{"id":548137,"date":"2016-11-04T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=548137"},"modified":"2016-11-04T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:50:04","slug":"badgers-wrestling-notebook-its-go-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/badgers-wrestling-notebook-its-go-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Badgers Wrestling Notebook: It&#8217;s go time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wrestling season is upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday marks the beginning of a 19-week grind toward the NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Well, at least for a handful of Wisconsin wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p>Seniors Isaac Jordan (165 pounds) and Connor Medbery (HWT) begin their final campaigns at the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, the second-ranked wrestler at his weight according to InterMat, was a national runner-up at 165 pounds a season ago. He will take on No.3 Daniel Lewis of Missouri in the 165-pound bout.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis was redshirt sophomore was Mid-American\u00a0Conference Freshman of the Year a season ago, claiming the MAC title at 165 and achieving All-American status with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Tournament. Jordan and Lewis have never faced one another.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Medbery, fresh off an Olympic redshirt season, will go toe-to-toe with Virginia Tech\u2019s Ty Walz in the heavyweight match. Walz is a three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time All-American. He placed fourth at the NCAA Tournament in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Medbery begins the season as the nation\u2019s third-ranked heavyweight, while Walz is ranked second.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks just the fourth time ever, and the first since 1980, that a pair of Badgers wrestlers were selected for the event. In total, 22 UW grapplers have participated throughout the 51 years of the Classic\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<h2>Badgers sending contingent to Pointer Open<\/h2>\n<p>Head coach Barry Davis announced in his weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiwrestling.com\/tuesdays-with-barry-11-1-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTuesdays with Barry\u201d<\/a> segment that seven Badgers wrestlers will be competing is Saturday\u2019s Pointer Open at UW-Stevens Point.<\/p>\n<p>The tentative entries included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>141:<\/strong> Patrick Spray<br \/>\n<strong>149:<\/strong> Zander Wick<br \/>\n<strong>157:<\/strong> Evan Wick, Izaec Quintanilla, Jared Donar, Rylan Lubek, Jared Scharenbrock<br \/>\n<strong>165:<\/strong> Jacob Covaciu<br \/>\n<strong>197:<\/strong> Mason Reinhart<br \/>\n<strong>HWT:<\/strong> Brady Wetter, Ben Stone<\/p>\n<p>Davis added, \u201cWe will be using this tournament to help determine a couple weights for which athletes we will be taking to the Wolfpack Open at NC State later this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jimenez to redshirt <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>UW officials confirmed earlier this week that junior 125-pounder Johnny Jimenez is taking a redshirt this season.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez posted an 18-15 record last year en route to his first appearance at the NCAA Tournament. 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