Midlands Day 1 - Morning Session Coverage

by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 9:58 AM CST Comment 30 comments

The brackets are out, and I imagine action is just starting. I really do not yet know where I will be getting match information from, but I will lay out the first bouts for the 13 Tigers who are wrestling today here:

125: Troy Dolan is byed through the 1st round and will wrestle JJ Krutsinger (unattached from Iowa) in the next round. Krutsinger is an RS-Frosh. Dolan's nearest ranked wrestler is #3 James Donaldson from ODU (to whom Dolan lost a 3-0 decision earlier this season) who he would get in the next round.

133: #19 Todd Schavrien drew #7 seeded Jimmy Conroy of Pitt in his 1st round bout. Conroy is ranked 14th in the county, so this should be a solid match.

141: TOUGH draw for #14 Marcus Hoehn, who gets byed in the first round, only to have to wrestle #2 seeded (but #1 ranked) Alex Tsirtsis of Iowa in the next round

149: ANOTHER tough draw for a Mizzou wrestler, as Andrew Sherry gets #2 seeded and #6 ranked Jake Patacsil of Purdue in his first match of the tourney.

157: Emanuel Brooks is in this bracket (remember...he wrestled the Big XII's last year at 174) and gets a bye to start. He would face the winner of Kyle John (Maryland) and Nick Kolegraff (Iowa) John wrestled Chandler earlier this season and lost a 22-7 tech fall. Closest ranked wrestler to Brooks is #4 seed and #16 ranked Jason Welch of Northwestern. As for Chandler, he is seeded #3 and will face Josh Moulton of E. Michigan

165: #2 seed Nick Marable is byed in his first bout, and will face the winner of Deberry (AZ St.))/ Crozier (Air Force). Looks like no Patrick Wright, which I guess does surprise me a little, but nice experience for Brooks.

174: #2 seed Raymond Jordan gets the first round off before facing Mike Ward of Rider.

184: Dorian Henderson will receive a bye in the first round before facing the winner of Sterling Tribble (Air Force) and #4 seeded-but not ranked Doug Umbehauer. Doug is not ranked I believe because he has yet to wrestle this season.

197: #2 seed Max Askren will get the first round off and take on Jake Cranford of AZ. State to start his action

HWY: Dom Bradley is seeing action today, though not in the 1st round. He will face Eric Thompson who is from Iowa State (though not their starter either). His closest ranked opponent would be in the following round against #1 seed/ranked David Zabriskie of...Iowa State. As for #2 seed Mark Ellis, he is at the bottom of the bracket and will get the 1st round off before taking on Christian Brantley from Northern Iowa.

Well...the release said we were bringing 13...but I could only find 12. If you can find the 13th in here then have at it.

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Chandler wins his first match by tech fall (supposedly)

no results for Schavrien, as there is no place out there reporting live results today….so updates may be few and far between.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 10:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sherry loses his first match 12-7

tough draw and a good effort/outing it would appear for Sherry…who now goes to the losers bracket

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 10:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Brooks will take on Kyle John of Maryland in his first match

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 10:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Marable will wrestle Crozier of Air Force

got through on a fall against AZ St. opponent…

Looks like 1st round is completed….all Miizzou wrestlers will be in action soon. The Northwestern site updated the brackets at the completion of the round, so we can hope for the same in the next round…I will continue to try to pluck some results from other sites as I can.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 10:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like Dolan gets through 1st round 1-0

That is a pretty crazy score for a match if true…but a good win and moves him on to rematch the ODU wrestler who he lost only 3-0 against.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 11:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Schavrien with a REALLY late pin to win

Guess he was down by a bunch, but got his opponent stuck with 8 SECONDS to go…first solid upset of the day, as he takes down the #7 seed. Will get an unseeded wrestler in his next bout, and is lined up to take on #2 seed Fanthorpe of Iowa State in a couple of rounds.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 11:18 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hoehn with a tough 4-2 loss to #1 Tsirtsis

he will move to the loser’s brackets and hopefully get working on a number of wins in a row to make it back to place

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 11:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Went to lunch, so here is me getting caught up....

This was as of 1pm and Northwestern updating their brackets…

157 – Emanuel Brooks wins 7-4 over John of Maryland and will wrestle #5 seed/NR Scott Winston

157 – Chandler follows up his tech with a 5-1 decision. He will wrestle Knox of UT-C in the next round

165 – Marable takes a 13-6 decision over Crozier and will next wrestle Travis Piccard

174 – Raymond Jordan with a fall against Ward, and will next wrestle Felling of Wisconsin

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 1:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Things seem to be going relatively well so far...

…though I realize the competition is about to take a step up…

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by Bill C. on Dec 29, 2008 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Covering it from the ISU end at CC

I forgot it started today. We’re doing decent, aside from Gallick getting upset in the first round.

He’s all over the place all of a sudden.

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Team Standings, BTW

1. Iowa 20.0 (10 Championship Bracket/0 Consolation)
1. Purdue 20.0 (8/2)
3. Wisconsin 19.0 (8/1)
4. Iowa State 18.0 (9/1)
5. Northwestern 17.0 (7/3)
6. Central Michigan 16.5 (9/1)
10. Mizzou 14.5 (8/1)

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 2:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I saw that...not sure when that was updated

since it did not seem like the heavier weights were through their 1st round bouts…

Saw that Gallick lost a tough one to a post-grad kid…tough draw. Hoehn had a tough draw as well…but seemed to wrestle Tsirtsis pretty tough. I really am surprised Brooks got the call to wrestle at 157 over Wright…but oh well. I guess Schavrien was done a good amount and hit a cement mixer on Conroy to win.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

supposedly as of 1 PM

are they done til 7PM?

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I figure they would have another round to get through

before breaking until tonight…but who knows. I just know that some guys at the higher rates have not wrestled yet…leaving them I guess two rounds tonight, two tomorrow and then the finals…which seems like a strange breakdown

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it's consolation yet this afternoon...

Then the round of 16, at least, tonight?

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 2:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Round of 16 happening now...

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 2:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I just dont think they finished updating the 1st round

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Alright...I believe Schavrien has lost to Fanthorpe

by a pretty big score (18-6), but Brooks has defeated the #5 seeded Winston, and will get the #4 seeded (14th ranked) Welch of NU

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 3:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't think they met

I think that was Fanthorpe vs Joyce

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 3:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm...I guess I am just all messed up at this point...

I thought they had already completed that round…

DAMN THEM FOR NOT HAVING UPDATES! :-)

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

At least Cyclones.com

updates our wrestlers….

We’ve had two top 8 seeds go down already, though. I’m guessing Iowa will take it this year.

by CrossCyed on Dec 29, 2008 4:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would have guessed that going in as it was...

I am bit confused as to why Andrew Sherry..our SENIOR and ONLY WRESTLER at 149 is going unattached…not that he has provided us with a ton of points (if any), but that is just strange.

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by The Beef on Dec 29, 2008 4:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs