Penn State Sports Magazine
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157 | No. 3 Jason Nolf 33-2 R-Fr., Yatesboro, Pa. 4-1 // NCAA RUNNER-UP // ALL-AMERICAN RD 1 Kamaal Shakur, Chattanooga WBF (3:34) RD 2 May Bethea, Penn W 25-10 (TF; 6:35) QTRS No. 6 Joseph Smith, Oklahoma St. W 11-3 maj. dec. SEMIS No. 15 Chad Walsh, Rider W 19-4 (TF; 3:19) FINAL No. 1 Isaiah Martinez, Illinois L 6-5 dec. 165 | Geno Morelli 21-12 Jr., DuBois, Pa. 2-2 // DID NOT PLACE RD 1 No. 11 J. Staudenmayer, N. Carolina W 5-3 dec. RD 2 No. 6 Steven Rodriguez, Illinois L 3-1 (SV2) CN 2 Jake Faust, Duke W 5-2 dec. CN 3 No. 14 David McFadden, Va. Tech L 14-3 maj. dec. 174 | No. 1 Bo Nickal 33-2 R-Fr., Allen, Texas 4-1 // NCAA RUNNER-UP // ALL-AMERICAN RD 1 Josef Johnson, Harvard W 10-2 maj. dec. RD 2 No. 16 Micah Barnes, Nebraska W 7-2 dec. QTRS No. 9 Chandler Rogers, Oklahoma St. W 15-4 maj. dec. SEMIS No. 12 Nathan Jackson, Indiana W 4-3 dec. FINAL No. 11 Myles Martin, Ohio State L 11-9 dec. 184 | No. 16 Matt McCutcheon 16-8 Soph., Apollo, Pa. 0-2 // DID NOT PLACE RD 1 Tom Sleigh, Bucknell L 4-3 dec. CN 1 Jack Dechow, Old Dominion L 6-1 dec. 197 | No. 1 Morgan McIntosh 32-1 Sr., Acton, Calif. 4-1 // NCAA RUNNER-UP // 3-TIME ALL-AMERICAN RD 1 Ryan Wolfe, Rider W 11-3 maj. dec. RD 2 No. 16 Kyle Conel, Kent State WBF (6:01) QTRS No. 8 Aaron Studebaker, Nebraska W 15-4 maj. dec. SEMIS No. 4 Nathan Burak, Iowa W 4-2 dec. FINAL No. 2 J'Den Cox, Missouri L 4-2 dec. N EW YORK – In August, Zain Rether- ford posted a video to his online In- stagram account. Taken at a roadside farm stand in his northeastern Pennsyl- vania hometown, the video shows Penn State's 149-pounder gripping a water- melon and bundling it under his left arm. With a grin spreading across his face, he introduces himself: "Hi, I'm Zain Retherford and this is the water- melon hug." Yes, the watermelon hug. He then squeezes with both hands – almost as though he's body-locking a wrestling opponent – until the green melon explodes and pink juice and pulp drip down his shirt and to his pants. Success. More than a half a year later, just min- utes after winning his first NCAA cham- pionship with a 10-1 major decision over Iowa's Brandon Sorensen, Retherford was asked how many watermelons he