70kg SF- Tyler Kasak vs. Caleb Henson
Period 1:
Tyler's one of my favorite wrestlers & I'm going to miss seeing him in the line-up this year. Here we go. Circling & tying up. Henson pushes forward. Kasak goes 2 on 1 & drives Henson across the mat & out of bounds, 1-0. Circling & tying up again. Henson pushes forward. Kasak drops to his knees, then circles back in & they work back to center. Tying up & pushing. Kasak pushes forward a little. Henson pushes back. Henson gets a passivity warning. Head tapping, then tying up. Henson tries a throw by & slips a little, but Kasak can't take advantage. Back to center circling & tying up. Henson gets a 2nd passivity call & goes on the clock. Henson tries an underhook. & drives Kasak across the mat. Kasak counters & pushes back to center. Kasak gets a shot clock point, 2-0. Kasak pushes Henson near the edge & they break. Henson circles around the mat, then shoots, but Kasak blocks him off. Stoppage & restart. Henson with a hard slap. Stoppage, warning & restart. Henson pushes Kasak to the edge. Kasak snaps & circles back in. Henson looks for a shot, but time expires. 2-0 Kasak
Period 2:
Back to action. Circling, then tying up & hand fighting a little. Kasak gets poked in the eye. I thought the ref awarded a point to Kasak, but it doesn't go up on the board. Back to action. Henson pushes forward. Kasak circles back in. Henson takes Kasak to the edge again & drives him out, 2-1. Back to neutral. Henson reaches for a low leg, but can't get there. He drives Kasak to the edge, then tries a trip & drops to a leg. Kasak is fighting him off & they go out of bounds. Henson gets a step out, 2-2, but that was close to a takedown. Tying up in the center. Kasak shoots, then drives forward hard & takes Henson out, 3-2. Henson shoots. Kasak counters & circles back to center. Kasak pushes forward now. Henson reverses position & has Kasak on the edge. Kasak turns the tables & takes Henson out, 4-2. Back to neutral. Henson pushes forward & has Kasak on the edge again. Henson shoots, Kasak sprawls back, but steps out, point Henson, 4-3. Kasak is down on the mat injured. The trainer is blocking the view, but it looks like they're working on Tyler's right leg. 1:09 left in the period.
Kasak is up & we're back to action. I'm not sure what the injury was. He might have just taken a shot to the jewels. Kasak is back down on the mat & it looks like a lower right leg issue. Kasak is back up with a heavily taped right ankle. Henson pushes forward. Kasak circles around the edge. Henson keeps coming, but Kasak fights him off. Henson shoots & again. Kasak grabs a leg & elevates it, 30-sec left. Kasak gets Henson hopping on one leg. Kasak takes Henson to the edge. Henson is trying to turn in, but Kasak finishes the TD on the edge, 6-3, as time expires. What a match by Tyler! It would have been nice watching those two in the 157-pound college championship this year, but it's PJ time.
Tyler Kasak DEC Caleb Henson 6-3