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Team Scores
1. Missouri 135.5
2. Old Dominion 89.5
3. Ohio 82.5
4. Kent State 75.5
5. Central Michigan 74.5
6. Northern Iowa 72.5
7. Northern Illinois 40.0
8. Eastern Michigan 26.5
4:08

With a wrestler in the 285 final, Northern Iowa will probably pass us up. Or not...

125 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Alan Waters of Missouri
2nd Place - Dylan Peters of Northern Iowa
3rd Place - Derek Elmore of Northern Illinois
4th Place - Brent Fleetwood of Central Michigan
5th Place - Brandon Jeske of Old Dominion
6th Place - Edilberto Vinas of Kent State
1st Place Match
Alan Waters (Missouri) 30-0, RS So. over Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) 22-5, RS So. (Dec 11-4).
3rd Place Match
Derek Elmore (Northern Illinois) 24-10, Sr. over Brent Fleetwood (Central Michigan) 14-14, Fr. (Fall 2:52).
5th Place Match
Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) 13-11, So. over Edilberto Vinas (Kent State) 12-28, RS So. (Dec 5-4).

133 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Zach Synon of Missouri
2nd Place - Tyler Keselring of Central Michigan
3rd Place - Mackenzie McGuire of Kent State
4th Place - Kagan Squire of Ohio
5th Place - Michael Hayes of Old Dominion
6th Place - Vincent Pizzuto of Eastern Michigan
1st Place Match
Zach Synon (Missouri) 29-11, . over Tyler Keselring (Central Michigan) 15-10, RS Sr. (Dec 4-2).
3rd Place Match
Mackenzie McGuire (Kent State) 28-11, RS So. over Kagan Squire (Ohio) 11-9, Jr. (Dec 3-2).
5th Place Match
Michael Hayes (Old Dominion) 18-23, RS So. over Vincent Pizzuto (Eastern Michigan) 16-14, RS Jr. (M. For.).

141 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Zachary Horan of Central Michigan
2nd Place - Chris Mecate of Old Dominion
3rd Place - Lavion Mayes of Missouri
4th Place - Jake Hodges of Northern Iowa
5th Place - Tyler Small of Kent State
6th Place - Michael Shaw of Eastern Michigan
1st Place Match
Zachary Horan (Central Michigan) 20-4, RS Jr. over Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) 22-8, RS Jr. (SV-1 5-3).
3rd Place Match
Lavion Mayes (Missouri) 33-2, . over Jake Hodges (Northern Iowa) 12-17, RS So. (Dec 6-4).
5th Place Match
Tyler Small (Kent State) 30-13, RS So. over Michael Shaw (Eastern Michigan) 12-19, RS Jr. (Dec 6-2).

149 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Drake Houdashelt of Missouri
2nd Place - Alexander Richardson of Old Dominion
3rd Place - Michael Depalma of Kent State
4th Place - Tywan Claxton of Ohio
5th Place - Colin Heffernan of Central Michigan
6th Place - Nick Barber of Eastern Michigan
1st Place Match
Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) 32-1, RS So. over Alexander Richardson (Old Dominion) 26-7, Jr. (Dec 5-2).
3rd Place Match
Michael Depalma (Kent State) 20-17, RS Jr. over Tywan Claxton (Ohio) 27-5, Sr. (Fall 1:52).
5th Place Match
Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) 22-12, RS Fr. over Nick Barber (Eastern Michigan) 15-13, RS So. (TB-1 6-5).

157 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Ian Miller of Kent State
2nd Place - Joseph LaVallee of Missouri
3rd Place - Spartak Chino of Ohio
4th Place - Cody LeCount of Central Michigan
5th Place - Brandon Zeerip of Eastern Michigan
6th Place - Jarrett Jensen of Northern Iowa
1st Place Match
Ian Miller (Kent State) 17-6, RS So. over Joseph LaVallee (Missouri) 22-11, . (Dec 4-2).
3rd Place Match
Spartak Chino (Ohio) 19-11, RS Jr. over Cody LeCount (Central Michigan) 24-11, Fr. (Dec 6-5).
5th Place Match
Brandon Zeerip (Eastern Michigan) 23-13, . over Jarrett Jensen (Northern Iowa) 21-13, RS Jr. (Dec 5-4).

