A new year often brings new opportunities, making the Southern Scuffle a fitting way to start the year for the Penn State wrestling team.
The Nittany Lions will be bringing 17 wrestlers to the annual two-day tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. Two of those wrestlers — redshirt freshmen Nick Lee (141) and Jarod Verkleeren (149) — will be entering the tournament unattached.
And even more will be aiming to strengthen their case for a starting role, especially with an abundance of opportunity with nearly 50 ranked wrestlers set to compete Monday and Tuesday.
“The way we’ve done starting lineups generally is that the guy who competes the best gets the top competition.