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Highlights Drexel, LIU, and American all win duals Navy’s Koderhandt finishes 4th and Wask earns 6th place at CKLV Mosher of Hofstra places 8th at CKLV Cassella of Binghamton takes 5th at CKLV Duals (12/4) Drexel 31 vs Clarion 3 125: Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) dec Scott Clawson (Clarion) 11-9 133: Kyle Waterman (Drexel) dec Scott Johnson (Clarion) 8-2 141: Jordan Soriano (Drexel) maj David McClelland (Clarion) 17-5 149: Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec Dom Findora (Drexel) 7-5 157: Luke Nichter (Drexel) dec John Altieri (Clarion) 4-2 165: Cody Walsh (Drexel) dec Wesley Barnes (Clarion) 4-3 174: Jack Janda (Drexel) maj Deegan Ross (Clarion) 11-2 184: Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel) tech Adrian Gacek (Clarion) 16-1 197: Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) dec Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 7-0 285: Dom Petracci (Drexel) dec Austin Chapman (Clarion) 4-1SV (12/5) LIU 35 vs Bloomsburg 7 125: Robert Sagaris (LIU) FFT 133: Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) dec Anthony Mirando (LIU) 1-0 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) maj Ashton Campbell (Bloomsburg) 14-3 149: Drew Witham (LIU) fall Nic Antonelli (Bloomsburg) 2:44 157: Brayden Roberts (LIU) dec William Morrow (Bloomsburg) 4-0 165: Leo Hess III (Bloomsburg) maj James Johnston (LIU) 19-5 174: Corey Connolly (LIU) fall Luke Thomas (Bloomsburg) 6:30 184: Anthony D`Alesio (LIU) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 8-1 197: John Dusza (LIU) dec Kolby Flank (Bloomsburg) 7-2 285: Aeden Begue (LIU) maj Mason Rebuck (Bloomsburg) 10-2 #2 Iowa 23 #25 Army West Point 16 125 - Charlie Farmer (Army West Point) maj Joey Cruz (Iowa) 8-0 133 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) 7-3 141 - Braden Basile (Army West Point) dec Cullan Schriever (Iowa) 11-6 149 - Kyle Parco (Iowa) maj Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) 14-5 157 - Dakota Morris (Army West Point) fall Kael Voinovich (Iowa) 5:00 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) maj Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) 11-2 174 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 21-4 184 - Gabe Arnold (Iowa) dec Andrew Christie (Army West Point) 11-7 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) tech Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) 20-4 285 - Lucas Stoddard (Army West Point) dec Easton Fleshman (Iowa) 2-0 (12/6) American 25 Buffalo 13 125: Coen Bailey (American) dec Max Elton (Buffalo) 4-1SV 133: Raymond Bailey (American) fall Michael Giugliano (Buffalo) 1:23 141: Cael McIntyre (American) dec Andy Lucinsky (Buffalo) 8-5 149: Sam Ewing (Buffalo) dec Gage Owen (American) 6-4 157: Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) maj Jack Nies (American) 14-5 165: Kaden Milheim (American) dec Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) 4-1SV 174: Caleb Campos (American) tech Raphael Knapp (Buffalo) 19-2 184: Marcus Petite (Buffalo) dec Hunter Hohman (American) 2-0 197: Lonnell Pabon (Buffalo) dec Liam Volk-Klos (American) 12-5 285: Will Jarrell (American) tech Robbie Unruh (Buffalo) 16-0 (12/7) Wisconsin 23 Bucknell 15 125 - Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) maj Ty Kapusta (Bucknell) 13-1 133 - Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) maj Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) 11-2 141 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec Brock Bobzien (Wisconsin) 14-10 149 - Aiden Davis (Bucknell) maj Royce Nilo (Wisconsin) 17-4 157 - Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) dec Cade Wirnsberger (Bucknell) 2-0 165 - Cale Anderson (Wisconsin) fall Sean Walker (Bucknell) :44 174 - Lucas Condon (Wisconsin) dec Myles Takats (Bucknell) 4-2 184 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) dec Matthew Jens (Wisconsin) 10-5 197 - Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) tech Nico Colucci (Wisconsin) 21-5 285 - Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) dec Nolan Springer (Bucknell) 11-6 (12/8) #1 Penn State 36 #23 Lehigh 3 125 - Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) dec Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 4-1 133 - Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec Braeden Davis (Penn State) 4-1 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 4-0 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) maj Matt Repos (Lehigh) 17-3 157 - Tyler Kasak (Penn State) dec Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) 5-1 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) tech Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) 18-1 174 - Levi Haines (Penn State) fall Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) 4:16 184 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 15-1 197 - Josh Barr (Penn State) maj Michael Beard (Lehigh) 11-3 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) tech Calvin Lachman (Lehigh) 15-0 (12/6 – 12/7) Cliff Keen Invitational – Las Vegas, Nevada Binghamton, Hofstra, Navy, and Sacred Heart were all wrestling at this event. Below are place finishers for each team Binghamton placed 21st in the team race with 1 placewinner. 