Tulsa, Okla. — Good morning from BOK Center, home of the biggest sports show on the planet this week.
The 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships begin this morning, Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. CT. You can watch the action on ESPNU and ESPN+, or follow online via track wrestling or by After me, Cody Goodwin, wrestling writer for the Des Moines RegisterFor live updates, analysis, commentary and much more throughout the tournament.
Here is Thursday’s schedule:
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session 1:11 AM CT, ESPN – Pigtails + First Round Matches
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session 2: 6 PM CT, ESPN – Round 2 + Pigtails & Round 1 Wrestleback
Below, we’ll provide updates on the first two sessions of Thursday, so be sure to check back throughout the day for results.
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125 pounds
Analysis: Spencer did what Spencer does – takedown, quick tilt, then ran once to fall in just 36 seconds. Blink-and-you’ll miss it type stuff. Wagner, a Bettendorf graduate who had stops at both Iowa and Northern Iowa before arriving at North Carolina, scored a takedown late in the first period to knock down returning All-American Keiler. Very early on at 125 Insanity, five wrestlers scored 20 or more wins in the first round.
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133 pounds
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Pigtail: #32 McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State) Lost 5-3 to #33 Ethan Oakley (App St.)
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#14 Zach Redding (Iowa State) 7-2 win over #19 Dominic Jacon (Campbell)
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#23 Brodie Teske (Iowa) Lost 13-10 to #10 Lucas Byrd (Illinois)
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#15 Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) Won by fall in 6:02 over #18 Jason Shenner (Oregon St.)
Analysis: Redding gave up an early takedown but got back into the lead before the end of the first period. Biscoglia was locked in a tight match, 4–2, when he replaced Sheiner for a fall in the third period. Teske fell on a 7–1 hole against two-time All-American Bird, and roared back to within 9–6, but Bird reversed Teske in the third to go up 13–6, which More or less cooled down the match. Midkiff, the Thomas Jefferson grad of Council Bluff, in his first NCAA tournament appearance, notched two takedowns in the second and third periods.
141 pounds
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#1 Real Woods (Iowa) 13-1 win over #32 Kal Miller (Maryland)
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#24 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) Lost 4-1 to #9 Moesha Schwartz (Northern Colorado)
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#14 Cal Happel (Northern Iowa) 4-3 win over #19 Matt Cazimir (Colombia)
Analysis: Yesterday Miller won the pigtail bout, and his reward was top seed Real Woods, who earned a major decision with a riding-time of over four minutes. Swiderski gave Schwartz over two minutes of riding-time in the first-round loss, overwhelming the true freshman and sending him to the backside. Hupple, who had not won a match in his two previous visits to the BOK Center (both for the Big 12 tournament), scored takedowns in the second and third rounds to advance to the round-of-16.
149 pounds
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#8 Max Murin (Iowa) 6-3 win over #25 Caleb Tyus (SIUE)
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#5 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) Won 3-2 (TB1) over #28 Alec Hagen (Ohio)
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#10 Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) 3-2 win over #23 Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State)
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#15 Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) 7-3 win over #18 Mitch Moore (Oklahoma)
Analysis: Murin and Realbuto both controlled their opening matches and cruised to victory – Murin scored a pair of takedowns, Realbuto scored a reversal in the second and turned on Moore in the third. Paniro’s opener was wild. A sudden victory followed, where Hagan nearly scored a takedown. for the rideouts, where Paniro took Hagan out for a full 30 seconds, so Hagan let Paniro escape, but Paniro was tagged for a stall call because his shoes were untied, tying the match at 2–2. Went. Paniro defended Hagan’s last-gasp attempts to win, but he was a wild one. Blockhus scored a takedown in the middle of the first to knock down Voinovich.
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157 pounds
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#25 Jason Crasser (Iowa State) vs. #8 Ed Scott (NC State)
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#14 Kobe Sibrecht (Iowa) vs. #19 Garrett Model (Wisconsin)
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#22 Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) vs. #11 Chase Saldet (Michigan State)
165 pounds
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#1 David Carr (Iowa State) vs. #33 Josh Kim (Harvard)
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#17 Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) vs. #16 Josh Ogunsanya (Colombia)
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#6 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) vs. #27 Will Formato (Ape St.)
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184 pounds
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#1 Parker Keken (Northern Iowa) vs. #33 Anthony Carman (West Virginia)
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#5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) vs. #28 Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra)
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#12 Abe Assad (Iowa) vs. #21 Giuseppe Hus (Buffalo)
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197 pounds
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#13 Small Town (Iowa State) vs. #20 Evan Bockman (Utah Valley)
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#14 Jacob Warner (Iowa) vs. #19 Cam Caffee (Michigan State)
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#7 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota St.) vs. #25 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State)
285 pounds
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#24 Boone McDermott (Rutgers) vs. #9 Lucas Davison (Northwest)
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#8 Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) vs. #25 Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)
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#13 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) vs. #20 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)
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#4 Tony Cacioppi (Iowa) vs. #29 Jaron Smith (Maryland)
Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. follow him on twitter @codygoodwin,
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