Joe Lee (Wilkes Open)...

[SetonHallPirate]

Registered at 157.

Wilkes Open is tomorrow.

Also, Joey Blumer and Brian Friery are registered as well among the actives (both unattached).

 

[LemonPie]

Garrett Hammond is registered at 157. Better luck next year, Joe.

 

[Sportfan2017]

Garrett Hammond is registered at 157. Better luck next year, Joe.

That will be awesome to see Garrett wrestling again. He tore his ACL last year in his first match at Drexel and hasn't wrestled since. I do hope he wrestles tomorrow.

 

[NoVa Lion]

Registered at 157.

Wilkes Open is tomorrow.

Also, Joey Blumer and Brian Friery are registered as well among the actives (both unattached).

Thanks SHP. Anyone going to Wilkes to give us a report. FlyingTiger, hlstone?

 

[Used2BEerie]

Thanks SHP. Anyone going to Wilkes to give us a report. FlyingTiger, hlstone?

I see it listed on FloArena, so there may be video coverage.

 

[Flying_Tiger]

Thanks SHP. Anyone going to Wilkes to give us a report. FlyingTiger, hlstone?

Probably not. Last time I went to Wilkes was when Molinaro was there as a true freshman so it's been a while.

 

[dunkej01]

brackets are posted.....Joe could get 5 matches today.

Looks like floarena just has the brackets not the "dashboard" or video. tis what it tis

 

[86PSUPaul]

I have tried to go every now and then. Saw the Altons a few years ago. Unfortunately today doesn’t work out good for me.

 

[rmg78]

Lee going 165 today.

 

[papa_ed]

Arena dashboard up and running now.

 

[Cbl50]

The 157 bracket does not show Hammond is wrestling. Lee is in at 165.

 

[papa_ed]

Friery doesn't have a 1st round match, Blumer won by MD 11-3. J. Lee coming up soon on mat 4.

 

[LemonPie]

The 157 bracket does not show Hammond is wrestling.

I feel like Cael is behind this. Hammond screwed again!

 

[SJP80]

Looks like Lee lost 7-6 on a late reversal

 

[LemonPie]

Joe Lee with a loss

 

[dunkej01]

Was up, then got taken down and ridden for 30+, to get Rev to go up by 1 with like 20 secs left, but got Rev and lost by 1.

Proud of him for going up a weight in a college tourney as a HS senior. this loss against his wins in earlier tourney at 157 are good learning tools.

how he handles the wrestle backs will show more than the initial loss i think.

 

[papa_ed]

^^this^^, would be nice to see him go on a run through consi's, get as much mat time as possible now. Anybody know what his weight is right now, I thought he was a light 157, but I could easily be wrong?

 

[papa_ed]

Blumer wins by TF in round of 16, in 3:31.

 

[CentexLion]

Blumer wins by TF in round of 16, in 3:31.

Joe won first consi round, 21-5 TF at 5:54 against B. McGill of Wilkes. Next will be C. Zacceria of Sacred Heart.

Blumer in semis against R. Pomrinca of Lehigh. Beat J. Rossetti 7-3 in quarters

Brian Friery lost 3-7 to F. Pelga in QF. Waiitng for opponent in consis.

 

[dunkej01]

Joe beat Zacceria 11-5

and the kid that beat joe is done. lost by fall, then won 11-10 and then lost again by fall

what does this mean???? Lord if I know, but this christmas party is starting to kick in

 

[dunkej01]

Joe marches on....F in 2:29

 

[dunkej01]

joe gets a MFor in the next round his last match of the day will be for 5th place.

 

[BruceK-PSU83]

joe gets a MFor in the next round his last match of the day will be for 5th place.

Win every match in the consolation bracket and the best you can get is 5th place? Is that normal?

 

[El-Jefe]

Yes, fairly normal. A lot of Opens don't have full wrestlebacks.

If nothing else, it's 2 less rounds that have to be wrestled, when a lot of competitors are paying for it themselves, going as a day trip or at least trying to avoid an extra night onsite.

 

[NoVa Lion]

Win every match in the consolation bracket and the best you can get is 5th place? Is that normal?

It's also influenced by the rule change this year limiting wrestlers to 6 matches in one day.

 

[dunkej01]

joe finishes his day with a 6-3 W for 5th place. not bad for a HS senior wrestling in a college tourney going 4-1 in actual action and 5-1 w MFor.

not exactly QW but its alright.

 

[PSU Mike]

Did Joey wrestle his semi yet?

 

[PSUPTB86]

Did Joey wrestle his semi yet?

He lost to Pomrinca (Lehigh) 3-2 and then lost 7-3 in the 3rd place match.

 

[funkisfun12]

Pomrinca is tough. He beat Randy Cruz in the wrestle off last year, but Cruz still got the spot. If Pomrinca could score more he would be a beast. He went to the wrong school to open up his offense. Every stinking match of his seems to be 3-2, one way or the other.

 

[PSU Mike]

Thanks, PTB.

 

[PSU Mike]

He lost to Pomrinca (Lehigh) 3-2 and then lost 7-3 in the 3rd place match.

May I ask where your handle comes from? I was supposed to be ‘86 at one point.

 

[Ja1339]

If you all would allow me to veer off topic just a bit please...

With Berge wrestling at 57 and Joe Lee at 65 today, does that increase the odds that Verk will go at 49 next year?

 

[NoVa Lion]

If you all would allow me to veer off topic just a bit please...

With Berge wrestling at 57 and Joe Lee at 65 today, does that increase the odds that Verk will go at 49 next year?

Not really. Ed Ruth wrestled 184 during his redshirt year and then wrestled 174 the next 2 seasons. I expect 149 next year to be between Berge and Verk unless one of them has a growth spurt in the next year which is something no one can predict. I don't expect Lee (who is still in high school) to ever wrestle 149 in college.

 

[PSUPTB86]

May I ask where your handle comes from? I was supposed to be ‘86 at one point.

Yes, I graduated in 86. PTB are just my initials. I am a Jerseyite who spend my first two years at Behrend before moving to the main campus.

 

[dunkej01]

joe finishes his day with a 6-3 W for 5th place. not bad for a HS senior wrestling in a college tourney going 4-1 in actual action and 5-1 w MFor.

not exactly QW but its alright.

not exactly Kolat either haha

 

[PSU Mike]

Yes, I graduated in 86. PTB are just my initials. I am a Jerseyite who spend my first two years at Behrend before moving to the main campus.

Ah, I was just wondering if you had a connection to Joe Blumer (the dad), who graduated in ‘87.

 

[CropDuster507]

The 4th placer in Lee's bracket actually wrestles and helps out at my club quit a bit. Didn't know he was gonna compete, while back home.

 

[PSUPTB86]

Ah, I was just wondering if you had a connection to Joe Blumer (the dad), who graduated in ‘87.

No, I did not know him. The only connection I had to the team back in those days is to a guy Joe Hodge who beat me pretty good in HS. I think Hodge wrestled at LSU or some southern school and transferred to PSU after the program was dropped.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

The 4th placer in Lee's bracket actually wrestles and helps out at my club quit a bit.

@CropDuster507 -- your club quits. That doesn't go with my mental picture of you. Alas, it's not a characteristic that is likely to help you with Hula Hoop Girl.

 

[psu 83]

@CropDuster507 -- your club quits. That doesn't go with my mental picture of you. Alas, it's not a characteristic that is likely to help you with Hula Hoop Girl.