SWINfan Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Wrestling in the Edinboro Open today. Round of 32 - Beat Dresden Simon of Central Michigan 11-9. Was apparently down 6-0 initially. Round of 16 - Beat Kevin Kinyua of Mercyhurst TF 18-1 QuarterFinal - coming up vs. 4 seed Luke Karam of Lehigh awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Wrestling in the Edinboro Open today. Round of 32 - Beat Dresden Simon of Central Michigan 11-9. Was apparently down 6-0 initially. Round of 16 - Beat Kevin Kinyua of Mercyhurst TF 18-1 QuarterFinal - coming up vs. 4 seed Luke Karam of Lehigh Lee wins by fall now in the Semis Bracket: http://arena.flowrestling.org/event/663ca705-2fb5-4772-b6a9-a1d04ff8ad16 I have missed a lot over the past year I thought Lee was a Senior this year? I know he and his brother committed to Penn State and he is wrestling unattached? Why is he not wrestling the HS season? JW awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman1114 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 He graduated early from HS. He can now wrestle college open tournaments unattached which will prepare him better for next year as a true freshman or redshirt freshman for PSU. awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 He graduated early from HS. He can now wrestle college open tournaments unattached which will prepare him better for next year as a true freshman or redshirt freshman for PSU. Thanks! Thinking long term goals NCAA championshps, world, olympics Love watching him and his brother compete! awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Thanks! Thinking long term goals NCAA championshps, world, olympics Love watching him and his brother compete! He chose to move to PA and train at the Nittany Lion Training Center instead of his senior year. He finished his schoolwork and graduated in December. This is his first college tournament. He wrestled in a Senior level tournament in the fall and won a couple of matches there, highlighted by defeating former NCAA 3rd Placer Alan Waters from Missouri. awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Now onto the semis against RS Sr Zach Synon from Missouri. He has qualified for the NCAA Championships twice going 2 & out each time. He wrestled varsity as recently as Jan 8. Looks like he was beaten out by Jaydin Eierman (sp?) who started the year at 133. So Zynon was wrestling his redshirt year in college while Nick was in 8th grade. Edited February 4, 2017 by SWINfan awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Synon is no joke. Tough Illinois kid with length. Beat Nahshon Garrett 2 yes ago and has numerous big wins to his credit. I don't bet against Lee, though awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Synon is no joke. Tough Illinois kid with length. Beat Nahshon Garrett 2 yes ago and has numerous big wins to his credit. I don't bet against Lee, though You should have! Synon wins by fall at 5:50. I believe he was up 7-0 at the time. Next up is Central Michigan's Reiley Brown in the 3rd Place Match. Brown is a 2-time Michigan D3 State Champ. awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Nick took 3rd Place beating Reiley Brown 8-3. Synon won the championship and Luke Karam, Lee's quarterfinal win, came back to finish 5th. Other notes: Drew Hildebrandt finished 5th at 125 and Forrest Glogouski lost in the consolation semifinals at 133. awood2 and barrydjr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 SwinFan thanks for all the info!! Hoping to see Lee wrestling varsity next year but Cael knows what he's doing if he RS I think he can be a 3-4X champ For PSU probably best to have him RS gets an extra year Next few years will be fun to watch these Indiana wrestlers competing in college at an elite level! Hoosier Pride awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthSideJimmy Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Wonder if Joe will follow the same path after this (his Junior) year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 My inclination would be yes... So this could be Joe's swan song the next two weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 My sources are telling me yes. This will be Joe's last go at The Ford Center and Banker's Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthSideJimmy Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 My sources are telling me yes. This will be Joe's last go at The Ford Center and Banker's Life. I had heard rumors of that...Best of luck to them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 I had heard rumors of that...Best of luck to them both. I think it is less about rumors than logical deduction. Nick is already there with grandmother and residence in place. Why wouldn't Joe take the same path? The only reason I could see it not happening is if at decision time, it is determined by the family not work it for Nick to have done so. That doesn't appear to be the case, at least at this point. Obviously, it's a decision the family has to make or may have already made, but outside of using a little logic, we'll all have to wait to know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) From what I know that family has always had a pretty clear path of what is best for them, so I'm sure whatever decision is made is what they feel is best for Joe as a person, student, and athlete. Good Luck to Joe and Matt tomorrow, as well as, wherever the journey takes Joe next season. Edited February 9, 2017 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Joe will be attending Carroll next year. We have a great culinary program here and he likes to eat. markio, throw45, V and M's Dad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Joe will be attending Carroll next year. We have a great culinary program here and he likes to eat. Does that mean he will bump up to 182 or 195? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Does that mean he will bump up to 182 or 195?The preliminary plan is 220, but we'll see. Penn State wants him at heavyweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The preliminary plan is 220, but we'll see. Penn State wants him at heavyweight.The David Taylor diet plan. Just keep growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayruss Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 If he returned his senior year he wouldn't be challenged at all. He would either win by fall or tech the entire field IronPenguin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronPenguin Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) If he returned his senior year he wouldn't be challenged at all. He would either win by fall or tech the entire fieldUnless Bethel sticks him again. Edited February 10, 2017 by IronPenguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayruss Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 His senior year, bethel graduates this year. And I agree Bethel is more than capable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsawwrestling Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Unless it was a Lee/Lee final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 If he returned his senior year he wouldn't be challenged at all. He would either win by fall or tech the entire fieldWell if they ended up at the same weight that other Lee kid from #TheCounty is no slouch. I'd say that would at least be a challenge that probably wouldn't end in a techfall. How about we just say Joe would likely see more gains from what the competition he would have through the Nittany Lion WC than by competing in-state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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