Which is a testament to how high he has set the bar. No shame making the finals and losing to a national champ, all while still in high school. I wonder if he's overtraining a bit. You know he puts the work in, but his gas tank doesn't seem to be all the way there. It works for Bo, but might not be optimal for Melvin. Just a random thought with nothing to support it.

Mendoza very well may AA next year that's a good win. Bouzakis match wasn't great but he won. Robideau is a bad matchup right now especially with him being fresh and Melvin having two close matches beforehand. He needs to work on strength and gas tank, I don't think he wrestled poorly.

in your statements. He has seemed to wrestle “down” to his level of competition lately. He is an absolute stud - but he had 3 tough close full matches - turns it on at the end every time (except Robideau who at this point Melvin would need to “wrestle up”) to get the win. Seidel & Bo - put the match away (& thus wrestle a significantly less amount of time). As I stated below, he did have 3 tough full matches prior while Robideau had none (perk of winning US Open). And Robideau Natty Champ and loss a close one to Zain 3-2 in the semis at the US Open. Henson vs Robideau for true 3rd & the Senior World team slot will be quite entertaining… Way to go Melvin!