Iowa vs. Utah Valley Wrestling
The Hawkeyes are wrestling in Vernal, UT tonight. I hadn't seen anywhere on the site that we were having a live thread or anything like that, and, since I have no life, I decided to add what I have heard on the radio so far. (I could be wrong about the Utah Valley wrestlers. I am trying to fill them in from memory and their roster after the fact.)
125: Matt McDonough vs. Benjamin Kjar- Controlled the match, but did not look good, per the announcers. Scored a 7-4 decision. 3-0 Iowa.
133: Dan Dennis vs. Flint Ray (I think, there are 3 Rays at 133 on their roster) - With the lead late in the second and riding time advantage, Dennis was reversed to a 2 pt near fall, making the score 4-3 for the Utah Valley wrestler. Dennis gained the one minute of riding time back, but released his opponent to make it 5-3. It remained that until 3 seconds left, when, with a desperation shot, Dennis scored the takedown to tie. 3 seconds later time expired with Dennis with just over a minute of riding time for a 6-5 win. 6-0 Hawks
141: Montell Marion vs. Jeffery Newby- Outscored his opponent 20-7 for the major decision. 10-0 Hawks
149: The Brent Metcalf vs. Justin Morrill- Fall at 1:43 of the first. Nothing else to say, the dude isn't human. 16-0 Hawks
157: Jake Kerr vs. Clay Frost- After a sluggish, unimpressive start, Kerr turns it on for a major decision 12-4. 20-0 Hawks
165: M* vs. Jeff Clark- Weird. Very little action in the first period. Scoreless match until M* gets nearfall points from the top to start second. Morningstar wins 3-1. 23-0 Hawks
174: Jay Borschel vs. Brad Darrington: Apparently Darrington, and UVU, for that matter, scored a big upset last night against Boise St. JayBo yawns his approval and then proceeds to impose his will for 7 minutes. Not an impressive score, but the match was never in doubt. JayBo had 9 hours of riding time and wins 8-2. 26-0 Hawks.
184: Hometown Hero Phil Keddy vs. Casen Eldredge- In a match taking place in his former high school's (Uintah High School, I assume this is by design, and a nice touch) gymnasium, with 42 family members in attendance, Phil took a 2-1 lead after 1. He quickly escaped and got an immediate takedown to make it 5-1. From there, Keddy took several shots that were not successful, but still productive, as he forced several stall calls. Eldredge did his best Steve Prefontaine impression, running away all over the place (at least out of bounds a whole lot) the whole 3rd period. Keddy cruises to 9-3 decision. 29-0 Hawks
197: Luke Lofthouse vs. Josh Wood- Incidentally, during this match the announcers said that Beatty made the trip, but his foot is in a boot. He has been practicing a bit, but only against lighter guys. This is also somewhat of a homecoming for Double L. Luke wrestles pretty well, despite giving up a takedown in the 3rd, and gets the decision 12-5. 32-0 Hawks
HWT: Dan Erekson wins by forfeit. 38-0 Hawks.
It was a dominating performance against a lesser opponent, but it did not sound terribly impressive. I may be wrong about this, but I think, for the second meet in a row, Lofthouse's opponent scored the one and only take down for the opposing team in the whole meet. When the opponent scores 95% (figuratively speaking, I wouldn't actually do math for this) of their match points on release escapes, it's hard to argue with the results, even if it wasn't exactly what Brands wants to see.
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7th shutout win this season...
After already beating their previous season record of 5. Nice going, Hawks.
by LoveItOrLeaveIt on Feb 6, 2010 8:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
To be fair.
It was probably hard for the Hawks to get motivated for this one. Travelling to the far reaches of the west during the height of the Big XI season probably threw them off a bit. A win is a win and a shutout win is good stuff no matter how you slice it. The Hawks will be more intense during the late season push that is coming. On another note who is planning to attend the NCAA’s in Omaha? I live 25 minutes from the Qwest center and work in Omaha. I plan on going to several of the sessions. Me thinks it might be appropriate to have a BHGP “Indoor Tailgate” sometime that week. I was out of town for the football one and would like to meet some of you guys.
I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train. - Hayden Fry
by NileKinnickIronman on Feb 6, 2010 9:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The Hawks had no problem getting up
UVU had just beaten Boise State and two Hawkeye wrestlers were competing in front of their families, freinds and locals. This was a huge weekend in Vernal with a big state tournament in town so that all the top high school kids could see the #1 team in the country.
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by Kluginator on Feb 6, 2010 11:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
also, a number of the individual bouts, especially the lights, were pretty close. A number more were competetive into the third period. UVU is tougher than a few big ten teams.
If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
by Kluginator on Feb 6, 2010 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
UVU just beat #8 Boise State this week.
by LoveItOrLeaveIt on Feb 6, 2010 11:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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