88: Mosha Schwartz (Colorado) vs. Ridge Lovett (Idaho)
Incoming freshmen Schwartz seeks to win a Cadet Triple Crown, having won the folkstyle title in April and the Greco-Roman title on Monday afternoon. Schwartz has dominated his way through four matches with three technical falls and a pin in the semifinal. Lovett was fifth in the Greco-Roman tournament, including a 10-7 loss to Schwartz in the quarterfinal round.
94: Malik Heinselman (Colorado) vs. Rayvon Foley (Michigan)
Heinselman seeks a double title this week, after winning Greco-Roman on Monday. He is also the UWW Cadet world team representative at 42 kilograms, after sweeping Schwartz in those finals during late May. For the tournament, both Heinselman and Foley have four technical fall victories in as many matches.
100: Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio) vs. Travis Ford-Melton (Illinois)
This match features a pair of incoming freshmen ranked in the top ten nationally. D'Emilio, a Cadet freestyle runner-up last year at 94 pounds, is ranked No. 5 in the Class of 2019; while Ford-Melton is ranked No. 10. D'Emilio, the UWW Cadet world team representative at 46 kilograms, had four technical falls prior to a 13-8 semifinal victory; while Ford-Melton, who placed fourth in that same UWW Cadet Nationals weight class has three technical falls and a pin in four matches this tournament.
106: Jordan Decatur (Ohio) vs. Billy Simpson (Oklahoma)
Decatur is ranked No. 19 in the Class of 2019, and finished fourth at 50 kilograms in the UWW Cadet freesytle tournament. Simpson was a Cadet National All-American in both styles last year at 88 pounds, including a third place finish in freestyle. For this tournament, each has wrestled five matches; Decatur has won all his by technical fall, while Simpson has two pins and two technical falls.
113: Roman Bravo-Young (Arizona) vs. Matthew Parker (Pennsylvania)
Bravo-Young, ranked No. 17 in the Class of 2018, is after a second consecutive Cadet National double. He won both tournaments last year at 100 pounds, and won the Greco-Roman tournament at this weight class on Monday. For this event, Bravo-Young has five victories by technical fall from five matches. Parker placed fifth at state as a sophomore this past year, after finishing third in Cadet freestyle at 100 pounds last summer. In this tournament, he opened with three technical fall victories, before wins by decision in the last two matches.
120: Alex Thomsen (Iowa) vs. Nick Raimo (New Jersey)
Raimo, ranked No. 3 nationally in the Class of 2019, seeks a Cadet National double after winning the Greco-Roman title on Monday. In twelve matches this week, Raimo has won all of them by pin or technical fall (in the freestyle event, he is at four technical falls and two pins). Thomsen, ranked No. 45 in the Class of 2018, was a state champion this past year and placed fourth in the Greco-Roman tournament. He has two pins, including one over returning runner-up Max Murin (Pennsylvania) in the semifinal, and two technical falls among the six victories so far.
126: Vitali Arujau (New York) vs. Anthony Madrigal (Illinois)
Arujau, ranked No. 10 in the Class of 2017, has six technical falls in six matches so far in the tournament. After finishing third in Cadet freestyle, and runner-up at 58 kilograms in the UWW Cadet Nationals, he did not allow a point to an opponent until the semifinal match. Madrigal, ranked No. 42 in the Class of 2018, was also a Cadet freestyle All-American last year and has three shutout technical falls among five victories in this tournament to date.
132: Sammy Sasso (Pennsylvania) vs. Brock Hardy (Utah)
This match features a pair of top 20 Class of 2018 wrestlers nationally, Sasso is ranked No. 14 while Hardy is ranked No. 19. For this tournament Sasso has three technical falls and a pin among his five match victories; the pin came in the semifinal over Greco-Roman champion Alex Lloyd (Minnesota), who is ranked No. 21 in the Class of 2018, while one of his technical fall victories came against another ranked Class of 2018 wrestler in Brayton Lee (Indiana). Hardy, who was runner-up in Greco-Roman, has three technical falls and a pin among four match victories in the tournament to date.
138: Shane Griffith (New Jersey) vs. Joe Lee (Indiana)
This match features a pair of top 25 Class of 2018 wrestlers nationally, Griffith is ranked No. 15 while Lee is No. 22 in the rankings. Griffith, a state champion during the high school season, has four pins and a technical fall from six matches in the tournament; the lone decision came over returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Jamie Hernandez (Illinois). Lee, a high school state runner-up, has three pins and three technical falls from six matches; this includes a semifinal pin over Greco-Roman champion Andrew Merola (New Jersey).