174: #15 Brevin Cassella – 5th Notable wins - #28 Baumann (Purdue), #21 Simma (Northern Iowa), #18 Wask (Navy) Hofstra placed 24th in the team race with 1 placewinner. 165: Kyle Mosher – 8th Notable wins - #17 Mayfield (Northwestern), #8 Gaitan (Iowa State) Navy placed 22nd in the team race with 1 placewinner. 141: #8 Josh Koderhandt – 4th Notable wins - #7 Lemley (Michigan) 174: #18 Danny Wask – 6th Notable wins - #28 Baumann (Purdue), #3 DeVos (South Dakota State) Sacred Heart finished the weekend in 29th place. The Pioneers did not have any placers. Andrew Fallon (133lbs) and Aidan Zarrella (174lbs) each earned one bonus point win. (12/8) - Patriot Open – George Mason University American placewinners 174: Caleb Campos – 2nd 133: Raymond Lopez – 2nd 285: William Jarrell – 2nd 125: JJ Peace – 3rd 285: Emmanual Ulrich – 3rd Drexel placewinners 184: Justin Griffith (unattached) – 4th 133: John Hildebrandt (unattached) – 5th Franklin & Marshall placewinner 141: Bryce Kresho – 4th Navy placewinners 125: Isaac Hampton – 4th 184: Zyan Hall – 6th

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Week 5 Highlights and Takeaways After a bit of a hiatus for the Thanksgiving holiday, women’s college wrestling was back in action with a number of exciting opens and duals. Here are a few highlights: Dual highlight: Grand Valley State vs North Central This dual was circled on my calendar since schedules were announced for the potential fireworks between the veteran-led North Central team coming off their second-place finish against Iowa last year at NCWWCs and the new kids on the block, Grand Valley State, entering their inaugural season with heavy-hitting transfers and big recruits. Despite the score being a bit more lopsided than I am sure the Lakers would hope for, this dual was still filled with exciting matches from start to finish. At 103, you had the matchup between #5 Rayana Sahagun of Grand Valley facing the returning champ and #6 Madison Avila of North Central. While Avila was able to control the center early and force a step-out point to go on the board first, Sahagun scored a big takedown, originally called for four points. Coach Norton had to use an early challenge, but was effective in limiting the damage to a 2-point takedown. Avila was able to score another step out, but an additional takedown from Sahagun was able to put it out of reach. This match felt more folkstyle than a lot of the freestyle matches you see in college with the amount of scrambling and defensive scoring allowed before the wrestlers got reset. Avila certainly had more shots and was in deep a few times, but Sahagun had strong hips defensively and was able to capitalize and score or at least wade off the attacks from her opponent. At 110, you had the marquee match between all-star #1 Sage Mortimer for Grand Valley against 3x All-American #4 Kendra Ryan. These matches, historically, have favored Mortimer, who was 4-0 against her opponent before this matchup. That streak continued here with a 9-2 decision for Mortimer, and while the score seems one-sided, it often felt closer watching. Mortimer went on a seven-point run early, but there was a clear shift in the second period when Ryan got a takedown of her own and was seemingly slowing Mortimer’s offense and finding some of her own. However, the shift came too late to pull off a come-from-behind win and tallied some more points for the Lakers. A forfeit in favor of the Cardinals meant fans did not get to see #2 Sydney Petzinger on the mat, which led into the match at 124 between national champ #1 Amani Jones for North Central and freshman phenom #4 Aspen Blasko for Grand Valley State. These two met at the Adrian Invitational and Blasko kept things close with a 5-2 loss that was pretty back and forth, and this match was a real rollercoaster as well. Jones went up early with six unanswered points from some hard-earned takedowns. Right at the end of the first, Blasko scrambled to a takedown of her own and then caught Jones as she was wrestling up to her feet and was able to go feet to back for four right as time expired for the first period. All tied, up heading into the second it felt like Blasko might have had the momentum advantage, but Jones, the seasoned pro, caught her in a go-behind attempt. In their next exchange, Jones was working a takedown and ended up with exposure, almost pinning Blasko and scoring two. That exchange ended in injury time for Blasko with her appearing to hold her lower back after the exchange. Blasko wrestled hard for the remaining time, but was not able to come back again to flip the script on these exchanges. However, I would not be surprised to see this matchup again. It seemed like North Central was picking up some momentum heading into 131 where #2 Sara Sterner of North Central scored big for her team with an 11-0 tech fall against #20 Hannah Palise of Grand Valley. There was a moment where Grand Valley challenged a takedown call, but did end up losing that challenge. Sterner was consistent in the hand fight and getting to her offense in a variety of different ways against the talented Grand Valley State junior. Not to let things get too out of hand, the returning NCWWC champion #2 Katie Lange of Grand Valley quickly found a powerful double to take Emma Grimm of North Central to her