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The NAIA Championship began today.  

@125 Sawyer Miller (#2 seed), IN Tech is in the Quarterfinals and will face former Hoosier turned Buckeye Hayden Lee, Cumberlands (KY).  Chris Sharp, Marian is alive in the consolation bracket.

@133 Enrique Early (#2 seed), IN Tech and Brandon James (#6 seed), Marian are in the Quarterfinals.  They would meet in the Semis if they both win.

@141 Gaige Torres (#4 seed), IN Tech is in the Quarterfinals.  Mason Miranda, Marian was eliminated.

@149 Justin Atkinson (#7 seed), IN Tech defeated Marian's Bailey Moore (#10 seed) in the Round of 16.  Atkinson moves on to the Quarterfinal.  
@149 Robert Humphrey won is first match before getting sent to the consolation bracket.  He won there and is still alive. Logan Hurley, Marian was eliminated.  
Note: The NAIA allows multiple qualifiers from the same school.

@157 Mason Gaines, IN Tech won his first match, then dropped to the consis where he won and is still alive.  Brett Johnson, Marian was eliminated.

@165 Jacob Gross (#7 seed), IN Tech won his first match, dropped to the consis and won so he is still alive.

@174 Nathan Walton (#4 seed), Cumberland (TN) is in the Quarterfinal.  Jared Swank, Cumberlands (KY) lost his first match and won in the consis over fellow Hoosier Jake Weimer, IN Tech.  Swank remains alive and Weimer after winning his first match, lost his next two and is eliminated. Also @174 Jack Servies, Marian lost two in a row and is eliminated.

@184 had Hoosiers knocking each other off.  In the opening round, Sam Osho (#11 seed), Marian, beat fellow Hoosier Aaron Mosely, Campbellsville (KY).  Osho lost in the Round of 16 and then won in the consis and remains alive.  Mosely fell to the consis and faced fellow Hoosier Josue Hill, IN Tech.  Hill had one his first match then fell in his second.  This time Mosely got the win in the battle of Hoosiers and remains alive.  Hill is eliminated.

@197 There were no former Hoosiers

@285 Nick Fowler (#10 seed), Calumet, won his first two and is in the Quarterfinals.  Ethan Bunce (#12 seed), Marian lost two and was eliminated.

The Quarterfinals and next two rounds of consolations will begin at 6:30 pm (Central) tonight.
 

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Sawyer Miller (21-2) over Hayden Lee (16-4) 3-1.

Miller placed 7th and 6th in NAIA Championships previously. Lee won the same weight class last year. Big win for Miller. He is now in the semis. 

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@ 133 Enrique Early moves into the semi finals with a fall. He went 34-5 last year and finished in 2nd place (behind Sinko). Early is 24-4 and has the 3 seed in the semis. 

 

Brandon James got beat by major decision and falls to the losers bracket where he lost his next match. He finished 27-5. 

 

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141 Gaige Torres is the 4 seed at 16-7. He is in the semis. Gaige finished 7th last year. 

Gaige's senior year he finished 2nd to Brock Hudkins and had wins over Breydon Bailey and Dawson Combest. His junior year he finished 2nd to Chad Red and had wins over Zach Melloh and Ngun Uk. He definitely wrestled The Who's who's in Indiana wrestling in his final two years in HS. 

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1 hour ago, navy80 said:

157- Steven Lawrence (28-7) comes in as 4 seed and loses to 5 seed. He then beat former Kentucky state champ by fall in the blood round. He will place. 

A note about Lawrence's loss.... it came to his teammate in SV.  Lawrence was the 4 seed, his teammate was the 5 seed.  Another example of allowing more than one per team in a weight class.  I don't know if there is a max # of wrestlers per team that can qualify, but Grand View and Indiana Tech have the most at 12 each.

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Here are results from the guys Navy80 didn't mention and a few notes.....
@ 125 Justin Portillo of Grand View is also in the semifinals.  Portillo is a 2-time Iowa State Champ and made two appearances at the IHPO, finishing 1st in 2015 and 3rd in 2014.

