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Carina Giangeruso 132 lb 16U national champion; New Jersey's first (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Earlier this week, we unveiled some fun facts and trends from the 16U men's freestyle tournament. Here are some from the 16U women's tournament. This event continues to evolve, perhaps more than any other tournament Fargo because of which the rate that high school/college wrestling is growing for young women. Also, some of the holdouts have finally sanctioned girls HS wrestling (what's the holdup on the others?). Because of these changes, expect to see this tournament change in the coming years, because of new pockets of wrestling opportunities available for young girls. None of this was more evident than Iowa winning a team title and traditional powerhouse California taking third, behind Missouri. As with anything historical pertaining to Fargo, this couldn't be possible without Jason Bryant's Fargo Almanac, which is an incredible resource. For the second consecutive year, a woman from Indiana captured the championship at 100 lbs. This year it was Rianne Murphy and in 2021 it was Makenzie Smith. It's only the third 16U title by an Indiana native. Molly Allen claimed the title at 112 lbs. She is only the third Iowa native to win at 16U. The first was Rachel Watters at 143 lbs in 2013. Carina Giangeruso won the first championship by a 16U woman from New Jersey. To win, she needed to defeat Lauren Walton of Kentucky. Had Walton won, it would have been Kentucky's first title. Sarah Henckel captured only the second 16U title by a Connecticut woman. The first was Cara Broadus in 2016. Last year, Nebi Tsarni became the first Maryland woman to win a 16U national title. That makes her the first Maryland native to win multiple 16U titles, which she did by taking the stop sign at 144 lbs. Another repeat champion was Ella Pagel of Minnesota at 164 lbs. Last year, Nagel won both 16U and Junior titles. Pagel and Skylar Little Soldier joined Emily Shilson as the only two-time 16U national champions from Minnesota. At 180 lbs, Sabrina Nauss won her second consecutive 16U title. Led by eight All-Americans (1 champion), Iowa won their first team championship. That stopped a run from 2012 where California won every team title. In the history of the 16U women's tournament, Iowa only had 15 All-Americans from 2011-2021. This year they had more than half of that total with eight. Runner-up Missouri established a new state high with nine All-Americans. In 2019, they put eight on the podium, which tied the previous high of eight from 2017. Tennessee's Piper Fowler became the state's second-ever 16U finalist. Last year, Genesis Gilmore made the 152 lb finals and became the first. Ciara Riner took seventh place at 127 lbs for Team West Virginia. That made Riner the first 16U All-American representing her state. Virginia had a trio of All Americans with Mia Galindo (100 - 7th), May Cuyler (144 - 4th), and Taylor Waddy (180 lbs - 8th). The last time that Virginia had three or more 16U women's All-Americans was in 2015, when they had four. Coming into this tournament, Oklahoma had only produced six 16U All-Americans in the entire history of the women's event and never had more than one in a single year. In 2022, they had three; Bella Williams (117 - 3rd), Kali Hayden (180 - 2nd), Symphony Velez (180 - 6th). 35 states had at least one All-American. That's up from 2021 with 31 and 2019 with 33.

Indiana's semifinalist De'Alcapon Veazy (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 16U Greco-Roman Semifinal Matchups 88 lbs - Tanner Tran (Tennessee) vs. Christopher Swann (Georgia) 88 lbs - James Hemmila (Illinois) vs. Caleb Noble (Wisconsin) 94 lbs - Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) vs. Rider Seguine (Idaho) 94 lbs - Cole Welte (Nebraska) vs. Kole Davidheiser (Pennsylvania) 100 lbs - Lawson Eller (Minnesota) vs. Lincoln Sledzianowski (Florida) 100 lbs - Revin Dickman (Indiana) vs. Hudson Loges (Nebraska) 106 lbs - Vincent Luttrell (New Mexico) vs. Jeremiah Wachsmuth (Oregon) 106 lbs - Kody Tanimoto (Texas) vs. Ryker Graff (Iowa) 113 lbs - Declan Koch (Wisconsin) vs. Edwin Sierra (California) 113 lbs - Connor Fiser (Iowa) vs. Jayden Raney (Kentucky) 120 lbs - Jordyn Raney (Kentucky) vs. Christian Fretwell (Florida) 120 lbs - Amryn Nutter (Wisconsin) vs. Elijah Cortez (California) 126 lbs - Phoenix Contos (Ohio) vs. Thomas Verrette (Colorado) 126 lbs - Kaden Allen (Kansas) vs. Elias Navdia (California) 132 lbs - Nathaniel Askew (Georgia) vs. Draven McCall (Florida) 132 lbs - Nolan Feller (Iowa) vs. Billy Greenwood (Colorado) 138 lbs - Gabriel Bouyssou (Rhode Island) vs. Tucker Stangel (Iowa) 138 lbs - Kane Naaktgeboren (Iowa) vs. Alex Braun (Minnesota) 145 lbs - Gabriel Delgado (Nevada) vs. Hunter Sturgill (Tennessee) 145 lbs - Benjamin Smith (Maryland) vs. Aliaksandr Kikiniou (California) 152 lbs - Kaleb Shine (Montana) vs. Claudio Torres (Florida) 152 lbs - Tristin Greene (Ohio) vs. Banks Love (Utah) 160 lbs - Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Pennsylvania) vs. Angelo Posada (California) 160 lbs - Anthony Gutierrez (Illinois) vs. Tristan Steldt (Wisconsin) 170 lbs - Gavin Blondeaux (Nevada) vs. Bryce Burkett (Minnesota) 170 lbs - Jarrel Miller Jr. (Ohio) vs. Nicholas Ronchetti (Illinois) 182 lbs - De'Alcapon Veazy (Indiana) vs. Coby Merrill (California) 182 lbs - Cittadino Tuttle (Minnesota) vs. Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) 195 lbs - Brennan Carey (Missouri) vs. Cole Carter (Alabama) 195 lbs - Behlen Waugh (Ohio) vs. Michael Mocco (Florida) 220 lbs - Nicholas Sahakian (California) vs. Melvin Whitehead (Nevada) 220 lbs - Mason Ellis (Alabama) vs. Rylan Kuhn (Missouri) 285 lbs - Sampson Stillwell (Missouri) vs. Soren Pirhoun (Virginia) 285 lbs - Evan Gratz (Wisconsin) vs. Wyatt Schmitt (Illinois)

164 lb Junior National champion Brooklyn Hays (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Team Scores 1. California 165 2. Michigan 122 3. Illinois 106 4. Missouri 83 5. Texas 74 6. Florida 62 7. Minnesota 60 8. Ohio 59 9. Pennsylvania 53 10. Indiana 49 10. Washington 19 Junior Women's Freestyle Championship Finals 100 lbs - Sterling Dias (Nevada) over Makennah Craft (Ohio) 9-4 106 lbs - Clare Booe (Florida) over Aspen Blasko (Minnesota) 10-0 112 lbs - Alex Szkotnicki (Maryland) over Aubre Krazer (Pennsylvania) 6-2 117 lbs - Juliana Diaz (Florida) over Alexis Montes (Texas) 6-2 122 lbs - Cadence Diduch (Illinois) over Emily Sindoni (New York) 12-2 127 lbs - Sarah Savidge (Colorado) over Jordyn Fouse (Pennsylvania) 10-0 132 lbs - Janida Garcia (California) over Skylar Little Soldier (Minnesota) 6-4 138 lbs - Skylar Hattendorf (Massachusetts) over Amitria McNack (Missouri) 10-0 144 lbs - Sydney Perry (Illinois) over Clarissa Agostini (Michigan) 13-12 152 lbs - Mishell Rebisch (Michigan) over Stella Steigler (Virginia) Fall 1:57 164 lbs - Brooklyn Hays (Utah) over Ella Pagel (Minnesota) 10-0 180 lbs - Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) over Alivia White (Washington) Fall 3:25 200 lbs - Savannah Isaac (Ohio) over Sam Calkins (California) 3-2 225 lbs - Emma Bommarito (Michigan) over Dasia Yearby (South Carolina) Fall 1:21 Third Place Bouts 100 lbs - Gigi Bragg (Michigan) over Rianne Murphy (Indiana) 11-0 106 lbs - Ava Ward (Missouri) over Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) 6-0 112 lbs - Karlee Brooks (Arizona) over Cecilia Williams (Michigan) 10-0 117 lbs - Bella Williams (Oklahoma) over Torieonna Buchanan (Indiana) 3-2 122 lbs - Alyssa Randles (Idaho) over Zao Estrada (South Carolina) 12-2 127 lbs - Alexis Janiak (Illinois) over Ella Jauregui (California) 6-4 132 lbs - Alicen Dillard (Texas) over Zoe Griffith (New York) 6-0 138 lbs - Netavia Wickson (Illinois) over Liv Wieber (Idaho) 11-0 144 lbs - Maddie Kubicki (Missouri) over Nebi Tsarni (Maryland) 11-9 152 lbs - Eduarda Rodrigues (California) over Johanna Forman (California) 10-0 164 lbs - Shannon Workinger (Washington) over Yasmine Kalilly Oliveira (Alabama) Fall :44 180 lbs - Katelyn Lewis (Wisconsin) over Isabella Renfro (Missouri) Fall 1:06 200 lbs - Riley Dempewolf (Indiana) over Madeline Welch (Texas) 2-1 225 lbs - Rewa Chababo (Texas) over Kiara Ganey (Illinois) Fall 1:10 Fifth Place Bouts 100 lbs - Mia Zuniga (Washington) over Avy Perez (California) Fall :25 106 lbs - Mikayla Garcia (California) over Jenavi Alejandro (Nevada) 7-5 112 lbs - Kiely Tabaldo (California) over Avery Ashley (Texas) 10-0 117 lbs - Isabella Marie Gonzales (California) over Arieana Arias (California) Fall 2:45 122 lbs - Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) over Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) 10-0 127 lbs - Natasha Markoutsis (Illinois) over Jaclyn Dehney (New Hampshire) 10-0 132 lbs - Taylor Fierbach-Graveman (South Dakota) over Taydem Khamjoi (California) Injury Default 138 lbs - Alessandra Elliott (New York) over Kryssceah Ravenelle (Rhode Island) Injury Default 144 lbs - Allyssa Johnson (North Dakota) over Caitlyn Davis (South Carolina) Fall 3:44 152 lbs - Genevieve An (Georgia) over Aspen Barber (Colorado) 9-4 164 lbs - Piper Fowler (Tennessee) over Naomi Simon (Iowa) Fall 4:56 180 lbs - Maliya Castillo (California) over Tirza Twoteeth (Montana) 12-4 200 lbs - Mariyah Brumley (Missouri) over Brooke Bennett (Missouri) Fall 1:36 225 lbs - Alysse Phillips (California) over Andrea Smith (Florida) 7-1 Seventh Place Bouts 100 lbs - Makenize Smith (Indiana) over Erin Hikiji (Hawaii) 16-6 106 lbs - Jasmine Luedtke (Iowa) over Alexsys Jacquez (Colorado) 10-0 112 lbs - Janessa George (Colorado) over Diana Gonzalez (California) Fall 3:29 117 lbs - Fernanda Lopez (Texas) over Kira Cole (Ohio) Fall 5:50 122 lbs - Anna Krejsa (Indiana) over Savannah Witt (Pennsylvania) 10-0 127 lbs - Ayana Medina (Oregon) over Estella Gutches (Oregon) Fall 1:05 132 lbs - Ella Schmit (Iowa) over Camryn Brown (Connecticut) Fall 4:31 138 lbs - Nicole Poussier (Washington) over Gianna Dibenedetto (California) Fall 5:02 144 lbs - Elleni Johnson (Utah) over Savannah Gomez (California) Fall 2:04 152 lbs - Rose Cassioppi (Illinois) over Delise Villa (California) 12-0 164 lbs - Haley Ward (Missouri) over Jael Miller (Pennsylvania) 10-0 180 lbs - Henlee Haynes (Florida) over Taylor Knox (Colorado) 14-7 200 lbs - Ella Murphey (Tennessee) over Zoe Adam (South Dakota) Fall 1:02 225 lbs - Karla Padilla Zepeda (Utah) over Ciara Monger (Colorado) Fall 2:42

New Chattanooga assistant coach Kyle Massey (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) CHATTANOOGA – Head Wrestling Coach Kyle Ruschell announced the addition of Kyle Massey to the staff on Wednesday afternoon. Ruschell and Massey reunite after competing together at the University of Wisconsin. “I'm thrilled to announce the addition of Kyle Massey to my staff,” said Ruschell. “From our days as teammates at Wisconsin through his four years coaching at Columbia, he not only has my trust but also has unique qualifications making him the perfect fit for the direction of this program.” Massey will make the trip to the Scenic City after spending four years as an assistant coach at Columbia University where he worked primarily with the upper weight classes. “I am incredibly excited to be a part of the Chattanooga Wrestling program,” said Massey. “Coach Ruschell and his staff have built something very special here and I hope to assist them in continuing to develop Southern Conference Champions and All-Americans. Go Mocs!” Prior to Columbia, Massey was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Michigan during the 2012-13 season. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant and strength coach at the University of Wisconsin from 2010-12. Massey was a resident athlete from 2013-15 at the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Ann Arbor, Mich. for two years where he competed internationally at the 125-kg weight class. Massey earned the silver medal at the 2013 Guelph Open. From 2015-18, he coached for the Badger Regional Training Center before making the move to New York to join the Lion's wrestling staff. “We have some exciting changes and additions to our lineup and having a "big guy" who's able to challenge them on the mat and contribute to their growth and knowledge of the sport will make a huge difference for us,” Ruschell added. “We're gearing up for a really fun season for the Mocs!” The former Wisconsin Badger heavyweight was a 2008 All-American after finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships. That year he posted a 30-10 record and ended the season on an 11-match dual winning streak. He was selected to compete in the 2008-09 NWCA All-Star Classic. Massey concluded his collegiate career with an 84-32 record. He earned his bachelor's degree in Life Science Communications.

