Waste & Roulo

Jake Waste (189) and Blake Roulo (145) were both eliminated from the Junior Freestyle National Tournament earlier this afternoon.  Congratulations to both of you on outstanding high-school careers.  The UB Wrestling Family looks forward to all of the incoming freshman arriving on campus next month to begin the next chapter of their wrestling & academic careers.

Go Bulls!

Junior Freestyle Begins Today

Congratulations again to two of UB's outstanding incoming freshman for reaching All-American status at Junior Greco Nationals in Fargo. Today, Blake Roulo and Jake Waste set out on their quest for championships in the Junior Freestyle division.

You can follow the entire event at trackwrestling.com. Click on 2011 USAW Junior FreestyleNationals. From there, click "Brackets" on the left side. Blake is competing at 145 and Jake is competing at 189. For updates after each of Jake & Blake's matches, follow us on twitter (@UBBullsWrestle).

Best of luck to the future Bulls!

Below is an excerpt from The Open Mat's Junior Freestyle Preview. Waste is predicted to place third in this analysis. The entire preview can be found here.

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2010 Final: Alex Dierenger (WI) over Dylan Ness (MN)
Entrants: 88

The Skinny: When scanning the list of entries, the name that immediately jumps out is Brandon Kingsley. Not just because he’s one of the best young wrestlers in the country, but because he hasn’t popped up often on the Freestyle trail. His only significant results in the style came last year in Cadet Duals where he went undefeated. In his eight bouts there only one didn’t end up in a tech or pin, and that was a 6-0, 4-0 decision.

Kingsley will be my pick to make the finals, and though there are two other returning champions (Oliver Pierce and Brian Murphy) I won’t be picking them to meet Kingsley in the finals.

No. I have a hunch about Sueflohn. He’s a tough bird. He only took 7th here last year, but I see a dream match-up with him and Kingsley on the horizon.

Contenders:
Ryne Cokeley (KS)
*Dylan Cottrell (WV)
Jacob Crawford (VA)
Zach Dailey (OH)
Jake Elliot (CA)
Jacob Falk (UT)
Justin Hays (CO)
*Eric Hoffman (MD)
Brandon Kingsley (MN)
Jeremiah Lutz (GA)
*Jake Marlin (IA)
*Gabe Moreno (IA)
*Brian Murphy (IL)
*Oliver Pierce (TX)
Brian Realbuto (NY)
Jared Reis (ND)
*Blake Roulo (VA)
*Angelo Silvestro (IL)
*Jake Sueflohn (WI)
Reed Van Anrooy (OR)
Brady Turnbull (WY)

TOM Prediction: Sueflohn (WI) over Kingsley (MN). Crawford (VA) over Murphy (IL) for 3rd.

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2010 Final: Morgan McIntosh (CA) over Matt Riley (IA)
Entrants: 64

The Skinny: Two of these wrestlers, Jake Waste and Jahwon Akui, won this event in 2009 as Cadets. Actually, they were both double titlists that year. On Tuesday, Wast finished runner-up at this weight in GR, while Akui won the crown at 171. It’s going to be hard for anyone to stop them from meeting. There are ten other returning All-American’s here though. So anything can happen along the way. If someone can do it, it’s probably Peterson.

Contenders:
*Jahwon Akui (IL)
*John Bolich (PA)
*Sam Brooks (IL)
Nathan Burak (CO)
Tim Dudley (SC)
Devan Fors (OR)
*Scott Gibbons (LA)
*Payne Hayden (MI)
*Dwight Howes (CO)
Cody Johnston (MO)
*Preston Lehman (ND)
*Kevin Marvel (MD)
Frank Mattiace (NJ)
*Taylor McGiffen (IL)
Willie Miklus (IA)
*Mickey Pelfrey (IA)
*Devin Peterson (WI)
James Souza (WA)
James Suvak (OH)
*Jake Waste (MN)

TOM Prediction: Peterson (WI) over Akui (IL). Waste (MN) over Miklus (IA) for 3rd.

* Denotes Former Fargo Freestyle All American/Fila Placer

Junior Greco Results

CONGRATULATIONS TO BLAKE ROULO AND JAKE WASTE - BOTH EARNED ALL-AMERICAN HONORS IN THE GRECO ROMAN DIVISION OF THE 2011 JUNIOR NATIONAL TOURNAMENT!

Jake placed 2nd at 189lbs and Blake was 6th at 145lbs. To see the full brackets, go to www.trackwrestling.com.

