ILLINI Wrestle-off Results, Seth Mendoza and Baby Wrestlers!
THE REASON FOR THE WRESTLE-OFFS The ILLINI had their first wrestle-off in years yesterday at Huff Hall. The likely reasons for this are discussed in a preceding post here . The long and short of it is that the Brawlnagels are likely going to use the Olympic Redshirts that they earned over the Summer. Additionally, 2xAA Lucas Byrd is still injured. In fact, Byrd is the Wyrd was at Super 32. What a great ambassador for the ILLINI! He's instantly recognizable and relatable and fun and you can bet the kids love him. Since the image below was on IMAR's instagram account, can we assume that he led this expedition? RESULTS OF THE WRESTLE-OFFS We don't have the full results for the wrestle-offs but were told that the ultimate winners included the following: Justin Cardani at 125; it was reported that Anthony Madrigal looked great, and that Kole Brower looked tough, but it was Madrigal who came out on top for the 133 spot. Danny Pucino won; while Kannon Webster beat Jake Harrier
Now that's funny Chief
ReplyDeleteShocking another close loss by Cardani, he's out no chance at NCAA's, totally regressed since Freshmen year
ReplyDeleteIt's a boomer joke, Huff! Kids nowadays don't know who Jack Nickleback is.
ReplyDeleteCardani just finished in ninth place, so he'll be in the NCAA tournament! Our guy, Lucas Byrd, had a bit of an emotional let-down in the third-place match after the DeSanto match. Still waiting on Big Brawny and Luffman, although my BTN+ video just froze. Damn!
Looks like the ILLINI squad at the Big Dance will be Cardani, Byrd, Big Brawny and Luffman, although there's an outside shot that Danny Braunagel gets a wild card.
Danny Brawlnagel was ranked #24 by the coaches and had an RPI at #17, so there's a chance. I'm going to write that up in the next blog.