth, and up through the Olympic level. Another athlete he coached, Jaydin Eierman, is a three-time NCAA All-American and U23 World Team member. Mike Eierman became well known for his youth club, Eierman Elite, which developed numerous champions. Eierman has college coaching experience with Westminster College, Neosho CC and the University of Missouri. "I am thrilled for this tremendous opportunity to coach the New England Regional Training Center, in partnership with Brown and Harvard Universities," said Eierman. "It's my honor and privilege to work with both the coaches and athletes of these prestigious institutions to help wrestlers expand their knowledge and skills on and off the mat, to become not only World and Olympic wrestling champions, but global leaders in their desired professions." Resident athletes live and train in Providence and Boston. These two metropolitan areas are great locations for anyone who wants access to an array of living opportunities, job markets, sports teams, urban and outdoor lifestyles, local beaches and restaurants. "We are really excited for this next chapter in New England Wrestling. Our RTC model will help resident athletes achieve their Olympics aspirations and network with two of the most powerful alumni groups in the world as our athletes find their career path after wrestling. This model will combine the best of both worlds - training opportunities and a career track toward success. stated Brown University Head Coach Todd Beckerman. For more information on the organization and the criteria for wrestlers to participate, please visit the New England Regional Training Center website newenglandrtc.com. In addition, the New England RTC is actively hiring Olympic-level Resident Athletes to train in Providence and Boston. If interested, please send your resume Newenglandrtc.com.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- NC State wrestling head coach Pat Popolizio has announced the hiring of Ian Assael as the Wolfpack's Director of Operations. Assael is a former college and club coach with experience dating back to 1995. Ian Assael with Trent Hidlay and Hayden Hilday"Ian brings unique experience that will help elevate our program on all levels with his vast amount years in our sport," said Popolizio. "I've gotten to know him as both a club coach and a high school coach while we were recruiting many of his athletes over the years, many that have since gone on to become Division 1 wrestlers. "Ian will be a great addition to our program." Assael spent the last three years as the head coach of Darkhorse Wrestling in Charlotte. Prior to that stint, he was the owner of Bison Legend Wrestling from 2012-17. On the collegiate level, Assael spent one season (2012-13) as an assistant coach at Bucknell. He graduated from Charlotte in 1990, then spent 10 years as a teacher and a head coach at the high school level. Assael will be replacing Melissa Simmons who joined Wolfpack Wrestling prior to the 2014-15 season, and served as the Director of Operations for five and a half seasons. A past former national champion during her collegiate days, Simmons recently earned her grad degree from NC State and is pursuing a job opportunity outside of collegiate wrestling. "We want to thank Melissa for all of her hard work and dedication to our program," said Popolizio. "Without her skill set, NC State Wrestling would not be where it is today. I am very thankful to have had her as part of our team, and she will be greatly missed by everybody that is involved with our team."

Adrian College will host the First Annual Cliff Keen National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships (NCWWC) in Adrian, Mich. on March 6-7, 2020. All NCAA varsity women's wrestling programs at the DI, DII, and DIII levels are eligible and welcome to enter. This is a historic event, as it is the first national-level tournament for college women's wrestling programs from NCAA-affiliated universities only. Organized by the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Coalition, the NCWWC is an important step in the process of receiving NCAA Emerging Sport Status for women's wrestling. In June 2019, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics recommended that all three NCAA divisions add women's freestyle wrestling as an emerging sport. These NCAA divisions are considering the women's wrestling bid this year, and official Emerging Sport Status could be achieved as early as August 2020. The Cliff Keen National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships is not an official NCAA Championship yet, but will be held annually until the sport receives Emerging Sport Status, then qualifies as an official NCAA Championships with 40 NCAA institutions. College programs which have been invited to the NCWCC at Adrian College include: Adrian College (MI), Augsburg University (MN), Colorado Mesa University (CO), East Stroudsburg University (PA), Emmanuel College (GA), Ferrum College (VA), Fontebonne University (MO), Gannon University (PA), King University (TN), Lakeland University (WI), Limestone College (SC), Lindenwood University - St. Charles (MO), Lock Haven University (PA), MacMurray College (IL), McKendree University (IL), North Central College (IL), Pacific University (OR), Presbyterian Colllege (SC), Schreiner University(TX), Simon Fraser University (BC, Canada), Tiffin University (OH), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI), Westminster College (MO) The Women's Collegiate Wrestling Coalition was created to bring the sport of Women's Wrestling through NCAA emerging sport status to become a fully-sanctioned NCAA championship sport. As stated in the WCWC vision, the organization is dedicated in the guidance, leadership and governance for the sport of women's wrestling at the collegiate level based on fair and safe competition, while adding competitive varsity opportunities for female student-athletes. For more information, visit its website at https://thewcwc.com/ "We are excited to be able to host the inaugural women's wrestling championship. It's an honor to add this one to the long list of regional and national tournaments we have hosted. It's always special when you help something new come into being and we intend to put on a great event. We hope everyone comes to watch the high level competition and join us in this excitement," said Michael Duffy, Athletic Director at Adrian College and NCWCC Tournament Director. "This event is significant because it's opening a door to the NCAA that will expand the breadth and depth of women's collegiate wrestling opportunities," said Sally Roberts, Founder and Executive Director of Wrestle Like A Girl. "It will also serve to support more athletic and academic scholarships; it will create and support more future leaders that will strengthen our national fabric and add significant value to the conversation of equality and opportunity for all." "This NCWWC tournament is a very exciting step for women's wrestling. With the upcoming Emerging Sport Status vote happening in January, this event is a precursor to what will hopefully become the NCAA Championships for women's wrestling in the near future. The level of competition will be fantastic. It will be a great opportunity for our NCAA-school programs to showcase their athletes and the sport of women's wrestling as a whole," said Julia Salata, Executive Director of the WCWC and a Wrestle Like A Girl employee. "This competition is a huge step forward, as we continue to grow college women's wrestling. USA Wrestling is excited to support the Cliff Keen National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships. This will be a historic first step for NCAA institutions which sponsor women's freestyle wrestling. It will be a great showcase of our talented women student-athletes. We thank Adrian College for its leadership in hosting the tournament, and appreciate the hard work from our coalition members in creating this opportunity," said Rich Bender, USA Wrestling Executive Director. Additional details on the tournament, including session times, ticket prices, event broadcast, sponsors, media accreditation and more will be announced shortly. Mark your calendar for March 6-7, and join us at Adrian College in Adrian, Mich. for the First Annual Cliff Keen National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships.

