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Ohio State Wrestling (2015/2017/2018 B1G Champs, 2015 National Champs, 2019 National Runners-up)

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It’s one thing to be a master on the mat. It’s another to hold a degree to prove the title.

Ohio State wrestlers Kaleb Romero, Fritz Schierl and Zach Steiner entered graduate school this semester so they can do both. The three have a combined 10 Ohio State Scholar Athlete and seven Academic All-Big Ten recognitions.

“With wrestling being one of these sports that there’s not a lot of professional development after you’re done competing, it’s hard to really start up a career,” Romero said. “It’s nice to know that having all of these academic accomplishments will jumpstart us after we’re done wrestling.”

The trio have been teammates for the past three seasons. Schierl is a redshirt senior, while Romero and Steiner are redshirt juniors.

Head coach Tom Ryan said the basis of their academic success roots back to their discipline.

“They have an aerial view of their life, so they’re focusing on the now, but they’re also aware that their decisions now can actually control their future,” Ryan said. “Ohio State wrestling can further that.”

Instilling a winning culture on the mat stems from a winning mindset off of it, and Romero, Schierl and Steiner contribute to that culture, Ryan said.

“I think examples are [our] greatest teacher,” Ryan said. “When you have young people come into your program and they see you’ve got a handful of guys that have already graduated and pursuing their masters, it sets the stage for the aim and the goal that everyone coming in should have.”
 
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Akron Rick said:
145# Gavin Brown from Legacy Christian in Xenia has committed to Ohio State.
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WRESTLING: OHIO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMP GAVIN BROWN COMMITS TO OHIO STATE

The Buckeye State has always been a hotbed of wrestling talent, and one of Ohio State's key goals is keeping the best wrestlers at home, while attracting the best talent from anywhere in the country.

So far the Class of 2022 is all homegrown talent, as Legacy Christian Academy (Xenia) junior Gavin Brown announced Wednesday his commitment to wrestle for the Tom Ryan's Buckeyes.



Brown won the Ohio High School Athletic Association state championship at 126 pounds as a freshman in 2019, and was considered the top-ranked 138-pounder heading into the cancelled 2020 tourney.

With a career record of 78-8 and expected to wrestle 145 this season for the Knights, Brown might have entered the season as a two-time Division III state champion. While he doesn't have the same national-level cache as fellow Buckeye commit Seth Shumate (who competes this weekend in FloWrestling's "Who's Number One" exhibition), Brown was ranked as the No. 33 overall prospect in the class by Flo at the end of his sophomore campaign.

Ohio State projects him as a 157-pounder in college, which has been a soft spot in the Buckeye lineup in recent years.

The Classes of 2021 and 2022 are shaping up to be very strong with a definite Ohio flair. The senior class features Paddy Gallagher (who will also be competing this weekend at Who's Number One), the St. Edward's standout, and California lightweight Andre Gonzales. With Shumate and Brown anchoring the junior class, that's three of four current recruits reared on local soil.

They're also classes loaded with talent. According to The Open Mat, Gonzales was the top-ranked 106 pounder in the country at the end of last season, Gallagher was No. 2 in the country at 160, Shumate was the top man in the 195-pound class, and Brown was No. 13 in the nation at 138.

While college wrestling may be three months away yet, the gears that keep the machine running are still turning.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...chool-champ-gavin-brown-commits-to-ohio-state
 
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FLO has a tournament on tonight involving several commits and others OSU has been interested in. Here is some of the card that pertains....

120..Richie Figueroa vs. Drake Ayala
138..Jesse Mendez vs. Jordan Williams
160..Paddy Gallagher vs. Travis Mastrogiovanni
195..Seth Shumate vs. Tate Picklu
220..Kyle Hass vs. Nick Feldman

It's called the Who's Number One tournament and for those who don't know Gallagher and Shumate are commits so far while last I heard Feldman, Williams, and Figs were still on the radar.
 
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Didn't see the PPV but got some results on-line...

120 ..Ayala (Iowa recruit) beat Figs in OT. Apparently some controversy during the match as Figs had the T-shirt/shorts instead of a singlet and Ayala
pulled on the shirt to aid him with a crucial takedown.
138..Mendez beat Williams
160.. Paddy won and was impressive doing it. Beast!
195..Shumate lost..Picklu wrestled a very good defensive match. Also someone said Shumate threw up during the match so could be he was either sick
or had a conditioning problem.
220.. Feldman was maybe the most impressive wrestler. His motor never stops.
 
