U20 World Team Trials & U23 Nationals - May 31-June 2
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Hopefully just a dislocation of the shoulder but Nagao was in some serious pain there.
I don't see him beating Kerk or Feldman!!
freestyle has no explanation for any of their rules! you can't score points when you don't score any!
Hope like heck it's not too serious. Shoulder injuries for wrestlers can be bad, bad news.
Here's what it looked like as they came off the mat.
If it comes out and doesn’t injure surrounding tendons and ligaments, it’s far better than a torn labrum or the like.
U23 86kg Semi-Final: Lucas Cochran vs. Reece Heller (Mat 5)
Lucas with his left knee heavily taped.
P1:
Here we go
Tying up, hand fighting & they break
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas counters, gets a leg, working, Heller with a crotch lock & they scramble out of it, no scoring
Back to center, circling, Lucas with a throwby, working & drives Heller out, 1-0
Back to center, 2-min left
Tying up, circling & break
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas gets out of it & they're back on their feet circling in the center
1:15 left
Passivity warning Heller
Heller shoots, nothing, Lucas counters, Heller rolls through, Lucas holds on & gets 4, 5-0, Heller gets 2 & comes out on top, 5-2. Lucas doubled off & Heller rolled him through
Heller's corner throws the brick, under review
Challenge lost, point Lucas, 6-2
Back to neutral
Heller reaching for a leg, nothing
30-sec left
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas counters, gets a leg, working, Heller with a crotch lock, Lucas driving forward
Heller rolls Lucas over, 6-4
Time expires
6-4 Lucas
P2:
Back to action, tying up, Heller shoots, gets rear standing, near the edge, Heller takes Lucas over for 2, 6-6, adv Lucas
Back to center
Heller moving forward, shoots, nothing, Tying up again & holding on
Back to center, Heller shoots, Lucas sprawls, Heller working, Lucas counters & rolls through for 4, 10-6, and then exposes again as they go out of bounds, 12-6, restart
Back to neutral, 1:24 left
Tying up, Heller working a 2 on 1, they break
Heller shoots, Lucas sprawls, gets a leg & a TD, 14-6
Lucas has Heller on his back & gets the Fall!
Lucas Cochran FALL Reece Heller (5:04)
Lucas will face John Gunderson (Panther Wrestling RTC) in the Best of 3 Finals.
Lucas with his left knee heavily taped.
P1:
Here we go
Tying up, hand fighting & they break
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas counters, gets a leg, working, Heller with a crotch lock & they scramble out of it, no scoring
Back to center, circling, Lucas with a throwby, working & drives Heller out, 1-0
Back to center, 2-min left
Tying up, circling & break
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas gets out of it & they're back on their feet circling in the center
1:15 left
Passivity warning Heller
Heller shoots, nothing, Lucas counters, Heller rolls through, Lucas holds on & gets 4, 5-0, Heller gets 2 & comes out on top, 5-2. Lucas doubled off & Heller rolled him through
Heller's corner throws the brick, under review
Challenge lost, point Lucas, 6-2
Back to neutral
Heller reaching for a leg, nothing
30-sec left
Heller reaches for a leg, Lucas counters, gets a leg, working, Heller with a crotch lock, Lucas driving forward
Heller rolls Lucas over, 6-4
Time expires
6-4 Lucas
P2:
Back to action, tying up, Heller shoots, gets rear standing, near the edge, Heller takes Lucas over for 2, 6-6, adv Lucas
Back to center
Heller moving forward, shoots, nothing, Tying up again & holding on
Back to center, Heller shoots, Lucas sprawls, Heller working, Lucas counters & rolls through for 4, 10-6, and then exposes again as they go out of bounds, 12-6, restart
Back to neutral, 1:24 left
Tying up, Heller working a 2 on 1, they break
Heller shoots, Lucas sprawls, gets a leg & a TD, 14-6
Lucas has Heller on his back & gets the Fall!
