Good luck to our mat Hokies!
The wrestling program was almost ended a few years ago and was turned around by the right coach and with the right mentality. Their continued success is well-deserved; almost nothing exemplifies a Hokie more than a well-trained, scrappy wrestler performing above expectations (except for maybe a well-trained, scrappy soldier performing above expectations.)
Go Hokies!
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If they wrestle like they did in the ACCs, I'd say anywhere from 4 to 6 All-Americans. Pre-injury, I would have even said Carter would challenge for the title at 141. As it is, I'd say Dance, Gustafson, Carter, Neibert, Vetterlein, Penny and Walz have the best chance of being in the group. Moon just isn't quite on that level and Gabel is coming off a knee injury that made him seem pretty rusty at the ACCs.
Next years squad is going to be even deeper with guys coming off red-shirts and people getting healthy. Good shot at a 3 peat in the ACC.
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8 out of the 9 still alive in the tournament. Carter, Neibert and Penny still alive in the Championship brackets with a chance to clench All-American honors with wins in the morning session. Sitting in 10th place as a team.
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That's great news. Would be big to finish Top Ten as a team. Hopefully one of the boys finish off their bracket and win. Always good to have another National Champion.
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No, not good luck. Break a leg. More like, break your opponents legs.
Shoot, pretty sure Carter could actually break his leg and still win.
Chewie, is that you??
What is best in life?
Flashback to my childhood (I'm showing my age), turkey leg for you!
Good luck to our mat Hokies!
The wrestling program was almost ended a few years ago and was turned around by the right coach and with the right mentality. Their continued success is well-deserved; almost nothing exemplifies a Hokie more than a well-trained, scrappy wrestler performing above expectations (except for maybe a well-trained, scrappy soldier performing above expectations.)
Go Hokies!
Or a well trained, scrappy engineer. Or a horse. On a treadmill.
Since Chewie is a Hokie, I believe he has all the measurables and physical ability to be one helluva Tight End (or Quarterback).
I bet Chewie felt pretty good sending off the wrestling team like that. Probably like this:
does anyone know realistic expectations for hokies competing in the nationals?
If they wrestle like they did in the ACCs, I'd say anywhere from 4 to 6 All-Americans. Pre-injury, I would have even said Carter would challenge for the title at 141. As it is, I'd say Dance, Gustafson, Carter, Neibert, Vetterlein, Penny and Walz have the best chance of being in the group. Moon just isn't quite on that level and Gabel is coming off a knee injury that made him seem pretty rusty at the ACCs.
Next years squad is going to be even deeper with guys coming off red-shirts and people getting healthy. Good shot at a 3 peat in the ACC.
http://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling/recaps/20140320aab.html
8 out of the 9 still alive in the tournament. Carter, Neibert and Penny still alive in the Championship brackets with a chance to clench All-American honors with wins in the morning session. Sitting in 10th place as a team.
That's great news. Would be big to finish Top Ten as a team. Hopefully one of the boys finish off their bracket and win. Always good to have another National Champion.