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

[MPhillips]

125 Clarion Open

Bouzakis - OSU (Making weight right out of the gate is something.)
McCrone - OSU
Kilkeary - OSU
Knox - Cornell
Burnett - Perrysburg HS
Milani - Cornell (1-2 at NCAA tourney last season. 17-14 overall.)

FLO reported those six at 125...

 

[MPhillips]

Bouzakis and Cannon made weight. No Kharch at 74. Shumate and Geog on the same side.

 

[MPhillips]

OSU (mostly)

HS'er J. James goes down to Perentin.
Stiles wins.
D. Chase loses in rideouts.
Birden wins.
Downing loses.
Schierl loses.
Meyer wins.
Geog wins.
Bouzakis 1:30 ish TF.
Shumate loses.
125 HS'er Sidun wins.
Kilkeary wins.
Rosselli loses.
McCrone wins.
King wins.
Davino wins.
HS'er Burnett wins.
Stiles wins.
Fielding loses.
Joy beats Shaw.
Cannon wins.
D. Chase wins.
Paddy TF.
Desselle wins.
Downing loses.
C Chase wins.
Rogotzke wins.
Fishback wins.
Mize up 5 gets rolled and pinned.
Feldman wins.
Meyers loses.
Rosselli wins.


Bouzakis / Knox quarter.

 

[MPhillips]

Quarters
Kilkeary loses.
McCrone over Sidum.
Bouzakis over Knox.
Rosselli loses in SV.
King loses in SV.
Davino TF.
Paddy wins.
Cannon wins.
Desselle wins.
Fishback gets a fall.
C. Chase going down.
Rogotzke wins.
Geog gets a win.
Shumate and Birden won consi.
Feldman held on for a win.

 

[MPhillips]

Final
125: #19 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) DEC Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State), 5-4
133: #11 Benjamin Davino (Ohio State) DEC Tyler Ferrara (Cornell), 10-3
141: Elijah Cortez (Spartan Combat RTC) DEC #32 AJ Rallo (Bellarmine), 5-3
149: Bo Bassett (Unrostered) MD #16 Jaxon Joy (Cornell), 11-1
157: Melvin Miller (Unrostered) DEC Benny Rodgers (Cornell), 9-6
165: #16 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) DEC #33 Louie Cerchio (Cornell), 5-3
174: Grant Odell (Bellarmine) DEC Rafael Knapp (Buffalo), 4-2
184: #6 Dylan Fishback (Ohio State) TF #31 Brian Burburija (Air Force), 21-5 4:49
197: Luke Geog Upper (Ohio State) DEC Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State - UNATT), 10-4
285: #6 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) DEC Daulton Mayer (Bellarmine), 8-3

 

[Romanowski]

I was watching a bit on Flo from my phone. I caught the end of the Bouzakis/McCrone match. It looked like Bouzakis frustratingly ran off the mat without shaking McCrone’s hand, and McCrone looked befuddled. Anybody else catch that or know what happened there?

 

[MPhillips]

I was watching a bit on Flo from my phone. I caught the end of the Bouzakis/McCrone match. It looked like Bouzakis frustratingly ran off the mat without shaking McCrone’s hand, and McCrone looked befuddled. Anybody else catch that or know what happened there?

I'm sure he was/is frustrated. He's been working down to that match for months. De facto wrestle off and he lost.
He wrestled well today though down a weight.

 

[Romanowski]

I saw his path was through Anthony Knox, and he beat him. There were certainly some additional positives there, namely his ability to get down to 125. Let’s hope he doesn’t get too discouraged.

 

[MPhillips]

I saw his path was through Anthony Knox, and he beat him. There were certainly some additional positives there, namely his ability to get down to 125. Let’s hope he doesn’t get too discouraged.

Making 125 right out of the gate and wrestling good enough to make the final only lose to McCrone had to hurt.
It may be B1G Tournament till we know who the starter is...

 

[RB07OSU]

Looks like we had a pretty good tourney overall. Gotta say I'm surprised on McCrone over Bouzakis, @MPhillips do you think Bouzakis is having the initial fatigue of bumping down to 125? McCrone isn't chopped liver, but I'm a bit surprised at the result there.

Great to see Paddy, Fishback, and somewhat on Geog. With Rogotzke losing I shouldn't be too shocked, he's a big move guy and everyone in the OSU room knows it and would be better at defending against it. Feldman had a nice tourney as well.

 

[MPhillips]

Bouzakis wrestled really well. His pace was surprising (to me anyway). McCrone wrestled great and I thought showed improvement on his feet.
He gets round one...
Geog was the surprise to me (and I've talked him up since day one). He looked good. Fishback was slick. Davino was what we expected.
Good opener for the Buckeyes.

 

[Herb Kirkstreit]

Ohio State dual against UT Chattanooga is on ESPN+ for those who have it. Desselle was down 7-0 and then came back to do something incredible with the pin.

 

[Herb Kirkstreit]

34-4 Buckeyes lead, on a tech fall streak since the pin.

 

[Herb Kirkstreit]

Buckeyes win 42-4.

 

[Romanowski]

Caught the replay on YouTube. The team looked solid. McCrone wrestled about how I would expect him to wrestle. Davino beasted his man as did Mendez. I am unfamiliar with the two that wrestled 149 and 157. The 157 lber had a tight cradle after being down in the match. Kharchla was a nice surprise. He dominated his opponent and it was good to see. Fishback wrestled well. Geog got off to a fast start then ran out of gas. Feldman toyed with his man. Other than the loss, I think there was all but one bonus win.

Side note, I’m looking forward to Nebraska. AJ Ferrari is wrestling heavyweight. I’m hoping the coaches on either team don’t play the seeding game and let them go at it.