Ohio's Junior freestyle finalist Savannah Isaac (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Junior Women's Freestyle Semifinal Results 100 lbs - Sterling Dias (Nevada) over Gigi Bragg (Michigan) 5-4 100 lbs - Makennah Craft (Ohio) over Rianne Murphy (Indiana) 8-6 106 lbs - Clare Booe (Florida) over Ava Ward (Missouri) Fall 1:17 106 lbs - Aspen Blasko (Minnesota) over Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) 12-1 112 lbs - Alex Szkotnicki (Maryland) over Kiely Tabaldo (California) 6-2 112 lbs - Aubre Krazer (Pennsylvania) over Avery Ashley (Texas) 5-0 117 lbs - Alexis Montes (Texas) over Isabella Marie Gonzales (California) Fall 2:06 117 lbs - Juliana Diaz (Florida) over Arieana Arias (California) 17-7 122 lbs - Cadence Diduch (Illinois) over Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) Fall 3:00 122 lbs - Emily Sindoni (New York) over Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) 12-2 127 lbs - Jordyn Fouse (Pennsylvania) over Jaclyn Dehny (New Hampshire) 10-0 127 lbs - Sarah Savidge (Colorado) over Alexis Janiak (Illinois) 8-4 132 lbs - Skylar Little Soldier (Minnesota) over Taydem Khamjoi (California) 12-6 132 lbs - Janida Garcia (California) over Alicen Dillard (Texas) 11-6 138 lbs - Skylar Hattendorf (Massachusetts) over Kryssceah Ravenelle (Rhode Island) Fall :33 138 lbs - Amitria McNack (Missouri) over Alessandra Elliott (New York) Fall 3:27 144 lbs - Sydney Perry (Illinois) over Allyssa Johnson (North Dakota) 7-2 144 lbs - Clarissa Agostini (Michigan) over Caitlyn Davis (South Carolina) 17-6 152 lbs - Stella Steigler (Virginia) over Aspen Barber (Colorado) 7-5 152 lbs - Mishell Rebisch (Michigan) over Genevieve An (Georgia) 12-1 164 lbs - Brooklyn Hays (Utah) over Naomi Simon (Iowa) 8-2 164 lbs - Ella Pagel (Minnesota) over Shannon Workinger (Washington) 8-7 180 lbs - Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) over Maliya Castillo (California) Fall :43 180 lbs - Alivia White (Washington) over Tirza Twoteeth (Montana) Fall :30 200 lbs - Sam Calkins (California) over Madeline Welch (Texas) 6-1 200 lbs - Savannah Isaac (Ohio) over Riley Dempewolf (Indiana) 7-0 225 lbs - Eliana Bommarito (Michigan) over Rewa Chababo (Texas) Fall 1:20 225 lbs - Dasia Yearby (South Carolina) over Alysse Phillips (California) Fall :32

Little Rock signee Kyle Dutton; 145 lb champion (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Tuesday afternoon saw the conclusion of the Men's Junior freestyle tournament in Fargo. As one would expect, there were plenty of future stars in competition, showing off their talents. The floor of the FargoDome is typically lined with college coaches, either scouting future prospects or keeping tabs on their current recruits. In the coming days and weeks, we'll likely hear of new commitment based on performance and contact in Fargo. Before then, we're going to look at recruits who have either signed or verballed to compete at the next level, that got onto the Junior freestyle podium in Fargo yesterday. Arizona State Nicco Ruiz (160 lbs - 2nd place) - Class of 2023 Augustana Max Ramberg (220 lbs - 8th place) Bucknell Noah Mulvaney (170 lbs - 5th place) - Class of 2023 Cal Poly Lucas Condon (170 lbs - 4th place) - Class of 2023 Cornell Mason Gibson (126 lbs - Champion) - Class of 2024 Simon Ruiz (170 lbs - 7th place) - Class of 2023 Harvard Max Agresti (220 lbs - 4th place) - Class of 2023 Illinois Kole Brower (138 lbs - 7th place) Kannon Webster (132 lbs - 2nd place) - Class of 2023 Indiana Tyler Lillard (170 lbs - 6th place) Iowa Ryder Block (138 lbs - Champion) - Class of 2023 Kolby Franklin (220 lbs - Runner-Up) Bradley Hill (220 lbs - Champion) Nate Jesuroga (120 lbs - Champion) - Class of 2023 Joel Jesuroga (145 lbs - 4th place) Aiden Riggins (160 lbs - Champion) Iowa State Tate Naaktgeboren (182 lbs - 3rd place) - Class of 2023 Lehigh Luke Stanich (126 lbs - Runner-Up) - Class of 2023 Little Rock Brendon Abdon (160 lbs - 7th place) Kyle Dutton (145 lbs - Champion) Cael Keck (132 lbs - 8th place) Michigan Dylan Gilcher (145 lbs - 6th place) - Class of 2023 Caden Howath (120 lbs - Runner-Up) - Class of 2023 Beau Mantanona (145 lbs - Runner-Up) - Class of 2023 Rylan Rogers (195 lbs - Runner-Up) Hayden Walters (195 lbs - 4th place) - Class of 2023 Minnesota State - Mankato Caleb Meunier (145 lbs - 5th place) Missouri J Conway (160 lbs - 6th place) Navy Ryder Rogotzke (182 lbs - 4th place) - Class of 2023 NC State Jeremiah Price (152 lbs - 8th place) - Class of 2023 Nebraska Ismael Ayoub (138 lbs - Runner-Up) Alan Koehler (120 lbs - 3rd place) - Class of 2023 Kael Lauridsen (120 lbs - 5th place) - Class of 2023 North Dakota State Gavin Drexler (145 lbs - 7th place) Boeden Greenley (152 lbs - 6th place) - Class of 2023 Northern Iowa Cory Land (132 lbs - Champion) Wyatt Voelker (195 lbs - Third place) Ohio State Vinny Kilkeary (120 lbs - 7th place) - Class of 2023 Rocco Welsh (170 lbs - Runner-Up) - Class of 2023 Oklahoma AJ Heeg (182 lbs - Runner-Up) - Class of 2023 Dylan Russo (220 lbs - 5th place) - Class of 2023 Oregon State Justin Rademacher (182 lbs - 7th place) - Class of 2023 Nash Singleton (132 lbs - 4th place) Penn Max Gallagher (126 lbs - 5th place) - Class of 2023 Jude Swisher (152 lbs - 3rd place) Penn State Joshua Barr (170 lbs - Champion) - Class of 2023 Braeden Davis (120 lbs - 4th place) - Class of 2023 Princeton Ty Whalen (152 lbs - Runner-Up) South Dakota State Kail Wynia (220 lbs - 6th place) Stanford Jack Darrah (195 lbs - 7th place) Zach Hanson (145 lbs - 3rd place) - Class of 2023 Lorenzo Norman (170 lbs - 3rd place) - Class of 2023 Aden Valencia (126 lbs - 6th place) - Class of 2024 St. Cloud State Elijah Novak (285 lbs - 8th place) Virginia Tech Parker Ferrell (285 lbs - 5th place) - Class of 2024 UW Parkside Shane Corrigan (126 lbs - 7th place)

Lock Haven 125 lber Anthony Noto (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) When the final whistle blows at the national tournament, fans usually get up from their seats and rush for the exits to try and get a table at a nearby watering hole. Most of the time, the walk and talk is about who was most dominant, who choked, or who had that terrible call go against them. For me, I start running through what wrestlers I don't have to ever worry about again for the upcoming #FantasyCollegeWrestling season. Nick Suriano? Nicky No-More. Sebastian Rivera? See ya later. Greg Bulsak? Bye Bye. Gable Steveson?... probably, possibly, maybe. It's a business mindset and you have to start your research early for that draft in October. This year though, we took a little time off… longer than usual (as you can see by the time of these articles). Behind the scenes the Fantasy D1 crew has been working on a few projects I think you all are going to enjoy, but that's a reveal for September (stay tuned). But now we are back, getting that #FantasyCollegeWrestling itch and starting to sift through the data for a season passed. To look forward in strategy, you have to look at the past and history trends to 1) recognize targets for your draft strategy and 2) create your shortlist for in-season stashes and add/drops. To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: He wasn't even supposed to start this season. 2020 #3 Fantasy Wrestler at 125 Luke Werner was supposed to finish his Senior year and NC State transfer Anthony Noto would slide in perfectly to keep the Eagles soaring. Due to injury though, Noto stepped in and took the Fantasy season by storm. He finished with the 3rd biggest gap between 1st and 2nd (23 Fpts). In the first half of the season during his redshirt, six of his 13 matches were won by bonus (two pins and two techs) and suffered one loss. After taking the starting spot, Noto went undefeated in his last 14 matches, scoring bonus in 10 of them (four pins and three techs). An added note, of the top 251 wrestlers that had an Average Draft Position data point, Noto came in…. not listed. He did not have any draft data available (what a Portal pickup!) Another true freshman, with higher notoriety, who was thrust into the starting lineup was Drake Ayala, taking over for the injured Spencer Lee. Big knee braces to fill, but Drake held his own only losing four matches to two wrestlers (the backside bandit Pat McKee being his kryptonite and three of those losses). Ayala finished the regular season at #19 in the 125 weight class. The highest senior was Fabian Gutierrez who finished his career with 2022 being a statistical best as a starter in most wins, winning percentage, and RPI (per WrestleStat), even though his bonus rate was just slightly down (39.3% compared to his best rate in 2021 at 42.1%). The only other senior in this list, who has been in the Top-5 of 125 twice in the past three years, was Devin Schroder. 2022 finalist Pat Glory finished at #6 with 53 Fpts and a 61.5% regular season bonus rate, but missing the Top-5 by three points. Had Glory wrestled in the Southeast Open and at Iowa, chances are he would have finished as #2. Despite the low bonus rate of 12.5% (only two majors of his 16 matches), Trevor Mastrogiovanni found himself breaking into the Top-20 at #17. Four 2022 All-Americans finished in the Top-10 Who Missed The Cut: National Champion Nick Suriano (MICH) fell just short of breaking the Top-20 by one Fantasy Point, despite only wrestling eight D1 Matches in the regular season. Had he beat Drew Hildebrandt (PSU) by a major (his only win by dec in the regular season), he would have been #20. By a tech? #19. And via pin, #16. Despite getting the best of #19 Ayala three times this season, Pat McKee (MINN) fell to #25. After a bonus-filled start, his last eight matches unfortunately yielded -7 putting him in a late hole and finishing with 33 Fpts. The final All-American who was on the outside, and really really outside, was Michael DeAugustino (NW) finishing at #45. He only had eight total D1 matches starting with Northwestern's dual from January 7th and only one bonus win (by tech) which was negated by two losses by Dec to finish with only 17 Fpts. Spencer Lee (IOWA) only wrestled three matches, all at the National Collegiate Duals, and scored 12 Fpts, which tied him for #51 at 125 with True Freshman Richard Figueroa (ASU). Other notables include Clarion's Joseph Ficher missing out on the #20 spot by 0.04 in PPM, Joey Prata (OU) at #30 with 30 Fpts, Drew Hildebrandt (PSU) just under that with 29 Fpts, and Sam Latona (VT) at #41 with 21 Fpts.

