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Southern Scuffle finals set; Stanford gets four into finals; Oklahoma State leads tight team race

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Stanford’s four Southern Scuffle finalists (left to right): Real Woods, Shane Griffith, Nathan Traxler, Jaden Abas. Image courtesy of GoStanford.com


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The semifinals have finished at the Southern Scuffle on Thursday morning, setting up tonight’s gold-medal finals.


There will only be five No. 1 seeds in the finals, after a pair of top seeds dropped bouts in the semifinals.


At 133 pounds, No. 5 seed Sammy Alvarez of Rutgers beat No. 1 seed Micky Phillippi of Pittsburgh, 6-3. At 285 pounds, No. 5 Dalton Robertson of Northern Colorado beat No. 1 Demetrius Thomas of Pittsburgh, 5-4.


After the semifinals ended, Oklahoma State had 101 points, followed by NC State with 95 points and Stanford with 91.5 points.


Stanford has the most finalists with four: Real Woods (141), Jaden Abas (149), Shane Griffith (165) and Nathan Traxler (197).


The consolation semifinals are underway right now. The finals are set for 7:00 p.m. Eastern. The entire event is broadcast by Flowrestling.


A complete day two wrap by Roger Moore will be posted tonight after the finals.


SOUTHERN SCUFFLE


At Chattanooga, Tenn., January 2



Finalist pairings with seeds


125 - No. 1 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) vs. Luke Werner (Lock Haven)

133 - No. 2 Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) vs. No. 5 Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers)

141 - No. 1 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 3 Real Woods (Stanford)

149 - No. 4 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) vs. Jaden Abas (Stanford)

157 - No. 1 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) vs. No. 2 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider)

165 - No. 1 Shane Griffith (Stanford) vs. No. 2 Tanner Skidgel (Navy)

174 - No. 6 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh)

184 - No. 1 Trent Hidlay (NC State) vs. No. 2 Lou Deprez (Binghamton)

197 - No. 2 Nathan Traxler (Stanford) vs. No. 4 Noah Adams (West Virginia)

285 - No. 2 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) vs. No. 5 Dalton Robertson (Northern Colorado)

Semifinal results (with seeds)


125 pounds

No. 1 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) dec. Caleb Smith (Appalachian State), 9-3

Luke Werner (Lock Haven) medical forfeit No. 7 Michael McGee (Old Dominion)


133 pounds

No. 5 Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) dec. No. 1 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh), 6-3

No. 2 Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) tech. fall No. 6 Devan Turner (Oregon St.), 19-1, 4:43


141 pounds

No. 1 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) pin No. 4 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven), 3:57

No. 3 Real Woods (Stanford) dec. Dusty Hone (Oklahoma State), 6-2


149 pounds

No. 4 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec. No. 8 Jonathan Milner (Appalachian State), 9-5

Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec. No. 6 Colston Diblasi (George Mason), 3-1


157 pounds

No. 1 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) maj. dec. Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State), 12-4

No. 2 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) dec. Luke Weber (North Dakota State), 8-2


165 pounds

No. 1 Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec. No. 5 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State), 4-1

No. 2 Tanner Skidgel (Navy) dec. No. 3 Thomas Bullard (NC State), 3-2


174 pounds

No. 8 Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) dec. No. 4 Dean Sherry (Rider), 9-3

No. 6 Carter Starocci (Penn State) dec. No. 7 Neal Richards (Virginia Military Institute), 9-2


184 pounds

No. 1 Trent Hidlay (NC State) dec. No. 4 Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga), 4-1

No. 2 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) maj. dec. No. 3 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh), 10-2


197 pounds

No. 4 Noah Adams (West Virginia) dec. No. 8 Ethan Laird (Rider), 3-0

No. 2 Nathan Traxler (Stanford) dec. Michael Beard (Penn State), 9-7


285 pounds

No. 5 Dalton Robertson (Northern Colorado) dec. No. 1 Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh), 5-4

No. 2 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) dec. No. 3 Cary Miller (Appalachian State), 3-2

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