@125 Miller will face 11 seed Koby Millner in the Semifinal. Looks like a pretty good chance it will be 1 Portillo vs 2 Miller for the title.  Hayden Lee lost in the blood round and is eliminated.

@133 Early faces 3 seed Gresh Jones in the Semifinal. 

@141 Torres faces 1 seed David Berg

@149 Justin Atkinson fell in the Quarters then won in the blood round.  Robert Humphrey won in the blood round and will face Atkinson this morning.  Bailey Moore was eliminated in the blood round.

@157 Mason Gaines and @165 Jacob Gross were eliminated in last nights consis.

@174 Nathan Walton lost in the Quarters and won his blood round match over Jarod Swank, eliminating the fellow Hoosier. Swank had earlier eliminated Jake Weimer, so the Hoosiers were forced to take each other out.

@184 both Aaron Mosely and Sam Osho were eliminated in the blood round

@285 Nick Fowler lost 3-2 decisions in the Quarters and in the blood round 

 

 

 

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Some notes on schedules.....

NAIA tourney is scheduled to resume at 10 am this morning.

Next week, the DII (Cleveland) and DIII (Roanoake) begin Friday March 8th and conclude Saturday March 9th.

The Big Ten and other DI conferece tournaments are next weekend.  The Big Ten is Saturday/Sunday March 9/10.

There is a week off before the DI NCAA Championship begins from Pittsburgh on Thursday March 21st.

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Early results before I have to run out for awhile...

@125 Sawyer Miller won by fall at 1:00 and moves on the to Final.  He'll face 12 seed Randy McCray who took out 1 seed Justin Portillo

@133 Enrique Early won his semifinal 10-7 and moves on to face 1 seed Shiquan Hall of Grand View.  Hall beat Early 2-1 in the Grand View Open in November.

@141 Gaige Torres lost by major 15-4.  It was tied at 4 entering the 3rd period and Torres gave up a reversal and then a pair of 4 point nearfalls.  A riding time point made it 15-4.

So Indiana will have two wrestlers in the Final vying for an NAIA title with several others still alive in the consis who will place and earn AA status.  Not bad!

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The NAIA Finals are set for tonight at 7:00 (Central) and are available on ESPN3 for those that have access.  ESPN3 is free if you have the right cable or satellite company.  Not sure if it is also available to subscribers on ESPN+.

Sawyer Miller (125) and Enrique Early (133) are Indiana's two representatives in the Finals.

Placements for other wrestlers....
@141 5th Place - Gaige Torres, IN Tech (Portage)
@149 6th Place - Justin Atkinson, IN Tech (Benton Central)
@149 8th Place - Robert Humphrey, IN Tech (Ft. Wayne Snider)
@157 5th Place - Steven Lawrence, Grand View IA (Portage)
@174 7th Place - Nathan Walton, Cumberlands KY (Brownsburg)

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Indiana and IN Tech has two new NAIA National Champions!  

@125 Sawyer Miller (South Adams) gets the escape in the 3rd period and a takedown in sudden victory to get a 4-2 win for the title.

@133 Erique Early (FW Snider) wins 4-2 TB-1.  Down 2-1 in the first :30 TB period, Early got a takedown to take a 3-2 lead into the 2nd :30 period.  He chose bottom and was let up to go up 4-2 and avoided a takedown to win.

Those were the only two former Hoosier HS'ers in the finals.

NOTE: My apologies but I have been typing Early's first name as Enrique but the correct spelling is Erique.

CONGRATS to both Sawyer and Erique!  

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A quick preview of the DII and DIII Championships starting tomorrow, Friday March 8 at 11 am eastern time....

