Flashes show well at Hokie Open

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After opening the 2010-11 wrestling season with a dual-meet split on Saturday, the Kent State Golden Flashes participated in the Hokie Open on Sunday.

Dustin Kilgore won the squad's lone championship by finishing 4-0 at 197 pounds. Tyler Small and Matt Cathell both placed third. Small was 5-1 at 133 with his only loss coming in overtime in the semifinals to the eventual champion and Cathell finished 5-1 after losing to the eventual champion in the semifinals.

At 141, Chase Skonieczny finished fifth with a 5-2 record.

Steve Mitcheff (125), Ross Tice (165) and Brandonn Johnson (174) all finished sixth.

Mitcheff finished 6-3 after winning five straight consolation matches to reach the consolation semifinals.

Ross finished 3-3 and Johnson was 4-2.

The Flashes return to action on Nov. 13 when they travel to Hersey, Pa., to face Virginia Tech, Virginia and North Carolina in the Hershey Duals.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Damn! That's very close to me but I did not know about it and will be out of town that day. I would've liked to go watch that. It's being held at the historic Hersheypark Arena, home to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game.

Teams listed include:

Drexel
Edinboro
George Mason
Kent State
Lock Haven University
The Citadel
University of North Carolina
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech

Division II & III
Johns Hopkins
Shippensburg
Waynesburg
York College of PA
This post was edited on 11/8 6:55 AM by Polish-Hammer

 

[Polish-Hammer]

And in today's Patriot News, which is based in Harrisburg (PA) and is the local paper for Hershey, they have an article titled "ranked schools to wrestle at Duals". The article goes on to say "Virginia, at 22, and Virginia Tech, at 26, are in the preseason wrestling rankings. Edinboro is traditionally very strong". Thanks! Let's just overlook the fact that our team is ranked in the top 15.

The schedule has us against Virginia Tech at 9AM, against Virginia at noon and then North Carolina at 3PM. Our time to shine against such ranked opponents.
This post was edited on 11/11 7:21 AM by Polish-Hammer