106: Luke Pletcher (Greater Latrobe, Pa.) vs. Kyle Bierdumpfel (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.), Nick Suriano (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) vs. Jose Rodriguez (Massillon Perry, Ohio); Brandon Olsen (Indian River, Va.) vs. Ricky Cavallo (Hempfield, Pa.), Eli Stickley (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) vs. Spencer Lee (Saegertown, Pa.)
Pletcher, Bierdumpfel, and Suriano are excellent ninth graders, all top 25 ranked nationally. Pletcher was fourth in the Super 32 high school division last year, Bierdumpfel a double Cadet runner-up, and Suriano won the middle school division last year. Rodriguez was second at state, Stickley took fifth, and Olsen was sixth at state. Cavallo did not qualify for state as freshman, but was second at POWERade; while Lee is ranked third overall among junior high wrestlers nationally.
113: Zack Fuentes (Norristown, Pa.) vs. Coy Ozias (Christiansburg, Va.), Jake Gromacki (Erie Cathedral Prep, Pa.) vs. Ryan Millhof (Collins Hill, Ga.); Drew Romero (Broomfield, Col.) vs. Brent Fleetwood (Smyrna, Del.), Sean Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.) vs. Nick Piccinnini (Ward Melville, N.Y.)
Six wrestlers in this weight class's quarterfinal round were state champions last year. This includes all four wrestlers in the bottom half of the draw, as well as Ozias and Millhof from the top half. All four returning Super 32 placers in this weight have advanced to the quarterfinal round -- Ozias, Millhof, Fleetwood, and Russell. Placing fifth at state was Fuentes, while Gromacki was sixth. Upset of the day was had by Piccinnini in the round of 16 when he beat Zahid Valencia, the nation's No. 1 sophomore, 2-1 in the overtime tiebreaker.
120: J.R. Wert (Christiansburg, Va.) vs. Nathan Boston (Woodford County, Ky.), Sam Krivus (Hempfield, Pa.) vs. Kevin Jack (Danbury, Ct.); Darian Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) vs. Jared Prince (Palm Harbor University, Fla.), Josh Alber (Dakota, Ill.) vs. Dylan Lucas (Brandon, Fla.)
Four wrestlers in this weight won state championships this past high school season -- Wert, Cruz (also a 2010 Super 32 champion), Alber, and Lucas -- while Boston finished as state runner-up after winning in 2011. Finishing second at state was Prince, while Jack was second at the New England Regional, and Krivus finished third at state after placing sixth in this event last year.
126: Joey Dance (Christiansburg, Va.) vs. Tate Robinson (The Baylor School, Tenn.), Seth Gross (Apple Valley, Minn.) vs. Colby Ems (East Stroudsburg, Pa); Ryan Diehl (Trinity, Pa.) vs. Brandon James (Perry Meridian, Ind.), Dalton Brady (Chandler, Ariz.) vs. Michael Kemerer (Franklin Regional, Pa.)
All three past Super 32 Challenge champions advanced to the quarterfinals -- 2009 champion Dance, and defending champions in Diehl and Kemerer. Four state champions remain in the quarterfinals as well, one per match -- Dance, Gross, Diehl, and Brady. Robinson, a state champion in 2011, and Kemerer finished as runners-up this past year. Finishing third last year was James, while Ems was a state qualifier.
132: Dean Heil (St. Edward, Ohio) vs. Scott Delvecchio (South Plainfield, N.J.), Javier Gasca III (Kingsburg, Calif.) vs. Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional, Pa.); Cody Lecount (Perry Meridian, Ind.) vs. Dennis Gustafson (Forest Park, Va.), Jason Estevez (Livingston, N.J.) vs. Aaron Pico (St. John Bosco, Calif.)
Heil and Delvecchio are the lone 2012 state champions left in the quarterfinal round, four other remaining wrestlers finished top three at state, Maruca was fifth in his state tournament as a frosh, while Pico is the nation's second ranked freshman.
138: Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.) vs. Neal Molloy (Danville, Ind.), Fox Baldwin (Osceola, Fla.) vs. Tyson Dippery (Central Dauphin, Pa.); T.J. Miller (Camden Catholic, N.J.) vs. Troy Heilmann (South Plainfield, N.J.), Brock Zacherl (Brookville, Pa.) vs. Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.)
Lewis and Baldwin are the lone 2012 state champions left in the quarterfinal round; however, Molloy and Miller were 2011 state champions, while Retherford won state in 2010. Dippery and Heilmann were state runner-up this past year, while Zacherl placed seventh at state as a sophomore.
145: Victor Lopez (Poway, Calif.) vs. Chad Walsh (Camden Catholic, N.J.), Solomon Chishko (Canon McMillan, Pa.) vs. Jordan Marshall (Troy Christian, Ohio); Reed Van Anrooy (Roseburg, Ore.) vs. Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo.), Troy Joyce (Brandon, Fla.) vs. Zach Kelly (Kiski Prep, Pa.)
Marshall, Van Anrooy, and Leeth were all state champions in this past high school season. Chishko is one win away from placing at the Super 32 for a fourth consecutive year, and placed third at state this past year; while Lopez was fourth at state, Kelly fourth at National Preps, and Walsh was fifth at state; and Joyce was not in the lineup last year but took second in 2010 as an eighth grader.
