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A team loses 5 points if they don’t have a starter at a weight.

My bad. Hale beat Ayzerov Incontrera beat Wolak.

Incontrera from Penn beat Ayzerov 6-3 last week and it wasn’t that close. He tried to turn him at the end and got reversed in the last second. Incontrera gets Conigliari fri at Harvard Sunday and Foca next week.

People forget Hall got screwed out of his chance to win his senior year. He was the favorite and would have been the top seed. He easily could have been a 4 time finalist and 2 time champ elevating his career standing.

I had thought about starting a thread. What was the craziest thing you ever saw during a wrestling match? I think I’ve got a good one that somewhat relates to this. My junior year in high school at Farmingdale we were wrestling Herricks high school. Our 157 pounder, who was heavily favored was winning by a lot when suddenly he got thrown to his back. It was a packed gym as there was a basketball game right after, and we were stunned, thinking that we were going to lose the match and lose the division championship which we were in the middle of a 10 year winning streak. Our assistant coach, who knew very little about wrestling, ran out onto the mat and pulled the other kid off of our guy. Our guy was lying there unconscious. No one saw that except for this assistant coach. Back then it was three minutes of injury time. Our kid who was tough as nails and became an all Ivy linebacker for Dartmouth somehow recovered and held on to win the match. We ended up winning the dual by a point, and I will never forget that crazy situation. Anyone ever see anything similar to that?

Max Gallagher from Penn knocks off Provo from Stanford today. Comes back from 6-1 down to win in OT. He has taken over the starting spot from 2 time qualifier Ryan Miller.

I am on the EIWA Hall of Fame committee and we are going to induct Denny into the HOF at the EIWA tournament in March. We were able to notify Denny before he passed away. He was so happy to hear that. A great guy whose newsletter was incredible for those of us fortunate to have read it. A great contributor to the sport and Lehigh wrestling in particular.

2016 unseeded Casey Kent from Penn knocked off eight seed Epperly in the first round. He lost in the second round and in the wrestle backs in his second match was losing badly when he got a pin. He pinned his next two guys and came all the way back to fourth losing in the third place match to Epperly.

Schultz and Banach NCAA final easily one of the best. Banach had beaten him earlier that season.

Doug Zapf wins bronze 12-2. 2 for 2 for the PRTC getting bronze with McKenna.

Do you need to be enrolled as a student at Iowa for them to put you on the team? Only half kidding.

It was 2 points. He won by a point so the 2 cost him the match. Disgraceful by the ref.

Then Colliacco turns around and beats Latona in the Consi semis. He is so hot and cold. Pleased with my Quakers overall performance.

I was told at 8:00 you can see them on Flo arena

I for one am sad to see the demise of the EIWA. I competed 3 times in the tournament and qualified for the NCAA twice. I am on the EIWA Hall of Fame committee. It is the oldest conference in the country. Ivy athletic directors are gravitating towards Ivy League tournaments in every sport and wrestling I believe, got caught up in this new philosophy.

Desanto was a heel at Drexel and at Iowa. Impossible to leave him off this team. In fact he is the MOH of this team. Most outstanding heel!

Chris Fleeger was not very popular in the big 10.

True freshman Max Gallagher from Penn beating AA Eddie Ventresca in OT in the semis at the Keystone worth watching.

5 guys from Penn outplaced guys who we thought were the starters. True freshman Max Gallagher a NY state champ beat Ventresca in the semis then beat Ryan Miller in the finals. Miller had beaten him in a wrestle off. Freshman Alex Almyeda won 133 and won ow beating 3 ranked guys. He lost in ot to Coliocco in the wrestle off. Martin Cosgrove a freshman 2 time Jersey state champ beat Cole Urbas for third. He lost to him in the wrestle off. There were a lot of great matches at the Keystone.

Christian Franco was a stud who unfortunately had injury issues and couldn't get through even a couple of years before he had to retire. A shame because he kept trying.

I started 4 years at Penn competed twice in the NCAA tournament. In 1975 I won my first round match and separated my shoulder defaulting out. It was the first injury and first time I ever missed a match because of one. I lost in the NY state finals to Jack Spates. I'm a big supporter of Penn wrestling and I'm on the EIWA Hall of Fame committee.

If Sasso beats Pantaleo he gets the spot. If he loses Zapf from the PRTC who won U23 goes.

I wondered why Urbas took a step back this year. Talking to someone close to the program Urbas grew around 4" in the last year and you could see on his feet he didn't adjust to the change. I hope it's Cosgrove at 197 and the new kids on the block at 149/157. I'd like to see Revano at 157. Not sure he'd make the team so I'm told and not sure who would go 165. Wish Urbas could put on significant weight and go hwt. We will struggle there.

I wondered why Urbas took a step back this year. Talking to someone close to the program Urbas grew around 4" in the last year and you could see on his feet he didn't adjust to the change. I hope it's Cosgrove at 197 and the new kids on the block at 149/157. I'd like to see Revano at 157. Not sure he'd make the team so I'm told and not sure who would go 165. Wish Urbas could put on significant weight and go hwt. We will struggle there.

The NCAA gets a zero for not getting the brackets printed correctly. They had time to make the adjustments after guys dropped out. It's the NCAA tournament for G-d sake! A total embarrassment. The wrestling gets a 10. The venue gets a 5. The Bob Dylan museum the main attraction.