Minnesota 164 lb semifinalist Ella Pagel (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Junior Women's Freestyle Quarterfinal Results 100 lbs - Sterling Dias (Nevada) over Mia Zuniga (Washington) 10-0 100 lbs - Gigi Bragg (Michigan) over Brooke Corrigan (Wisconsin) 14-4 100 lbs - Rianne Murphy (Indiana) over Juliana Alejandro (Nevada) Fall 1:02 100 lbs - Makennah Craft (Ohio) over Katey Valdez (Colorado) 12-2 106 lbs - Ava Ward (Missouri) over Genesis Cejudo (Arizona) 10-0 106 lbs - Clare Booe (Florida) over Lisa Pastoriza (Arizona) 11-1 106 lbs - Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) over Kadence Beck (Idaho) 8-5 106 lbs - Aspen Blasko (Minnesota) over Jenavi Alejandro (Nevada) Fall 4:26 112 lbs - Alex Szkotnicki (Maryland) over Skyla Zimmerman (Idaho) Fall 1:15 112 lbs - Kiely Tabaldo (California) over Karlee Brooks (Arizona) 4-4 112 lbs - Avery Ashley (Texas) over Diana Gonzalez (California) 10-0 112 lbs - Aubre Krazer (Pennsylvania) over Cecilia Williams (Michigan) 4-4 117 lbs - Isabella Marie Gonzales (California) over Sierra Chiesa (Pennsylvania) 5-2 117 lbs - Alexis Montes (Texas) over Kira Cole (Ohio) 10-0 117 lbs - Arieana Arias (California) over Torieonna Buchanan (Indiana) 12-2 117 lbs - Juliana Diaz (Florida) over Fernanda Lopez (Texas) 11-0 122 lbs - Cadence Diduch (Michigan) over Alyssa Randles (Idaho) 5-2 122 lbs - Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) over Trinity Howard (North Carolina) 12-2 122 lbs - Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) over Kierstyn Bockert (Alaska) 10-0 122 lbs - Emily Sindoni (New York) over Rose Kaplan (Indiana) 10-0 127 lbs - Jaclyn Dehney (New Hampshire) over Ayana Medina (Oregon) Fall :45 127 lbs - Jordyn Fouse (Pennsylvania) over Alana Schafer (North Dakota) 11-0 127 lbs - Sarah Savidge (Colorado) over Ella Jauregui (California) 13-2 127 lbs - Alexis Janiak (Illinois) over Estella Gutches (Oregon) 10-0 132 lbs - Skylar Little Soldier (Minnesota) over Hannah Ripper (California) Fall 1:47 132 lbs - Taydem Khamjoi (California) over Alissa Caltagirone (Massachusetts) Fall :42 132 lbs - Alicen Dillard (Texas) over Madyson Gray (Kansas) 9-2 132 lbs - Janida Garcia (California) over Camryn Brown (Connecticut) Fall 1:19 138 lbs - Skylar Hattendorf (Massachusetts) over Reagan Gallaway (Nebraska) Fall 1:43 138 lbs - Kryssceah Ravenelle (Rhode Island) over Gianna DiBenedetto (California) 12-1 138 lbs - Alessandra Elliott (New York) over Gabriella Perez (Florida) Fall 1:01 138 lbs - Amitria McNack (Missouri) over Zoey Lints (New York) Fall 4:42 144 lbs - Elleni Johnson (Utah) over Allyssa Johnson (North Dakota) Fall :35 144 lbs - Sydney Perry (Illinois) over Maggie Graham (Tennessee) 6-6 144 lbs - Caitlyn Davis (South Carolina) over Maddie Kubicki (Missouri) 13-10 144 lbs - Clarissa Agostini (Michigan) over Savannah Gomez (California) 10-6 152 lbs - Stella Steigler (Virginia) over Rose Cassioppi (Illinois) 5-4 152 lbs - Aspen Barber (Colorado) over Ruby Rios (Washington) 10-7 152 lbs - Genevieve An (Georgia) over Kaylee Anderson (Virginia) 13-2 152 lbs - Mishell Rebisch (Michigan) over Delise Villa (California) 10-0 164 lbs - Naomi Simon (Iowa) over Piper Fowler (Tennessee) 10-2 164 lbs - Brooklyn Hays (Utah) over Haley Ward (Missouri) 6-5 164 lbs - Ella Pagel (Minnesota) over Yasmine Kalilly Oliveira (Alabama) Fall :33 164 lbs - Shannon Workinger (Washington) over Trinity Bouchal (Arizona) Fall :25 180 lbs - Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) over Kami Senlycki (Minnesota) Fall :49 180 lbs - Maliya Castillo (California) over Cheyenne Ruiz (Utah) Fall 1:02 180 lbs - Tirza Twoteeth (Montana) over Taylor Knox (Colorado) 6-4 180 lbs - Alivia White (Washington) over Katelyn Lewis (Wisconsin) Fall :58 200 lbs - Sam Calkins (California) over Cheyenne Cruce (Florida) 12-2 200 lbs - Madeline Welch (Texas) over Catherine Dutton (Missouri) Fall 4:58 200 lbs - Riley Dempewolf (Indiana) over Ella Murphey (Tennessee) Fall 4:03 200 lbs - Savannah Isaac (Ohio) over Mariyah Brumley (Missouri) Fall 1:52 225 lbs - Eliana Bommarito (Michigan) over Ciara Monger (Colorado) Fall :33 225 lbs - Rewa Chababo (Texas) over Kiara Ganey (Illinois) Fall 2:43 225 lbs - Dasia Yearby (South Carolina) over Karla Padilla Zepeda (Utah) Fall 2:34 225 lbs - Alysse Phillips (California) over Andrea Smith (Florida) 6-1

220 lb Junior National champion Bradley Hill (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The Iowa men's freestyle team came into the FargoDome with a lot of hype. It was a crew that recently captured a Junior Dual title for the second consecutive season and featured a boatload of talent. Iowa lived up to those expectations and more with a dominant showing in Junior freestyle. Four Iowa natives won individual titles and the only Iowa wrestler to lose in the finals, did so against an opponent from Iowa. Iowa almost won by 100 points as they distanced themselves from second place Pennsylvania by a 214-116 margin. Overall, 13 Iowa wrestlers got on the podium and 11 of those finished in the top-four of their respective weights. These results bode well for the Iowa Hawkeyes as all five of Iowa's finalists have either signed or committed to wrestling for Tom Brands' team. Below are the final results for the medal round matches at the 2022 Junior National Freestyle Championships. Junior National Freestyle Championship Bouts 100 lbs - Tyler Garvin (Maryland) over Javaan Yarbrough (Ohio) 9-4 106 lbs - Mack Mauger (Idaho) over Kolter Burton (Idaho) 11-1 113 lbs - Hunter Taylor (Missouri) over Deion Johnson (Illinois) 9-2 120 lbs - Nate Jesuroga (Iowa) over Caden Horwath (Michigan) 12-2 126 lbs - Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania) over Luke Stanich (New Jersey) 7-6 132 lbs - Cory Land (Alabama) over Kannon Webster (Illinois) 11-0 138 lbs - Ryder Block (Iowa) over Ismael Ayoub (Ohio) 12-2 145 lbs - Kyle Dutton (Missouri) over Beau Mantanona (California) 10-0 152 lbs - Cody Chittum (Tennessee) over Ty Whalen (New Jersey) 13-3 160 lbs - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) over Nicco Ruiz (California) 15-8 170 lbs - Joshua Barr (Michigan) over Rocco Welsh (Pennsylvania) 8-5 182 lbs - Connor Mirasola (Wisconsin) over AJ Heeg (Oklahoma) 3-0 195 lbs - Cody Merrill (California) over Rylan Rogers (Idaho) 7-1 220 lbs - Bradley Hill (Iowa) over Kolby Franklin (Iowa) 10-7 285 lbs - Aden Attao (Idaho) over Dillan Johnson (Illinois) 9-6 Third Place Results 100 lbs - Jayden Rinken (Iowa) over Tyler Harper (Iowa) 14-3 106 lbs - Dru Ayala (Iowa) over Damian Moreno (Arizona) 11-8 113 lbs - Nathan Desmond (Pennsylvania) over Michael Olson (Minnesota) Fall 1:43 120 lbs - Alan Koehler (Minnesota) over Braeden Davis (Michigan) 12-2 126 lbs - Drew Gorman (Georgia) over Coleman Nogle (Maryland) Fall :37 132 lbs - Grigor Cholakyan (California) over Nash Singleton (Oregon) 18-7 138 lbs - Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) over Easton Taylor (Kansas) 10-0 145 lbs - Zach Hanson (Minnesota) over Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) 3-2 152 lbs - Jude Swisher (Pennsylvania) over William Henckel (New Jersey) 9-5 160 lbs - Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin) over Rafael Hipolito (Virginia) 9-7 170 lbs - Lorenzo Norman (New Jersey) over Lucas Condon (California) 9-5 182 lbs - Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) over Ryder Rogotzke (Minnesota) 8-8 195 lbs - Wyatt Voelker (Iowa) over Hayden Walters (Oregon) 2-1 220 lbs - Sawyer Bartelt (Florida) over Max Agresti (Delaware) 11-0 285 lbs - Ethan Vergara (Florida) over Emmanuel Ulrich (Pennsylvania) 6-0 Fifth Place Results 100 lbs - Caden Smith (Virginia) over Isaac Stewart (Montana) 10-0 106 lbs - Dedrick Navarro (Idaho) over Gage Singleton (Oregon) 12-2 113 lbs - Daniel Guanajuato (Arizona) over Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) MedFFT 120 lbs - Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska) over Kenneth Hendriksen (Tennessee) 10-0 126 lbs - Max Gallagher (New York) over Aden Valencia (California) 132 lbs - Luke Simcox (Pennsylvania) over Omar Ayoub (Ohio) 8-6 138 lbs - Tucker Cell (Montana) over Layton Schneider (Oklahoma) Fall :35 145 lbs - Caleb Meunier (Wisconsin) over Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) 15-8 152 lbs - Ethan Stiles (Illinois) over Boeden Greenley (North Dakota) 12-0 160 lbs - Jed Wester (Minnesota) over J Conway (Indiana) MedFFT 170 lbs - Noah Mulvaney (Wisconsin) over Tyler Lillard (Ohio) 15-5 182 lbs - Timothy McDonnell (California) over Garrett Wells (Oklahoma) 16-8 195 lbs - Cole Mirasola (Wisconsin) over Camden McDanel (Ohio) 16-14 220 lbs - Dylan Russo (Ohio) over Kail Wynia (Minnesota) MedFFT 285 lbs - Parker Ferrell (Virginia) over Max Acciardi (New Jersey) 10-0 Seventh Place Results 100 lbs - Reid Foster (Iowa) over Che Jenkins (Arizona) 14-12 106 lbs - Abram Cline (California) over Ethan Ward (California) 11-0 113 lbs - Layne Kleimann (Utah) over Anthony Ruzic (Illinois) Fall 5:54 120 lbs - Vincent Kilkeary (Pennsylvania) over Gylon Sims (Illinois) 13-6 126 lbs - Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin) over Dillon Campbell (Ohio) 13-11 132 lbs - Jaxon Joy (Ohio) over Cael Keck (Missouri) 10-0 138 lbs - Kole Brower (Illinois) over Casper Stewart (New York) Fall 3:27 145 lbs - Gavin Drexler (Wisconsin) over Q'veli Quintanilla (Washington) 10-0 152 lbs - Charlie Millard (Wisconsin) over Jeremiah Price (North Carolina) 12-0 160 lbs - Brendon Abdon (Florida) over Jasiah Queen (New Jersey) 10-0 170 lbs - Simon Ruiz (New Jersey) over Omaury Alvarez (Georgia) 18-13 182 lbs - Justin Rademacher (Oregon) over Blake Jouret (Kansas) 12-1 195 lbs - Jack Darrah (Missouri) over Remy Cotton (Michigan) 10-0 220 lbs - Caden Ferris (Michigan) over Max Ramberg (Wisconsin) 11-1 285 lbs - Jacob Walker (Iowa) over Elijah Novak (Minnesota) 7-5

