Noteworthy Results from District Duals

Now that I’m done educating people on my post, I figure I’ll pop over here and lend my expertise. A lot of great matches today. We have a good bit of talent in the middle weights. I’m glad we got to see some of these matches. In addition, there were a lot of close team scores. Pennridge is build something over there. Kudos to them. 

I am looking forward to the videos, because there was too much happening and it was not possible to see it all.

1. Colin Gaj is the PFP champ, so impressive all day. He completely neutralized Sadriddinovs offense, bumping up 2 weight classes. I missed his match against Kakos, but Kakos is clearly not 100%, saw him against Carr and then saw Carr 2 more times.

2. Pennridge is the best team in D1. This is the first day all year they used their entire lineup, and the surprise return of a kid that rumor had it had been kicked off the team in December (I guess not) was the biggest addition. Gave them that piece between Coffin and Kuhns they needed. They should represent D1 well out of the 1 seed.

3. OJR beating CRS was not a fluke. Their advantage at 189-HWT meant CRS could not slip up, and then they went down 8-0 in the first period in the first match (121 was a forfeit). Box score is wrong, that was Brandt / Bhatt at 127. OJR never used anyone at 121 all day, which had been typical this year, I assume CRS lost the toss and that is why Woloshyn accepted the forfeit.

4. Sun Valley had a strange day. The only match they used their full lineup in was PV. The coaching staff made a mess of the lineup against Pennridge, trying to use Strickland at 145 when he weighed in at 133, causing a huge delay and meaning Strickland does not wrestle in that match. They were not beating Pennridge, but the coaches let the kids down there. Voegel was clearly hurt when he wrestled. Having now seen Carr and AGW multiple times on the same day, AGW is better. The CRS match took forever, 189 alone had to be 20-25 minutes with constant stoppages.

5. Boyertown had the match won against CRS. South made a move that backfired at 133/139 and when they lost at 172 it looked like lights out. They won at 189 to stay mathematically alive and then Woloshyn proved he is the real deal closing that one out against Heimbach.

6. The right 4 teams made it out. That said, Sun Valley and OJR were both capable of getting out yesterday had the brackets fallen differently. Boyertown as well went 0-2 but won 6 matches in each dual against 2 teams that made it out. I think Pennridge is a really good champion and overall depth was outstanding this year. Made for a fun day.

Edited by B1Gfan - Feb 05 2023 at 8:53am

Cross body wrote: Now that I’m done educating people on my post, I figure I’ll pop over here and lend my expertise. A lot of great matches today. We have a good bit of talent in the middle weights. I’m glad we got to see some of these matches. In addition, there were a lot of close team scores. Pennridge is build something over there. Kudos to them.

MTLeister wrote: Do you guys need to get room somewhere?

spandexter wrote: MTLeister wrote: Do you guys need to get room somewhere? Yes. And I know just the place. A place where the beer flows like wine where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. A little place called Aston.

sbm Just curious as to where you would have seeded sf given the hindsight of the results? They finished above their 4 seed and have wrestled 8 of the teams who were selected for the tournament. You cited some individual tournaments but while they can be used as a data point, they are not as valuable when talking about a team dual strategy. Overall, I saw a great day of wrestling. OJR had a great upset over CRS and some individual match ups in other duals were top notch matches. The only two debacles for me were the sv/Pennridge weigh in situation -whatever it was and I agree the crs/sv match was kind of nuts. Did not see any mom or parent for that matter yelling obscenities for their child being injured but if they did get a little to emotional we should give them a little grace. Hopefully you never have the experience of your child being injured and feeling helpless and hopefully the boy is okay.  Great day of wrestling for District 1 and Congratulations and Good luck to the teams that made it through 

Anyone know if a head scissor, with an arm in, is legal?  I believe a body scissor is.  Figure four is only legal on one of your opponents legs?  

Low Single wrote: Anyone know if a head scissor, with an arm in, is legal?  I believe a body scissor is.  Figure four is only legal on one of your opponents legs?