165 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Cooper Moore of Northern Iowa
2nd Place - Tristan Warner of Old Dominion
3rd Place - Harrison Hightower of Ohio
4th Place - Shaun`Qae McMurtry of Northern Illinois
5th Place - Mike England of Missouri
6th Place - Jordan Wohlfert of Central Michigan
1st Place Match
Cooper Moore (Northern Iowa) 22-5, RS So. over Tristan Warner (Old Dominion) 29-3, RS Sr. (Dec 7-1).
3rd Place Match
Harrison Hightower (Ohio) 25-10, RS Sr. over Shaun`Qae McMurtry (Northern Illinois) 12-16, RS So. (Dec 8-4).
5th Place Match
Mike England (Missouri) 26-14, . over Jordan Wohlfert (Central Michigan) 18-14, RS So. (Dec 4-1).

174 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Cody Walters of Ohio
2nd Place - John Eblen of Missouri
3rd Place - Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan
4th Place - Caleb Marsh of Kent State
5th Place - Trace Engelkes of Northern Illinois
6th Place - Austin Coburn of Old Dominion
1st Place Match
Cody Walters (Ohio) 30-1, RS Jr. over John Eblen (Missouri) 26-5, RS So. (Dec 6-4).
3rd Place Match
Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) 18-11, RS Fr. over Caleb Marsh (Kent State) 16-8, RS Jr. (Dec 4-3).
5th Place Match
Trace Engelkes (Northern Illinois) 13-10, RS So. over Austin Coburn (Old Dominion) 27-20, RS Jr. (Dec 5-4).

184 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Jack Dechow of Old Dominion
2nd Place - Willie Miklus of Missouri
3rd Place - Andrew Romanchik of Ohio
4th Place - Austin Severn of Central Michigan
5th Place - Cody Caldwell of Northern Iowa
6th Place - Jerald Spohn of Kent State
1st Place Match
Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) 30-1, RS So. over Willie Miklus (Missouri) 29-7, . (Dec 6-4).
3rd Place Match
Andrew Romanchik (Ohio) 27-12, RS Jr. over Austin Severn (Central Michigan) 14-13, RS So. (Fall 7:21).
5th Place Match
Cody Caldwell (Northern Iowa) 14-8, RS Jr. over Jerald Spohn (Kent State) 24-23, RS So. (Inj. 0:00).

197 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - J`Den Cox of Missouri
2nd Place - Phillip Wellington of Ohio
3rd Place - Kevin Beazley of Old Dominion
4th Place - Shawn Scott of Northern Illinois
5th Place - Anthony Abro of Eastern Michigan
6th Place - Basil Minto of Northern Iowa
1st Place Match
J`Den Cox (Missouri) 33-0, . over Phillip Wellington (Ohio) 23-6, RS Jr. (Dec 3-1).
3rd Place Match
Kevin Beazley (Old Dominion) 30-15, RS So. over Shawn Scott (Northern Illinois) 23-11, RS So. (Inj. 0:03).
5th Place Match
Anthony Abro (Eastern Michigan) 24-12, RS Jr. over Basil Minto (Northern Iowa) 20-14, RS Sr. (SV-1 3-1).

285 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Devin Mellon of Missouri
2nd Place - Blaize Cabell of Northern Iowa
3rd Place - Jacob Henderson of Old Dominion
4th Place - Mimmo Lytle of Kent State
5th Place - Jesse Webb of Ohio
6th Place - Arthur Bunce of Northern Illinois
1st Place Match
Devin Mellon (Missouri) 30-9, RS So. over Blaize Cabell (Northern Iowa) 26-5, RS Jr. (Dec 4-2).
3rd Place Match
Jacob Henderson (Old Dominion) 24-11, RS Sr. over Mimmo Lytle (Kent State) 26-18, RS So. (Dec 2-1).
5th Place Match
Jesse Webb (Ohio) 9-17, Fr. over Arthur Bunce (Northern Illinois) 10-21, RS Jr. (MD 13-5).

1. Missouri 139.5
2. Old Dominion 97.5
3. Ohio 85.5
4. Kent State 75.5
5. Central Michigan 74.5
6. Northern Iowa 72.5
7. Northern Illinois 40.0
8. Eastern Michigan 28.5

Could have taken 3rd if Small (2-2), Buckwalter (0-2) and Baxter (0-2) had shown up.

Did a little better than I thought we would. We beat CMU and DePalma wrestled as well as he had all year. Small went out as he has so many times, losing in OT. He never won very many OT matches.

Looks like Miller, DePalma and Lytle will go the NCAAs. MacKenzie and Marsh have a chance for a wild card. Your right about Baxter. He goes to the NCAA if he finishes sixth but couldn't win a match.

Notes from the Big 10 tournament:

OSU ties Iowa for the title; the first for OSU since 1951. Martinez (Illinois) won a title as a freshman in impressive fashion. He beat Miller in the last match of the year and is a lot like Ian. I hate Iowa.