Fresno City College won its fourth straight California CC state title (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com) In many ways, this was the wildest state meet to my memory on an individual basis. But the team race, was one of familiarity. When all the smoke cleared, Fresno City College won a record fourth consecutive state championship, and it's 17th in the 62-year history of the California Community College State Championship. Fresno was there from the start in 1959, tying San Bernardino College for the title. The Rams dominated the competition, from the first whistle to the last match. With 10 of their 12 qualifiers making it to the semifinals and seven getting into the finals, there was no doubt who the top dog in California was again this year. Fresno City finished with 11 medalists, 9 All-Americans including 4 Champions when all the dust settled. The final team score of 186 points was just one shy of their own record set at the 2018 State Championships. The Cerritos College Falcons, ranked No. 2 most of the season, conceded nothing, and were clearly the second-best team this season. Qualifying 11 athletes to the state meet, Cerritos made every one of them count. All 11 medaled, including five All-Americans and two champions. The biggest team fight was for third place. Sacramento City College came into the tournament ranked fifth and ended day one in third place. Day 2 saw them hanging onto the spot, but others scratching and clawing their way toward the final trophy place. After the medal round and going into the finals, the Panthers held a one-point lead over third-ranked Bakersfield for the spot. It came down to the finals at 174 pounds where Sacramento's No. 2 ranked Chase Miles met Bakersfield's No. 3 ranked Jonathan Hunter. The winner would clinch third place for the team. Hunter, in dominating fashion took the lead, then pinned Miles in the second period to help lead the Renegades to third place, the same as their rankings. SCC finished in fourth place. Individual races were quite a mix this year. Your ranking coming in played no role in the outcome of a match. Lower ranked and unranked wrestlers came to the tournament determined to make you wrestle to the end of each match. In total, four No. 1 ranked wrestlers lost in the first two rounds. Five No. 2 ranked wrestlers suffered the same fate. Below is a breakdown by weight. 125: This saw the meeting of the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked wrestlers in the state reach the finals. Number 1 ranked Mario Moreno of Fresno City had won three tournaments this season while No. 2 Jonathan Prata of Cerritos had won two tournaments. In the recent State Dual Championships, Moreno edged Prata by a score of 5-2. This was a low scoring final with lots of action. In the end, Prata pulled off the upset with a 3-2 victory, the third point coming from riding time. Fresno City's Ramiro Castillo took fifth in this weight to give Fresno two medalists. His first loss came to teammate Moreno in the semifinal. 133: This weight was the wildest of all. When it came down to it all, two wrestlers, one unranked at the weight and the other was an honorable mention at 141 before the postseason, met in the finals. Kahlil Tucker of Rio Hondo came in unranked while Houston Scibek of Modesto came in an HM at 141 while also competing in matches at 125 and 133 on the year. In a wild match going back and forth, Tucker held on for a 7-6 victory. Scibek had been second in two tournaments this year and finished fourth in the North Region, while Tucker's only tournament placing was second in the south region. Again, riding time played the factor as Tucker scored a third period reversal and ride out for the win. Stefano McKinney of Cerritos finished third and was another HM at 141 before the post season began. He had lost in the quarters to yet another HM wrestler, Sacramento City's Cole Kachmar who ended up finishing in sixth place. McKinney's teammate, Andres Gonzalez finished in seventh and was defeated by McKinney in the conso-quarters. 141: Another crazy weight as far as seeds go saw seventh ranked Christian Espinoza of Rio Hondo meet eighth ranked Isaiah Mora of Cerritos. Before the postseason, neither wrestler had been in the finals of a tournament. This was a great tournament to get it done in. Mora was 1st in the South region while Espinoza was third in the same region. Mora knocked off No. 2 ranked Anthony Chavez of Fresno in the semi. This may not seem a surprise as he defeated Chavez in the State Dual meet as well. Espinoza knocked off No. 1 ranked Raul Ortiz of Sacramento City in the quarters. It was Ortiz's first loss to a CCC wrestler this season. Mora and Espinoza put on an offensive show, going back and forth for 3 rounds with Mora finally getting ahead by three and holding onto a 10-7 win and the championship. 149: This weight saw two Fresno City wrestlers make the finals as was expected. Daniel Ruiz and Chris Gaxiola have been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively since the first tournament of the season. They have finished in the finals of five tournaments throughout the season. They only wrestled that final once when Ruiz edged Gaxiola by a 4-3 score. Add to it that Ruiz is the defending champion at the weight makes it an even more interesting matchup. This final had the components of two talented wrestlers who practice with each other on a daily basis, and as could be expected a low scoring event as they countered each other over and over. Ruiz did score a takedown in the match and held on to a 3-2 victory and his second State Championship. 157: This was a battle of the No. 2 and No. 3 ranked wrestlers in the finals. In an unusual twist, the No. 2 ranked Josh McMillan of Fresno City, who finished third in the North Region, met No. 1 ranked Larry Rodriguez of Cerritos in the quarters. Rodriguez had defeated McMillan by a 11-5 score in the State Dual meet. This match belonged to McMillan as he defeated Rodriguez 4-1 and avenge the earlier loss. No. 3 ranked William Schwertscharf of Modesto finished fourth in the North Region, losing to McMillan. He took down the North Region No. 1, Hunter LaRue of Sacramento City with a last second takedown to reach the final. After all that drama, McMillan systematically built on his lead after gaining the first takedown in round one, and scored the last takedown in the third round to win by an 8-3 score. East Los Angeles wrestlers Emmanuel Zepeda and Doroteo Lopez finished fifth and seventh respectively to get two medalists at this weight. 165: This weight saw another battle of No. 1 vs No. 2. Defending champion and No. 1 ranked Augustine Garcia of Fresno City met No. 2 ranked Jacob Hansen of Moorpark. These two never met this season and everyone was anticipating a great match up. It took a bit of time, but Hansen scored first blood with a TD in the first period. Hansen controlled the match throughout getting another takedown and riding time to defeat Garcia by a score of 7-2. This is another weight where two wrestlers from one team medaled. This time it was Sacramento City. Manny Curry finished in sixth place while Alex Thornburg placed in eighth for the Panthers. 174: This weight saw No. 2 Chase Miles of Sacramento City meet No. 3 Jonathan Hunter of Bakersfield. The winner of this match would help their team take home the third place team trophy. Hunter jumped out to the lead, then hooked up a nearside cradle and a fall to win the Championship at the weight and get Bakersfield the third-place team trophy. Once again, two wrestlers from one team got on the podium. This time it was Mt. San Antonio College. Kevin Hope finished in fourth place while Kevin Ayala took home sixth place. 184: In this match-up, No. 1 Stephen Martin of Skyline met No. 4 Jordan Annis of Bakersfield. Annis had a rough region finishing in fourth place. He knocked off No. 2 Russell Rucklos of Lassen in the quarters and the South Region champ, Joey Conroy of Palomar to reach the finals. Martin won by scores of 6-0 and 6-1 in reaching the finals. Martin's solid offense and even better defense did the trick in shutting out Annis by a score of 7-0. He gave up only one point in three matches on the way to his championship. 197: The battle of No. 1 Jack Kilner of Fresno City and No. 3 Hamza Al Saudi of Cerritos was a defensive battle. They met a few weeks ago with Kilner winning by a 9-0 score at the State Dual championships. No one could score in the first period and Kilner scored an escape in the second period to make it 1-0 going into the third period. Al Saudi chose neutral in the third period in hopes of scoring a TD and stealing a win. With about 10 seconds left, he got in on a shot and was awarded a TD. With a ride out, it appeared he had pulled off the upset. Fresno City coaches appealed the call and it was overturned. Ten seconds of bad time was put on the clock, but on one could score in the time allotted and Kilner survived with a 1-0 victory and the Championship. 285: In the final match of the night, Fresno City's No. 1 ranked Armando Barcenas met unranked but South Region champ, Enrique Galica of Palomar. Barcenas was holding on to a one-point lead late in the match when Galica took a shot and just missed scoring. As time was running down, Galica took another shot but this time was countered by Barcenas for a takedown and a Championship win by a score of 5-2. Sierra College had two medalists in this weight getting a fourth-place finish from Victor Yakshin and a seventh-place finish from Alex Mosquada. Coach of the Year: Paul Keysaw, Fresno City College Assistant Coach of the Year: George Moreno, Fresno City College Outstanding Wrestler of the Year: Jacob Hansen (Moorpark) Final Team Standings 1. Fresno City College 186 2. Cerritos College 137 3. Bakersfield College 77 4. Sacramento City College 72 5. Sierra College 70.5 6. Mt San Antonio College 65 7. Modesto Jr. College 59 8. Lassen Community College 53 9. Rio Hondo College 48 10. East Los Angeles College 41 11. Santa Rosa Jr. College 34 12. West Hills College 33.5 13. Palomar College 30.5 14. Moorpark College 29.5 15. Cuesta College 23.5 16. Skyline College 19 17. San Joaquin Delta College 17 18. Chabot College 11.5 19. Victor Valley College 10 20. Santa Ana College 8.5 21. Shasta College 0

Eastern Gateway Community College will add another sport beginning next fall with wrestling set to become their third varsity program, joining baseball, which began in the fall of 2017 and women's volleyball, also set to begin this fall under the direction of head coach Joe Conroy. Former YSU and Ohio University grappling standout Dom Mancini, long considered one of the area's outstanding wrestlers and scholastic head coaches during his 20-year run at Boardman High School, has been tabbed as the program's first head coach. "As our athletic program continues to grow, we are very excited about the addition of men's varsity wrestling next fall," EGCC director of athletics John Zizzo said. "Dom Mancini will lead our wrestling program as head coach, bringing a wealth of wrestling knowledge and experience to EGCC Athletics. "During his time as head coach at Boardman High School and his involvement with area youth wrestling programs, we felt that he was a perfect fit for starting up and coaching our program, now and into the future."

Pete PettryA GoFundMe page has been established for Pete Pettry, a former wrestler at Liberty University and University of Central Oklahoma. Pettry was seriously injured in a head-on car crash in Richmond, Virginia last week and remains hospitalized. According to Patricia Griffin who created the fundraiser for Pettry, he is expected to be transferred soon to another hospital for weeks of physical therapy. Pettry wrestled at Liberty University in Virginia during the 1993-94 season, then continued his academic and mat career at Central Oklahoma from 2003-06. He was a member of the Bronchos wrestling team which won the NCAA Division II team championship in 2003.

Drew Munch pinned his way to the finals before beating a ranked wrestler to win the title (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) The nation's top in-season high school wrestling tournament was contested this weekend at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio -- the 26th edition of the Walsh Ironman. Fifteen nationally ranked teams were among the field that contested the event on Friday and Saturday, while approximately 65 ranked wrestlers were in the competition. In such an elite event, there are a lot of observations to made, some of them are contained here. A new national No. 1 team The top two teams in the Fab 50 national high school team rankings in the field, they finished first and second in the standings. Leading the standings was No. 2 Wyoming Seminary (Pa.), while No. 1 Blair Academy (N.J.) finished second. The margin in the standings was 45.5 points, 234.5 to 189. The absence of defending tournament champions Trevor Mastrogiovanni (126) and Shayne Van Ness (132) probably cost Blair Academy a net of 50-55 points; while the absence of Kyle Costello (195) and Jacob Kaminski (285) for Wyoming Seminary was about a 30-point net loss for the Blue Knights. In terms of wrestling-related reasons for why the Blue Knights won the tournament, one can point to thee significant "above slot" performances. Unranked Drew Munch (132) pinned his way to the championship match and then beat a ranked wrestler in the finals bout; Lachlan McNeil (145) knocked off the national No. 1 in his championship match; and unranked freshman Gabe Arnold (160) beat a pair of ranked wrestlers on the way to a third-place finish. Wyoming Seminary went 4-0 in semifinal matches on the way to three championships, while the other nine wrestlers they entered advanced to at minimum the consolation round of 12 with six of those wrestlers earning podium finishes. On the other hand, Blair Academy went 3-3 in the semifinals on the way to two championships but only placing seven wrestlers in total. Dalton Harkins gets his hand raised after winning a title at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) 152 pounds of crazy The 152-pound weight class bracket featured seven nationally ranked wrestlers entering the tournament: No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.), No. 5 Peyton Hall (Oak Glen, W.Va.), No. 6 Brayden Roberts (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), No. 8 B.J. Bailey (Thornton Fractional North, Ill.), No. 11 Connor Kievman (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), No. 13 Bryce Hepner (St. Edward, Ohio), and No. 18 Noah Castillo (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.). However, when the tournament was done, the champion was the unranked Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.), a wrestler that was not really even a consideration for the top 20 entering the tournament coming off a fourth-place finish last year in the 138-pound weight class at National Preps (he was third the two years previous). Harkins used a second period escape and a third period ride-out in which Bailey was hit with two stall calls to win 2-0 in the round of 16; he beat Cole Handlovic (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) 4-1 in the tiebreaker in the quarters; then it was a takedown and turn in the second period to key a 9-2 victory over Hall in the semifinal. The championship match against Mastrogiovanni that went to overtime was interesting to say the least. Harkins did not score a takedown in regulation, while Mastrogiovanni had two. Harkins scored his points on an escape in each period, an unnecessary roughness penalty in the second period, and a second stalling call in the third period. The action leading to the pin in overtime was off a chin whip. The front-side loss for the fourth and fifth place finishers in this weight class came to wrestlers that lost in the consolation round of 12: Castillo lost 2-1 in the tiebreaker to Derek Fields (Brunswick, Ohio), while Enrique Munguia (Elyria, Ohio) lost 10-7 to Hepner; while the seventh and eighth place finishers split matches during the course of the tournament, Handlovic won 4-3 in the round of 16 while Caleb Dowling (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.) 3-0 for seventh. In summary, the order of placement went NR, No. 2, No. 5, No. 18, NR, No. 6, NR, and NR; No. 11 and No. 13 lost one match short of placement, while No. 8 fell two matches before placement. Team revelation: Malvern Prep, Pa. Entering the tournament ranked No. 27 in the country, people knew the Friars were a pretty talented team. However, top five standings type noise was not expected: (1) five teams ranked inside the national top eight were in the field (2) no wrestler entered the weekend nationally ranked (3) no wrestler was seeded above fifth (4) only four wrestlers were seeded in placement positions. What happened was three finalists and six placers. 14-seed Harkins and six-seed Deery emerged as champions; while Feldman, the Friars' highest seed at fifth, finished as runner-up. Also placing were Jack Wehmeyer in sixth, while Thomas Link and Dayton Delviscio finished eighth. Of those six wrestlers, two are seniors, one is a junior, two are sophomores, and one is a freshman. Malvern Prep amassed 126.5 points on the way to a third-place finish, 78.5 of which were scored by non-seniors; a total that would have placed just behind 10th place Waynesburg, Pa. Eleven of their fourteen starters are underclassmen, including nine freshmen or sophomores; and there is strong talent coming from behind for head coach Nathan Lautar through their youth/club infrastructure. Best championship path of the tournament: Frankie Tal-Shahar Though Outstanding Wrestler honors went to Lachlan McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) for upending the national No. 1 at 145 pounds in the championship bout, the most impressive championship path in my opinion was had by Tal-Shahar. A runner-up in this event last year at 132 pounds, he entered this tournament off a DNP at the preseason Super 32 Challenge, though his consolation loss was in the tiebreaker to a Cadet World Team participant. In the round of 16, a late takedown was the difference in a 3-2 victory over talented sophomore Gavin Brown (Legacy Christian Academy, Ohio); while takedowns in the first and third period propelled the national No. 10 to a 5-2 win over No. 5 Mick Burnett (Elyria, Ohio); a third period takedown was the difference in a 3-1 win over No. 16 Nick Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio); before his 3-1 overtime victory over national No. 1 Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.). Low margins Saturday The second day of the tournament saw a hefty number of close bouts. By round of competition, here was the accounting for bouts that were either decided by two points or less in regulation or had to go beyond regulation time to have a winner emerge. Consolation round of 12 11/14 weight classes had at least one bout that was "close" (21/56 bouts) Six bouts went beyond regulation All four "blood round" bouts at 113, and three of four at 152 were "close" Semifinal 11/14 weight classes had at least one "close bout" (15/28 bouts) Seven bouts went beyond regulation Both semis at 113, 138, 145, and 182 were "close" Consolation quarterfinals 9/14 weight classes had at least one "close bout" (13/28 bouts) Five bouts went beyond regulation Both matches at 138 through 160 were "close" Consolation semifinals 9/14 weight classes had at least one "close bout" (12/27 contested) Four bouts went beyond regulation Both matches at 132, 138, and 195 were "close" Championship finals 9/14 were "close" Four went beyond regulation