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bigdog3300 said:
Sounds like it's happening but likely no non-conference action, all B1G.

Cael tweeted out Dec. 22nd, so I'm assuming that's when the B1G are dropping their schedules.
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Just sayin': Based on all the B1G football games being cancelled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the athletes, how does the B1G get off with thinking that their protocol/testing is better than that by the other conferences/schools?
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Just sayin': Based on all the B1G football games being cancelled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the athletes, how does the B1G get off with thinking that their protocol/testing is better than that by the other conferences/schools?
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It's just another arbitrary rule to try and make it seem like they give a shit and to try to make people feel safer, but has no real effect on the outcome of covid spread. Much like all the other rules out there. But whatever, we're dealing with it.
 
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In the functional equivalent of a Friday Night News Dump, the Big Ten Conference released the 2021 wrestling schedule mid-afternoon on New Years Eve. With a truncated schedule featuring only in-conference matchups, each team will wrestle 9 dual meet matchups between Jan. 8 and the Big Ten Wrestling Championships March 6-7.

Ohio State kicks off its season on the road Jan. 17 for a tri-dual in Champaign versus Illinois and Wisconsin. The program will host just three home meets this season, hosting Rutgers and Michigan State during the final week of January, and welcoming Penn State for the final dual of the season Feb. 19.

"Looking at the national landscape you have No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the Big Ten, and we're going to face all of them," Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan told Eleven Warriors. "We're going to face Iowa, Penn State and Michigan, and along with us those are the top four schools in the country."
 
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Intermat just put out their rankings and hopefully some of the lightweight guys will move up, because this is the least guys I've seen ranked or ranked high in awhile. The only ranked guys are as follows:

149 - Sasso at #2 (right where he should be, could win it all)
165 - Kharchla at #6 (maybe a tad higher than I thought he'd start, but I think he's that talented and maybe more)
174 - Romero at #3 (higher than I thought he'd be)
184 - R Jordan at # 11 (too low)
197 - Singletary at #14 (way too low, maybe seeing how he adjusts down a weight class? I expect him to move way up)
HWT - Orndorff at #7 (probably about right to start I suppose)

Obviously a huge wildcard is Echemendia at 141, who I expect to blow up the rankings, although it seems he's cutting a ton of weight. 157 well likely be tough unless one of the frosh Wilcox or Heppner is somehow ready to go (likely both good wrestlers long term, but probably not top 20 their true freshman years). Not sure if either of Heinselmann or DeCatur step up at 125, but we need it... same with the other DeCatur bother at 133. Really need both DeCaturs to step up big at the first two weights imo, they were super talented recruits that haven't owned out this far.

In any event, very much ready for the season to (hopefully) start! As I said, wrestling is the sport that you get anything that is contagious on the mat, so fingers crossed we even have much of a season unless most of the wrestlers have already had covid or something.
 
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Akron Rick said:
11am this Sat. Go to OSU official site, click on OSU Wrestling, click the facebook icon. Can't wait!
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Matchups for tomorrow are now out. Not sure how many will be streamed because they're using multiple mats at both 11 and 12:30. Several matches that I am interested in seeing are #133..Jordan Decatur vs. new recruit Philip Kue (12:30), #141..Echemendia vs. JD Stickley (St.Paris Graham) at 11:00 and #157.. Kevon Freeman vs. Isaac Wilson( also a new recruit) at 11.. Hopefully these will be available for view.
 
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Too many tweets so trying to summarize

125 - Heinselman 11-5 over Koontz
133 - Decatur 14-2 over Kue
149 - Sasso 18-2 over Stephens-Grenier
157 - Cleary 8-1 over Wilcox
174 - Romero 14-3 over Schierl
184 - Jordan pins Bell
197 - Hoffman 4-2 OT over Singletary
HWT - Orndorff 2-0 over Traub
141 - D'Emilio 6-4 over Echemendia

I don't know much, but I feel like Singletary and Echemendia losing are some shockers
 
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