Illinois won team titles in both styles at the Junior level in Fargo (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)The annual Junior & Cadet Nationals event held in Fargo had its normal twists and turns, trials, tribulations, and moments of greatness. Yet again it was Illinois that made its presence most known across levels and styles during "Fargo Week 2012." Here are six reflections from Fargo.
1. The weighty discussion
Towards the end of last summer, USA Wrestling made the decision to change the Cadet and Junior level weight classes to fall in line with the changes made by the NFHS for 2011-12 high school season. Those changes at the high school level caused much reaction in the wrestling community. Now that we have the numbers from one Fargo tournament in our midst, let's take a revisit.
For the sake of study, we'll use the numbers from freestyle at both the Cadet and Junior levels (Greco-Roman probably shows a similar trend).
In 2011, the peak Junior weights were from 130 through 171, as each weight had more than eight percent of the competitors present (going up to as high as 9.15 percent). However, that peak stretch swung in this year's event to the 120 through 152 classes, where each weight had more than 7.9 percent of the field present (with three of those weight classes with over 9.3 percent each).
Between 125 and 145, there were five weight classes in 2011 that combined for 41.65 percent of the field (8.33 percent average); while this year, the four weights between 126 and 145 totaled 37.5 percent (about 9.4 percent average). For the upper weight classes of 171 to 285 in 2011, there were four weight classes reflecting 24.75 percent of the field (6.2 percent average); while this year, the five weights between 170 and 285 captured 28.53 percent of the field (5.7 percent average)
On the Cadet side of things, the peak of the 2011 field (weight classes with above seven percent of the field in them) was from 106 to 135 pounds, while for this year that range stretched from 105 through 152. However, once outside of that peak, weight classes 135 through 160 in 2011 had at least 5.9 percent of the field within them, while the 160 weight in 2012 had just 5.4 percent of the field.
Between 125 and 145 in 2011, the five weight classes combined for 36.7 percent of the field (7.34 percent average); while this year, the four weights from 126 to 145 captured 31.4 percent of the field (7.85 percent). The four 2011 Cadet upper weight classes from 171 to 285 combined for 14.8 percent of the field (3.7 percent each weight), while five upper-weights from 170 to 285 this year had 17.92 percent of the field (3.6 percent each weight).
2. Double the pleasure
One of the tough things to do in Fargo is earn All-American honors in both styles of competition during the week. These wrestlers will have competed on five out of six days, having to make weight three times during that period. For the Cadets, Greco-Roman started on Sunday with a scratch weigh-in, and competition concluded on Monday. Then, Tuesday was an "off day" before Wednesday's initial freestyle weigh-in, also at scratch. Competition continued Thursday, and a second weigh-in was required with a two-pound allowance, and the tournament concluded on Friday. The schedule was the same for Junior level wrestlers, but one day advanced at each checkpoint (Monday through Saturday).
The following wrestlers exited with championships in both styles of competition:
Devin Schnupp (Pennsylvania) at Cadet 88
Hunter Marko (Wisconsin) at Cadet 94
Aaron Pico (California) at Cadet 132
Bo Nickal (Texas) -- Greco champ at Cadet 152, freestyle champ at Cadet 160
Lance Benick (Minnesota) at Cadet 195
Roy Nash (Utah) at Cadet 220
Wyatt Spears (Oregon) at Cadet 285
Cory Clark (Iowa) at Junior 126
Sam Brooks (Illinois) -- Greco champ at Junior 182, freestyle champ at Junior 195
Adam Coon (Michigan) at Junior 285
**Marko, Pico, Nickal, Benick, and Coon all won USA Wrestling Triple Crown as well with the folkstyle title coming back in early April
The following additional wrestlers were in the finals in both styles of competition:
