88: Louie Hayes (Illinois) will enter as the favorite to sweep Cadet National titles this week, after winning the Greco-Roman tournament on Monday; he also was a Cadet folkstyle runner-up at 94 pounds. Others to watch include Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Alex Crowe (Minnesota), who was champion in freestyle at last year's Schoolboy Nationals, and Gavin Teasdale (Pennsylvania).
94: Coming off the Greco-Roman title on Monday night, and a FILA Cadet freestyle title in late May, Austin Gomez (Illinois) has to enter as the favorite. Ranked No. 15 in the Class of 2017, Gomez is seeking a Cadet Nationals sweep this week. Others to watch include FILA Cadet freestyle second place finisher Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma), who is ranked No. 16 in the Class of 2017; Cadet folkstyle champion Brent Jones (Minnesota), who placed third in both Cadet Greco-Roman and FILA Cadet freestyle; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Ramon Miranda (California); and last year's Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Brendan Coughlin (Maryland).
100: Joey Prata (Virginia) won the title here in Greco-Roman on Monday and seeks to double as champion this week with a freestyle title. Last year in Fargo, Prata was a double All-American as well. Those seeking to block him from a double include returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Michael Doetsch (Maryland); Matthew Schmitt (Missouri), a fellow Cadet double All-American last year who placed second in FILA Cadet freestyle; Ian Parker (Michigan), who placed third in FILA Cadet freestyle; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Danny Vega (Arizona); along with FILA Cadet freestyle All-Americans Ben Freeman (Michigan) and Coltan Williams (Texas).
106: Daton Fix (Oklahoma), who is ranked No. 6 overall in the Class of 2017, will enter this event as a solid favorite to win a Cadet Triple Crown. Fix won the folkstyle title in April, the Greco-Roman title on Monday, and was also second at 110 pounds in FILA Cadet freestyle. Primary challengers to Fix include Jack Mueller (Texas), ranked No. 30 overall in the Class of 2016 and third in FILA Cadet freestyle at 110; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Dylan Duncan (Illinois); 2012 FILA Cadet freestyle champion Andrew Nieman (Oklahoma); as well as Ty Agaisse (New Jersey) and Michael Murphy (Tennessee).
113: Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) is after a sweep of the titles, having won the Greco-Roman title on Monday afternoon. He also was runner-up at the FILA Cadet Nationals in freestyle in 2012. However, he is but one of many contenders here in freestyle; a group that is led by Jose Rodriguez (Ohio), who is ranked No. 38 in the Class of 2015 and was a FILA Cadet freestyle All-American at 119 pounds. Others to watch include Eric Hong (Pennsylvania), ranked No. 9 in the Class of 2017 and third in Cadet Greco-Roman; three-time in-season state champion Cameron Sykora (Minnesota); in-season state champion Henry Pohlmeyer (Iowa), who was also a Cadet freestyle All-American last year; in-season state champion Taylor Venz (Minnesota); returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Kyle Bierdumpfel (New Jersey), who is ranked No. 23 in the Class of 2016; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Adam Flatt (Georgia); and L.J. Bentley (Ohio).
120: Cadet folkstyle champion Taylor LaMont (Utah) went undefeated in both the Cadet and Junior Nationals in freestyle, and would have to be the slightest of favorites headed into this event. LaMont is also ranked No. 25 in the Class of 2016 and earned All-America honors in the Junior Greco-Roman tournament. Others to watch include Cadet Greco-Roman champion Gabe Townsell (Illinois); Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Chris Debien (Tennessee); Chad Red (Indiana), who is ranked No. 20 in the Class of 2016; two-time in-season state runner-up Nick Casella (New York); 2012 Schoolboy freestyle champion Isaiah Palomino (California); and returning Cadet freestyle All-American Evan Cheek (Ohio).
126: Zahid Valencia (California) won the Greco-Roman title on Monday and seeks a Cadet National double title, to augment the Junior folkstyle title to win in April, which augments a Cadet freestyle title won last year for the No. 5 ranked wrestler in the Class of 2015. He is the strong favorite in this field. Three other Californians merit attention: Jaden Enriquez, third in Cadet Greco-Roman and a Schoolboy freestyle champion last year, as well as a pair of Cadet folkstyle champions in Armand Molina and Zander Wick. The biggest challenger to Valencia would be Nick Lee (Indiana), ranked No. 3 in the Class of 2017 after a runner-up finish at the FILA Cadet freestyle tournament in May. Others to watch include 2012 Cadet double All-American Drake Foster (Idaho) and Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Hayden Hidlay (Pennsylvania), who is ranked No. 38 in the Class of 2016.
132: On the surface this seems to be one of the weaker fields of the Cadet freestyle tournament. The favorite based on present entries would be Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma), who is ranked No. 19 in the Class of 2016 after going undefeated in freestyle at the Cadet Duals. The highest Greco-Roman placer in the field is runner-up Logan Kass (Minnesota).
