2026 U.S. Open Events: Senior, U20, U17, U15 - 04/21/2026 - 04/26/2026
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our guys are getting dinged the f up here. Rocco took a blow to the head, too.
R-E-D spells RED and you are not it for this game of buy me a beer.
Macchiavello up 2-0 on Barr, who is really favoring his right knee, requiring a medical stoppage.
No, no, no!!! His social media was simply too stressful for the fans. Way too stressful!!!!
Stop it. Reasoning and logic is a terrible thing. We all know Cael, Pat, Don and even Ira has told Tyler to get there and wrestle, concussions are excuses for wusses.
This loss really sucked because Hidlay sits in final X. No chance for Barr to make the world team now
Josh Barr, clearly bothered by a right knee issue from the first period, falls to Michael Macchiavello by decision, 4-1, in one 92-kilogram semifinal. The Nittany Lion was in clear discomfort leaving the mat.
The Sky is falling! The Sky is falling!!!!!!
Some time off could be good for our guys tbh
Are you serious?! In the finals at 57kg, 61kg, 79kg in final x, 86kg, 97kg in final x. Also have Duke and Mesenbrink still able to make the team at 70kg and 74kg. That has potential to be 7 of the 10 spots on the team
I think he’s referring to injuries to 20% of our presumed 26-27 starting lineup
If so that’s more understandable but still not a disaster. Even at the very worst we would just plug in Duke and Mirasola. Pretty sure it will be ok. I absolutely hate seeing our guys go down injured though. Kasak is a weird case. Barr is hopefully nothing serious. Even if it is he has a long time to recover and no wrestling he has to do the rest of the summer. He can’t make a team now so he can just focus on getting healthy
Dake and Snyder mean very little to me. Haines isn’t in this tournament
- Desmond looks capped at 133
- Major injuries to two projected starters
- Mirasolas have cement blocks for feet with any extra weight to them
Not over yet. Maybe Luke pulls off something crazy, but so far if you wrestle the tournament to this point 100 times, you come away feeling better in 98 of them.
Blaze, Henckel, and Welsh look good to me.
Lilledahl, Dake, Blaze into finals; Kasak, Barr, Welsh drop their semis
The NLWC went 3-3 in the semifinal round of the US Open. Luke Lilledahl (57 kilograms), Marcus Blaze (61), and Kyle Dake (86) are all in tomorrow's finals. But, three others, Tyler Kasak (70 kilograms), Rocco Welsh (86), and Josh Barr (92) dropped their semifinal bouts. And, Kasak was forced to medically default with an upper body injury, while Barr fought through his match while clearly favoring his right knee for more than half of the six minute contest.Full results are below:
57 kilograms: Luke Lilledahl TF Liam Cronin of Nebraska RTC, 10-0
Lilledahl will face: Spencer Lee in the 57 kilogram finals
61 kilograms: Marcus Blaze d. Seth Gross of Wisconsin, 6-1
Blaze will face: Ben Davino in the 61-kilogram final
70 kilograms: Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech injury default Tyler Kasak
Kasak will face: Consolation situation TBD
86 kilograms: Kyle Dake d. Aeoden Sinclair, TSRT, 6-1
Dake will face: Parker Keckeisen in the 86-kilogram final
86 kilograms: Parker Keckeisen, PWC RTC d. Rocco Welsh, 11-4
Welsh will face: Consolation situation TBD
92 kilograms: Michael Macchiavello of LVWRTC d. Josh Barr, 4-1
Barr will face: Consolation situation TBD
Other than Barr ( who is injured) who do you think has underperformed? Mirasola losing looked bad but next match that kid beats Parris 8-1. I’m not sure anyone else has underperformed at all. The injuries absolutely suck
Bo teched Beau last time they wrestled, too, if I recall correctly. Bo is pretty good.
Well high school Seniors back in the day were not 20.
No one should be losing to a Monday on a Friday.
Cole Mirasola up now on mat 6. Desmond on deck on mat 8
Cole with a 10-0 tech
Cole with a 10-0 tech