Kyle Bierdumpfel (New Jersey) -- runner-up in both Greco-Roman and freestyle at Cadet 106
Cole Weaver (Michigan) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Cadet 126
Seth Gross (Minnesota) -- runner-up in Greco and champion in freestyle at Cadet 126
Mason Manville (Minnesota) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Cadet 145
Kimball Bastian (Utah) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Cadet 160
Chandler Rogers (Washington) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Cadet 170
Ryan Christensen (Washington) -- runner-up in Greco and champion in freestyle at Cadet 170
Michael Pixley (Missouri) -- runner-up in Greco and champion in freestyle at Cadet 182
Landon Pelham (Michigan) -- runner-up in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 195
Nkosi Moody (Illinois) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Junior 106
Zane Richards (Illinois) -- champion in Greco and second in freestyle at Junior 132
The following additional wrestlers earned All-American honors in both styles of competition:
Matt Schmitt (Missouri) -- third place in both Greco-Roman and freestyle at Cadet 88
Jeremy Nygard (Washington) -- fourth in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 88
Kirk Johansen (Illinois) -- sixth in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 88
Michael Doetsch (Maryland) -- seventh in Greco, second in freestyle at Cadet 88
Jon Gabriel (Pennsylvania) -- second in Greco, third in freestyle at Cadet 94
Joey Prata (Virginia) -- fourth in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 94
Tanner Cox (Utah) -- sixth in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 94
Joseph Grass (West Virginia) -- seventh in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 94
DeVaughn Sapien (Idaho) -- fifth in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 100
Vincenzo Joseph (Pennsylvania) -- second in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 106
Coy Ozias (Maryland) -- champion in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Cadet 113
Drake Foster (Idaho) -- second in Greco, sixth in freestyle at Cadet 113
Josh Terao (Hawaii) -- third in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Cadet 120
Jacob Rubio (Texas) -- fourth in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 126
Nick Reenan (Texas) -- third in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 132
John Kenyon (Idaho) -- fifth in Greco, sixth in freestyle at Cadet 132
Anthony Valencia (California) -- fourth in Greco, champion in freestyle at Cadet 138
Chris Weiler (Pennsylvania) -- sixth in Greco, seventh in freestyle at Cadet 138
Xavier Montalvo (Illinois) -- third in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Cadet 152
Bobby Reece (Washington) -- seventh in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 152
Angus Arthur (Michigan) -- fourth in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 170
Samuel Colbray (Oregon) -- champion in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 182
Justan Rivera (Georgia) -- fourth in Greco, third in freestyle at Cadet 182
Matthew Olauson (Maryland) -- seventh in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 195
Connor Tolley (Indiana) -- second in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 220
Christian Jenco (New Jersey) -- third in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 220
Kyler Childers (Oklahoma) -- fifth in Greco, second in freestyle at Cadet 220
Dalton Campbell (Alabama) -- seventh in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Cadet 220
Tanner Farmer (Illinois) -- second in Greco, third in freestyle at Cadet 285
Jacob Marnin (Iowa) -- fourth in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Cadet 285
Gavin Jolley-Little (Indiana) -- sixth in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Cadet 285
Xyah Ra (Missouri) -- eight in both Greco and freestyle at Cadet 285
Jabari Moody (Illinois) -- champion in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 100
Alex Roberts (South Carolina) -- sixth in Greco, eighth in freestyle at Junior 100