113 lb champion Kellen Wolbert (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Yesterday, we saw the finals of the 16U men's freestyle tournament take place in Fargo. As always, there were plenty of excellent performances and stars that announced themselves to the rest of the wrestling world. As we were entering results, we noticed some notable facts surrounding the tournament. Below are some of the "firsts", "best since" and overall fun facts from the event. We'll have more with other divisions as well. As with anything historical pertaining to Fargo, this couldn't be possible without Jason Bryant's Fargo Almanac, which is an incredible resource. Mac Crosson was the third Iowa native to win 88 lb 16U freestyle in the last six tournaments (Cullan Schriever - 2016 and Drake Ayala - 2017). Kentucky's only previous 16U freestyle national champion (Zeke Escalera - 2017) won at 106 lbs, the same weight won by Jayden Raney. In addition to Jayden's title, Jordyn Raney was fifth at 120 lbs. That marked the first time that Kentucky had multiple 16U freestyle placers in the same season. Jay Henderson won Utah's first 16U freestyle national title since Brock Hardy in 2016 (138). Wisconsin had three 16U men's freestyle national champions (Haakon Peterson - 106, Kellen Wolbert - 113, Aeoden Sinclair - 182). That's the most the state has ever had in a single year. 2009 was the only time they had more than one (Alex Dieringer - 135 and Devin Peterson - 171). None of the 2021 16U men's freestyle champions repeated in that age group in 2022. Seth Mendoza and Anthony Knox both made the finals, but lost. Gabriel Bouyssou finished third in 16U men's freestyle. That makes him the highest placewinner (in any style) since Corey Peltier was a runner-up in 2006. Bouyssou's is now a three-time Fargo All-American; making him only the second Rhode Island native to accomplish the feat. Patrick Feeley did so between 2002-05. If he places in Greco, he'll be the first four-time placewinner. Nevada had a pair of 16U freestyle All-Americans with Melvin Whitehead (3rd - 220) and Manuel Saldate (8th - 120). It was the first time that Nevada had multiple placers since 2014 (Ian Timmons, Adrian Ojeda, and Andrew Berreyesa). Virginia had a pair of 16U freestyle All-Americans with Tyler Dekraker (7th - 106) and Ben Weader (8th - 132). It's the first time Virginia has had multiple AA's in this division since 2014 with (Antonio Agee, Jeffrey Allen, Troy Allen). Team New Jersey went 0-3 in the 16U men's freestyle finals (Knox - 120, Alessio Perentin - 152, Vincenzo Lavalle - 195). The last time New Jersey went without a champion in this division was in 2012. That year Kyle Bierdumpfel, Chas Tucker, and Myles Martin lost in the finals. In the same breath, Team Minnesota was held without a title for the first time since 2016. Three Minnesota wrestlers made the 2022 finals (Landon Robideau - 126, Tyson Charmoli - 132, and Bryce Burkett - 170), but all were defeated. In 2016, Minnesota's highest placewinner was Greg Kerkvliet (3rd). Despite being one of the traditional powers, California's had two champions for the first time since 2012. Michael Romero (100) and Brock Mantanona (132) were the champions in 2022. The 2012 champions were Aaron Pico, Anthony and Zahid Valencia. The wins by Romero and Mantanona marked only the second and third titles by California wrestlers since 2014. Maxximus Martinez won the only other title in the interim (in 2018). Team Florida finished in tenth place led by five placers (Lincoln Sledzianowski: 3rd - 100, Elvis Solis: 5th - 138, Claudio Torres: 5th - 152, Michael Mocco: 5th - 195, Caleb Rodriguez: 7th - 285). The only other time that Florida placed more than five wrestlers on the podium was in 1990 when they had six. Those were Adrian Tramotola (3rd - 94.5), Tim Morgan (4th - 94.5), Joe Giammanco (7th - 112), Chris Bono (2nd - 143), Chris Blair (4th - 209), Marvin David (4th - 242). Though they didn't have the type of firepower that the 2021 team possessed, Team Arizona made some history. Arizona had five wrestlers make the 16U freestyle podium (Giosue Hickman: 6th - 126, Israel Ibarra: 6th - 160, Gabriel Ramirez: 7th - 113, Adyn Bostick: 7th - 132, Carlos Stanton Jr: 8th - 126), the most in state history. Last year's squad with three finalists and two champs, tied for the previous high with four (originally set in 2013 and reached again in 2019). Team Illinois finished with three placewinners, which is notoriously low for the traditional title contender. That is the lowest total for the state since 1989 when they only had two. Pennsylvania captured its fourth consecutive 16U men's freestyle title (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022; no 2020 tournament). Either Pennsylvania or Illinois has won every championship in this division since 2008.

120 lb finalist Nate Jesuroga (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Junior National Men's Freestyle Semifinal Results 100 lbs - Javaan Yarbrough (Ohio) over Caden Smith (Virginia) 6-4 100 lbs - Tyler Garvin (Maryland) over Isaac Stewart (Montana) 11-2 106 lbs - Mack Mauger (Idaho) over Dru Ayala (Iowa) 7-6 106 lbs - Kolter Burton (Idaho) over Dedrick Navarro (Idaho) 12-1 113 lbs - Hunter Taylor (Missouri) over Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) 11-0 113 lbs - Deion Johnson (Illinois) over Michael Olson (Minnesota) 7-6 120 lbs - Caden Horwath (Michigan) over Braeden Davis (Michigan) 10-2 120 lbs - Nate Jesuroga (Iowa) over Alan Koehler (Minnesota) 10-0 126 lbs - Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania) over Coleman Nogle (Maryland) 15-3 126 lbs - Luke Stanich (New Jersey) over Aden Valencia (California) 10-4 132 lbs - Kannon Webster (Illinois) over Luke Simcox (Pennsylvania) 10-0 132 lbs - Cory Land (Alabama) over Omar Ayoub (Ohio) Fall 1:28 138 lbs - Ryder Block (Iowa) over Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) 7-2 138 lbs - Ismael Ayoub (Ohio) over Easton Taylor (Kansas) 10-0 145 lbs - Beau Mantanona (California) over Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) 5-3 145 lbs - Kyle Dutton (Missouri) over Zach Hanson (Minnesota) 6-3 152 lbs - Cody Chittum (Tennessee) over Jude Swisher (Pennsylvania) 14-2 152 lbs - Ty Whalen (New Jersey) over William Henckel (New Jersey) 8-3 160 lbs - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) over Rafael Hipolito (Virginia) 8-1 160 lbs - Nicco Ruiz (California) over Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin) 10-8 170 lbs - Joshua Barr (Michigan) over Noah Mulvaney (Wisconsin) 10-0 170 lbs - Rocco Welsh (Pennsylvania) over Tyler Lillard (Ohio) 10-0 182 lbs - Connor Mirasola (Wisconsin) over Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) 9-1 182 lbs - AJ Heeg (Oklahoma) over Ryder Rogotzke (Minnesota) 11-4 195 lbs - Cody Merrill (California) over Wyatt Voelker (Iowa) 4-2 195 lbs - Rylan Rogers (Idaho) over Camden McDanel (Ohio) 8-3 220 lbs - Kolby Franklin (Iowa) over Sawyer Bartelt (Florida) 5-1 220 lbs - Bradley Hill (Iowa) over Kail Wynia (Minnesota) 10-0 285 lbs - Aden Attao (Idaho) over Parker Ferrell (Virginia) 18-7 285 lbs - Dillan Johnson (Illinois) over Max Acciardi (New Jersey) 13-3

152 lb 16U freestyle national champion Ladarion Lockett (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) On day one of the 16U and Junior National Championships, we saw a women's 16U team from Iowa shock the field and come away with the team trophy. That wasn't the case today as the favorite Pennsylvania prevailed 223 to 212 over California. The two traditional powers distanced themselves from the rest of the field, as Ohio was a distant third with 149 points. It was a total team effort for Pennsylvania, as they only saw one of their wrestlers earn a stop sign; Bekhruz Sadriddnov at 160 lbs, with a tech in the finals. Three others fell in the finals and a total of 16 PA wrestlers got on the podium. 16U Men's Freestyle Final Team Scores 1st - Pennsylvania 223 2nd - California 212 3rd - Ohio 149 4th - New Jersey 120 5th - Wisconsin 119 6th - Iowa 99 7th - Minnesota 88 8th - Oklahoma 71 9th - Illinois 52 10th - Florida 47 16U Men's Freestyle Championship Finals 88 lbs - Mac Crosson (Iowa) over Caleb Noble (Wisconsin) 7-6 94 lbs - Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) over Nathan Rioux (Indiana) 5-1 100 lbs - Michael Romero (California) over Keanu Dillard (Pennsylvania) 13-4 106 lbs - Jayden Raney (Kentucky) over Seth Mendoza (Illinois) 6-4 113 lbs - Kellen Wolbert (Wisconsin) over Moses Mendoza (California) 12-8 120 lbs - Marcus Blaze (Ohio) over Anthony Knox (New Jersey) 3-3 126 lbs - Ben Davino (Illinois) over Landon Robideau (Minnesota) 3-0 132 lbs - Brock Mantanona (California) over Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) 8-5 138 lbs - PJ Duke (New York) over Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) 4-1 145 lbs - Kody Routledge (Oklahoma) over Kollin Rath (Pennsylvania) 4-2 152 lbs - Ladarion Lockett (Oklahoma) over Alessio Perentin (New Jersey) 6-1 160 lbs - Bekhruz Sadriddnov (Pennsylvania) over Travis Grace (California) 10-0 170 lbs - Jarrel Miller Jr. (Ohio) over Bryce Burkett (Minnesota) 7-4 182 lbs - Aeoden Sinclair (Wisconsin) over De'alcapon Veazy (Indiana) 11-1 195 lbs - Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) over Vincenzo Lavalle (New Jersey) 6-4 220 lbs - Jay Henderson (Utah) over Adam Farha (California) 10-8 285 lbs - Aaron Ries (Ohio) over Jacob Levy (Georgia) Fall 1:08 Third Place Bouts 88 lbs - Jarrett Smith (Michigan) over Cason Craft (Oklahoma) 7-0 94 lbs - Ayden Dodd (Ohio) over Cole Welte (Nebraska) 6-4 100 lbs - Lincoln Sledzianowski (Florida) over Slater Hicks (California) 10-0 106 lbs - Isaiah Cortez (California) over Jake Knight (Iowa) 7-0 113 lbs - Elijah Cortez (California) over Nathan Carrillo (California) 6-0 120 lbs - Gauge Botero (Pennsylvania) over Bo Bassett (Pennsylvania) 6-4 126 lbs - Thomas Verrette (Colorado) over Elias Navida (California) 4-0 132 lbs - Maddox Shaw (Pennsylvania) over Billy Greenwood (Colorado) Fall 1:08 138 lbs - Gabriel Bouyssou (Rhode Island) over Logan Paradice (Georgia) 12-0 145 lbs - Collin Gaj (Pennsylvania) over Cameron Milheim (Pennsylvania) 4-2 152 lbs - Brodie Dominique (Ohio) over Christopher Crawford (New York) 9-3 160 lbs - Max Nevlin (New Jersey) over Jordan Chapman (New Jersey) 10-0 170 lbs - Ryan Burton (New Jersey) over Adrien Reyes (California) 2-2 182 lbs - Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) over Cittadino Tuttle (Minnesota) 11-0 195 lbs - Chase Matthias (Wisconsin) over Jake Conroy (Pennsylvania) 12-2 220 lbs - Melvin Whitehead (Nevada) over Ean Winchester (Pennsylvania) 5-1 285 lbs - Sampson Stillwell (Missouri) over Cooper Martinson (Iowa) 10-0 Fifth Place Bouts 88 lbs - Charles Esposito (New Jersey) over James Hemmila (Illinois) 11-0 94 lbs - Kole Davidheiser (Pennsylvania) over Lincoln Rohr (Ohio) 11-6 100 lbs - Rylan Seacrist (Ohio) over Titan Friederichs (Minnesota) 15-4 106 lbs - Kolter Burton (Idaho) over Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania) 8-2 113 lbs - Cameron Stinson Jr. (North Carolina) over Edwin Sierra (California) 10-2 120 lbs - Jordyn Raney (Kentucky) over Sam Herring (Pennsylvania) 14-4 126 lbs - Maximus Riggins (Iowa) over Giosue Hickman (Arizona) 10-0 132 lbs - Garrett Reece (Colorado) over Moses Kayden Gross (South Dakota) 9-8 138 lbs - Elvis Solis (Florida) over Grayson Woodcock (Missouri) 10-0 145 lbs - Tycho Carmichael (Iowa) over Beau Hickman (Oklahoma) 12-4 152 lbs - Claudio Torres (Florida) over Luca Felix (West Virginia) 2-2 160 lbs - Cade Ziola (Nebraska) over Israel Ibarra (Arizona) 11-6 170 lbs - Peyton Westpfahl (Missouri) over Hudson Rogers (Idaho) 5-0 182 lbs - Rocco Dellagatta (New Jersey) over Caleb Marzolinzo (Pennsylvania) 10-0 195 lbs - Michael Mocco (Florida) over Mason Ellis (Alabama) 10-0 220 lbs - Rylan Kuhn (Missouri) over James Bechter (Ohio) 7-0 285 lbs - Nicholas Bowser (Ohio) over Evan Gratz (Wisconsin) 9-8 Seventh Place Bouts 88 lbs - Kaison Schreier (Missouri) over Tanner Tran (Tennessee) 10-4 94 lbs - Sean Willcox (California) over Trey Beissel (Minnesota) 4-2 100 lbs - Carter Pearson (Iowa) over Revin Dickman (Indiana) 1-1 106 lbs - Tyler Dekraker (Virginia) over Aydan Thomas (Oklahoma) 7-0 113 lbs - Gabriel Ramirez (Arizona) over Connor Fiser (Iowa) 4-2 120 lbs - Jackson Blum (Michigan) over Manuel Saldate (Nevada) 10-6 126 lbs - Emmitt Sherlock (Maryland) over Carlos Stanton Jr. (Arizona) 11-4 132 lbs - Adyn Bostick (Arizona) over Ben Weader (Virginia) 10-3 138 lbs - Alex Braun (Minnesota) over Caden Bellis (Illinois) 9-6 145 lbs - Beau Priest (California) over Emil Necula (Georgia) 4-1 152 lbs - Maximus Norman (Tennessee) over Jake Stoffel (Wisconsin) 12-6 160 lbs - Tyrel Miller (Ohio) over Aydan Carlson (Minnesota) 10-0 170 lbs - Liam Byrne (Oregon) over Peter Snyder (Maryland) 182 lbs - Coby Merrill (California) over Samuel Watkins (Kansas) 12-0 195 lbs - Aiden Cooley (Texas) over Kayden Cartee (California) 10-0 220 lbs - Koen Mattern (Washington) over Brayden Hill (Kansas) 10-0 285 lbs - Caleb Rodriguez (Florida) over Milan Colvin (Kansas) 10-0

