RU Commits & HS Season Discussion Thread
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Score wasn't as close as match.
Damian looks really young (I know he is a freshman)
By the way, just signed up for mat assignments....Amazing..should have thought of that before
Damian looks really young (I know he is a freshman)
By the way, just signed up for mat assignments....Amazing..should have thought of that before
Damian Weaver loses to #1 seed 11-4. Match closer than final. It was 7-4 when Damian tried a throw with a few seconds left and got caught for a 4 point move.
Dylan coming up on Mat 1
Dylan coming up on Mat 1
Yeah, he was actually up late in the 2nd and then got reversed when he lost control trying to ride/turn him. Never had a good opportunity after that only to give up some points in the closing seconds trying to make something happen.
Crazy match so far...Was it me or did it look like Dylan pinned him self in the 1st period.
20-10 win....WOW
Awesome job by Dylan
20-10 win....WOW
Awesome job by Dylan
Weaver wins 20-10 but man did he put himself in some funky and dangerous positions. He nearly pinned himself a couple of times and nearly pinned the other kid multiple times. Wild match.
Dylan wins a wild match 20-10 and moves into the finals. Nice statement win for him against great wrestler.
Dylan is crazy aggressive and constantly goes for the big shots/cradles, but needs to be careful (or finish them) against these top guys because he puts himself in some dangerous positions and almost pinned himself on numerous occasions
Seriously. I almost had a heart attack. He is fun to watch and I love his aggressiveness. He will have to learn more control as he matures.
Absolutely wild match - Definitely needs to manage his control on top.
Hamilton cruises into the finals with an easy 15-0 TF in the 2nd. He is just so much stronger and athletic that these guys, they literally don't even have a chance.
O'Neill in the hole on mat 2 at Powerade vs Shane Reitsma (Howell - Rider commit). Should be a hell of a matchup.
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What a ridiculous reversal after the buzzer. Such a joke. O'Neill loses.
It was the correct call, that was two for a reversal. O'Neil did not really do anything that match.
I wish O'Neil was more aggressive and took some shots, but I guess I just didn't understand that ending after the non-call initially.
The call was correct. O'Neill deserved to lose. Had a stalling warning against him and was passive, He has a lot of work to do moving forward.
Reitsma was clearly the aggressor throughout the match - State semis or finals rematch.
If they got disqualified, what an embarrassment. O'Neil should get a chance for revenge in the state tournament. Hopefully, he and his coach learn to respect the refs and recognize that the call was correct.
I agree that Reitsma was the aggressor and Connor didn't do much aside from the reversal but it wasn't originally called (even if it was the right call) and then a minute after the match ended in a tie you change the call without replay? That's a joke IMO. Without replay you need to stick to what you called since you can't be sure.
I'm not certain but he got docked a point for throwing his headgear and then the official said someone dropped an F bomb and that he is is gone. Not sure if it was the coach or Connor.
Flo has him losing 6-4 by FMC so I think he is done... definitely can't have that. Not a good look.
tough loss but I thought Reitsma was a little better today. I think O'Neil caught a break with Reitsma taking neutral in 3rd. The rematch will be electric in AC. Also wasn't a big fan of that headgear throw, most times you see that the wrestler will throw it to his corner, O'Neil threw it farther then any RU QB this season and that can be dangerous if it hits a little kid!
He will be fine. He won a tough tournament last week and was aggressive all day yesterday as well. He had an off day today and was probably too cautious. Never know what's going on with these kids day to day with illness, other issues, etc. He will most likely get another shot at Shane this year and I have a feeling he will be much better next time around. Credit to Reitsma though, he was aggressive and wrestled well. Put himself in position to win and did just that.
Connor can't lose his cool though, that can't happen. His coach kicked it off by getting into the refs face at the scorers table telling them it was awful, they don't know the rules, etc..I couldn't hear everything but I'm sure they weren't pleasant. Connor then launched his headgear out of the arena and then must have said F you to the ref after the fact. Again, that can't happen. I'm sure Goody won't be happy with that.
Reitsma got to his legs on take downs at least 5 times. He's quicker than ONeill, unless ONeill was unusually tired.
Epperly coming here is clearly a favor. Wasn’t impressed with him last year at all. Won the shore conference tournament because he was cradled up and the kid he was wrestling had his shoulder pop out (a nagging career-long injury) and couldn’t continue. I don’t think Epperly’s opponent from that match is even wrestling in college. Epperly then took 4th in a disappointing region performance before rallying to the podium in AC. He clearly doesn’t wrestle particularly well under any pressure.
I’ll root for the kid but I just don’t see anything that indicates big 10 caliber wrestler. I can’t imagine he’s getting more than 1% of a scholarship.
Headgear throwing is a pet peeve of mine. Grow up. If you need to take frustration out, go find a private space and let it out there.
Didn’t watch the match but I wouldn’t be surprised if O’Neil was intentionally passive. These two are going to meet in states where the stage is bigger and a good coach/wrestler won’t show too much before then.
Also Reitsma is a very good wrestler.
Threw my head gear once in grammar school in an open tournament. I got escorted by my coach who was sitting in the stands to behind the bleachers. The lambasting I took stuck with me for the rest of my life. I never threw my head gear again in 13 yrs. of wrestling. He was a family acquaintance and he always remembered that and we joked about it until his passing just a few years ago.
