General Wrestling thread

[Jacob '06]

Pretty amazing first period pin by Nickerson, then Grey loses a decision and Dake wins by decision. Cornell up 9-3 after 3.

[Jordan 04]

TWCNY is going to carry tomorrow's wrestling vs. Iowa State live at 1 PM. I don't know about any other TW cables.

Yeah, it's in HD.::banana::

Televised on SNY. Not in HD.

[ugarte]

Pretty amazing first period pin by Nickerson, then Grey loses a decision and Dake wins by decision. Cornell up 9-3 after 3.

The loss by Grey pretty much sealed this match for ISU. We needed to be up more than 9-0 after Dake to even have a chance. Fanthorpe is a hell of a wrestler, though, so it isn't like Grey choked. As I type this, Cornell is down 16-13 and #1 Varner is threatening to get bonus points against Simaz, Hwt is going to go against us also.

[ithacat]

William Koll (96) and Corey Dake (112) won section IV titles in class C this past weekend.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100207/SPORTS05/2070365/1124/SPORTS/H.S.-wrestling-Four-Lansing-wrestlers-win-sectional-titles

Chris Nevinger (145), brother of Cornell recruit Mike Nevinger, won a section V title in class BB and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler in the middle-upper weight classes. Chris sounds like a heck of an athlete. He was the MVP of the sectional final in football this past fall and is reportedly a decent pole vaulter. Chris beat Burke Paddock in the final -- Paddock's brother Ian set a NY state record for wins last year and is a freshman at Ohio State.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100207/SPORTS08/2070371/1007/SPORTS

Mark Grey, brother of Mike Grey (who beat the aforementioned Ian Paddock in their dual this year), is a nationally-ranked 119lber at Blair Academy. It sounds like Mark is cutting his own path and it's doubtful he ends up at Cornell (at least according to this older article).

http://www.hswrestling.net/2008/07/new-jersey%E2%80%99s-mark-grey-continues-family-name-in-fargo/

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell leading EIWA after quarterfinals with 80.5 to 52.5 for American and Lehigh; 48 for Navy; 45 for Penn; 44.5 Bucknell

[ugarte]

After the first day, Cornell has put 5 wrestlers in the finals (Nickerson (125); Grey (133); Dake (141); Lewnes (174); Simaz (197)) and 3 are still alive for third place (Kerber (165); Bosak (184); Arnone (Hwt)).

As far as team scores go, Cornell is blowing out the field. The Big Red sits in first place with 124 points; Lehigh and Penn are tied for second with 92.5. Lehigh has three finalists, Penn has two.

125: #2 ranked Troy Nickerson faces Princeton's Garrett Frey. When Cornell faced Princeton earlier this year, Nickerson's backup beat Frey 10-4.

133: #5 ranked Mike Grey faces #14 Matt Fisk of Lehigh. Earlier this year, Grey beat Fisk 8-3.

141: #1 ranked Kyle Dake faces Jordan Lipp of American. Lipp is unseeded but beat the #12 and #22 wrestlers in the country to make it to the final.

149: Corey Manson faces David Greenwald of Rutgers for 7th place. Manson got a bit burned when the 2 seed was upset in the QF and ended up against him in the consolation bracket but he was a longshot to qualify for the NCAAs anyway.

165: #17 Justin Kerber faces #24 Gabe Burak of Penn in the consolation semifinal. When they met earlier this year, Kerber took a 3-1 decision.

174: #1 Mack Lewnes faces #13 Scott Giffin of Penn. When they met earlier this year, Lewnes won by major decision 13-4.

184: #15 Steve Bosak faces Rob Waltko of Bucknell in the consolation semifinals.

197: #4 Cam Simaz faces #23 Micah Burak of Penn. When they met earlier this year, Simaz won by decision 5-3.

Hwt: #32 Josh Arnone faces Kevin Lester of Columbia in the consolation semifinal. When they met earlier this year, Arnone won a 9-5 decision.

[ugarte]

125: Nickerson wins by fall to win the EIWA championship.
133: Grey wins 8-2 to win the EIWA championship.
141: Dake wins 9-2 to win the EIWA championship.
149: Manson loses by fall to finish 8th.
165: Kerber wins two matches to finish 3d and qualify for the NCAA tournament.
174: Lewnes wins 9-2 to win the EIWA championship.
184: Bosak wins by fall and then loses a close match to finish 4th and qualify for the NCAA tournament.
197: Simaz wins 3-1 to win the EIWA championship.
Hwt: Arnone wins two matches to finish 3d and qualify for the NCAA tournament.

Cornell ran away with the team Championship, finishing with 160.5 points. Penn finished in second place with 113.

5 champions and 8 NCAA qualifiers. It is possible that three Cornell wrestlers will be seeded #1 at the NCAA tournament and 5 will be seeded. This team is insane. Congratulations, Coach Koll.

[David Harding]

This team is insane. Congratulations, Coach Koll.

When do we start the "Odds that Koll stays" thread?

[Al DeFlorio]

EIWA championship finals being shown delayed tonight at 8pm EST on Fox College Sports Atlantic.

[Al DeFlorio]

Nice article on themat.com about Cornell recruit Chris Villalonga: http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=21653

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell recruit Marshall Peppelman wins the Pennsylvania high school 160-lb championship: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236645-pa-state-championships/318346-160lbs-marshall-peppelman-central-dauphin-pa-vs-troy-reaghard-west-allegheny-pa

Post-match interview here with nice closing comment about why he chose Cornell: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236645-pa-state-championships/318201-peppelman-still-pumped-to-win-state-title

[ugarte]

Cornell recruit Marshall Peppelman wins the Pennsylvania high school 160-lb championship: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236645-pa-state-championships/318346-160lbs-marshall-peppelman-central-dauphin-pa-vs-troy-reaghard-west-allegheny-pa

Sick reversal to start the second period and a great finish.

[Al DeFlorio]

Intermat named Kyle Dake the 2010 Freshman of the Year: http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/6803

Best quote:  "Kyle Dake lived up to his nickname of Kid Dynamite," according to InterMat staff writer Tim Foley. "Dake is the most talented and well-composed freshman to come along since Cael."  [Cael being Cael Sanderson, who finished his four-year college career 159-0 with four NCAA championships.]

[Al DeFlorio]

Video of Cornell 140 pound recruit Chris Villalonga winning at the Dapper Dan meet (USA vs. PA all-stars): http://wpialwrestling.net/wrestlingreportvideo/video/classic_video/2010_classic-video/140.htm

Villaonga was outstanding wrestler at the meet.