Paul Mascarenas (New Mexico) -- fifth in Greco, champion in freestyle at Junior 106
Jordan Wigger (South Carolina) -- third in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Junior 113
Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) -- sixth in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 113
Joey Palmer (Washington) -- fourth in Greco, eighth in freestyle at Junior 126
Hunter Weber (Wisconsin) -- sixth in both Greco and freestyle at Junior 126
Nathan Kraisser (Maryland) -- seventh in both Greco and freestyle at Junior 126
Sam Brancale (Minnesota) -- fifth in both Greco and freestyle at Junior 132
Hayden Tuma (Idaho) -- champion in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 138
Oliver Pierce (Texas) -- champion in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 152
Yoanse Mejia (Florida) -- third in Greco, second in freestyle at Junior 152
Eric Hoffman (Maryland) -- eighth in both Greco and freestyle at Junior 152
Geordan Speiller (Florida) -- champion in Greco at 160, sixth in freestyle at 170 (both Junior)
Matt Gray (Wisconsin) -- second in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 160
Isaiah Martinez (California) -- eighth in Greco, champion in freestyle at Junior 160
Justin Koethe (Iowa) -- second in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 170
Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) -- third in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Junior 170
Ricky Robertson (Illinois) -- fourth in Greco at 170, fourth in freestyle at 182 (both Junior)
Kevin Beazley (Michigan) -- second in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Junior 182
Ryan Solomon (Pennsylvania) -- champion in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 195
Kyle Snyder (Maryland) -- champion in Greco, third in freestyle at Junior 220
Danny Chaid (California) -- second in Greco, fourth in freestyle at Junior 220
J'den Cox (Missouri) -- third in Greco, champion in freestyle at Junior 220
Garrett Ryan (Arizona) -- fourth in Greco, fifth in freestyle at Junior 220
Mike Swider (Illinois) -- seventh in Greco, second in freestyle at Junior 220
Josh Marchok (Illinois) -- second in Greco, sixth in freestyle at Junior 285
Evan McGee (Oklahoma) -- fifth in Greco, eighth in freestyle at Junior 285
3. Participation mostly up from last year during "Fargo Week"
Breaking down the participation numbers by style shows that numbers were slightly up in three of the four main events of the Fargo week -- there are also women's tournaments at the Cadet and Junior levels, as well as the Junior Women's dual meet event. The Junior freestyle and Cadet Greco-Roman numbers each saw a four percent increase from last year (1048 versus 1006 in Junior freestyle, and 778 versus 746 in Cadet Greco). Participation in Cadet freestyle saw a one percent increase (943 versus 932), while Junior Greco-Roman had participation decrease by one percent (773 versus 783).
However, these participation numbers still represent a double-digit decrease from the 2005 "high water" marks, reflecting the first year of the weight classes moving towards alignment with high school competition (i.e. 15 Junior and 17 Cadet weights, instead of 11 and 13 respectively). Many causes have been attributed to this trend -- among them being the economy and the proliferation of summer scholastic-style events, as well as the desire at some college programs to bring their incoming freshmen in for summer term instead of them competing in Fargo.
Despite this, what cannot be argued is that the Cadet and Junior Nationals, particularly the tournaments in freestyle, represent a rigorous examination of a wrestler's talent and ability level. There are many very talented and high profile wrestlers that travel to Fargo each year and come home without placement recognition. Those that leave with All-American honors have clearly earned it, and proven themselves against many of the best this nation has to offer.
4. The non-AA all-stars