RENO, Nev. -- It was a banner day for the Wyoming wrestling team Sunday at the Reno Tournament of Champions as the Cowboys took first place as a team with 155.5 points and crowned three individual champions on the day. Montorie Bridges at 133 pounds, Dewey Krueger at 157 and Tate Samuelson at 184 were the three champions for the Pokes. Krueger was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament, becoming the third consecutive Cowboy to receive the honor at Reno. It also marks UW's fifth-straight season with a top-four team finish at the Tournament of Champions. "I was about to leave, honestly, I didn't know what was going on" said Krueger afterwards. "They called my name over, and I was like 'dang.' I had a good tournament and had fun. This was probably the most fun I had wrestling, I enjoy wrestling and it feels good to have it pay off a little bit." UW also got three second-place finishes at the event as Jaron Jensen (149), Cole Moody (165) and Hayden Hastings (174) all came up just short in the finals. Casey Randles took third at 165 pounds while Stephen Buchanan was fourth at 197 and Chase Zollmann took fifth at 141 pounds to round-out the podium finishes for the Cowboys. Bridges opened up his tournament with back-to-back falls as he defeated Blaysen Terukina of Menlo late in his opening match of the day and then pinned Colorado Mes'as Dylan Keeney with a minute left in the first period. In the quarters, Bridges escaped with a 1-0 win over Warner Pacific's Austin Wallace-Lister before winning 4-2 in the semifinals over Oregon State's Devan Turner. In the championship match, Bridges controlled Campbell's Noah Gonser, 4-1 to take home the title. "Reno is a good tournament and a good tournament for our team," said Bridges. "We won as a team, so that was a big part to finish our semester out strong. It was good for us to put ourselves into position to be better, wrestle better and get better." Krueger opened his day with back-to-back bonus-point victories as well as he began with a 15-1 major decision over Cal Poly's Max Anderson. In the next round, Kruger tech-falled Highline's John Sowers, 20-2. In the quarterfinals, Krueger defeated Matthew Olguin of Fresno State, 4-2 before surviving a 4-3 contest against Grand View's Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer. In the finals, Krueger defeated Oregon State's Hunter Willits, 3-1 in thrilling fashion, getting a Sudden Victory takedown to take the title. At 184, Samuelson opened his tournament with a first period fall of Western Wyoming's Jace Anderson. Samuelson then blanked Campbell's Calib Hopkins, 3-0 before advancing past Grand View's Kenderick Jones, 3-2. In the semis, Samuelson defeated Anthony Orozco of Menlo, 6-1 before taking out Oregon State's Colt Doyle in the finals, 3-1 to earn Wyoming's third individual title. Samuelson's win over Doyle came in the final seconds of Sudden Victory, much like Krueger's win early in the night. "I came out a little timid, but still got the first place finish. I've still got some room to improve but still happy about tonight." Said Samuelson. Jaron Jensen, who competed for the first time as a ranked wrestler Sunday, had a solid day as he recorded a pair of tech fall wins, defeating Campbell's Zachary Barnes, 15-0 and Warner Pacific's Zach Sias, 16-1. Jensen also got a pin at 3:42 in his second round match over Umpqua's Titus Mejia. After picking up back-to-back decisions, 6-4 and 10-4, Jensen was defeated in the finals by Stanford's Jaden Abas, 10-6. At 165 pounds, Moody began the T.O.C. with three consecutive bonus-point victories as he pinned Utah Valley's Corbin Smith early in the second period. In the round of 16, Moody got a 14-2 major decision over Cal Poly's Dylan Miracle and then dispatched of Northern Colorado's Austin Matthews in the quarterfinals in just 2:21. In the semifinals, Moody earned an 8-2 decision over Fresno State's Ricky Padilla before coming up short in the championship bout, 10-5 against Campbell's Quentin Perez. Hastings rolled along to five wins at 174 as he opened the day with a 9-0 major over UNC's Xavier Vasquez. Hastings then pinned Menlo's Jordan Bernal in just 1:33 before winning 6-1 over CSU Bakersfield's Albert Urias, 6-1. In the quarters, Hastings pinned Cal Baptist's Jacob Cooper in just 54 seconds before getting a 9-4 win in the semis over Abner Romero. Hastings had to bow-out before the finals match due to an injury as Baker's Lucas Lovvorn took the 174-pound title. The Pokes will now be off for two weeks before returning to action Dec. 29 for the South Beach Duals down in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Cowboys will face Cornell and Old Dominion Sunday at the event and will face Michigan State and North Carolina State Monday, Dec. 30.

NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 9 Oklahoma State wrestling team (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) notched its 10th consecutive dual victory over Oklahoma, 23-9, Sunday afternoon in the teams' first contest in Norman in more than three years. The win against Oklahoma's squad pushed the Cowboys' all-time Bedlam record to 142-27-10. The Cowboys took seven of 10 matches from the Sooners (1-2 overall, 0-1 Big 12), including an upset for freshman Reece Witcraft at 133 pounds. Witcraft took out No. 18 Anthony Madrigal in an action-packed bout, 6-5, collecting his first ranked victory for the Cowboys. In three of the seven wins, OSU also picked up bonus points. "At 133, we had a good match," coach John Smith said. "It was good to get those bonus points at 125 and 149 pounds, also. Bonus points make a big difference, and both those guys got them. It was a good win, taking seven of the 10, almost eight. I think the difference was we were scoring in the third period." Coming off tough losses against Princeton just more than a week ago, Nick Piccininni and 197-pound Dakota Geer picked up wins for the Cowboys. Piccininni won a major decision in the 125-pound bout against Christian Moody. The senior scored an early takedown and four-count before picking up two more takedowns and forcing multiple stalling calls against Moody. In a top-10 contest, No. 5 Geer defeated ninth-ranked Jake Woodley in a tough 4-2 decision. Fourth-ranked Boo Lewallen and redshirt freshman Anthony Montalvo put four points on the board each for the Pokes. Lewallen defeated Sooner Jacob Butler 12-4 with riding time. Montalvo took Darrien Roberts down twice, once with a four-point turn, in his 13-5 victory. At 165 pounds, Travis Wittlake maintained his undefeated record with a 3-2 win over Sooner Sam Dover, and four a second straight week, Austin Harris won his dual bout via decision, 6-2, against Josiah Jones. Dusty Hone gave Dom Demas a tough match at 141 pounds before dropping the bout, 6-4 to the No. 4 ranked Sooner. Wyatt Sheets lost a tight contest to No. 17 Justin Thomas, and Anthony Mantanona narrowly defeated senior Andrew Shomers at 174 pounds, 10-8, in sudden victory. This win over Oklahoma's squad pushed the Cowboys' all-time record to 142-27-10. The Cowboys are off for the week of Christmas and are scheduled to appear at the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 1-2 to being the 2020 calendar year. Results: 125: No. 4 Nick Piccininni (OSU) MD Christian Moody (OU) 14-2 133: Reece Witcraft (OSU) dec. No. 18 Anthony Madrigal (OU) 6-5 141: No. 4 Dom Demas (OU) dec. Dusty Hone (OSU) 6-4 149: No. 4 Boo Lewallen (OSU) MD Jacob Butler (OU) 12-4 157: No. 17 Justin Thomas (OU) dec. Wyatt Sheets (OSU) 5-3* 165: No. 14 Travis Wittlake (OSU) dec. Sam Dover (OU) 3-2 174: Anthony Mantanona (OU) dec. Andrew Shomers (OSU) SV-1 10-8 184: Anthony Montalvo (OSU) MD Darrien Roberts (OU) 13-5 197: No. 5 Dakota Geer (OSU) dec. No. 9 Jake Woodey (OU) 4-2 HWT: Austin Harris (OSU) dec. Josiah Jones (OU) 6-2 *OSU docked a team point for mat control

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- No. 18 Mizzou Wrestling earned a hard-fought dual win over MAC foe Buffalo, 28-11, Sunday afternoon (Dec. 15) to open MAC competition. The Tigers have now won 15 straight MAC duals. On Sunday, the Tigers won seven of the 10 bouts with two technical falls (157 and 174) and a pin (197). Mizzou improves to 3-2 on the year and 1-0 in MAC competition. 125-pounder Dack Punke got Mizzou started on the right foot with an 8-3 decision to give the team a 3-0 lead after the first bout. An NCAA qualifier a year ago, Punke is now 7-5 on the year. After Buffalo jumped out to an 8-3 lead after wins at 133 and 141, Mizzou flipped the script with two of its best wrestlers in the middle portion of the lineup. Second-ranked Brock Mauller improved to 11-0 with a 4-2 decision over John Arceri to cut the lead to 8-6. Then, Mauller's former high school teammate No. 14 Jarrett Jacques was dominant at 157 pounds, earning a 24-9 technical fall in 6:40 over Buffalo's Hunter Shaut, giving Mizzou the lead back 11-8. The dual was tied following 165 pounds as Luke Fortuna dropped a tough 6-4 decision to 21st-ranked Troy Keller. That set the stage for Jeremiah Kent, who made his first career MAC dual start Sunday, squaring off against Buffalo's Jake Lanning. He needed just 5:31 to pick up a dominant 18-2 technical fall win to give Mizzou the lead back at 16-11. Kent's win was the first of four-straight wins to close the dual as Mizzou ran away with the contest after it was tied at 11-11. No. 22 Dylan Wisman earned a 7-3 win at 184 and No. 22 Wyatt Koelling posted a fall over No. 25 Sam Schuyler despite trailing 4-2 late in the third. He tallied his pin with just six seconds remaining to seal the win and extend the lead to 25-11. At heavyweight, Jacob Bohlken earned a 1-0 decision to close the dual. Results: 125 – Dack Punke (7-5) vs. Jordan Reyes – W, 8-3 | 3-0 133 – Allan Hart (9-4) vs. Derek Spann – L, 20-4 Technical Fall (7:00) | 3-5 141 – Alex Butler (7-4) vs. Marcus Robinson – L, 4-3 | 3-8 149 - Brock Mauller (11-0) vs. John Arceri – W, 4-2 | 6-8 157 – Jarrett Jacques (13-1) vs. Hunter Shaut – W, 24-9 Technical Fall (6:40) |11-8 165 – Luke Fortuna (11-4) vs. Troy Keller – L, 6-4 | 11-11 174 – Jeremiah Kent (12-2) vs. Jake Lanning – W, 18-2 Technical Fall (5:31) | 16-11 184 – Dylan Wisman (6-2) vs. Pete Acciardi – W, 7-3 | 19-11 197 – Wyatt Koelling (10-1) vs. Sam Schuyler – W, Fall (6:54) | 25-11 HWT – Jacob Bohlken (9-2) vs. Nolan Terrence – W, 1-0 | 28-11 Mizzou will be back in action on Dec. 29-30 following the holidays as it heads to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the South Beach Duals where it will compete against Old Dominion, Cornell, Lehigh and NC State. For all the latest on Mizzou Wrestling, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the tam on social media (@MizzouWrestling on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).

