Michigan's Mason Parris Wrestles for a National Title Tonight
Mason takes on Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) for the 285 lbs weight class title. Coverage starts at 7pm on ESPN. They are slotted to go in the sixth match of the evening so guessing he'll be on the mat between 8 to 8:30.
Mason is 2-0 against Kerkvliet this season. Both were close wins but Mason looked like the better wrestler in both matches. Penn State guys always show well on the big stage on Saturday night though, so should be a good one.
We're a Wrestling School!!!
Bring it home!
how did the other guys do last night?
This morning Cam Amine took 4th and Will Lewan took 8th. #allamericans.
And he wins!
Congrats to Mason Parris - National Champion!
Great win!
Heavyweight Champ!
March 18th, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
Deserves a new thread!
March 18th, 2023 at 10:20 PM ^
Wow. He doesn't look 285 lbs.
March 19th, 2023 at 12:36 AM ^
Im sure he is cutting weight to weigh in at 285 as well.
Congrats. A national championship is always great, and that also tops off the women winning the conference crown in gymnastics.
Also, it's sort of crazy how good the Big 10 is at wrestling - feels like half the Big 10 is in the top 15 nationally for wrestling every year.
Great example of determination.
Mason Parris deserves front page championship muppets! His sheer determination over his Michigan wrestling career to reach the top is inspiring.
Looked dominant all year and dominated the national championship match. Don’t see that too often from Michigan in the sports I watch.
As a bonus, Mason likely wins the Hodge Trophy (equivalent of the Heisman for wrestling). With Spencer and RBY both losing there isn't really another guy who's season resume compares to Mason. Would be a great capstone to Mason's career.
Next move is to make the world team this summer and pursue Olympic gold next year. Fwiw, the guy who is #1 in the world at heavyweight (from Iran) was pinned by Mason in the junior world championship finals a few years ago. So Mason can compete at that level.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:09 PM ^
I've got my fingers crossed with you here, but I think Yianni (149 Cornell) may get it. Just won his 4th title. Also, his post match interviews are hilarious - his one from yesterday's semis was hodge worthy on it's own
March 18th, 2023 at 10:20 PM ^
I love Yianni but he took a loss this season so he's pretty much out of the running as the first criteria is total season record. The second criteria is pins and Mason leads that criteria by a lot. I agree though, without that loss it would be hard to not give it to Yianni.
I was thinking Yianni. Forgot he had a loss, but 4 time national champ is hard to overlook regardless of what people say.
a.) awesome. congrats
b.) can we get a football coach over there to whisper in his ear? think of the chaos a guy like that could cause with even a tiny bit of coaching.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:22 PM ^
I remember Mason had that junior Olympic win. And he was ranked 1 or 2 with that beast from Minny, Gable Stevenson. But Gable just peaked to another level the past couple years. So major congrats for Mason coming back for the final year and threepeating the clear #2 in a tough Kerkvliet.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:36 PM ^
I guess we are a HWT wrestling, gymnastics, hockey, football school.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:55 PM ^
Mason "Mother Fucking" Parris. Well done young man....Fuck Yeah......
March 18th, 2023 at 11:40 PM ^
Worth sharing the Ramos-Lee match, for those who haven't seen it. I know it's not Michigan. But amazing and the Brand brothers at Iowa can go suck an egg. Also Spencer's mom crushed her glasses in a fit of rage...crazy
March 19th, 2023 at 12:39 AM ^
I can't stand PSU, but Cael does things the right way. The Brands Bros are a disgrace to the sport how they act on the sidelines and should not be instructing young men. Also, there is this case from Tom Brand's past that gets overlooked: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/671/627/2595177/
Those 2 guys are truly douche bags then, not just kind of douchey coaches. Gary Barta has got a bunch of winners (Brian Ferentz & Fran included).
Here's the link of the Mom throwing a shitfit:
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1637145676323627009?t=43Pk5Q763W4HFTYou7bp1g&s=19
Thanks for sharing that is absolutely nuts as was the RBY match that played right after it
March 18th, 2023 at 11:52 PM ^
What an amazing performance, it never felt in doubt once he fought off that early attack & got the takedown himself. After that it was all business & he is one of the few wrestlers that didn't sound winded in his post match interview