Following up on the above discussion, here is a sampling of the more notable wrestlers -- combination of performance in the tournament, as well as reputation and credentials prior to the event -- that failed to earn All-American honors in the Cadet and Junior freestyle Nationals. As is customary, four from each of the pools are listed (reflecting the amount earning All-American honors).
Junior Freestyle
100: Only 13 kids were entered, so this exercise is futile
106: Pool A -- Tommy Aloi (Virginia), Kyle Kelly (New York), Skyler Petry (Minnesota), and Jacob Cottey (Indiana); Pool B -- Kael Knowlen (North Dakota), Derek Jensen (Utah), and Tyler Casamenti (New Jersey), and Gannon Volk (Minnesota)
113: Pool A -- Jaret Singh (Missouri), Eli Hale (Oklahoma), Sebastian Pique (Illinois), and Mitch Rogaliner (Michigan); Pool B -- Armando Torres (Ohio), Tommy Pawleski (Illinois), Devan Richter (Missouri), and Jared Oftedahl (Minnesota)
120: Pool A -- Kyle Gliva (Minnesota), Wyatt Scribner (Washington), Dom Forys (Pennsylvania), and William Koll (New York); Pool B -- Trey Aslanian (New York), Dylan Lucas (Florida), Noah Teaney (Missouri), and Drake Swarm (Iowa)
126: Pool A -- Jered Cortez (Illinois), Ken Bade (Michigan), Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), and Jacob Schmitt (Michigan); Pool B -- Zack Nelson (Ohio), Kevon Powell (Illinois), Colton Adams (Nebraska), and Terrance McKinney (Washington)
132: Pool A -- Ben Morgan (Minnesota), George Fisher (Illinois), Kevin Norstrem (Florida), and Blaine Invernon (Idaho); Pool B -- Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (New York), Daniel Lewis (Missouri), Mizam Tamaradze (Massachusetts), and Mike Labry (Ohio)
138: Pool A --Tyson Dippery (Pennsylvania), Colt Cotton (Pennsylvania), Grant Leeth (Missouri), and Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota); Pool B -- Tommy Forte (Indiana), Sahid Kargbo (Virginia), P.J. Klee (California), and Davey Dolan (Oklahoma)
145: Pool A -- Matt Cimato (Pennsylvania), Kevin Cooper (Kentucky), Jared Johnshoy (Idaho), and Phil Downing (Colorado); Pool B -- Clayton Ream (Missouri), Gabe Moreno (Iowa), Grant Lamont (Utah), and Connor Ryan (Iowa)
152: Pool A -- Markus Scheidel (Ohio), Keilan Torres (Oklahoma), Nick Gravina (New Jersey), and Ty Lydic (Pennsylvania); Pool B -- Logan Marcicki (Michigan), T.J. Fox (Ohio), Kyle Ash (Oklahoma), and Greg Hegarty (Missouri)
160: Pool A -- Nick Becker (Wisconsin), Cody Law (Pennsylvania), Kyle Begin (Minnesota), and Burke Paddock (New York); Pool B -- Tyler Askey (Georgia), Archie Colgan (Colorado), Alex Rice (Maryland), and Chris Lattner (Missouri)
170: Pool A -- Jason Grimes (Georgia), Alex Meyer (Iowa), Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina), and Brett Harner (Pennsylvania); Pool B -- Nick Corba (Ohio), Travis Berridge (Florida), Riley Lefever (Indiana), and Andrew Garcia (Michigan)
182: Pool A -- Justin Sternweis (Wisconsin), B.J. Toal (Ohio), Jesse Masters (Alabama), and Jake Turk (Illinois); Pool B -- Aaron Rothwell (Wisconsin), Joel Dixon (Oklahoma), Preston Lehmann (North Dakota), and Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma)
195: Pool A -- Reggie Williams (New York), Brad Johnson (Illinois), Jake Hart (Pennsylvania), and Payne Hayden (Michigan); Pool B -- Brandon Larson (North Dakota), Mitch Sliga (Indiana), Frank Mattiace (New Jersey), and Tommy Petersen (Minnesota)
220: Pool A -- Cash Drylie (Kansas), Dawson Peck (Pennsylvania), Brian Moran (Michigan), and Edgar Ruano (Illinois); Pool B -- Ryan Maas (Iowa), Soslan Gularov (New York), Daniel Gaffey (Iowa), and Jacob Burton (Ohio)
285: Pool A -- Hildev Manzur (California), Brandon Johnson (Washington), Austin Sinyard (Nevada), and Aaron Rafalko (Kansas); Pool B -- Jeremy Brazil (Illinois), Jason Johnson (Maryland), Joe Scanlan (Iowa), and El Shaddai Gilmore-Vanhoesen (New York)
Cadet Freestyle
88: At 20 kids total in the weight, this kind of is an exercise in futility
94: Pool A -- Breandan Coughlin (Maryland), Clayton Stillwagon (Montana), Skylar Hieronimus (Minnesota), and Ulises Jacobo (Illinois); Pool B -- Andrew Coghill (Ohio), Tanner Tidswell (Tennessee), Danny Vega (Arizona), and Paul Fitterer (Minnesota)