back. After one roll through on the legs, Lange found the leverage to stick Grimm on the mat and get a pin and much-needed team points for the Lakers. The score was 14-12 in favor of North Central headed into one of the more interesting matchups on paper between #8 Elleni Jonson of Grand Valley State and #4 Bella Mir of North Central, who transferred from Iowa. Mir’s gritty, MMA background proved to be the winning style here as she snagged a single leg, scrambled to her feet, and got a big trip for her first score of the bout. Johnson tried to respond, getting to a leg herself, but Mir was able to turn this exchange into a scramble that almost had her in good position before the two got stood up. From there, a series of headlocks, tough hand fighting, throw-bys, and big mat returns were the script for Mir to take this 10-0 tech fall victory over her opponent. At 160 lbs, #10 Tiera Jimerson scored the only pin for the Cardinals over #17 Clarissa Agostini, and at 180 lbs, #3 Sabrina Nauss returned the favor with a pin for the Lakers over #7 Brittyn Corbishley of North Central. While the 160 lbs bout was fairly one-sided before the pin, at 180 lbs, 3x All-American Corbishley showed off a bit of her senior experience with some big moves early to challenge the freshman and #1 recruit at the 190 lb weight class in high school, Sabrina Nauss. However, once Nauss got a feel for her opponent and got to a favorable position, she locked up a strong cradle to take her to her back. This match was maybe my favorite to watch, as both of these wrestlers had the strength and big-move potential to take this win. However, even with the pin, there was no path to the dual victory for the Lakers as headed into the final match of the evening, the Cardinals were up 23-17 in the team score. At 207, the Cardinals did not send out their normal starter and 3x All-American #2 Traeh Haynes. In her stead was Caroline Ward, competing against Aaliyah Grandberry of Grand Valley. This match came down to a penalty point and lone takedown from Ward, who was then able to hold off Grandberry’s flurry of attempts, to secure the 3-0 decision. While the Cardinals could have easily scored five points with returning All-American Sydney Petzinger, seeing a forfeit at that weight really can be hard to overcome for team points. I’d love to see some of these matchups again, and just goes to show the talent of both the transfers and highly touted freshmen on this new Grand Valley squad. North Central has been a powerhouse under the leadership of Coach Joe Norton and the seven seniors (usually eight in the lineup here. While Grand Valley definitely made it interesting, the Cardinals walked away from this one with a resounding win. This one was an exciting watch from start to finish. Tournament highlight: Patriot Duals Once again there were a number of stacked tournaments that happened over the weekend, splitting up some of the top-ranked teams across different competitions. However, there was no shortage at the Patriot Duals with teams including #2 (NCAA) King, #1 (NAIA) Life, #7 (NAIA) Campbellsville, #5 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, #4 (NAIA) Cumberlands, #24 (NCAA) Tiffin, RV (NAIA) Siena Heights, RV (NAIA) Lourdes, Liberty, #18 (NAIA) Lindsey Wilson and #13 (NCAA) Emmanuel. Many of these teams split their rosters into two squads to ensure even more mat time for their deep rosters. King ended up winning the tournament, going undefeated in seven duals across two days. They were followed by Indiana Tech, Tiffin University, and one of the two Life University squads. I wanted to highlight specifically the matchup between King and Life (Green), as it was one of the most competitive duals of the tournament. At 103, King’s #8 (NCAA) Avery Kibelbek won by tech over Katherine Hernandez of Life. A very entertaining 110 lb match saw #1 (NAIA) Anaya Falcon of Life take out #3 (NCAA) Samara Chavez of King with a pin after almost four minutes of wrestling. King got two big ones in the following weights with #3 (NCAA) Melanie Mendoza winning a 6-2 decision over #5 (NAIA) Salyna Shotwell and #2 (NCAA) Montana Delawder getting a nailbiter 13-12 win over #6 (NAIA) Anna Krejsa. In that match in particular, it seemed that both wrestlers really had each other figured out, with the first period being eight unanswered points from Delawder followed by a flurry from Krejsa in the second to tie it up. From there, it was a suspenseful back and forth in what ended up being a gritty fight to the finish. King took the next three at 131, 138, and 145 with #9 (NCAA) Anna Dicugno, Alicen Dillard, and #1 (NCAA, 138 lbs) Claire DiCungo getting wins over their unranked opponents. At 160, Life fan-favorite #1 (NAIA) Latifah McBryde won via forfeit, a common occurrence at this tournament, followed by another King win at 180 pounds from #9 (NCAA) Alexa Garcia, getting the pin in just over a minute over Anetra Witherspoon of Life. Life was able to put a few more points on the board at 207 with Savannah Isaac getting a quick pin of her own over Kenisha Jacsaint of King. The final score was 18-28, securing a first-place finish for King. There were several more impressive performances at this tournament, including a flawless day for #2 (NAIA) Emma Walker of Campbellsville who was undefeated