Both Waste and Roulo will compete in the freestyle division beginning tomorrow. Follow us on Twitter for match by match updates on two outstanding incoming freshman! (@UBBullsWrestle)

Best of luck to both young men in their final high school tournament!

Fun fact of the day: The only Division I school to earn more Greco All Americans than UB was Utah Valley. Utah Valley incoming freshman accounted for 3 of the Greco All Americans, while UB, Wisconsin, and Missouri all recorded 2 All American incoming freshman. For the full recap, visit D1CW's forum here.

The Open Mat Junior Greco Preview

Both Jake Waste & Blake Roulo are predicted to take Junior Greco titles at their weight classes this week at the 2011 USA Wrestling National Tournament in Fargo, ND. Below are the excerpts from their weight classes.

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2010 Final: Dylan Ness (MN) over Andy Rico (TX)
Entrants: 68

The Skinny: Texan Oliver Pierce moves up to the Junior division after winning Cadets last year. He won Fila’s this spring and went undefeated at JR Duals, and should be considered the prevailing favorite.

Pierce’s top competition should come from Blake Roulo, who placed 3rd and 4th here in two previous trips to Fargo.

Babcock was undefeated at Junior Duals and 2nd to Cokeley at the Southern Regional.

Cokeley’s only duals loss came to Lubeck.

Falk was 3rd in Cadet GR in ’09.

Hoffman was 3rd at Fila’s with a win over last year’s Cadet Champ, Coover.

Marlin was 7th as a Cadet last year.

Smith was 4th here in ’09.

Contenders:
Nick Babcock (CO)
Ryne Cokeley (KS)
Jacob Falk (UT)
Cole Fulk (PA)
Justin Hays (CO)
Eric Hoffman (MD)
Jeremiah Lutz (GA)
Jake Marlin (IA)
Oliver Pierce (TX)
Blake Roulo (VA)
Luke Smith (IL)
AJ Zemke (WI)

TOM Prediction: Roulo (VA) over Pierce (TX). Hoffman (MD) over Smith (IL) for 3rd.

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189

2010 Final: Luke Sheridan (CA) over Drake Stein (IN)
Entrants: 52

The Skinny: Another weight, another bunch of former finalists. Fargo GR this year is loaded and 89 is no different. Brooks, Doyle, Gibbons, Howes, Peterson, and Waste have made the raised platform. Who’s the hottest? Despite being undersized, I’d go with Waste, who’s been training with two-time World Team Member, Jake Clark.

Contenders:
Nolan Boyd (OK)
Sam Brooks (IL)
Nathan Burak (CO)
Skyler Carroll (MT)
Jesse Doyle (NC)
Tim Dudley (SC)
Devan Fors (OR)
Scott Gibbons (LA)
Payne Hayden (MI)
Dwight Howes (CO)
Connor King (CO)
Micah Kullman (OH)
Kevin Marvel (MD)
Mickey Pelfrey (IA)
Devin Peterson (WI)
James Souza (WA)
Jake Waste (MN)

TOM Prediction: Waste (MN) over Brooks (IL). Peterson (WI) over Nolan Boyd (OK) for 3rd.

This article can be found in it's entirety here.

Roulo Dominates National Duals; Competes at Fargo with Waste

Two of UB's incoming freshman have been tearing up the mats this off-season.  Blake Roulo and Jake Waste each of dominated their competition in the freestyle & greco roman worlds this summer.  Recently, Roulo crushed competition at the National Duals, and today, he and future teammate Jake Waste will each seek out double titles at the 2011 USA Wrestling Greco & Freestyle Nationals.  Roulo will compete in the 145 weight class in both styles, and Waste will compete at 189.  We wish them both the best of luck in their quest for 2 additional national titles!!

You can follow the entire event at trackwrestling.com. Click on 2011 USAW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals.  From there, click "Brackets" on the left side.  Blake is competing at 145 and Jake is competing at 189.  My apologies, as the links to their direct brackets were broken and there doesn't seem to be a shortcut. For updates after each of Jake & Blake's matches, follow us on twitter (@UBBullsWrestle).

Blake's results from the National Duals are as follows.  He went 6-0 in greco and 8-0 in freestyle.  He defeated two wrestlers ranked in the top 10 (Jared Reis and Jarod Donar). Great job Blake!

