Photo/Jeff Beshey, The GuillotineNote: Recap items use the previous rankings (team and individual updated on Dec. 27). Preview items use the new team rankings updated Wednesday, and the most recent individual rankings.
Not the time to be a highly ranked wrestler
The week between Christmas and New Year's was remarkably unkind to wrestlers that occupied high positions in the national rankings. FOUR wrestlers ranked No. 1 in the nation fell to defeat.
At 120 pounds, Nick Roberts (North Star, Pa.) was upended by No. 13 Jason Nolf (Kittaning, Pa.) 11-6 in the tiebreaker in a battle of Class AA state champions from last year during the championship match of the Southmoreland Holiday Classic. The sophomore Nolf remained undefeated for his career after riding out Roberts in the first portion of the tiebreaker, then scoring a reversal and three near fall points in the second portion.
At 126 pounds, No. 7 Rossi Bruno (Brandon, Fla.) upset Dean Heil (St. Edward, Ohio), 2-1, in the tiebreaker during the championship round robin of The Clash X -- National High School Duals in Rochester, Minn.
At 132 pounds, Chris Wilkes (Whitfield, Mo.) scored a 3-1 overtime victory against Zane Richards (Carbondale, Ill.) in the championship final of the Red Schmitt Holiday Tournament in Granite City, Ill., to end what was a 66 match win streak for Richards, going back to the beginning of his junior year.
Finally, at 138 pounds, No. 5 Todd Preston (Blair Academy, N.J.) defeated Nate Skonieczny (Walsh Jesuit, Ohio) 2-1 in the tiebreaker in the championship final of the POWERade Christmas Tourament.
In addition, two wrestlers ranked No. 2 in the country fell to defeat during the past week. No. 8 Brandon Griffin (Sprague, Ore.) defeated Nikko Reyes (Clovis West, Calif.), 5-1, in overtime during the 182 pound final of the Sierra Nevada Classic. At 195 pounds, Austin Severn (New Lothrop, Mich.) defeated Gabe Dean (Lowell, Mich.) 5-4 in the tiebreaker during a quadrangular meet at Lowell High School. Heading into the match, both wrestlers were on long winning streaks having been undefeated state champs in 2010-11 after runner-up finishes the prior year.
Blair Academy simply the best, while Gulibon makes history
Even without No. 3 Joey McKenna in the lineup at 113 pounds, No. 1 in the nation Blair Academy, N.J. dominated the 45th annual POWERade Christmas Tournament with seven finalists (four champions) and 12 placers in all. Champions for the Buccaneers were No. 3 Mark Grey (132), No. 5 Todd Preston (138), Russ Parsons (152), and No. 1 Brooks Black (285); while No. 18 P.J. Klee (120), No. 17 Max Hvolbek (126), and No. 10 Dylan Milonas (145) finished in second place.
Third place finishes from No. 13 Frank Mattiace (195) and David Farr (220), fourth place honors for Patrick Coover (160) and Michael Mocco (182), and a sixth place finish from Jack Wedholm (170) helped boost Blair Academy to 293 points.
Second in the tournament was the host school and defending tournament champion Canon-McMillan, Pa. Even without No. 8 Conner Schram at 120 pounds, the No. 11 ranked Big Macs still racked up 195-1/2 points anchored by five finalists. Champions were No. 8 Solomon Chishko (145) and No. 5 Cody Wiercioch (170), while Dalton Macri (113), Alex Campbell (220), and No. 16 Cody Klempay (285) finished in second place. Other medalists for Canon-McMillan were Dario Dobbin (152), who finished sixth; Colton Shorts (126), taking seventh; and Ian Birotto (195) earning an eighth place finish.
Despite not having a champion, and just one finalist, No. 26 Central Dauphin, Pa., came in third place with 130-1/2 points due to having six total placers. Tyson Dippery (132) finished second, Shyheim Brown (138) and No. 20 Garrett Peppelman (152) each took third, Terrance Parsons (195) was fifth place, Austin Rose (145) earned seventh, while Jamison Peake (170) finished in eighth place.
