Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

[RoarLions1]

Pre-seeds are out. Tons of compelling match-up possibilities. Top-4 guys all going at 285. This early in the season, with rankings not based on much, we should see lots of "upsets".

http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/17109

Heard of some scratches already (Snyder, for one), we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Ugh, I've got Zavatsky in the LMS competition. Gabe Dean and Myles Martin are also at CKLV at his weight.

Lots of those still in the running have one or both of the Valencia brothers -- they both could face some tough competition at 165 and 174 respectively. Others picked Micah Jordan, and he may have to get past Solomon Chishko. Somebody had Brock Zacherl, and he's seeded 4th at 141.

Will be interesting to see who's still in the running in the LMS after this weekend.

 

[diggerpup]

Not a bad looking tourney.

I know PSU has Reno soon, but I wouldn't mind seeing Suriano, Cortez, Cenzo, McCutcheon & Nevills in this field and see how they compete.

 

[OkieSpladle]

You can read my preview here: http://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/60363/60363

Between the entrant's list and confirming with the schools who is actually attending, it will give you a better idea of who will actually compete.

 

[PSU Mike]

Ugh, I've got Zavatsky in the LMS competition. Gabe Dean and Myles Martin are also at CKLV at his weight.

Lots of those still in the running have one or both of the Valencia brothers -- they both could face some tough competition at 165 and 174 respectively. Others picked Micah Jordan, and he may have to get past Solomon Chishko. Somebody had Brock Zacherl, and he's seeded 4th at 141.

Will be interesting to see who's still in the running in the LMS after this weekend.

MJ won't be in danger.

 

[KFM74]

Looking forward to see how Subjeck does here. I think he is better than he is ranked and I think VJ beats him the next time around.

 

[tikk10]

Just bumping this in case anyone else is watching. Both Valencia brothers had first round squeakers, Zahid 7-6 over Army's backup at 174, Ben Harvey (who, to be fair, wrestled Geno tough last year).

 

[PA Power]

Tomasello with a 10-3 win over Wireman of Eastern Michigan...maybe he's rusty but he didn't dominate quite like i expected him to. His size is going to be a factor against top guys at this weight

 

[PA Power]

PA native Cory Keener with the upset over Earl Hall of ISU 4-3

 

[NYWRESTLER94]

Just bumping this in case anyone else is watching. Both Valencia brothers had first round squeakers, Zahid 7-6 over Army's backup at 174, Ben Harvey (who, to be fair, wrestled Geno tough last year).

Burchers wrestled Anthony close twice now so I've got a mixed reaction on that especially knowing How good Burcher can be based on his past results

 

[CholleyVandine]

Just bumping this in case anyone else is watching. Both Valencia brothers had first round squeakers, Zahid 7-6 over Army's backup at 174, Ben Harvey (who, to be fair, wrestled Geno tough last year).

I'm pretty sure Harvey is Army's starter at 174. He wrestled Geno in the dual and lost, 6-4.

 

[tikk10]

I'm pretty sure Harvey is Army's starter at 174. He wrestled Geno in the dual and lost, 6-4.

Ahh, thanks, yes. And I was at that dual. Yikes.

 

[AgSurfer]

Tomasello goes against Naser from ASU in the next round. Naser is supposed to be a pretty decent wrestler, so the result will be interesting.

Also noticed that the 4th Nevills is in at 184 for Stanford. He lost in the first round though.

 

[PSU Mike]

Michigan's Murphy went to OT against Stanford's Fox. Nolf had 7 TD's on Fox in the 2nd period alone I believe.

 

[dicemen99]

Tomasello goes against Naser from ASU in the next round. Naser is supposed to be a pretty decent wrestler, so the result will be interesting.

Also noticed that the 4th Nevills is in at 184 for Stanford. He lost in the first round though.

Naser is bad on the mat. Can't ride, easily ridden. Got a neutral fall against Stickley in the 3rd today while losing. Before that happened I was contemplating the real possibility that he could have the only two TDs in the match and end up losing in OT.

