'26 USA U20 World Team Trials, 5/29, thread

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No Rocklin Zinkin. He was entered but not in the brackets. I was looking forward to watching him. He’s headed to OkSt this coming year. Would have loved to see him vs Ramirez
 
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Updated agate so far
57kg:

Grey Burnett
R1: BYE
R2: Win by technical fall, 10-0, over Dale O'Bila, NJRTC (1:56)
QF: vs. Henry Aslikyan, Cliff Keen Wrestling

65kg

Sam Herring
R1: Win by fall over Gage Spurgeon, Sebolt Wrestling Academy :)32)
QF: Lost by decision, 14-8, to Clinton Shepherd, Class of 2027 PSU commit
CQF: vs. Maximus Brady, Panther Wrestling Club

Clinton Shepherd
R1: Win by technical fall, 13-0, over Colin Kuhn, Michigan (1:11)
QF: Win by decision, 14-8, over Sam Herring, Class of 2026 Penn State signee
SF: vs. Kellen Wolbert, Askren Wrestling Academy

79kg

Asher Cunningham
R1: Win by technical fall, 10-0, over Maximus Dhabolt, Sebolt Wrestling Academy (3:45)
QF: vs. Sullivan Ramos, Ranger Wrestling Club
 

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Grey Burnett vs. Henry Aslikyan

We're underway. Burnett has a front head lock early and uses it to get a leg in and and eventually throw Aslikyan to his back for a takedown and 2-0 lead. He's trying to gut him and does to make it 4-0. Off a restart, Aslikyna is in on a leg but Burnett counters for two exposures and as they scramble Aslikyan comes out with a front headlock before Brunett dives back in on a leg and all of that leads to a Aslikyan one point exposure to 6-1 and then a takedown to 6-3 and then a stalemate at 4:13.

Burnett shoots on the restart and finishes the takedown attempt to make it 8-3 at 3:49. Stalemate shortly thereafter. On the restart, they come together and then break apart. First period ends neutral with Burnett leading 8-3.
 

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Mitchell was in Herring corner
Howe was in Shepard corner
Made me think about how a Mitchell vs Howe match would've gone . Not sure how that would go but Howe would definitely slow Mitchell down I'm just not sure if he would have the offense to win.
 
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Grey Burnett vs. Henry Aslikyan

We're underway. Burnett has a front head lock early and uses it to get a leg in and and eventually throw Aslikyan to his back for a takedown and 2-0 lead. He's trying to gut him and does to make it 4-0. Off a restart, Aslikyna is in on a leg but Burnett counters for two exposures and as they scramble Aslikyan comes out with a front headlock before Brunett dives back in on a leg and all of that leads to a Aslikyan one point exposure to 6-1 and then a takedown to 6-3 and then a stalemate at 4:13.

Burnett shoots on the restart and finishes the takedown attempt to make it 8-3 at 3:49. Stalemate shortly thereafter. On the restart, they come together and then break apart. First period ends neutral with Burnett leading 8-3.

The second period is underway. Burnett is in on te first shot attempt and hets a leg in and is working on the edge for a takedown and gets it for a 10-3 lead at 2:21. Stalemate at 2:15. Good scramble now at 1:32 after a brief lull in the action. Aslikyan is in good position to score and eventually does at 1:01 to make it 10-5. Stalemate at :55. Aslikuan drives through on a shot attempt and gets a step out at :40 to make it 10-6 still in favor of Burnett. Aslikyan drops on a leg off the restart but Burnett fends it off with a front headlock and they break apart. At 15, Shepherd drops on a nice low single and doesn't finish the shot but doesn't need to.