Jimmy Gulibon (Derry Area, Pa.), ranked No. 2 nationally, earned his fourth POWERade championship, this time with a 7-2 victory over Blair Academy's Max Hvolbek in the championship final at 126 pounds. In earlier matches Gulibon had three technical falls and a first period pin. Becoming just the fourth four-time champion in event history, Gulibon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Freshmen No. 10 Vincenzo Joseph (Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Pa.) at 106 pounds and Michael Kemerer (Franklin Regional, Pa.) at 113, along with sophomore No. 1 Chance Marsteller (Kennard Dale, Pa.) at 160, remain on pace to potentially join the four-time champion club in the coming years. Rounding out the weight class champions were No. 15 Godwin Nyama (Brashear, Pa.), Dakota DesLauriers (Burrell, Pa.), Jacob Hart (Hampton, Pa.), and No. 9 Thomas Haines (Solanco, Pa.)
Full Brackets: http://poweradewrestling.com/2011/2011-Powerade.pdf
Cheesehead Invitational
Dates: Friday, Jan. 6 and Saturday, Jan. 7
Location: Kaukauna (Wis.) High School
Schedule: Friday wrestling starts at 6:00 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT), Saturday wrestling starts at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 p.m. CT) with top six finals matches at 7:00 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT)
Tom Teams: No. 4 Apple Valley, Minn.; No. 10 Simley, Minn.; No. 11 Bettendorf, Iowa; No. 14 Southeast Polk, Iowa; No. 19 Allen, Texas; No. 28 Montini Catholic, Ill.; No. 45 Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.
Notable Wrestlers:
106: Tommy Pawleski (Montini Catholic, Ill.), Jacob Schwarm (Bettendorf, Iowa), Bobby Nachreiner (Hartford, Wis.), Malou Woiwor (Apple Valley, Minn.)
113: No. 11 Johnny Jimenez (Marmion Academy, Ill.), Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf, Iowa), Jordan Laster (Montini Catholic, Ill.), John Wells (Milton, Wis.)
120: No. 20 Kevon Powell (Montini Catholic, Ill.), Seth Gross (Apple Valley, Minn.), Pedro Delao (Simley, Minn.), Andrew Crone (Arrowhead, Wis.)
126: No. 3 Cory Clark (Southeast Polk, Iowa), No. 11 (at 132) Dakota Trom (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 18 Eric Devos (Waverly Shell-Rock, Iowa), Jarrod Trotter (Allen, Texas), Juan Torres (Simley, Minn.), Mitch Lexvold (Kenyon-Wanamingo, Minn.), Eddie Greco (Marmion Academy, Ill.)
132: Chris Garcia (Montini Catholic, Ill.), Dayton Racer (Apple Valley, Minn.), Oakley McLain (Kenyon-Wananmingo, Minn.), George Fisher (Marmion Academy, Ill.)
138: No. 14 Jack Bass (Allen, Texas), Mason Manville (Apple Valley, Minn.), Connor Ryan (Bettendorf, Iowa), Angelo Silvestro (Marmion Academy, Ill.)
145: No. 4 Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 5 Jake Short (Simley, Minn.), No. 7 Bryce Brill (Mt. Carmel, Ill.), Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), Alex Hernandez (Bettendorf, Iowa), Kolton Rottink (Waverly Shell-Rock, Iowa), Adam Yde (Arrowhead, Wis.)
152: No. 6 (at 160) Brandon Kingsley (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 12 Nick Becker (Hartford, Wis.), Nick Wanzek (Simley, Minn.)
160: No. 8 Oliver Pierce (Allen, Texas), Ben Sullivan (Apple Valley, Minn.), Shaun'Que McMurtry (Lockport, Ill.), Jackson Fox (Wrightstown, Wis.), Mitch Berceau (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.), Dylan Blackford (Southeast Polk, Iowa)
170: No. 2 Alex Meyer (Southeast Polk, Iowa), No. 19 (at 182) Daniel Woiwor (Apple Valley, Minn.), Scott Van De Loo (Kaukauna, Wis.), Colby Vance (Bettendorf, Iowa)
182: Ian Johnson (Milton, Wis.), Jordan Padowsky (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.), Bryan Levse (Bettendorf, Iowa)
195: No. 5 Brad Johnson (Lockport, Ill.), No. 18 Nick Cobb (Allen, Texas), Jordan Ellingwood (Plainfield Central, Ill.), Bud Smith (Southeast Polk, Iowa), Blake Blair (Edwardsville, Ill.), Cody Hazlett (Simley, Minn.), Keaton Jurevitz (Bettendorf, Iowa)
220: No. 3 Willie Miklus (Southeast Polk, Iowa), No. 18 Nate Shaw (Bettendorf, Iowa), Stone Drulman (Allen, Texas), Edgar Ruano (Montini Catholic, Ill.)