138: Three wrestlers stand out ahead of the field here in this weight class: David McFadden (New Jersey), who is ranked No. 22 overall in the Class of 2015; Isaiah White (Illinois), who is ranked No. 11 in the Class of 2016; and Jacob Woodard (Iowa), a returning Cadet freestyle All-American and in-season state champion. Others to watch include Patricio Lugo (Florida), runner-up in Cadet Greco-Roman and undefeated in both styles at the Cadet Duals, and Kaleb Young (Pennsylvania), who is ranked No. 47 in the Class of 2016.
Larry Early (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)152: Nick Reenan (Texas), ranked No. 10 in the Class of 2016, enters this weight class as the strong favorite to earn a Triple Crown. Reenan was champion of Cadet folkstyle in April, Cadet Greco-Roman on Monday afternoon, and was a FILA Cadet freestyle runner-up in late May. Among those seeking to spoil Reenan's fun are fellow FILA Cadet freestyle All-American Taylor Lujan (Georgia), who is ranked No. 35 in the Class of 2015; returning Cadet freestyle All-American Jose Champagne (Illinois); two-time Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Joey Gunther (Illinois); Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Jesse Porter (New York); in-season state runner-up Corbin Allen (Virginia); and 2012 Schoolboy freestyle champion Andrew Berreyesa (Nevada).
160: Mark Hall (Colorado) makes it three successive weights where a wrestler is seeking the Cadet Triple Crown. Ranked No. 2 overall in the Class of 2016, he will be a prohibitive favorite to do so; and he has also placed twice at the FILA Cadet Nationals in freestyle. Among the challengers are Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Vincente Guerrero (Arizona); Cadet Greco-Roman third place finisher Kamal Bey (Illinois), who is ranked No. 46 overall in the Class of 2016; Jelani Embree (Michigan), who went undefeated at the Cadet Duals, and is ranked No. 4 in the Class of 2017; Joseph Grello (New Jersey), who also went undefeated at the Cadet Duals; and a pair of returning All-Americans in Andrew Doak (Pennsylvania) and Josh Ugalde (New Jersey).
170: Things set up nicely for yet another showdown between top Class of 2016 wrestlers Beau Breske (Wisconsin) and Keegan Moore (Minnesota). Ranked No. 9 in that grade, Breske won the Greco-Roman final by technical fall over Moore, and also was runner-up to Hall in Cadet folkstyle at 160; while Moore is ranked No. 22 in the grade and was the Cadet folkstyle champion in this weight class. A couple other notables in this field are Cadet Greco-Roman third place finisher Brandon Haas (Iowa) and 2012 Schoolboy freestyle champion Wyatt Koeling (Utah).
182: Hunter Ritter (Maryland), ranked No. 44 in the Class of 2015, will be after a sweep of the Fargo titles in this Cadet weight class. However, a multitude of solid challengers are present. Among the leaders of the group are Cadet folkstyle champion Cash Wilcke (Iowa), a two-time in-season state placer; Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Justan Rivera (Georgia), who was a Cadet double All-American last year and is ranked No. 46 in the Class of 2015; Andrew Marsden (Illinois), who placed third in Cadet Greco-Roman and third at the FILA Cadet freestyle tournament; Jack Harris (Ohio), who was runner-up in Cadet folkstyle and is ranked No. 43 in the Class of 2016; and Drew Phipps (Pennsylvania), ranked No. 34 in the Class of 2016.
195: Now a two-time Cadet Greco-Roman champion, Samuel Colbray (Oregon) will seek to win double titles here in Fargo after taking fifth in freestyle last year. Colbray is also ranked No. 13 overall in the Class of 2016, and he will face a relatively solid field in the hunt for a stop sign. Among the challengers are Tevis Barlett (Wyoming), who placed third in Greco-Roman and is ranked No. 48 in the Class of 2016; Cadet folkstyle champion Emilio Fowler (Kansas), Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Randy Scott (Indiana); returning Cadet freestyle All-American Tyler Johnson (Illinois); and Matt Correnti (New Jersey), who is ranked No. 39 in the Class of 2016.
220: Lance Benick (Minnesota), the nation's top ranked Class of 2015 wrestler, is an obvious favorite for a second straight Cadet Nationals sweep in Fargo. Last year he won the Cadet Triple Crown; this year, he'll fall short because his folkstyle nationals title came at the Junior level. Among those seeking to somehow upset Benick are returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Kyler Childers (Oklahoma); Cadet Greco-Roman third place finisher James Bethel (New York); Cadet folkstyle champion Gannon Gremmel (Iowa), who is ranked No. 42 in the Class of 2016; and Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Jordan Wood (Pennsylvania), who is ranked No. 8 in the Class of 2016.
285: Jacob Marnin (Iowa), a returning Cadet freestyle All-American, will be seeking a Triple Crown after winning the folkstyle title in April and the Greco-Roman title on Monday afternoon. However, the field of challengers is credible. The crop includes Cadet Greco-Roman third place finisher Dante Jiovanetta (Illinois); FILA Cadet freestyle champion Adam Lemke-Bell (Illinois); Cadet Greco-Roman runner-up Adrian James (Illinois); and Shawn Streck (Indiana), who is ranked No. 26 in the Class of 2016.
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