Shane Griffiths Cinderella Story Continues

The Stanford 165 is on to the semifinal’s.

Stanfords 165, Shane Griffith has advanced to the semifinals and is continuing his Cinderella run. He is set to wrestle against Zach Hartman out of Bucknell.

Griffith won a narrow bout against the #1 seed from Iowa, Alex Marinelli 3-2. Marnielli was the tournament favorite because of his technical and strong style of wrestling. I am a fan of Marinelli but, seeing Griffith gut this win out was awesome.

Now, Griffith will take on a strong competitor in Zach Hartman, who is the #5 seed. He won off of a medical forfeit against the #4 seed Mekhi Lewis from Virginia Tech who came into the tournament pretty banged up.

I have my fingers crossed and have said a prayer that Griffith can make the finals to shove it in the face of the Stanford athletic department. How can you cut a program that had a National Champion? You just can’t.