Host Redskins make statement at Mid-America Nationals
The weekend event hosted by No. 20 Tulsa Union, Okla. was hotly contested and saw a highly balanced field put together may highly competitive matches. When all was said and done, the host Redskins had emerged with a narrow victory over No. 35 Tuttle, Okla. (232-1/2 to 220). Each squad had ten placers and two champions, with Tuttle even having more top three placers than Tulsa Union (7 to 6). However, the semifinal round provided the defining moments of the tournament.
Tulsa Union amassed a 6-1 record in that round, while Tuttle went 2-5. This included a crucial head-to-head victory for the Redskins at 160 pounds, where No. 19 Kyle Ash eared an overtime fall at the 6:38 mark against Sterling Hawkins, who would also lose his next match and take fifth place. Tulsa Union's pair of champions was Brian (132) and No. 4 Kyle (182) Crutchmer. Kyle absolutely dominated the field at 182 pounds, with four pins prior to a 9-2 finals victory over Joel Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.). Runner-up finishes for the Redskins came from No. 12 (at 120) Josh Walker, who lost 3-1 in overtime against Gary Wayne Harding (Collinsville, Okla.) at 126; Luke Wolfenberger (138); Blasé Walser (195); and Ash, who lost 5-1 to No. 9 Oliver Pierce (Allen, Texas) at 160.
Tuttle had a pair of champions in No. 12 Zach Beard (170) and Gunnar Laffoon (120), who earned a massive 5-4 upset victory over two-time state champion No. 10 Calib Freeman (Claremore, Okla.). Third-place finishes came from Blake Dauphin (106), Dakota Head (138), Levi Berry (152), Mikey Miears (220), and Nathan Jackson (285).
Despite a tournament high three champions, No. 17 Allen, Texas came in third place with 194 points. Part of that was due to the absence of two-time state champion and Cadet double All-American Nick Cobb from the lineup at 195 pounds. The Eagles placed six inside the top three, but were only able to place two additional wrestlers, with both taking seventh. Winning titles were Jack Bass (138), Bo Nickal (145), and Oliver Pierce with his previously mentioned 5-1 victory over Kyle Ash in a battle of nationally ranked 160 pound wrestlers. Second-place finishers for Allen came from Matt Meyer (170) and Shane Drulman (170), while Jarrod Trotter (126) came home in third place.
With nine placers each, four each inside the top three, a pair of Oklahoma teams waged a tight battle for fourth place in the standings. At tournament's end, Edmond North just edged out No. 44 Collinsville by a 186-1/2 to 183 tally due to having one additional fourth-place finisher (two versus one). The sole champion for Edmond North was Andrew Dixon (195), as previously mentioned Joel Dixon (182) took second, while the third sophomore Dixon triplet (Lance) took third at 170 pounds, with Hunter Bright (132) adding an additional third-place finish. Champions for Collinsville were No. 19 Davion Jeffries (106) and Gary Wayne Harding (126), with Dylan Helm (132) and Zack Abkemeier (152) finishing as runners-up.
Rounding out the weight class champions were Zac Damico (Southmoore, Okla.) at 113, Dominic Sipe (Faustina, Okla.) at 152, Brent Bolton (Bishop Kelley, Okla.) at 220, and Kyle Factor (Westmoore, Okla.) at 285.
Minnesota Christmas Tournament
Dates: Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17
Location: UCR Regional Sports Center (Rochester, Minn.)
Top Teams (all from Minnesota unless noted): No. 4 Apple Valley, No. 8 Simley, No. 39 St. Michael-Albertville, No. 42 Kasson-Mantorville, Scott West, and West Fargo, N.D.
Notable Wrestlers (all from Minnesota unless noted):
106: Zach Siegle (Scott West), Maolu Woiwor (Apple Valley)
113: No. 11 Tommy Thorn (St. Michael-Albertville), No. 18 Kyle Gliva (Simley), Doug Miner (Spirit Lake, Iowa), Jordan Shearer (West Fargo, N.D.)
120: Pedro Delao (Simley), Brett Stolarzyk (Stewartville), Nate Thomas (Kasson-Mantorville), Seth Gross (Apple Valley)
126: Cole Sladek (St. Michael-Albertville), Juan Torres (Simley)
132: No. 11 Dakota Trom (Apple Valley), No. 17 Joey Munos (South St. Paul), Eric Bauer (Hastings)
138: No. 12 Ben Morgan (Forest Lake), Austin Leibel (St. Francis), Anjelo Shepherd (West Fargo, N.D.)