 

[PA Power]

Tomasello goes against Naser from ASU in the next round. Naser is supposed to be a pretty decent wrestler, so the result will be interesting.

Naser did beat Tomasello in freestyle, but that's freestyle.

 

[Diego Badman]

I watched Jake Ryan wrestle. He lost to Josh Shields (PA). Ryan has serious gas tank issues.

 

[AgSurfer]

Are you talking about the OSU vs ASU dual or the CKLV tournament? I watched Ryan come out strong against Shields in the dual, but he faded badly in the 3rd period.

And Shields isn't even in the same league as Nolf. If Ryan can't stay with Shields, OSU might as well forfeit 157 and save him the trouble of being demolished on the mat.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

I watched Jake Ryan wrestle. He lost to Josh Shields (PA). Ryan has serious gas tank issues.

I guess climbing cell phone towers isn't a good cardio workout for wrestling.

 

[El-Jefe]

I guess climbing cell phone towers isn't a good cardio workout for wrestling.

Las Vegas is a long bus ride from Columbus. And there had to be an average official.

 

[AgSurfer]

Don't forget that it's also flu season!

BTW, I noticed that Spinger from EMU went 0-2 and out today.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Are you talking about the OSU vs ASU dual or the CKLV tournament? I watched Ryan come out strong against Shields in the dual, but he faded badly in the 3rd period.

And Shields isn't even in the same league as Nolf. If Ryan can't stay with Shields, OSU might as well forfeit 157 and save him the trouble of being demolished on the mat.

He only has a chance if he hangs in a front headlock for 4 minutes and the ref just stands there. Last year was a joke

 

[Cali_Nittany]

Don't forget that it's also flu season!

BTW, I noticed that Spinger from EMU went 0-2 and out today.

Ouch, not good news about Springer.

 

[BigFreddy]

Schram goes down 4-2 to Andrews of No. Colorado...

 

[NYWRESTLER94]

Shields pinned Murphy and was winning before that fwiw also Mitch McKee is the reincarnation of Dylan Ness

 

[El-Jefe]

Shields pinned Murphy and was winning before that fwiw also Mitch McKee is the reincarnation of Dylan Ness

 

[NYWRESTLER94]

@jammenz

 

[El-Jefe]

@jammenz

Be careful, if you call his name 3x, he may appear.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

I never get tired of that clip.

 

[Diego Badman]

Are you talking about the OSU vs ASU dual or the CKLV tournament? I watched Ryan come out strong against Shields in the dual, but he faded badly in the 3rd period.

And Shields isn't even in the same league as Nolf. If Ryan can't stay with Shields, OSU might as well forfeit 157 and save him the trouble of being demolished on the mat.

I was talking about Cliff Keen and saw what you saw.

 

[Flying_Tiger]

Quarterfinal Results

125:
No. 2 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) dec. Markus Simmons (Iowa State), 4-0
No. 14 Sean Russell (Edinboro) dec. Noah Gonser (Eastern Michigan), 7-3
Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State) maj. dec. Noah Baughman (Cornell), 10-2
Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado) dec. No. 7 Connor Schram (Stanford), 4-2

133:
No. 3 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. Ali Naser (Arizona State), 9-4
No. 18 Mark Grey (Cornell) pinned No. 16 Anthony Tutolo (Kent State), 4:50
No. 9 Stevan Micic (Michigan) maj. dec. Drew Templeman (Wyoming), 17-4
Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) pinned Corey Keener (Central Michigan), 5:44

141:
No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) pinned Timmy Box (Northern Colorado), 1:56
No. 16 Logan Everett (Army) dec. A.J. Jaffe (Harvard), 10-4
Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) dec. Sal Profaci (Michigan), 13-6
No. 7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) maj. dec. Mason Smith (Central Michigan), 12-1

149:
No. 5 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) dec. Joey Delgado (Oregon State), 8-2
No. 8 Pat Lugo (Edinboro) maj. dec. No. 15 Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 12-3
No. 7 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming), 14-11
No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) pinned Coleman Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield), 3:56

