Thursday, January 02, 2014
- by B.B. Branton
Southern Scuffle XI Championship FInals - 7 p.m. - McKenzie Arena
(Finals for 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th will be wrestled simultaneously)
Top Four Teams
1. Penn State - 177 pts ...6 in finals
2. Minnesota - 147.5 pts ... 3 in finals
3. Oklahoma State - 142.5 pts ... 4 in finals
4. Cornell - 100.5 pts. ... 2 in finals
125 -No.1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. No.2 Nicholas Megaludis (Penn State)
133 - No.1 Jon Morrison (Okla State) vs No. 7 Joey Gulibon (Penn State)
141 - No.12 Joe Spisak (UVa.) vs. No.2 Zain Retherford (Penn State)
149 - No.1 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota) vs. No.2 Drake Houdashelt (Missouri)
157 - No.1 Alex Dieringer (Okla State) vs. No.6 Ian Miller (Kent State)
165 - No.1 David Taylor (Penn State) vs. No.2 Tyler Caldwell (Okla State)
174 - No.1 Chris Perry (Oklahoma State) vs. No.2 Matt Brown (Penn State)
184 - ** No.1 Ed Ruth (Penn State) vs. No.3 Gabriel Dean (Cornell)
197 - No.1 Scott Schiller (Minnesota) vs. No. 2 Kyven Gadson (Iowa State)
285 - No.1 Tony Nelson (Minnesota) vs. No.2 Nick Gwiazdowski (N.C. State)
Notes: 9 of 10 top seeds make the finals ... 7 of 10 No2 seeds make the finals
Lowest seed to make the finals -141 No.12 Joe Spisak (UVa) upset No.1 Chris Dardanes (Minn.) in the semis
** Ed Ruth goes for his fourth Southern Scuffle title ...
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net