Articles for Thursday

[Tom McAndrew]

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PennLive: Penn State's Matt McCutcheon hoping another good weekend follows one he just had

Daily Collegian: Walking the line with Penn State wrestling's Zain Retherford

Columbia Missourian: Missouri wrestling vies for top spot in national duals

PennLive: Fans need to show class toward wrestling coaches involved in District 3 Class 3A Team Championship

True Wrestling: Preview of #1 Penn State vs. #6

 

[clucas]

Iron sharpens iron...

Nolf said that one time at practice, he and Retherford were supposed to only go for five minutes, they ended up wrestling for 15 minutes because they needed to “settle it.” He said that his teammate can get so competitive that he’ll refuse to back down even in friendly arguments.

“We were [practicing together] for a while, but we started getting too intense for a little bit,” Nolf said. “Sometimes like a day before a match, we’ll go pretty hard and the coaches don’t want us getting that intense. So they separate us then.”

 

[T J]

From the Collegian article...

Retherford’s style of wrestling will rub some people the wrong way. Last year at the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament, he got into an altercation with one of his opponents after their bout.

In the consolation bracket he faced Russian freestyle wrestler Murad Nukhkdiev. In the middle of the match, Nukhkdiev started slapping Retherford in the face. The referee penalized the Russian three times and Retherford won the match 9-2. Afterward, Nukhkdiev confronted the victor.

“He got chest-to-chest with me and he was swearing at me in Russian,” Retherford said. “The guy’s coach starts to grab him. He sees his coach and he ‘1-2’ hits me in the face. I just laughed. It didn’t really hurt at all.”​

Link to Zain's match with the Russian face slapper. About 8:52 you can really hear a hard, loud slap. To his credit, Zain kept his cool.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Interesting perspective on the PSU Lehigh match. Some good stuff about Nolf that cracked me up. I had to recover to keep reading after he said "Megaludis is not known for his strength" Ok...so he's not Tomasello, but sorta suggesting he's not strong is a bit of a stretch. And the implication that he's slow because Cruz is fast. Hard to know how Nico has placed 2,2, and 3 on the biggest stage.

 

[NoVa Lion]

From the Collegian article...

Retherford’s style of wrestling will rub some people the wrong way. Last year at the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament, he got into an altercation with one of his opponents after their bout.

In the consolation bracket he faced Russian freestyle wrestler Murad Nukhkdiev. In the middle of the match, Nukhkdiev started slapping Retherford in the face. The referee penalized the Russian three times and Retherford won the match 9-2. Afterward, Nukhkdiev confronted the victor.

“He got chest-to-chest with me and he was swearing at me in Russian,” Retherford said. “The guy’s coach starts to grab him. He sees his coach and he ‘1-2’ hits me in the face. I just laughed. It didn’t really hurt at all.”​

Link to Zain's match with the Russian face slapper. About 8:52 you can really hear a hard, loud slap. To his credit, Zain kept his cool.

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Outstanding coaching job there by Q.

 

[psuflyguy]

From the Collegian article...

Retherford’s style of wrestling will rub some people the wrong way. Last year at the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament, he got into an altercation with one of his opponents after their bout.

In the consolation bracket he faced Russian freestyle wrestler Murad Nukhkdiev. In the middle of the match, Nukhkdiev started slapping Retherford in the face. The referee penalized the Russian three times and Retherford won the match 9-2. Afterward, Nukhkdiev confronted the victor.

“He got chest-to-chest with me and he was swearing at me in Russian,” Retherford said. “The guy’s coach starts to grab him. He sees his coach and he ‘1-2’ hits me in the face. I just laughed. It didn’t really hurt at all.”​

Link to Zain's match with the Russian face slapper. About 8:52 you can really hear a hard, loud slap. To his credit, Zain kept his cool.

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Punk took a few more swings near the end of the match too. Impressed that Zain stayed cool.

 

[CholleyVandine]

Outstanding coaching job there by Q.

The guy Retherford beat here is the one who eliminated Logan Stieber from the Yarigyn tournament in a crazy 13-12 match a few weeks ago.