Parris wins, Wolverines place 8 in MSU Open

Submitted by TheTeamTheTeam… on November 3rd, 2019 at 9:35 AM

Parris's run to the championship claimed victories over two ranked wrestlers including avenging his bloodround loss to CMU All-American and #5 Matt Stencel in a 9-2 decision. Also avenging a loss from last year was Jelani Emberee, downing MSU #12 Cam Caffey in the sudden victory frame of OT. Emberee fell to #5 Bonocorsi of Pitt in the championship bout. Also claiming runner-up honors was Kannen Storr who competed unattached while on a redshirt. Storr's runner-up performance left this author a bit awe struck and not for a positive reason. After defeating Ohio St. wrestler Ke-Shawn Hayes (no small feat), Storr was thoroughly dominated by Ohio St. star freshman Sammy Sasso, falling by way of a19-4 technical fall. Jackson Striggow and Will Lewan looked a bit rusty but both brought home hardware (both 4th place). It is worth noting that all these placements (outside of Cole Mattin) were in the open division as opposed to the FR/SO division.

 

Stock Down:

Assad - withdrew due to injury up a weight at 133.

Silva - Did not compete (starting to concern me)

Mattin - As projected, Mattin bumped up....all the way to 141 in fact. Wish we could have seen him at 133, and this is a bit nit-picky considering a 2 weight class bump, but wish he would have had a better showing.

Van Anrooy- 0-2 and completely uninspiring performance.

 

Stock Up:

Parris - impressive as advertised, looks bigger and more physical. Clear leader of the team from a talent perspective.

Ben Lamantia - finished 5th, makes me feel slightly better about 149 this year.

Cole Mattin - one of two participants in the FR/SO division but still placed in his collegiate debut, only losses were in identical fashion: 6-4 SV OT

Cam Amine: Lost 3-2 to Ohio St super freshman Kharchla, and dropped an OT bout but took 5th in his collegiate debut and looks good. Definite redshirt (because the team is loading up for next year) but expect good things from this young man.

stephenrjking

November 3rd, 2019 at 10:29 AM ^

Upvote. Always good to get updates and analysis like this. 

One note: it will be helpful to label this by sports. Unless it’s football, basketball, or maaaaaybe hockey, many checking the board will not know what this is without it. A simple title preface like this: “M Wrestling - Parris wins, Wolverines place 8 in MSU Open” works great. 

Minor nitpick for an excellent post. 

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Satansnutsack

November 3rd, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^

Thanks for the update.   I was following as much as I could yesterday.  I like the "stock up" "stock down" part.  

Also, UM fans should prepare themselves for a down year with 4 in Olympic redshirts.  

 

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StirredNotShaken

November 3rd, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^

If Cam Amine redshirts this year then where does he plug in next year with Lewan at 157 and Massa coming back from Olympic RS? If Massa's back at 165 next year then why not let Cam Amine compete this year and then have him redshirt next year? Makes more sense to redshirt Cam this year if they think Massa wrestles 174 next year. That obviously would mean Myles Amine up at 184. 

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TheTeamTheTeam…

November 3rd, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^

It is widely being speculated that there will be a bump-domino effect for next years line up. Plugging Cam Amine in at 165 allows Massa to wrestle 174 where Mark Hall will be graduating (presumably not taking olympic redshirt), Myles Amine to 184 where Valencia will likely be graduating and covers a weaker spot (Emberee was not an NCAA qualifier last year though did look improved). Cam would wrestle a rugged 165 class but would have an outside shot at AA status. Myles and Massa would have legit shots to be NCAA champions depending on how the weight classes and health look. It gives flexibility but wrestling Cam this year is still a possibility

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