43rd Midlands Championships

Dec. 30, 2005

Recap

No. 7 Iowa State at 43rd Midlands Championships

Dec. 29-30, 2005
Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.

FINAL	Pts.
Illinois	115.5
Central Michigan	112.5
Michigan State	99
Iowa	83
Iowa State	82.5
Northern Illinois	79
Northern Iowa	79

Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 Note: Individual rankings given are seeds for the tournament ***All results are unofficial until the session is complete***

SESSION 1, Thursday morning/afternoon 125 - #1 Nick Simmons (Michigan State) pinned Ben Hanisch, 1:20 125 - Ben Hanisch dec. Leo Byrd (Augustana), 3-1 133 - #7 Jesse Sundell - BYE 133 - #7 Jesse Sundell maj. dec. Matt Mossor (West Liberty State), 12-3 141 - #1 Nate Gallick pinned Ryan Osgood (Northern Iowa), 5:27 141 - #1 Nate Gallick tech. fall Jeremy Doyle (Cal-State Bakersfield), 22-5 (6:00) 149 - Aron Scott pinned Thomas Johnson (Eastern Illinois), 1:46 149 - #6 Darren McKnight (Michigan State) dec. Aron Scott, 7-5 (SV) 165 - #1 Travis Paulson maj. dec. Mike Baria (Harvard), 13-4 165 - #1 Travis Paulson dec. Cole Pape (Iowa), 7-1 165 - #5 Will Durkee (Northwestern) dec. Mike Somsky, 4-0 165 - Lewis Hutchinson (Lincoln College) dec. Mike Somsky, 1-0 165 - [pigtail] Kyle Vander Hyde (Olivet) dec. Dane Kuper, 7-2 165 - Brian Daly (Augustana) dec. Dane Kuper, 5-0 174 - Christian Arellano (Cal State-Bakersfield) dec. Jonathan Gapinski, 1-0 174 - Tommy Clark (West Liberty State) dec. Jonathan Gapinski, 4-3 174 - Grant Turner pinned Barry Jackson (Purdue), 2:54 174 - #3 Matt Palmer (Columbia) maj. dec. Grant Turner, 11-2 174 - David Bertolino dec. Joe Bechtold (Harvard), 8-3 174 - #2 Mark Perry (Iowa) maj. dec. David Bertolino, 12-0 184 - #2 Kurt Backes dec. John Murphy (Michigan State), 6-5 184 - #2 Kurt Backes maj. dec. Joseph Gulotta (Northwestern), 13-5 197 - Joe Curran wins by forfeit over Kyle Bracey (Unattached) 197 - #4 Brady Richardson (Indiana) dec. Joe Curran, 7-6 197 - Derek Nelson dec. Greg Thompson (Lassen College), 5-2 197 - #3 Tyrone Byrd (Illinois) tech. fall Derek Nelson, 15-0 (5:19) HWT - Richard Schopf - BYE HWT - #2 Les Sigman (Neb-Omaha) maj. dec. Richard Schopf, 10-1

SESSION 2, Thursday evening

CONSOLATION 125 - Ben Hanisch dec. Ryon Mazzocco (Pitt-Johnstown), 8-6 149 - Aron Scott vs. Jeff Tharp (Eastern Illinois), Tharp wins by medical forfeit 174 - Grant Turner dec. Jerimiah Frederick (Slippery Rock), 6-2 174 - Tommy Clark (West Liberty State) dec. David Bertolino, 3-2 197 - Joe Curran dec. Greg Thompson (Lassen College), 1-0 197 - Derek Nelson vs. Kyle Bracey (Unattached), Nelson wins by forfeit HWT - Danny Perez (Eastern Illinois) dec. Richard Schopf, 2-1

125 - Seth Wright (Northern Iowa) dec. Ben Hanisch, 8-3 174 - Danny Burk (Northern Illinois) dec. Grant Turner, 6-4 197 - Joe Curran dec. #5 Joe Dennis (Cleveland State), 7-6 197 - Derek Nelson maj. dec. Ishmal Williams (Cleveland State), 10-1