The Flashes finished ahead of Central Michigan in the team score at a MAC Championship for the first time since 1997.

Mackenzie and Small got wild cards. Not Marsh.

Marsh didn't desetve it. He had all of the opportunity in the tournament to show up but didn't. Baxter disappeared as well, but I will give him benefit of the doubt due to injury.

Regardless, 5 qualifiers is good. I'm still hoping Small turns it on and wrestles to his potential.

Here are the opening matches for KSU:

133: 16 Mack McGuire (29-11) vs. Gary Wayne Harding (28-11) Oklahoma State
141: Tyler Small (32-13) vs. 4 Devin Carter (29-3) Virginia Tech
149: Mike DePalma (21-17) vs. 13 Charles Cobb (20-5) Penn
157: 7 Ian Miller (12-4) vs. Doug Welch (27-11) Purdue
285: Mimmo Lytle (28-18) vs. 12 Denzel Dejournette (32-4) Appalachian State

McGuire should win his match but then will face the #1 seed from Minnesota as reward.
Small draws a hammer in Carter (his losses are to a teammate and the #1 and #2 ranked wrestlers).
DePalma seems to have his head right and is wrestling well now. He has an opponent that has not wrestled a tough schedule so an "upset" is realistic. With a win he will face the #4 seed from Iowa.
Miller is seeded at #7 which places him on the other side of the bracket from #1 Rodriguez who pinned him in the last match of the season. After he wins his first 2 matches, Ian gets the #2 seed from Cornell who he I think he will beat. Assuming I'm correct, he will get #3 Ness from Minnesota and an opportunity for payback for last year's loss. If he wins, he will face either Green (who has beat Ian twice) or the freshman phenom from Illinois. This weight class is loaded with exciting wrestlers and should be very entertaining. Ian can win it all, but certainly will be severely tested. Hopefully, he stays healthy and gets hot.
Like DePalma, Mimmo draws a seeded wrestler that has a strong record but hasn't faced tough competition due to his conference. They have wrestled a number of common opponents with the App State kid having fared slightly better. If Mimmo can keep it close, he can get the upset.
As a team, most of our scoring will be done by Miller but the other 4 are all capable of winning matches. If we can avoid 0-2 performances from them, and assuming Ian has an AA finish, we can secure a top 20 finish.

McGuire won 10-4 and will face the Minnesota hammer who will promptly send him to the consolation round.
Small got wrecked by Carter with a tech fall. He gets an average Iowa State opponent. Will he step up and wrestle with urgency? I'm not holding my breath...
DePalma lost 8-5 and will face Ill wrestler that our back-up lost to (4-3) recently. DePalma should win.
Miller wins 9-4 and has OU next. Should be another win.
Lytle has not wrestled yet.


Lots and lots of upsets so far. Love it!

Lytle loses 7-4 and will face CSU's Shaw (31-5). Could be an 0-2...

Mack wrestled his ass off but still loses 3-1 to the #1 seed.

He almost pulled it off. Miller is about 10 minutes away. He's on mat 5. You can see it on watch ESPN.

Miller with the pin!

1. Ohio St. 19.5
2. Oklahoma St. 16.0
3. Nebraska 15.5
4. Cornell 14.5
4. Penn St. 14.5
6. Iowa 14.0
6. Missouri 14.0
6. Virginia Tech 14.0
9. Illinois 12.5
9. Michigan 12.5
11. Minnesota 11.5
12. Edinboro 11.0
13. Virginia 8.5
13. Wisconsin 8.5
15. Northern Iowa 8.0
15. Oklahoma 8.0
17. North Carolina 7.5
18. Lehigh 7.0
18. Old Dominion 7.0
20. Oregon St. 6.0
21. Kent St. 5.0
21. Northwestern 5.0
23. Iowa St. 4.5
24. Hofstra 4.0
24. North Carolina St. 4.0
24. Ohio 4.0
24. Pittsburgh 4.0
24. West Virginia 4.0

Small is getting ripped, 12-2 in the 2nd period. Such a sad ending to a great career; he finishes with the 3rd most wins in KSU history but never was an AA. 5/10 years ago he would have been the talk of the program but with the recent, multiple AAs, he finishes his career with a lot of unfulfilled potential.

Small got pinned. He was losing 14-3 at the time. DePalma was up 10-2 after one period. The score got to 11-8 and then he was pinned. A terrible performance. I think Andrusky was ready to kill him. Tomorrow we will have Miller in the quarters. McGuire in the consolations. Lytle will wrestle later. He needs to win to get to tomorrow.

Small gets pinned as does DePalma. Blech. So much for team points from the supporting class...