100: Pool A -- Michael Murphy (Tennessee), Dorian Sapien (Idaho), Jacob Schwarm (Iowa), and Alex Smith (Ohio); Pool B -- Nicholas Koch (Illinois), Triston Law (Pennsylvania), Jordan Reich (Illinois), and Jake Newhouse (Ohio)
106: Pool A -- Cameron Sykora (Minnesota), Joe Cisneros (California), Jordan Kutler (New Jersey), and Doyle Trout (Nebraska); Pool B -- Mitch McKee (Minnesota), Sean DeShazer (Kansas), Juaquin Olivas (Arizona), and Markus Simmons (Oklahoma)
113: Pool A -- Garrett Hancock (Ohio), Anthony Cefolo (New Jersey), Logan Griffin (Michigan), and Kyle Norstrem (Florida); Pool B -- Cameron Kelly (Ohio), Cody Karstetter (Oklahoma), Tristan Moran (Arizona), and Hunter Roberts (Missouri)
120: Pool A -- David McFadden (New Jersey), Jordan Shearer (North Dakota), Ryan Schuman (South Dakota), and Jared Ganger (Ohio); Pool B -- Rico Montoya (New Mexico), Dayton Olson (Illinois), Josh Alber (Illinois), and Luke Weiland (Missouri)
126: Pool A -- Keegan Moore (Oklahoma), Ty Buckiso (Pennsylvania), Johnny O'Hearon (Utah), and Lucas Ortiz (Pennsylvania); Pool B -- Ian Brown (Pennsylvania), Sean Fausz (Kentucky), Max Pickett (Virginia), and Cole Walter (Pennsylvania)
132: Pool A -- Mark Voss (Minnesota), Austin Kraisser (Maryland), Joshua Wenger (Iowa), and Justin Ramirez (Florida); Pool B -- Justin Oliver (Michigan), Logan Mudd (Missouri), Darius Wright (Wisconsin), and Canten Marriott (Missouri)
138: Pool A -- Alec Donovan (New Jersey), Jon-Jay Chavez (California), Chandler Michael (Oregon), and Isaac Dulgarian (Kansas); Pool B -- Chris Garcia (Illinois), Dayton Racer (Minnesota), Zehlin Storr (Michigan), and Joseph Nelson (Wisconsin)
145: Pool A -- Matthew Moody (Georgia), Weston Dobler (North Dakota), Izaec Quintanilla (Washington), and Brooks Robinson (Utah); Pool B -- Kyle Kaminski (Ohio), Trace Carello (Illinois), Jonathan Viruet (Massachusetts), and Andrew Kowal (Ohio)
152: Pool A -- Ricky Regas (Texas), Terry Mason (Nevada), Dakota Greene (Florida), and Andrew Fogarty (Minnesota); Pool B -- Nick Weldon (Alabama), Kieffer Taylor (Utah), Chad Reese (Pennsylvania), and Dominic Vitale (Pennsylvania)
160: Pool A -- David-Brian Whisler (Ohio), Nick Fiegner (California), Dru Worker (Illinois), and Daniel Marquette (Minnesota); Pool B -- Brandon Morgan (Oregon), Jeryl Denton (Kansas), Kevin Mulligan (New Jersey), and Matt Penyacsek (California)
170: Pool A -- Tyler Wildmo (Michigan), Nathan Marek (Oklahoma), Isaac Florell (Minnesota), and Dontae McGee (Florida); Pool B -- Nathan Morris (California), Nicholas DiNapoli (New Jersey), Terrell Fields (Pennsylvania), and Jordan Hassan (Illinois)
182: Pool A -- Cash Wilcke (Iowa), Alex Benoit (Illinois), Michael Smith (Maryland), and Blake Andrews (Texas); Pool B -- Jake Briggs (Minnesota), Michael Rogers (Pennsylvania), Seth Avis (California), and Benjamin Honis (New York)
195: Pool A -- Hunter Dunn (Michigan) and Tim Grote (Illinois) only wrestlers with .500 or better record; Pool B -- Michael Sullivan (Maryland), Matthew Welch (Montana), and Christian Colucci (New Jersey) are only ones with .500 or better record
220: Pool A -- Carson Popp (Indiana), Thomas Baker (Ohio), and Zach Overbeck (Oklahoma) are only ones with .500 or better record; Pool B -- Adam Treptau (Minnesota), Noah Fleckenstein (Illinois), and Dylan Otis (Pennsylvania).
285: Pool A -- Tristan Hall (North Dakota) only Luis Pinto (Minnesota) only ones with at or above .500 record. Pool B -- Michael Hobbs (Illinois) is the only one at or above .500.
5. Losing, not good, but is not a death knell either
As one knows, Fargo does not use the traditional line bracketing (i.e. front side and back side, double elimination) concept. Instead, a vertical pairing system is used in which each weight class is split into two pools. All wrestlers yet to lose two times remain in contention for a top three finish in the pool (four in all earn All-American honors). Then once there are three or less wrestlers in the pool, a mini "round-robin" is conducted involving those wrestlers, previous results do carry forward.
