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Penn State wrestling starter suffers injury at Big Ten tournament

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•about 12 hours•

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Penn State wrestling redshirt freshman Joshua Barr injury defaulted out of his consolation bracket semifinal on Sunday at the Big Ten Championships. The Nittany Lion appeared to injure his left leg early in a 197-pound bout with Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota. He tried to continue but could not. And, he was ultimately helped off the mat by a PSU staff member. The Golden Gopher led 4-0 at the time of the stoppage. It came just 1:07 into the match.

Barr is almost certainly going to injury default out of the fifth place match. However, that is not confirmed as of 3:20 pm ET on Sunday. The final session starts at 5:30 pm ET. Six Penn State wrestlers are in the finals. Three others will wrestle for third.

Lions coach Cael Sanderson will speak with reporters in Evanston, where the tournament is at Northwestern, once the final session concludes.

What’s next for Penn State?

Barr is already one of the 10 Penn State starters who qualified for the national tournament. That takes place March 20-22 in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center. Seeds for the event come out Wednesday. Barr will get one at 197 pounds. Whether or not he will be able to wrestle, though, is unclear. He will surely be evaluated by the team’s training staff, which is led by Dan Monthley, in the hours and days ahead.

Lions lineup for the final Big Ten session is in

Penn State will have at least nine competitors in action this evening. Here is who goes for a title tonight:

125 pounds: No. 4 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State vs. No. 2 Caleb Smith, Nebraska

157 pounds: No. 2 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs. No. 8 Brandon Cannon, Ohio State

165 pounds: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink, PSU vs. No. 2 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa

174 pounds: No. 1 Levi Haines, Penn State vs. No. 3 Lenny Pinto, Nebraska

184 pounds: No. 1 Carter Starocci, PSU vs. No. 2 Max McEnelly, Minnesota

285 pounds: No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet, PSU vs. No. 1 Gable Steveson, Minnesota

Here is the consolation brackets matches:

133 pounds: No. 4 Braeden Davis, Penn State vs. No. 9 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State (third place match)

141 pounds: No. 1 Beau Bartlett, PSU vs. No. 2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State (third place match)

149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs. No. 2 Kyle Parco, Iowa (third place match)

197 pounds: No. 2 Josh Barr, PSU vs. No. 7 Camden McDanel, Nebraska

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