145: Anthony Artalona (Florida) vs. Jaryn Curry (Oklahoma)
This match also features a pair of ranked Class of 2018 wrestlers, Artalona is erroneously ranked in the Class of 2017 at position No. 44, while Curry is ranked No. 29 in the 2018 group. After earning All-American honors in both styles at 63 kilograms in the UWW Cadet Nationals, Artalona is seeking a double title at the Cadet Nationals after winning Greco-Roman on Monday. During six matches in each tournament, he has four technical falls and a pin in each event. Curry counters with a similar level of dominance, having five technical falls from six matches in the event.
152: Trevell Timmons (Illinois) vs. Giullian Nakamatsu (Nevada)
Timmons placed fifth at his state tournament as a sophomore, and finished third at 69 kilograms in the UWW Cadet freestyle tournament. For this tournament, he has five technical fall victories from five matches. Nakamatsu, who placed fourth at state as a sophomore counters with three very narrow victories in his five matches, with just one pin and one technical fall so far.
160: Ryan Karoly (New Jersey) vs. Marcus Coleman (Iowa)
Karoly is ranked No. 25 in the Class of 2018, and was runner-up on Monday afternoon in Greco-Roman. In this event, he had five technical falls leading up to a 3-2 semifinal victory over 152 pound Greco-Roman champion Max Wohlabaugh (Florida). Coleman won a state title as a sophomore, and was undefeated in both styles at last month's Cadet Duals. He had three wins over Karoly during that week, a pin in Greco-Roman, and then decision victories by scores of 19-16 and 9-7 in freestyle. During this tournament, Coleman has four technical falls and two pins from six matches.
170: Jacob Warner (Illinois) vs. Jack Jessen (Illinois)
This is a rematch of the Cadet Greco-Roman final, which was won by Warner with an 11-0 technical fall. The wrestlers also met in a consolation round at the UWW Cadet freestyle nationals, where Warner also won by 11-0 technical fall. Warner went on to place third in that tournament, and is presently ranked No. 25 in the Class of 2017, while Jessen is ranked No. 12 in the Class of 2018. For this event, both wrestlers have been absurdly dominant; Warner has four shutout technical falls and a semifinal pin, while Jessen has five shutout technical falls.
182: Brandon Whitman (Michigan) vs. Jacob Raschka (Wisconsin)
Whitman is ranked No. 6 in the Class of 2018 after placing third in the 85 kilogram weight class at the UWW Cadet freestyle tournament and going undefeated in both styles at the Cadet Duals. Earlier this week, he placed third in Greco-Roman, and has yet to give up a point in freestyle (four of the five wins by technical fall). Raschka avenged an 8-3 loss from the folkstyle final to Andrew Davison (Indiana), who also had won the Greco-Roman tournament, in the semifinal round. The two-time state placer finished eighth last year in Cadet freestyle, and had four technical falls leading into the 13-5 semifinal win over Davison.
195: Jake Boyd (Missouri) vs. Ian Malesiewski (Pennsylvania)
Boyd avenged an 8-4 loss in the Greco-Roman final on Monday afternoon to Brady Daniel (Maryland) with a 10-3 semifinal victory. Prior to that match, Boyd had secured three victories by technical fall in his earlier matches. Malesiewski finished third in Greco-Roman, and has two shutout technical fall victories among his four wins in this tournament to date.
220: Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. Cohlton Schultz (Colorado)
Steveson is the top-ranked wrestler in the Class of 2018, and is the UWW Cadet world team representative in this weight class. For this tournament, he has four technical falls from four matches, the lone point against coming in an 11-1 semifinal win. His finals opponent is Schultz, the Greco-Roman champ who is ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2019. For this tournament, Schultz has three pins and a semifinal technical fall in a rematch of the Greco-Roman final against Kayne Hutchison (Kansas).
285: Zach Muller (Illinois) vs. Nicholas Boykin (Tennessee)
Boykin, state champion in high school as a sophomore, seeks a Cadet double after winning the Greco-Roman title on Monday. In nine matches across the week, his first match not be a technical fall of pin came in the semifinal this evening. Muller was fifth in Greco-Roman and champion in folkstyle, avenging his semifinal loss from Greco-Roman with a 14-4 technical fall victory over Gavin Nye (California).
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