QUARTERFINALS 133 - #7 Jesse Sundell dec. #2 Jason Borrelli (Central Michigan), 7-6 141 - #1 Nate Gallick dec. #8 Dustin Hinschberger (Wartburg), 8-2 165 - #1 Travis Paulson dec. Johnny Galloway (Northern Illinois), 3-0 184 - #2 Kurt Backes dec. Jason Lulloff (Wisconsin-LaCrosse), 5-4

SESSION 3, Friday afternoon

SEMIFINALS 133 - #7 Jesse Sundell dec. #6 Erkin Tadzhimetov (Utah Valley State), 5-2 141 - #1 Nate Gallick dec. Brandon Carter (Central Michigan), 3-0 165 - #4 Mike Poeta (Illinois) dec. #1 Travis Paulson, 5-4 184 - #3 Pete Friedl (Illinois) vs. #2 Kurt Backes, 9-5

CONSOLATION 197 - Andrew Anderson (Northern Iowa) dec. Derek Nelson, 7-2 197 - #7 Derick Hunsinger (Northern Illinois) maj. dec. Joe Curran, 10-0

165 - #1 Travis Paulson dec. #9 Max Dean (Indiana), 3-1 184 - #6 Ryan Halsey (Cal Poly) pinned #2 Kurt Backes, 3:20

SESSION 4, Friday evening Wrestling will begin at 7:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP 133 - #7 Jesse Sundell vs. Tommy Vargas (Cal State-Bakersfield) First period 1:41 Sundell takedown, 2-0 1:39 Vargas escape, 2-1 0:27 Vargas takedown, 2-3 0:14 Vargas two-point nearfall, 2-5

Second period Vargas defers, Sundell chooses down 0:38 Vargas stall warning, 2-5 0:18 Sundell escape, 3-5

Third period Vargas chooses down 1:42 Vargas escape, 3-6 1:16 Vargas takedown, 3-8 1:07 Sundell escape, 4-8 0:37 Sundell warning, 5-9 0:24 Sundell takedown, 7-9

Vargas wins by decision, 9-7

141 - #1 Nate Gallick vs. #2 Andy Simmons (Michigan State) First period No scoring

Second period Simmons defers, Gallick chooses down 1:02 Caution Gallick, 0-0 1:02 Caution Simmons, 0-0 0:39 Stall warning Simmons 0:15 Simmons stalling, 1-0 0:10 Caution Simmons

Third period Simmons chooses down 1:33 Simmons escape, 1-1

Sudden Victory No Scoring

Tiebreaker, segment 1 Simmons chooses down 0:12 Simmons escape, 1-2

Tiebreaker, segment 2 0:30 Caution Gallick, 1-2 0:01 Gallick escape, 2-2

Sudden Victory 2 No scoring

Tiebreaker 2, segment 1 Simmons down 0:19 Simmons escape, 2-3 0:16 Gallick takedown, 4-3

Tiebreaker 2, segment 2 Gallick down 0:28 Gallick escape, 5-3 0:24 Gallick stall warning

Gallick wins by decision in TB2, 5-3

THIRD PLACE 165 - #1 Travis Paulson vs. #2 Jared Frayer (Gator WC) First period 0:51 Paulson takedown, 2-0 0:06 Frayer reversal, 2-2

Second period Paulson chooses down 1:44 Paulson escape, 3-2

Third period Frayer chooses down 1:59 Frayer escape, 3-3 1:20 Paulson takedown, 5-3 0:44 Frayer escape, 5-4

Paulson wins by decision, 5-4

FIFTH PLACE 184 - #2 Kurt Backes vs. Jason Lulloff (Wisconsin-LaCrosse) First period 0:06 Backes takedown, 2-0

Second period Lulloff chooses down 1:28 Lulloff escape, 2-1 0:41 Backes takedown, 4-1

Third period Backes chooses down 1:54 Backes escape, 5-1 1:13 Lulloff takedown, 5-3 1:09 Backes escape, 6-3 0:54 Lulloff takedown, 6-5 0:48 Backes escape, 7-5 0:27 Backes takedown, 9-5

Backes wins by decision, 9-5

Players Mentioned

Kurt Backes

David Bertolino

Joe Curran

Ben Hanisch

Dane Kuper

Derek Nelson

Travis Paulson

Richard Schopf

Aron Scott

Grant Turner

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