152 lbs semifinalist Cody Chittum (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Junior Men's Quarterfinal Results 100 lbs - Javaan Yarbrough (Ohio) over Reid Foster (Iowa) 10-0 100 lbs - Caden Smith (Virginia) over Tyler Harper (Iowa) Fall 3:34 100 lbs - Tyler Garvin (Maryland) over Jayden Rinken (Iowa) 10-4 100 lbs - Isaac Stewart (Montana) over Hunter Mallarkey (New Jersey) Fall 5:24 106 lbs - Dru Ayala (Iowa) over Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) 11-0 106 lbs - Mack Mauger (Idaho) over Colyn Limbert (Ohio) 7-2 106 lbs - Dedrick Navarro (Idaho) over Dorian Hoffman (Pennsylvania) 14-2 106 lbs - Kolter Burton (Idaho) over Gage Singleton (Oregon) Fall 3:59 113 lbs - Hunter Taylor (Missouri) over Isaiah Quintero (California) Injury Default 113 lbs - Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) over Layne Kleimann (Utah) 6-4 113 lbs - Michael Olson (Minnesota) over Anthony Ruzic (Illinois) 4-1 113 lbs - Deion Johnson (Illinois) over Blake Beissel (Minnesota) 4-2 120 lbs - Braeden Davis (Michigan) over Trever Anderson (Iowa) 15-10 120 lbs - Caden Horwath (Michigan) over Kenneth Hendriksen (Tennessee) 11-4 120 lbs - Alan Koehler (Minnesota) over Vincent Kilkeary (Pennsylvania) 7-5 120 lbs - Nate Jesuroga (Iowa) over Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska) 11-0 126 lbs - Coleman Nogle (Maryland) over Brady Roark (Missouri) 8-4 126 lbs - Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania) over Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin) 10-0 126 lbs - Luke Stanich (New Jersey) over Christopher Coates (Missouri) 8-7 126 lbs - Aden Valencia (California) over Dillon Campbell (Ohio) Fall 4:06 132 lbs - Kannon Webster (Illinois) over Nash Singleton (Oregon) 11-1 132 lbs - Luke Simcox (Pennsylvania) over Greyson Clark (Wisconsin) Injury Default 132 lbs - Cory Land (Alabama) over Grigor Cholakyan (California) 10-6 132 lbs - Omar Ayoub (Ohio) over Cael Keck (Missouri) 11-0 138 lbs - Ryder Block (Iowa) over Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona) Injury Default 138 lbs - Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) over Carter McCallister (Missouri) 11-0 138 lbs - Ismael Ayoub (Ohio) over Zeke Seltzer (Indiana) 8-6 138 lbs - Easton Taylor (Kansas) over Kole Brower (Illinois) 15-8 145 lbs - Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) over Caleb Meunier (Wisconsin) 11-6 145 lbs - Beau Mantanona (California) over Q'veli Quintanilla (Washington) 11-5 145 lbs - Zach Hanson (Minnesota) over KJ Evans (Oklahoma) 14-8 145 lbs - Kyle Dutton (Missouri) over Kimo Leia (California) 10-0 152 lbs - Cody Chittum (Tennessee) over Boeden Greenley (North Dakota) 14-5 152 lbs - Jude Swisher (Pennsylvania) over Zane Licht (Wisconsin) 16-5 152 lbs - William Henckel (New Jersey) over Ethan Stiles (Illinois) 11-6 152 lbs - Ty Whalen (New Jersey) over Charlie Millard (Wisconsin) 10-0 160 lbs - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) over Cooper Willis (Wisconsin) 14-4 160 lbs - Rafael Hipolito (Virginia) over J Conway (Indiana) 10-0 160 lbs - Nicco Ruiz (California) over Thor Michaelson (Washington) 10-0 160 lbs - Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin) over Jed Wester (Minnesota) 11-10 170 lbs - Joshua Barr (Michigan) over Chris Moore (Illinois) 10-0 170 lbs - Noah Mulvaney (Wisconsin) over Holden Garcia (Pennsylvania) 10-8 170 lbs - Tyler Lillard (Ohio) over Lucas Condon (California) 12-0 170 lbs - Rocco Welsh (Pennsylvania) over Daschle Lamer (Oregon) 10-0 182 lbs - Connor Mirasola (Wisconsin) over Raymond Weed (New Jersey) 10-0 182 lbs - Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) over Joseph Martin (California) 7-0 182 lbs - Ryder Rogotzke (Minnesota) over Nathan Taylor (Connecticut) 14-2 182 lbs - AJ Heeg (Oklahoma) over Justin Rademacher (Oregon) 14-3 195 lbs - Cody Merrill (California) over Hayden Walters (Oregon) 12-2 195 lbs - Wyatt Voelker (Iowa) over Jack Darrah (Missouri) 7-0 195 lbs - Camden McDanel (Ohio) over Jersey Robb (Oklahoma) 8-7 195 lbs - Rylan Rogers (Idaho) over Stephen Little (Kentucky) 7-5 220 lbs - Kolby Franklin (Iowa) over Kyle Snider (Ohio) 12-2 220 lbs - Sawyer Bartelt (Florida) over Gannon Rosenfeld (Minnesota) 10-0 220 lbs - Bradley Hill (Iowa) over Carson Floyd (North Carolina) 10-0 220 lbs - Kail Wynia (Minnesota) over Max Ramberg (Wisconsin) 11-8 285 lbs - Aden Attao (Idaho) over Aidan Fockler (Ohio) 13-3 285 lbs - Parker Ferrell (Virginia) over Jacob Walker (Iowa) 13-1 285 lbs - Dillan Johnson (Illinois) over Elijah Novak (Minnesota) Fall 2:17 285 lbs - Max Acciardi (New Jersey) over Dominic Burgett (Indiana) Fall 1:36

2016 NCAA All-American Mathew Miller (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Navy! For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Navy NCAA Qualifiers (48) 2022 133 - Josh Koderhandt (#16); 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (#18); 197 - Jake Koser (#20) 2021 125 - Logan Treaster (#25); 133 - Jacob Allen (#27); 141 - Cody Trybus (#11); 149 - Casey Cobb (#19); 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (#21); 165 - Tanner Skidgel (#13); 184 - David Key (#20); 197 - Jake Koser (#18); 285 - John Birchmeier (#24) 2020 133 - Casey Cobb (#32); 141 - Cody Trybus (#21); 149 - Jared Prince (#29); 165 - Tanner Skidgel (#9); 174 - Spencer Carey (#16) 2019 141 - Nic Gil (#10); 149 - Jared Prince (#18); 165 - Tanner Skidgel (#19); 174 - Spencer Carey (#20); 197 - Josh Roetman (#27) 2018 141 - Nic Gil (#14); 149 - Jared Prince; 165 - Drew Daniels; 174 - Jadaen Bernstein (#8); 184 - Michael Coleman 2017 141 - Jared Prince (#16); 174 - Jadaen Bernstein; 184 - Michael Coleman; 197 - Steban Cervantes 2016 133 - Zack Davis; 141 - Nic Gil; 174 - Jadaen Bernstein; 184 - Mathew Miller (#9); 197 - Michael Woulfe 2015 165 - Peyton Walsh (#8); 174 - Jadaen Bernstein 2014 133 - Colton Rasche; 165 - Peyton Walsh; 174 - Mathew Miller (#16); 197 - Paul Rands 2013 149 - Raymond Borja; 157 - Bobby Barnhisel; 165 - Peyton Walsh; 174 - Mathew Miller (#12); 184 - Mason Bailey; 285 - Dan Miller NCAA Champions None NCAA All-American's 2016: Mathew Miller (184 - 5th) Round of 12 Finishers Jared Prince (2019 - 149) Jadaen Bernstein (2016, 2017, 2018 - 174) Michael Coleman (2018 - 184) Mathew Miller (2014 - 174) EIWA Champions 2021: Cody Trybus (141) 2020: Cody Trybus (141); Tanner Skidgel (165) 2019: Tanner Skidgel (165) 2015: Peyton Walsh (165); Jadaen Bernstein (174) 2014: Mathew Miller (174) 2013: Dan Miller (285) EIWA Runner's Up 2022: Josh Koderhandt (133); Andrew Cerniglia (157) 2021: Logan Treaster (125); Jacob Allen (133); Tanner Skidgel (165); David Key (184) 2020: Spencer Carey (174) 2019: Nic Gil (141); Jared Prince (149) 2018: Jadaen Bernstein (174) 2017: Michael Coleman (184) 2016: Mathew Miller (184) 2013: Mathew Miller (174); Mason Bailey (184) Dual Record 2021-22: 6-5 2021: 5-1 2019-20: 8-6 2018-19: 6-4 2017-18: 8-3 2016-17: 8-3 2015-16: 10-3 2014-15: 3-5 2013-14: 5-1 2012-13: 6-1 EIWA Tournament Placement 2021-22: 7th 2021: 2nd 2019-20: 4th 2018-19: 5th 2017-18: 5th 2016-17: 5th 2015-16: 6th 2014-15: 8th 2013-14: 6th 2012-13: 2nd NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 48th-tie 2021: 37th 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 37th-tie 2017-18: 36th-tie 2016-17: 31st 2015-16: 22nd 2014-15: 53rd-tie 2013-14: 40th-tie 2012-13: 49th-tie Head Coaching History Cary Kolat (2020 - Present) Joel Sharratt (2014-2020) Brian Antonelli (2013-2014) - Interim Bruce Burnett (2000-2013) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Logan Treaster: 2021 NCAA Qualifier; 2021 EIWA Runner-Up 133 - Josh Koderhandt: 2022 NCAA Qualifier (#16); 2021 EIWA Runner-Up 141 - Nic Gil: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#10 and #14 seeds); 2019 EIWA Runner-Up 149 - Jared Prince: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#18 and #19 seeds); 2019 EIWA Runner-Up; 2019 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 157 - Andrew Cerniglia: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#18 seed); 2022 EIWA Runner-Up 165 - Tanner Skidgel: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#9, #13, #19 seeds); 2x EIWA Champion, 3x EIWA Finalist 174 - Jadaen Bernstein: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#8 seed); 2015 EIWA Champion, 2x EIWA Finalist, 3x NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 184 - Mathew Miller: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#9, #12, #16 seeds); 2016 NCAA All-American (5th); 2014 EIWA Champion, 3x EIWA Finalist, 2014 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 197 - Jake Koser: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#18 and #20 seeds) 285 - Dan Miller: 2013 NCAA Qualifier; 2013 EIWA Champion Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #18 Danny Wask (NJ); #86 Jonathan Ley (FL); #113 Evan Tallmadge (NJ); #132 Brennan Cernus (OH); #188 Jamier Ferere (NC); #194 Ian Bush (WV); #223 Nick Vafiadis (VA); #249 James Latona (AL) 2021: #81 Cael Crebs (PA); #83 Jake Lucas (PA); #106 Josh Koderhandt (IL); #121 Vince Santainello (NJ); #128 Ryan Catka (PA); #154 Brendan Ferretti (MI); #166 Zach Espalin (AZ); #279 George Ruiz (CA); #280 Malachi Duvall (PA) 2020: #25 Andrew Cerniglia (PA); #151 Grady Griess (NE); #195 Matthew Rogers (NY) 2019: #53 John Birchmeier (VA); #59 David Key (GA) 2017: #14 Quentin Hovis (AZ) 2016: #103 Andrew Piehl (MN); #134 Andrew Buckley (MO); #148 AJ Alford (SC) 2015: #22 Jared Prince (FL) 2013: #118 Jadaen Bernstein (NJ)