AMES, Iowa -- The No. 11 Iowa State wrestling team (2-1, 0-0 Big 12) closed out the first semester with a commanding 26-7 victory over Chattanooga (3-5, 1-0 SoCon). The Cyclones took eight out of the 10 matches against the Mocs. Iowa State jumped out to an early 9-0 lead after getting wins from Alex Mackall (125), Todd Small (133) and Ian Parker (141). Mackall defeated Fabian Gutierrez by 7-1 decision. Small edged Franco Valdez with a takedown with 0:07 left in the third period, 7-6. Parker made it three Cyclone victories in a row with a commanding 10-4 victory over Mason Wallace. David Carr had the highlight of the night for the Cyclones at 157 pounds. He jumped out to an early 8-3 lead behind four first-period takedowns. In the second, Carr took Tyler Shilson down again and turned the Moc for four, blowing the match open. He iced away a 21-6 technical fall (5:30) with three more takedowns in the third period. At the intermission, Iowa State held a 14-4 advantage over Chattanooga. Out of the break, Chase Straw kept the Iowa State momentum going with a 5-3 victory over Drew Nicholson. Straw's takedown in the first period and two minutes of riding time were the difference in the match. Iowa State picked up victories at 174 and 184 pounds with winning efforts from Marcus Coleman and Sam Colbray. Trailing 4-3 in the third, Coleman scored a takedown with just over a minute to go in the period and rode Hunter Fortner to close out the match, winning it by 6-4 decision. Colbray's match needed more than seven minutes to find a winner, but it was the Cyclone that came up with a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Matthew Waddell by 3-1 decion. Gannon Gremmel put the exclamation point on the ISU victory. He took out UTC heavyweight Grayson Walthall by 6-0 decision to end the match. Gremmel scored on two takedowns and accumulated over four minutes of riding time in the win. Next Up Iowa State will get a break from the mat heading into the New Year. The Cyclones are set to begin 2020 at the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Coach Dresser will make a decision on who will be attending the Scuffle at a later date, but look for 15 Cyclones to ring in 2020 on the mat. The Southern Scuffle will be streamed live through FloWrestling. Results: 125: Alex Mackall (ISU) dec. Fabian Gutierrez (UTC), 7-1. 133: Todd Small (ISU) dec. Franco Valdez (UTC), 7-6. 141: Ian Parker (ISU) dec. Mason Wallace (UTC), 10-4. 149: Tanner Smith (UTC) maj. dec. Ryan Leisure (ISU), 13-1. 157: David Carr (ISU) tech fall Tyler Shilson (UTC), 21-6 (5:30). 165: Chase Straw (ISU) dec. Drew Nicholson (UTC), 5-3. 174: Marcus Coleman (ISU) dec. Hunter Fortner (UTC), 6-4. 184: Sam Colbray (ISU) dec. Matthew Waddell (UTC), 3-1 (SV1). 197: Rodney Jones (UTC) dec. Francis Duggan (ISU), 8-4. 285: Gannon Gremmel (ISU) dec. Grayson Walthall (UTC), 6-0.

GRANTHAM, Pa. -- The Lock Haven University wrestling team turned in an all-around dominating effort today on the way to a perfect 3-0 run at the Messiah Duals, hosted by Messiah College. LHU beat Millersville University 41-6, topped McDaniel College 49-6, and in the final match of the day, Lock Haven rolled by host-Messiah College, 43-3. On the day, Lock Haven won 26 of 30 bouts with 13 pins, five tech falls and three majors. The three wins today helped Lock Haven cap a perfect 4-0 weekend. Last night (Fri, Dec. 13), LHU topped Navy 19-15 in a thriller at the 2019 Rumble in the Jungle hosted by Red Lion High School. Now winners of four straight, the Bald Eagles are 4-1 overall after opening the season last week with a loss to Central Michigan. Leading the way today was Matt Maloney (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty), DJ Fehlman (Warren, Pa./Warren), Austin Wilson (New Providence, Pa./Solanco), Austin Bell (Belle Vernon, Pa./Bell Vernon), Jared Siegrist (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) and Parker McClellan (Altoona, Pa./Altoona), who were all a perfect 3-0 on the day. The 3-0 day pushed Fehlman to career win No. 99 as he looks to hit 100 next week at home vs. Bloomsburg. Lock Haven went 3-0 at 141 pounds behind a strong duo at the weight class today. Lock Haven opened the day with a 41-6 win over Division II Millersville. The Bald Eagles won eight of 10 bouts, recording bonus points by way of three pins, two tech falls, a major and a forfeit. LHU followed up the win over Millersville with a dominating effort vs. Division III McDaniel. In a match that took no more than 20 minutes of real time, the Bald Eagles recorded six pins and two tech falls, and LHU won nine of 10 bouts in the 49-6 victory. Five of Lock Haven's six pins came in the first period including Maloney's 11-second fall, which established a new school record for fastest pin. In the day's final dual, Lock Haven won nine of 10 bouts vs. Messiah and won, 43-3 behind four more Haven pins. Messiah is ranked No. 17 in Division III. The Bald Eagles will return home to host local-rival Bloomsburg University in LHU's first-ever Mid-American Eastern Division dual. Lock Haven will host Bloomsburg on Thursday, December 19 at 7 p.m., before traveling to Clarion University for a MAC East match on Saturday, December 21 (7 p.m.). Lock Haven 41 - Millersville 6 133: DJ Fehlman (LHU) tech fall Jacob Lehman (MILL) 16-1, 4:48 / LHU 5-0 141: Garrett Rigg (LHU) dec. Eli Tuckey (MILL) 8-5 / LHU 8-0 149: Austin Wilson (LHU) tech fall Alex Jablonski (MILL) 16-0, 1:45 / LHU 13-0 157: Brandon Connor (MILL) dec. Chase Stephens (LHU) 6-5 / LHU 13-3 165: Austin Bell (LHU) pinned Jarrett Feeney (MILL) 5:58 / LHU 19-3 174: Jared Siegrist (LHU) major dec. Malik Jackson (MILL) 13-0 / LHU 23-3 184: Ray Bernot (LHU) pinned Evan Morrill (MILL) 6:42 / LHU 29-3 197: Parker McClellan (LHU) pinned Jack Files (MILL) 4:15 / LHU 35-3 285: Caleb Warner (MILL) dec. Trey Hartsock (LHU) 5-2 / LHU 35-6 125: Matt Maloney (LHU) won by forfeit / FINAL, LHU 41-6 Lock Haven 49 - McDaniel 6 133: DJ Fehlman (LHU) pinned Steven Pabon (MC) 2:02 / LHU 6-0 141: Imran Heard (LHU) pinned Isaiah Fosque (MC) 4:56 / LHU 12-0 149: Austin Wilson (LHU) tech fall Peyton Collins (MC) 16-0, 2:49 / LHU 17-0 157: Chase Stephens (LHU) pinned Deontae Frederick (MC) 1:31 / LHU 23-0 165: Austin Bell (LHU) pinned Luke Lardarello (MC) 0:31 / LHU 29-0 174: Jared Siegrist (LHU) tech fall Michael Bromley (MC) 16-0, 1:41 / LHU 34-0 184: Ray Bernot (LHU) pinned Gabe Dennis (MC) 1:12 / LHU 40-0 197: Parker McClellan (LHU) dec. Tony Wuest (MC) 8-1 / LHU 43-0 285: Tristan Cook (MC) won by forfeit / LHU 43-6 125: Matt Maloney (LHU) pinned Shehzan Dahya (MC) 0:11 / FINAL, LHU 49-6 Lock Haven 43 - Messiah 3 133: DJ Fehlman (LHU) pinned Josiah Gehr (MES) 4:59 / LHU 6-0 141: Garrett Rigg (LHU) dec. Garret Cornell (MES) 8-5 / LHU 9-0 149: Austin Wilson (LHU) tech fall Nick Nunez (MES) 18-1, 6:18 / LHU 14-0 157: Chase Stephens (LHU) major dec. Steven Maloney (MES) 9-1 / LHU 18-0 165: Austin Bell (LHU) dec. Matt Pangle (MES) 12-5 / LHU 21-0 174: Jared Siegrist (LHU) pinned Brian Shermeyer (MES) 1:00 / LHU 27-0 184: David Stevens (MES) dec. Ray Bernot (LHU) 8-5 / LHU 27-3 197: Parker McClellan (LHU) pinned Joseph Embleton (MES) 1:45 / LHU 33-3 285: Trey Hartsock (LHU) pinned Carter Urich (MES) 5:32 / LHU 39-3 125: Matt Maloney (LHU) major dec. Jordan Howard (MES) 11-3 / FINAL, LHU 43-3

