lightweight

Agree with Gus. See Nino Bono...

That looks like a truck built for an upper weight. Does it come with an entry stepladder for 125 pounders?

Happens to the best of us, Dr. Proctologist.

"perineal"; clever pun, or just that damn auto-correct again?

As a boss I had once said, after I asked him about his presentation after a meeting with a prospective client where he described all sorts of stuff that our firm didn't actually offer - "Don't confuse marketing with implementation." That's the JC schtick.

Interesting if true. Amazing how fast rumors travel. ESPN should issue an apology if they did this, since the photo clearly shows that he was there, and not AWOL.

I agree. It was also nice that it wasn't just a string of cliches, which some of the media-savvy types try to slip by with. Mostly I don't listen to post-game interviews because you rarely get any insights, but I do feel as if you get some authentic in this one.

The "edit" button covers a wide variety of sins. I just don't think it is appropriate to start topics criticizing speculative behavior that has not (and ultimately, did not) happen.

This is classic stuff. If you look at most tournament podium pictures the guys on the left (even placers, 2, 4, 6, and eight) are usually glum/stoic, and the right side, odd placers tend to be smiling because they won their last match. Rationally, the second place guy should be happier than all the places three through eight, but casual empiricism suggests that that isn't the case. Clearly not 100% of the time (e.g., there's some high school freshman in 8th who was delighted just to place), but feel free to pull out some picture you have and see if there aren't more smiles on the odd side than the even.

So, this was all 'outrage' about behavior that didn't even happen (see photographic evidence in a later post above). This whole thread is full of krap.

I've enjoyed Rock's commentary on ACC matches during the year. Some tutorials on officiating, but pitched at the right level for the fan.

Yeah, 3 Ivy League wrestlers as champs. Reminds you what the sport missed when the Ivy League opted out of their Covid year.

Not too many steel mill jobs left in Pittsburgh these days, but I get the sentiment. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up on the coaching staff next year at Pitt. Hometown kid.

Risk and reward. If he gets the reversal he gets 2 pts instead of 1. He is free to make that decision.

Matthews defending 1-0 victories was bound to come back and bite him sometime.

Exactly what I was thinking. Pretty much the reverse of "Hate the sin, love the sinner" - lightweights and middleweights can rock the two piece. Heavyweights, not so much.

This consultant you hired must be one of those, you know, tall guys. I'll bet he didn't schedule any meetings for the next couple weeks.

WPIAL All-Star Team Pittsburgh, PA – Announcing the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) All-Star Team in the 49th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, presented by U.S. Steel. Wt. Name High School Hometown Career Record WPIAL / State Place College Attending WPIAL Titles State Titles 124 Isabella DeVito Kiski Area Apollo 72-10 1st / 5th Lock Haven 1X - 121 Ryan Klingensmith Kiski Area Apollo 110-34 1st / 7th Saint Vincent 1X - 127 Ethan Lebin Hempfield Area Greensburg 121-33 2nd / 4th Bucknell 1X - 133 Anthony Ferraro Pine-Richland Valencia 125-23 3rd / 3rd Edinboro - - 139 Joey Sentipal Burgettstown Burgettstown 145-40 1st / DNP Lock Haven 2X - 145 Nico Taddy West Allegheny Imperial 110-23 2nd / 7th West Liberty - - 152 Lucas Kapusta Hempfield Area Jeannette 128-34 2nd / 5th - - - 160 Grant MacKay Laurel New Castle 166-19 1st / 1st Pitt 3X 2X 172 Matthew Furman Canon-McMillan Canonsburg 125-37 2nd / 2nd Cornell - - 189 Brody Evans Waynesburg Mapletown 78-32 2nd / 3rd Edinboro - - 215 Eli Makel Waynesburg Waynesburg 124-39 1st / 4th Edinboro 1X - 285 Ty Banco Trinity Washington 121-31 1st / 6th - 1X - 1,425 - 355 10X 2X

USA All-Star Team Pittsburgh, PA – Announcing the USA All-Star Team in the 49th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, presented by U.S. Steel. Wt. Name High School Hometown Career Record* State Titles College Attending 170 Destiny Rodriguez West Linn West Linn, OR 84-0 4X McKendree 121 Marc-Anthony McGowan Blair Academy Tampa, FL 89-3 3X Princeton 127 Braeden Davis Dundee Belleville, MI 155-6 4X Penn State 133 Cael Hughes Stillwater Glencoe, OK 140-0 4X Oklahoma St. 139 Ryder Block Waverly-Shell Rock Waverly, IA 159-1 3X Iowa 145 Koy Buesgens New Prague New Prague, MN 188-6 3X NC State 152 Dylan Gilcher Detroit Catholic West Bloomfield, MI 140-4 4X Michigan 160 Ethan Stiles James B. Conant Hoffman Estates, IL 100-12 3X Nebraska 172 Joshua Barr Davison Davison, MI 132-1 4X Penn State 189 Brayden Thompson Stillwater Stillwater, OK 84-0 1X Oklahoma St. 215 Gavin Nelson Simley Inver Grove Hts., MN 182-9 3X Minnesota 285 Matthew Moore Mesa Ridge Colorado Springs, CO 117-7 1X Nebraska 1,570-49 37X

PA All-Star Team Wt Name High School Hometown Career Record State Titles College Attending State Placement 164 Abbie Miles Laurel New Castle 61-7 - Albion 3rd 121 Cael Nasdeo Williamsport Williamsport 119-21 1X Penn State 1st 127 Vinny Kilkeary Greater Latrobe Greensburg 131-12 3X Ohio State 1st 133 Jaden Pepe Wyoming Area West Pittston 157-5 3X Harvard 1st 139 Tyler Kasak Bethlehem Catholic Doylestown 79-3 1X Penn State - 145 Mac Church Waynesburg Central Waynesburg 151-13 2X Virginia Tech 2nd 152 Ty Watters West Allegheny Imperial 98-8 2X West Virginia 1st 160 Dylan Evans Chartiers Valley Pittsburgh 139-28 2X Pitt 1st 172 Rocco Welsh Waynesburg Central Waynesburg 159-17 2X Ohio State 1st 189 Jacob Jones Saucon Valley Hellertown 152-26 - New York Univ. 5th 215 Sonny Sasso Nazareth Nazareth 97-10 2X Virginia Tech 1st 285 Layton Schmick Carlisle Carlisle 122-23 - East Stroudsburg 3rd 1,465-173 18X

How did they get to 33? Well, originally it was 33 1/3, but then teams could not get the 1/3 wrestler's bleeding stopped before the five minute limit expired. (Although a few teams who had gotten creative with their 9.9 scholarships had a guy already sewn up and ready to go.)

Looks like the match should've started with a penalty point for an eye-poke.

I'd like this guy even if he weren't from Western PA.

Because he only beat Lee because Lee was wrestling on crutches in the state final.