OSU Wrestling: Southern Scuffle Pre-seeds Released

The pre-seeds for the Southern Scuffle on Wednesday have been released and there are two very notable new entries to the lineup for the Cowboys.

Kaden Gfeller, who already has two Southern Scuffle titles on his resume, will be the No. 1 seed at 141. At 174, two-time All American Joe Smith is also listed as the No. 1 pre-seed. Both were pegged as the starters for OSU preseason, but had yet to compete.

This is significant to the Cowboys in a number of ways. Coach Smith noted prior to the tournament that if we didn’t see Gfeller here it could mean he’s out for the year. With his presence here, it’s safe to assume that will not be the case. To this point in the season the Cowboys have featured an undersized Andrew Shomers at 174. Though he’s performed admirably in the role, Smith is an established All-American that many had in the top five of their preseason rankings. These additions could mean a lot for the Cowboys moving forward.

The Cowboys are the top pre-seed at five different weights.

Complete pre-seeds for the tournament are as follows.

125
1. Nick Piccininni – Oklahoma State
2. Nic Aguilar – Rutgers
3. Sidney Flores – Air Force
4. Gabriel Townsell – Stanford
5. Jakob Camacho – North Carolina St
6. Luke Werner – Lock Haven
7. Michael McGee – Old Dominion – Un
8. Zurich Storm – Campbell – Un

133
1. Micky Phillippi – Pittsburgh
2. Cam Sykora – North Dakota State
3. Mosha Schwartz – Northern Colorado
4. Chance Rich – Cal State Bakersfield
5. Sammy Alvarez – Rutgers
6. D.J. Fehlman – Lock Haven
7. Devan Turner – Oregon State
8. Chandler Olson – Drexel

141
1. Kaden Gfeller- Oklahoma State
2. Tariq Wilson- North Carolina State
3. Real Woods- Stanford
4. Kyle Shoop- Lock Haven
5. Cole Matthews- Pittsburgh
6. Evan Cheek- Cleveland St
7. Cody Trybus- Navy
8. Lenny Petersen- Air Force

149
1. Boo Lewallen- Oklahoma State
2. Requir Van der Merwe- Stanford
3. Gerard Angelo- Rutgers
4. Russell Rohlfing- Cal State Bakersfield
5. Andrew Alirez- Northern Colorado
6. Tanner Smith- Chattanooga
7. Colston DiBlasi- George Mason
8. Josh FInesilver- Duke – Un

157
1. Hayden Hidlay – North Carolina State
2. Jesse Dellavecchia – Rider
3. Matt Zovistoski – Appalachian State
4. Taleb Rahmani – Pittsburgh
5. Alex Klucker – Lock Haven
6. Kolby Ho – George Mason
7. Hunter Willits – Oregon State – Un
8. Michael Vanbrill – Rutgers

165
1. Shane Griffith – Stanford
2. Tanner Skidgel – Navy
3. Thomas Bullard – North Carolina St
4. Jake Wentzel – Pittsburgh
5. Andrew Fogarty – North Dakota St
6. Travis Wittlake – Oklahoma St
7. Connor Flynn – Missouri
8. Ebed Jarrell – Drexel

174
1. Joe Smith – Oklahoma State
2. Joe Grello – Rutgers
3. Spencer Carey – Navy
4. Dean Sherry – Rider
5. Daniel Bullard – North Carolina State
6. Carter Starocci – Penn State Unattached
7. Neal Richards – VMI
8. Gregg Harvey – Pittsburgh

184
1. Trent Hidlay – North Carolina State
2. Lou Deprez – Binghamton
3. Nino Bonaccorsi – Pittsburgh
4. Matthew Waddell- Chattanooga
5. George Walton – Rider
6. Corey Hazel – Lock Haven
7. Alan Clothier – Northern Colorado
8. Anthony Montalvo – Oklahoma State

197
1. Dakota Geer – Oklahoma State
2. Nathan Traxler – Stanford
3. Nick Reenan – North Carolina State
4. Noah Adams – West Virginia
5. Jacob Seely – Northern Colorado
6. Jordan Pagano – Rutgers
7. Jacob Cardenas – Finger Lakes
8. Ethan Laird – Rider

285
1. Demetrius Thomas – Pittsburgh
2. Gannon Gremmel – Iowa State
3. Cary Miller – Appalachian St
4. Brandon Metz – North Dakota St
5. Dalton Robertson – Northern Colorado
6. Sean O’Malley – Drexel
7. Chris Beck – VMI
8. Kayne Hutchison – Air Force

The tournament starts at 9:00 AM on January 1st and can be streamed live on Flo.