Greco Roman Results

        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Zach Dobbins (Oklahoma) Pin 1:45
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Jonathan Blackwell (Kansas 2) Dec 10-0,6-2
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Paul Zupofska (Florida) Dec 6-0,2-1
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Logan Marcicki (Michigan 1) TF 6-0,9-0
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Parker Smith (Tennessee) TF 6-0,6-1
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Jared Reis (North Dakota) Dec 2-0,3-0

Freestyle Results

        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Blake Bowman (Pennsylvania) Dec 6-3,2-2,1-1
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Nate Harms (Iowa 2) Pin 1:43
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Jarod Donar (Wisconsin) Dec 1-2,3-0,2-0
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Alex Abono (California 1) Dec 4-1,5-1
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Jonathan Blackwell (Kansas 2) TF 10-3,6-0
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Keenan Hagerty (Missouri) Dec 6-2,1-1
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Ryan Butler (Connecticut) Dec 3-1,6-0
        145 - Blake Roulo (Virginia) over Nick Adams (Colorado ) Dec 10-1,6-1

Camp Notes

We wrapped-up another successful camp Wednesday.  We would like to thank everyone that worked hard to make the camp successful.  There were several UB Wrestling Alumni that helped make the camp run smooth this year in addition to the rest of the UB Team, coaching staff and other camp staff members.  It was great having Eric Knuutila (1971-1973), Bill Jacoutot (1972-1974), Dean Salvagio (1986-1988), Joe Muscarella (1990-1992), Brian Dowdall (1994-1996), Gary Cooper (1998-2003), Mickey Moran (2004-2009), Justin Farrara (2008-2010), Andrew Stella (2005-2010), and Brian Sheehan (2009-2011) back on campus.  In the drilling competition, Wally Maziarz' Team Ugly Ear came in first place with Jake Beichner's Team in second and Andrew Stella's team right behind him in third.  John-Martin Cannon's team won the actual team dual meet competition.  They rebounded after an early dual meet loss (to Zach Ward's team) to storm back in the bracketed tournament with a dominate win in the finals over Wally Maziarz' team.  Andrew Stella's team was consistent throughout the competitions and placed a solid third.  James Loomis' Team won the tug-of-war competition after finishing in middle of the pack in the dual meet competition.

Spotlight on Zach Ward

Yesterday's post spurred a question about sophomore Zach Ward.  Coach Beasley's answer is below. 

Question:

How is Zach Ward looking? He wrestled at my HS alma mater. Is he still projected at 174? I'm hoping he's been hitting the weights hard.

Answer:

Zach Ward has been working exceptionally hard.  He is a great young man, good student, etc.  He is the kind of student-athlete that coaches love to have.  He has improved a great deal in the last year.  He actually wrestled most of the year last year at 184 pounds and a few times at 197 pounds as a redshirt.  He finished the season with an 11-11 record after starting the year at 1-4.  He won the NCCC Open, took 3^rd at the NYS Collegiate B Bracket, and 4^th at the JCC Open.  He will be in the mix to start at 184 pounds.

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Keep Your Questions Coming

As was the case in the prior posts, the question asked by a fan will be answered by Coach Beasley. Keep your questions coming folks, we'll get them answered as soon as possible!


Question:
Do you think that Kevin Smith could move up a weight this year? If so what does 133 like if he is at 141 pounds?


Answer:
Kevin is planning on moving up to 141 pounds this coming season  (note:  Andrew Schutt is a possible redshirt and Rickey Bronson is looking to certify at 141 pounds as well).  He is big right now and is ready to move-up for his final year.  Justin Farmer is coming off a good redshirt year where he won 21 matches.  He placed at the UB Open, W&J Open, Cleveland State Open, JCC Open, and won the New York State Collegiate B Bracket.  Justin will be a redshirt sophomore.  Also, Taylor Golba (redshirt junior) has the potential to move to 133 pounds or stay at 125 pounds.  He was the starter at the beginning of the season last year before having an injury that he is still recovering from.  He started the season on fire and walked through the UB Open but saw limited action after that last year.  We also have an incoming freshman that is projected at 133 pounds that placed 6^th, 5^th, 3^rd, and 2^nd in the state of New York.

Your Questions Answered

During our small hiatus, we received two additional questions about the UB Wrestling program.  Below are those questions along Coach Beasley's responses.


Question 1:
Josh Peters was having a solid year before fading some against MAC competition last year. Seems that he would be a good wrestler and likely starter at 197 next year. I recently visited the roster page and didn't see his profile. Will he be back next year? Related to this, 184 is open with Jimmy Hamel graduating. Justin Heisserman wrestled at 189 and occasionally 215 in high school. Do you project Heiserman at 184 or 197?


