Rev Blog: Jake Herbert (Northwestern), Entry 8

Hi everyone, it has been a while since my last blog entry. We wrestled Penn State last weekend and that match did not go how we planned. We thought that each match was going to be close going in and that the meet was going to come down to the end. With Lang out again, we knew that our lineup wasn't at full-strength. So, we knew someone needed to pick it up and get a win that on paper we weren't supposed to get.

The match started off great. It was my homeboy Mark McKnight (grew up and wrestled with him since we were 10 and he is an Angry Fish team member along with Philly Phil Davis) vs. Brandon Precin. It seems to me that the studs in wrestling all know each other. Phil Davis vs. Mike Tamillow and Brandon Precin vs. Mark McKnight â€¦ who do ya root for? Easy, you root for your teammates, but I always want to see Angry Fish do it up when they aren't going against NU. For me, I sat back and enjoyed the show as Brandon gave McKnight all he could handle and ended up winning the match.

I am just glad to know that Mark won't be reading this blog because he doesn't believe in reading this kind of stuff. So it went down like this: Brandon beat Mark and from there it was downhill for us. I was the only other guy to come out victorious. On the bright side, I had over 50 friends and family come to the match. They told me that they like reading this blog â€¦ they support me in what I do and I love it when I have people in the crowd cheering for me. My mom and dad sort of had a reunion in State College, so I know that they had a good time. I actually think that Ty Moore was conflicted the most because he had to cheer for me and the Angry Fish guys â€¦ we should have him wear a double knit sweater with NU and PSU embroidered on the front and back.

After that, we flew to Cleveland for our Ohio State dual. The night before our match, we got to watch St. Eds wrestle Blair Academy for the high school national championship. Eds won by bumping a guy to win at 152's. It was great high school wrestling. We know that several of these guys will someday come to Evanston to go to school, so it was important for us to be there.

Jake Herbert (Photo/Stephen J. Carrera)

Our dual against Ohio State came down to the wire. But being without Lang, we lost the last match at 141. I mean, we lost the dual, which we're not happy at all about â€¦ but our 133 back-up (James Kohlberg) lost to J Jaggers, 7-5, and he had him on the ropes at the end of the match. My match was a challenge. Mike Puccillo gave me a seven-minute battle and he made me work for all of my points. After the first, I was only up 2-1 with the ride. 4-2 at the end of the second. In the third, I got going and ended up getting three takedowns for an 11-5 final. It was a good match for the fans, but I am ready for the next time. I want to get my takedowns early.

Finally, I have to talk about the Chicago Cup. I saw the US team get crushed by the Russians on Tuesday night. It was good for me, because I have an idea of where I need to be internationally. I want to be in the event next year and I want to get myself ready to win an Olympic medal. Our own assistant coach, Bill Scherr put the event on and it was crazy (in a good way). He had over 6,500 people in Welsh-Ryan Arena for a first time event. Bill is a stud, oh yeah, he's pretty smart too.

That's all for now,

Jake Herbert

Past Entries:

Entry 7 (1/24/07)
Entry 6 (1/10/07)
Entry 5 (12/13/06)
Entry 4 (11/29/06)
Entry 3 (11/16/06)
Entry 2 (11/1/06)
Entry 1 (10/17/06)

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