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Wrestling No. 1 Penn State dominates Lock Haven, 44-3

My top 5 takeaways:
1. Van Ness with a leg wrap but no heavy knee brace. Looked very strong, quick and athletic.
2. Beau with 10 points scored 👏👏👏
3. Facundo looked quick and offensive against very limited resistance
4. Barraclough with a great early season win
5. Stoltzfus should hope he never wrestles Carter again after that 3rd period ride

All in all a great start and can’t wait to see the next action
 
Very impressive start. I think that’s the best they looked in an opener in a long time.

SVN is going to be special. Most impressed by him because he looked ferocious in all phases - neutral, bottom and top game.

I’m going to miss watching RBY.
 
I've been a PSU wrestling fan since the late 70s/early 80s. There have been some really great individual wrestlers and a few pretty good teams, but damn, we've gotten so spoiled and I hope that this continues at PSU forever. So nice to see these kids that appear to have a bottom of multiple time AA and a high end of multiple time national champ. Obviously every kid on the team can't be one of those guys and even our "room guys" are hard workers and fun to watch.
 
5. Stoltzfus should hope he never wrestles Carter again after that 3rd period ride
Have to admit similar thoughts entered my mind while watching that match — especially after one of the times Carter stood up and Stoltzfus kept legs in and appeared (on my small screen, at least) to come across the throat and pull backward sharply. “Oh boy,” I thought, “that was probably not the smartest way to avoid lighting a fire.”
 
Saw that too, looked like a blatant choke, even if it was just momentarily, was happy Carter didnt retaliate.

Was kinda surprised about the third period, Stoltzfus rode him like a rented sheep.
 
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Saw that too, looked like a blatant choke, even if it was just momentarily, was happy Carter didnt retaliate.

Was kinda surprised about the third period, Stoltzfus rode him like a rented sheep.
I’m chalking it up to conditioning. Starocci just wrestled U23 Worlds a few weeks ago and I’m guessing there was a break taken after that and before last night.
 
SVN gonna be a good one and Facundo looked really good but we will find out more when they wrestle better comp but LH wrestled tuff!
 
SVN gonna be a good one and Facundo looked really good but we will find out more when they wrestle better comp but LH wrestled tuff!
Yes - tip of the cap to Moore’s wrestlers. They kept wrestling (I thought some of the stalling warnings weren’t warranted). Some of their guys were getting beat pretty bad but they kept shooting. Can’t ask for more when overmatched.
 
Yes - tip of the cap to Moore’s wrestlers. They kept wrestling (I thought some of the stalling warnings weren’t warranted). Some of their guys were getting beat pretty bad but they kept shooting. Can’t ask for more when overmatched.
Agreed. Scotty's guys were somewhat outmanned, but for the most part they wrestled hard.
I would like to see what Scott could do with a fully funded program.
 
It was also nice to see Pat Kraft enjoying himself very much matside. A good indication, along with his comments about Cael, that the wrestling program will be very well supported by the Athletic Department.
Who sat next to Pat? Man in white sweater looked familiar. Just curious.
 
first rec hall match for my 2 boys. saw nick lee, dt, and dake all before the action kicked off. got upgraded to sit on the floor matside for a promotional thing and it was definately a once in a lifetime experience for them. saw svn this morning at breakfast and got to say hi to cassar while getting our pics at the shrine. they had an amazing experience
 
It was also nice to see Pat Kraft enjoying himself very much matside. A good indication, along with his comments about Cael, that the wrestling program will be very well supported by the Athletic Department.
My biggest takeaway from Cael’s presser was how excited he is that Pat is here. Without saying it I don’t think Cael will miss Sandy
 
Sandy the Burgermeister Meisterburger kept Cael here during her tenure. I am ok remembering her for that. That said I think we are in better hands now.

Note: I do see a slight resemblance

 
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rented sheep???

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I'm a geography nerd and had to look that up.
But you have to know the reputation Noxen has. The saying is that a certain sex position is used so both participants can watch the Nascar race, also every house has both a porch fridge and sofa! I wonder if there are any Noxen Forum guys that I just ticked off.

and @hlstone probably grew up about the same distance from Noxen as I did, plus I only moved to the area in 9th grade, unlike a certain stone guy. LOL!
 
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But you have to know the reputation Noxen has. The saying is that a certain sex position is used so both participants can watch the Nascar race, also every house has both a porch fridge and sofa! I wonder if there are any Noxen Forum guys that I just ticked off.

and @hlstone probably grew up about the same distance from Noxen as I did, plus I only moved to the area in 9th grade, unlike a certain stone guy. LOL!
So is Noxen is West Virginia. I don't get it lol
 
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