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This may have been discussed already, but when is this match taking place?

I wonder if howe chose Oklahoma assuming Tyler Caldwell would be there. Tyler Caldwell has transfered to a rival OK State.

Any word on this?

It's about time they hired some talent.

I don't believe that this wrestle off will be pushed back until August unless Reece's hand is worse then we thought.

So it comes down to Hump vs Coleman and the winner gets Bunch in a best of 2 series. Bunch recently qualified the US at 60kg so he gets the bye. My question is, when does this take place. He is our last hope of having an olympic qualifier outside of Dolly.

That is craziness and then Schlatter was hit with a point penaly giving Lester a 3 point move. They should have declined CPs challenge. CPs coach who was yelling was Mr. Paulson, His sons are pretty dang good too haha.

I hate to bring this up because I saw some great matches and calls that were made right with the help of the brick. The only instance where I scratched my head, was the Greco Championship match 2 between CP Schlatter and Justin Lester. Justin hit a tight gut on the sidelines and I think it should have been 2 and it was called so by the referee. CP challenged it and won, so the call was reversed. Almost instantaneously Lester's corner threw the brick and the call was reverted back to the original call. I guess these questions would be for the experience wrestlers. What in the heck would change a call twice like that? Can you even challenge a call that was just challenged? I thought this was a pretty sloppy job in the ticket round to friggin LONDON!!! Someone check me or let me know if this was as crazy as I thought it was.

Keep it coming.

Can someone please post the scores for these matches so I can see it. I will not have access to trackwrestling.com Thanks

Howe with a big win over David Taylor!!! 1-0 5-0

A great prelude to next year NCAA's. Also Dake in the bottom of the bracket. We all know he loves moving up weight classes. Could be an interesting day.

The Times didn't feel it was necessary to talk about the Olympic Trials that a few of our wrestlers have qualified for.

