2026 Southern Scuffle tournament thread
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At this rate, Asher's injured nose will heal before we start up again.
Cael is not only a wrestling God but hes a trend -setter.
I know, for a second I thought, "What the hell is Cael doing over there?" when I saw the bald American coach.
Ok. This is ridiculous at this point
And here I thought dealing with the transfer portal was bad.. this is a mess!
I see we even sent our backup trainer.
Stan Weekly is the man.
Asher is a roller coaster!!! So fun (and scary) to watch!
Second match in a row didn't get to see the end of match because of flo streaming problems.
Sorry to hear it. My feed has been perfect all weekend, fwiw.
Wow that was a marathon match. When there's a Cunningham on the mat, Casey's pretty liberal with the bricks.
197 Final: Josh Barr vs. Stephen Little (LR)
Period 1:
Here we go with one more! Head tapping & tying up. Barr with some snaps. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Barr with some snaps. He shoots a double & finishes the TD, 3-0. Barr hooks the leg & gets Little bellied out. Out of bounds & restart. Little is still down. He tries a roll, but Barr stays with him. Barr hooks a leg & works the wrist. Little calls for a stoppage. Injury time for Little. It looks like his heavily taped left knee. Little is up & ready to go. Back to action. Barr chooses down on the restart, 1:06 left. Barr works to a quadpod, then turns, but they go out of bounds, restart. Barr is still down. He works to his feet, gets hand control & the escape, 4-0. Barr presses forward. He shoots, but Little blocks him off. Out of bounds & restart. Little gets a stall warning & limps back to center. Barr presses forward & snaps, then shoots, but Little blocks him off. Little gets another stall call, point Barr, 5-0. Barr shoots on the edge. Little counters, but they go out of bounds. Little is slow back to center. Little's corner throws the brick. Challenge lost. The score says 5-0 Barr. Back to action. Circling & tying up. Little shoots, but no luck & time expires. 5-0 Barr, +27-sec
Period 2:
Barr takes down. He works up & tries to get away, but Little jumps back on top. Out of bounds & restart. Barr is still down. He pops up quickly & gets the escape, 6-0. Barr with some big snaps. Tying up again. Little shoots, but Barr blocks him off. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Little shoots, Barr counters & gets a leg, then finishes the TD, 9-0. Out of bounds & restart. Little starts down, 39-sec left. Barr breaks Little to his belly. Stoppage for something. Little starts down. He rolls & gets the escape, 9-1. Out of bounds & restart. Barr pokes Little in the eye & we're stopped. Back to action & time quickly expires. 9-1 Barr, +39-sec RT
Period 3:
Little takes neutral. Barr drives forward & gets a leg. Little kicks free on the edge. Barr keeps working with a toe in, but they go out of bounds, no scoring. Circling & tying up, 1-min left. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Barr with some more snaps. Barr takes Little to the edge. Little snaps, but they go out of bounds, restart. Tying up & hand fighting, 30-sec left. Barr with some more snaps. Little presses forward & shoots, but Barr circles away & takes the win!
Josh Barr MD Stephen Little 9-1
Josh Barr takes 1st Place! And that's a clean sweep for PSU! 5 for 5, baby!
Period 1:
Here we go with one more! Head tapping & tying up. Barr with some snaps. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Barr with some snaps. He shoots a double & finishes the TD, 3-0. Barr hooks the leg & gets Little bellied out. Out of bounds & restart. Little is still down. He tries a roll, but Barr stays with him. Barr hooks a leg & works the wrist. Little calls for a stoppage. Injury time for Little. It looks like his heavily taped left knee. Little is up & ready to go. Back to action. Barr chooses down on the restart, 1:06 left. Barr works to a quadpod, then turns, but they go out of bounds, restart. Barr is still down. He works to his feet, gets hand control & the escape, 4-0. Barr presses forward. He shoots, but Little blocks him off. Out of bounds & restart. Little gets a stall warning & limps back to center. Barr presses forward & snaps, then shoots, but Little blocks him off. Little gets another stall call, point Barr, 5-0. Barr shoots on the edge. Little counters, but they go out of bounds. Little is slow back to center. Little's corner throws the brick. Challenge lost. The score says 5-0 Barr. Back to action. Circling & tying up. Little shoots, but no luck & time expires. 5-0 Barr, +27-sec
Period 2:
Barr takes down. He works up & tries to get away, but Little jumps back on top. Out of bounds & restart. Barr is still down. He pops up quickly & gets the escape, 6-0. Barr with some big snaps. Tying up again. Little shoots, but Barr blocks him off. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Little shoots, Barr counters & gets a leg, then finishes the TD, 9-0. Out of bounds & restart. Little starts down, 39-sec left. Barr breaks Little to his belly. Stoppage for something. Little starts down. He rolls & gets the escape, 9-1. Out of bounds & restart. Barr pokes Little in the eye & we're stopped. Back to action & time quickly expires. 9-1 Barr, +39-sec RT
Period 3:
Little takes neutral. Barr drives forward & gets a leg. Little kicks free on the edge. Barr keeps working with a toe in, but they go out of bounds, no scoring. Circling & tying up, 1-min left. Barr reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Barr with some more snaps. Barr takes Little to the edge. Little snaps, but they go out of bounds, restart. Tying up & hand fighting, 30-sec left. Barr with some more snaps. Little presses forward & shoots, but Barr circles away & takes the win!