over the weekend with 4 tech falls, three falls, and a forfeit. Among her wins with a pin of #1 (NCAA, 138 lbs) Claire DiCungo of King. #4 (NAIA) Stefana Jelacic of Lourdes had a similarly impressive weekend, and although she had four of her nine wins come via forfeit, she also had all tech falls and falls against her opponents as well. Also at 110 lbs, #1 (NAIA) Anaya Falcon of Life was undefeated including her win over #3 (NCAA) Samara Chavez and a tough Allison Hancher of Indiana Tech. A Tiffin standout came from Ciara Riner, whose only loss on the weekend was to Skyley Hanna of Indiana Tech. She had a big win of her own against King’s #9 (NCAA) Anna DiCungo with a pin after three and a half minutes. Finally, it’s always impressive when a wrestler moves to another weight for a dual, and #1 (NAIA) Latifah McBryde of Life made the jump from 160 lbs, where she competed for the rest of the tournament, up to 180 lbs in the team’s dual against Indiana Tech and secured a tech fall victory for her team against Grace Doering. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all collegiate women’s competitions. Grand View 37 over Baker 6 Grand View 37 over Missouri Valley 10 Patriot Duals VIEW RESULTS William Penn 27 over Missouri Valley College 19 Jewell Dual Tournament VIEW RESULTS Doane Open VIEW RESULTS Carthage Classic VIEW RESULTS Chadron State Open VIEW RESULTS Upcoming events for next week Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all collegiate women’s competitions. Friday, December 13 WASP Open Sunday, December 15 North Central Invite

Highlights Cornell places 3 at CKLV Invite with Simon Ruiz leading the way in 4th Milani and Fernandez both earn 8th for Cornell at CKLV Penn splits duals on the road Duals Virginia 25 Penn 11 125 - Max Gallagher (Penn) tech Keyveon Roller (Virginia) 23-8 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) dec Alex Almeyda (Penn) 5-0 141 - Evan Mougalian (Penn) dec Kyren Butler (Virginia) 9-6 149 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) dec Cross Wasilewski (Penn) 4-3 157 - Michael Gioffre (Virginia) maj Paul Ognissanti (Penn) 11-2 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) dec Andy Troczynski (Penn) 7-3 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Rocco Contino (Virginia) 6-4 184 - Justin Phillips (Virginia) dec Nate Taylor (Penn) 7-0 197 - Max Shulaw (Virginia) maj Jackson Zimmerman (Penn) 9-0 285 - Gabe Christenson (Virginia) tech John Pardo (Penn) 19-2 #2 Iowa 39 Princeton 3 125 - Joey Cruz (Iowa) dec Ethan Rivera (Princeton) 6-2 133 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) maj Danny Jones (Princeton) 13-2 141 - Eligh Rivera (Princeton) dec Cullan Schriever (Iowa) 4-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Iowa) tech Christopher Martino (Princeton) 17-2 157 - Miguel Estrada (Iowa) tech Cody Tavoso (Princeton) 21-6 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) tech Hudson Hightower (Princeton) 19-3 174 - Nelson Brands (Iowa) tech Xavier Giles (Princeton) 20-4 184 - Gabe Arnold (Iowa) maj Mikey Squires (Princeton) 19-6 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) tech Luke Stout (Princeton) 19-3 285 - Ben Kueter (Iowa) dec Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) 8-2 Penn 34 Morgan State 6 125 - Brady Pruett (Penn) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 19-1 133 - Ryan Miller (Penn) tech Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) 17-2 141 - Evan Mougalian (Penn) tech Myrin Nixon (Morgan State) 16-1 149 - Cross Wasilewski (Penn) maj Yannis Charles (Morgan State) 15-3 157 - Jackson Dean (Penn) dec Eric Tecson (Morgan State) 6-3 165 - Reed Fullmer (Penn) FFT 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Darrien Roberts (Morgan State) 5-0 184 - Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) dec Nathan Taylor (Penn) 5-4 197 - Josh Labarbera (Penn) dec Cam Johnson (Morgan State) 8-1 285 - Xavier Doolin (Morgan State) dec John Pardo (Penn) 8-5 #18 Rutgers 32 Princeton 7 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) dec Ethan Rivera (Princeton) 5-3 133 - Danny Jones (Princeton) maj Brandan Chletsos (Rutgers) 9-1 141 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) dec Drew Heethuis (Princeton) 5-2 149 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) dec Christopher Martino (Princeton) 5-0 157 - Conner Harer (Rutgers) maj Cody Tavoso (Princeton) 13-4 165 - Tony White (Rutgers) dec Hudson Hightower (Princeton) 8-4 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) fall Xavier Giles (Princeton) 6:17 184 - Mikey Squires (Princeton) dec Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) 3-0 197 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) fall Diego Costa (Princeton) 1:36 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) maj Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) 16-3 (12/6 – 12/7) Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational – Las Vegas, NV Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard were participants. Columbia finished 26th in the team race. There were no placewinners for the Lions. Below is a list of notable wins for some wrestlers. 