Blackmon (OSU)/ Keller (Neb.)

[legman]

Several people have asked about the progress of our Tennessee boys in College programs. Haven't heard much on Simpson this season except that he's Nationally ranked and a beast. I know that Ward is injured, but coming back strong. How about McCarty, McKnight etc..?

 

Rusty Blackmon has had a great couple of weeks since losing a challenge match to #4 ranked Muhammad Lawal. Last weekend, he finished 3rd in the Central Missouri Open. This past weekend, he again finished 3rd, this time at the Kaufman/Brand (Omaha Neb.) Open. Along the way, he took out Lininger (Minn. starter), Bader (Arizona starter), Ryan Fulsass (Iowa starter) and avenged a first round s.d. ot loss to Stender (N. Iowa starter) with a 7-2 win. He won 7 matches total to round out a great weekend.

 

Matt Keller at Nebraska was at the same tournament, wrestling in the 20 yrs. and under division. He won the tournament with 5 straight wins including 3 pins and a major dec. to claim the title at 125 lbs. as well as the O.W. Along the way, he pinned Ok. State's Derrick Fleenor, an undefeated 4X Oklahoma State Champion.

 

Keep making us proud!!

[Edited by legman on 11-24-02 10:19P]

 

[wrestlingfan]

Thanks for the update on Blackmon and Keller. I always did enjoy watching those boys wrestle. It is nice to know that they are continuing to make TN proud. Congratulations to them!

[Guest BigFatFan]

That is wonderful. Thanks for the info. Please keep us informed.

[karelin]

Great news on the the two ex-Bradley boys; other Tn boys that competed over the weekend include, Phillip Simpson was 2nd place in Cornell Inv.(he's up a weight for another month, but he's already won two other tourney's), J.T.Hagen placed fourth in the same tourney at 165, after placing 2nd last week in another tourney at 174, Waylon Lowe won two matches over Div.1 opponents this weekend, and Darren McNight won at 141 as the starter in his dual match with Hofstra yesterday.

This along with the great progress our UTC boys are doing under Terry Brands should make all of us proud of our guys.