MARYLAND HIGHLIGHTS, ZANE RICHARDS, CHAMP CAMP & RUTGERS

MARYLAND HIGHLIGHTS


The ILLINI were a 33-7 winner over the Maryland Terps. That equaled eight wins out of a possible ten. Kannon Webster scored a pin over a pretty damn good wrestler, while both Brawlnagels and Braeden Scoles earned tech falls. 

The ILLINI was the winner in two top ten-ish matches, with #4 Lucas Byrd beating #11 Braxton Brown and #11 Luuuuke Luffman stuffing #12 Seth Nevills. Before showing the video, here are the results:


125:Caelan Riley (ILL) dec. Abram Cline (MARY), 10-5ILL 3 I MARY 0
133:#4 Lucas Byrd (ILL) dec. #11 Braxton Brown (MARY), 7-3ILL 6 I MARY 0
141:#12 Danny Pucino (ILL) dec. Dario Lemus (MARY), 8-5ILL 9 I MARY 0
149:#12 Kannon Webster (ILL) over #32 Kal Miller (MARY), fall (4:39)ILL 15 I MARY 0
157:#6 Ethen Miller (MARY) major dec. #22 Jason Kraisser (ILL), 15-6ILL 15 I MARY 4
165:#13 Braeden Scoles (ILL) tech. fall Alex Uryniak (MARY), 20-3 (3:15)ILL 20 I MARY 4
174:#21 Danny Braunagel (ILL) tech. fall Branson John (MARY), 22-7 (5:24)ILL 25 I MARY 4
184:#13 Jaxon Smith (MARY) dec. #10 Edmond Ruth (ILL), 4-3ILL 25 I MARY 7
197:#18 Zac Braunagel (ILL) tech. fall Chase Mielnik (MARY), 20-4 (3:55)ILL 30 I MARY 7
285:#10 Luke Luffman (ILL) dec. #12 Seth Nevills (MARY), 4-2ILL 33 I MARY 7

THE PUCINO AND LUFFMAN SHOW

It looks like the award for longest distance traveled to the dual will have to be split among lots of winners, including the Pucinos and Luffmans. We saw you on the TV! Then, we did the Brad Pitt point-at-the-broadcast meme. 



screengrab from BTN+ broadcast; photo stolen from Meg Pucino



MARYLAND HIGHLIGHT VIDEO






TRUE STORY: One of the tags we put on the video was "That Face Made by Kal Miller." Watch the video and see if you can find That Face Made by Kal Miller. 




ZANE RICHARDS

What can we say? Well, for starters, we can say what we said on Twitter: "He's gonna put a lot of people on their head. He's from ILLINOIS." When we first heard about this possibility, we were blown away. This is a great move for Zane, and we want an interview!





And here's a video from USA Wrestling in which Zane discusses his decision-making process and y'all just knew that Coach Medlin (1) was involved and (2) was a go. Other inZane news includes Wedding Bells and the US Open.
 







CHAMP CAMP




This is a fantastic tradition. Great way to get better. You're gonna be in town, right? Why not learn from the best. I mean, c'mon, they are waiting right there to help you. 



RUTGERS

While the ILLINI put Maryland in a deep dark hurtlocker, Penn State was doing the same to Rutgers. The ILLINI will have to face a bruised-up Scarlet Knights team on Sunday at Noon Central on BTN+. Notably, after that dual, Wrestlestat.com changed the predicted score of the dual from a one-point Rutgers win to a tie. 

Here is the box score from the PSU/Rutgers dual:

No. 1 Penn State 35, No. 14 Rutgers 3
125: 19/15 Dean Peterson (RU) over 6/6 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) by dec., 4-1; RU leads, 3-0
133: 7/7 Braeden Davis (PSU) over 9/9 Dylan Shawver (RU) by dec., 2-1; match tied, 3-3
141: 3/3 Beau Bartlett (PSU) over 14/13 Joseph Olivieri (RU) by dec., 7-3; PSU leads, 6-3
149: 4/3 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) over Alex Nini (RU) by TF, 17-2 (5:26); PSU leads, 11-3
157: 3/3 Tyler Kasak (PSU) over 31/NR Conner Harer (RU) by dec., 4-0; PSU leads, 14-3
165: 1/1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) over 26/26 Anthony White (RU) by TF, 19-3 (6:30); PSU leads, 19-3
174: 2/2 Levi Haines (PSU) over 22/23 Jackson Turley (RU) by dec., 5-2; PSU leads, 22-3
184: 1/1 Carter Starocci (PSU) over 18/19 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RU) by TF, 17-2 (6:58); PSU leads, 27-3
197: 4/4 Josh Barr (PSU) over 16/17 John Poznanski (RU) by TF, 22-6 (6:19); PSU leads, 32-3
HWT: 2/2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) over 7/8 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RU) by dec., 2-0; PSU wins, 35-3
Rankings Intermat/Flo


Fans like the Luffmans and Pucinos who attend the dual in Jersey Mike's Arena on Sunday will be treated to a Rutgers camo hat--while supplies last--that will be suitable for burning. 




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