Dingo Brigade

Alirez gets a passivity point, leads 5-4, Lee follows that up with 2. Leads 6-5 looks for a gut briefly. Gets a big 4 pointer, leads 10-5 briefly. Alrirez responds, 10-7. No lead is safe against this level of competition, but Lee is defending well.....10 seconds left. Late TD Alirez, but Lee wins 10-9, advances to the Challenge finals.
 
Mendez trailing 3-2 but he's pushing the action, right around a minute left. Retherford holds him off 3-2, but Mendez is absolutely on anyone's level in the US

Page and Velte going at it. Page leads 6-4 in the 2nd period
 
Lee up 13-4 but Zane Richards is a gritty guy. Still trying to score on Lee, wrestling aggressively, but to me Lee is looking pretty dangerous in the big picture, will get Fix or GIlman next. FInal 13-4

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion.
 
Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

Nick Lee vs Andrew Alirez
Mendez vs. the Pain Train
Semis at 65kg

Mendez is on the verge of teching Yianni. I don't know what to say about Mendez that hasn't already been said. This was an incredible win...12-7. Youth will be served!

I'm stepping out until the evening session. It appears that Mendez' quarters match again Yianni is taking place this evening.
 
Great job thus far by our Indiana men and women. Mendez, Lee, Parris, Hildebrandt and Miracle all still alive and working for the all-important Olympic berths.

Carroll lost 1-1 to Cox and was absolutely in that match until the bitter end. Great showing by him and he is getting better and better all the time.

Boyd, Carroll, Nate Jackson still alive in wrestlebacks.
 
Great action and can't wait for tonight's all-star matches at every weight. Bye for now.

Fix wins 5-1 over Suriano. Great sportsmanship between the 2 after the match.
 
Spencer Lee nearly techs Megaludis in the first, leads 8-0 in the 2nd
 
Kennedy Blades in a dogfight against Skylar Grote. 2-0 Blades leads in the 2nd period.

Wow, so sorry! Get well soon!

Health first man.  Thanks again for all of the prior updates.  Get well. 

Like Matt said, I figured OSU had a succession plan with Coleman Scott, who really elevated North Carolina during his tenure there. Those are some massive shoes to fill for Scott. Smith has always been one of my favorite figures in NCAA wrestling and I will miss his scowls matside. He often has a big presence at World Team and Olympic Team Trials and I'm sure this week will be no different.

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion.
 
Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

Dingo Brigade is putting out some really solid updates on this sites College and International board if you guys would like some more details.

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion.
 
Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

This guy was reffing at Yorktown on Sunday...Olympic trials on Friday.

Challenge GR 130kg finals will be Adam Coon vs. Aden Attao
Augello wins 3-1 to make the Challenge finals vs Areana Villaescus
 
Sage Mortimer has been super impressive today.

Just watched Sage get leg lace t'd vs Audrey last year.  Pretty sure it could be different.  Sage has refined a nasty mean streak since.

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion.
 
Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

I'm stepping out until the evening session. It appears that Mendez' quarters match again Yianni is taking place this evening.
 
Great job thus far by our Indiana men and women. Mendez, Lee, Parris, Hildebrandt and Miracle all still alive and working for the all-important Olympic berths.

Carroll lost 1-1 to Cox and was absolutely in that match until the bitter end. Great showing by him and he is getting better and better all the time.

Boyd, Carroll, Nate Jackson still alive in wrestlebacks.
 
Great action and can't wait for tonight's all-star matches at every weight. Bye for now.

I'm stepping out until the evening session. It appears that Mendez' quarters match again Yianni is taking place this evening.
 
Great job thus far by our Indiana men and women. Mendez, Lee, Parris, Hildebrandt and Miracle all still alive and working for the all-important Olympic berths.

Carroll lost 1-1 to Cox and was absolutely in that match until the bitter end. Great showing by him and he is getting better and better all the time.

Boyd, Carroll, Nate Jackson still alive in wrestlebacks.
 
Great action and can't wait for tonight's all-star matches at every weight. Bye for now.

Fix wins 5-1 over Suriano. Great sportsmanship between the 2 after the match.
 
Spencer Lee nearly techs Megaludis in the first, leads 8-0 in the 2nd
 
Kennedy Blades in a dogfight against Skylar Grote. 2-0 Blades leads in the 2nd period.

Thanks for all the updates Dingo.  Stuck at work so nice to have some solid play by play of the early matches before I dive into the evening session.

Mesenbrink get another TD, gets a deep gut, turns Lockett, leads 8-1 at the break.
 
Burroughs just knows how to win, but credit Facundo with getting deep in on Burroughs' legs. He just can't complete the TD. Facundo with a stepout point, cuts it to 5-3 but only 9 seconds left. A TD would win it for Facundo...JB survives!, 5-3

Nick Lee wins 9-2.
 
Green using some stepouts to get a 3-0 lead, Mendez responds with a TD with a minute left. 40 seconds, Mendez stalking...gets the leg, get the TD and 2 for a quick exposure....Mendez winning 6-3. Wins 6-3! Indiana wrestlers have been phenomenal thus far.
 
Yianni looking vulnerable against Larkin, who is so long for this weight. Very tough body type to compete against in FS....8-8, with Larkin with criteria...Yianni with a sweep single, chops out Larkin's leg to complete the takedown. Bricks from both sides
 
Bartlett up on Alirez 2-2 by criteria in the 2nd period.....Alirez stalking

Lee and Mendez moving on!!!!!!