Earning gold medals were No. 11 Ryan Miller (106), No. 2 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (113), No. 1 Michael Colaiocco (120), Chris Cannon (126), No. 17 (at 126) Travis Mastrogiovanni (132), Willy Kaiser (152), No. 3 Julian Ramirez (170), No. 8 Leo Tarantino (182), and No. 14 Owen Trephan (220).
Three of those champions beat a nationally ranked wrestler during the course of the tournament. Miller beat No. 15 Carter Young (Sand Springs, Okla.) 4-2 in overtime in the championship match, Colaiocco beat No. 8 Rhett Golowenski (Tuttle, Okla.) by 21-6 technical fall in the semifinal, and Ramirez beat No. 11 (at 160) Jaryn Curry (Choctaw, Okla.) 13-6 in the semfinal.
Both runners-up for Blair Academy were nationally ranked, and lost matches to opponents from Tuttle (Okla.). No. 16 Malcolm Robinson was knocked off 6-2 by Luke Surber in the 138 pound final, while No. 2 Andrew Merola lost 3-2 to No. 12 Dustin Plott in the 160 final.
Those wrestlers were the weight class champions for No. 12 Tuttle, which put nine wrestlers on the podium in amassing 132.5 points, but lost by over 100 points to Blair. It should be noted that team scoring at this tournament is not in line with that of other events during the season due to the blind draw and not awarding advancement points (only placement and bonus are scored). Losing in championship matches for Tuttle were Carson Berryhill (170) and Kavan Guffey (182).
Oklahoma big-school rivals No. 38 Broken Arrow and No. 17 Choctaw each placed seven wrestlers in finishing third and fourth. It came after the two teams met Thursday night in a dual meet won 34-30 by Broken Arrow; Choctaw was without two-time state runner-up Easton Rendleman (182/195) on that occasion.
Broken Arrow scored 97.5 points, and were led by weight class champion Gavin Potter (195). Winning consolation finals were Reece Witcraft (132), Caleb Wise (160), and Zach Marchiselli (220). Choctaw scored 93 points, while missing No. 13 Zane Coleman (170) and Rendleman from the lineup; they were led by weight class champion Caulin Poole, who scored an upset pin over No. 10 Montana Phillips (Lawton Macarthur, Okla.) in the 285 pound final. The previously mentioned Curry won his conslation finals match at 170, while Colt Newton (126) and Connor Holman (132) fell short in championship finals bouts.
Rounding out the weight class champions was Jake Beeson (Arkansas City, Kansas) at 145 pounds.
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