285: Nelson Smerchek (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.), Jesse Nelson (Stoughton, Wis.), Matt Kadrlik (Simley, Minn.)
Green 'n Gold glow bright at The Clash
In arguably the most prolific field of teams for a single event ever assembled, it was No. 2 St. Edward, Ohio, coming out on top at The Clash X -- National High School Duals on the last two days of 2011 in Rochester, Minn. The Eagles amassed victories over teams ranked No. 4 (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 5 (Brandon, Fla.), No. 6 (Clovis, Calif.), and No. 13 (Christiansburg, Va.). Additionally the field featured nine additional members of the InterMat Fab 50.
The following wrestlers went undefeated winning at least five contested matches (the bold wrestler was selected to The Clash All-Tournament Team):
106: No. 14 Coy Ozias (Christiansburg, Va.), No. 16 Dylan Lucas (Brandon, Fla.), Kyle Pfeifle (Rapid City Central, S.D.), Jim Pelligrino (Carl Sandburg, Ill.), Brady Berge (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.), Blane Tschida (Coon Rapids, Minn.)
113: No. 10 Tommy Thorn (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.), No. 14 J.R. Wert (Christiansburg, Va.), James Flint (Brandon, Fla.), Mark Duda (Marist, Ill.)
120: No. 4 Ryan Taylor (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), Kasey Klaus (Vacaville, Calif.), Seth Gross (Apple Valley, Minn.)
126: No. 7 Rossi Bruno (Brandon, Fla.), No. 20 Zach Watson (The Baylor School, Tenn.)
132: No. 5 Kevin Norstrem (Brandon, Fla.), No. 12 Joey Ward (Cincinnati Moeller, Ohio), Bryce Parson (Lewiston, Idaho)
138: Daniel Cartagena (Corona del Sol, Ariz.), Cody Laganiere (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.), Mason Manville (Apple Valley, Minn.)
145: No. 4 Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.), No. 5 Jake Short (Simley, Minn.), Larry Bomstad (ACGC, Minn.), Wayne Voss (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.)
152: No. 1 Bo Jordan (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), No. 6 (at 160) Brandon Kingsley (Apple Valley, Minn.), Drew Randall (Lewiston, Idaho), Matthew Cate (The Baylor School, Tenn.)
160: No. 4 Isaac Jordan (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), No. 7 Clark Glass (Brandon, Fla.), Jason Greenaway (Mitchell, S.D.)
170: No. 4 Zach Nevills (Clovis, Calif.), No. 14 Ricky Robertson (Carl Sandburg, Ill.), Brent Havlik (Mitchell, S.D.)
182: No. 5 Huston Evans (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), No. 10 Micah Barnes (Simley, Minn.), No. 18 David Reck (Colonial Forge, Va.), James Nelson (ACGC, Minn.), Chase Lettau (Pierre, S.D.), Zack Hernandez (Punahou, Hawaii)
195: No. 19 James Suvak (St. Edward, Ohio), Cody Hazlett (Simley, Minn.), Broc Berge (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.)
220: No. 14 Ty Walz (St. Edward, Ohio), Chalmer Freauf (Cincinnati Moeller, Ohio), Coyte Kuefner (Owatonna, Minn.), Nick Edling (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.)
285: No. 7 Greg Kuhar (St. Edward, Ohio), No. 9 Sam Stoll (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.), No. 20 Johnny Schupp (Vacaville, Calif.), Jake Weber (Rapid City Central, S.D.)
Coverage Page (TheGuillotine.com): http://www.theguillotine.com/hsresults/1112/111230clash.html
Doc Buchanan Invitational
Dates: Friday, Jan. 6 and Saturday, Jan. 7
Location: Clovis (Calif.) High School
Key information: Finals start at 8:30 p.m. ET (5:30 PT) on Saturday and will be streamed live through http://www.cloviswrestling.com or the Clovis Wrestling U-Stream channel.
