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    Many stars remain alive for Day 2 of Junior Greco, finals slated for 2:15 p.m. CT

    FARGO, N.D. -- Day 1 of the Junior National Greco-Roman tournament saw 970 wrestlers in 15 weight classes pared down to the 24 best wrestlers in each bracket. The championship round of 16 will be the round that opens Tuesday morning's session at 9 a.m. CT. Those wrestling in consolation (or losing in the round of 16) need three wins to earn All-American status before possibly wrestling three more times on the day to determine their spot on the podium. Medal matches are currently slated for 2:15 p.m.

    Round of 16 Pairings:

    100 pounds (weight class only has 15 wrestlers) - Brandon Nunez (New York) vs. Brendan Garcia (Colorado), Chris Thomas (Texas) vs. Christopher Santiago (Illinois); Anthony King (Illinois) vs. Ernest Del Rio IV (Arizona), Jacob Hiller (California) vs. Daniel Rehfeldt (Michigan). Cody Holmes (Wisconsin) vs. Ezra Elliott (Illinois), Michael Leveille (Illinois) vs. Zaire King (Delaware); Cooper Cox (Oklahoma) with a bye, Luc Valdez (Illinois) vs. Brenden Chaowanapibool (Washington)

    Chaowanapibool was runner-up in Cadet Greco-Roman at 94 pounds on Monday afternoon.

    106 - Jaret Lane (Pennsylvania) vs. Darick Stacey (Idaho), Cody Craig (Maine) vs. Dane Durlacher (Illinois); Tyler Cunningham (Nebraska) vs. Melvin Rubio (North Carolina), David Woo (Washington) vs. Nathan Rankin (Texas). Elijah Varona (Florida) vs. Ryan Green (Pennsylvania), Ty Smith (Nevada) vs. Brandon Kaylor (Washington); Cevion Severado (Missouri) vs. Camden Russell (Nebraska), Zeke Smith (Wisconsin) vs. Jason Holmes (Arizona)

    Lane was champion in Junior Greco last year, Varona was runner-up to Lane in the 100 pound Junior Greco weight class last year; while Holmes beat Lane in the Junior freestyle final.

    113 - Jaleel Hollingsworth (Illinois) vs. Joseph Harrison (Nebraska), Oscar Nellis (California) vs. Joey Thomas (Maryland); Nico Aguilar (California) vs. Dominic LaJoie (Michigan), Kade Lincoln (Idaho) vs. Dylan Koontz (Wisconsin). Brady Koontz (Wisconsin) vs. Patrick McKee (Minnesota), Jake Stogdill (Nebraska) over Joey Melendez (Illinois) by injury default; Hasan Krigger (Georgia) vs. Drew Bennett (Iowa), Mason Hartshorn (California) vs. Dack Punke (Illinois)

    Dylan Koontz was runner-up in Junior Greco last year at 106 pounds, Brady Koontz was on the Cadet World Team in Greco last year at 46 kilos (101 pounds), while Punke is the defending champion in this weight class and was the Cadet World team rep at 50 kilos (110 pounds) the previous two years.

    120 - Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma) vs. Jordin James (Ohio), Charles Faber (Illinois) vs. Tate Carney (Kansas); Corbin Nirschl (Kansas) vs. Jake Skudlarczyk (Texas), Jet Taylor (Oklahoma) vs. Jaxon Cole (Utah). Jordan Martinez (Colorado) vs. Gregory Viloria (California), Tanner Hitchcock (Kansas) vs. Ian Timmins (Nevada); Logan Treaster (Kansas) vs. Trevon Majette (Virginia), Austin Macias (Illinois) vs. Liam Cronin (California)

    Duffield is the defending champion in this weight class, Martinez was runner-up in Junior Greco at 113 last year and at this April's UWW Junior Nationals in the 55 kilo (121 pound) class, while Cronin is a two-time Junior Greco All-American.

    126 - Gabe Townsell (Illinois) vs. David Campbell (Pennsylvania), Clayton Currier (Montana) vs. Taylor Jokerst (Kansas); Clai Quintanilla (Washington) vs. Josh Portillo (Iowa), Wesley Dawkins (Nebraska) vs. Paul Bianchi (Wisconsin). Drew West (Iowa) vs. Gary Joint (Kansas), Jakob Campbell (Pennsylvania) vs. Alex Thomsen (Iowa); Jack Karstetter (Oklahoma) vs. Cole Manley (Pennsylvania), Michael Millage (Iowa) vs. Matthew Schmitt (Missouri)

    Townsell is the defending champion in this weight class, Schmitt is a returning Junior Greco runner-up from the 120 pound weight class, while Bianchi and West were also Junior Greco All-Americans last year.