Lucas Cochran FALL Reece Heller (5:04)
Lucas will face John Gunderson (Panther Wrestling RTC) in the Best of 3 Finals.
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Coach Cornell said on a podcast with Adam Fellers M* had a scheduled visit to Sem and he didn’t show up or call to inform Cornell he wasn’t coming. Corby said the purpose of the trip was for Joe Sealy but he committed the day before so M* didn’t bother going.
I like Fellers. Rough around the edges but certainly tells it like it is - even if it concerns his Hawkeyes. His take on AJ was right on.
He also looks like someone not to mess with at all. Not huge or anything, but he looks like he would enjoy scrapping - like not the guy to start the fight - just end it
Cochran will be part of the conversation when Cael puts the lineup together.
If he's playing football at Iowa he has no idea what offense is.
🤣 😂
Ryder: "I wanted to prove a point out here. You know, Gabe Arnold, he talks a lot about my teammate Carter Starocci. And I just took him out."
Reporter: "You feel Carter everyday, right, in a match. You feel him [Gabe Arnold]. Is there any match there between him and Carter?"
Ryder: "Absolutely not. Carter Starocci is a beast. He'll take anybody's head off that's in front of him ... so, he's a best."
Reporter: "So, you'd say Carter would blow his doors off?"
Ryder: "Yes, I do. I'm saying that."
freestyle almost as dumb as greco!rules make no sense!
Sounds like a guy who can’t wait to follow his mentor, DT
U23 86kg Best of 3 Finals Match #1: Lucas Cochran vs. John Gunderson (Panther Wrestling RTC)
P1:
Lucas with the left knee heavily tape again.
Here we go
Gunderson shoots a double leg, Lucas backs out
Back to center
Tying up, Lucas pushing forward, Gunderson low shot, working & gets the TD, 2-0
Gunderson has the legs laced, gets a turn & another & another & another turn for a quick tech, 10-0
Lucas down on the mat holding his knee
Trainers & coaches out helping him up. He gingerly walks back to center & appears to be okay. Hopefully, he's okay enough to go for the gusto & win the next two matches!
John Gunderson TF Lucas Cochran 10-0 (52-sec)
Update: It appears Lucas has injury defaulted out of the tournament. The brackets list Gunderson as the winner of the 2nd match by VIN. Lucas made a great run & it'll be interesting to see how he does in folkstyle this coming year. Great job Lucas!
P1:
Lucas with the left knee heavily tape again.
Here we go
Gunderson shoots a double leg, Lucas backs out
Back to center
Tying up, Lucas pushing forward, Gunderson low shot, working & gets the TD, 2-0
Gunderson has the legs laced, gets a turn & another & another & another turn for a quick tech, 10-0
Lucas down on the mat holding his knee
Trainers & coaches out helping him up. He gingerly walks back to center & appears to be okay. Hopefully, he's okay enough to go for the gusto & win the next two matches!
John Gunderson TF Lucas Cochran 10-0 (52-sec)
Update: It appears Lucas has injury defaulted out of the tournament. The brackets list Gunderson as the winner of the 2nd match by VIN. Lucas made a great run & it'll be interesting to see how he does in folkstyle this coming year. Great job Lucas!
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I get that damaged ligaments/tendons could be bad (BTW, PJ Duke's season-ending injury as a HS sophomore was a torn labrum). But a broken collarbone is usually fully recoverable, provided it's a clean break (i.e., no bone fragments) near the middle of the clavicle, like most collarbone fractures.
Speaking from personal experience here, though I'm also not a competitive wrestler.
U23 Recap
Not as many PSU wrestlers in this tournament as U20s, but there was still some fantastic matches. I thought the Nagao vs Noto & Cochran vs Pinto matches were a couple of the best. Lucas Cochran was the only one to make the finals, but re-injured his knee in the first match of the Best of 3 Finals, and pulled out of the tournament. I'm not sure when he initially injured the knee, but it was heavily taped in all his matches today. Aaron Nagao injured a shoulder and defaulted out of the tournament in the Semi-Finals. Hopefully, both are minor injuries & they're back on the mat soon.