Top Teams (California Unless Noted): No. 6 Clovis, No. 17 Poway, No. 22 Bakersfield, De La Salle, Gilroy, Vacaville, and Roseburg (Ore.)
Notable Wrestlers (California Unless Noted):
106: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (St. John Bosco), No. 3 Paul Mascarenas (Cleveland, N.M.), Gionn Peralta (Vacaville)
113: No. 4 Micah Perez (Central Union), No. 6 Emilio Saavedra (Modesto), No. 12 Isaiah Locsin (Live Oak), Jonas Gaytan (Clovis), Mason Pengilly (Porterville)
120: No. 19 (at 126) Daniel Gaytan (Clovis), Anthony Valencia (St. John Bosco), Kasey Klaus (Vacaville)
126: Jake Smith (Newark Memorial), Martin Ramirez (Elk Grove), Josh Rodriguez (Righetti), Javier Gasca (Kingsburg), Victor Lopez (Poway), Paul Fox (Gilroy), Joey Moita (De La Salle)
132: No. 2 Alex Cisneros (Selma), Patrick Phaysamone (Clovis East), Micah Cruz (Bakersfield), Ali Nasser (El Camino Real), Jon-Jay Chavez (De La Salle)
138: No. 9 Natrelle Deminson (Bakersfield), No. 17 Shayne Tucker (Bella Vista), No. 19 Nikko Villareal (Gilroy), Brian Sergi (College Park)
145: No. 3 (at 152) Isaiah Martinez (Lemoore), Reed Van Anrooy (Roseburg, Ore.), Alex Aniciete (Las Vegas, Nev.), Adam Hendrickson (Healdsburg), Maxx Ramirez (Bakersfield), Willie Fox (Gilroy)
152: No. 6 Coleman Hammond (Bakersfield), Keaton Subjeck (Oak Ridge), Alex Abono (De La Salle)
160: No. 2 Joey Davis (Santa Fe), No. 11 Victor Pereira (Newark Memorial), Javier Mandera (Roseburg, Ore.), Adrian Salas (Clovis)
170: No. 4 Zach Nevills (Clovis), No. 8 James Wilson (McNair), No. 17 Silas Nacita (Bakersfield), No. 18 Connor King (Poway), Steven Elicegui (Wooster, Nev.)
182: No. 2 Nikko Reyes (Clovis West), Paul Yoo (Cypress), Ryan Davies (Clovis)
195: Jesse Doyle (Wheatmore, N.C.), Dakota Gordon (Clovis), Broc Westlake (Reed, Nev.)
220: Spencer Empey (Reed, Nev.), Justin Walker (De La Salle, Calif.), Justin Everard (Etiwanda)
285: No. 4 Nick Nevills (Clovis), No. 20 Johnny Schupp (Vacaville), Marq Randall (Roseburg, Ore.)
Good pair of days to be a Shamrock in Medina
Coming down from Michigan, No. 15 Detroit Catholic Central overwhelmed the field to the tune of 256-1/2 points and four champions on the way to a Medina Invitational Tournament championship. Winning titles for the Shamrocks were Ken Bade (126), Alec Mooradian (145), Andrew Garcia (160), and Kevin Beazley (182). Finishing as runner-up was Malik Amine (132), while a pair of Shamrocks finished fourth and sixth respectively.
The most notable win in the tournament for Detroit Catholic Central came in the semifinal round where Mooradian upended No. 16 Jake Faust 2-1 in the tiebreaker, which reversed a result from consolation wrestling at the Super32 in late October.
Second in the standings was No. 27 Massillon Perry, Ohio with 202 points, as the Panthers were led by a trio of champions in David Bavery (106), No. 11 Zack Dailey (152), and Joe Tayse (195). Finishing in third place were Isaac Bast (132) and No. 20 Mitch Newhouse (138). Additional wrestlers finished fourth, fifth, and sixth to make it eight placers in all for the Panther squad.
