Penn State @ Black Knight Invitational '25 tournament thread

donaldfair71

Senior
Jul 4, 2005
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133 Final- Marcus Blaze vs. Ethan Berginc

Period 1:
Blaze is up 6-1, 1:16 left. Berginc is down. He gets to a quadpod, then his feet & gets the escape, 6-2. Circling & hand fighting. Blaze snaps & is reaching for an ankle, but Berginc fights him off. Stalemate & restart. More circling & hand fighting to end the period. 6-2 Blaze, +1:25 RT

Period 2:
Blaze takes down & gets the escape, 7-2. Tying up & hand fighting again. Blaze gets to a leg & finishes the TD, 10-2. Blaze is riding off the edge of the screen. I can't see what he's doing, just his head now. Out of bounds & restart. Blaze goes optional. Berginc gets the escape, 10-3. Circling & hand fighting again. Blaze presses forward. He tries to get a leg, but no luck. Berginc reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Blaze tries to pick an ankle, but time expires. 10-3 Blaze, +1:56 RT

Period 3:
Berginc takes down. He works for the escape, 10-4. Blaze attacks immediately & gets another TD, 13-4, then cuts Berginc, 13-5. Blaze reaches for a leg & finishes the TD, 16-5. I don't know what is going on the with scoreboard operators today, but they're super slow. Now, it's 17-6. Blaze adds another TD, 20-6, 30-sec left. Berginc kicks loose, but they go out of bounds, 16-sec left. Blaze rides out Berginc & adds a RT point for the 21-6 Tech!

Marcus Blaze TECH Ethan Berginc 21-6
This shouldn’t go under the radar. Berginc doesn’t get teched like this usually and his losses are low scoring decisions.
 

SlipperyPete

All-Conference
May 11, 2021
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174 FINAL- Levi Haines vs. William Henckel

Period 1:
Circling & hand fighting. Levi presses forward. Levi reaches for a leg, but Henckel circles away & back to center. Levi presses forward again. He shoots on the edge, but Henckel circles back to center. Levi shoots & gets a leg. Henckel locks around the waist. Levi keeps working & finishes the TD, 3-0. Levi rides out the remaining 17-sec. 3-0 Levi, +17-sec RT

Period 2:
Levi takes down. He works to his feet & gets the escape, 4-0. Levi tried to pick Henckel's ankle off the escape & has a big smile for Henckel when he comes back on the mat. Levi shoots & gets a leg, but Henckel fights him off. Hand fighting & tying up. Levi shoots, gets a leg, but Henckel gets one too & they're head to feet. Stalemate & restart. Henckel's good. That looked like a clear TD for Levi, but Henckel fought him off. Circling & hand fighting again. Levi presses forward & they go off the screen. Henckel works back into view, but Levi pushes him off the screen again & time expires.

Period 3:
Henckel takes neutral. Circling & hand fighting. Levi presses forward & shoots. He gets to a leg, but Henckel fights him off again. Out of bounds & restart. Tying up & hand fighting again. Henckel reaches for a leg, but Levi circles away. Levi reaches, but can't finish. Levi presses forward again. Henckel circles around the mat. Levi shoots, but can't get there. He shoots again, but can't finish. Henckel shoots, but Levi blocks him off. Levi shoots & gets a leg, but time expires. Wow! Tough match.

Levi Haines DEC William Henckel 4-0
 
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SlipperyPete

All-Conference
May 11, 2021
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184 Final- Rocco Welsh vs. Asher Cunningham

Period 1:
Circling, head tapping & some hand fighting. Cunningham pushes forward a little. Rocco circles back to center. Rocco pushes forward & has Cunningham near the edge. Out of bounds & restart. Circling & head tapping. Lots of head taps & slaps, but not much more so far. Rocco pushes forward. Cunningham pushes back to center. Rocco drops to a leg & trips Cunningham to the mat for the TD, 3-0. Out of bounds & restart. Cunningham is still down. Cunningham works to his feet & gets the escape, 3-1. Circling, head tapping & slapping. Rocco drives forward, but can't find an opening. Circling & hand fighting to end the period. 3-1 Rocco

Period 2:
Cunningham takes down. He turns & gets the escape, 3-2. Circling, hand fighting & tying up. Cunningham presses forward. Rocco shoots, but Cunningham gets poked in the eye & we're stopped. Back to action. Hand fighting & head slapping again. Cunningham shoots. Rocco counters & finishes the TD, 6-2. Cunningham works to his feet & gets the escape, 6-3. Tying up & hand fighting. Rocco pushes forward & off the screen. Out of bounds & restart. Back to circling, hand fighting & tying up. More of the same to end the period. 6-3 Rocco, +39-sec RT

Period 3:
Cunningham is bleeding, so we're slow to start the 3rd. Rocco takes neutral. He presses forward, but can't find an opening. Cunningham shoots & gets a leg, but Rocco fights him off. Rocco shoots & gets a leg, then finishes the TD, 9-3. Out of bounds & restart. Cunningham is still down. He gets to his feet & gets the escape, 9-4. Cunningham pushes forward. Rocco circles back to center. Circling & tying up. Rocco drops to a leg & finishes another TD, 12-4. Out of bounds & restart. Cunningham is still down. Rocco is over 1-min RT. Cunningham works to his feet, but Rocco hangs on for a bit, then gives up the escape, 12-5. And the feed cuts out with 15-sec left. "The action has ended...early." Rocco adds a RT point for the 13-5 major decision.

Rocco Welsh MD Asher Cunningham 13-5
 
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tikk

Junior
Nov 6, 2015
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Didn't look good. The debate is whether it's upper or lower body, I think it's arm/elbow/shoulder/hand. He didn't seem to be limping at all.
He immediately grabbed his right wrist/hand right after he's planted that hand on the mat in the process of shooting a double. His hand didn't get caught on anything, so I'm guessing it was simply the impact of hitting the mat. Freak injury.
 

Potterlion

Freshman
Jan 25, 2011
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He immediately grabbed his right wrist/hand right after he's planted that hand on the mat in the process of shooting a double. His hand didn't get caught on anything, so I'm guessing it was simply the impact of hitting the mat. Freak injury.

I agree, I also thought hand/wrist. I even wondered about a lower arm break. He didn't limp even slightly when coming off the mat and they didn't check his knee/ankle, etc.. We'll know this week if they need to tell us, but I agree with Jefe that we need not get too excited unless it's a season-ending injury, then we can discuss Davis' shirt.
 
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Fatwoodchuck

Sophomore
Oct 19, 2023
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I would be shocked if this actually changes anything at 125. Desmond should redshirt. Lilledahl ain’t going anywhere
I don't know, figuring Ono in next year puts one on the bench. There are red shirts but Sidun comes into play too after next year. Oh the good problems.
 
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