Tonight at Hilton (8PM) Probable Matchups
125 Nick Fanthorpe vs. 125 Jayson Ness
133 Nick Gallick vs. 133 Mike Thorn
141 Mitch Mueller vs. 141 Manuel Rivera
149 Cyler Sanderson vs. 149 Dustin Schlatter
157 Trent Paulson vs. 157 C.P. Schlatter
165 Travis Paulson vs. 165 Jeremy Larson
174 David Bertolino vs. 174 Gabriel Dretsch
184 Jake Varner vs. 184 Roger Kish
197 Kurt Backes vs. 197 Yura Malamura
HWT David Zabriskie vs. HWT Cole Konrad
My quick breakdown:
125: Fanthorpe isn't ranked, but is a very tough wrestler and could give #9 Ness a run.
133: Gallick should decision Thorn, but it could get close down the stretch.
141: #11 Mueller vs. #5 Rivera: One of the Key matches of the night. Mueller will need to wrestle mistake free to have a chance here.
149: Sanderson, #12 against #1 Schlatter. Hopefully fireworks, two very agressive wrestlers in this matchup.
157: Trent against CP. Trent needs to get out of whatever funk he was in against Iowa. This will be a tough one.
165: Travis should forget how he got hosed at Carver and destroy this guy.
174: Even matchup, Bertolino could win or lose this one whether he is aggresive or not.
184: #3 Varner vs. #2 Kish. Marquee matchup! Varner can pin anyone, but he might have to grind this one out the hard way.
197: Backes must bounce back to beat this unranked guy. Should be cake.
HWT: I'm sorry David, but please work hard against Cole Konrad. He's #1 for a reason.
Overall: I'm only looking at 3 locks for wins here, 4 toss-ups, and a few almost certain losses. Minnesota's coach J Robinson has things working well up there, it will need to be a group effort for our Cyclones to win tonight! Coach them well Cael!
Tell me what you think!
EDIT: Apparently CP Schlatter is out with an ACL. Good pickin's for Trent!
