Wrestling Wreport: Penn State kills Lock Haven

Feels weird for them to be this meh. Wow, Pearsall! Man, the Southern Scuffle is gonna be cool: that Sherlock / Pearsall battle is gonna be nuts. And can’t wait to see what shape Martellotti’s in.

Also, this Matt Brown is very intriguing. A 20y.o. RSFR (returned from Mormon mission). With him and Cowburn providing ‘depth’, the next couple years lineups at 165-197 are gonna be very interesting.

Yeah that Mormon mission thing gives him an advantage physically. Remember Sanshiro Abe? He was in his late 20’s (if memory serves me right) when he wrestled his 4 all-american years at Penn State. He was physically way more mature than anyone he wrestled.

gonna be a battle at 141.

This is from FOS poster RoarLions, a list of ranked wrestlers who are set to appear at the Scuffle, by weight. He’s using GAH’s Wrestling Report rankings, which have Quentin at #4 & Steinhaus at #8, for example (I’m also puzzled at his 149 rankings where Eiffert is #19 & Ness is #9, even tho I watched Eiffert man him up in the 3rd and get the win in their dual) . But which now include freshmen rankings (preseason they don’t, understandably) and which now also includes, as Bman noted, Pearsall at 27.

125
1 Zach Sanders – Minn
3 Alan Waters – Missouri
7 Frank Perelli – Cornell
9 Steve Bonano – Hofstra
10 Nico Megaludis – PSU
11 Matt Snyder – Virginia
22 Colton Fought – NC State
25 Pat Rollins – Oregon State

133
5 Devin Carter – VA Tech
6 David Thorn – Minn
10 Nate McCormick – Missouri
17 Garrett Drucker – Oregon State
20 Ryan Nieman – Indiana
22 Matt Nelson – Virginia

141
4 Mike Mangrum – Oregon State
9 Nick Dardanes – Minn
13 Evan Henderson – NC
14 Mike Nevinger – Cornell
15 Nick Nelson – Virginia
16 Zach Niebert – VA Tech
23 Brandon Weist – Missouri
27 Bryan Pearsall – Penn State

149
1 Frank Molinaro – PSU
9 Dylan Ness – Minn
16 Scott Sakaguchi – Oregon State
17 Kyle Bradley – Missouri
19 Craig Eiffert – Cornell
21 Justin Accordino – Hofstra
22 Taylor Walsh – Indiana

157
1 Kyle Dake – Cornell
7 Jake Deitchler – Minn
8 Dylan Alton – PSU
18 Drake Houdashelt – Missouri
19 RJ Pena – Oregon State
20 Corey Mock – NC

165
1 David Taylor – PSU
4 PJ Gillespie – Hofstra
11 Zach Toal – Missouri
12 Cody Yohn – Minn
16 Kyle Blevins – App. State
17 Peter Yates – VA Tech
22 Nick Sulzer – Virginia
23 Marshall Peppelman – Cornell

174
2 Ed Ruth – PSU
3 Dorian Henderson – Missouri
12 Te Edwards – Old Dominion
14 Logan Storely – Minn
16 Turtog Luvsandorj – Citadel
20 Ty Vinson – Oregon State
25 Ryan LeBlanc – Indiana

184
3 Steve Bosak – Cornell
4 Quentin Wright – PSU
8 Kevin Steinhaus – Minn
10 Austin Trotman – App. State
14 Luke Rebertus – Navy
16 Mike Larson – Missouri
17 Jon Fausey – Virginia
21 Ben Clymer – Hofstra

197
2 Sonny Yohn – Minn
4 Matt Powless – Indiana
10 Taylor Meeks – Oregon State
12 Morgan McIntosh – PSU
18 Brent Haynes – Missouri
22 Nick Vetterlein – VA Tech

HWT
4 Clayton Jack – Oregon State
5 Tony Nelson – Minn
6 Cameron Wade – PSU
25 Devin Mellon – Missouri

That’s a lot of good competition our guys could potentially see. I’m most interested in what Martellotti looks like at 133 (GAH has Reber unranked) to see how he might affect our tournament scoring in March, but Nico could get a fun rematch with Sanders; McIntosh & Alton have some good measuring sticks there. Tank & Taylor have more championship fodder. Ruth & Wade should have some nice challenges and Q likely will see either or both of Steinhaus & Bosak. Gonna add a lot of nice content to that New Year’s weekend.

Jan. 1
10:00am Pigtails & Round of 32
1:00pm Pigtail & 1st Round Consi’s
3:00pm Round of 16
4:45pm 2nd Round Consi’s
6:30pm Round of 8 (quarterfinals)

Jan. 2
9:00am 4th Round Consi’s
11:00am Semifinals
1:00pm Consi Semifinals
2:30pm Medal matches (3rd through 8th place)
6:00pm FINALS

*also courtesy of RoarLions on FOS

Oh. Wait………..

Good coverage, but PSU is 0-1 in BIG for now.

Umm, speaking of tournaments, I’m not sure how I missed this, but Kellen Russell, Michigan’s returning national champ, who went undefeated in a loaded weight class last year, lost to Ohio State true freshman Hunter Stieber in the semis. Stieber lost to Oregon State’s Mangrum in the finals, but damn! And Ohio State won the team comp, which included Cornell (6th place), Nebraska (4th), Michigan (2nd) & Wyoming (3rd). Wow.