- It appears live streaming may be available free at:

DII

DIII

Hoosier HS wrestlers DII
@149 Isaiah Kemper (McKendree/Ev. Central) #8 ranked - Win and he will face #3 ranked Kyle Rathman in the Quarterfinal
@157 Skyler Lykins (Colorado School of Mines/Franklin Comm) faces #6 ranked Cortez Arrendondo in the first round
@165 Kyle Jolas (Lindenwood/Huntington North) #7 ranked faces #2 ranked Rodney Shepard in the first round

Hoosier HS wrestlers DIII
@133 Owen Doster (Wabash/New Haven) drew into a pigtail match and faces #4 ranked Bobby Jordan (4 seed)
@141 Jordan Napier (Manchester/Perry Meridian) faces #7 ranked  David Flynn (8 seed)
@149 Kris Rumph (Wartburg/Portage) #6 ranked (4 seed) faces unranked/unseeded Ryan Snow
@165 Kyle Hatch (Wabash/Warsaw) #10 ranked (4 seed) drew a pigtail match and faces Adrian Gonzalez
@174 Darden Schurg (Wabash/Crown Point) #1 ranked (1 seed) faces Jordan Juliano
@285 Wade Ripple (Wabash/Mt. Vernon) drew into a pigtail match and faces 8 seed Patrick Irwin

If I missed anyone, please let me know ASAP
 

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5 hours ago, UncleJimmy said:

DIII....157 Jared Timberman (Wabash/New Pal) vs most likely #5 Murray (has pigtail match).

Not sure how I missed him.  Knew he had qualified, but didn't mark him as such on the spreadsheet.

Also missed DII 141 Angelo Robles (UIndy/Dec.Central) and DII 197 Brian Wagner (UIndy/New Palestine).  

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1st Session Results from both DII & DIII

Weights in green are still in the championship bracket.  Red = wrestler eliminated. Black = Alive in consolation bracket.

DII
141 - Angelo Robles - lost to #1 ranked Brandon Ball 1-0. He faces unranked Jered Sublet this evening.
149 - #8 ranked Isaiah Kemper - won 14-6.  Faces #3 ranked Kyle Rathman in the Quarterfinal 
157 - Skyler Lykins - won 9-8 over #6 ranked Cortez Arrendondo. Faces unranked Collin Ayers in the Quarterfinal
165 - #7 ranked Kyle Jolas - lost 10-5 to #2 ranked Rodney Shepard.  In a consi pigtail match, Kyle wins over Sheldon Struble of Uindy 2-0 to advance to tonight's session where he'll face unranked Dan Fillipek this evening.
197 - Brian Wagner - lost a pigtail match to Freddie Nixon 9-4.  He loses again to #3 ranked Levi Niebauer 8-2 and is eliminated.


DIII
133 - Owen Doster - lost pigtail to #4 ranked Bobby Jordan 6-5. Owen won his consi pigtail in dominant fashion with a 2nd period fall.  The score was 12-0 with 4 backs about to be awarded when he got the fall. He'll face unranked Chase Petty this evening.
141 - Jordan Napier - lost by fall to #7 ranked David Flynn 
149 - #6 ranked Kris Rumph - won 4-2 over unranked Ryan Snow. Faces #5 ranked Brett Kaliner in Quarterfinal.
157 - Jared Timberman - lost by Inj Def to #5 ranked Brandon Murray
165 - #10 ranked Kyle Hatch - won 6-2 over Michael Suarez.  Faces #8 ranked Eddie Smith in Quarterfinal
174 - #1 ranked Darden Schurg - won 3-2 over Jordan Juliano.  Faces #6 ranked Jake Voss in Quarterfinal.
285 - Wade Ripple - won his pigtail match by fall and lost his next match by 1st period fall.  Ripple's match shows how quickly things can turn.  He got in on a single leg and had it lifted above the waste twice, yet couldn't get the takedown.  He tried switching to a standing cradle and his opponent slipped out.  He then got taken down and turned fairly quickly to go down 6-0.  Another turn followed by the fall in a match where he likely should have been up 2-0 and riding on top.  He'll face unranked Jerhett Lee this evening.

 

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Friday Night Results from DII
141 - Angelo Robles - Won 4-0 and will face #3 ranked Joe Calderone later this session.
149 - #8 ranked Isaiah Kemper - Won 2-1 vs. the #3 ranked Kyle Rathman.  The difference in this match was a hands to the face penalty in the 2nd period.  He'll face #1 ranked, undefeated Chris Eddins Jr. Saturday morning in the Semifinal. 
157 - Skyler Lykins - Lost a wild 12-9 decision in his Quarterfinal.  He'll face #11 ranked Austin Palmer later this evening.