145: No. 3 Jake Short (Simley), Ryan Blees (Bismarck, N.D.), Gabe Fogarty (Scott West), Mason Manville (Apple Valley)
152: No. 9 Mark Hall (Apple Valley), No. 11 Nick Wanzek (Simley)
160: No. 5 Brandon Kingsley (Apple Valley), Cody Skog (Cambridge-Isanti)
170: No. 9 Micah Barnes (Simley), No. 11 Kyle Begin (Anoka), No. 14 Cooper Moore (Jackson County Central), No. 19 Ben Sullivan (Apple Valley), Kip Jangula (Bismarck, N.D.)
182: No. 17 Daniel Woiwor (Apple Valley), No. 20 Preston Lehmann (West Fargo, N.D.), Clayton Jennissen (Cambridge-Isanti), Lance Benick (Totino Grace)
195: Broc Berge (Kasson-Mantorville), Micahel Burckhardt (Coon Rapids)
220: No. 4 Michael Kroells (Scott West), Nick Edling (St. Michael-Albertville), Isaac Eichmann (Hastings)
285: No. 10 Sam Stoll (Kasson-Mantorville), No. 15 Tanner Lowe (Coon Rapids)
Kansas City Wrestling Classic
Dates: Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17
Location: Hale Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
Top Teams: No. 9 Bettendorf, Iowa; No. 19 Allen, Texas; No. 26 Tuttle, Okla.; No. 27 Collins Hill, Ga.; No. 31 Blue Springs, Mo.; No. 33 Kearney, Mo.; and No. 45 Collinsville, Okla.
Notable Wrestlers:
106: No. 11 Noah Teaney (Oak Park, Mo.); No. 19 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Park Hill, Mo.); No. 20 Davion Jeffries (Collinsville, Okla.); Sean Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.); Jacob Schwarm (Bettendorf, Iowa); Joseph Velliquette (Nixa, Mo.); and Elijah Oliver (Christian Brothers, Tenn.)
113: No. 16 Jaret Singh (Kearney, Mo.); Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf, Iowa); Ryan Millhof (Collins Hill, Ga.); John Erneste (Park Hill, Mo.); and Gunnar Woodburn (Claremore, Okla.)
120: No. 14 Calib Freeman (Claremore, Okla.); No. 19 Brad Perkins (Oak Park, Mo.); Drew Ferguson (Collins Hill, Ga.); Cody Hummer (Savannah, Mo.); Matt Manley (Perry, Okla.); Gunnar Laffoon (Tuttle, Okla.); and Braun Marquez (Canyon Randall, Texas)
126: Gary Wayne Harding (Collinsville, Okla.); Tate Robinson (Christian Brothers, Tenn.); Nate Rodriguez (Neosho, Mo.); Jarrod Trotter (Allen, Texas); Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.); Colston DiBlasi (Park Hill, Mo.); and Colby Watters (Arkansas City, Kan.)
132: No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Skutt Catholic, NE); Skyler Wood (Platte County, Mo.); Kyle Garcia (Choctaw, Okla.); Dylan Helm (Collinsville, Okla.); Russell Coleman (Park Hill, Mo.); Kevin Kinney (Kearney, Mo.); Matt Kraus (Seckman, Mo.); and Logan Ryan (Bettendorf, Iowa)
138: No. 18 Connor Ryan (Bettendorf, Iowa); No. 20 Jake Marlin (Creston, Iowa); Jack Bass (Allen, Texas); Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo.); Darick Lapaglia (Blue Springs, Mo.); Will Steltzen (Collinsville, Okla.); and Spencer Rickman (Collins Hill, Ga.)
145: Kaleb Baker (Christian Brothers, Tenn.); Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas); Greg Hegarty (Blue Springs, Mo.); Tanner Minder (Kearney, Mo.); Bubba Hernandez (Bettendorf, Iowa); and Levi Berry (Tuttle, Okla.)
152: Sterling Hawkins (Tuttle, Okla.); Cougar Babin (Klein Oak, Texas);
160: No. 8 Oliver Pierce (Allen, Texas); Justin Valencia (Granite City, Ill.); and Travis Leiskau (Klein Oak, Texas)
170: No. 12 Zach Beard (Tuttle, Okla.); Matt Meyer (Allen, Texas); and Lance Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.)
182: Bryan Levsen (Bettendorf, Iowa); Andrew Krawulski (Collins Hill, Ga.); Joel Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.); and Shelby Krout (Ponca City, Okla.)
195: No. 19 Hashem Omari (Oak Park, Mo.); No. 20 Nick Cobb (Allen, Texas); and Andy Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.)
220: No. 17 Nate Shaw (Bettendorf, Iowa)
285: Collin Bevins (Creston, Iowa); Zach Carmin (Collins Hill, Ga.); and Nathan Jackson (Tuttle, Okla.)
Brandon dominates home event
With six champions coming from eight finalists, No. 5 Brandon, Fla. was able to be unkind hosts at the Graves Invitational this weekend amassing 667 points in their convincing win. Winning titles for the Eagles were No. 10 Dylan Lucas (106), James Flint (113), No. 4 Rossi Bruno (126), No. 6 Kevin Norstrem (132), No. 6 Clark Glass (160), and Jacob Haydock (170). Travis Berridge (152) and Kyle Koziel (182) were upended by Camden County, Ga. wrestlers in the championship final.