Burnett d Aslikyan 10-6
 

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Grey Burnett vs. Henry Aslikyan

We're underway. Burnett has a front head lock early and uses it to get a leg in and and eventually throw Aslikyan to his back for a takedown and 2-0 lead. He's trying to gut him and does to make it 4-0. Off a restart, Aslikyna is in on a leg but Burnett counters for two exposures and as they scramble Aslikyan comes out with a front headlock before Brunett dives back in on a leg and all of that leads to a Aslikyan one point exposure to 6-1 and then a takedown to 6-3 and then a stalemate at 4:13.

Burnett shoots on the restart and finishes the takedown attempt to make it 8-3 at 3:49. Stalemate shortly thereafter. On the restart, they come together and then break apart. First period ends neutral with Burnett leading 8-3.

The second period is underway. Burnett is in on te first shot attempt and hets a leg in and is working on the edge for a takedown and gets it for a 10-3 lead at 2:21. Stalemate at 2:15. Good scramble now at 1:32 after a brief lull in the action. Aslikyan is in good position to score and eventually does at 1:01 to make it 10-5. Stalemate at :55. Aslikuan drives through on a shot attempt and gets a step out at :40 to make it 10-6 still in favor of Burnett. Aslikyan drops on a leg off the restart but Burnett fends it off with a front headlock and they break apart. At 15, Shepherd drops on a nice low single and doesn't finish the shot but doesn't need to.

Shepherd d Aslikyan 10-6
Tag team match? 😉
 

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Cam Howard on deck mat 2

Howard is still a boy. Just getting overpowered. He looks super small for 74kg as well. Howard loses 9-2 to Crosson
 
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Just an FYI, and I could be wrong (I am a lot) but I think they'll be a sizable break after Cunningham's match until the next PSU guy wrestles while they work through QFs at 86, 92, 97, and 125, but we'll see.
 

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Before anyone asks (and maybe nobody will) but yes, there are challenge bricks in this tournament.

 

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Asher Cunningham vs. Sullivan Ramos

We're underway. Ramos was diving in on a leg but there is an issue with the clock, from the sounds of it, so there was a stoppage. Now, the FLO technical difficulty screen is up. And now it's gone. But both wrestlers are now in their corners as they work out whatever this issue is.
 

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Crosson being up 9-0 wasn't something I saw happening
Me either. He looked tiny and kind of just got horsed around. He didn’t attack like I usually see either. It’s a big step up to U20. Both Ariah Mills and Howard lose while being on the U17 team
 

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Me either. He looked tiny and kind of just got horsed around. He didn’t attack like I usually see either. It’s a big step up to U20. Both Ariah Mills and Howard lose while being on the U17 team
Agree he looked small and Crosson is good in the handfight
 

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Asher Cunningham vs. Sullivan Ramos

We're underway. Ramos was diving in on a leg but there is an issue with the clock, from the sounds of it, so there was a stoppage. Now, the FLO technical difficulty screen is up. And now it's gone. But both wrestlers are now in their corners as they work out whatever this issue is.

We're back underway after that delay. Clock is at 5:51. Mesenbrink and Casey are in Asher's corner.

Ramos is in on a low single as Cunningham goes up over top of his shoulders. Ramos still has a leg but not for long as Cunningham circles behind for a 2-0 lead before a stalemate at 4:51.

I have having tremendous buffering issues, so apologies in advance if I miss anything.

They're neutral at 4:31 as Ramos drops in on a leg again before Cunningham comes through his legs for two exposures and a 4-0 lead. They have each other's ankles now before a stalemate at 4:00. Cunningham corner is challenging at the end of that sequence. Casey Cunningham is standing with his hands on his hips and a look of disbelief that he actually had to throw it. But the challenge is not awarded, giving Ramos a point and making it 4-1 at 4:00.

Cunningham is in on a low single off the restart but it's Ramos who ends up with four points out of the exchange and a 5-4 lead**. Unfortuantely the FLO replay isn't cooperating so I can't go back and see what happened. Cunningham is up now and stretching a bit while holding his stomach. Injury time is over. Cunningham starts down of course. Back underway. They're neutral now and that's the period.