    132 - Taylor LaMont (Utah) vs. Chris Sandoval (Colorado), P.J. Gohn (New Jersey) vs. Justin Wilcox (Illinois); Zach Van Alst (Alabama) vs. T.J. Baun (Washington), Timmy Kane (Connecticut) vs. Tanner Cox (Utah). Dalton Young (Washington) vs. Dylan Gregerson (Utah), Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota) vs. Jerry Mealey (Oregon); Blaine Martinez (Texas) vs. Thomas Stager (Colorado), Carson Speelman (Ohio) vs. Brent Jones (Minnesota)

    LaMont was a Junior Greco champion in 2014, Sandoval was champion in Junior folkstyle this spring at this weight class, Young and Jones placed third in Junior Greco last year, while Van Alst is also a returning Junior Greco All-American.

    138 - Mitch McKee (Minnesota) vs. Mac Casella (Illinois), Calvin Germinaro (Minnesota) vs. Alex Crowe (Minnesota); Jaden Enriquez (California) vs. Mason Schulz (North Dakota), Cal Hansen (Wisconsin) vs. Nolan Baker (Illinois). Corey Shie (Ohio) vs. Britton Holmes (Colorado), Noah Ottum (Alaska) vs. Jerrett Degen (Montana); David Rivera-Kohr (Illinois) vs. Ben Freeman (Michigan), Will Kaldes (Pennsylvania) vs. Taylor Nein (North Dakota)

    McKee is a defending Junior Greco champion; Enriquez was runner-up to LaMont at the UWW Cadet Nationals in Greco the previous two years; while Baker, Shie, Degen, and Rivera-Kohr are returning Junior Greco All-Americans.

    145 - Gabriel Dinette (Colorado) vs. Dylan Thurston (Illinois), Ryden Fu (Washington) vs. Conner Noonan (Oregon); Ryan Deakin (Colorado) vs. Justin Ruffin (Georgia), Will Lawrence (Virginia) vs. Alex Lloyd (Minnesota). Anthony Artalona (Florida) vs. David Johnson (Ohio), Garrett Model (Wisconsin) vs. Theodore Pierce (Minnesota); Noah North (South Carolina) vs. Brandon Konecny (Arizona), Dre-Son Scruggs (Colorado) vs. Jaron Jensen (Utah)

    Deakin is a two-time Junior Greco All-American, Lloyd was champion in Junior folkstyle this spring and a Cadet Greco champion last summer, Artalona was a Cadet double champion last summer, while Jensen is a returning Junior Greco All-American and was runner-up in Greco at this spring's UWW Junior Nationals.

    152 - Colt Yinger (Ohio) vs. Adrian Ojeda (Nevada), Zemua Baptsista (Nebraska) vs. Ryan Epps (Minnesota); Griffin Parriott (Minnesota) vs. Wyatt Lee (Colorado), Josh Adams (Wisconsin) vs. Davey Tunon (Ohio). Lenny Merkin (New York) vs. Dylan Schuck (Iowa), Michael Ordonez (Illinois) vs. Billy Higgins (Nebraska); Madison Leanlo (Hawaii) vs. Trevor Elfvin (Pennsylvania), Ethan Reel (Illinois) vs. Andrew Cervantes (California)

    Yinger upset returning Junior Greco-Roman third place finisher Quentin Hovis (Arizona), who also was champion at 70 kilos (154 pounds) in Greco at the UWW Junior Nationals this spring, by 1-1 score in the opening round. Parriott is probably the new weight class favorite, a four-time state champion and two-time Super 32 Challenge placer. Merkin placed in Junior Greco in 2014.

    160 - Fritz Schierl (Wisconsin) vs. Tate Samuelson (Colorado), Jaron Chavez (Idaho) vs. Layne Van Anrooy (Oregon); Colton Clingenpeel (Iowa) vs. Anthony Mantanona (California), Ricky Gonzalez (California) vs. Ryder Punke (Illinois). Max Wohlabaugh (Florida) vs. Kenny O'Neil (Minnestoa), Jose Acosta (Wisconsin) vs. Josh Anderson (Nebraska); Blake Montrie (Michigan) vs. Eric Hong (Pennsylvania), Trent Hidlay (Pennsylvania) vs. Jake Allar (Minnesota)

    Schierl placed third last year in Junior Greco, Clingenpeel is also a returning Junior Greco All-American, Punke was a Junior Greco All-American in 2014, Wohlabuagh was champion in Cadet Greco last year and won the UWW Cadet Greco title last month at 69 kilos (152 pounds), while Allar was a Cadet Greco champion in 2014 and a Cadet World team member last year in Greco.