61kg Gary Steen
R128: G.Steen Bye
R64: G.Steen TF S.Johnson 10-0 (2:47)
R32: G.Steen DEC V.D'Alessandro 7-4
R16: G.Steen DEC T.Hohman 9-2
QF: N.Bouzakis TF G.Steen 10-0 (1:24)
Consi of 8 #2: D.Ayala TF G.Steen 10-0 (3:34)
Gary Steen is out
61kg Aaron Nagao
R128: A.Nagao Bye
R64: A.Nagao TF C.Odrobina 10-0 (24-sec)
R32: A.Nagao TF F.Cardinale 15-5 (4:46)
R16: A.Nagao DEC A.Noto 12-9
QF: A.Nagao TF A.Almeyda 10-0 (2:40)
SF: K.Phipps VIN A.Nagao (Nagao injury defaulted in the 2nd period.)
Consi SF: D.Ayala VIN A. Nagao (FF or Injury Default, Nagao did not wrestle)
Aaron Nagao is out due to a shoulder injury
70kg Connor Pierce
R128: C.Pierce TF G.Schumm 12-2 (3:00)
R64: C.Pierce DEC J.Polo 12-4
R32: C.Pierce TF A.Rice 14-3 (4:38)
R16: C.Pierce TF J.Luchau 12-2 (2:00)
QF: C.Lamer DEC C.Pierce 8-2
Consi of 8 #2: J.Arrington DEC C.Pierce 14-6
Connor Pierce is out
79kg Erik Gibson
R128: E.Gibson Bye
R64: E.Gibson TF D.Wheatley 11-0 (2:14)
R32: L.Messer DEC E.Gibson 8-1
Consi of 32 #2: E.Gibson TF D.Clearie 10-0 (47-sec)
Consi of 16 #1: E.Gibson FALL N.O'Boyle (2:21)
Consi of 16 #2: E.Gibson DEC B.Hemauer 6-4
Consi of 8 #1: J.Bianchi DEC E.Gibson 11-4
Erik Gibson is out
86kg Lucas Cochran
R128: L.Cochran TF C.Babcock 10-0 (59-sec)
R64: L.Cochran TF K.Berger 13-0 (2:25)
R32: L.Cochran TF J.Griffith 12-2 (2:48)
R16: L.Cochran TF L.Pinto 16-4 (3:25)
QF: L.Cochran DEC D.Washington 10-8
SF: L.Cochran FALL R.Heller (5:04)
86kg Best of 3 Finals: Lucas Cochran vs. John Gunderson (Panther Wrestling RTC)
Match 1: J.Gunderson TF L.Cochran 10-0 (52-sec) Lucas injured or re-injured his knee in this match.
Match 2: J.Gunderson VIN L.Cochran (FF or Injury Default, Lucas did not wrestle)
Lucas Cochran injury defaults out of the Best of 3 Finals due to a knee injury.
Not as many PSU wrestlers in this tournament as U20s, but there was still some fantastic matches. I thought the Nagao vs Noto & Cochran vs Pinto matches were a couple of the best. Lucas Cochran was the only one to make the finals, but re-injured his knee in the first match of the Best of 3 Finals, and pulled out of the tournament. I'm not sure when he initially injured the knee, but it was heavily taped in all his matches today. Aaron Nagao injured a shoulder and defaulted out of the tournament in the Semi-Finals. Hopefully, both are minor injuries & they're back on the mat soon.