Arizona State signee Emilio Ysaguirre (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Junior Men's Freestyle Round of 16 Matchups 100 lbs - Javaan Yarbrough (Ohio) vs. Joseph Sikorsky (Illinois) 100 lbs - Brady Byrd (Indiana) vs. Reid Foster (Iowa) 100 lbs - Che Jenkins (Arizona) vs. Caden Smith (Virginia) 100 lbs - Tyler Harper (Iowa) vs. Nathaniel Granados (California) 100 lbs - Tyler Garvin (Maryland) vs. Hunter Sanchez (Utah) 100 lbs - Brandon Corona (California) vs. Jayden Rinken (Iowa) 100 lbs - Taye Jordan (Iowa) vs. Hunter Mullarkey (New Jersey) 100 lbs - Tanner Crosby (Washington) vs. Isaac Stewart (Montana) 106 lbs - Mack Mauger (Idaho) vs. Aidan Carmody (New Jersey) 106 lbs - Ezekiel Witt (Kansas) vs. Colyn Limbert (Ohio) 106 lbs - Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) vs. Parker Pikor (Ohio) 106 lbs - Ethan Ward (California) vs. Dru Ayala (Iowa) 106 lbs - Hank Kriegler (Nebraska) vs. Dorian Hoffman (Pennsylvania) 106 lbs - Damian Moreno (Arizona) vs. Dedrick Navarro (Idaho) 106 lbs - Gage Singleton (Oregon) vs. Abram Cline (California) 106 lbs - Jason Goodin (Oklahoma) vs. Kolter Burton (Idaho) 113 lbs - Hunter Taylor (Missouri) vs. Sloan Johannsen (South Dakota) 113 lbs - Isaiah Quintero (California) vs. Nathan Desmond (California) 113 lbs - Vinny Mayberry (Iowa) vs. Layne Kleimann (Utah) 113 lbs - Colin Martin (Virginia) vs. Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) 113 lbs - Max Elton (New Jersey) vs. Michael Olson (Minnesota) 113 lbs - Anthony Ruzic (Illinois) vs. Blade Walden (Oklahoma) 113 lbs - Anthony Isek (Colorado) vs. Blake Beissel (Minnesota) 113 lbs - Marcello Milani (Michigan) vs. Deion Johnson (Illinois) 120 lbs - Braeden Davis (Michigan) vs. Mason Ziegler (Pennsylvania) 120 lbs - Trever Anderson (Iowa) vs. Benjamin Bast (Wisconsin) 120 lbs - Sam Smith (Oklahoma) vs. Kenneth Hendriksen (Tennessee) 120 lbs - Logan Graf (South Dakota) vs. Caden Horwath (Michigan) 120 lbs - Alan Koehler (Minnesota) vs. Garret Rinken (Iowa) 120 lbs - Noah Nininger (Virginia) vs. Vinny Kilkeary (Pennsylvania) 120 lbs - Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska) vs. Gylon Sims (Illinois) 120 lbs - Easton Cooper (Wisconsin) vs. Nate Jesuroga (Iowa) 126 lbs - Brady Roark (Missouri) vs. Gable Porter (Iowa) 126 lbs - Coleman Nogle (Maryland) vs. Eli Kirk (Oklahoma) 126 lbs - Brayden Parke (Iowa) vs. Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin) 126 lbs - Jacob Myers (Colorado) vs. Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania) 126 lbs - Luke Stanich (New Jersey) vs. Logan Frazier (Indiana) 126 lbs - Derek Guanajuato (Arizona) vs. Christopher Coates (Missouri) 126 lbs - Aden Valencia (California) vs. Drew Gorman (Georgia) 126 lbs - Dillon Campbell (Ohio) vs. Anthony Aniciete (Nevada) 132 lbs - Kannon Webster (Illinois) vs. Markel Baker (Illinois) 132 lbs - Michael Pizzuto (Maryland) vs. Nash Singleton (Oregon) 132 lbs - Greyson Clark (Wisconsin) vs. Ayson Rice (South Dakota) 132 lbs - Luke Simcox (Pennsylvania) vs. Cael Hughes (Oklahoma) 132 lbs - Cory Land (Alabama) vs. Jaxon Joy (Ohio) 132 lbs - Kade Brown (Ohio) vs. Grigor Cholakyan (California) 132 lbs - Vincent Robinson (Illinois) vs. Omar Ayoub (Ohio) 132 lbs - Kyle Rice (Idaho) vs. Cael Keck (Missouri) 138 lbs - Emilio Ysaquirre (Arizona) vs. Avery Allen (Montana) 138 lbs - Tyler Vasquez (New Jersey) vs. Ryder Block (Iowa) 138 lbs - Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) vs. Jordan Soriano (New York) 138 lbs - McKinley Robbins (Iowa) vs. Carter McCallister (Missouri) 138 lbs - Zeke Seltzer (Indiana) vs. Billy Meiszner (Illinois) 138 lbs - DJ Gillett (Oregon) vs. Ismael Ayoub (Ohio) 138 lbs - Easton Taylor (Kansas) vs. Keith Smith (Nebraska) 138 lbs - Casper Stewart (New York) vs. Kole Brower (Illinois) 145 lbs - Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) vs. Gavin Drexler (Wisconsin) 145 lbs - Caleb Meunier (Wisconsin) vs. Cole Brooks (Oklahoma) 145 lbs - Q'Veli Quintanilla (Washington) vs. Koy Buesgens (Minnesota) 145 lbs - August Hibler (New Jersey) vs. Beau Mantanona (California) 145 lbs - Zach Hanson (Minnesota) vs. Jayden Colon (Illinois) 145 lbs - Anthony Bahl (Indiana) vs. KJ Evans (Oklahoma) 145 lbs - Jaydon Robinson (Illinois) vs. Kyle Dutton (Missouri) 145 lbs - Weston Dalton (Colorado) vs. Kimo Leia (California) 152 lbs - Cody Chittum (Tennessee) vs. Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) 152 lbs - Gabriel Belga (Pennsylvania) vs. Boeden Greenley (North Dakota) 152 lbs - Zane Licht (Wisconsin) vs. Landen Johnson (Minnesota) 152 lbs - Israel Moreno (Montana) vs. Jude Swisher (Pennsylvania) 152 lbs - William Henckel (New Jersey) vs. Jeremiah Price (North Carolina) 152 lbs - Ethan Stiles (Illinois) vs. Paul Ognissanti (Maryland) 152 lbs - Latrell Schafer (Georgia) vs. Charlie Millard (Wisconsin) 152 lbs - Ethan Birden (Ohio) vs. Ty Whalen (New Jersey) 160 lbs - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) vs. Cash Stewart (Wisconsin) 160 lbs - Braden Stauffenberg (Illinois) vs. Cooper Willis (Wisconsin) 160 lbs - Rafael Hipolito (Virginia) vs. Carter Schubert (New York) 160 lbs - J Conway (Indiana) vs. Dylan Elmore (Kansas) 160 lbs - Nicco Ruiz (California) vs. Andrew Christie (Pennsylvania) 160 lbs - Ryan Dolezal (Wisconsin) vs. Thor Michaelson (Washington) 160 lbs - Jed Wester (Minnesota) vs. Liam Scrivanich (Pennsylvania) 160 lbs - Aydin Rix McElhinney (Colorado) vs. Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin) 170 lbs - Joshua Barr (Michigan) vs. Simon Ruiz (New Jersey) 170 lbs - Chris Moore (Illinois) vs. Brett Smith (Missouri) 170 lbs - Brody Baumann (Indiana) vs. Noah Mulvaney (Wisconsin) 170 lbs - Abe Wojcikiewicz (Illinois) vs. Holden Garcia (Pennsylvania) 170 lbs - Sabino Portella (New Jersey) vs. Lucas Condon (California) 170 lbs - CJ Hamblin (Washington) vs. Tyler Lillard (Ohio) 170 lbs - Daschle Lamer (Oregon) vs. Ethan Riddle (Wisconsin) 170 lbs - Omaury Alvarez (Georgia) vs. Rocco Welsh (Pennsylvania) 182 lbs - Connor Mirasola (Wisconsin) vs. Josh Cordio (Massachusetts) 182 lbs - Daniel Williams (Florida) vs. Raymond Weed (New Jersey) 182 lbs - Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) vs. Isaiah Twait (Idaho) 182 lbs - Joseph Martin (California) vs. Payton Thomas (Oklahoma) 182 lbs - Ryder Rogotzke (Minnesota) vs. Timothy McDonnell (California) 182 lbs - Wyatt Ferguson (Ohio) vs. Nathan Taylor (Connecticut) 182 lbs - Blake Jouret (Kansas) vs. AJ Heeg (Oklahoma) 182 lbs - Markell Rivera-Cain (Arizona) vs. Justin Rademacher (Oregon) 195 lbs - Hayden Walters (Oregon) vs. Aiden Hight (Pennsylvania) 195 lbs - Cole Mirasola (Wisconsin) vs. Cody Merrill (California) 195 lbs - Wyatt Voelker (Iowa) vs. Remy Cotton (Michigan) 195 lbs - Oscar Williams (Oklahoma) vs. Jack Darrah (Missouri) 195 lbs - Camden McDanel (Ohio) vs. Thomas Dineen (Minnesota) 195 lbs - Jersey Robb (Oklahoma) vs. Jarrett Stoner (Texas) 195 lbs - Aiden Hanning (Massachusetts) vs. Stephen Little (Kentucky) 195 lbs - Joey Novak (Minnesota) vs. Rylan Rogers (Idaho) 220 lbs - Kolby Franklin (Iowa) vs. Steven Burrell Jr. (New York) 220 lbs - Kyle Snider (Ohio) vs. Nicholas Pavlechko (Pennsylvania) 220 lbs - Sawyer Bartelt (Florida) vs. Jared Thiry (Iowa) 220 lbs - Gannon Rosenfeld (Minnesota) vs. Carter Neves (Ohio) 220 lbs - Bradley Hill (Iowa) vs. Zach Delsanter (Ohio) 220 lbs - Carson Floyd (North Carolina) vs. Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota) 220 lbs - Max Agresti (Delaware) vs. Max Ramberg (Wisconsin) 220 lbs - Ryan Stein (New York) vs. Kail Wynia (Minnesota) 285 lbs - Aden Attao (Idaho) vs. Alex Hamrick (Illinois) 285 lbs - Zack Smith (Missouri) vs. Aidan Fockler (Ohio) 285 lbs - Parker Ferrell (Virginia) vs. Paul Clark (Indiana) 285 lbs - Matthew Cruise (Pennsylvania) vs. Jacob Walker (Iowa) 285 lbs - Jamikael Lytle (California) vs. Elijah Novak (Minnesota) 285 lbs - Aiden Lacoma (Virginia) vs. Dillan Johnson (Illinois) 285 lbs - Donovan Sprouse (Virginia) vs. Dominic Burgett (Indiana) 285 lbs - Samuel Rodriguez (Pennsylvania) vs. Max Acciardi (New Jersey)

120 lb 16U finalist Anthony Knox (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 16U Men's Freestyle Semifinal Results 88 lbs - Caleb Noble (Wisconsin) over Cason Craft (Oklahoma) 10-0 88 lbs - Mac Crosson (Iowa) over James Hemmila (Illinois) 10-0 94 lbs - Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) over Ayden Dodd (Ohio) 11-1 94 lbs - Nathan Rioux (Indiana) over Cole Welte (Nebraska) Fall 2:30 100 lbs - Michael Romero (California) over Titan Friederichs (Minnesota) 10-0 100 lbs - Keanu Dillard (Pennsylvania) over Rylan Seacrist (Ohio) 6-6 106 lbs - Seth Mendoza (Illinois) over Isaiah Cortez (California) 5-1 106 lbs - Jayden Raney (Kentucky) over Kolter Burton (Idaho) 10-0 113 lbs - Kellen Wolbert (Wisconsin) over Cameron Stinson Jr. (North Carolina) 7-5 113 lbs - Moses Mendoza (California) over Edwin Sierra (California) 10-8 120 lbs - Marcus Blaze (Ohio) over Jordyn Raney (Kentucky) 4-2 120 lbs - Anthony Knox (New Jersey) over Sam Herring (Pennsylvania) 8-1 126 lbs - Ben Davino (Illinois) over Thomas Verrette (Colorado) 6-0 126 lbs - Landon Robideau (Minnesota) over Elias Navida (California) 11-0 132 lbs - Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) over Garrett Reece (Colorado) 5-3 132 lbs - Brock Mantanona (California) over Maddox Shaw (Pennsylvania) 6-4 138 lbs - PJ Duke (New York) over Grayson Woodcock (Missouri) 10-0 138 lbs - Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) over Elvis Solis (Florida) 5-2 145 lbs - Kody Routledge (Oklahoma) over Collin Gaj (Pennsylvania) 6-6 145 lbs - Kollin Rath (Pennsylvania) over Tycho Carmichael (Iowa) 11-0 152 lbs - Ladarion Lockett (Oklahoma) over Christopher Crawford (New York) 12-1 152 lbs - Alessio Perentin (New Jersey) over Brodie Dominique (Ohio) 2-1 160 lbs - Travis Grace (California) over Cade Ziola (Nebraska) 11-4 160 lbs - Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Pennsylvania) over Jordan Chapman (New Jersey) 11-8 170 lbs - Bryce Burkett (Minnesota) over Peyton Westpfahl (Missouri) 5-2 170 lbs - Jarrel Miller Jr. (Ohio) over Ryan Burton (New Jersey) 7-2 182 lbs - Aeoden Sinclair (Wisconsin) over Caleb Marzolino (Pennsylvania) 10-0 182 lbs - De'Alcapon Veazy (Indiana) over Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) 6-0 195 lbs - Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) over Mason Ellis (Alabama) 11-1 195 lbs - Vincenzo Lavalle (New Jersey) over Michael Mocco (Florida) 8-1 220 lbs - Jay Henderson (Utah) over Melvin Whitehead (Nevada) 8-6 220 lbs - Adam Farha (California) over James Bechter (Ohio) 20-9 285 lbs - Aaron Ries (Ohio) over Cooper Martinson (Iowa) 16-6 285 lbs - Jacob Levy (Georgia) over Nicholas Bowser (Ohio) 13-2

