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I don't understand the high expectations for Cardenas but I may be missing some context. I tried looking into what he's done in freestyle and all I can find is the 2024 U23 silver. He went through Seth Shumate and Wyatt Voelker to make that team. Is there anything else? Why didn't he compete at Trials this year?

When are the finals?

I think it's a pretty even match up skills-wise so I give the edge to Bo as he's a weight class bigger and it will be at his weight. I'm confident it will be a war, but I'm curious how the Iowa crowd will receive him.

Seems crazy there are more schools with golf teams than wrestling teams

55kg: Jayden Raney (Greco) 57kg: Roman Bravo-Young 57kg: Rin Sakamoto 61kg: Jax Forrest 74kg: Mirzo Khayitov 86kg: Zahid Valencia 125kg: Wyatt Hendrickson

Ok State has 7 guys competing at senior Worlds (6 freestyle, 1 Greco). The fans are definitely watching

Well damn. Got too aggressive and didn't respect his opponent's abilities

That's just to make the semis!

Flo just announced WNO will feature Dreshaun Ross vs Coby Merrill. Will be interesting to see their first (I think) matchup in folkstyle. The weight difference could be a big factor on the mat imo. Also Dreshaun will be in football mode and has a game the night before WNO.

Sam Hazewinkel

190 pounder Michael White from Indiana now committed to Ok State. Previously was committed to Minnesota. Flo has him #40 on the 2026 Big Board. Recently finished 3rd at Fargo

Hamiti in for Sinclair at 86kg against Dake

They didn't. You know how much they love Penn State and how rarely they pick underdogs. Pyles in a recent FRL said Ruiz *could* beat Haines but he wasn't picking it to happen. JD predicted Ruiz to finish 3rd next year

What could it be? Burroughs as HC? Bassett and Miller committed?

if she wanted attention from this she would've broadcast it on her TikTok account with >1,000,000 followers

Hamiti bounces back with a first period tech against Codei Khawaja of Serbia. Vito is up next on Mat 2. Devan Turner up now. Joey Blaze is after Vito. Brayton Lee on deck on Mat 1. Ruiz a few matches back on Mat 3.

Hamit loses by tech to Vasyl Mykhailov of Ukraine 10-0. Didn't look like the same Hamiti from the Russia dual, he looked slow. Mykhailov is good though. He has two Senior Worlds bronzes. Ruiz is cruising in his match against Codei Khawaja of Serbia. Bout board here: https://www.sportzona.pl/app/events/view/wrestling/6884

Starting now, Hamiti will be first up on Mat 3, followed by Simon Ruiz. I think Vito will be on Mat 2 but not sure when yet Also Plott finished in 3rd yesterday

Plott loses to Ivan Chornohuz of Ukraine 9-6. Should have more matches on the backside in the next session.

Plott techs Luza Tsertsvadze of Georgia 15-5. After the first exchange where Plott gave up a fairly easy takedown I thought it might get ugly. Tsertsvadze looked like a giant compared to Plott, but he was attacking relentlessly and it paid off. Ivan Chornohuz of Ukraine next.

Plott beats Filip Rogut of Poland. He was up 8-2 when Rogut injury defaulted. He was bleeding (from his nose I think) every 30 seconds it felt like. Kind of funny because if you've watched Plott much he's usually the one needing a lot of blood time

https://www.youtube.com/@sportzona4607/streams Plott should be up first in 20 minutes

Result and links to highlights. A lot of the guys were wrestling up in weight. Probably a factor in Dee's loss and it appears par terre was a big difference maker 125kg - Doucet DEC Habila Awusayiman 3-0 | Highlights Awusayiman previously wrestled at 97kg. 2024 Olympian (Lost 9-5 to Kyle Snyder). 2x Asian Championships medalist (Silver, Bronze). 61kg - Ramirez DEC Zou Wanhao 4-3 | Highlights Zou was a 2024 Olympian (1-1, lost 3-2 to Spencer Lee). U23 World Bronze. 74kg - Swiderski TF Shen Tao 12-1 (4:59) | Highlights Shen was 5th at U23 Asian Championships. 79kg - Lu Feng TF Lockett 14-1 (4:18) | Highlights It looks like he got taken down and then turned 3x. Then he got a takedown and was reversed and then turned some more. Feng was a 2024 Olympian (1-1). U23 World Silver. 86kg - Facundo DEC Cao Nan 4-1 | Highlights Cao was a 2x U23 Asian Championships medalist (Gold, Bronze). Senior Asian Championships 5th. 92kg - Merrill TF Narenmanduhai 11-0 (2:40) | Highlights Narenmanduhai was U23 Asian Championships Bronze.

Nothing you said suggests Ben would've beat Pendleton if he had to face him again. Of course Ben's stats improved after he didn't get handed 3-4 losses each year from Pendleton. Plus the fact that he sought out extra matches against lower level guys for the express purpose of padding his stats. You're also ignoring the fact that Ben redshirted and Chris didn't. In their second year on campus, they both lost once at NCAAs and then won the next two years. Give Chris that non-RS year back and he's a 3x champ and Ben is a 1x champ and this isn't even a discussion.

Could be fun if Dake opens up. Or maybe Aeoden scores early and forces the issue