General 2010-11 Wrestling thread

[Jim Hyla]

Simaz is Ivy Player of the Year, and 7 are All-Ivy.

[ugarte]

Simaz is Ivy Player of the Year, and 7 are All-Ivy.

7 first team, 2 second team and an honorable mention. 10 out of 10 starters. Not bad.

[billhoward]

Simaz is Ivy Player of the Year, and 7 are All-Ivy.

7 first team, 2 second team and an honorable mention. 10 out of 10 starters. Not bad.

Imagine the time when the worst starter on our football team is All-Ivy honorable mention, rather than the best.

[ithacat]

State Championships are underway this weekend in Albany.

Advancing to the semis in Division 2:

Cornell recruits:

Senior Owen Scott (160) by 17-1 and 18-1. Freshman Burke Paddock (Warsaw) is in the opposite bracket. He's the brother of Ian Paddock (Ohio State) who went 2-2 in the NCAA tourny last year as a freshman and was named to the freshman All-Academic team.

Senior Craig Scott (171) by 11-1 and 16-0.

Article of the Scott twins in today's Rochester paper: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110225/SPORTS08/102250326/1026/sports08/Palmyra-Macedon-s-Scott-brothers-eye-state-wrestling-titles

Non-Cornell recruits, but of related interest:

Freshman William Koll (103) by 9-3 and by pin.

Junior Corey Dake (119) by 1-0 and 12-1.

Junior Chris Nevinger (152) by 5-0 and 16-1.


Another interesting wrestler to follow is Norwich 8th grader Tristan Rifanburg (112) who advanced to the semis in Division 2. Rifanburg became the first wrestler in NY history to win a State title as a 7th grader last year.

Update:

Scotts each pick up a championship.

Koll and Nevinger also win titles.

Dake lost 2-1 in his semi, forfeited his consi and will place 6th.

[David Harding]

The Ithaca Journal article concentrates on the successful William Koll.  They specify that Corey Dake's forfeit in he consolation was an injury default.

[ugarte]

Another interesting wrestler to follow is Norwich 8th grader Tristan Rifanburg (112) who advanced to the semis in Division 2. Rifanburg became the first wrestler in NY history to win a State title as a 7th grader last year.

Troy Nickerson's record of 5 state championships is safe. Rifanburg lost in the finals.

[ithacat]

Another interesting wrestler to follow is Norwich 8th grader Tristan Rifanburg (112) who advanced to the semis in Division 2. Rifanburg became the first wrestler in NY history to win a State title as a 7th grader last year.

Troy Nickerson's record of 5 state championships is safe. Rifanburg lost in the finals.

T-Ri can still tie T-Ni.

[ugarte]

Another interesting wrestler to follow is Norwich 8th grader Tristan Rifanburg (112) who advanced to the semis in Division 2. Rifanburg became the first wrestler in NY history to win a State title as a 7th grader last year.

Troy Nickerson's record of 5 state championships is safe. Rifanburg lost in the finals.

T-Ri can still tie T-Ni.

Sure, but he'll be the second to do it. And who cares about that? (Unless he chooses Cornell, in which case the answer is "me".)

[Trotsky]

Sure, but he'll be the second to do it. And who cares about that? (Unless he chooses Cornell, in which case the answer is "me".)

He's young enough that someone could still hand him a pair of skates and say "How do you get to Lynah Rink...?"

[ugarte]

Sure, but he'll be the second to do it. And who cares about that? (Unless he chooses Cornell, in which case the answer is "me".)

He's young enough that someone could still hand him a pair of skates and say "How do you get to Lynah Rink...?"

Even though he's in 8th grade, and I shouldn't make assumptions, the kid is wrestling in the 112-pound division.  I'm not sure playing in the Schafer system is in his future.

[billhoward]

Sure, but he'll be the second to do it. And who cares about that? (Unless he chooses Cornell, in which case the answer is "me".)

He's young enough that someone could still hand him a pair of skates and say "How do you get to Lynah Rink...?"

Even though he's in 8th grade, and I shouldn't make assumptions, the kid is wrestling in the 112-pound division.  I'm not sure playing in the Schafer system is in his future.

Cornell doesn't recruit managers weighing that little. There is that twice-a-decade Topher Scott exemption.

[gjk22]

Future Cornell wrestler... Stevo Poulin.

Only 8 years old but already has 250+ wins. Big fan of Cornell wrestling and Kyle Dake, and from NY State. Check out the interview and youtube.

http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/8185