The other team with multiple champions was CVCA, Ohio. The Royals finished in third place with 176 points, and were led by dominant championships from their pair of nationally ranked wrestlers -- No. 2 Nathan Tomasello (113) and No. 10 Matt Meadows (220). Even so, the biggest story of the tournament for CVCA came from David Gray, a runner-up at 170 pounds who upended No.7 Felipe Martinez (Genoa, Ohio) 11-5 in the quarterfinal round before losing by 7-1 decision to Super32 placer Vince Pickett (Grove City Central Crossing, Ohio) in the final. After the loss, Martinez defaulted out of the tournament and did not place. Four additional wrestlers for CVCA placed -- one in third, two in fifth, and one in seventh.
Arguably the tournament's most impressive performance was Matt Hammer (Medina, Ohio), champion at 138 pounds. Hammer dominated No. 20 Mitch Newhouse in the quarterfinal round to the tune of a 9-4 victory, then in the semifinal match he was leading state champion Logan Marcicki (Detroit Catholic Central) 6-2 in the third period before Marcicki had to default, and then it was a 6-1 victory over state placer Max Rohskopf (West Holmes, Ohio) in the final.
Rounding out the weight class champions were Luke Langdon (Claymont, Ohio) at 120 pounds, Trevor Fiorucci (Olentangy, Ohio) at 132, Pickett at 170, and Ohio State football recruit Patrick Elflein (Pickerington North, Ohio) at 285.
Scott West wins Rumble on the Red with volume
Even with just one champion, No. 4 Michael Kroells (220), No. 35 Scott West, Minn. earned the championship at the Rumble on the Red with a tournament high nine placers in scoring 207 points. Other placers for Scott West included runner-up Luke Zilverberg (132); a single wrestler placing third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth; as well as a pair of wrestlers placing fifth.
Even with a tournament high three champions, West Fargo, N.D. placed third in the tournament scoring 186 points. Champions for West Fargo were Jordan Shearer (113), Trevor Kringile (120), and No. 16 Preston Lehmann (182). They only placed four other wrestlers for a total of seven in all, one wrestler in fourth and three in eighth.
Second place in the tournament went to Albert Lea, Minn. with 190-1/2 points despite only six total placers. Those included a pair of championships from Trevor Westerlund (106) and Nate Lynn (138), a runner-up finish from Trey Hable (170), two wrestlers taking third, and a single wrestler in fourth place.
Fourth place went to Foley, Minn. with 184-1/2 points and eight placers despite no champions. A trio of wrestlers -- Tyler Funk (106), Tristan Manderfield (113), and Taylor Lewandowski (160) -- finished in second place, another trio medaled in seventh place, while the other placers took sixth and eighth respectively.
A close fifth place finish was had by Jackson County Central, Minn. with 180-1/2 points led by a pair of champions -- Darick Vancura (160) and No. 9 Cooper Moore (170). Other placers for their squad took third, sixth, a pair in seventh, and a pair in eighth.
Rounding out the weight class champions were No. 8 Mitch Bengtson (St. Cloud Apollo, Minn.) at 126 pounds, No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Skutt Catholic, Neb.) at 132, Adam Cooling (Madelia-Truman, Minn.) at 145, No. 8 Jared Reis (Napoleon, N.D.) at 152, Adam Josephson (Minneota, Minn.) at 195, and Tommy Doeden (Hillsboro, N.D.) at 285.
Other highlights of this coming week:
OHSWCA State Duals -- No. 2 St. Edward, No. 16 Cincinnati Moeller, and No. 27 Wadsworth headline eight team field for Division I on Sunday at Wadsworth (Ohio) High School, No. 7 St. Paris Graham hosts the eight-team Division II event, while the Division III event is held at Evergreen High School outside of Toledo.
No. 18 Tulsa Union, Okla., No. 20 Broken Arrow, Okla., and No. 29 Tuttle, Okla., headlines a 25-team field at the oldest wrestling tournament in the nation, the 68th annual Geary (Okla.) Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Unique about the event is that there are no seedings, the draw is completely open, and there are challenge matches for true second (when applicable) after the championship round.
No. 30 Blue Springs, Mo. and No. 41 Christian Brothers, Tenn., anchors the Gateway to the Best Dual Tournament hosted by Lindenwood University in St. Louis, Mo.
No. 47 Glenbard North, Ill., and No. 48 Carl Sandburg, Ill., compete in a dual meet match featuring two of the perennial powers in the Land of Lincoln.
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