Guy’s no slouch. Ranked 4. The top 2 heavys are the top 2 heavys.
NC State
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That is what it looked like to me. I guess Pennstate 1985 was correct when he posted that we would have a week or two in January when we would not look good and struggle. Everyone of our wrestlers, minus Hughes and Jamison, looked sluggish and not mentally into their matches. Yet, we won 9 out of 10 matches and put up 34 points.
Well, my boy Sprat looked half full of his normal energy and Robinson kept the match where he could win. If they meet in March, it’ll be different.
Fun match by our future 65 pounder at 33! I sure hope he gets his cut down well and he’s a problem for a wide open weight.
TJ is TJ…great job!
Young got the win, but he’s still having trouble finishing his shots with high percentage.
Fish is just fun to watch and the guy is dangerous, on both sides of the sword.
Amine, I really wish he would find 5th gear! He’s so good when he pedals down.
After that, NCst guts Wrestled to keep a narrow win in sight and Surber is the only guy who separated from that gameplan.
Hendrickson went about like Sprat, looked sluggish.
Either way, it was fun!
Fun match by our future 65 pounder at 33! I sure hope he gets his cut down well and he’s a problem for a wide open weight.
TJ is TJ…great job!
Young got the win, but he’s still having trouble finishing his shots with high percentage.
Fish is just fun to watch and the guy is dangerous, on both sides of the sword.
Amine, I really wish he would find 5th gear! He’s so good when he pedals down.
After that, NCst guts Wrestled to keep a narrow win in sight and Surber is the only guy who separated from that gameplan.
Hendrickson went about like Sprat, looked sluggish.
Either way, it was fun!
Well I sure like an angry Jamison. Hughes has all the right stuff, hope we keep him. Glad to see Surber get so many TDs and back points. Heck we almost had three pins instead of one.
Great dual tonight. NC St showed up and wrestled tough despite the score. Spratley had an odd match. Still question thag first take down. He was the aggressor and controlled the match even being down. Really hope we can get more of that Hughes we saw tonight. He has a better chance of scoring us more points at nationals than Witcraft.
When was this "Hell Week"? Some guys looked a little flat like Plott and Wyatt but overall nothing too out of the ordinary.
When was this "Hell Week"? Some guys looked a little flat like Plott and Wyatt but overall nothing too out of the ordinary.
I think me might be reacting a little harsh after tonight’s performance. We just beat the #5 team in the country while only losing 1 match.
Nah, it seems most pov’s are correct.
*it was entertaining
*many where less crisp than they have been or sluggish
Good performance and fun…
So with Hughes’ performance last night, who is the 133 moving forward? The pin itself may have been the result of “catching” Orine, but Hughes rode an AA out for an entire period. That’s not nothing.
The way Hughes won that match—ride out plus multiple chances at back points before getting the pin—seems to be a much more sustainable style of wrestling than Witcraft’s boom or bust. Small sample size but I trust Hughes more in a tournament.
So long as his shoulder is okay and the weight cut doesn’t kill him, I’d tend to agree.
I believe it’ll be a tricky spot for a coach to navigate.
Witcraft is a fan favorite, a teammate favorite and a dangerous kid that does everything right. That’s hard to remove from a lineup.
Hughes, with my knowledge is a good kid, works hard, is a good teammate and has a hard time cutting weight to the spot he fits at. The only spot he outshines Reece is point scoring in March is likely.
I’m not even real sure who wins the ranking matches?
Don't think so. Hughes ability to ride the full 2nd period frustrated him beyond belief. Really got in his head at the last restart. It was a thing of beauty.
Also almost took him down a couple times too. Didn’t finish but Orrine played good defense. That’s something that should come with experience.
Would bet high level guys, especially top 8, aren’t used to being ridden out like that. Especially by an unranked opponent (regardless of recruiting pedigree).
Not really a small sample size IMO. Hughes is 19-1 in all his total college matches. Only loss was a TB-2 3-2 vs Sammy Alvarez last year at the Bob Smith Open. Plus we all know what he's done in HS vs the top talent in the nation. Expectations were high for him coming in and this is kinda what I expected from him in his second year. Being able to compete and score points against the top ranked guys at 133.
J Carl kept saying on the broadcast how big he was for the weight, which I don't really see. He is 7-0 this year wrestling all at 133. He didn't appear to looked at all tired or phased by the cut in his match and it takes a lot of energy to ride a former AA for 2 whole mins.
Not sure if Witcraft was winning the ranking matches or if it was more of a disciplinary action for him not managing his weight, but my hope is that after last night he's got the confidence and motivation now to know he's capable of getting on the podium at nationals if he can hold the weight. Which I don't understand why he couldn't. He needs to be the 133 starter moving forward.
Bah... Witcraft might have gotten down 12-5 or something, but it would have still end in 6 on the scoreboard for the good guys as he would have hit a flying cement mixer or someother such nonsense in the 3rd and got the fall.