Wyoming Seminary dominated the Walsh Jesuit Ironman, winning by 45.5 points (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio -- No. 2 Wyoming Seminary, Pa. made a statement in a big way as they won the Walsh Jesuit Ironman by 45.5 points over No. 1 Blair Academy, N.J. The Blue Knights placed 10 wrestlers, while their other three entrants were one match short of a top eight placement finish. They also went 4-0 in semifinal matches and had three wrestlers win weight class titles: No. 4 Nic Bouzakis (126), Drew Munch (132), and No. 4 Lachlan McNeil (145). Lachlan McNeil gets his hand raised after beating No. 1 Victor Voinovich (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) McNeil was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament after his 5-1 finals victory over No. 1 Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio), a match decided by two takedowns scored within the first minute of the bout; the unranked Munch won his first five matches of the tournament all by fall before a 10-4 championship victory over No. 14 Ethen Miller (Park Hill, Mo.); while Bouzakis won the evening's featured final 4-3 over No. 3 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) in a match of the nation's top two overall Class of 2022 wrestlers. Joining McNeil in knocking off a national No. 1 in the final was No. 10 Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heritage, Fla.), who beat Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 3-2 in the tiebreakers; Tal-Shahar beat two additional ranked wrestlers earlier in the tournament. The lone top-ranked wrestler to win a title was Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.) at 106 pounds. Out of the four No. 2 ranked wrestlers in the bracket, only two won weight classes: Padraic Gallagher (St. Edward, Ohio) at 160 and Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) at 220; it was a third consecutive Ironman title for Amos, who steamrolled his way through the tournament, including wins over a pair of nationally ranked wrestlers. There were three unranked wrestlers to win weight classes. Joining Munch were unranked wrestlers Dalton Harkins (152) and Cole Deery (285), both from Malvern Prep, Pa. Harkins beat three top ten-ranked wrestlers, including a pin at 6:17 of overtime against No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.) in the final. Three unranked wrestlers were runner-up finishers: Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.) at 170 pounds, Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.) at 195, and Max Millin (Massillon Perry, Ohio) at 285; Bullock beat No. 2 Nevan Snodgrass (Kettering Fairmont, Ohio) 12-6 in the semifinal round. Further discussion of the tournament will come in an analysis article on Monday. Below are the team standings and medal match results. Team Standings: 1. No. 2 Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 234.5 2. No. 1 Blair Academy (N.J.) 189 3. No. 27 Malvern Prep (Pa.) 126.5 4. No. 22 Brecksville (Ohio) 119 5. No. 8 Montini Catholic (Ill.) 116 6. No. 7 Lake Highland Prep (Fla.) 107.5 7. Notre Dame-Green Pond (Pa.) 101 8. No. 15 Elyria (Ohio) 95.5 9. No. 4 St. Edward (Ohio) 84.5 10. Waynesburg (Pa.) 82 11. Parkersburg South (W.Va.) 75 12. McDonogh School (Md.) 72 13. Dublin Coffman (Ohio) 58.5 (tie) Lake Gibson (Fla.) 15. No. 48 Bethlehem Catholic (Pa.) 54.5 (tie) Louisville (Ohio) 17. No. 39 Broken Arrow (Okla.) 54 18. No. 21 Chicago (Ill.) Mt. Carmel 53 19. Park Hill (Mo.) 51 20. Reynolds (Pa.) 50 Other ranked teams: 22. No. 29 Mount St. Joseph (Md.) 46.5 29. No. 11 Cincinnati (Ohio) LaSalle 37.5 31. No. 44 Christian Brothers College (Mo.) 35 35. No. 32 Wadsworth (Ohio) 30 Placement Match Results 106: 1st: No. 1 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.) dec. No. 9 Mac Church (Waynesburg, Pa.), 6-3 3rd: Gabe Giampietro (Smyrna, Del.) dec. Marlon Yarbrough (Copley, Ohio) 13-7 5th: Cael Keck (Park Hill, Mo.) pin Eligh Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 1:36 7th: No. 6 Daniel Sheen (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. Thomas Link (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 7-3 113: 1st: No. 10 Gary Steen (Reynolds, Pa.) dec. No. 9 Brett Ungar (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) 6-4 3rd: No. 8 Diego Sotelo (Marmion Academy, Ill.) pin No. 18 Jacob Moon (Oregon Clay, Ohio) 2:29 5th: Brennen Cernus (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 15 Erik Roggie (St. Christopher's, Va.) 3-1, overtime 7th: Sean Seefeldt (St. Edward, Ohio) dec. Nick Gonzalez (Montini Catholic, Ill.) 3-2 120: 1st: No. 9 Jordan Titus (Center Moriches, N.Y.) dec. No. 7 Cooper Flynn (McDonogh School, Md.) 5-2, tiebreaker 3rd: No. 14 Ryan Miller (Blair Academy, N.J.) over No. 15 Dustin Norris (Cincinnati LaSalle, Ohio) by forfeit 5th: Nasir Bailey (Thornton Fractional North, Ill.) dec. Brennen Van Hoecke (Palmetto Ridge, Fla.) 7-4 7th: Brendon Chlestos (Notre Dame-Green Poind, Pa.) dec. Dayton Delviscio (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 12-6 126: 1st: No. 4 Nic Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 3 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) 4-3 3rd: No. 12 Dylan Shawver (Elyria, Ohio) dec. No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (Montini Catholic, Ill.) 3-1, overtime 5th: Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg, Pa.) dec. No. 16 Chris Barnabae (Mount St. Joseph's, Md.) 7-4 7th: No. 20 Vince Cornella (Monarch, Colo.) dec. Garrett Lautzenheiser (Louisville, Ohio) 9-2 132: 1st: Drew Munch (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 14 Ethen Miller (Park Hill, Mo.) 10-4 3rd: No. 13 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Seneca Valley, Pa.) dec. Jimmy Carmany (Brecksville, Ohio) 5-0 5th: No. 9 Chris Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) major dec. Davin Rhoads (Louisville, Ohio) 9-0 7th: Evan Buchanan (Atlee, Va.) dec. Noah Mis (Chicago Mt. Carmel, Ill.) 6-4 138: 1st: No. 10 Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heritage, Fla.) dec. No. 1 Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 3-2, tiebreaker 3rd: No. 9 Kenny Herrmann (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) dec. No. 11 Justin Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 1-0 5th: No. 5 Mick Burnett (Elyria, Ohio) dec. No. 16 Nick Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) 4-2, tiebreaker 7th: Drew Roberts (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) over No. 8 Wyatt Henson (Waynesburg, Pa.) by forfeit 145: 1st: No. 4 Lachlan McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 1 Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio) 5-1 3rd: No. 7 Fidel Mayora (Montini Catholic, Ill.) dec. No. 12 Manzona Bryant (Hudson WRA, Ohio) 3-0 5th: Blake Saito (Perrysburg, Ohio) dec. Gavin Quiocho (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) 4-3, ultimate tiebreaker 7th: Jackson Dean (Caesar Rodney, Del.) dec. Aaden Valdez (Pueblo East, Colo.) 8-3 152: 1st: Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.) pin No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.) 6:17, overtime 3rd: No. 5 Peyton Hall (Oak Glen, W.Va.) dec. No. 18 Noah Castillo (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 3-2 5th: Enrique Munguia (Elyria, Ohio) dec. No. 6 Brayden Roberts (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) 2-1 7th: Caleb Dowling (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.) dec. Cole Handlovic (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) 3-0 160: 1st: No. 2 Padraic Gallagher (St. Edward, Ohio) dec. No. 7 Andrew Cerniglia (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) 4-3 3rd: Gabriel Arnold (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. Luca Augustine (Waynesburg, Pa.) 4-3 5th: No. 8 John Martin Best (Parkersburg, W.Va.) dec. Jack Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 3-1 7th: Connor Strong (Mount St. Joseph's, Md.) over No. 7 (at 152) A.J. Kovacs (Iona Prep, N.Y.) by forfeit 170: 1st: No. 14 Tyler Stoltzfus (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.) dec. Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.) 10-6 3rd: No. 2 Nevan Snodgrass (Kettering Fairmont, Ohio) dec. No. 4 Dominic Mata (Blair Academy, N.J.) 8-4 5th: Jax Leonard (Louisville, Ohio) dec. No. 18 Andrew Donahue (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 2-0 7th: Bailey Flanagan (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) major dec. Ethan Anderson (Aurora, Ohio) 15-1 182: 1st: No. 9 Rylan Rogers (Blair Academy, N.J.) dec. No. 20 Jake Evans (Elyria, Ohio) 5-4 3rd: No. 18 Ashton Habeil (Lake Gibson, Fla.) dec. Dominic Solis (McDonogh School, Md.) 10-5 5th: Ethan Ducca (Ashtabula St. John, Ohio) over No. 7 Anthony D'Alesio (Canfield, Ohio) by forfeit 7th: Cole Rees (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 17 J.T. Davis (Smyrna, Del.) 3-1 195: 1st: No. 9 Seth Shumate (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) dec. Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 10-8 3rd: No. 4 Peyton Craft (Blair Academy, N.J.) pin Emmanuel Skillings (Broken Arrow, Okla.) 4:35 5th: Ben Vanadia (Brecksville, Ohio) major dec. No. 11 Sam Fisher (Fauquier, Va.) 13-5 7th: Jordan Greer (Avon, Ohio) dec. No. 17 Nick Wimmer (McDonogh School, Md.) 3-1, overtime 220: 1st: No. 2 Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) dec. No. 4 Ethan Hatcher (Brecksville, Ohio) 7-1 3rd: No. 15 Kyonte Hamilton (Georgetown Prep, Md.) dec. No. 9 Kolby Franklin (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 6-3 5th: No. 20 Grady Griess (Northwest, Neb.) dec. No. 8 Noah Pettigrew (Blair Academy, N.J.) 9-5 7th: Lazar Gasic (North Royalton, Ohio) dec. Riley Ucker (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) 3-2 285: 1st: Cole Deery (Malvern Prep, Pa.) dec. Max Millin (Massillon Perry, Ohio) 3-1, overtime 3rd: Caden Hill (Ashland Crestview, Ohio) over Matthias Ervin (Union County, Ky.) by injury default at 1:00 5th: Sam McNulty (Sandusky Perkins, Ohio) over No. 10 Garrett Kappes (McDonogh School, Md.) by forfeit 7th: Ryan Elrod (Ashtabula St. John, Ohio) dec. Hugo Harp (Smyrna, Del.) 9-4

