Pennsylvania Advances Six Wrestlers into the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Despite suffering a few upsets on a wild first day of the 36th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Pennsylvania will see six wrestlers compete in the Championship semifinals. NCAA State runner-up Ethan Lizak (Parkland/Minnesota) fell to freshman Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) in the quarters but former NCAA All-American Connor Schram (Canon-McMillan/Stanford) was able to grind his way into the semifinals at 125 lbs.
Two former PIAA State Champions went at it in the 133 lbs. quarterfinals with Luke Pletcher (Greater Latrobe/Ohio State) and Korbin Myers (Boiling Springs/Edinboro). Pletcher advanced into the semifinals with a (5-1) win. Red hot Josh Shields (Franklin Regional/Arizona State) needed overtime to get past Archie Colgan (Wyoming) but advanced with a (3-1 SV) win to set-up a rematch with Ohio State’s Micah Jordan at 157 lbs.
At 165 lbs. Pennsylvania State Champion and Ohio State junior Te’Shan Campbell (Penn Hills) looked solid against a formidable opponent in Isaiah White of Nebraska. The two were evenly matched with similar styles of hand and head fakes that rely on their quickness – but late in the third Campbell connected on a counter shot to win the match (3-1). 2x NCAA National Qualifier ranked #6 in the Nation by Flo, Zack Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe/Virginia Tech) is looking to get back into form at 184 lbs., where he takes on #5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) in the semifinals. One of the more surprising performances of the day was at 197 lbs. where Lancaster Catholic’s PIAA State Champion and current Drexel wrestler Stephen Loiseau found his way into the semifinals with three wins on Friday. Unranked Loiseau upset the #15 seed Christian Burnner (Purdue) in the opening round and kept rolling into the semifinals.
Brackets are on the FloArena and members to Flo can watch live.
QUARTER-FINALS
125 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley Univ) DEC Ethan Lizak (Minnesota), 4-3
125 Connor Schram (Stanford) DEC Will Bardezbain (Kent State), 4-1
125 Sean Russell (Edinboro) DEC Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 9-2
125 Jacob Schwarm (University of Northern Iowa) DEC Ryan Milhof (Arizona State), 8-6
133 Stevan Micic (University of Michigan) DEC Zach Sherman (North Carolina), 11-7
133 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State University) DEC Korbin Myers (Edinboro), 5-1
133 Jack Mueller (Virginia) DEC Austin Desanto (Drexel), 4-0
133 Josh Terao (American) DEC Dom Forys (Pitt), 6-3
141 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) F Kanen Storr (Iowa State University), 2:04
141 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell University) MD Nick Zanetta (Pitt), 9-1
141 Josh Alber (University of Northern Iowa) DEC Thomas Thorn (Minnesota), 4-3
141 Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) DEC Eli Stickley (Wisconsin), 7-5
149 Max Thomsen (University of Northern Iowa) DEC Michael Sprague (American), 4-1
149 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) DEC Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State University), 10-8
149 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) DEC Josh Maruca (Arizona State), 9-4
149 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) DEC Zander Wick (Wisconsin), 11-10
157 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) DEC Taleb Rahmani (Pitt), 7-5 SV
157 Alec Pantaleo (University of Michigan) F Clay Ream (North Dakota State), 1:09
157 Micah Jordan (Ohio State University) F Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton University), 4:05
157 Josh Shields (Arizona State) DEC Archie Colgan (Wyoming), 3-1 SV
165 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) DEC Logan Massa (University of Michigan), 8-4
165 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) DEC Anthony Valencia (Arizona State), 2-1
165 Te-Shan Campbell (Ohio State University) DEC Isaiah White (Nebraska), 3-1
165 David Mcfadden (Virginia Tech) DEC Jonathon Chavez (Cornell University), 6-2
174 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) MD Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma), 15-3
174 Taylor Lujan (University of Northern Iowa) F Jadaen Bernstein (Navy), 0:52
174 Myles Amine (University of Michigan) DEC Christian Brucki (Central Michigan), 9-8
174 Bo Jordan (Ohio State University) DEC Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 9-5
184 Myles Martin (Ohio State University) MD Steven Schneider (Binghamton University), 14-4
184 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) F Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 4:26
184 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) DEC Max Dean (Cornell University), 9-5
184 Domenic Abounader (University of Michigan) MD Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin), 8-0
197 Kollin Moore (Ohio State University) MD Hunter Ritter (Wisconsin), 20-7
197 Matt Williams (CSU-Bakersfield) DEC Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 8-1
197 Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) DEC Tom Lane (Cal Poly), 9-2
197 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) MD Nathan Traxler (Stanford), 13-3
285 Adam Coon (University of Michigan) F Gage Hutchison (Eastern Michigan University), 4:10
285 Nathan Butler (Stanford) DEC Shawn Streck (Purdue), 5-1
285 Jacob Kasper (Duke) DEC Garrett Ryan (Columbia University), 6-0
285 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) F Cory Daniel (North Carolina), 6:18