GopherfanbackinMN

Posted on the Guillotine website: Obviously these are how the MN wrestlers did.

Not the toughest competion, but it was interesting to see MN and Iowa have some upperweights face eachother. And the Berhow/Nord debate got even more murky!

2008 Flash Flanagan Open Results (Loras College - Dubuque, Iowa)

Zach Sanders (125 pounds)
Nate Williams (Ellsworth) - MD 23-9, First Round
Mark Beatty (Loras) - MD 13-3, Second Round
Ryan Redmond (Loras) - Fall (3:30), Third Round
Robert Daggett (UW-Whitewater) - Fall (1:28), Final
First place (4-0 record)

David Zilverberg (133 pounds)
Spender Peterson (UW-Platville) - Fall (5:28), Second Round
Tyler Halverson (Iowa-unattached) - Fall (3:37), Semifinals
Kyle Wacholder (UW-Whitewater) - MD 14-2, Final
First place (3-0 record)

Ryan Blake (141 pounds)
Joe Murphy (Minnesota) - D 1-3, Second Round
Anthony Moody (Ellsworth) - Fall (5:52), Consolation
Dan Renttiger (Northern Illinois) - D 5-7, Consolation
Fourth place (1-2 record)

Joe Murphy (141 pounds)
Matt McGill (UW-Platteville) - Fall (2:26), First Round
Ryan Blake (Minnesota) - D 3-1, Second Round
Mike Thorn (Minnesota) - MD 2-12, Championship
Second place (2-1)

Mike Thorn (141 pounds)
Anthony Moddy (Ellsworth) - Fall (2:35), First Round
Dan Renttiger (Northern Illinois) - Fall (2:32), Second Round
Joe Murphy (Minnesota) - MD 12-2, Final
First place (3-0 record)

Jared Rickert (149 pounds)
Will McDermott (Northern Illinois) – D 0-3, Second Round
Ethan Sebert (Iowa) – D 5-2, Consolation
Jake Lewis (UW-LaCrosse) – Fall (3:57 lost), Consolation

Brian Peterson (149 pounds)
Tim Kirincic (Northern Illinois) – Fall (3:16), Second Round
Mike Smith (Northern Illinois) – D 1-6, Third Round
Joe Clothier (Northern Illinois) – D 3-2, Consolation
Zeb Secrist (UW-LaCrosse) – D 2-7, Consolation

Luke Mellmer (149 pounds)
Zeb Secrist (UW-LaCrosse) – D 7-8, Second Round

Joe Grygelko (157 pounds)
Tim McGill (UW-Platteville) – D 10-2, First Round
Eddie Leonard (Unattached) – Fall (1:59), Second Round
Seth Pugh (Northern Iowa) – D 3-5, Semifinals
Bryan Deutsch (Northern Illinois) – D 2-4, Consolation
Stu Gillmor (Iowa) – D 11-3, Fifth Place
Fifth place (3-2 record)

Joel Hill (165 pounds)
Jake Kerr (Iowa) – Fall (1:25 lost), First Round
Anthony Victor (Northern Illinois) – Fall (3:17 lost), Consolation

Jeremy Larson (165 pounds)
Trevor Gehringer (Ellsworth) – D 7-2, First Round
Jake Kerr (Iowa) – D 3-1, Second Round
Ryan Kurouski (Iowa-unattached) – D 8-0, Semifinals
T.H. Leet (Iowa) – MD 13-4, Final
First place (4-0 record)

Jordon Kolbow (165 pounds)
Kyle Geary (UW-Whitewater) – MD 13-4, First Round
Joel Allen (Loras) – D 8-3, Second Round
T.H. Leet (Iowa-unattached) – D 0-4, Semifinals
Jake Kerr (Iowa) – Fall (1:42 lost), Consolation
Ryan Kurouski (Iowa-unattached) – D 7-2, Fifth Place
Fifth place (3-2 record)