For a second straight week, that Camden County team finished in second place with a nationally ranked team behind them in the standings. This week, the Wildcats scored 547 points and had five weight class champions: Austin Trott (152), beating Berridge 3-2; Gray Jones (182), beating Koziel 3-1 to avenge last week's 3-1 finals defeat; Michael Johnson (195); Desmond James (220); and Alex Washington (285).
Third place in the standings was No. 37 Glenbard North, Ill. with 532 despite the absence of their anchor wrestler, No. 3 Brian Murphy at 152 pounds. Their lone title came from the tournament's co-Outstanding Wrestler Jered Cortez. Ranked No. 5 nationally, Cortez upended Junior National Greco-Roman champion Isaiah Varona (South Dade, Fla.) 7-2 in the final. Runner-up finishes came from Richard Browne (106), Jon Marmolejo (126), and Johnny Gosinski (132).
Rounding out the weight class champions were Jake Spengler (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) at 138 and Kris Iglesias (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) at 145.
Reno Tournament of Champions
Dates: Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17
Location: Reno Events Center (Reno, Nevada)
Top Teams: No. 17 Tulsa Union, Okla.; No. 20 Bakersfield, Calif.; No. 30 Poway, Calif.; No. 36 Columbia, Idaho; No. 48 Maple Mountain, Utah
Notable Wrestlers:
106: Sean Cannon (Green Valley, Nev.)
113: No. 13 Isaiah Locsin (Live Oak, Calif.), Britain Carter (Maple Mountain, Utah), Riley Connolly (Mountain View, Idaho)
120: Jacob Goodwin (Bishop Lynch, Texas), Chris Vassar (Cedar Cliff, Pa.), Paul Fox (Gilroy, Calif.), Brandon George (Maple Mountain, Utah)
126: Josh Walker (Tulsa Union, Okla.); Micah Cruz (Bakerfield, Calif.), Victor Lopez (Poway, Calif.), Joey Moita (De La Salle, Calif.), Mitch Brown (Payson, Utah), Curtis Lampert (Spanish Springs, Nev.)
132: No. 9 Hayden Tuma (Centennial, Idaho), Jon-Jay Chavez (De La Salle, Calif.), Brian Crutchmer (Tulsa Union, Okla.), Max Good (Cedar Cliff, Pa.), Tristan Jarboe (Columbia, Idaho), Jed Mellen (Payson, Utah)
138: No. 5 Natrelle Deminson (Bakersfield, Calif.), No. 19 Grant LaMont (Maple Mountain, Utah), Nikko Villareal (Gilroy, Calif.), Shayne Tucker (Bella Vista, Calif.), Reed Van Anrooy (Roseburg, Ore.), Evan DiSora (Easton, Pa.), Jared Johnshoy (Melba, Idaho)
145: No. 16 Joey Lavallee (Reno, Nev.), Connor Sutton (La Salle, NY), Willie Fox (Gilroy, Calif.), Jesse Taylor (Poway, Calif.), Zac Loveless (Payson, Utah)
152: No. 3 Isaiah Martinez (Lemoore, Calif.), No. 6 Coleman Hammond (Bakersfield, Calif.), Alex Abono (De La Salle, Calif.), Maxx Ramirez (Bakersfield, Calif.), Chase Kearney (Churchill, Ore.), Kimball Bastian (Maple Mountain, Utah)
160: No. 18 Kyle Ash (Tulsa Union, Okla.), Javier Mandera (Roseburg, Ore.), Ryder Newman (Green Valley, Nev.)
170: No. 2 Zach Brunson (Churchill, Ore.), No. 18 Silas Nacita (Bakersfield, Calif.), No. 20 Connor King (Poway, Calif.), Austin Dewey (Centennial, Idaho), Steve Elicegui (Wooster, Nev.)
182: No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer (Tulsa Union, Okla.)
195: Blasé Walser (Tulsa Union, Okla.), Tyler Greene (Easton, Calif.), Broc Westlake (Reed, Nev.)
220: No. 20 Spencer Empey (Reed, Nev.), Justin Walker (De La Salle, Calif.)
Bulldogs made statement at Five Seasons Duals
Headed into this past Saturday's Five Seasons Duals in Cedar Rapids, Iowa all signs pointed to a championship match between No. 10 Bettendorf, Iowa and No. 16 Iowa City West, Iowa. This would be a rematch of last year's state championship dual match, which Iowa City West won by a 33-19 score.
