New beginnings are on the horizon with the new year for the Wrestling teams. The holidays are over for the athletes as the first big combat sports event of the year took place at the Hearnes Center. No. 2-ranked Missouri wrestling team Mizzou battled against the No. 11 Virginia Tech. Mizzou, however, rallied themselves to victory with the score of 22-17.

The first interesting match of 2024 took place on Tuesday, Jan. 2. But, before the combat match, Virginia Tech wrestlers refreshed themselves with impressive basketball skills. To reduce the pressure of winning in a match-up against the Mizzou, which has a notable victorious record, Virginia Tech wrestlers reinvigorated themselves unexpectedly.

Virginia Tech wrestlers relieve tension with an alternate sport

With a winning mindset in the highly anticipated match against Missouri, the Virginia Tech wrestling team amped themselves up astonishingly. The FloWrestling world captured the exceptional moment and took to its official X handle to share the gesture of the splendid basketball match. The caption of the recent post reads, “Virginia Tech is in the building to take on Missouri! They’re showing off some basketball skills before they go to battle 🏀 Who’s got the best b-ball skills?”

In the video, one of the best VT wrestlers, Luke Robie, played the basketball match with his team as a turnaround jumper. Another wrestler for Virginia Tech Bryce Andonian who is known for winning the Fargo junior national freestyle title at 145 pounds made a dunk amazingly.

On the other hand, Sam Latona, who has created history in Alabama state by clinching the first junior national title as a high school wrestler, gave the “step back” move in the basketball matchup to create space for his shot.

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Apart from that, another Virginia Tech athlete, Caleb Henson, with a remarkable wrestling career, seems much aware of the shooting range in basketball. Cody Brewer, who is an assistant coach at Virginia Tech, gave precise directions to control the basketball using proficient dribbling and accurate passing. However, VT wrestlers failed to show the same skill in the wrestling arena.

VT wrestling falls to Missouri

While the VT wrestlers impressed the spectators with their basketball moves, they were rallied to defeat in the match against the Mizzou team, at a score of 17-22 on January 2.

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The match between Mizzou and Hokies marks the return of the No. 2 ranked Missouri team to ring in 2024 at home, as they welcome the VT team to Hearnes Center. It was the eighth meeting between both programs, with the previous record of Mizzou at 4-3. The Tigers ended up maintaining their undefeated beginning to the 2023-24 season, as they improved to 6-0, while the Hokies had a downfall of 3-2.

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