The 2022 16U Women's Team Champion Iowa (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The first Fargo finals have been conducted and stop signs have been awarded at the 16U Women's division. For the first time ever, Team Iowa came away with the championship. Iowa was led by a champion at 112 lbs (Molly Allen) and a runner-up at 144 lbs (Skylar Slade). Altogether, eight women from Iowa made it to the podium. The win breaks California's stranglehold on the division, as they had previously won every 16U Women's tournament since 2012. The initial tournament, in 2011, was won by Hawaii. Below are the final team scores and results from the medal round matches. Team Scores 1st) Iowa 90 2nd) Missouri 87 3rd) California 86 4th) Michigan 82 5th) Minnesota 81 6th) Colorado 74 6th) Pennsylvania 74 8th) Arizona 72 9th) Illinois 71 10th) Indiana 54 16U Women's Freestyle Finals Results 94 lbs - Katey Valdez (Colorado) over Joely Slyter (Idaho) 10-0 100 lbs - Rianne Murphy (Indiana) over Mary Manis (Florida) Fall 3:20 106 lbs - Ava Ward (Missouri) over Heather Crull (Indiana) 10-0 112 lbs - Molly Allen (Iowa) over Karlee Brooks (Arizona) Fall 1:08 117 lbs - Persaeus Gomez (Colorado) over Isabella Marie Gonzales (California) 12-2 122 lbs - Everest Leydecker (Arizona) over Carley Ceshker (Wisconsin) 8-4 127 lbs - Skylar Little Soldier (Minnesota) over Cadence Diduch (Illinois) 3-2 132 lbs - Carina Giangeruso (New Jersey) over Lauren Walton (Kentucky) 3-3 138 lbs - Sarah Henckel (Connecticut) over Faith Bartoszek (Wisconsin) 3-2 144 lbs - Nebi Tsarni (Maryland) over Skylar Slade (Iowa) 10-2 152 lbs - Mishell Rebisch (Michigan) over Genevieve An (Georgia) 9-6 164 lbs - Ella Pagel (Minnesota) over Piper Fowler (Tennessee) 10-0 180 lbs - Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) over Kali Hayden (Oklahoma) Fall 2:28 200 lbs - Savannah Isaac (Ohio) fall Mariyah Brumley (Missouri) Fall :20 Third Place Results 94 lbs - Caley Graber (Minnesota) over Annalise Maralit (South Carolina) 12-2 100 lbs - Gigi Bragg (Michigan) over Lauren Nguyen (California) 10-0 106 lbs - Angelina Cassioppi (Illinois) over Ana Malovich (Pennsylvania) 7-4 112 lbs - Aubre Krazer (Pennsylvania) over Cecilia Williams (Michigan) 4-1 117 lbs - Bella Williams (Oklahoma) over Ashley Naranjo (Washington) 6-2 122 lbs - Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) over Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) 4-2 127 lbs - Alicen Dillard (Texas) over Kayla Edwards (California) Fall 2:56 132 lbs - Isis France (Arizona) over Morgan Lucio (Arizona) 10-0 138 lbs - Madison Westerberg (New York) over Gianna DiBenedetto (California) 13-2 144 lbs - Sydney Perry (Illinois) over Emma Peach (Iowa) 4-2 152 lbs - Skylur Lewis (Arkansas) over Savannah Holderby (Ohio) 2-1 164 lbs - Olivia Stean (Kansas) over Noami Simon (Iowa) 8-7 180 lbs - Aurellia Ramos (Utah) over Tirza Twoteeth (Montana) 10-0 200 lbs - Blythe Cayko (Colorado) over Cheyenne Cruce (Florida) Fall 2:57 Fifth Place Results 94 lbs - Zoey Jewett (New York) over Kendall Moe (Indiana) 10-0 100 lbs - Gabriele Tedesco (Florida) over Madison Heinzer (California) 9-9 106 lbs - Aspen Blasko (Minnesota) over Mikayla Garcia (California) 4-3 112 lbs - Reanah Utterback (Iowa) over Calli Gilchrist (Connecticut) Fall 1:04 117 lbs - Kira Cole (Ohio) over Evelyn Holmes-Smith (Alabama) 2-2 122 lbs - Savannah Witt (Pennsylvania) over Audrey Rogotzke (Minnesota) 11-0 127 lbs - Jordyn Fouse (Pennsylvania) over Dealya Collins (Wisconsin) Fall 3:35 132 lbs - Janiah Jones (Missouri) over Mackenzie Pratt (Illinois) 6-3 138 lbs - Sofia Delgado (Florida) over Annabelle Davis (Texas) 10-0 144 lbs - May Cuyler (Virginia) over Jahlia Miguel (Hawaii) :43 152 lbs - Alison Evans (Colorado) over Cali Dupree (Missouri) 3-3 164 lbs - KyLee Lindsley (Montana) over Jael Miller (Pennsylvania) 1:53 180 lbs - Isabella Renfro (Missouri) over Symphony Veloz (Oklahoma) 9-0 200 lbs - Tilisa Matakaiongo (Utah) over Kiona Michel (Washington) Fall :26 Seventh Place Results 94 lbs - Kyler Menza (Washington) over Alexandra Sebek (Illinois) 4-4 100 lbs - Mia Galindo (Virginia) over Avy Perez (California) Fall :37 106 lbs - Jillian Worthen (Iowa) over Harlee Hiller (Illinois) 12-2 112 lbs - Angelina Vargas (Missouri) over BK Martinez (California) Fall 1:47 117 lbs - Isabella Cepak (Michigan) over Jessa Joiner (Missouri) Fall 2:23 122 lbs - Sophie Bowers (Illinois) over Ella Gahl (Indiana) 5-0 127 lbs - Regan Rosseter (Nebraska) over Ciara Riner (West Virginia) Fall 2:24 132 lbs - Isabella Dias (Pennsylvania) over Janessa O'Connell (Washington) 7-4 138 lbs - Taydem Bylin (Washington) over Lena Johannson (Alabama) 9-2 144 lbs - Madeline Haynes (Missouri) over Raegen Snider (Pennsylvania) 7-3 152 lbs - Lexi Ritchie (Illinois) over Adriana Palumbo (New York) Fall 1:42 164 lbs - Bella Porcelli (Iowa) over Rachel Schauer (Wisconsin) 13-4 180 lbs - Ellie Poulette (Missouri) over Taylor Waddy (Virginia) Fall 1:08 200 lbs - Phoenix Lindseth (North Dakota) over Savannah Sistad (Iowa) Fall 1:57

Girls freestyle action from the 16U semifinals (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 16U Women's Freestyle Finals Matchups 94 lbs - Katey Valdez (Colorado) vs. Joely Slyter (Idaho) 100 lbs - Rianne Murphy (Indiana) vs. Mary Manis (Florida) 106 lbs - Ava Ward (Missouri) vs. Heather Crull (Indiana) 112 lbs - Molly Allen (Iowa) vs. Karlee Brooks (Arizona) 117 lbs - Persaeus Gomez (Colorado) vs. Isabella Marie Gonzales (California) 122 lbs - Everest Leydecker (Arizona) vs. Carley Ceshker (Wisconsin) 127 lbs - Skylar Little Soldier (Minnesota) vs. Cadence Diduch (Illinois) 132 lbs - Lauren Walton (Kentucky) vs. Carina Giangeruso (New Jersey) 138 lbs - Sarah Henckel (Connecticut) vs. Faith Bartoszek (Wisconsin) 144 lbs - Skylar Slade (Iowa) vs. Nebi Tsarni (Maryland) 152 lbs - Mishell Rebisch (Michigan) vs. Genevieve An (Georgia) 164 lbs - Piper Fowler (Tennessee) vs. Ella Pagel (Minnesota) 180 lbs - Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) vs. Kali Hayden (Oklahoma) 200 lbs - Savannah Isaac (Ohio) vs. Mariyah Brumley (Missouri) 16U Men's Freestyle 88 lbs - Caleb Noble (Wisconsin) vs. Kaison Schreier (Missouri) 88 lbs - Alexander Diaz (Pennsylvania) vs. Cason Craft (Oklahoma) 88 lbs - Mac Crosson (Iowa) vs. Charles Esposito (New Jersey) 88 lbs - Gavin Pongsai (California) vs. James Hemmila (Illinois) 94 lbs - Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) vs. Sean Willcox (California) 94 lbs - Ayden Dodd (Ohio) vs. Kole Davidheiser (Pennsylvania) 94 lbs - Cole Welte (Nebraska) vs. Wyatt Lees (Michigan) 94 lbs - Lincoln Rohr (Ohio) vs. Nathan Rioux (Indiana) 100 lbs - Carter Pearson (Iowa) vs. Michael Romero (California) 100 lbs - Titan Friederichs (Minnesota) vs. Dominic Deputy (Pennsylvania) 100 lbs - Rylan Seacrist (Ohio) vs. Revin Dickman (Indiana) 100 lbs - Lincoln Sledzianowski (Florida) vs. Keanu Dillard (Pennsylvania) 106 lbs - Seth Mendoza (Illinois) vs. Karson Brown (Ohio) 106 lbs - Jake Knight (Iowa) vs. Isaiah Cortez (California) 106 lbs - Aydan Thomas (Oklahoma) vs. Kolter Burton (Idaho) 106 lbs - Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania) vs. Jayden Raney (Kentucky) 113 lbs - Keyan Hernandez (Montana) vs. Kellen Wolbert (Wisconsin) 113 lbs - Cameron Stinson Jr (North Carolina) vs. Elijah Cortez (California) 113 lbs - Moses Mendoza (California) vs. Isaiah Schaefer (Indiana) 113 lbs - Connor Fiser (Iowa) vs. Edwin Sierra (California) 120 lbs - Jordyn Raney (Kentucky) vs. Cooper Hilton (Tennessee) 120 lbs - Jackson Blum (Michigan) vs. Marcus Blaze (Ohio) 120 lbs - Sam Herring (Pennsylvania) vs. Draegen Orine (Missouri) 120 lbs - Gauge Botero (Pennsylvania) vs. Anthony Knox (New Jersey) 126 lbs - Ben Davino (Illinois) vs. Lucas Peters (Wisconsin) 126 lbs - Giosue Hickman (Arizona) vs. Thomas Verrette (Colorado) 126 lbs - Elias Navida (California) vs. Maximus Riggins (Iowa) 126 lbs - Emmitt Sherlock (Maryland) vs. Landon Robideau (Minnesota) 132 lbs - Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) vs. Trevor Jones (New Jersey) 132 lbs - Ben Weader (Virginia) vs. Garrett Reece (Colorado) 132 lbs - Maddox Shaw (Pennsylvania) vs. Tyson Sherlock (Maryland) 132 lbs - Daniel Heiser (Wisconsin) vs. Brock Mantanona (California) 138 lbs - Gabriel Bouyssou (Rhode Island) vs. PJ Duke (New York) 138 lbs - Grayson Woodcock (Ohio) vs. Alex Braun (Minnesota) 138 lbs - Jarrett Wadsen (Minnesota) vs. Elvis Solis (Florida) 138 lbs - Conlan Carlson (Minnesota) vs. Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) 145 lbs - Collin Gaj (Pennsylvania) vs. Cameron Milheim (Pennsylvania) 145 lbs - Kody Routledge (Oklahoma) vs. Jake Wacha (New Jersey) 145 lbs - Tycho Carmichael (Iowa) vs. Emil Necula (Georgia) 145 lbs - Beau Hickman (Oklahoma) vs. Kollin Rath (Pennsylvania) 152 lbs - Ladarion Lockett (Oklahoma) vs. Carter Davis (Pennsylvania) 152 lbs - Mitchell Bertz (Indiana) vs. Christopher Crawford (New York) 152 lbs - Jake Stoffel (Wisconsin) vs. Brodie Dominique (Ohio) 152 lbs - Alexander Rodrigues (Maryland) vs. Alessio Perentin (New Jersey) 160 lbs - Travis Grace (California) vs. Aydan Carlson (Minnesota) 160 lbs - Israel Ibarra (Arizona) vs. Cade Ziola (Nebraska) 160 lbs - Tyrel Miller (Ohio) vs. Jordan Chapman (New Jersey) 160 lbs - Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Pennsylvania) vs. John Murphy (Minnesota) 170 lbs - Peyton Westpfahl (Minnesota) vs. Brent Slade (Iowa) 170 lbs - Carson Mize (Ohio) vs. Bryce Burkett (Minnesota) 170 lbs - Ryan Burton (New Jersey) vs. Liam Byrne (Oregon) 170 lbs - Jarrel Miller Jr (Ohio) vs. Adrien Reyes (California) 182 lbs - Aeoden Sinclair (Wisconsin) vs. Artem Skyba (Pennsylvania) 182 lbs - Adonia Bonar II (Nebraska) vs. Caleb Marzolino (Pennsylvania) 182 lbs - Coby Merrill (California) vs. Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) 182 lbs - Cittadino Tuttle (Minnesota) vs. De'Alcapon Veazy (Indiana) 195 lbs - Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) vs. Chase Matthias (Wisconsin) 195 lbs - Mason Ellis (Alabama) vs. Kayden Cartee (California) 195 lbs - Michael Mocco (Florida) vs. Aiden Cooley (Texas) 195 lbs - Vincenzo Lavalle (New Jersey) vs. Mark Marin III (California) 220 lbs - Jay Henderson (Utah) vs. Ean Winchester (Pennsylvania) 220 lbs - Brayden Hill (Kansas) vs. Melvin Whitehead (Nevada) 220 lbs - James Bechter (Ohio) vs. Chase Baker (Washington) 220 lbs - Adam Farha (California) vs. Lamar Bradley (Illinois) 285 lbs - Sampson Stillwell (Missouri) vs. Aaron Ries (Ohio) 285 lbs - Cooper Martinson (Iowa) vs. Willie Cox (Alabama) 285 lbs - Nicholas Bowser (Ohio) vs. Connor Aney (Washington) 285 lbs - Luke Cox (Ohio) vs. Jacob Levy (Georgia)

The 2022 Junior and 16U National Championships aka Fargo (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Here's your one stop for links to all of our Fargo conference recruiting previews: ACC Big 12 Big Ten EIWA MAC Pac-12 SoCon

