Midlands

[wrastle63]

Was similar to the Zain/Yianni review. Went back 36 seconds into the match for a review on NF after Evan scored.

[mkm13]

Overall have to be happy with the results so far.  Some big matchups today that could mean a lot for seeding in March.

[head57]

Will semis and/or finals be aired anywhere besides Flo?

[wrastle63]

Will semis and/or finals be aired anywhere besides Flo?

Nope.

[Numbers]

Ref #18 stall calls are terrible today in the three matches I have watched so far with him on the mat.  Hope I do not see him on a mat at NCAAs.

[wrastle63]

Ref #18 stall calls are terrible today in the three matches I have watched so far with him on the mat.  Hope I do not see him on a mat at NCAAs.

Krattiger was clearly the aggressor but yet was the one who lost by a stall point. Very frustrating. It sucks that all 3 of Barnett, Sharenbrock, and Krattiger lost in the blood round but overall they did wrestle very aggressively and well for a tough tournament. Seems like the only question mark now is at 197.

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Badger consolation results

Eric Barnett loses 4-3 to Chris Cannon of Northwestern
Drew Scharenbrock lost 18-2 to Justin Ruffin of SIUE
Jared Krattiger lost 7-6 to Donnell Washington of Indiana
Johnny Sebastian beat Anthony Orozco of Menlo by major decision 13-4

Johnny gets a re-match against Noah Stewart of Army. They faced earlier this year; Stewart won 3-1

Wisconsin is now in 2nd place going into the semi-finals

Iowa's Spencer Lee is medical forfeiting in the semi-finals

[Numbers]

Ref #18 stall calls are terrible today in the three matches I have watched so far with him on the mat.  Hope I do not see him on a mat at NCAAs.

Yeah. The coaches have to emphasize circling around the edge, rather than taking any small step backward, as they've been really punitive there, even if it's a natural wrestling motion (sprawl, etc).

I have not questioned any refs stalling calls this weekend other this one.  He let's guys back up for 90 seconds straight if you stay on the mat.  Then he will penalize the aggressive wrestler if he steps out of bounds first after the opponent just gave up 30 feet to the edge.

[mkm13]

Tough loss.  I am hopeful both Gross and Wick can clean things up on their feet against the top guys.  They will win almost every match if they can just keep things even on their feet with how good they are on the mat.

[PAUL]

Disappointing seeing the forfeits - hope that everyone is okay medically....

[crossface21]

Moran as well

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Semi-final Results Recap

Seth Gross defeats Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern 8-7
Tristan Moran loses to Josh Heil of Campbell 4-2
Evan Wick loses to David McFadden of Virginia Tech 6-5
Trent Hillger loses to Matt Stencel of Central Michigan 6-1

Tristan Moran and Johnny Sebastian are medical forfeiting; Evan Wick and Trent Hillger are in the consolation -semi-finals

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

The 57th Midland Finals are starting at 141 pounds tonight, ending with 133.

Seth Gross vs Austin DeSanto will be the final championship match of the night.

1st, 3rd and 5th matches will start at 7:00PM.

Coach Chris Bono will be inducted into the Midlands Hall of Fame tonight! 4X Midlands Champ!

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Evan Wick bounces back and defeats of Phil Conigliaro of Harvard 7-4 and moves onto the 3rd place match!

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

And at 285, in the final match of Session 3, Trent Hillger defeats Josh Hokit of Fresno State 7-2.

Trent will now wrestle for 3rd Place tonight!