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel Wrestling set off on its 2019-20 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association campaign in a big way with a 42-3 win over Long Island University at the Daskalakis Athletic Center on Saturday. The Dragons (3-2, 1-0 EIWA) won nine of 10 bouts and scored bonus points in six total matches, including a pair of pins by No. 17 Ebed Jarrell and No. 33 Michael O'Malley. Tyler Williams commenced the dual with a 20-4 technical fall over Michael Blando at 141 pounds. The freshman scored points in bunches, especially in the third period. With a 10-4 advantage, Williams started the final period in the down position. After an escape and a takedown, he secured the tech fall with six-straight near fall points. Jared Donahue seized on Williams' momentum and grabbed a 9-1 major decision against Rhise Royster at 149 pounds. Donahue added three unanswered points in the third period and reaped the advantage of riding time to lock in the bonus point. Felix Belga battled Dominick Demarco to a 3-1 decision victory at 157 pounds to push the team score to 12-0. The two grapplers wrestled to a stalemate after two periods. Belga began the third period on bottom and reversed Demarco for the decisive two points. The heart of Drexel's lineup provided the sparks on Saturday as a pair of nationally-ranked wrestlers earned maximum points for their team. Jarrell needed only 42 seconds to pin Nicholas Provenzano at 165 pounds, and Michael O'Malley followed with a pin in three minutes and 49 seconds at 174. Jarrell's pin was the 17th of his career and moved the redshirt-senior from East Greenwich, R.I. into the top-15 in career falls at Drexel. He now sits in a four-way tie at 13th alongside Ray Stofko (1997-00), Jamie Huntington (1993-97) and Paul Zarbatany (1984-88). After the pair of falls, the Dragons led the Sharks (2-12, 0-1 EIWA), 24-0. Dan McClure pulled away from Anthony Walters late in the 184-pound bout for LIU's lone win of the day. Tied 2-2 to start the third period, McClure topped Walters by a 6-3 decision. Bryan McLaughlin and Sean O'Malley saw out the Sharks with decision victories in the final two contested bouts. Drexel then added forfeit wins at 125 and 133 pounds. McLaughlin built a 7-1 advantage over Mark Malico at 197 pounds then kept his opponent at bay for an 8-5 decision. Sean O'Malley's dominance of Timothy Nagosky went beyond the 7-1 final score. O'Malley scored the first six points of the heavyweight bout and accrued over four minutes of riding time. Saturday's 42-3 win was Drexel's largest over an EIWA foe since the Dragons topped Sacred Heart by a 48-0 margin during the 2015-16 season. Drexel closes out the calendar year with three duals in California next week. The Dragons wrestle Stanford and Cal Poly on Dec. 19 before a dual with California Baptist the following day. DU's next home dual comes on Jan. 17 against No. 6 N.C. State. Results: 141: Tyler Williams tech fall Michael Blando, 20-4 (7:00) – Drexel 5, LIU 0 149: Jared Donahue major dec. Rhise Royster, 9-1 – Drexel 9, LIU 0 157: Felix Belga dec. Dominick Demarco, 3-1 – Drexel 12, LIU 0 165: No. 17 Ebed Jarrell pin Nicholas Provenzano (0:42) – Drexel 18, LIU 0 174: No. 33 Michael O'Malley pin James Langan (3:49) – Drexel 24, LIU 0 184: Dan McClure dec. Anthony Walters, 6-3 – Drexel 24, LIU 3 197: Bryan McLaughlin dec. Mark Malico, 8-5 – Drexel 27, LIU 3 285: Sean O'Malley dec. Timothy Nagosky, 7-1 – Drexel 30, LIU 3 125: Antonio Mininno wins by forfeit – Drexel 36, LIU 3 133: Chandler Olson wins by forfeit – Drexel 42, LIU 3

Beau Bartlett advanced to the finals at 138 pounds (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio -- The finals are set at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman. Wyoming Seminary leads the team race heading into final session. 106: No. 1 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.) maj dec. Gabe Giampietro (Smyrna, Del.), 10-1 No. 9 Mac Church (Waynesburg, Pa.) dec. Eligh Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), 7-5 113: No. 9 Brett Ungar (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) dec. No. 8 Diego Sotelo (Marmion Catholic, Ill.), 3-1 SV No. 10 Gary Steen (Reynolds, Pa.) dec. No. 15 Erik Roggie (St. Christopher's, Va.), 2-0 120: No. 9 Jordan Titus (Center Moriches, N.Y.) dec. No. 15 Dustin Norris (Cincinnati LaSalle, Ohio), 9-4 No. 7 Cooper Flynn (McDonogh, Md.) dec. No. 14 Ryan Miller (Blair Academy, N.J.), 3-1 SV 126: No. 3 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) dec. No. 12 Dylan Shawver (Elyria, Ohio), 7-2 No. 4 Nic Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (Montini Catholic, Ill.), 6-5 132: No. 14 Kal Miller (Park Hill, Mo.) dec. No. 13 Alejandro Herrea-Rondon (Seneca Valley, Pa.), 1-0 UTB Drew Munch (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) pinned Davin Rhoads (Louisville, Ohio), 0:43 138: No. 1 Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 9 Kenny Herrmann (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.), 3-1 No. 10 Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heritage, Fla.) dec. No. 16 Nick Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), 3-1 145: No. 1 Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio) dec. No. 7 Fidel Mayora (Montini Catholic, Ill.), 2-1 TB No. 4 Lachlan McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) dec. No. 12 Manzona Bryant (Hudson WRA, Ohio), 6-4 152: No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.) dec. No. 6 Brayden Roberts (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), 4-1 Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.) dec. No. 5 Peyton Hall (Oak Glen, W.Va.), 9-2 160: No. 2 Padraic Gallagher (St. Edward, Ohio) maj. dec. No. 8 John Martin Best (Parkersburg, W.Va.), 15-4 No. 7 Andrew Cerniglia (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) maj. dec. Jack Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep, Pa.), 9-0 170: Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.) dec. No. 2 Nevan Snodgrass (Kettering Fairmont, Ohio), 12-6 No. 14 Tyler Stoltzfus (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.) dec. No. 4 Dominic Mata (Blair Academy, N.J.), 4-2 SV 182: No. 20 Jake Evans (Elyria, Ohio) pinned No. 7 Anthony D'Alesio (Canfield, Ohio), 7:57 No. 9 Rylan Rogers (Blair Academy, N.J.) dec. No. 18 Ashton Habeil (Lake Gibson, Fla.), 11-9 195: Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.) dec. Ben Vanadia (Brecksville, Ohio), 3-1 SV No. 9 Seth Shumate (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) dec. No. 11 Sam Fisher (Fauquier, Va.), 6-3 220: No. 2 Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) maj. dec. No. 8 Noah Pettigrew (Blair Academy, N.J.), 10-2 No. 4 Ethan Hatcher (Brecksville, Ohio) dec. No. 20 Grady Griess (Northwest, Neb.), 6-5 285: Max Millin (Massillon Perry, Ohio) dec. No. 10 Garrett Kappes (McDonogh, Md.), 5-2 Cole Deery (Malvern Prep, Pa.) pinned Sam McNulty (Sandusky Perkins, Ohio), 1:38

RED LION, Pa. -- Alex Klucker (Summerdale, Pa./East Pennsboro) and Corey Hazel (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) recorded valuable bonus-points, and DJ Fehlman (Warren, Pa./Warren) sealed the team victory with a dominating win in the night's final bout, helping the Lock Haven University wrestling team edge out Navy (3-3), 19-15, at the 2019 Rumble in the Jungle in Red Lion, Pennsylvania at Red Lion High School's Fitzkee Center. Klucker recorded a quick pin at 157 and Hazel recorded a major decision at 184 and the duo's bonus-point victories certainly played a major role in the outcome for the Bald Eagles (1-1). With the win, Lock Haven moved to 1-1 and bounced back from the dual season-opening loss last week vs. Central Michigan. Returning All-American Kyle Shoop (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) and Brock Port (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte) also won tonight for LHU as Lock Haven and Navy each split five wins in the dual. This marked the second Rumble in the Jungle and the Red Lion fans were once again treated to thrilling Division I wrestling action. Red Lion lies in the heart of the PIAA's District 3, a tradition-rich wrestling area, and LHU wrestling continues to hold close District 3 ties. Lock Haven's current 2019-20 roster features nine student-athletes from District 3, including Shoop and Klucker who both won tonight. Shoop and Klucker were two of three District 3 alums in Lock Haven's starting lineup tonight. The other was Jared Siegrist (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) who was edged out by a nationally-ranked foe at 174 pounds. Tonight's dual started at 141 and Shoop, ranked No. 16, quickly thrilled the District 3 crowd in his homecoming of sorts with a big time bounce-back win. After a scoreless opening period, Shoop scored a takedown with just under a minute to go in the second frame and he led 2-0 after two. Shoop did his thing in the third and rode out the period on top and racked up a total of 2:44 in riding time vs. Navy's Cody Trybus, who was nationally ranked by some media outlets this week. At 149, Port stretched the Lock Haven lead to 6-0 with a strong effort. Port and Wyatt Long were tied 4-4 late in the bout, but Port scored after putting Long in danger in the final seconds, scoring two at the buzzer for the 6-4 win. It was quickly 12-0 Lock Haven as No. 18 Klucker ignited the Red Lion crowd with a pin in just 40 seconds. Navy posted back-to-back wins at 165 and 174 and Lock Haven held a 12-6 lead at halftime. At 165, Caleb Clymer (Germansville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) grabbed the first takedown, but No. 10 Tanner Skidgel slowly pulled away, before securing the 6-3 decision. The Navy win put the Midshipmen on the board. Navy made it two in a row as No. 16 Spencer Carey picked up a 9-4 win over Siegrist at 174. Hazel recorded an important major decision at 184 and his victory extended the Lock Haven lead to 16-6. Hazel dominated Andrew Buckely from the start, leading 4-1 after one period and 6-2 after two. Hazel, ranked 13th, racked up two more takedowns in the third and pushed his riding time advantage to well over two minutes as he secured the crucial bonus-point win. Hazel's win by major stood large as Navy rattled off three straight wins. At 197, Navy's Jacob Koser, a District 3 product, topped Blake Reynolds (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) 6-0. At 285, John Birchmeier downed Trey Hartsock (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) 5-1 and Navy trailed 16-12. Navy made it three straight wins with another victory at 125 after Logan Treaster downed Matt Maloney (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Liberty) 10-4, spoiling Maloney's official Lock Haven debut. The Bald Eagles clung to a one-point 16-15 lead heading into the final bout and Fehlman put it away in style, dominating Navy's Casey Cobb, 9-3. Fehlman and Cobb, who was listed in some national rankings this week, were tied 0-0 after one, but Fehlman led 7-2 after an exciting second period, thanks to a six-point move after a hard-fought takedown and four near-fall points. A late Fehlman third-period takedown sealed the win. For Lock Haven, Shoop (No. 18, 141), Klucker (No. 18, 157) and Hazel (No. 13, 184) all entered the match nationally-ranked. Fehlman's win marked the 96th of his career as he inches closer to 100, and Shoop picked up this 113th win, which helps him crack the top-10 and ties him for No. 9 all-time in career wins at LHU. The win was head coach Scott Moore's 50th career dual victory at The Haven. The inaugural Rumble in the Jungle, held last season, proved to be a thriller as well. On January 25, 2019, Lock Haven upset Arizona State in front of 2,712 fans, a record crowd for an athletic event at the Fitzkee Center. At the time, LHU was ranked 22nd in the nation, while Arizona State sat at No. 12. The Bald Eagles won six of 10 bouts and on the historic night, Lock Haven got wins from a pair of District 3 alums. Over 2,000 fans packed the gym tonight. Lock Haven assistant coach Ronnie Perry, a 2018 NCAA finalist, is also a District 3 product (Christiana, Pa./Solanco) and current Navy assistant coach Dan Neff, a former LHU wrestling standout, is also a proud District 3 native (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco). Neff was a 2015 All-American for the Bald Eagles. For the Bald Eagles, the southeastern, Pennsylvania tour continues tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 14) as the they head to the Messiah duals where they will take on Millersville University, McDaniel College and host-Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Results: 141 | #16 Kyle Shoop dec Cody Trybus (NAVY), 3-0 // Lock Haven 3-0 149 | Brock Port dec Wyatt Long (NAVY), 6-4 // Lock Haven 6-0 157 | Alex Klucker pinned Scout Skidgel (NAVY), 0:40 // Lock Haven 12-0 165 | #10 Tanner Skidgel (NAVY) dec Caleb Clymer, 6-3 // Lock Haven 12-3 174 | #16 Spencer Carey (NAVY) dec Jared Siegrist, 9-4 // Lock Haven 12-6 184 | Corey Hazel major dec Andrew Buckley (NAVY), 12-3 // Lock Haven 16-6 197 | Jacob Koser (NAVY) dec Blake Reynolds, 6-0 // Lock Haven 16-9 285 | John Birchmeier (NAVY) dec Trey Hartsock, 5-1 // Lock Haven 16-12 125 | Logan Treaster (NAVY) dec Matt Maloney, 10-4 // Lock Haven 16-15 133 | DJ Fehlman dec Casey Cobb (NAVY), 9-3 // Lock Haven 19-15

