Nov 8, 2019
As you’ve most certainly heard by now, my wife, who is a
complete Rockstar at her job, is coming back from China today. In
fact, she’ll probably be walking in on the recording of the end of
this episode. So another week, I’ve survived the challenges and
championships of being a parent. Today, I chaperoned my daughter
Lucy’s second-grade field trip to one of the history places in St.
Paul. My wife does most of this stuff, since a lot of the times,
I’m at a tournament or something. Today was great to see my
daughter interact with her friends. She’s been through a lot
already, but just one of those days where my own survival instincts
and being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fruit snacks and
chattering seven-year-olds were in a cohesive balance. I’m Jason
Bryant, this is Short Time Shots, a look at the scores and more
from around the world of wrestling.
Dual Meets:
- Limited night again with ranked Division I teams in action, we
kick things off as No. 5 Nebraska got into the
groove early, hosting a trio of non-Division I opponents in
Lincoln. The Huskers only wrestled twice, beating a pair of
Division II squads - Nebraska-Kearney 47-0 and
Chadron State 37-3. Other outcomes saw
Nebraska-Kearney blank NAIA Hastings 54-0 and
Chadron State beat Hastings 45-3.
- Out in New York, No. 7 Wisconsin beat host
Buffalo 33-3 at Mayhem on the Mainstage, another
presentation of collegiate wrestling in a theater setting.
Depending on what rankings you look at, there weren’t many ranked
matchups here. Seth Gross beat Derek Spann 7-2 at 133 for the
Badgers, while two-time All-American Evan Wick beat Troy Keller at
165.
- Loras, the top-ranked team in Division III,
opened up its dual meet season with a 51-6 win over American Rivers
Conference rival Buena Vista on Thursday. All nine
wins from the Duhawks were bonus victories, including six falls.
Keeping it D3, Wisconsin-Whitewater topped Wisconsin-Oshkosh 26-18.
Mike and Devin Totorice were impressive for the Warhawks as Mike
picked up a tech fall at 125 and Devin a major decision at
149.
- In the NAIA, the coaching debut of Steve Komac was a successful
one as No. 16 Providence (Mont.) knocked off rival
and No. 17 Montana State-Northern 25-22.
Warner Pacific picked up a fall from heavyweight
Cortez Rodelo in nine seconds to lift the Knights, spoiling the
first dual in school history for host Corban
University. Benedictine (Kan.) and
Waldorf wrestled to a 5-5 split, but two forfeits
were the difference as Benedictine, they’re the Ravens, nevermore,
beat Waldorf 21-18.
- Now a run of mixed-divisional results, first in Ohio where
former InterMat results maven Dan Ransick continues to be boiling
mad, Division II Ashland topped NAIA
Lourdes 29-12, with 2018 Division II champion Bret
Romanzak picking up a 6-0 win at 174 pounds. In the Upper Midwest,
Division II Northern State spanked Division III
John’s – the one in Minnesota - 42-3. St. John’s
Jacob Scherber won the bout’s first match at 174 pounds, but the
next nine went the way of the Wolves. In keeping with the D2 over
D3 theme, Mary defeated
Concordia-Moorhead 28-6. The Marauders, yes, a
name they share in wrestling with Millersville, put nearly 1,000
people in the stands on a Wednesday night where the November
temperature is a paltry 19 degrees. Division III Central
College shut out NAIA William Penn 52-0
in a matchup between a pair of Iowa schools. Daniel Radcliffe, no,
not THAT Daniel Radcliffe, started a parade of pins from 141 to 165
and the DUTCH cruised. NJCAA Jamestown (N.Y.) beat
Division III Pitt-Bradford, but we have to let
them know their scored the dual wrong – you do NOT receive points
for a double forfeit. It’s 0-0, not 6-6. Learned that in high
school. Remember it well. I think the referee that dual was a guy
named Jim Hedrick. Another junior college picking up a win was
Labette topping Oklahoma Wesleyan
of the NAIA 37-5.
- Out in California, two scores to report: Top-ranked
Fresno City beat Chabot 45-6,
while second-ranked Cerritos cruised past
Rio Hondo 33-8.
- It’s almost midnight as I record this in Minnesota, so that’s
my cut off for now. It’s like opening up the baseball page in the
old newspaper, when you actually read a newspaper, and seeing “Late
Thursday.” Well, yeah.
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Notables on the Docket for November 8:
- Friday will be a really light day as Wisconsin continues its
eastward trip, wrestling Edinboro in an already sold out Saegertown
High School gym. The biggest dual of the night is No. 17 North
Carolina heading to Ann Arbor to face No. 19 Michigan. Neither team
will be at full strength on paper, but it’s November.
FROM THE
DWN:
- Jaydin Eierman will be a Hawkeye. It’s all over the internet,
so here’s a story about it from
Flowrestling, one from
com and why not, a link to Eierman’s
Instagram.
- com’s
Potentially Dangerous returns with a lot of takes on the
happenings around Iowa wrestling, from the major college teams to
the opens this weekend and some high school happenings, as well.
IAwrestle
also reported another Hawkeye commitment, as Caleb Rathjen also
committed to Iowa on Thursday.
- In a bizarre story, the
AP reported on the strange case of Alexis Vila, a 1993
freestyle world champion and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist, and his
role in the plot to kill a South Florida interior designer. Vila
later fought in various MMA promotions. You also might remember
Vila ran his car into the terminal at the Fort Lauderdale airport
in 2004.
- West Virginia’s Matthew Schmitt announced he will be
taking the year off with an Olympic redshirt to train in
Greco-Roman.
- Lehigh announced its December 6 dual with Penn State at Stabler
Arena
is now sold out. Speaking of tickets, Rutgers
announced its season ticket number has exceeded 3,000. That’s
pretty freaking good.
- The Predicament continues with its
Senior Spotlight series. On Thursday, Central Lyon’s Jarrett
Meyer, gets the look.
-
Transition Wrestling gives us a look at the weekend action in
women’s college wrestling coming up.
- The Open Mat’s
Earl Smith gives us a tour of The Citadel on the most recent
TOM Campus Visit feature. Earl was down there last week covering
The Battle at The Citadel.
- The
Tulsa World features former Oklahoma State Cowboy Kyle
Crutchmer as he makes his MMA debut with Bellator on Friday in
Thackerville, Oklahoma.
- While I said I wouldn’t link up things behind paywalls, I’ll
make an exception if you have a subscription to high profile sports
website, The Athletic. Today,
Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto’s wrestling background is
prominently featured. Realmuto is the nephew of the famous
Smith brothers from Oklahoma. Yes, THOSE Smith brothers.
- Olaf alum Alex Morf pens a
heartfelt and direct letter to the administration at the school
in the Manitou Messenger, the school’s student newspaper. He starts
off quoting John Irving. Even poor leaders like David Anderson
might know who he is.
On the Network
- Rob Waltko
and Tristan Warner entertain you with a PA-centered recap of
the weekend’s action on the PA Power Wrestling College Podcast.
They’re joined by Clarion’s Brock Zacherl. If you’re not familiar
with that show, all three of the show’s hosts, which include Mason
Beckman as well, wrestled Division I and grew up in PA. It’s one of
my favorite shows on the network.
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