LVWC at the U.S. Open

[Oracle]

Nathan Taylor just beat a pretty tough freshman from Michigan State…. Terrell. Won Michigan state title in 2021. Big guy. Nate wrestled a smart bout.

[Oracle]

Nasir Bailey won easily over our Carter Bailey.

Henckel from Blair had his way with Max Brignola.

All this action in U20 Freestyle

[Oracle]

Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) over Kaleb Larkin (Ariz St) 6-1. Good match. Closer than the score. Shapiro does not look big enough for 157. I’m guessing he takes over for Yianni at 149.

[mh1]

I guess that confirms you are never out of it in a freestyle match. Crazy comeback, nice job Jadon over Penn greyshirt Swisher

[Oracle]

Gabe Arnold is a strong kid. Aggressive. But his strength will be negated once he gets to D1. Not tall enough.
Hey, maybe I’m wrong but he’s definitely over ranked and perhaps over rated.

A nice recruit but top 10-20 overall? I don’t see it.

[Oracle]

Maybe time for Taylor to ditch the REY USA uniform and have LVWC spring for his own name singlets.

No one else does that.

[whiz wit]

Taylor gets a tech and now goes against the #9 seed from Iowa imminently.

[whiz wit]

Taylor gets teched by a much smaller kid with better wrestling skills and more agility and quickness who turned him a couple times. Taylor tends to lose to those types, of whom there are quite a few.

Overall, I would say that freestyle is not this team's cup of tea.

[martinsilvestri]

Lehigh is definitely better suited to folkstyle. Taylor did have an awesome upset victory over the #1 seed in the first round. He's got some significant potential if he can round out his game a little. That was my main takeaway from the open. And skellengers trail of destruction in greco was pretty cool too

Final thought - interesting that Beard doesn't do freestyle. His high-volume takedown approach would seem perfect. He's gotta work on endurance though for tournaments in general.

[whiz wit]

Pray that they don't go to the 3 point takedown.