Brandon Sitch (174 pounds)
Joe Neigum (UW-Stout) – TF (5:50), First Round
Erick Sutliff (UW-Platteville) – TF (5:00), Second Round
Justin Carlson (Northern Illinois-unattached) – Fall (3:48), Semifinals
Brad Diskhaus (Northern Illinois-unattached) – D 7-6, Finals
First place (4-0 record)

Mitch Kuhlman (184 pounds)
Dan Dunning (Northern Iowa) – D 3-4, First Round
Hamza Rashid (Northern Illinois) – Fall (3:27), Consolation
Tyler Bowling (Ellsworth) – D 5-1, Consolation
Co-third place winner (2-1 record)

Kaleb Young (184 pounds)
Hamza Rashid (Northern Illinois) – Fall (4:38), First Round
Dan Dunning (Northern Iowa) – D 1-3, Second Round
Gordon Bierschenk (Minnesota) – D 8-4, Consolation
Co-third place winner (2-1 record)

Gordon Bierschenk (184 pounds)
Vinnie Wagner (Iowa-unattached) – D 3-4, First Round
Jay Figgins (Loras) – D 6-4, Consolation
Kaleb Young (Minnesota) – D 4-8, Consolation
Tyler Bowling (Ellsworth) – Fall (5:15), Fifth Place
Fifth place (2-2 record)

Sonny Yohn (197 pounds)
Karl Voeck (UW-Whitewater) – Win, First Round
Brodie Ambrose (Iowa-unattached) – D 9-1, Second Round
Zach Strickland (UW-LaCrosse) – MD 13-1, Semifinals
Luke Lofthouse (Iowa-unattached) – D 8-6, Finals
First place (4-0 record)

Ben Berhow (Heavyweight)
Adam Letella (UW-Whitewater) – D 10-3, Second Round
Blake Rassing (Iowa-unattached) – D 4-5, Semifinals
Hakim Birek (UW-LaCrosse) – MD 17-7, Consolation
Adam Letella (UW-Whitewater) – D 5-3, Third Place
Third place (3-1 record)

Joe Nord (Heavyweight)
John Schmidt (UW-Whitewater) – D 7-9, Second Round
Jeremy Klein (Loras) – D 11-4, Consolation
Hakim Birek (UW-LaCrosse) – D 4-7, Consolation

JensenS

Heavyweights are still looking a little shaky, nice to see Sanders, Sitch, and Yohn still performing well.

ODH

Is a little shaky a bit of an understatement. Aren't UW-Whitewater & UW-LaCrosse DIII teams? I have never heard of Blake Rassing from Iowa.

These two were hyped by Gopher fans as the next big thing for Minny Heavyweights.

Wiltz

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Wiltz

Raising is a walk-on at Iowa he is making huge improvement. He is a big heavyweight cuts to make hwt. One time state champ got a late start wrestling He didn't start until HS I believe. Coach Brands found a diamond in the rough with Blake. He is our 3rd string heavy weight.

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goferphan

Sorry, but our Heavy's can't be losing to Blake Rassing from Iowa, John Schmidt from UW-Whitewater and Hakim Birke from UW-LaCrosse...if thats the case then we need to go out and get us some stop gaps at heavy through the JUCO ranks...

you can give all the excuses in the world you can't be losing those matches...

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Wiltz

Aren't you guys getting Disney?

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"He quits, not because he wants to, but because he has to. He has no choice.
" -Tom Brands 01/20/08

GopherfanbackinMN

While I was excited early by Nord's physical upside and Berhow's early performances in duals (Iowa State dual), I think the reality is that we will see a temporary down time.

But prepare yourself for Atticus Disney (aka The greatest freakin' name to come around in quite some time)! He must be given a nickname or something.

caveman.lawyer

Could any of Minnesota's other 197-pounders beat Lofthouse? Does anyone know how Yohn does in the room against those guys at 197? Not that you would want to see him burn a red-shirt at this point, but you have to wonder if Minnesota's best option at 197 is a true freshman 184 pounder. Where has Eidenschink been? Is he still hurt?

goferphan

"Finch" or "Fun Park"

Even still, if we get Disney we are going to redshirt him. I can tell you this, if one of the two of the existing heavies don't improve by next year one of them is going to be walking if not both.

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