That was happens it starts as a sore and spreads into the knee
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Staph infections from the skin can spread to deeper tissue, especially if there was a cut or something. Obviously, I have no idea if that’s what happened here
Have seen it personally on an athlete go from what looked like an ingrown hair on a Friday to being in the hospital and having surgery to remove the infection from the knee on Monday. He then had tubes inserted to drain it and a home nurse for a few weeks. It wasn't handled properly by the head coach which lead to him transferring.
In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
yea, pretty gross. Had a teamate that had a propensity to get them on his elbow. I cam back from a freestyle tourney in Joliet in the late 70s with something all over my backside. Ended up on antibiotics, soaking them in hot Epson salt (cloth) and then I think I lost a lot of weight when 'squeezed'. I think I got them by continued running in my nylon bottoms trying to make weight. Would run a few miles, weigh in, then back at it. Needless to say it was a long ride back to central Pa with something happening 'back there'In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
As an aside, one time in grad school I got some sort of boil just under my jaw. It festered and got bigger and redder until I said - **** it. Put a huge needle in a hot pot, boiled it, pulled it out and slowly shoved it in the boil. There was resistance - and pain - until, finally, I penetrated the pus cavern. The initial discharge splattered the bathroom mirror. Then I started squeezing hard and rivulets of pus kept pouring out. It was both disgusting and a huge relief.In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
Put some neospirin on it and I was good to go. Just have a small scar these many decades later.
Hah! Poor student too lazy to go to student health.
That was also the year I drank a shot and a beer every time the 49ers scored in the Super Bowl. I was wrecked by the 3rd quarter. Final score 55-10. I walked/stumbled home sometime in the 4th Q - about a mile and a half walk. Somewhat sobered up when I got back to our suite because it took a while. Asked my very studious suite mate who won. He said - how the **** do I know - you were the one watching the game.
I have no idea how I didn’t need to boot that night.
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yea, pretty gross. Had a teamate that had a propensity to get them on his elbow. I cam back from a freestyle tourney in Joliet in the late 70s with something all over my backside. Ended up on antibiotics, soaking them in hot Epson salt (cloth) and then I think I lost a lot of weight when 'squeezed'. I think I got them by continued running in my nylon bottoms trying to make weight. Would run a few miles, weigh in, then back at it. Needless to say it was a long ride back to central Pa with something happening 'back there'
RBY was hospitalized for a few days back in 2021 when his leg got infected with something or other (MRSA?).
Does anyone have an official updated match schedule?
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Jax Forrest vs Marcus Blaze - 2026 Final X Wrestling Preview & Prediction - FloWrestling
A full preview plus predictions for the 2026 61 kg Final X series between Jax Forrest and Marcus Blaze.
Does that mean Spencer will have less time between matches?
12 OR 1230 pm - True Thirds
2pm - First Round
5pm - Second Round
3rd Round will be 30 minutes after 2nd Round, if necessary.
I will be here!
I do have one thing to take care of Friday morning that might bleed into some of the true third matches, which would lead me to post just results from those, but TBD on that. I'll update everyone Friday morning, but despite that, I will be here and ready to roll 2 - whenever for the Final X finals themselves.
Just an FYI, the most recent USA Wrestling news release lists a 12:30 p.m. ET start for the true third matches.
Also, before someone asks: There is no indication that the second round could start earlier than 5 p.m. ET even though with fewer matches I assume that first round session will end earlier than it usually does.
Flo guys said to be ready at 1200. I think USA Wrestling did the same thing last year and started True Thirds early.
And correct. No matter what - 5pm is start time for 2nd round.
I'm half waiting for him to look like John Riggins back in the day with an oxygen mask.
Match order is out for Final X:
Match 1 – 125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Air Force WCAP) vs. Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 2 – 70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Training Mercury WC) vs. Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 3 – 79 kg – Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Chance Marsteller (Reading, Pa./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 4 – 74 kg – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 6 – 61 kg – Marcus Blaze (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 7 – 57 kg – Luke Lilledahl (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 8 – 86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 1 – 125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Air Force WCAP) vs. Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 2 – 70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Training Mercury WC) vs. Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 3 – 79 kg – Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Chance Marsteller (Reading, Pa./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 4 – 74 kg – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 6 – 61 kg – Marcus Blaze (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 7 – 57 kg – Luke Lilledahl (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 8 – 86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Women’s Freestyle Best-of-Three Series Match Order
Match 1 – 65 kg – Kayla Miracle (Phoenix, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jennifer Page (Bellefonte, Pa./Titan Mercury WC)Match 2 – 55 kg – Everest Leydecker (Phoenix, Ariz./Thorobred WC/New York AC) vs. Areana Villaescusa (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP)
Match 3 – 59 kg – Abigail Nette (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Alexis Janiak (Plainfield, Ill./Titan Mercury WC)
Match 4 – 53 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Elena Ivaldi (Rocklin, Calif.)
Match 5 – 72 kg – Alexandria Glaude (Menlo Park, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)*
Match 6 – 50 kg – Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Morgan Turner (Chicago, Ill./All I See Is Gold Academy/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 7 – 62 kg – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 8 – 57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Scottsdale, Ariz./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amanda Martinez (Riverside, Ill./Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)
*Alexandria Glaude has withdrawn from Final X due to injury. Amit Elor must complete the Final X process by making weight and receiving a forfeit on the mat in Newark.
Wrestlers with rumored tough cuts, Marsteller, Lee and Valencia. Marsteller must have PO'd someone.
The bout order for the true third matches are out, as well:
Match 2 – 79 kg – Evan Wick (Madison, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Patrick Kennedy (West Concord, Minn./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 3 – 86 kg – Parker Keckeisen (Glendale, Wis./Panther WC-RTC) vs. Aeoden Sinclair (Columbia, Mo./Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 4 – 92 kg – Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Seth Shumate (Dublin, Ohio/Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Benjamin Davino (South Elgin, Ill./Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 65 kg – Joey McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Beau Bartlett (Hoboken, N.J./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)^
^ The 65 kg true-third match will be wrestled on Mat B alongside the 61 kg true-third match
Men’s Freestyle True-Third Matches Match Order
Match 1 – 70 kg – Landon Robideau (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Caleb Henson (Cartersville, Ga./Southeast RTC/Titan Mercury WC)Match 2 – 79 kg – Evan Wick (Madison, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Patrick Kennedy (West Concord, Minn./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 3 – 86 kg – Parker Keckeisen (Glendale, Wis./Panther WC-RTC) vs. Aeoden Sinclair (Columbia, Mo./Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 4 – 92 kg – Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Seth Shumate (Dublin, Ohio/Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Benjamin Davino (South Elgin, Ill./Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
Match 5 – 65 kg – Joey McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Beau Bartlett (Hoboken, N.J./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)^
^ The 65 kg true-third match will be wrestled on Mat B alongside the 61 kg true-third match
Final X match order: When will Penn State wrestlers be on the mat Friday in Newark?
Penn State wrestling connections will take the mat Friday at Final X with a spot on the Senior Team USA on the line.
Being black doesn't get you Friday off? Funny thing is most people don't believe you are black
Bro. I wish. Corporate America.
We don't even get Friday, July 3 off. Get an additional "personal" day