Penn State wrestlers set for Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational, Journeymen Collegiate Classic this weekend

Penn State wrestlers, past, present, and future, will be in action at two different tournaments this weekend. Four with ties to the Nittany Lions will compete at the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational on Saturday. The one-day men’s freestyle event is held annually at the New York Athletic Club. Nittany Lion newcomer Masanosuke Ono will compete in the 57-kilogram division. Class of 2026 verbal commit Sam Herring of Johnstown, Pa., Bishop McCort, is in the 61-kilogram bracket. Former Penn State All-American Beau Bartlett will wrestle in the 65-kilogram weight class. And, current Nittany Lion and two-time All-American Tyler Kasak is in the 70-kilogram division.

Brackets for the men’s freestyle tournament will be drawn Saturday morning after weigh-ins. Those are from 7-7:30 a.m. ET. Brackets and Results are available at the link on USABracketing.com. Note that you will need to create a free account. USA Wrestling is also streaming the event live and for free on YouTube. You can find a link to all three individual mat feeds below, which will go live when the action starts at 10 a.m. ET:

Mat 1 | Mat 2 | Mat 3

Four Penn State wrestlers set for Sunday tournament

Moving on to Sunday, four current Penn State wrestlers will compete at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic. FLO Wrestling writes:

“This college wrestling bonanza will feature competitors from the following schools: Appalachian State, Army West Point, Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Clarion, Columbia, Duke, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Hofstra, Indiana, Lehigh, LIU, Lock Haven, Maryland, Navy, Northern Iowa, Penn, Penn State, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, and Virginia. Wrestlers will start in a group, usually divided into two pools of about three. Winners of those pools will face off for an opportunity to become group champions. 

“Each group is color coded, which is listed below after each wrestler’s school. Pools will be determined after weigh-ins. The groups are also subject to change before first whistle.”

Connor Pierce, Joe Sealey, Sam Beckett, and Dawson Bundy will be representing the Nittany Lions at the one-day tournament in Bethlehem. Here are their current group assignments:

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Connor Pierce, Penn State – Green

Caleb Sweet, Binghamton – Green

Mason Barvitskie, Army West Point – Green

Devon Magro, Rutgers – Green

CJ Feree, Franklin & Marshall – Green

Brayden Fahrbach, Appalachian State – Green

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Griffin Gonzalez, Lehigh – Red

Brayden Roberts, LIU – Red

Jackson Polo, Penn – Red

Joe Sealey, Penn State – Red

Nate Rickards, Virginia – Red

Conner Harer, Rutgers – Red

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Owen Quinn, Lehigh – Red

John Martin Best, Maryland – Red

Paul Ognissanti, Penn – Red

Sam Beckett, PSU – Red

Jack Thomsen, Northern Iowa – Red

Michael Murphy, Virginia – Red

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Adrian Sans, Hofstra – Green

Max Ohamuo, LIU – Green

Miller Ethan, Lock Haven – Green

Joey Schneck, Maryland – Green

Dawson Bundy, PSU – Green

Dom Iaquinto, Navy – Green

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