Spencer Lee Continues NCAA Excellence, Downs Nick Piccininni to Earn Finals Berth
PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Even Spencer Lee, winner of two Junior World Freestyle Championships and an NCAA title, gets rattled. You can’t blame him. Lee admitted Friday night that when Oklahoma State’s Nick Piccininni stuck him in a dual meet a month ago, it was tough to get over. Of course, it’s the first time he had…
Read MoreIowa’s Spencer Lee Talks About Getting Revenge on Oklahoma State Nick Piccininni
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Read MoreLehigh’s Jordan Wood Improves His Effort, Reaches the NCAA Semis and All-American Status
PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Lehigh’s Jordan Wood didn’t complain about the injury he suffered in last year’s NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Most would have, especially considering the circumstances. Not Wood, that’s just not in his DNA as a person. See, Wood dislocated his thumb and was forced to injury default before reaching All-American status. It was…
Read MoreN.C. State’s Hayden Hidlay Is Hitting His Stride In Pittsburgh at NCAA Tournament
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service North Carolina State sophomore Hayden Hidlay began his second NCAA Division I appearance with a much different place in the 157-pound bracket. Hidlay, a Mifflin County graduate, was the No. 1 seed in last year’s NCAA debut. He advanced to the title match before dropping a 6-2…
Read MoreIowa’s Michael Kemerer Staying Positive While Rehabbing For a Return to The Mat
PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Michael Kemerer looked a little out of place Thursday afternoon at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena (Photo Credit Hawkeye Sports). The Iowa wrestler was standing behind the 100-level seating area. Fans were milling around before the second round of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and Kemerer was in street clothes. That’s not how…
Read MoreElite 8 From Pennsylvania Advance Into the NCAA Semifinals on Friday Night From Pittsburgh
Quarterfinals Results 125 – Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) dec. Vitali Arujau (Cornell), 6-2. 125 – Jack Mueller (Virginia) dec. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State), 4-1. 125 – Spencer Lee (Iowa) pinned Sean Russell (Minnesota), 6:00. 125 – Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) dec. Patrick Glory (Princeton), 9-5. 133 – Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) major dec. John Erneste…
Read MoreJust Like Old Times: Luke Pletcher, Micky Phillippi Meet In NCAA Quarters
PITTSBURGH – There are no secrets here, not in a quarterfinal between two former practice partners who grew up a few miles from one another in Westmoreland County. Not for a pair of three-time PIAA champions who have faced each other so many times through the years that neither can give an accurate estimate on…
Read MorePennsylvania’s NCAA Quarterfinals Preview: A Tale Of The Rematches
Quarterfinal Match-Ups 125 – #3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) vs. #6 Sean Russell (Minnesota) These two have wrestled three times in the last two years with Spencer Lee winning all of them. Russell was an All-American in 2017 for Edinboro but was teched by Spencer last season and defeated by him 4-0, and 8-0 this…
Read MorePennsylvania Pushes 19 Wrestlers Into The NCAA Quarterfinals; 37 Total Still Alive
Pittsburgh, PA – Day 1 of the 2019 NCAA National Tournament started with 52 Pennsylvania wrestlers who took the mats. After two rounds of competition Pennsylvania pushed 19 wrestlers into the Championship Quarterfinals on Friday in Pittsburgh and still have 37 wrestlers alive in the consolation round. Only 15 Pennsylvanians were eliminated after Day 1.…
Read MoreLock Haven’s Kyle Shoop Rides Confidence In Himself to NCAA Quarterfinal Berth
PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Becoming an All-American wrestler isn’t just about physical stature and talent. You need a good mental game. Lock Haven’s Kyle Shoop wasn’t ready in his first two appearance in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Now that he is here a third time, he looks like the complete package as a competitor and…
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