Midlands

Brackets after Thursday's action:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/s...sdayMorning.pdf

I expect we'll see Kendrick Maple wrestling #1 Marion in the finals.

Kendric is doin work.. 2 majors and a tech. Beat Mark Balweg from Iowa 18-4


Jason Murdock

Kendric has recorded 3 Majors and a tech at this point. The Balweg win was huge for sure but if I know Kendric, he has his eyes on a bigger prize than the back-up at Iowa . Watched his Quarter finals match online and his top game looks phenomenal! 8-0 win over 2 X DIII National Champion... Keep on Grindin# as your buddies from Falcon Land are cheering you on!

Updated Brackets:

http://intermatwrestle.com/Files/pdf/11-12/midlandschampionships.pdf

Killer Keller is still battling. He seems to be wrestling pretty well. Tough match up against Mango.

Maple will wrestle #1 Ranked Montell Marion (Iowa) in the Finals.

Semi-Finals: #3 Seed Kendric Maple (Oklahoma) Major dec. Luke Goettl (Iowa State), 13-1

I'll just go ahead and call the upset.

141:
No. 1 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Adam Krop (Princeton), 3-2
No. 7 Kendric Maple (Oklahoma) maj. dec. Luke Goettl (Iowa State), 13-1

I will second that Ike!

I will third that.. 69 points in 5 matches at the Midlands is very impressive

Midlands - Session Three Brackets
Keller lost his match to Ryan Mango (Stanford) 5-3.

5-3 Maple knocks off Marion!

not an upset when you are the hottest wrestler in the country....great job

Nice win.. Keep Grindin!

Kendric also was voted by coaches and wrestlers "OW" at the Midlands! Great all around weekend for a great kid.


Jason Murdock

Congrats Kendric!

The Gentzler's

That is two years in a row a Hights wrestler has won Midlands

141: No. 7 Kendric Maple (Oklahoma) dec. No. 1 Montell Marion (Iowa), 5-3
The highest scorer in the tourney with 74 points, Maple got an early takedown with a nice toe drag near the edge of the mat, then did just enough in the third period to avoid excessive stall calls and hang on for the upset (see complete match recap above).


No. 7 Kendric Maple of Oklahoma was named "Champion of Champions" and Outstanding Wrestler after he knocked off top-ranked Montell Marion of Iowa at 141 pounds. The raw but talented sophomore executed a gorgeous toe drag near the edge of the mat to earn his only takedown, then rode Marion out and earned an escape in the second to take a 3-0 lead with ride time advantage into the third. In that period, however, it was obvious that Maple was gassed and it was all he could not to get docked multiple points for stalling.

For complete recap:
http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/9414

Midlands Championship replay on Big Ten Network this coming weekend. If you don't have BTN I would recommend with Big 10 duals coming up. You can usually catch 1 or 2 awesome duals a week.