152: Wayne Stinson (Northern Burlington, N.J.) vs. Shayne Tucker (Bella Vista, Calif.), Joshua Farrell (Greenfield Central, Ind.) vs. Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.); Ryan Harris (Beachwood, Ohio) vs. Garrett Hammond (Chambersburg, Pa.), Raymond Nicosia (Pocono Mountain East, Pa.) vs. Nick Hall (Thompson, Ala.)
Hammond, Mark Hall, and Nick Hall are the remaining state champions in the quarterfinal round. Tucker and Farrell both finished as state runner-up, Harris finished third at state, Nicosia sixth, while Stinson has yet to place at state despite qualification appearances in all three high school seasons to date.
160: Abraham Rodriguez (Hermiston, Ore.) vs. Isaiah Martinez (Lemoore, Calif.), Ryan Blees (Bismarck, N.D.) vs. Jonathan Schleifer (East Brunswick, N.J.); Cody Law (Forest Hills, Pa.) vs. Josh Llopez (St. Mary's Ryken, Md.), Ty Walter (Mifflinburg, Pa.) vs. Garrett Peppelman (Central Dauphin, Pa.)
Five state champions remain in a championship bracket that has loaded up for wrestling tomorrow morning -- Rodriguez and Martinez facing one another, joined by Blees, Llopez (also a defending Super 32 champion), and Peppelman. Law was a state runner-up, Schleifer third at state, and Walter was sixth in 2011 though he placed in this event last year.
170: Parker Vonegidy (Piedmont, N.C.) vs. Peter Renda (Brandywine Hts., Pa.), Cody Wiercioch (Canon McMillan, Pa.) vs. Keaton Subjeck (Oak Ridge, Calif.); Zach Epperly (Christiansburg, Va.) vs. Andrew Garcia (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.), Nick Kee (Scotland, N.C.) vs. Brett Harner (Norristown, Pa.)
Six quarterfinalists combine for five InterMat Top 100 Class of 2013 wrestlers and five state champions from last year in an absolutely stacked set of quarterfinals. Epperly vs. Garcia is a matchup of state champions, while Kee and Harner is match of Top 100 seniors. Vonegidy, Wiercioch (also a 2010 Super 32 champion), Epperly, Garcia, and Kee won state titles; Vonegidy, Wiercioch, Epperly, Kee, and Garcia are Top 100 seniors. Renda was second at state, Harner third at state, and Subjeck took fifth last year.
182: Jared Haught (Parkersburg, W.V.) vs. Dylan Reynolds (Saegertown, Pa.), Shayne Brady (Carthage Central, N.Y.) vs. Jacob Taylor (Bald Eagle Area, Pa.); Chip Ness (Buford, Ga.) vs. Dakota DesLauriers (Burrell, Pa.), Taylor Jackson (The Villages, Fla.) vs. B.J. Toal (Troy Christian, Ohio)
Haught, Ness, Jackson, and Toal are the four state champions remaining in the quarterfinals of this weight class. A pair of runner-ups also resides in the front side of the draw with Brady and DesLauriers advancing to the quarterfinals, while Taylor placed third at state last year.
195: Matt McCutcheon (Kiski Area, Pa.) vs. Spencer Neff (Good Counsel, Md.), Zachery Roseberry (Brentsville, Va.) vs. Matthew Moore (Brick Memorial, N.J.); Raymond O'Donnell (Saucon Valley, Pa.) vs. Jesse Stephanos (Jupiter, Fla.), Jacob Hart (Hampton, Pa.) vs. Rory Bonner (West Deptford, N.J.)
All eight wrestlers remaining placed at state last year, including a pair of state champions in McCutcheon (defending Super 32 champion) and Stephanos. Hart was a state runner-up, Roseberry and O'Donnell were third at state, Neff was fifth at National Preps, Bonner was fifth at state, and Moore took seventh at state.
220: Kyle Snyder (Good Counsel, Md.) vs. Patrick Phillips (Porter Ridge, N.C.), Trevor Stevens (Pope, Ga.) vs. Christian Jenco (Bergen Catholic, N.J.); John Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.) vs. Trent Allen (South Brunswick, N.C.), Justin Williams (Skyline, Va.) vs. Thomas Haines (Solanco, Pa.)
Snyder and Haines remain on a collision course, both won their season-ending tournament last year; Snyder won National Preps for a second time, while Haines won the Super 32 and a second Pennsylvania 3 state title last year. Stevens was fourth at state, Williams took fifth, and Kramer sixth. Jenco did not make the state tournament, but was double third at the Cadet Nationals; and Allen placed at the Super 32 but did not compete in the state tournament.
285: Chaas Delgado (Trinity, N.C.) vs. Jesse Webb (Mt. Anthony Union, Vt.), Jacob Roza (Gladwin, Mich.) vs. Patrick Garren (Bishop Ready, Ohio); Logan Turner (Martinsville, Va.) vs. Travis Boyd (Blanchester, Ohio), Ivan Deleon (Seven Lakes, Tex.) vs. Luke Fleck (Franklin Regional, Pa.)
No state champions remain in this weight class; however, six of the wrestlers placed at their state tournaments. Placing third were Garren and Turner, Deleon was fourth, Webb was fifth at the New England Regional, while Roz and Boyd were fifth at state. Delgado was a state qualifier, while Fleck made the state tournament in 2011.
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