165: #28 Cesar Alvan - #22 Buell (Purdue) Cornell ended the weekend with an 18th team finish. Below is a list of place winners with along with notable wins 125: Marcello Milani – 8th Notable wins - #12 Robinson (NC State), #6 Jordan (South Dakota State) 149: #14 Ethan Fernandez – 8th Notable wins - #15 Vasquez (Arizona State), #17 Realbuto (Northern Iowa) 174: #13 Simon Ruiz – 4th Notable wins - #19 Singleton (NC State), #10 Pinto (Nebraska), #18 Wask (Navy) 141: Saunders – DNP Notable wins - #15 Drury (Utah Valley) 157: Wade – DNP Notable wins - #19 Siebrecht (South Dakota South) Harvard finished the weekend in 27th place as a team. Below is a list of notable wins 157: #31 Jimmy Harrington - #24 Stiles (Oregon State) (12/8) - Patriot Open – George Mason University Brown placewinners 141: Ian Oswalt (unattached) – 1st 157: Blake Saito (unattached) – 1st 149: Ethan Mojena – 3rd 165: Dominic Frontino (unattached) – 4th 285: Alex Semenenko – 5th 174: Drew Clearie – 6th Cornell placewinners 165: #5 Julian Ramirez – 1st 184: #9 Chris Foca – 2nd Penn placewinners 125: #18 Max Gallagher – 1st 149: Kelly Dunnigan – 4th

The biggest results of the week came out of the annual Cliff Keen Invitational, where the Oklahoma State Cowboys dominated. They only had two champs but became the first team with all 10 wrestlers in the top five since they last did it in 1999. Their impressive finish saw them win with a whopping 77-point lead over second-place Nebraska. Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and South Dakota State all finished in the top ten as well. Outside of Vegas, there were a handful of other Big 12 teams competing. Missouri and Northern Colorado both sent wrestlers to the Cougar Clash while Air Force was at the Cleveland State Open. The only dual of the week was Oklahoma vs Central Michigan, with the Sooners getting an impressive win. Cliff Keen Las Vegas: Brackets Oklahoma State: 1st (192 Points) The Cowboys dominated this tournament, with two champs and all 10 wrestlers finishing in the top five. Troy Spratley lost a one-takedown match to Matt Ramos and finished third, getting ranked wins over Caleb Smith, Brendan McCrone, and Maximo Renteria. Reece Witcraft was pinned by Troy Hohman to start the tournament and he won four matches in a row to make the third-place match. He had upsets over Derrick Cardinal and Jacob Van Dee along the way, before a wild match with Nic Bouzakis who won 13-10. Tagen Jamison made the finals with a 7-4 win over Brock Hardy in the semis, who he also beat here last season. Jamison gave Mendez a tough match and only lost 5-2 in an impressive showing. Carter Young lost to Caleb Henson on the top side and Anthony Echemendia to fall to the fifth-place match but beat Ethan Fernandez, Colin Realbuto, and Sammy Alavarez. Caleb Fish looks like the new starter at 157 and rebounded after a second-round loss to Trevor Chumbley. Fish beat former teammate Chase Saldate and Paniro Johnson with impressive majors before consecutive medical forfeit wins to finish third. Cam Amine made the finals but narrowly lost to Peyton Hall 4-1. In his four matches to get to the finals, he averaged just four points a match, but only gave up a point in each one. Dean Hamiti dominated his way to the finals before a much closer 4-3 win over Lorenzo Norman. He went tech, major, tech, major along the way with wins over Brevin Cassella and Simon Ruiz. Dustin Plott was also dominant before a loss to Keckeisen in the finals. He had two techs before a 2-0 decision over a surprisingly tough Issac Dean in the finals. Luke Surber dropped a narrow 4-3 match to Andy Smith in the quarters but beat Nick Stemmet and Christian Carroll. He then had medical forfeits over Trey Munoz and Joey Novak to finish 3rd. Wyatt Hendrickson won a title and OW for his one-sided performance. He went fall, tech, fall, Inj Def., and a first-period fall over the two-seed Isaac Trumble to win. Iowa State: 5th (89.5 Points) The Cyclones have a lineup that appears to be in flux with injuries, rumors of weight changes, and lineup battles. They still managed to finish fifth with six wrestlers making the podium. I was high on Adrian Meza coming in and thought he could make some noise. He didn’t get ranked wins, but went 3-2 with losses to Maximo Renteria and Brendan McCrone. Evan Frost made the finals with ranked wins over Julian Chlebove and Tyler Knox. Jacob Frost made a start at 141 and finished 5th. He lost in the second round to Jesse Mendez before reeling off three consecutive wins to make the podium matches. He had a medical forfeit win over Cael Happel before a narrow 8-7 loss to Josh Koderhandt. In the fifth place match he had a medical forfeit over Sam Latona. An intriguing note is that both of those medical forfeits will now count as wins towards seeding thanks to the rule changes from last season. Echemendia made his way to the semis without much issue to a matchup with Ridge Lovett. He had a great 6-2 lead after a third period takedown, and almost immediately listened to his coaches to try and cut Lovett. The mat-savvy Lovett was ready though and managed to not only get a reversal, but put Echemendia on his back, to lock up the win. He beat Carter Young to make the third-place match but was pinned by Jaden Abas, appearing to suffer a leg injury in the process. Paniro Johnson finished in seventh as the five seed, losing a 2-1 decision to Paddy Gallagher in the quarters and an 11-0 