The Cowboys travel to Orem Utah on Friday to face the Utah Valley Wolverines at 8:00 (CST). Looks like it will be carried on Flo. rankings are Intermat/Flo and expected starters via wrestlestat. Utah Valley beat CSU Bakersfield 25-15, and lost to Stanford 29-12 and Nebraska 32-7 so are 1-2 on the year.
125: (6/6) Troy Spratley (0-0) v. Bridger Ricks (4-2). Jr. Transfer Ricks went to OT against top 5 ranked Caleb Smith (Nebraska) last weekend so he could be a little dangerous. Still hard not to pick Spratley here for a major (4-0)
133: (33/33) Cael Hughes (4-0) or Reece Witcraft (0-0) v. Kase Mauger (5-2): Kase is a senior with an overall 35-30 record and should be easy work for either guy. Tech fall. (9-0)
141: (14/12) Tagen Jamison (4-0) v. Haiden Drury (6-1). Drury kept it close v. #4 Brock Hardy last weekend only losing 4-0. Could keep it close here too, but IF this is Tagen, I think he gets a MD like he did last March. (13-0)
149: (18/21) Carter Young (0-0) v. Q'veli Quintanilla (1-2) or Tanner Frothinger (2-3). Q'Veli started their first dual, but Frothinger has gone the other two and was pinned pretty quickly by Ridge Lovett. Neither will match up with Young. Tech fall. (18-0)
157: (8/12) Teague Travis (0-0) v. Ryker Fullmer (3-2): Fullmer got teched by Anterll Taylor (Nebraska) and I expect much the same here. (23-0)
165: (5/6) Cam Amine (0-0) v. (6/7) Terrell Barraclough (5-0). Obviously the match of the night. Barraclough is a really good wrestler who was stuck behind elite wrestlers for much of his time at Penn State. He is 47-19 for his career and has 2 pins and 3 majors in his first 6 matches this year with only his match against #7 Hunter Garvin (Stanford) being close (11-9 win). Im going to give this one to Bear Claw for the simple fact that he's been wrestling matches for 2 weeks and might be a little more prepared. (23-3)
174: (5/4) Dean Hamiti (0-0) v. Mark Takara (3-2): Takara was teched by the two good guys he's wrestled this year (Lenny Pinto and Lorenzo Norman), and Hamiti is better than either of those guys. Pin. (29-3)
184: (3/3) Dustin Plott (0-0) v. Caleb Uhlenhopp (4-2): Although Uhlenhopp kept it close v. #6 Silas Allred, Plott is another level. MD using on a TF here. (33-3)
197: (19/20) Luke Surber (0-0) v. Kael Bennie (2-3): Bennie was able to hold off AJ Ferrari to the 3rd period before losing by TF. Look for Surber to want to make a statement. MD, but close to a TF (37-3)
HWT: (2/2) Wyatt Hendrickson (0-0) v. Jack Forbes (3-1). Hendrickson pinned him last year in the first period. Will happen again. (43-3)
125: (6/6) Troy Spratley (0-0) v. Bridger Ricks (4-2). Jr. Transfer Ricks went to OT against top 5 ranked Caleb Smith (Nebraska) last weekend so he could be a little dangerous. Still hard not to pick Spratley here for a major (4-0)
133: (33/33) Cael Hughes (4-0) or Reece Witcraft (0-0) v. Kase Mauger (5-2): Kase is a senior with an overall 35-30 record and should be easy work for either guy. Tech fall. (9-0)
141: (14/12) Tagen Jamison (4-0) v. Haiden Drury (6-1). Drury kept it close v. #4 Brock Hardy last weekend only losing 4-0. Could keep it close here too, but IF this is Tagen, I think he gets a MD like he did last March. (13-0)
149: (18/21) Carter Young (0-0) v. Q'veli Quintanilla (1-2) or Tanner Frothinger (2-3). Q'Veli started their first dual, but Frothinger has gone the other two and was pinned pretty quickly by Ridge Lovett. Neither will match up with Young. Tech fall. (18-0)
157: (8/12) Teague Travis (0-0) v. Ryker Fullmer (3-2): Fullmer got teched by Anterll Taylor (Nebraska) and I expect much the same here. (23-0)
165: (5/6) Cam Amine (0-0) v. (6/7) Terrell Barraclough (5-0). Obviously the match of the night. Barraclough is a really good wrestler who was stuck behind elite wrestlers for much of his time at Penn State. He is 47-19 for his career and has 2 pins and 3 majors in his first 6 matches this year with only his match against #7 Hunter Garvin (Stanford) being close (11-9 win). Im going to give this one to Bear Claw for the simple fact that he's been wrestling matches for 2 weeks and might be a little more prepared. (23-3)
174: (5/4) Dean Hamiti (0-0) v. Mark Takara (3-2): Takara was teched by the two good guys he's wrestled this year (Lenny Pinto and Lorenzo Norman), and Hamiti is better than either of those guys. Pin. (29-3)
184: (3/3) Dustin Plott (0-0) v. Caleb Uhlenhopp (4-2): Although Uhlenhopp kept it close v. #6 Silas Allred, Plott is another level. MD using on a TF here. (33-3)
197: (19/20) Luke Surber (0-0) v. Kael Bennie (2-3): Bennie was able to hold off AJ Ferrari to the 3rd period before losing by TF. Look for Surber to want to make a statement. MD, but close to a TF (37-3)
HWT: (2/2) Wyatt Hendrickson (0-0) v. Jack Forbes (3-1). Hendrickson pinned him last year in the first period. Will happen again. (43-3)