Therefore, it is possible for a wrestler to lose during the competition (heck even twice, if one happens before there are three left in the pool, and the other happens in the mini round-robin) and make it to the championship match. During the week in Fargo, eight wrestlers won weight class titles in spite of losing a match during that tournament, while another 14 finished in second place. Fifteen of the occurrences happened in Greco-Roman, as did five of the championships.
The split out went as follows:
*Cadet Greco: four champs -- Vincent Turk (Illinois), Joseph Nelson (Wisconsin), Samuel Colbray (Oregon), and Wyatt Spears (Oregon); four second place -- Jonathan Gabriel (Pennsylvania), Vincenzo Joseph (Pennsylvania), Brady O'Keefe (Nevada), and Ryan Christensen (Washington)
*Junior Greco: champion -- Nkosi Moody (Illinois); seven second place -- J.J. McClelland (Wisconsin), Joel Shump (Illinois), Tyson Dippery (Pennsylvania), Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota), Matthew Gray (Wisconsin), Alen Turcinhodzic (Pennsylvania), and Daniel Chaid (California)
*Cadet freestyle: two champions -- Matthew Kolodzik (Ohio) and Anthony Valencia (California); second place -- Landon Pelham (Michigan)
*Junior freestyle: champion -- Anthony Collica (Ohio); three second place -- Quentin Murphy (New York), Austin Eads (Missouri), and Brooks Climmons (Georgia)
The Junior freestyle final at 145 pounds featured a pair of wrestlers that lost earlier in the tournament, with Collica upending Eads in three periods to win the weight class.
6. State power
Yet again it was the Land of Lincoln who made its presence most known across levels and styles during "Fargo week." The state of Illinois had a total of 52 All-Americans combined from the four tournaments; 28 in Greco and 24 in freestyle, 27 at the Junior level and 25 at the Cadet. Illinois squads won both team race titles at the Junior level, while finishing second in both of the Cadet tournaments.
The IKWF, which is the USA Wrestling organization in that state, should be commended for its leadership, as should the coaches and wrestlers, because there is extreme buy-in for the USA Wrestling tournaments across levels and styles. During the month of June, Illinois teams won five of the six dual meet championships as well -- doubling up at Schoolboy and Junior levels, while splitting at the Cadet level (first in Greco, second in freestyle).
The only other states to have top five team standings in all four tournaments during the past week were Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Minnesota won the Cadet Greco title, was tied for fourth in Cadet free, fourth in Junior Greco, and third in Junior free. Their wrestlers combined for 36 total All-American finishes; 19 in Greco and 17 in freestyle, 16 at the Junior level and 20 for the Cadets. Pennsylvania won the Cadet freestyle title, was third in Cadet Greco, tied for second in Junior Greco, and fourth in Junior freestyle. The Keystone State had forty All-American finishes, second most by any state, across the four tournaments; 18 in Greco and 22 in freestyle, 25 Cadet and 15 Junior.
Of additional note is that the Iowa Junior teams finished second in both styles, actually tied for second in Greco-Roman. Ten earned All-American honors in freestyle, while seven did the deed in Greco-Roman.
The look ahead ...
The AAU Junior Olympics will be held in wrestling from July 30 through Aug. 3. That format is freestyle dual meets. Right after that, keep an eye on the Olympic Games in wrestling, where the United States will try and build on the positive momentum it has established in its camp and come home with as many medals as humanly possible. InterMat will be providing coverage from London.
Come mid-to-late October, we'll be right at it again with the major preseason tournaments in preparation for the 2012-13 high school season. The Super 32 Challenge will be Oct. 20 and 21 in Greensboro, N.C., with the InterMat JJ Classic the following Saturday, Oct. 27, in Rochester, Minn.
Updated grade level rankings for the Classes of 2013 through 2017 will be published after the Olympic Games in mid-August. Finally, as always, keep following InterMat for the latest in wrestling news, analysis, features and commentary throughout the year!
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