Wilkes Open
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To eliminate any confusion or name faux pas, I propose Captain Kerk.
Kerkvliet is either signed up, or at least expected to go, to the Open in Texas.
Roar said no Cenzo in Texas so I assume he might be dinged up? I assume he would prioritize that tournament over the Wilkes Open.
I'm confused. If all of these wrestlers can be at the Wilkes, why are we not at the Scuffle? Are we avoiding the competition?
Yes. iT's WhAt wE dO.
In seriousness, it sounds like they hadn't originally planned on sending so many to Wilkes, but something we aren't privy to changed--by then, my guess is the Scuffle slate was pretty firm.
Yes, a Cael Sanderson team is avoiding the competition. That's exactly what he's doing.
Was wondering why the online list doesn't have our redshirts listed as unattached?
BTW whomever discovers when/where the brackets are posted please give a shout out with the URL. I have to update my competition spreadsheets
PS - I missed it at first but I think Flo will have it covered. https://events.flowrestling.org/event/b734c88c-b440-4114-ea18-6413f564f690/summary
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That's the best potential matchup.
Next would be Berge vs. Pipher.
Them some potentially interesting matches at 149 with Hoffman and Karam joining Verk, Gardner, and Busiello.
The registration for PSU guys is complete, as you can see. Most are aware, but in case any are not … there may be a couple guys that only wrestle a few bouts, and while I know of none now, we've seen it in the past where a wrestler withdraws, and that is possible Sunday. Still, a hefty portion of our roster will be there. Wish I could go, family matters are a priority.
A win over Karam or Hoffman would be good for Verk. And just hanging with any of those three would be a great sign for Busiello, considering the bump in weight and the time away.
I might be underestimating Pipher, but I have to think Berge handles him without much trouble.
the current list does have them listed as unattached I believe. I know Nevills and Starocci are listed as unattached..
They're about to have an 'oh s**t, we need a bigger boat' moment
We learned our lesson from Army and SHP.
This is the setup at Wilkes for Wyoming Sem's tournament which finished today so I imagine this will be it for Sunday as well.
Don't mind me. I'm just PO'd that my annual trip to Chattanooga and only chance to see PSU live isn't happening and that there is no way to see any of the Willkes matches. It's also bad for the Scuffle which has already been damaged by the Florida dual tournament. All-in-all it's a downer and I really don't get it.
11 penn.st wrestlers so it's a official date being used. In what world is blummer a number 1 seed.
Hello Nittany Nation! We have 22 Lions, attached & UA! Meredith, Schnupp, Shunk 125; RBY, Clabaugh 133; Blumer 141; Verk, Obendorfer, Barraclaugh 149; Pipher, Feite 157; Kraezig, J.Lee 165; Hall, Edsell 174; Ball, Heywood, Kurtz 184; Hoopes, Beard, Smith 197; Nevills 285! #PSUwr https://t.co/tUn7Q61OQz
The kids get work with less of a chance of ..... Injury for the most part.
I think when we face lesser competition Cael gives each wrestler a plan of specific things to work on, postitions to test, etc... Especially for our newer non-national championship kids. Wrestling the same dude in the room every day has it's limitations. I agree most of our guys won't really be tested at all but there is still value and this year is an abberation. The Black Knight invite was slightly better but neither is a CKLV, Midlands or Scuffle, but for certain Cael has thought this one out.
I think it's funny that people get upset about this type of thing. Lighten up. The fact that people call it "ridiculous" that we have folks at this tournament is actually the ridiculous part. Sheesh.
Busiello would have been the best thing about this tournament. What a complete bust. At best, we have rematches of a dual just recently wrestled. At worst, Mark Hall wrestling a tournament with Creighton Edsell as the 2-seed. People have every right to be pissed.
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This plus the complaints are emotional and unthinking. The Scuffle was always off the table due to the US Open -- we couldn't register the team until we knew who was going to DFW, at which point too late for the Scuffle. And we all know Midlands has no room (plus is a re-run of the B10 schedule and B10 Tournament).
So when looking at open dates for the last available competition -- see LINK -- it came down to Wilkes today or F&M Open on 1/4 or neither. Those are the only choices.
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