Josh Barr MD Stephen Little 9-1
Josh Barr takes 1st Place! And that's a clean sweep for PSU! 5 for 5, baby!
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Yes, and more.
2023 WNO: Zepeda MD Bassett 18-7
2024 Super 32 Finals: Bassett dec Zepeda 10-7 SV
2024 WNO: Bassett dec Zepeda 12-6
2025 U20 Trials: Bassett TF Zepeda 14-2
Zepeda seems to be trending in the wrong direction relative to Bassett. Or in Iowa-speak, he's leveling the field.
All these stoppages...wondering if it's fatigue fingers by Pete
The review was so long Campos went portal before order was restored and finished as a Rutgers wrestlerWow that was a marathon match. When there's a Cunningham on the mat, Casey's pretty liberal with the bricks.
5 for 5 in the finals. Is it still Saturday night? Deja Vu all over again
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Nobody knows the final score of Cunningham's match but he won. Barr won 9-1.
WNO is before Super 32 so it went WNO, WNO, S32, U20s
Also in 2023 was Zepeda won by Fall in 3rd PD (Was winning 18-7 plus 4 unadded backs at the time)
Asher won a close one, 12-9 or something like that. Josh beat Little 9-1 and honestly, just big brothered him. Admittedly, Little had a leg wrapped to start the match and he did tweak it a bit in the match, but Josh just horsed him around and looked really good (and that's tough to do against Little, who's both quick and strong).
Kyle Dake says Asher won 13-9
The bar has been raised, and as Guns would say...
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Penn State 143.5, some other school in PA 123.5.
Great job by this group and they were fun to watch. Wow, we are incredibly spoiled!
Anybody have any idea where Cunningham's second period escape, escaped too?
Penn State wrestling wins five Southern Scuffle titles; Braeden Davis wins at Edinboro.
Full results and recap from a busy weekend for the Nittany Lions: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-stat...stling-day-2-results-at-the-southern-scuffle/
Full results and recap from a busy weekend for the Nittany Lions: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-stat...stling-day-2-results-at-the-southern-scuffle/
Ah! "chancery". Thanks! Ha ha. Our coach/team permuted it to "chauncer". I guess that's how regional dialects used to develop. No Internet back then.
Wow, what a day! Thanks for all the updates Pete. Great banter today from the whole gang but I am still a bit confused on the Cement Cow thing.
Fantastic to get some matches for these guys......their development is unmistakable and wonderful to see. I can't believe Casey got to throw a brick in his son's match. Given his history of never being wrong, I am sure the ref was like sure coach, I mean Dad, I mean coach, whatever you want........kidding of course.
Hope for the best for Aaron.
Fantastic to get some matches for these guys......their development is unmistakable and wonderful to see. I can't believe Casey got to throw a brick in his son's match. Given his history of never being wrong, I am sure the ref was like sure coach, I mean Dad, I mean coach, whatever you want........kidding of course.
Hope for the best for Aaron.
I just hate to say it, but, is it feasible that Casey takes his two sons to Rutgers (or another university that needs a quality coach) so they can be starters. I’m sure the two sons will provide plenty of thrills if they stay at PSU, but, they might achieve more elsewhere. Casey would clearly be a top level head coach.
One of your very best pbp efforts. Great descriptions. Thanks.
Asher Cunningham and Josh Barr: So great that they can win wrestling matches while not actually wrestling for entire periods at a time
Let's be real. Slippery Pete coming over is the best thing that has ever happened to this board!
If so, he could be at OKST right now. They went after him. He said no.