Nov 16, 2019
Sometimes you have to pivot. I had every intention of putting
together another episode of The Guillotine Grapevine here on the
Mat Talk Podcast Network, but sometimes things don’t go as planned,
as you’re about to find out. This is Short Time Shots, a mostly
daily look at the scores and more from the world of wrestling, I’m
Jason Bryant.
Dual Meets:
- The biggest upset of the night and one of the bigger upsets in
the past several years saw unranked Rider come
into Williams Arena in Minneapolis and knock off No. 6
Minnesota 21-17. The key wins came from Jonathan
Tropea at 125 pounds and Dean Sherry at 174 pounds. Sherry pinned
All-American Devin Skatzka in one of the most exciting three
minutes of wrestling. Instead of talking you through it, I talked
with Rider coach John Hangey about the match and its impact on the
Rider program. Rider’s Ryan Cloud won an absolutely not thrilling
bout 1-0 at 285 over Bobby Steveson to lock up the win for the
Broncs. (Hangey Interview)
- In other Top 25 action, No. 3 Ohio State won
six out of 10 at No. 15 Pittsburgh, but it was
bonus points that blew the match open for coach Tom Ryan’s
Buckeyes. Ohio State prevailed 23-12. Kollin Moore opened the dual
with a major at 197, Chase Singletary scored a mild upset over
Demetrius Thomas at heavyweight, Luke Pletcher, no, that’s not a
typo, got a major at 141 pounds over Cole Matthews, while Sammy
Sasso picked up a fall at 149 pounds. The Buckeyes return home to
face No. 11 Virginia Tech on Sunday.
- In Philadelphia, No. 4 Oklahoma State won
eight out of 10 bouts to open its dual season with a 30-6 win over
Drexel. Cowboy 165-pounder Travis Wittlake knocked
off Ebed Jarrell 5-1. John Smith also tied Bobby Douglas for fifth
on the all-time collegiate dual wins list with his 427th
victory.
- No. 8 Arizona State won its home opener 35-6
over Division II Augustana (S.D.). We’ll save the
story of that dual for what’s in the Daily Wrestling
Newsletter.
- No. 9 NC State always seems to get a fight
from ODU and Friday was no different. The Wolfpack
would prevail 22-11 after getting a huge fall at 197 pounds from
Tyrie Houghton to go along with ranked wins by top-ranked Hayden
Hidlay at 157 over Larry Early and Tariq Wilson’s 3-2 win over
Sa’Derian Perry at 141.
- Elsewhere in Division I, Northern Illinois
beat Bucknell 24-10, Binghamton
beat South Dakota State 25-16, Oregon
State beat Division II Simon Fraser 40-8
in Tahoma, Washington. I deliberately didn’t post this until
Fresno State and Rutgers were
finished. Rutgers won 23-13. Did Fresno State set their school’s
attendance record? No, but they still drew a solid 3,500-plus.
- Division II Coker beat NAIA St.
Andrews 45-8.
- In Division III No. 1 Wabash shut out
Manchester 45-0, No. 15 Ithaca
topped Stevens Institute 29-12,
Williams beat Trinity 28-18,
Lycoming beat Thiel 40-6 and
smashed NJCAA Jamestown (N.Y.) 51-3. Thiel beat
Jamestown 44-6.
- In the NAIA, Concordia (Neb.) beat
Northwestern (Iowa) 29-10 and Southern
Oregon beat Warner Pacific 36-16.
Campbellsville swept a quad at
Embry-Riddle. The Tigers beat Arizona
Christian 32-6, host Embry-Riddle 33-9 and
Vanguard 43-3. So two wins over first-year teams.
Play nice Franky James!
- In junior college action, Minnesota West beat
Northland Tech 36-21.
- Late Thursday: Fresno City beat
Bakersfield 42-6, while Modesto
beat Skyline and West Hills.
Central Baptist beat Oklahoma
Wesleyan 24-22.
Tournaments
- In Bristol, Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales is
out to an early Day 1 lead at the Roger Williams Invitational.
Following the Wildcats are Castleton,
TCNJ, NYU and host Roger
Williams.
International Wrestling
- Day 1 of the Bill Farrell came and went as the most important
aspect was athletes qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in
April in State College. In Greco, five Americans won titles - Ryan
Mango at 60kg, Alex Sancho at 67kg, Alan Vera at 87kg, G’Angelo
Hancock at 97kg and Adam Coon at 130kg. Also qualifying was Sammy
Jones at 60kg and Spencer Woods at 77kg.
- In women’s freestyle competition at the Bill Farrell, Victoria
Anthony beat Erin Golston to win gold at 50kg. Golston qualified
for the Trials by being the highest placing American who wasn’t
already qualified. Areana Villaescusa and Alex Glaude also
qualified. Of note at 76kg, Erica Wiebe of Canada, the 2016 Olympic
champion, beat 2014 world silver medalist Aline da Silva of Brazil
4-0 for gold.
- Women’s World Cup in Narita, Japan kicked off. The U.S. was
wrestling Russia at the time this show was being recorded. Check
UnitedWorldWrestling.org or TheMat.com for full results and
@wrestling or
@usawrestling on
Twitter for live results.
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Notables on the Docket for November 16:
- There’s like nearly 100 duals or something tomorrow. I can’t
possibly list them all. The biggest is No. 4 Oklahoma State at No.
10 Lehigh.
FROM THE
DWN:
- Travis Johnson of
Trackwrestling gets a look at Stanford looking to take its next
step after its first Pac-12 title, a quick glimpse at Oklahoma
State-Lehigh, a look at Northern Iowa’s Bryce Steiert, now up at
174 and a note about Josh Shields from Arizona State.
- InterMat’s Tim “T.R.” Foley starts out remembering Paul
Wellstone before answering reader questions in his weekly
Foley’s Friday Mailbag feature.
-
Greg Moore of the Arizona Republic features Roman Rozell, a
34-year-old Army combat veteran who will be believed to be the
oldest starter in Division I wrestling when he takes to the mat
against Division II Augustana (S.D.). This story will be dated by
the time you hear this, but it’s still worth the read. Rozell
wrestled at 197 on Friday night, getting pinned in ASU’s only loss
of the evening. But still.
- We’ve got an abundance of
international stars competing at the Bill Farrell, so here’s a
few to keep an eye on, courtesy of TheMat.com.
- Speaking of TheMat.com,
Taylor Miller of USA Wrestling writes a pretty solid feature on
Anthony Echemendia. Did you know he turned 19 in a detention center
while trying to get to the United States? Good job T-Millz on that
piece.
- The RUDIS Podcast, The Way, with
Cary Kolat and Matt Dernlan go into college officiating. This …
should be interesting.
- The Mid-American Conference released its
November coaches rankings at GetSomeMaction.com. Missouri still
No. 1, followed by Old Dominion, Lock Haven, Rider and
Clarion.
- Cronkite News, a program produced by students at the amazing
journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona
State,
features Marlee Smith, the only woman on the wrestling team at
Arizona State. Zeke Jones has women and combat vets on the
roster. That’s dynamic.
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(Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script
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