major loss against Caleb Fish. Johnson had a medical forfeit win over Rafael Hipolito who he beat on the top side for seventh. MJ Gaitan didn’t place due to injury. After he lost to Hunter Garvin in the quarters, he had to medical forfeit in the bloodround. Aiden Riggins started his tournament with an upset over Adam Kemp, but lost to Brevin Cassella and Joseph Martin to finish 1-2. Evan Bockman was on a tear with two bonus point wins and an 8-1 decision over a tough Nathan Haas. He ran into Parker Keckeisen in the semis and ended up medical forfeiting in consolations to finish sixth. Christian Carroll finished eighth, losing to Jacob Cardenas in the semis then Luke Surber to fall to the seventh place match. He beat Wyatt Voelker 10-9 in the top side but lost 6-1 in the rematch. Daniel Herrera made the bloodround at heavyweight and pinned the 8 seed but lost in the bloodround to Jimmy Mullen. Overall a solid tournament for the Cyclones but an already banged-up team leaves with even more injury concerns. Northern Iowa: 6th (85.5 Points) The Panthers finished a spot behind Iowa State but had seven wrestlers on the podium with two finalists. Cory Land was a sleeper I was high on and he looked to be well on his way with an upset over Brett Ungar to start the day. Unfortunately, a pretty significant knee injury occurred against Tyler Knox, leading Land to have to default out. Cael Happel lost his first round in a rematch against SDSU’s Julian Tagg. He rebounded in consolations with wins over Aden Valencia, Greyson Clark, and Jordan Titus before defaulting to seventh. Colin Realbuto was back in the lineup and finished seventh. He had losses to Carter Young and Jaden Abas, but beat Gabe Willochell and Ethan Fernandez. Ryder Downey was in multiple entertaining barnburners, beating Joey Blaze in the semis with a wild takedown in a scramble. In the finals, it looked like he had some nearfall in the second period, but even after a challenge, the call stood. He ended up finishing second after a 4-3 loss to Antrell Taylor. Jack Thomsen had one of the bigger upsets of the tournament with a 10-5 win over Terrell Barraclough to start his day. He then narrowly lost to Cam Amine in the quarters before a tech fall loss to Brock Mantanona in the bloodround. Jared Simma lost his first match to Ohio’s Garrett Thompson, but won three in a row in consolations to place. He lost to Brevin Cassella to fall to the seventh-place match. He beat Lenny Pinto in the bloodround and Big 12 champ Cade DeVos 11-9 in an impressive day. Parker Keckeisen won, going tech, tech, tech, major, before a one-sided 8-3 decision over Dustin Plott in the finals. Wyatt Voelker lost his first-round match narrowly to Christian Carroll, but won three in a row, including a 5-1 decision over Zach Glazier in the bloodround. He lost an entertaining 5-2 match to Joey Novak and rebounded to beat Carroll for seventh. Lance Runyon continued to impress at heavyweight, with bonus point wins over Trevor Tinker and Cory Day. He lost a 3-2 decision to Jimmy Mullen to fall to 7th with a medical forfeit from Harley Andrews. South Dakota State: 9th (62 Points) The Jackrabbits finished top ten with half their lineup making the podium. They had a mixed day with some upsets, but a handful of their wrestlers missed the podium or finished lower than their seed. Tanner Jordan was seeded fourth but finished seventh. He lost one-score matches to Eddie Ventresca and Maximo Renteria. Derrick Cardinal was seeded 12th, but finished seventh as well. After a loss to Zeth Romney, he won three matches in a row including a major over Julian Chlebove. He then lost to Reece Witcraft but beat top seed Dylan Ragusin 12-5. Julian Tagg missed the podium but beat Cael Happel in his first match 9-6. He lost his next two to Jameson Garcia and McKenzie Bell. Cobe Siebrecht also went 1-2, he was pinned by Chase Saldate and had to medical forfeit after. Drake Rhodes had an impressive day after coming in unseeded. He pinned Stoney Buell, won a 5-4 decision over Nicco Ruiz, and beat Hunter Garvin to finish fifth. Cade DeVos came in as the top seed but finished eighth. He lost to Garrett Thompson, beat Matthew Singleton, and then lost to Danny Wask and Jared Simma. Bennett Berge finished third, only losing to breakout performer Isaac Dean, but getting wins over Jaden Bullock and Seth Shumate. Zach Glazier and Luke Rasmussen both missed the podium. Glazier was upset by Evan Bates in the quarters before a 5-1 decision loss to Wyatt Voelker in the bloodround. West Virginia: 11th (40.5 Points) The Mountaineers had two wrestlers finish on the podium including a champ. Peyton Hall beat Nicco Ruiz, Hunter Garvin, and Cam Amine in entertaining bouts to win a CKLV title. Dennis Robin won three in a row after a loss to Dustin Plott. He dropped to the seventh-place match where he beat sixth seed Jaden Bullock. Jordan Titus missed out on the podium, but had a brutal draw, where he lost to Brock Hardy in the quarters only to see Cael Happel in the bloodround and lost 11-10. Wyoming: 12th (38.5 Points) Wyoming had a top 12 finish with two wrestlers making the podium while missing Jore Volk. Gabe Willochell 2-2, with close losses to Sammy Alvarez and Colin Realbuto. Jared Hill finished fifth in a unique way. After a first-round loss