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149 Jeff Boyd entered the transfer portal on 3/8, joining soph 133 Ryan Sullivan who did so back on 11/24 Another WVU wrestler enters the portal, wasn't on the active roster though: Colton Smitley Freshman 133 March 22 West Virginia Has any of these three gentlemen been picked up by anybody else? I...

Below is a listing of the final team scores. I actually think WVU did decent. We finished above Oklahoma, Michigan State, Indiana, Wyoming, and tied with Rutgers. I would have loved to have a top 25 finish but that is tough without multiple All Americans or a national champion. WVU has had 3 Nation...

How WV Wrestlers fared at NCAA's 133 (24) Wyatt Henson (OU) 19-14 (Wrestled at University before transferring to Waynesburg) Went 1-2 157 (5) Josh Humphreys (LEH) 21-1 Went 5-1, finished 3rd 165 (14) Peyton Hall (WVU) 24-6 Went 1-2 184 (33) Anthony Carman (WVU) 18-15 Went 1-2 197 (17) Braxton Amos ...

With eligibilities running out, extra years, injuries needing fixed, etc, etc.......................what is WVU's line up looking like for next season?

Doya, Brody Conley ended his HS career by winning 119 matches, 2 OH state titles, and 1 Ironman championship. Ty Watters is a Super 32 finalist and a 2 time PA state champion. Both were well within being a Top 35 recruit in the country. If you don’t like term “high level” may you you just prefer to...

Every state champion has to win four matches in the state tournament.

Independence's Jesse Adams was the ONLY state champion that had all four of his state tournament opponents make the podium.

Was there a consistency issue with Noah Adams, Killian Cardinale, or Peyton Hall? The answer is no, because these three guys were and are very talented and could contend for All American status every year. So what about the other 8 guys? Let's start with Jordan Titus, you can see in his wrestling t...

All three years WVU has only qualified 3 wrestlers at the BIG 12 tournament. In 2021 and 2022 they had one guy qualify through the at large process. This year they had 3 guys qualify through the at large process. While the results at the BIG 12 tournament are not improving the number of qualifiers ...

Team points are of course an accumulation of individual points. The individuals need to win matches to score points. Wrestlers who win should be going to the NCAA tournament. WVU is sending 6 wrestlers to the NCAA tournament. This is +2 qualifiers above the previous two seasons. A sign of improvemen...

Champions by region…… Region 1 6 FROM 4 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 5/6 DUE BACK. Region 2 0 Region 3 6 FIVE FROM ONE SCHOOL. 3/6 CHAMPIONS DUE BACK. Region 4 2 ALL FROM ONE SCHOOL. BOTH DUE BACK. All 4 regions represented in top 4 team standings. Even though Region 1 is obviously deeper, there is definitel...

WVU scored 34.5 points earning a 13th place finish outdistancing newcomer Cal Baptist (who finished in 14th place with 1 team point). Congratulations to the 3 Mountaineers who earned automatic bids to the NCAA 141 Jordan Titus placed 7th 165 Peyton Hall placed 6th 285 Michael Wolfgram placed 8th Ho...

It was certainly not their best performance of the year to say the least. I thought Killian might wrestle the minimum number of matches to qualify before he medically forfeited but with him medically forfeiting out of the tournament, that says a lot about his health. Let's hope he can get an At-lar...

Regarding the Single A MOW, I would have thought Vandall of Greenbrier West would have been the selection and here is why: 1. He won the tournament. 2. He beat the #1 wrestler. 3. He avenged an earlier season loss in the finals. 4. He pinned in the finals and that scored enough points for his team t...

Andy Thomas was one of the most dominant wrestlers I ever watched. He's gotta be one of the best four timers. The Easter brothers were tough as well One stat that has to be a record is Zach Frazier was only taken down once in his whole high school career If true …That kinda makes one think he shoul...

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Operating at 60 percent? Who cares about the Southeast Open? All it is, is an opportunity for teams to compete to see where their progression is. There were a lot of starters from the other teams that didn't even wrestle, probably because of minor injuries, illness, or maybe still trying to get the...

First of all, the state pairings look great except I must question AA/A 120. WVMat has had Wood of Point Pleasant as #1 all season. WVMat has had Hess of North Marion #2 in 5 out of the 6 polls and for the past 5 weeks straight. Both were regional champions. Both are undefeated in WV AA/A. Currentl...

How did Nichols and Purdue on the same side? Purdue won Region 3 and Nichole Region 1. Why are they on the same side? I do not know the answer. However, Nichols did lose 13 to 7 to Taylor of Hoover on December 17th at the Jason Eades Memorial at Point Pleasant. This muddies the waters enough to not...

First of all, the state pairings look great except I must question AA/A 120. WVMat has had Wood of Point Pleasant as #1 all season. WVMat has had Hess of North Marion #2 in 5 out of the 6 polls and for the past 5 weeks straight. Both were regional champions. Both are undefeated in WV AA/A. Currently...

Copied from a locked discussion topic: Everybody needs to keep speaking up and sharing their ideas. I know a few things about sharing ideas, encountering backlash and continuing to take a stand. We are all walking into the regional tournament weekend and many are thinking TEAM, TEAM, TEAM. Here are...

Copied from a locked discussion topic: Everybody needs to keep speaking up and sharing their ideas. I know a few things about sharing ideas, encountering backlash and continuing to take a stand. We are all walking into the regional tournament weekend and many are thinking TEAM, TEAM, TEAM. Here are ...

138lb AA/A State Runner up last year was not ranked, pinned 2nd & 3rd ranked individuals. 170lb AA/A 3rd place finisher was not ranked. 215lb AA/A Champion was ranked 6th. Ranking and seeding are done through statistics, they don’t figure in the most important component HEART!! I have a busy da...

Everybody needs to keep speaking up and sharing their ideas. I know a few things about sharing ideas, encountering backlash and continuing to take a stand. We are all walking into the regional tournament weekend and many are thinking TEAM, TEAM, TEAM. Here are my predictions on your Regional team c...

Everybody has been quiet about the Dutton Award lately. Time is running out. As I recall, the voting order last season was as follows: 1. Raike 2. Bartee 3. Wright. Raike won the award. Raike and Bartee have graduated. This leave Wright as the top carryover from last season's voting. We have Brother...

This post snuck in before my last post. What I had previously typed (but my posts keep getting lost because the forum keeps asking for my log in after I have already logged in) is that, after looking at the issue more closely I believe the real question has nothing to do with Martin, but rather why...

KDunbar you are correct. Regardless of which region you are in the 2nd and 3rd place finishers in the same region will be on the same side of the bracket and opposite of their regional champion. Additionally, if there is not a clear cut ranked #2 I believe the intention is to leave that weight clas...

1. In decision making, we have to use the best available information. 2. We do not have a lot of time to make the decision. The decision has to be made approximately high noon on Sunday. 3. We ALL have seen a lot of wrestling to come up with plenty of stories and memories to muddy the waters. TWO c...

Johnson of Woodrow Wilson is without a doubt, the #1 106 in AAA. Martin of University was pinned in 1:04 by Johnson. Owens of Spring Mills went the distance with Johnson and lost 4 to 0. Martin is currently #2. Owens is currently #4. I'm not making a statement on the validity of the rankings, but I...