61kg Gary Steen
R128: G.Steen Bye
R64: G.Steen TF S.Johnson 10-0 (2:47)
R32: G.Steen DEC V.D'Alessandro 7-4
R16: G.Steen DEC T.Hohman 9-2
QF: N.Bouzakis TF G.Steen 10-0 (1:24)
Consi of 8 #2: D.Ayala TF G.Steen 10-0 (3:34)
Gary Steen is out
61kg Aaron Nagao
R128: A.Nagao Bye
R64: A.Nagao TF C.Odrobina 10-0 (24-sec)
R32: A.Nagao TF F.Cardinale 15-5 (4:46)
R16: A.Nagao DEC A.Noto 12-9
QF: A.Nagao TF A.Almeyda 10-0 (2:40)
SF: K.Phipps VIN A.Nagao (Nagao injury defaulted in the 2nd period.)
Consi SF: D.Ayala VIN A. Nagao (FF or Injury Default, Nagao did not wrestle)
Aaron Nagao is out due to a shoulder injury
70kg Connor Pierce
R128: C.Pierce TF G.Schumm 12-2 (3:00)
R64: C.Pierce DEC J.Polo 12-4
R32: C.Pierce TF A.Rice 14-3 (4:38)
R16: C.Pierce TF J.Luchau 12-2 (2:00)
QF: C.Lamer DEC C.Pierce 8-2
Consi of 8 #2: J.Arrington DEC C.Pierce 14-6
Connor Pierce is out
79kg Erik Gibson
R128: E.Gibson Bye
R64: E.Gibson TF D.Wheatley 11-0 (2:14)
R32: L.Messer DEC E.Gibson 8-1
Consi of 32 #2: E.Gibson TF D.Clearie 10-0 (47-sec)
Consi of 16 #1: E.Gibson FALL N.O'Boyle (2:21)
Consi of 16 #2: E.Gibson DEC B.Hemauer 6-4
Consi of 8 #1: J.Bianchi DEC E.Gibson 11-4
Erik Gibson is out
86kg Lucas Cochran
R128: L.Cochran TF C.Babcock 10-0 (59-sec)
R64: L.Cochran TF K.Berger 13-0 (2:25)
R32: L.Cochran TF J.Griffith 12-2 (2:48)
R16: L.Cochran TF L.Pinto 16-4 (3:25)
QF: L.Cochran DEC D.Washington 10-8
SF: L.Cochran FALL R.Heller (5:04)
86kg Best of 3 Finals: Lucas Cochran vs. John Gunderson (Panther Wrestling RTC)
Match 1: J.Gunderson TF L.Cochran 10-0 (52-sec) Lucas injured or re-injured his knee in this match.
Match 2: J.Gunderson VIN L.Cochran (FF or Injury Default, Lucas did not wrestle)
Lucas Cochran injury defaults out of the Best of 3 Finals due to a knee injury.
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A few things:
- If one of our guys is hurt, I always hope it's not serious and won't impact his ability to compete. No matter who it is or what the lineup situation is.
- If Davis wins the 133 spot, great, more power to him. But I rather he win it via competition, instead of through an injury to Nageo.
- I suspect the PSU staff would like to redshirt Davis in 2024-25 if possible.
- Obviously, an injury to Nageo would hurt PSU's depth at 133 (e.g., Davis could get hurt as well).
I like the use of bullet points.
It's just my opinion, but I think they should somehow limit the number of wrestlers per weight class. Starting in the round of 125, Lucas had to wrestle 6 matches to reach the finals. It might have taken 3 more to win it all.
That much wrestling over 2 days is inviting injuries.
That much wrestling over 2 days is inviting injuries.
Right? I saw 2 for exposure if that's how it goes, but there was no takedown.
I am pretty sure their was a match that had two exposures in one flurry, one for each wrestler and no points awarded to either wrestler.
I really wish I could remember who I was watching.
It was a very low IQ move by Zack similar to Gabe stepping out when he had Zack's leg up in the air while Zack was on the clock.
Both were 3-4 point swings.
Zack won both matches.
Both were 3-4 point swings.
Zack won both matches.
If you see it as an exposure, then you have to see it as 4. In freestyle, exposure from feet is 4 and it does not need to result in a takedown.
Exposure is the reason Uncle Carmine and his clan are amazing in freestyle!