    170 - Kamal Bey (Illinois) vs. Tristan Hellstrom (Utah), Nathan Ferkovich (Florida) vs. Christopher Paulsen (Iowa); Clay Lautt (Kansas) vs. Jelani Embree (Michigan), Connor Williams (Wisconsin) vs. Andrew Berreyesa (Nevada). Riley Jaramillo (Oregon) vs. Myles Wilson (Colorado), Owen Pentz (Utah) vs. Jack Jessen (Illinois); Daniel Butler (Kansas) vs. Victor Marcelli (Ohio), Stanley Smeltzer (Virginia) vs. Thomas Brackett (Tennessee)

    Bey is the defending Junior Greco champion in this weight class and will be on the Junior World team in Greco at 74 kilos (163 pounds) next month, Lautt will be on the Cadet World team in Greco in September at 76 kilos (167 pounds), Embree was the UWW Cadet National freestyle champion last year at 76 kilos, Berreyesa is the returning Junior Greco runner-up, Jaramillo was runner-up in Junior Greco and a Cadet Greco champ in 2014, while Jessen was a Cadet double runner-up last year.

    182 - Logan Gruszka (Illinois) vs. Aryus Jones (Kansas), Dan Baker (Oregon) vs. Trevor Senn (Washington); Roman Romero (California) vs. Abraham Correa-Medina (Alaska), Jared Walker (Idaho) vs. James Handwerk (Ohio). Matthew Waddell (Georgia) vs. Bailey Chyma (Iowa), Kevin Parker (New York) vs. Wyatt Westfall (Oregon); Trevor Nichelson (Nebraska) vs. Elias Vaiolfi (Missouri), Tony Vezzetti (Illinois) vs. Dalton Smercheck (Wisconsin)

    Gruszka was a Cadet World team member last year in Greco at 76 kilos (167 pounds), Handwerk was a Junior double All-American last year, Waddell is a returning All-American in Junior Greco, while Parker is a returning Junior freestyle All-American.

    195 - Donovan Doyle (Iowa) vs. Cade Brownlee (Nebraska), Danny Salas (California) vs. Bonifacio Escobar (California); Brandon Whitman (Michigan) vs. Trenton Schultz (Colorado), Isaac Bartel (Iowa) vs. Chad Porter (Arizona). Dalton Hahn (Wisconsin) vs. Visouth Peterschmidt (Iowa), Jonah Lange (Minnesota) vs. John Borst (Virginia); Haydn Maley (Oregon) vs. Miles Lee (Pennsylvania), Bailey Kelly (Kansas) vs. Andrew Davison (Indiana)

    Whitman was a UWW Cadet Greco runner-up at 85 kilos (187 pounds) last month, Hahn is a returning Junior Greco All-American, while Davison won a Junior folkstyle title this year and was champion in Cadet Greco last year.

    220 - Samuel Colbray (Oregon) vs. Aric Bohn (Wisconsin), Anthony Riopelle (Michigan) vs. Max Darrah (Missouri); Ashton Seely (Utah) vs. Darryl Aiello (California), Brandon Reed (Kentucky) vs. Anthony Piscopo (Pennsylvania). Max Villnow (Wisconsin) vs. Jacob Sobbing (Missouri), Sean O'Malley (New Jersey) vs. Andrew Fenton (Ohio); Ben Kitslaar (Wisconsin) vs. Trenton Rogitch (Minnesota), Alex Freiburger (Iowa) vs. Jeffrey Allen (Virginia)

    Colbray was runner-up in Junior Greco last year after winning Fargo titles in Greco the previous three years, including a title at the Junior level in 2014; Aiello was a Junior freestyle All-American last year; while Allen is a returning Junior Greco All-American.

    285 - Darien Kaufmann (Illinois) vs. Adam Lamb (Oregon), Kayne Hutchison (Kansas) vs. Thomas Killoran (Pennsylvania); Sammy de Seriere (Colorado) vs. Trenton Lieruance (Oklahoma), Kendrick Watson (North Carolina) vs. Brandon Metz (North Dakota). Anthony Cassioppi (Illinois) vs. Brian Barnes (Oregon), Gavin Nye (California) vs. Zach Muller (Illinois); Timothy Mandyck (Minnesota) vs. Dallas O'Bryan (Oregon), Aaron Costello (Iowa) vs. Thomas Helton (Illinois)

    Kaufmann had the day's other astronomically big upset, an 8-4 second round victory over returning Junior Greco runner-up Carter Isley (Iowa). Hutchison was runner-up in Cadet Greco last year, Metz is a returning Junior Greco All-American and champion from 2014 in Cadet Greco, Cassioppi was double third at the Cadet level last year at this weight, Nye was runner-up in Cadet Greco last year at this weight, Muller was runner-up in Cadet freestyle last year at this weight, while Helton was a Junior National All-American in both styles last year.

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