https://scarletknights.com/news/2025/11/20/no-14-wrestling-sends-full-squad-to-keystone-classic.aspx
Barbosa is expected to compete, but no Cotton.
Barbosa is expected to compete, but no Cotton.
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No. 14 Wrestling Sends Full Squad to Keystone Classic
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Hermes up to 157? Up two weights and no Nini. Barbosa is now second to Ford. Freeman up two and stronger than Casale and Packer?
I think Ford got the higher seed bc he had that ranked win this season. This tourney will be telling who has the edge to start post season.
I think "indicator" matches would tell us something if we were allowed to know.
I think everything is taken into consideration, wrestleoffs, indicator matches, how they fare in open competition .. the whole point is to send who u think has the best chances to score at nationals.
Chapman with a nice win over the 3 seed. Bassett from LHU
The guy that Barbosa beat won Ironman a few years back (Blair kid). Gritty 1st match of the season.
Smith looked good.
Parkins with two gritty wins.
Chapman had some good riding time on a Graduate Senior
Joey O handling business in 1st match.
Didn't catch the other matches yet.
Smith looked good.
Parkins with two gritty wins.
Chapman had some good riding time on a Graduate Senior
Joey O handling business in 1st match.
Didn't catch the other matches yet.
Smith, Shawver and Olivieri in finals and Clark in semis along with White and Barbosa in semis. Pingo and Chapman in semis along with SCW. Kafka in semis.
Barbosa wrestled Burton tough . 9-6 loss but had a TD in the first and close to another 2
Didn’t realize Queen was ranked 17th in the country. I was a big fan of his at Vianney, he had so much strength and athleticism and was a takedown machine.
Sigh, doesn’t look like Shawver made a jump of improvement from last year.. too many scratch ur head losses..
He promised to win a national title the year after he AA and only since regressed it feels..
Overall, at best a so/so performance. We have no one who is dominant and next level. Done watching White wrestle. Same crap every year. Wish we had anyone but him. Clark has zero offense.
Smith IMO best performance on team. Has showed a lot of improvement.
wish we saw our 97s, Nini and Ford.
gritty matches by Olivieri and Pinto.
Bad losses by SCW, Shawver.
Hope all is ok with Catka.
Smith IMO best performance on team. Has showed a lot of improvement.
wish we saw our 97s, Nini and Ford.
gritty matches by Olivieri and Pinto.
Bad losses by SCW, Shawver.
Hope all is ok with Catka.
No. 14 Wrestling Crowns Three Champions at Keystone Classic - Rutgers University Athletics
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – No. 14 Rutgers wrestling secured a team title at the 2025 Keystone Classic on Sunday in Philadelphia. Three Scarlet Knights – No. 8 Lenny Pinto
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Think Shawver has capped out on his abilities.Low AA at best this year, but most likely a round of 12'er, again Its the same ole , same ole speexh we hear every year, about " I want to be a national champ".Shawver aint winning no national title, thats for sure. There is too much separation between where he is at right now, and the top 5 in the country.White, is like watching the kid who plays in a game only because his dad is a coach. He looks helpless out there.Clarks offense is probably the worst I've seen in the last couple of years.Its like he is a prancing pixie in a high school play out there.Just dances around for our entertainment.Catka.I was high on him, but seems like he maybe lucky to win 1 at the NCAAs this year, if he is lucky. SCW, looked not so good, either.Tough kid but wrestles so stiff and too one dimensional. Pinto looked tough, but if he wants to AA this year, he has to stay consistent and progress.Joey O, tough grind out win in OT, but if he is going to jump levels, he can't keep it close with guys like that.Kid came to scrap with Joey O. Smith seemed to be the only shinning star yesterday, but that kid he beat was no world beater.Im sure they will all get better as the season progresses, but it sounds like we off to a typical Rutgers Wrestling season. All talk and no results.Need to start looking for a new head coach...plain and simple.I don't care how much hate I get for saying that, but others agree, and the NJ wrestling community wants team that is comparable to level of the high schools