100 pounds: Malik Heinselman (Colorado) vs. Brendan Garcia (Colorado). This is a battle of state champions from the past scholastic season. Heinselman, a Cadet World Team member in freestyle for the second straight year, is after a third straight Fargo freestyle title (the previous two as a Cadet). Garcia seeks a sweep of the Junior Nationals titles this week, having won the Greco title on Tuesday.
106: Jason Holmes (Arizona) vs. Rayvon Foley (Michigan). Holmes is after a second straight Junior freestyle title, after earning a technical fall over Jaret Lane (Pennsylvania) in the semifinal; that was a rematch of last year's Junior freestyle finals bout. Foley was runner-up to Heinselman last year in Cadet freestyle.
113: Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio) vs. Nico Aguilar (California). This is a rematch of the 2014 Cadet freestyle final at 94 pounds, a bout won by Aguilar. Aguilar was third to D'Emilio's eighth in the Super 32 Challenge this past fall at 106 pounds, while Aguilar was third when D'Emilio won the UWW Cadet freestyle title in the spring of 2006 at 46 kilos (101 pounds). D'Emilio is ranked No. 10 in the Class of 2019, and was a Cadet freestyle champion last year.
120: Gavin Teasdale (Pennsylvania) vs. Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma). Teasdale is ranked No. 3 overall in the Class of 2018, and was a Cadet World Team member in freestyle the previous two years; he also won a Cadet freestyle title in 2013. Duffield won a second straight Junior Greco title on Tuesday, and will be headed to the University of Oklahoma very soon.
126: Austin Gomez (Illinois) vs. Paul Konrath (Indiana). This is a battle of Cadet National freestyle champions from 2014; Gomez was also a Cadet Greco champion in 2013 and 2014, while Konrath was champion in Junior folkstyle this spring and Cadet folkstyle back in 2014. Both wrestlers are ranked within the Class of 2017, Gomez is No. 13, while Konrath is No. 45 overall.
132: Taylor LaMont (Utah) vs. Ian Parker (Michigan). LaMont is after a repeat Junior freestyle title, and was champion in Junior Greco for the second time in three years on Tuesday; while this marks a fourth straight Fargo freestyle All-American finish for Parker (fourth place at the Junior level last year). Each is also ranked in the Class of 2016, LaMont is No. 23, while Parker is No. 72 overall.
138: Nick Lee (Indiana) vs. Kanen Storr (Michigan). Lee upended seven-time Fargo finalist Mitch McKee (Minnesota) in the semifinal round by technical fall, McKee was a Junior freestyle champion in 2014 and runner-up last year (also repeating as champion in Greco on Tuesday). The 2014 Cadet freestyle Outstanding Wrestler is ranked No. 5 overall in the Class of 2017, while NHSCA Senior Nationals champion Storr is ranked No. 45 in the Class of 2016.
145: Jarod Verkleeren (Pennsylvania) vs. Anthony Artalona (Florida). Last year's Cadet World champion at 69 kilos (152 pounds), and a 2014 Cadet freestyle champion, Verkleeren is ranked No. 24 in the Class of 2017. Artalona is ranked No. 17 in the Class of 2018, and was a Cadet National double champion last year.
152: Zander Wick (California) vs. Griffin Parriott (Minnesota). Both wrestlers in this match were also Junior freestyle All-Americans last year, and ranked nationally within the Class of 2016; the Wisconsin-bound Wick is No. 37, while Purdue-bound Parriott is No. 17 overall. Wick was champion in Junior folkstyle, while Parriott won the Greco title on Tuesday afternoon.
160: Jake Allar (Minnesota) vs. Max Wohlabaugh (Florida). Allar is ranked No. 34 in the Class of 2017, while Wohlabaugh was runner-up in Greco earlier this week and is on the Cadet World Team in Greco that competes this coming September at 69 kilos (152 pounds).
170: Owen Pentz (Utah) vs. Canten Marriott (Missouri). Probably the most unexpected final of the tournament, as neither wrestler is ranked in their respective grade level. Pentz was state champion this past year as a junior, while the Missouri-bound Marriott didn't make the state final during his senior year after winning state last year.
182: Kevin Parker (New York) vs. Owen Webster (Minnesota). This is a battle of returning Junior freestyle All-Americans. The Princeton-bound Parker was a two-time state champion and a two-time Flo Nationals placer during his scholastic career. Bound for Minnesota, the No. 48 overall prospect in the Class of 2016 Webster missed his senior season due to injury, but was a Cadet World medalist in freestyle last year at 85 kilos (187 pounds).
195: John Borst (Virginia) vs. Ben Darmstadt (Ohio). Two-time state champion Borst was a Flo Nationals placer and NHSCA Junior Nationals champion this spring. Darmstadt finished his high school career ranked No. 28 overall in the Class of 2016, and the Cornell bound wrestler is now a two-time Junior freestyle All-American.
220: Samuel Colbray (Oregon) vs. Keegan Moore (Minnesota). Two of the nation's elite wrestlers from the Class of 2016 will do battle here. Colbray seeks a sweep of the titles this week after winning in Greco on Tuesday, and is ranked No. 14 overall; it is also an eighth Fargo final in five seaons. Moore was a Cadet Triple Crown winner in 2014, and ranked No. 47 overall in the graduated senior group.
285: Anthony Cassioppi (Illinois) vs. Gannon Gremmel (Iowa). Both wrestlers are ranked in their respective grade level, Cassioppi is No. 42 in the Class of 2018, while Gremmel is No. 43 in the Class of 2016. Cassioppi placed third at state this year, and placed third in three previous Fargo tournaments (2015 both styles as Cadet, 2016 Junior Greco); while Gremmel was state champion this past year and a 2014 Cadet freestyle champion.
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