Posts Tagged ‘Luke Pletcher’
The Open Room Previews CKLV Invitational with All-American Guest Zack Zavatsky
PAPC39: The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee discusses a loaded Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational field hitting the mats this weekend. The pair preview all the top Pennsylvania wrestlers competing in Sin City. They sit down for an interview with 2018 NCAA All-American Zack Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe) who will be looking for success at…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Hayden Hidlay Cracks United States Under 23 World Team
Hayden Hidlay (Mifflin County) has been testing the United State’s Senior Freestyle circuit ever since the redshirt freshman capped his first year of competition at N.C. State with an NCAA Finals appearance. It started in April at the 2018 U.S. Open where Hidlay competed at 70 kilograms against Senior level competition. The Lewistown, PA native…
Read MoreFour Pennsylvania Wrestlers Take Fourth as NCAA Consolation Medal Round Concludes
Team Score Going Into Finals 1 Ohio St. 130.5 2 Penn St. 124.5 3 Iowa 94 4 Michigan 80 5 NC State 76 6 Missouri 61.5 7 Virginia Tech 47.5 8 Nebraska 47 9 Cornell 44 10 Rutgers 42.5 Consolation Semifinal Results 125 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) DEC Darian Cruz (Lehigh), 5-2 133 Luke Pletcher…
Read MorePAPC29: Conference Tournament Recap & EIWA Champ Ryan Preisch Talks About Snapping Streaks
PAPC29: Milton native and EIWA Champion Ryan Preisch of Lehigh stops by to discuss the importance of Lehigh’s first conference title since 2006, what he’s focused on heading into NCAAs, and what the Lehigh team needs to do to come home from Cleveland with a team trophy. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than…
Read MoreBig 10 Conference Tournament Pre-Seeds Announced; Pennsylvania Totals 11
The biggest, baddest, and most competitive conference championship in NCAA Wrestling is the B1G and pre-seeds include eleven wrestlers from Pennsylvania. Leading the charge is 2-time NCAA Champion and undefeated senior Zain Retherford (Benton/Penn State) who once again is the favorite at 149 lbs. Joining Zain are two Pennsylvania studs who share the top seed…
Read MorePAPC25: PSU/tOSU Thoughts, Freshman AA’s, & Remembering Rande Stottlemyer with Pitt HC Keith Gavin
PAPC25: First-year Pitt Head Coach – and Panther alum – Keith Gavin joins the program to discuss life as a head coach, his coaching mentors, turning the Pitt program around, and his relationship with the late Rande Stottlemyer. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure. They discuss a…
Read MoreMighty Cassar Propels #2 Penn State past #1 Ohio State in Sold Out Rec Hall
State College – Despite missing undefeated #1 Jason Nolf at 157 lbs. and dropping a swing bout at 141 lbs. the Penn State Nittany Lions found a way to surpass #1 Ohio State in front of a sold-out Rec Hall crowd on Saturday night. The win was highlighted by several factors but most notably at…
Read MorePAPC24: Year 5 Struggles, Jason Nolf’s Knee, & Navy Assistant Coach Nate Engel Joins the Show
PAPC24: Naval Academy Assistant Coach Nate Engel joins the program to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities that service academies present, what has gone into Navy’s huge uptick in recruiting, and how his Greco-Roman background influences his coaching. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure. They discuss a…
Read MoreIowa’s Spencer Lee Stops Nathan Tomasello in Columbus
COLUMBUS, OH – It wasn’t the way Nathan Tomasello wanted to end his Buckeye home dual career in front of a jam packed Jerome Schottenstein Center but it was true freshman Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional/Iowa) who stole the show right out of the gate at 125 lbs. The hostile atmosphere didn’t phase the true freshman. “You…
Read MorePAPC21: Twitter Antics, Challenge Procedures, Plus Drexel HC Matt Azevedo Joins the Show
PAPC21: Drexel Head Coach Matt Azevedo joins the program to discuss all things Austin DeSanto, how he has turned the Dragons into a top 25 team, and how he came to develop his own personal style of coaching and running a program. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a…
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