Nov 7, 2019
Getting back into the flow of college wrestling season is always
one of those things where you’re all fired up and excited and doing
so many things, and then by April, you’re like totally spent. Only
this year, April means the Olympic Trials! Yes, it’s the first week
of November, it’s already snowed twice here in Minnesota and I
might already be overdoing it here with Short Time Shots. But have
no fear, it’s still pushing through the adversity that is week one
of the college wrestling season. It’s too early to whine, I’m Jason
Bryant.
Dual Meets:
- With Tommy Baranowski and Kevin Claunch from Bloodround on the
call, Division II Davenport went into Alma
College’s gym and beat the Division III Scots 25-20. Rock
On. Tommy offered his referee-endorsing apologist viewpoint, while
Claunch was spending so much time looking at wrestler’s feet. Ok,
he’s a shoe guy, Promo Code Blood20, right guys?
- The Danny Irwin era at West Liberty got off to
a strong start as the Division II Hilltoppers won nine of 10 bouts
to defeat the NAIA Golden Bears of West Virginia
Tech 48-3. Fastest fall of the night came at 285 where
Chase Logan of West Liberty picked up the win in 1:41.
- The Nick Soto era at St.
Andrews wasn’t as welcoming as Division II
Belmont Abbey cruised past NAIA St. Andrews 43-6
in a matchup between North Carolina schools. Quick fall for Belmont
Abbey was Chandler Echols’ 41-second fall at 174 pounds.
- In a dual that actually involved two teams from the same
Division, that being Division III, Ferrum beat
Greensboro 30-6. Both of Ferrum’s returning
All-Americans, Levi Englman and Mario Vasquez earned victories at
133 and 141 – respectively of course. Both schools are relatively
new programs.
- A fall at heavyweight by Bridgewater State’s
Ryan Higgins was doubly impactful on Wednesday. Not only did his
fall tie the team score at the end of the 10 bouts, it was the
tie-breaking criteria as it was the dual’s only one and it lifted
Bridgewater State past New England College 20-19.
I watched most of that dual.
- Nebraska Wesleyan spoiled the debut of the new
Division III program at Fontbonne, that’s in St.
Louis. The Prairie Wolves won 38-13 with All-American Eron Haynes,
the newly minted American Rivers Conference Wrestler of the Week,
picking up a fall in 86 seconds at 133 pounds.
- In the NAIA, Graceland fell behind the brand
new program at Central Methodist 12-0 after three
weights, but would win the six of the next seven weights and come
away with a 27-15 win in Fayette, Missouri.
- In the NJCAA, Niagara Community College opened
up with a 28-20 win over Mercyhurst North East.
Niagara won three of the last four weights to pull out the win,
highlighted by Adam Mateo’s fall at 184 pounds. Northwest
Tech beat Otero 42-18.
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Notables on the Docket for November 7:
- Nebraska hosts Division II’s Chadron State and
Nebraska-Kearney. NAIA Hastings is in there too. Life Pacific and
San Francisco State head up to Vanguard, a newly reinstated program
in Costa Mesa, California. Up the coast, Warner Pacific heads over
to Corban to take on the brand new program there in Oregon. The
Battle of Montana continues with Montana State-Northern facing off
with Providence – yes, the one in Montana that used to be Great
Falls.
- Iowa Conf- Excuse me, American Rivers Conference action gets
underway with Buena Vista traveling East to take on the top-ranked
team in Division III – the Loras Duhawks. Yes, there’s another team
in Iowa starting the year ranked No. 1. In the Dakotas,
Concordia-Moorhead will cross the Red River and face Mary, while
St. John’s does the same, only a little further south, facing
Division II Northern State – which is in SOUTH Dakota. In
Wisconsin, UW-Oskhosh faces UW-Whitewater.
- Other than Nebraska, the only other Division I action is in New
York as No. 7 Wisconsin takes on Buffalo. Note: This isn’t every
dual on the schedule, but a good sample of the better ones or more
notable things going on.
FROM THE
DWN:
- Biggest news of the day came in the brunch hours as
Flowrestling and MissouriWrestle both reported three-time
Missouri All-American Jaydin Eierman has entered the NCAA transfer
portal. Eierman, a native of Columbia – the one in Missouri – is
taking an Olympic redshirt this year. This is another major shakeup
with a second big name hitting the portal in a week. While behind
the Flo Pro paywall, Flo’s Mark Bader had a Skype call with
Eierman, who said he’s got a top choice, but didn’t say it on the
video.
- The Daily Herald in Utah reports that
2018 Final X runner-up Jason Chamberlain is making the switch
from freestyle to Greco-Roman to challenge for a spot on the 2020
U.S. Olympic Team. Chamberlain placed five times in Fargo at the
age-group levels, twice in Greco, with is best finish in that style
coming in 2007 when he was the runner-up at 135 pounds. Following
up on that news, the kids at the
Home Mat Advantage Podcast have Jason Chamberlain on the show
to talk about it!
- Over the weekend, Pat Pecora, the head coach at Pitt-Johnstown,
picked up career victory No. 600 in the Mountain Cats win over LIU.
The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown breaks down Pecora’s 44 years at
the helm. He’s 16 wins behind Oregon State’s Dale Thomas, who
has the all-division record with 616 dual meet victories.
- com with another strong athlete feature,
this time from veteran media professional Darren Miller. This
one’s on Kaleb Young, the Pennsylvania native and returning
All-American.
- Columbia also offers up a solid inhouse feature with volunteer
assistant Shelton Mack as he breaks down his trip to Russia in
Taking Down Cultural Boundaries.
- Lehigh’s Cory Cooperman and Ed Hamer, American’s Josh Glenn,
and Penn State’s Jack Light were
announced as the induction class of the 2020 EIWA Hall of
Fame.
- Trackwrestling’s Andy Hamilton keeps an eye on the market – the
wrestling market – with
Stock Watch, a new feature that identifies who’s up and who’s
down in the Division I rankings this week.
- The
Great Falls Tribune features Providence interim wrestling coach
Steve Komac, a local high school coach thrust into a post coaching
one of the NAIA’s top teams.
- The Predicament showcases the
Galanakis-Sundell showdown on Inside the Rivalry, Chapter 7,
Part 4.
- Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling
writes about Transition Wrestling as part of #WomensWednesday.
Gary, who will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
next Spring, has long served on committees and headed up special
projects involving women’s wrestling. He talks to the site’s
founder, Gabrielle Lord-Klein about Transition Wrestling on
TheMat.com.
On The Network
- If you missed Penn State coach Cael Sanderson’s media day on
Tuesday, you can listen to the
entire press conference on Short Time, with proper attribution
and thanks to Penn State Athletics, which provided the content to
the media. I put it in the feed. It’s also got timestamps to each
question asked during the 30-minute sit down in State College –
err, University Park.
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