165 - Kyle Jolas - Lost a 10-5 decision and has been eliminated

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More Friday Night Results from DII

141 - Angelo Robles - Lost to #3 Joe Calderone 2-1 TB1 and is eliminaed.  Robles lost his both of his matches by one point.
157 - Skyler Lykins - Lost 13-6 to #11 ranked Austin Palmer and is eliminated.

That leaves Isaiah Kemper as the only remaining former Hoosier HS'er in DII.  
 

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Friday Night Results from DIII
133 - Owen Doster - Won his first match 3-0.  He was eliminated in the blood round by unranked Jake Giordano in a tough 7-5 battle.  Doster got banged up a little and was limping most of the 3rd period while trying to come from behind.
141 - Jordan Napier - Lost 15-8 and is eliminated
149 - #6 ranked Kris Rumph - Lost his Quarterfinal match 11-2.   He faced #10 ranked Luke Hernandez and lost by fall in the blood round and is eliminated.
157 - Jared Timberman - MFF'd after Inj Default in the morning round.  Hopefully nothing long term.
165 - #10 ranked Kyle Hatch - Won 3-2 over #8 ranked Eddie Smith.  Faces #1 ranked Lucas Jeske Sat morning
174 - #1 ranked Darden Shurg - Won 9-3 over #6 ranked Jake Voss.  Faces #8 ranked Daniel Kilroy Sat morning
285 - Wade Ripple - Lost by fall and is eliminated

That leaves Kyle Hatch and Darden Schurg as the remaining Hoosier HS'ers and both wrestle in the Semifinals Saturday morning.

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DI Conference tournaments started yesterday.

EIWA: 

125: Jose Diaz of Franklin & Marshall loses both and is eliminated.

165: Cael McCormick of Army wins twice, including a wild 16-13 win in the quarterfinals. He's the #4 seed and needs to finish top 4 to get an automatic bid to NCAAs. He next faces the #1 seed. Sadly, due to an upset on the other side of the bracket, he'll probably face the #2 seed in the wrestlebacks if he were to lose the semi-final match. If he doesn't win one of those, he's outside the top 4 (I can't find evidence that the EIWA wrestles a true top 4 in instances of NCAA qualification, but I'm not 100% certain). Nonetheless, Cael's RPI and Coaches' Panel ranking suggest he's got a good shot at an at-large bid if he ends up 5th or 6th in the tournament.

174: Ben Harvey, the #3 seed for Army, wins his first match but gets upset by the #6 in the quarters before coming back to win a wrestleback match. He'll face an unseeded guy this morning before probably seeing the #4 seed in the consi semifinals. If he wins both of those, he's assured a top 4 spot and one of the 5 automatic bids at his weight.

MAC:

125: Drew Hildebrandt of Central Michigan comes in as the #2 seed in a deep weight class and takes care of business, getting a fall and a 6-2 win to advance to the championship and guarantee himself one of the 4 NCAA slots up for grabs. Congratulations, Drew!! It's got to feel good after last season's narrow miss. If Drew were able to upset the top seed McGee of Old Dominion in the final, he'll probably be in line for a national seed at NCAAs. 

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At the DII Championship 

149 - Isaiah Kemper loses 7-4 to #1 ranked and undefeated Chris Eddins Jr.  He will face #2 ranked James Pleski who got upset in the quarterfinal  next.  He is guaranteed no worse than 6th Place.

At the DIII Championship

165 - Kyle Hatch lost a tough one to #1 ranked and undefeated Lucas Jeske.  Kyle jumped out to a 6-0 lead but couldn't hold off and a riding time point tied it up at 7 and took it to SV where he lost 9-7.  He'll face #9 ranked Mark Choinski next and can finish no worse than 6th.