Headed into the final, the Bulldogs from Bettendorf had a 35-7 record with victories over Waterloo East (74-6), Urbandale (59-18), and Cedar Rapids Prairie (55-7). On the other hand, things were a little tighter for the Iowa City West, as they went 22-6 in winning matches over West Delaware's reserves (68-9) and Alburnett (49-18). In the semifinal against Waverly-Shell Rock, the Trojans won eight of the fourteen matches in getting a 37-25, including a 5-2 victory for No. 18 (at 132) Jack Hathaway over No. 6 (at 120) Eric Devos.
The Bulldogs were able to avenge last year's state dual meet tournament finals loss with a 34-21 victory, as they won 8 of the 14 matches.
160: No. 7 Justin Koethe (Iowa City West) pinned Malique Hudson, 0:24
170: Colby Vance (Bettendorf) maj. dec. Mike Watkins, 9-1
182: Bryan Levsen (Bett) pinned Blake Bohner, 1:26
195: Mickey Pelfrey (ICW) maj. dec. Keaton Jurevitz, 15-3
220: Nathan Shaw (Bett) pinned Aydon Wynos, 0:32
285: Colin Foerstner (ICW) dec. Anthony Cavenagh, 9-5
106: Jacob Schwarm (Bett) pinned Jasmine Bailey, 0:41
113: No. 8 Phillip Laux (ICW) dec. Fredy Stroker, 5-4
120: Drake Swarm (Bett) dec. Ernest Willis, 7-0
126: No. 18 (at 132) Jack Hathaway (ICW) dec. Jacob Woodard, 7-0
132: No. 15 (at 138) Dakota Bauer (ICW) dec. Logan Ryan, 6-3
138: Connor Ryan (Bett) dec. Kegan Wakefield, 4-0
145: Matt Miller (Bett) dec. Sam Chalkley, 7-4
152: Bubba Hernandez (Bett) dec. Grady Gambrall, 10-5
Note: ICW was deducted one team point in the dual meet
King of the Mountain
Dates: Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17
Location: Central Mountain High School (Lock Haven, Pa.)
Top Teams: No. 22 Massillon Perry, Ohio; Council Rock South, Pa.; Greater Latrobe, Pa.; Pen Argyl, Pa.; Phillipsburg, N.J.
Notable Wrestlers (all from Pennsylvania unless noted):
106: No. 16 Ethan Lizak (Parkland), David Bavery (Massillon Perry, Ohio), Matty Williams (Pen Argyl), Josh Giorgio (Schuylkill Valley)
113: No. 6 Jason Nolf (Kittanning), Ryan Easter (Bedford)
120: No. 20 Billy Rappo (Council Rock South), Joey Byers (Boiling Springs), Willie Bohince (Penn Trafford), Cole Walter (Mifflinburg)
126: Thomas Traxler (Bellefonte)
132: Laike Gardner (Biglerville), Arty Walsh (Schuylkill Valley), Dylan D'Urso (Reynolds), Dom Scalise (Greater Latrobe), Josh Ortman (Parkland)
138: No. 8 Austin Matthews (Reynolds), No. 11 Steve Spearman (Erie McDowell), No. 13 Mikey Racciato (Pen Argyl), Mitch Newhouse (Massillon Perry, Ohio), Joey Miller (Central Mountain)
145: No. 17 Ty Lydic (Greater Latrobe), Zach Beitz (Juniata)
152: No. 12 Zack Dailey (Massillon Perry, Ohio), Bryar Pletcher (Greater Latrobe), Leo Wortman (Bellefote), Adam Kritzer (Lower Mountain)
160: No. 10 Brian Brill (Central Mountain), No. 15 Geno Morelli (DuBois), Ty Walter (Mifflinburg), Zach Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe), Josh Arrendnale (Massillon Perry, Ohio)
170: Zach Towers (Meadville)
182: Chad Hoffman (Hazelton), Tim Riley (Council Rock South), Joe Morrison (DuBois), Blaze Buckwalter (Central Mountain)
195: Joe Tayse (Massillon Perry, Ohio), Dylan Evans (Pen Argyl), P.J. Steinmetz (Council Rock South), Logan Murphy (Boiling Springs)
220: Tyson Searer (Mifflin County), Brandon Hull (Phillipsburg, N.J.), Scott Mohring (Greater Latrobe), Jacob Krupa (Bedford)
285: Quenton Hixson (Bedford), Blake Heim (Reynolds), Garrett Poorman (Bellefonte), Kirby Mutton (Pen Argyl)
Don't forget about the Beast
A comprehensive Beast of the East preview will be posted on InterMatWrestle this week. The event will be held at the Bob Carpenter Center on the campus of the University of Delaware this Saturday and Sunday. InterMatWrestle will again be live at the Beast with a running notebook during the two-day event. Complimentary analysis on high school wrestling across the country, and from the Beast of the East this weekend is also available following me on Twitter (@JLowe_intermat).
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