Howe, Escobedo looking to pin down ultimate goal of making Olympic team Each has a brilliant resume, with assorted international and domestic accolades, including an NCAA championship to his credit. But those accomplishments, as grand as they are, serve as prelude for this weekend, as both Andrew Howe and Angel Escobedo stand on the precipice of realizing their ultimate dream. Howe, the 2008 Hanover Central graduate, and Escobedo, the 2005 Griffith grad, will be competing in the Olympic Trials in Iowa City, with each New York Athletic Club-sponsored wrestler having a legitimate chance to qualify for this summer?s London Games. Howe is the No. 2 wrestler in the United States in the 74 kilograms/163 pounds freestyle weight class. ?It?s really exciting for me,? said Howe, who wrestles on Saturday. ?I can?t wait to get out there and let it fly. You have to approach it like any other tournament, and take one match at a time. ?You have to wrestle smart, and have a high pace, and not leave any points on the mat.? Escobedo expected to be seeded fourth at 55 kilograms/121 pounds. ?Obviously, there?s some nerves,? said Escobedo, who wrestles on Sunday. ?I?m nervous, excited, but ready. I?ve been training my whole life for this moment. I?ve always wanted to be an Olympian. Every workout has boiled down to this. I have to have the tournament of my life, wrestle better than I ever have before and put everything on the line. There?s a lot of emotions. But I know what needs to be done to win a tournament like this. The stars have to align, and you have to be mentally ready to beat anyone you wrestle.? Howe ? the undefeated 165-pound NCAA champion at Wisconsin in 2010, and an All-American in each of his three seasons, after winning three state titles at Hanover with a 192-1 record ? ranks behind only 2011 world champion Jordan Burroughs, a two-time NCAA champion at Nebraska, including in 2011, when he won the Hodge Trophy as college?s outstanding wrestler. ?There are a lot of tough guys earlier in the day in the challenge tournament to get to the night, so you can?t look ahead,? said Howe, calling himself ?100 percent? after a torn hamstring hampered him during the 2010-11 season. ?I?m feeling great coming into the tournament. Training has been going really well. I?m looking to win this thing.? Howe, taking an Olympic redshirt for what would have been his senior year in order to prepare for the trials, has been training in Ann Arbor, Mich., since August. Two of his coaches at the Michigan Regional Training Center are Sean Bormet, the founder/owner of the Overtime School of Wrestling in Naperville, Ill., where Howe practically grew up; and Donny Pritzlaff, who recruited Howe to Wisconsin and has served as his primary workout partner. ?There are a lot of senior-level guys to train with,? Howe said. ?There are six full-time guys, so you have a lot of great workout partners. It?s just a good situation.? For the 2011-12 season, Bormet returned to his alma mater Michigan as an assistant coach, and Pritzlaff left the Badgers staff to join the Wolverines. Howe was undecided about where he would spend his final year of college eligibility. Nick Simmons is ranked No. 1 in Escobedo?s 55 kilograms/121 pounds division, with comebacking Henry Cejudo, who won the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, No. 2. ?I?ve wrestled practically all the guys in my weight class (except for Cejudo), and I?ve beaten all the guys in my weight class,? said Escobedo, who also participated in the 2008 Olympic Trials in Las Vegas. ?I think I have a great shot of making this team. ?We have one of the most competitive weight classes in the country. Every year since 2008, we?ve had a different guy represent the United States, whether it was the world championships or the Olympics. There?s always been a new face. So it?s a very competitive weight class, and anyone can win at any given time.? He also pronounced himself ?the healthiest I?ve been in a while? after having dealt with shoulder problems. Escobedo ? the 125-pound NCAA champion at Indiana in 2008, and the Hoosiers? only four-time All-American, after winning four state titles at Griffith with a 223-1 record ? has been training in Columbus, Ohio, since September, after having been at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Nine guys have been working out at the Ohio Regional Training Center ? including Ohio State product Reece Humphrey, the top-ranked wrestler in the U.S. at 60 kilograms/132 pounds, and a three-time state champion at Lawrence North, including his senior season by handing then-freshman Howe his only high school loss ? and eight have qualified for the trials, Escobedo said. ?They approached me,? he said. ?They have the No. 1 and No. 2 guys at 60 kilos, the weight above me, so they?re great training partners, and I get a monthly stipend, so I can just train and compete. I thought it was a fantastic opportunity to do what I do, do what I love and get paid for it. I can?t ask for anything more than that.? Escobedo estimated he would have 30 family members with him in Iowa. ?That?s a lot of support for me,? said Escobedo, who comes from a renowned wrestling family. ?That?s always been an important key for me. Being able to share my championships with them has always made me push even harder.? The runner-up in each weight class also makes the Olympic team, but neither Howe nor Escobedo was focused on anything but a trials championship. ?The alternate trains as if he?s on the team, too,? Escobedo said. ?They take the No. 2 guy to all the tournaments this summer, and then to London.?

I just read it. Iowa State fans gotta be upset about that one haha

Ahh there it is. Thank you very much for those details. I hope Bunch can get the weight qualified then.

This is coming up soon. Any updates?

Wow, there would be some upset wrestlers from Indiana foregoing their senior seasons if this was in our state.

Ya I saw they were doing that with Ruiz, but I didn't understand why they went with Bunch instead of Hump at the Pan Am games. Obviously he has international experience but if Hump is your number one you want him to start getting used to those guys while not on US soil. I hope he gets his shot here soon.

I still see that Reece's weight class is not qualified for the Olympics. Where is he wrestling this month and next month? Just Curious! Thanks

I think the word you are looking for is losing. This is a dumb posting by the way.

I'm pretty sure 120 was the toughest weight class. 3 nationally ranked kids.

I've seen matches where the score ended 1-0 and the winner dominated the opposing wrestler. So your focus on the "end score" is not to relevant to the statement you referenced. Simply put 10 years from now, no one will remember if a wrestler won by one point for 15. Merrillville dominated because they had the most wrestlers on the top of the podium. I believe that's what he was trying to say.

White Singlets in the finals are great. Some wrestlers have that singlet and only wear it once for the finals.

Cosgrove definitely wins the dance off!