Ramos leads Cunningham 5-4 after one.
 
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If you wondered if I could flip laundry during the break, I could. This is absurd. Still not back to wrestling.
 

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Asher Cunningham vs. Sullivan Ramos

We're underway. Ramos was diving in on a leg but there is an issue with the clock, from the sounds of it, so there was a stoppage. Now, the FLO technical difficulty screen is up. And now it's gone. But both wrestlers are now in their corners as they work out whatever this issue is.

We're back underway after that delay. Clock is at 5:51. Mesenbrink and Casey are in Asher's corner.

Ramos is in on a low single as Cunningham goes up over top of his shoulders. Ramos still has a leg but not for long as Cunningham circles behind for a 2-0 lead before a stalemate at 4:51.

I have having tremendous buffering issues, so apologies in advance if I miss anything.

They're neutral at 4:31 as Ramos drops in on a leg again before Cunningham comes through his legs for two exposures and a 4-0 lead. They have each other's ankles now before a stalemate at 4:00. Cunningham corner is challenging at the end of that sequence. Casey Cunningham is standing with his hands on his hips and a look of disbelief that he actually had to throw it. But the challenge is not awarded, giving Ramos a point and making it 4-1 at 4:00.

Cunningham is in on a low single off the restart but it's Ramos who ends up with four points out of the exchange and a 5-4 lead**. Unfortuantely the FLO replay isn't cooperating so I can't go back and see what happened. Cunningham is up now and stretching a bit while holding his stomach. Injury time is over. Cunningham starts down of course. Back underway. They're neutral now and that's the period.

Ramos leads Cunningham 5-4 after one.

The second period is underway after a seven minute break. The scoreboard is no longer working nor the clock on FLO though so this wil be fun. Ramos gets 2 and 2 to make it 9-4 before Cunningham gets one back to make it 9-5. And now we have anotehr stoppage. Stream is no longer working so we're going off USA Bracketing. Two for Cunningham makes it 9-7 at :52. Ramos answers back with two of his own to 11-7 at :28. A takedown makes it 13-7. That's the final

Ramos d. Cunningham 13-7
 

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Where things stand for Penn State at 12:20 p.m. ET and what comes next​

Two of Penn State wrestling's five representatives in the U20 World Team Trials challenge tournament are into the semifinals and still hoping to join Jayden James in the best-of-three finals later today. Clinton Shepherd took out future teammate Sam Herring in the 65kg quarters, while Asher Cunningham fell in that round at 79kg, as well. Shepherd is joined in the semis by 57kg Class of 2027 signee Grey Burnett. They won't take the mat for a bit, as heavier quarterfinals are ongoing in addition to consolation bracket action.

We will provide an update here once the semifinals are underway.

Results so far:

57kg:

Grey Burnett
R1: BYE
R2: Win by technical fall, 10-0, over Dale O'Bila, NJRTC (1:56)
QF: Win by decision, 10-6, over Henry Aslikyan, Cliff Keen Wrestling
SF: vs. Paul Kenny, Hawkeye RTC

65kg

Sam Herring
R1: Win by fall over Gage Spurgeon, Sebolt Wrestling Academy :)32)
QF: Lost by decision, 14-8, to Clinton Shepherd, Class of 2027 PSU commit
CR2: vs. Maximus Brady, Panther Wrestling Club

Clinton Shepherd
R1: Win by technical fall, 13-0, over Colin Kuhn, Michigan (1:11)
QF: Win by decision, 14-8, over Sam Herring, Class of 2026 Penn State signee
SF: vs. Kellen Wolbert, Askren Wrestling Academy

79kg

Asher Cunningham
R1: Win by technical fall, 10-0, over Maximus Dhabolt, Sebolt Wrestling Academy (3:45)
QF: Lost by decision, 13-7, to Sullivan Ramos, Ranger Wrestling Club
CR2: vs. Ben Smith, EAP