Response:

Jimmy Hamel graduated this year and we will have very good 184 and 197 pound wrestlers in the line-up.  Unfortunately, Josh Peters is no long a part of the UB Wrestling Team.

At 184 pounds, we will have one of the following three wrestlers:  Ron Majerus, Zach Ward, or Jake Waste.  Ron is a redshirt junior who started at 165 pounds as a true freshman.  He had a solid year where he placed in the MAC Championships.  The following year, he redshirted and placed in several tournaments at 174 pounds.  Last season, he again started for us at 174 pounds.  Ron placed at both the UB Open and the New York State Collegiate Tournament.  He also had a memorable match where he scored multiple takedowns on #1 Nationally Ranked Honeycutt of Edinboro when he wrestled up at 184 pounds.  Zach Ward is a redshirt freshman who won an open tournament last year and placed in several others.  He won about a dozen matches last year and continues to improve.  Jake Waste was one of the top recruits in the country this year.  He won five National Championships during his high school career and is looking to add two more at Fargo this month.  Jake also was a Minnesota State Champion, placed in a ton of national tournaments, won a college tournament as a junior in high school, and finished high school with a 201-26 career record.  Waste or Majerus could also be at 174 pounds this season.

At 197 pounds, we will have one of the following three wrestlers:  Tyler Peter, Mibo Aiono, and Justin Heiserman.  Tyler will be in his fourth year with the program and has worked very hard and gained a lot of experience over the years.  He has wrestled a lot of good competition and is ready to go for next year.  Mibo joined the team last year and wrestled up at heavyweight.  He plans to drop down to 197 this year and will be big for the weight.  He is also very athletic.  Justin Heiserman is projected to wrestle 197 pounds.  He was ranked in the top 20 in the country at 189 pounds this year and has several very good wins.  He was a NHSCA High School Senior All-American, Disney Duals Gold Medalist, two-time Michigan State Champion, three-time Michigan State Finalist, and four-time Michigan State Qualifier.  He finished his high school career with a 192-27 record with 116 pins.

Question 2:

Congratulations on a strong season last year and a great recruiting class! UB will be loaded at the lower weight classes next year. The Soria brothers and Arik Robinson have been mentioned as competing for the 125 spot. Last year's starters Taylor Golba (early) and Sean Walton (late) are rarely mentioned but are both tough wrestlers at 125. Kevin Smith at 133 is not likely to be displaced. Andrew Schutt had a strong year at 141. Blake Ruolo comes in at 141/149. Other strong wrestlers will also be pushing for time. 149 is the only lower to mid weight class without an incumbent starter. How do you see competition for the starting lineup playing out?

Response:

I would say that we will be very good at 149 pounds next year.  Chris Conti, Wally Maziarz, James Loomis, and Blake Roulo will all probably be 149 pounders.  Chris Conti has won several important matches for us in the last three years.  He is a very hard worker and great young man.  He is getting bigger as he is moving up from 141 pounds and looks great.  I think the people that do not get the chance to see him train daily will be impressed with how good he really is.  He is a hammer on the mat and is getting very good on his feet.  Wally Maziarz is rapidly improving and recently qualified for the World Team Trials in Greco-Roman.  Wally also won an open tournament this year.  Loomis gained valuable experience last year and wrestled several matches.  He is very aggressive and wrestles a high-pace style which makes him exciting to watch.  Nothing is set in stone, but there is a good possibility in Roulo redshirt next year.  Roulo was one of the best recruits in the country this year and won four straight NHSCA High School National Titles (only the second wrestler to ever do so).  Roulo also was a multiple-time All-American, Virginia State Champion, and finished his high school career with a 179-14 career record.

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Please feel free to leave additional comments and questions on this post.  

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Wrestling Renovation Photo Update 07.04.11

Aaand we're back! Below are some shots I took last night before the fireworks at UB of the wrestling room.  We've been gone for 2 weeks and the room is very close to completion, as most of the remaining work is cosmetic. Enjoy the photos!

Coach Deubel's office

Coach Deubel's office

Jeff Parker Student Lounge - furniture to arrive July 11

Jeff Parker Student Lounge - furniture to arrive July 11

Coach Beichner's Office

Coach Beichner's Office

Coach Beichner's Office

Coach Beasley's Office

Coach Beasley's Office

Coach Beasley's Office

Wrestling Room - New mats!

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Cardio Facility - equipment has not yet been delivered

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Wrestling room

Tomorrow, Coach Beasley will answer the remaining questions we received in the Q&A posts.  As always, if you have any more comments, questions, etc., please leave a comment!