The No. 1 ranked St. Cloud State University wrestling remained undefeated in 2019-20 with a 29-9 victory at Northern State on Friday, Dec. 13 in Aberdeen, S.D. SCSU opened the match at 149 with a 7-2 victory by Joey Bianchini over NSU's No. 8 Caden Moore. At 157, SCSU's No. 2 James Pleski lost a 7-5 match against James Burks of Northern State before the Huskies' Brock Schlough replied with a big 7-1 victory over NSU's Billy Holtan at 165. At 174-pounds, No. 3 ranked Kolton Eischens continued his solid start in 2019-20 with a 5:55 fall over NSU's Tanner Wiese. At 184-pounds. No. 3 Tyree Overton collected a 6-4 victory over NSU's Marcus Placide. In action at 197-pounds, Noah Ryan charted a 5-2 win over NSU's Diego Gallegos and No. 11 Ezayah Oropeza posted a 6-2 win over NSU's Caleb Lefferdink at 285. Back at 125-pounds, SCSU's Robby Horsman added bonus points with a 6:58 tech fall over NSU's Landen Fischer by a 20-5 tally. SCSU took a forfeit loss at 133-pounds before capping the night with an 8-6 victory at 141-pounds by No. 7 ranked Garrett Aldrich over NSU's Kenny Jones. SCSU has now won 53 consecutive dual matches and is just one win away from tying the team's current record (also an NCAA DII record) of 54 consecutive dual wins from Jan. 30, 2011 to Jan. 12, 2014. SCSU's last dual loss was against Indianapolis on Jan. 14, 2017. On the topic of streaks, SCSU has not lost a conference match since Jan. 27, 2001 against Augustana and the Huskies have not lost a home dual match since Feb. 14, 2010 against Upper Iowa. The Huskies will continue their 2019-20 season on Jan. 5 with a home dual meet at Halenbech Hall against Western Colorado. Results: 149 Joey Bianchini (St. Cloud State) over Caden Moore (Northern State) (Dec 7-2) 0 3 157 James Burks (Northern State) over James Pleski (St. Cloud State) (Dec 7-5) 3 0 165 Brock Schlough (St. Cloud State) over Billy Holtan (Northern State) (Dec 7-1) 0 3 174 Kolton Eischens (St. Cloud State) over Tanner Wiese (Northern State) (Fall 5:55) 0 6 184 Tyree Overton (St. Cloud State) over Marcus Placide (Northern State) (Dec 6-4) 0 3 197 Noah Ryan (St. Cloud State) over Diego Gallegos (Northern State) (Dec 5-2) 0 3 285 Ezayah Oropeza (St. Cloud State) over Caleb Lefferdink (Northern State) (Dec 6-2) 0 3 125 Robby Horsman (St. Cloud State) over Landen Fischer (Northern State) (TF 20-5 6:58) 0 5 133 Dayne Morton (Northern State) over Unknown (For.) 6 0 141 Garrett Aldrich (St. Cloud State) over Kenny Jones (Northern State) (Dec 8-6) 0 3 Team Score: 9 29

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio -- Day 1 of the Walsh Jesuit Ironman reached its conclusion in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on Friday evening. Team Standings: 1. No. 2 Wyoming Seminary, Pa. 136.5 (4 semifinalists/9 consolation-12) 2. No. 1 Blair Academy, N.J. 116.0 (6/2) 3. No. 8 Montini Catholic, Ill. 101 (2/6) 4. No. 22 Brecksville, Ohio 84 (3/3) 5. No. 27 Malvern Prep, Pa. 77.5 (4/3) 6. No. 7 Lake Highland Prep, Fla. 72.5 (1/6) 7. No. 4 St. Edward, Ohio 66.5 (1/4) 8. Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa. 64 (3/1) 9. No. 15 Elyria, Ohio 61.5 (2/3) 10. Parkersburg South, W.Va. 54 (2/1) Other nationally ranked teams: 12. No. 21 Chicago Mt. Carmel, Ill. 51 (0/4) 15. No. 48 Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. 45.5 (1/2) 16. No. 39 Broken Arrow, Okla. 44 (0/3) 21-T. No. 44 Christian Brothers College, Mo. 35 (0/1) 24-T. No. 11 Cincinnati LaSalle, Ohio 32.5 (1/1) 24-T. No. 29 Mount St. Joseph's, Md. 32.5 (0/2) 28-T. No. 32 Wadsworth, Ohio 30 (0/1) Below are the semifinal pairings: 106: No. 1 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.) vs. Gabe Giampietro (Smyrna, Del.), Eligh Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. No. 9 Mac Church (Waynesburg, Pa.) 113: No. 9 Brett Ungar (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) vs. No. 8 Diego Sotelo (Marmion Catholic, Ill.), No. 10 Gary Steen (Reynolds, Pa.) vs. No. 15 Erik Roggie (St. Christopher's, Va.) 120: No. 9 Jordan Titus (Center Moriches, N.Y.) vs. No. 15 Dustin Norris (Cincinnati LaSalle, Ohio), No. 7 Cooper Flynn (McDonogh, Md.) vs. No. 14 Ryan Miller (Blair Academy, N.J.) 126: No. 3 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) vs. No. 12 Dylan Shawver (Elyria, Ohio), No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (Montini Catholic, Ill.) vs. No. 4 Nic Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 132: No. 13 Alejandro Herrea-Rondon (Seneca Valley, Pa.) vs. No. 14 Kal Miller (Park Hill, Mo.), Drew Munch (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) vs. Davin Rhoads (Louisville, Ohio) 138: No. 1 Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) vs. No. 9 Kenny Herrmann (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.), No. 10 Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heritage, Fla.) vs. No. 16 Nick Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) 145: No. 1 Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio) vs. No. 7 Fidel Mayora (Montini Catholic, Ill.), No. 12 Manzona Bryant (Hudson WRA, Ohio) vs. No. 4 Lachlan McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 152: No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.) vs. No. 6 Brayden Roberts (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.) vs. No. 5 Peyton Hall (Oak Glen, W.Va.) 160: No. 2 Padraic Gallagher (St. Edward, Ohio) vs. No. 8 John Martin Best (Parkersburg, W.Va.), No. 7 Andrew Cerniglia (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.) vs. Jack Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 170: No. 2 Nevan Snodgrass (Kettering Fairmont, Ohio) vs. Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.), No. 14 Tyler Stoltzfus (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.) vs. No. 4 Dominic Mata (Blair Academy, N.J.) 182: No. 7 Anthony D'Alesio (Canfield, Ohio) vs. No. 20 Jake Evans (Elyria, Ohio), No. 18 Ashton Habeil (Lake Gibson, Fla.) vs. No. 9 Rylan Rogers (Blair Academy, N.J.) 195: Ben Vanadia (Brecksville, Ohio) vs. Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.), No. 9 Seth Shumate (Dublin Coffman, Ohio) vs. No. 11 Sam Fisher (Fauquier, Va.) 220: No. 2 Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. No. 8 Noah Pettigrew (Blair Academy, N.J.), No. 20 Grady Griess (Northwest, Neb.) vs. No. 4 Ethan Hatcher (Brecksville, Ohio) 285: No. 10 Garrett Kappes (McDonogh, Md.) vs. Max Millin (Massillon Perry, Ohio), Cole Deery (Malvern Prep, Pa.) vs. Sam McNulty (Sandusky Perkins, Ohio)