174 Darden Schurg - Won his semifinal 11-6 and will face #2 ranked and 2 seed Jairod James of Mount Union in tonight's final for the Championship.

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At the DII Championship 

149 - Isaiah Kemper lost in sudden victory 3-1 to #2 ranked James Pleski of St. Cloud St.  He'll face #6 ranked Kameron Frame of Newman in the 5th/6th Place match.

At the DIII Championship

165 - Kyle Hatch lost 10-6 to #9 ranked Mark Choinsk of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.  He fell behind 7-0 in the first and didn't quite have enough to come all the way back.  He'll face unranked Nicholas Bonomo of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 5th/6th Place.

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At the DII Championship 

149 - Isaiah Kemper (McKendree/Evansville Central) won by injury default over #6 ranked Kameron Frame of Newman and takes 5th Place at DII Nationals.  Congrats to Isaiah on the All-American finish!

At the DIII Championship

165 - Kyle Hatch (Wabash/Warsaw) lost 9-4 to unranked Nicholas Bonomo of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 6th Place at DIII Nationals.  Congrats to Kyle on the All-American finish!

Tonight, Darden Schurg (Wabash/Crown Point) goes for a DIII National Title.  Schurg finished 4th last year and his only loss on the year is a MFF to his opponent tonight Jairod James.  It's #1 vs. #2 for all the marbles.  

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I want to give kudos to IU's Jake Kleimola (Merrillville).  While he was a IN HS State Champion, wrestling at 197 in college hasn't been easy.  

2017 - He redshirted his freshman year and went 3-4 with his only wins against wrestlers from Eastern Michigan (non-starter), DII Findlay and Muskegon Community College.

2018  - Things didn't get much better as he stepped into a starting role for IU, obviously before he was ready.  Jake went 0-13 last year but only 4 of those lossed were major (or higher) decisions.  There were several close matches, including seven by one or two.

2019 - Jake finished a respectable 13-18 on the season with an 8th Place finish at the Big Ten Tournament.  That's a huge jump and one I thought should be recognized.  He has two more seasons to go.  

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SoCon Results
141 - Nathan Boston defeated Blake Mulkey 3-2 for 3rd Place.  The SoCon has only 1 allocation at 141, so either will have to get an at large bid to make it to the NCAA Championships.  Boston has a shot, Mulkey's season should be finished.  

285 - Connor Tolley lost in the semifinal and followed that up with a win in the consolation semifinal.  Connor finished in 4th Place losing by fall.  He'll need some luck and an at large to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

EIWA Results
165 - Cael McCormick (Army/Yorktown) finished in 2nd Place and qualifies for the NCAA Championships.

174 - Brian Harvey (Army/Cathedral) finished in 5th Place and qualifies for the NCAA Championships

MAC Results
125 - Drew Hildebrandt lost the title match 5-2 to Michael McGee of Old Dominion.  With his 2nd Place finish, he qualifies for the NCAA Championships

 

 

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2 hours ago, SWINfan said:

SoCon Results
141 - Nathan Boston defeated Blake Mulkey 3-2 for 3rd Place.  The SoCon has only 1 allocation at 141, so either will have to get an at large bid to make it to the NCAA Championships.  Boston has a shot, Mulkey's season should be finished.  

285 - Connor Tolley lost in the semifinal and followed that up with a win in the consolation semifinal.  Connor finished in 4th Place losing by fall.  He'll need some luck and an at large to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

EIWA Results
165 - Cael McCormick (Army/Yorktown) finished in 2nd Place and qualifies for the NCAA Championships.

174 - Brian Harvey (Army/Cathedral) finished in 5th Place and qualifies for the NCAA Championships

MAC Results
125 - Drew Hildebrandt lost the title match 5-2 to Michael McGee of Old Dominion.  With his 2nd Place finish, he qualifies for the NCAA Championships

 

 

Congrats to McCormick, Harvey, and Hildebrandt. Just to clarify, though, Mulkey and Tolley have a 0% chance of getting into NCAAs and Boston is a very long shot that sadly probably isn't getting in either. All 3 of those guys needed to win the tournament today.

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