157:
Joshua Shields (Arizona State) pinned No. 5 Brian Murphy (Michigan), 3:20
No. 10 Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) dec. Cole Shorts (Cal Poly), 5-3
Jake Short (Minnesota) dec. Alex Mossing (Air Force), 4-2
No. 20 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 11 Russell Parsons (Army), 10-3

165:
No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) tech. fall Andrew Mendel (Army West Point), 22-7
No. 16 Austin Matthews (Edinboro) dec. No. 12 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 7-3
No. 9 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 20 Brandon Womack (Cornell), 18-6
No. 6 Logan Massa (Michigan) dec. Tyrel White (Columbia), 8-2

174:
No. 5 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) dec. Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley), 3-2
No. 13 Jim Wilson (Stanford) dec. Jacob Morrissey (Purdue), 9-3
No. 10 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) dec. No. 14 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota), 8-1
No. 7 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) dec. No. 20 Myles Amine (Michigan), 4-3

184:
No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) pinned Mark Penyacsek (CSU Bakersfield), 1:22
No. 11 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) dec. Dakota Geer (Edinboro), 6-4
No. 8 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado), 9-5
No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) pinned Will Sumner (Utah Valley), 3:45

197:
No. 2 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) tech. fall Ben Honis (Cornell), 16-1
No. 12 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) tech. fall Tanner Orndoff (Utah Valley), 20-5
No. 6 Jake Smith (West Virginia) dec. No. 16 Tom Sleigh (Bucknell), 6-1
No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 19 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield), 5-3

285:
No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) tech. fall Quean Smith (Iowa State), 16-0
No. 8 Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. No. 10 Nathan Butler (Stanford), 3-1
No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) dec. No. 16 Billy Miller (Edinboro), 5-2
No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) maj. dec. Cody Crawford (Oregon State), 17-7

 

[tikk10]

Semi matchups

125 pounds
No. 1 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 4 Sean Russell (Edinboro)
No. 7 Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado) vs, Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State)

133 pounds
No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. No. 5 Mark Grey (Cornell)
No. 3 Stevan Micic (Michigan) vs. No. 7 Mitch McKee (Minnesota)

141 pounds
No. 1 Joey McKenna (Stanford) vs. No. 4 Logan Everett (Army)
No. 2 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield)

149 pounds
No. 1 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 4 Pat Lugo (Edinboro)
No. 2 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) vs. No. 3 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan)

157 pounds
No. 8 Josh Shields (Arizona State) vs. No. 4 Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan)
No. 6 Jake Short (Minnesota) vs. No. 7 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech)

165 pounds
No. 1 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) vs. No. 5 Austin Matthews (Edinboro)
No. 3 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) vs. No. 2 Logan Massa (Michigan)

174 pounds
No. 1 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) vs. No. 5 Jim Wilson (Stanford)
No. 3 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) vs. No. 2 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State)

184 pounds
No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 4 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan)
No. 3 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State)

197 pounds
No. 1 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs. No. 4 Kollin Moore (Ohio State)
No. 3 Jacob Smith (West Virginia) vs. No. 2 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech)

285 pounds
No. 1 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) vs. No. 4 Michael Kroells (Minnesota)
No. 3 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) vs. No. 2 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech)

 

[NYWRESTLER94]

Meredith barely squeaked by that semi with the Bakersfield kid

 

[jack66]

Updates would be appreciated.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

wow, Logan Massa destroyed Anthony Valencia in a 165 semi, 17-4. His reward -- he gets to face Isaac Jordan (Wisky) in the final.

 

[tikk10]

Massa just destroyed Anthony Valencia 16-4, setting up a must-see final vs Isaac Jordan.

 

[Grass]

What time are the finals?

 

[fen103]

Looking forward to the Isaac Jordan- Logan Massa match up. That should be a good one.

 

[fen103]

Realbuto beats Jim Wilson 12-5.

 

[fen103]

Zahid beats Weatherspoon 10-2.