BOONE, N.C. -- The sixth ranked NC State Wolfpack went on the road and claimed a 24-12 road win at Appalachian State Friday night. NC State has now won 21 of its last 23 road duals. After the teams split the first two bouts, the Pack (7-0) went on to win five win a row and finished with three bonus points wins overall. The dual started at 141 pounds, and No. 13 R-Jr. Tariq Wilson scored a 6-2 win. Wilson used a takedown in both the first and second periods and added in 3:45 of ride time. The Mountaineers evened the dual after two bouts after No. 20 Jonathan Millner downed A.J. Leitten 5-0. NC State then reeled off three straight wins to take a 13-3 lead into the break. No. 2 R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay started off with a 16-3 major decision No. 20 Matt Zovistoski. With a 7-2 lead started the third, Hidlay tacked on another takedown then got a four-point near fall followed with a two-point near fall to open the scoring. No. 8 Thomas Bullard scored a 6-2 decision then No. 17 Daniel Bullard followed up with a 6-4 win. No. 2 R-Fr. Trent Hidlay scored the second bonus point win, 17-5 at 184 pounds. Hidlay got a pair of takedowns and a two-point near fall in the second, then tacked on three takedowns in the third. Making his season debut, No. 4 R-Jr. Nick Reenan used a takedown with six seconds left and scored a 4-3 in his first match up at 197 pounds. App State collected their lone bonus point win at heavyweight. R-Fr. Jakob Camacho notched the Pack's third bonus point win of the night, 14-6 at 125 pounds. Camacho notched a pair of takedowns in all three periods and added 2:00 of ride time for the bonus point win. The dual ended with an App State tech fall win at 133 pounds. Results: 141: #13 Tariq Wilson (NCSU) dec. Bradley Irwin; 6-2 - 3-0 149: #20 Jonathan Millner (APP) dec. A.J. Leitten; 5-0 - 3-3 157: #2 Hayden Hidlay (NCSU) major dec. #20 Matt Zovistoski; 16-3 - 7-3 165: #8 Thomas Bullard (NCSU) dec. Will Formato; 6-2 - 10-3 174: #17 Daniel Bullard (NCSU) dec. Thomas Flitz; 6-4 - 13-3 184: #2 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) major dec. Julian Gorring; 17-5 - 17-3 197: #4 Nick Reenan (NCSU) dec. Paul Carson; 4-3 - 20-3 285: #19 Cary Miller (APP) major dec. Colin Lawler; 13-3 - 20-7 125: Jakob Camacho (NCSU) major dec. Sean Carter; 14-6 - 24-7 133: Codi Russell (APP) tech fall Tommy Cox; 19-3 - 24-12 Up Next: The Wolfpack will be off until the Southern Scuffle Jan 1-2 at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Dom Demas battles Minnesota's Mitch McKee in Las Vegas (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) On Sunday, No. 11 Oklahoma State travels to Oklahoma for the first round of this season's Bedlam series. The two rivals will also meet in Stillwater on Feb. 16. The Cowboys have long dominated the series, but Oklahoma is starting to show signs of development under coach Lou Rosselli. The following is a weight-by-weight breakdown of the dual meet. 125: Tommy Hoskins (Oklahoma) vs. No.4 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) For the last few seasons, Christian Moody had been starting for Oklahoma. So far this season that role has belonged to Hoskins. The redshirt freshman was one of Lou Rosselli's first commits after he took the job at Oklahoma, and he was a top-50 recruit in his class. Despite all that, it has been tough sledding so far this season. He has wrestled his way to a 6-7 record, and he is only 3-7 against Division I competition. Piccininni had an undefeated regular season last year that included a victory over No. 1 Spencer Lee (Iowa), and he appeared to be getting off to yet another strong start this year. He won his first six matches and put up bonus points in five. However, last weekend he ran into fellow All-American No. 3 Patrick Glory (Princeton) and dropped a 9-4 decision. Even with the setback last weekend, Piccininni remains one of the top 125-pound wrestlers on the planet. Hoskins signed with hype, but he has yet to show it on the collegiate mats. Oklahoma would be happy to not give up bonus points here, but it is hard to see that happening. Prediction: Piccininni (Oklahoma State) technical fall over Hoskins (Oklahoma) 133: No. 18 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma) vs. Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) Madrigal is another top-50 recruit brought to Oklahoma by Rosselli. He was pressed into action last year and went 16-15 as a true freshman. Things have gone better so far this season as he has gone 12-5. In his last outing he went 5-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational and ended up finishing seventh. Witcraft was a top-25 recruit coming out of high school, and he has been forced into action as a true freshman. After winning the Oklahoma City Open he dropped his first dual match of the season against Chandler Olson (Drexel). Since then he has picked up back-to-back wins over Brent Jones (Minnesota) and Sean Pierson (Princeton). This is a match that Oklahoma absolutely has to have in order to be competitive in the dual. However, it will certainly be a tough one. When Witcraft has been able to get to his offense, he has been very hard to beat. Madrigal has shown flashes, but he has never really been able to break through for wins at this level. After recently entering the InterMat rankings, this is his time to shine. Prediction: Madrigal (Oklahoma) decision over Witcraft (Oklahoma State) 141: No. 4 Dom Demas (Oklahoma) vs. No. 11 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) This is the match will dominate the headlines coming out of this dual and perhaps the entire weekend. After beginning the season as the No. 1 wrestler at this weight, Demas has since dropped matches against No. 1 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) and No. 3 Mitch McKee (Minnesota). However, he has also picked up multiple signatures wins. On the other hand, Gfeller has not yet made his season debut. Last year the Cowboy was an unexpected starter at 149 pounds. He went 28-6 on the season and qualified for the NCAA tournament. The tournament did not go his way, but during the regular season he picked up wins over the likes of Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa), Mitch Finesilver (Duke) and Jarod Verkleeren (Penn State). Demas' domination in the series over Kaid Brock last year has been one of the few bright spots for the Sooners in this rivalry recently. If Gfeller does make his season debut here look for this match to continue that trend. Gfeller has some strong scrambling skill, but Demas' offense does not exactly play into that game. It should be a strong performance from Demas. Prediction: Demas (Oklahoma) decision over Gfeller (Oklahoma State) 149: Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) vs. No. 4 Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) Butler was a three-time Oklahoma state champion during his high school days. He has been the guy at 149 pounds for the Sooners this year after sitting out as a redshirt year last season. He has gone 7-5 on the season with his best showing coming at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic where he went 3-0 on the day. Butler also picked up a sudden victory win over Kody Komara (Kent State) earlier this year. After finishing as an All-American in 2018, Lewallen missed most of last season with injuries. He has returned to the lineup this year and looked great so far. He has won all eight of his matches. Lewallen recently knocked off ranked wrestlers in back-to-back matches. First he dispatched No. 5 Brayton Lee (Minnesota) in a five-point match. He then returned and knocked off No. 14 Mike D'Angelo (Princeton) by three. Lewallen has been consistent and dominant so far this season. Outside of the one match he won by fall, he is allowing his opponents only an average of 2.41 points per match. Butler has not shown the type of offense to compete with defense at that level. Prediction: Lewallen (Oklahoma State) major decision over Butler (Oklahoma) 157: No. 17 Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) vs. Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) Thomas was an NCAA qualifier last year. He ended up finishing one win short of becoming an All-American as he fell in the round of 12. He has been extremely active so far this season with 16 matches already on his record. He dropped a one-point match against No. 3 David Carr (Iowa State) and picked up victories over No. 18 Jake Tucker (Michigan State) and Jacori Teemer (Arizona State). Sheets ended up as a starter for the second half of last season. He picked up some big wins over the likes of No. 12 Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) and No. 11 Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh). However, at the end of the season, he failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament through the Big 12 Championships. Sheets has been the starter throughout for the Cowboys so far this year, and he has gone 4-2. In his last match, he dropped a 3-2 decision against No. 7 Quincy Monday (Princeton). These two wrestled for the first and only time back in the 2017 season. In that match at the Oklahoma City Open, Sheets took home a 1-0 decision victory. This should be another close match. Thomas currently holds the higher ranking, but Sheets has defeated higher level wrestlers in the past. The Cowboy's ability to ride will likely be the difference in the match. Thomas has a chance if he can get away on the bottom, but that will be tough Prediction: Sheets (Oklahoma State) decision over Thomas (Oklahoma) 165: Jose Lao Cooper (Oklahoma) vs. No. 14 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) Oklahoma currently has two 165-pound freshmen from powerhouse high school programs on the roster: Jake Stiles from Montini Catholic and Sam Dover from St. Edward. The plan, at least so far, must be to redshirt the pair, because Cooper has been holding down the spot for the Sooners this year. His record officially stands at 1-9, but that one victory was a forfeit at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic. Wittlake was the No. 3 recruit when he committed to Oklahoma State. After redshirting last season, he joined the starting lineup this year at 165 pounds. He has gone a perfect 8-0 on the year. However, the competition has not been particularly tough. Wittlake has faced only one ranked wrestler, but he did defeat No. 20 Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) via a 5-1 score. This one could get out of hand relatively quickly. Wittlake has not been a bonus-point machine, but he should be able to get that done against Cooper. Prediction: Wittlake (Oklahoma State) technical fall over Cooper (Oklahoma) 174: Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) vs. No. 7 Joseph Smith/Andrew Shomers (Oklahoma State) After a promising redshirt year that saw him go 17-2, Mantanona was a bit of a disappointment last year. He finished 15-16 and went 2-2 at the Big 12 tournament and failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Mantanona has gotten off to a solid start this year. He has built a 10-4 record that includes victories over Rocky Jordan (Ohio State) and No. 13 Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley). Smith competed extensively at 174 pounds last year before dropping down to 165 pounds for tournament time. This year the plan seems to be to stick it out at 174 pounds. However, he reportedly was still on his way down early in the year. In his absence, Shomers has held down the spot. The former Edinboro wrestler had never taken the mat above 165 before he was pressed into action this year. He has gone 3-4 with his lone 165-pound victory coming over Michael O'Malley (Drexel). Smith is likely to be the starter at this weight, but there is still a question about when. If he goes here, he should be able to handle Mantanona. The two met back in the 2018 season, and Smith took home a commanding 14-7 decision victory. The Shomers match would favor Mantanona, but it would still be a tough out. Prediction: Smith (Oklahoma State) decision over Mantanona (Oklahoma) 184: Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) vs. Anthony Montalvo (Oklahoma State) Roberts is a true freshman out of Wyoming Seminary. He has started the whole way so far for the Sooners. He has a 6-3 record, but all three of his losses have come against tough competition. Roberts has lost to Cameron Caffey (Michigan State), No. 6 Louie DePrez (Binghamton) and No. 7 Ben Darmstadt (Cornell). Montalvo took a few head-scratching losses during his redshirt campaign a year ago. However, he got off to a solid start this season. He put up bonus points over both of his opponents at the Oklahoma City Open. Montalvo then scored a come-from-behind fall over Lehigh's Chris Weiler. Since then, he has hit a bit of a rough patch. The Cowboy dropped a one-point match against Owen Webstar (Minnesota) and an overtime match against No. 18 Travis Stefanik (Princeton). Before he hit his recent skid, it looked like Montalvo was going to plow his way through the competition on the way to becoming an All-American. That road looks a little tougher now, but he should still be the favorite here. Roberts has looked solid for a true freshman so far, but Montalvo will likely have too much offense for him here. Prediction: Montalvo (Oklahoma State) decision over Roberts (Oklahoma) 197: No. 9 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) vs. No. 5 Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) Woodley is back after qualifying for the NCAA tournament in his first season in the lineup. So far this year, he has gone 11-4 and picked up some impressive victories. The two-time Pennsylvania state champion holds wins this year over No. 10 Eric Schutlz (Nebraska) and No. 14 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State). Woodley also went to overtime with No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State). Geer had an undefeated record going this year until he ran into No. 3 Patrick Brucki (Princeton) last weekend. He dropped that match via a 12-6 score, but he still holds a top-five ranking based on his seventh-place finish at last year's NCAA tournament. He also holds a dominant 15-5 major decision victory over No. 19 Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh). If the marquee match between Demas and Gfeller fails to materialize, this will likely be the top match of the dual. Woodley has been a consistent performer over the last two years, and he is looking to take another step forward. A victory over Geer would certainly do that, but he will likely struggle to score on the feet. If he can slow the pace and make this a close match, he has a chance, but Geer is the rightful favorite in this contest. Prediction: Geer (Oklahoma State) decision over Woodley (Oklahoma) 285: Josiah Jones (Oklahoma) vs. Austin Harris (Oklahoma State) It has been a tough freshman season so far for Jones. He has gone 5-7 on the year, but the schedule has been relatively busy. Of his seven losses, four have come against ranked competition. Harris started his Oklahoma State career at 184 pounds, but he has since moved all the way up to heavyweight. As you might expect, he has had trouble competing against the large opposition. However, he did break through last weekend and pick up his first heavyweight victory against Division I competition. His 5-2 decision over Aidan Conner was the difference in the Cowboys' 18-15 victory over No. 12 Princeton. Jones is a legitimate heavyweight in terms of size, but Harris will have the experience edge. It is hard to see Harris competing in a traditional heavyweight style match. He will need to generate some separation in the neutral position, which might turn out to be difficult. Prediction: Jones (Oklahoma) decision over Harris (Oklahoma State) Dual Meet Predicted Score: Oklahoma State 26, Oklahoma 9