Video in process So many story lines in this one. There is a new Ivy champ for the first time in 17 years. Princeton claims their first Ivy wrestling championship this century. Their last championship was while I was wrestling in college, 1986. The return of Kolo. he didn’t look great but 149 is wide […]
Busy weekend. Video will be posted shortly. Columbia defeats Penn, 17-15 141lbs: #16 Doug Zapf dec. Matt Kazimir, 5-2; Penn leads 3-0 149lbs: Lucas Revano (Penn) dec. Andrew Garr (Columbia), 7-3; Penn leads 6-0 157lbs: Kyle Mosher (Columbia) dec. Cam Connor (Penn), 7-1; Penn leads 6-3 165lbs: Jacob Lizak (Penn) dec. Riley Jacops (Columbia), 5-3; […]
After years of struggling to beat Cornell and in the midst of a very challenging year Lehigh rises in the Snake Pit. This dual had something for everyone: momentum swings, unexpected twists with the final match, but not heavyweights, deciding the entire dual. Lehigh jumped out to an early lead sweeping the first 3 […]
I spoke with Yianni earlier today about his incredible run at the 2018 NCAA Championships. He won the title at 141lbs with a torn ACL. This may have been the most physically and mentally tough display by an athlete in my long but spotty memory. Can you imagine a basketball, baseball or football player for […]
Cornell claimed its 16th Ivy League title yesterday over Princeton. It’s pretty incredible if you think about what Coach Rob Koll and his staff has built at Cornell. Not only have they built a powerhouse, but they built it at an Ivy League School – one of a kind…for now (keep your eye on Princeton). […]
A young Cornell team started their trip to Philly squaring off against Drexel in front more than 1,000 fans on spirit night. I think that this is the biggest crowd to see a Drexel wrestling match in modern times. Drexel Coach Matt Azevedo is in his 7th season and squared off with his former mentor […]
Tonight the Big Red of Cornell come down to Philly to match up with the Drexel Dragons. Drexel Coach Matt Azevedo coached at Cornell under Coach Rob Koll prior to becoming the Drexel Head Coach. Over the last 7 seasons the Drexel staff have steadily improved. They knocked off #16 Rider last Sunday and lost […]
Highlights on the way Not everything went Cornell’s way this afternoon but enough did for them to pull off a come from behind victory over the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh got out to a strong start in front of a packed Grace Hall. 174 might be where things got a little crazy. Realbuto and Preisch exploded […]
This year’s Grapple wasn’t as loaded as the past couple of seasons but there was plenty of action to be had on the floor of Madison Square Garden. Cornell, Rutgers and Princeton were the highest ranked D1 teams in attendance. There was plenty of New York and New Jersey high school and D3 talent on […]
Northwestern University has released 2015 Midlands top contenders list. Midlands is one of the toughest tournaments in the country, Recently it had lost some luster to the Southern Scuffle. This year Nebraska, Kent State, Iowa state, Lehigh and Pittsburgh have all decided to go back to Illinois. Some teams like Lehigh are only sending a few […]
Upon Further Review With help from video review in two close matches the sixth-ranked Cornell Big Red won six straight bouts, two in overtime and defeated EIWA rival Lehigh in front of 1,951 loud but disappointed Lehigh fans at Leeman-Turner arena in Grace Hall, in an afternoon dual in Bethlehem, PA. No. 1 Gabe Dean […]
I’ll be providing LIVE coverage of this match on Sunday – follow me here for post match video and on twitter @truewrestling1 for match-side updates. This is Lehigh’s best chance to get a win against Cornell in years. There are a few very pivotal match ups: 133, 157, 165, 184, 197 and 285 and bonus […]
True-Wrestling will be providing live coverage from this match. I’ll have highlights up shortly after. Follow the match on my twitter feed or the right side of the webpage. Minnesota looks to have an advantage in the match. There are a few stand out match ups at 141, 157, 197 and 285 and if Rutgers […]
These matches are listed in order of my interest. I’ve listed ranked wrestlers and some thoughts. 8AM matches It would be fun to see Stevens Tech AJ kowal vs Jonathan Deupree So Maine this is the marquee match-up during the early duals. If it happens. 10:00AM: Mat 7 – EDINBORO VS. CORNELL Should be a […]
My plan was to write this update on the red-eye flight back to Ithaca. Unfortunately Jet Blue decided to see how much weight I could lose by cranking the temperature on the plane up for the five hour return trip. They thought they could break me but they failed to understand how much weight I’ve […]