to Peyten Kellar, he won two consecutive matches before two forfeits, a 5-4 loss to Paddy Gallagher, and a forfeit to finish fifth. Joey Novak finished fourth, beating Nick Stemmet, Camden McDanel, and Wyatt Voelker before forfeiting out. Arizona State: 19th (31.5 Points) The Sun Devils were without Richie Figueroa and surprisingly ended up with just one wrestler on the podium but three other wrestlers in the bloodround. Julian Chlebove had a wild match with All-American Evan Frost, building a 10-1 lead into the final period but was pinned with just one second left on the clock. He fell into consolations and suffered an upset against SDSU’s Derrick Cardinal by a 15-6 major in the bloodround. Jesse Vasquez lost to Anthony Echemendia in the quarters and suffered an upset to Cornell’s Ethan Fernandez in the bloodround. Nicco Ruiz had an exciting back-and-forth match to upset Brock Mantanona, getting a takedown with two seconds left to win 11-9. He dropped his quarters match to Peyton Hall and had a narrow 5-4 loss to SDSU’s Drake Rhodes in the bloodround. Cohlton Schultz finished 3rd and had two wins over Jimmy Mullen, only losing to NC State’s Isaac Trumble. Utah Valley: 23rd (21 Points) The Wolverines only had one placer, but a handful of other wrestlers notched some good wins. Kase Mauger went 1-2, but his win was over WVU’s Jett Strickenberger. Haiden Drury suffered an upset to Josh Saunders, but won three in a row to make the bloodround. He lost a 4-1 decision to Michigan’s Sergio Lemley. Caleb Uhlenhopp had a big 6-5 win over 4 seed TJ Stewart but lost to Nathan Haas and Tye Monteiro. Terrell Barraclough lost his first-round match to Jack Thomsen but reeled off six consecutive wins to finish third. He beat Brock Mantanona, Sammy Sasso, Hunter Garvin, and Bubba Wilson with no medical forfeits. California Baptist: 30th (3.5 Points) The Lancers finished last but only brought five wrestlers and had some injuries on top of it. Eli Griffin dropped his first match to Jacob Frost then had to injury default out. Drayden Morton dropped his first match to Cam Amine, but had a solid win in consolations over a seeded Luka Wick. Nathan Haas had a narrow 11-9 loss to WVU’s Dennis Robin but beat Caleb Uhlenhopp, who had beaten TJ Stewart here. Oklahoma over Central Michigan (28-6) 157: #17 Johnny Lovett Dec. KJ Evans (5-3) 174: #7 Gaven Sax Maj. #17 Alex Cramer (9-1) 197: Luke Cochran Dec. #29 Bradley Hill (8-6) 285: #24 Juan Mora Dec. #25 Bryan Caves (8-3) Cougar Clash (Missouri, Northern Colorado): Brackets Missouri: 125: #13 Cooper Flynn (MINN) Dec. #14 Noah Surtin (8-2) 125: Blake West (NIU) Fall #14 Noah Surtin (5:31) 141: #5 Vance Vombaur (MINN) Dec. #18 Josh Edmond (4-3) 157: J Conway Dec. #13 Vinny Zerban (UNCO) (SV 4-1) The Tigers saw the return of Noah Surtin and the neck brace with mixed results. He had a 2-1 lead late in the third against Flynn but had already given up a stall call on the edge. Forced to the edge once again Surtin went for a throw but Flynn countered to put him on his back for the win. Against West, he had the lead after one but a reversal straight to backs led to the pin. Vombaur and Edmond met up in the finals in a bloodround rematch from 2024 NCAA’s. Vombaur had the only takedown of the match and Edmond forced two stall calls to narrow the gap late but wasn’t able to score. In a rematch from the dual earlier this year, Conway flipped the result and got a takedown in overtime to beat Zerban for a big ranked win. Northern Colorado: 125: #13 Cooper Flynn (MINN) Dec. #5 Stevo Poulin (7-1) 133: #20 Dom Serrano Dec. #8 Tyler Wells (MINN) (4-1) In a great finals matchup Flynn took out Poulin with another late move. It was tied 1-1 but Flynn got a takedown and nearfall as time expired to beat Poulin. Serrano had an impressive day and a big win over Tyler Wells, scoring the only takedown of the match in the first period. Upcoming Competitions: Air Force: CSU Pueblo (Dec. 17) Arizona State: at California Baptist (Jan. 12) California Baptist: at Clarion (Dec. 14); AT West Virginia (Dec. 15) Iowa State: North Dakota State (Dec. 15) Missouri: Collegiate Wrestling Duals (Dec. 22) Northern Colorado: UNC Quad Duals (Dec. 21) North Dakota State: at Iowa State (Dec. 15) Northern Iowa: Nebraska-Kearney (Dec. 14) Oklahoma: Oklahoma State (Dec. 13) Oklahoma State: at Oklahoma (Dec. 13) South Dakota State: Tri-Dual (AT Rider) Rider/Pitt/Maryland (Dec. 20) Utah Valley: Oregon State (Dec. 20) West Virginia: California Baptist (Dec. 15) Wyoming: AT Penn State (Dec. 15)

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Mill Creek

Cascia Hall

The first set of rankings after the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational is annually the week of the regular season with the most movement among the rankings. This year was no exception. The first thing you’ll notice is a new number one at 125 lbs. Matt Ramos is the new #1. Ramos captured a Vegas title with head-to-head wins over two wrestlers now in the top-five - Troy Spratley and Eddie Ventresca. He also has ranked wins over Charlie Farmer and Ethan Rivera. That’s enough to nudge him ahead of returning champion Richie Figueroa - who has one loss, albeit from an injury default. The weight class with the most movement from top to bottom was 133 lbs. You probably noticed Zeth Romney turning the bracket upside down in Vegas with wins over Evan Frost, Jacob Van Dee, and Nic Bouzakis. Also in Vegas, Bouzakis had another great run through the consi’s for third place. Top-seeded Dylan Ragusin lost three times. If you just focused on Vegas and ignored some of the other happenings nationwide, you might have missed the other crazy results at 133 lbs. On Friday night, Anthony Noto knocked off 2024 Big Ten champion Dylan Shawver. Noto was upset himself, on Sunday, by Wisconsin’s Zan Fugitt. At the Cougar Clash, Dom Serrano handed Tyler Wells his first loss of the year. Serrano is still unbeaten but hasn’t wrestled the schedule of other key podium contenders. We also had to introduce Reece Witcraft into the 133 lb field. Previously, we had Cael Hughes ranked for Oklahoma State. One thing I want to point out at 133 and a few other weights (157 and 165 in particular) is that on a week-to-week basis, you can look at the rankings and see how the current version built off the previous one. I like for readers to be able to see that. With the results that happened at 133 and 165, those weights had to be basically “blown up” and I started over. After having such a wide range of results at those two weights, it seems only fair. Some notes about wrestlers you may or may not see. 125: We’ve dropped Nico Provo and Ramazan Attasauov for the time being. Attasauov will be out for a bit longer. There are some injury/redshirt questions that need to be answered for Provo within the next few weeks. Obviously, when either returns, they’ll be inserted at a fair place. 174: Carson Kharchla and Josh Ogunsanya are two of the only wrestlers currently in the rankings who have not wrestled in 2024-25. It appears as if both could be on track to debut for the Collegiate Duals in Nashville. Because there was a lot of movement around their spots in the rankings, both did drop slightly. Both have been out of action for about a year now, so I’m not sure of their physical status yet, and gave the benefit of the doubt to the active wrestlers. There were some wild fluctuations within the team tournament rankings after Vegas. Michigan and South Dakota State were two teams that had subpar performances, overall, and ended up getting hit pretty hard. That led to Northern Iowa and Cornell creeping into the top ten. That is interesting because UNI’s point total remained the same from last week to this week. Cornell’s actually dropped by a few points - then again, everyone else that was ranked between 11-16 dropped too. For the full rankings: Click Here

Monday night was a huge night, from a recruiting standpoint, as two of the top-25 juniors in the nation announced their future intentions. #10 overall, Tyler Dekraker (Chantilly, VA) has decided to attend Ohio State, while #22 Kellen Wolbert (Oconomowoc, WI) has verballed to Oklahoma State. Dekraker is a three-time Fargo All-American. This past summer he was fifth in Junior freestyle at the 132 lb weight class. In 2022, he was seventh in 16U freestyle and third in 16U Greco-Roman. Also in 2024, Dekraker was third at the UWW U17 World Team Trials in freestyle. It was his second career placement at that event. He’s currently ranked 6th in the nation at 132 lbs by MatScouts. Dekraker is also a past Ironman finalist and was fourth at the 2022 Super 32. In 2023, Dekraker was third at the National Prep Championships while wrestling for Blair Academy. Since then, he has moved back home and attends high school in Virginia - his home state. Dekraker’s older brother, Billy, is the #32 overall recruit in the Class of 2025 and recently signed with Northwestern. At the next level, the younger Dekraker projects at 141 lbs. That works out well for the Buckeyes as 2024 NCAA champion Jesse Mendez will be a senior in the 2025-26 campaign. Dekraker is the first wrestler from the Class of 2026 to give a verbal to Tom Ryan’s team. He also took visits to Arizona State, Minnesota, NC State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Tech. It appeared as if Virginia Tech had the inside track on Dekraker, but the Buckeyes ultimately won. For all of Ohio State’s recruits from the Class of 2025 and 2026 - Click Here Wolbert is a two-time Wisconsin D1 state champion with his most recent title coming at 132 lbs. Currently, he’s ranked 10th in the nation at 138 lbs by MatScouts. On the freestyle circuit, Wolbert was seventh in Junior freestyle in Fargo in 2024, while competing at 138 lbs. Two years prior, he won the 16U freestyle bracket. At the U17 Trials, Wolbert was a freestyle finalist in 2024 and sixth in 2022. Wolbert made his commitment live on the WIWrestle Rokfin page selecting Oklahoma State over Missouri, Michigan, and UW-LaCrosse. He also took visits to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Wolbert projects around the 149 or 157 lb weight class once he gets to Stillwater. His place in Cowboy lineups of the future is a bit murkier. Oklahoma State inked a massive, star-studded Class of 2025, with high-quality recruits at almost every weight class. That combined with existing talent in the room makes for a potentially loaded squad. Wolbert will join #39 Rocklin Zinklin in Oklahoma State's Class of 2026. For all of Oklahoma State’s recruits from the Class of 2025 and 2026 - Click Here