VMI signee Dyson Dunham (photo courtesy of Jason Dunham) Our final conference preview is here. We're wrapping up by focusing on the SoCon recruits that are set to scrap in Fargo. The SoCon is a league on the rise with teams like Appalachian State and Campbell, who have managed to find their way into the national rankings over the past few years. Both schools have recruited well and continue to do so. After those two, the rest of the league has seemingly raised their recruiting efforts, as well, which bodes well for the future. Speaking of the future, below are some future stars of the SoCon. They have registered to compete in Fargo. Keep track of them and note their past accomplishments before they take the mat. Appalachian State Carson Floyd, North Carolina (285) Kaden Keiser, South Dakota (145) Ethan Shell, North Carolina (138) There is a trio of future Mountaineers ready to compete in Fargo, two of which happen to be in-state products. Carson Floyd has the most national-level credentials of the group as he was an NHSCA Senior National runner-up and also finished seventh at the Super 32. The other local product is Ethan Shell, a four-time North Carolina finalist and three-time champion. The Appalachian State staff went all the way to South Dakota to sign Kaden Keiser who won state titles in each year of high school. Campbell Mike Kinzel - Ohio (182) - Class of 2023 Campbell is off to an excellent start with their Class of 2023, receiving verbals from a pair of top-100 recruits from Ohio. A third wrestler from Ohio has committed, Mike Kinzel, and he'll compete in Fargo. Kinzel was a DII eighth-place finisher in 2022 and a state qualifier last year. Chattanooga Jeremy Paradice - Georgia (160) One of the best SoCon recruits in Fargo is Jeremy Paradice, who won a pair of Georgia state titles and made three finals appearances. Paradice also placed at NHSCA's grade level tournament three times, with a high placement coming as a senior when he was third. The only time he did not place at the event was in 2020 when it was canceled. Davidson Christian Rutherford, Rhode Island (160) Davidson when all the way up to New England to find Christian Rutherford who was a Rhode Island state finalist as a senior. Rutherford was also a match away from placing at the New England Championships. VMI Dyson Dunham, Virginia (132) Austin Zehring, Virginia (126) VMI has inked a pair of in-state products that will compete in the FargoDome. Two-time National Prep placer (5th, 6th) Dyson Dunham leads the way. Dunham finished the folkstyle portion of his high school career with a third-place finish at NHSCA SR's. Austin Zehring was a two-time 6A state placewinner, taking sixth in each of his final two years of high school.

Oklahoma recruit KJ Evans (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We are just a few days away from the first whistle blowing at the FargoDome as the Junior/16U National Championships will occur. The event returned in 2021, after it was canceled in 2020, and had an incredibly deep field. This year's group looks even better. Over the next couple of days, we'll go conference-by-conference to preview recruits from each school and their chances for success. We have only included recruits that have been tabbed to participate in one of the tournaments. We're moving on to the Big 12. The Big 12 is home to three of the top-ten classes from 2022 with #2 Iowa State, #4 Missouri, and #6 Oklahoma State. In addition, schools like Northern Iowa, North Dakota State, Oklahoma, South Dakota State, and Wyoming have been in the national rankings recently. What it comes down to is there's a lot of young talent coming into the Big 12. Below are the Big 12 recruits that are scheduled to appear in Fargo: Air Force Mike Avelar, Arizona (160) - Class of 2023 EJ Beloncik, Oklahoma (160) - Class of 2023 Josh Cordio, Massachusetts (182) - Class of 2023 Soren Herzog, Minnesota (195) - Class of 2023 Trason Oehme, South Dakota (145) - Class of 2023 Competition has really intensified during the past few years in regards to high-level recruiting with the service academies. Air Force is no different as the Falcons have verbals from a #115 Soren Herzog and two others close to the Big Board with Josh Cordio and Trason Oehme. Last year, Herzog placed in both styles at the 16U level. His high was a runner-up finish in Greco-Roman. That was the same placement for him this spring at the UWW Cadet Trials. It marked the second time he broke the top-eight at that event in Greco. New England champion Josh Cordio also earned NHSCA Junior National All-American honors in April. Finally, we have Trason Oehme, who was a Fargo All-American in 2019 after finishing eighth in 16U Greco-Roman. Iowa State Evan Frost, Iowa (132) Jacob Frost, Iowa (138) Tate Naaktgeboren, Iowa (182) - Class of 2023 We mentioned in an earlier preview that Team Iowa will be one to beat in Junior freestyle and three future Cyclones will help in those efforts. The Frost twins have not AA'ed yet in Fargo, but have both finished on the podium at the Super 32. Both were also state freestyle champions this year. Also seeking his first All-American honor here is Tate Naaktgeboren. Last year, Naaktgeboren was sixth in UWW Cadet freestyle and has a pair of state titles to his credit. Missouri J Conway, Indiana (160) Easton Hilton, Missouri (145) Carter McCallister, Missouri (138) - Class of 2023 Zeke Seltzer, Indiana (138) The Mizzou Tigers had a massive Class of 2022 that ended with a number four ranking from Intermat. One of the key components of that class was Zeke Seltzer, a three-time Indiana state champion. Seltzer has placed in the freestyle portion of Fargo in each of the last three years. He was second and sixth in 16U and fifth last summer at the Junior level. Fellow, multiple-time Indiana champion J Conway is seeking to make his best mark nationally. Moving along to the in-state prospects, Carter McCallister was third in 2019 in 16U and Easton Hilton, a Missouri state champion as a freshman and a freestyle champ this year. North Dakota State Walker Bents, Minnesota (138) Gavin Drexler, Wisconsin (145) Boeden Greenley, North Dakota (152) Brendan Howes, Minnesota (152) Landen Johnson, Minnesota (152) Maxwell Peterson, Minnesota (145) As always, the Bison have the home field advantage as the tournament is held on their campus. Not surprisingly, North Dakota State has a large, strong group of entrants. Gavin Drexler is the only one in the crew that has past experience on the podium. In 2019, he was a 16U runner-up in Greco. There is a trio of Minnesota state champions in the fold, with Walker Bents, Landen Johnson, and Maxwell Peterson. Expect them to excel in both styles. Northern Iowa Trever Anderson, Iowa (126) Garrett Funk, Iowa (132) Cory Land, Alabama (132) Garret Rinken, Iowa (120) - Class of 2023 Wyatt Voelker, Iowa (195) The 2022 Northern Iowa recruiting class just slipped into our rankings this year by taking over the #25 slot. Most of the parties responsible for such a ranking have entered the tournament. The highest ranked of the bunch is Alabama star Cory Land. While Fargo took place in 2021, Land was in Budapest, where he picked up a Cadet World silver medal in Greco. With that in mind and three top-three finishes at the Super 32, he'll be in the title mix, in both styles here. The same can be said for Wyatt Voelker, who has been a double AA in both 2019 and 2021. Last year, Voelker took home the big stop sign in Greco and was eighth in freestyle. Lightweight Trever Anderson has some history in the FargoDome with an eighth place finish in 2019 in 16U freestyle. Both Garrett Funk and Class of 2023 recruit, Garret Rinken, and have had success at small schools in-state, but are looking for some national-level accolades. Oklahoma KJ Evans, Oklahoma (152) - Class of 2023 AJ Heeg, Oklahoma (182) - Class of 2023 Dylan Newsome, Ohio (170) - Class of 2023 Dylan Russo, Ohio (220) - Class of 2023 Anthony Santaniello, New Jersey (138) - Class of 2023 Lou Rosselli and staff have amassed an incredible Class of 2023 on the recruiting front and most of the key players are expected to compete in Fargo. They'll have five top-100 wrestlers from that class take the match, with #29 KJ Evans leading the way. Evans has been remarkably consistent in his results at massive freestyle/Greco tourneys. Last year, he was a runner-up in 16U freestyle and fourth in Greco. That was the exact same placement for Evans at UWW Cadets this year. Rosselli and staff went back to his old stomping grounds, Ohio, and picked up a pair of high-quality big men named Dylan. Newsome and Russo. Both were NHSCA Junior National Champions earlier this year. At the other end of the lineup is Anthony Santaniello, a three-time New Jersey state finalist and one-time champ. Finally, you have AJ Heeg, an Oklahoma state champion at a deep weight class. Oklahoma State Cael Hughes, Oklahoma (132) - Class of 2023 Jersey Robb, Oklahoma (195) - Class of 2023 Cutter Sheets, Oklahoma (152) Sam Smith, Oklahoma (120) - Class of 2023 With all of the seniors removed from national rankings, Cael Hughes has ascended to the top spot at 132 lbs. He'll attempt to justify such lofty billing by winning his second career Fargo title. In 2019, Hughes was a finalist in 16U in both styles, coming away with the win in 94 lb freestyle. In April, Hughes took fourth in UWW Cadet freestyle. Also getting on the podium at Cadet's was Jersey Robb, who finished seventh at 92 kg. Robb has won a pair of state titles in the 6A classification. Cutter Sheets and Sam Smith were both state runner's-up this year and are sons of two of the best OSU wrestlers ever (Mike and John). South Dakota State Thomas Dineen, Minnesota (195) - Class of 2023 Brock Fettig, North Dakota (170) Luke Rasmussen, South Dakota (220) Caleb Thoennes, Minnesota (132) Kail Wynia, Minnesota (220) While South Dakota State has a solid group heading to Fargo, Caleb Thoennes is the only one with prior placement at the tournament. Thoennes was a 16U national champion in Greco three years ago and fifth in freestyle. He's grown significantly since then, as those results came at 88 lbs. Even without Fargo credentials, the rest of the group has been able to make an impact nationally throughout their high school careers. This spring both Thomas Dineen and Luke Rasmussen captured NHSCA grade level titles. Dineen's came at the Junior level and Rasmussen's was at Seniors. Kail Wynia had a sixth-place showing at the Super 32 last fall that put him on the map. Brock Fettig is a two-time North Dakota state champion and a three-time finalist. Utah Valley Luke Van Orden, Nevada (145) The Wolverines will be represented by Luke Van Orden, a Nevada state champion who has claimed Western Regional championships in both styles. West Virginia Matthew Dolan, West Virginia (113) - Class of 2023 An in-state stud will be the representative for West Virginia in Matthew Dolan. A two-time state champion, Dolan also won an NHSCA Junior National title this spring. Wyoming Cole Brooks, Oklahoma (145) - Class of 2023 Brayden Sonnentag, Wisconsin (126) - Class of 2023 Last year, Wyoming shocked the conference and nation by hauling in the #13 overall recruiting class. The Cowboy staff has already shown that this wasn't just a "one-year" outlier. Wyoming already has verbals from a pair of top-60 recruits in the Class of 2023, one of which will be in action in Fargo. He is Cole Brooks, a two-time Oklahoma state champion. Joining Brooks is Brayden Sonnentag, who is a past Fargo AA. Sonnentag was seventh in 2019 in 16U Greco-Roman. This year he was sixth at NHSCA JR's.

2008 Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Wrestling is one of, if not the, strongest bases for MMA. The current wrestlers of today will likely be the dominant fighters of the next generation. This weekend USA Wrestling will host their Junior (under 18) national tournament affectionately known to wrestling fans as Fargo. The following looks at some of the MMA fighters who were able to place in the Junior division in freestyle during their prep days. 1995 Josh Hendricks 4th at 220 and Chael Sonnen 8th at 178 After finishing seventh in 1994, Hendricks returned to Fargo and finished fourth at heavyweight. The winner of the weight class was eventual Iowa standout heavyweight Wes Hand. Hendricks would spend his collegiate days at Ashland where he was a two-time Division II All-American. He made his professional MMA debut in 2002 and made it to the UFC in 2008. In his lone Octagon fight, he lost to title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga. Hendricks last fought in 2014 and holds a 19-11 record as a professional. Despite focusing mostly on Greco in terms of the international styles, Sonnen did place on the freestyle side at Fargo. Following an All-American career at Oregon, Sonnen did continue to wrestle on the Greco scene before eventually making his MMA debut in 1997. In 2009, he signed with the UFC for the second time and challenged for a title three times. However, he came up short all three times. In recent years, Sonnen has become a semi-ubiquitous talking head in the MMA space. 1996 Mark Munoz 2nd at 178, Sean Salmon 3rd at 178 and Nathan Coy 8th at 154 After high school, Munoz moved on to Oklahoma State where he became a two-time All-American and won the NCAA title at 197 pounds in 2001. He turned to MMA in 2007 and made his UFC debut a little less than two years later. Munoz went 9-6 in the promotion before retiring from the sport in 2015. He holds the unique distinction of being part of the first-ever five-round non-title fight in UFC history. In that bout, Munoz bested Chris Leben via second-round stoppage. MMA fans likely remember Salmon from the high-profile knockout he suffered against fellow wrestler Rashad Evans in his UFC debut. However, he was quite a wrestler before ever turning to MMA. After finishing third at Fargo, he continued to wrestle at Ohio State. He had a strong freshman season that saw him ranked at multiple points throughout the season. Salmon then dropped out of school. He turned to MMA in 2005 and won nine of his first 10 fights to earn a call from the UFC. Unfortunately, he lost both of his UFC fights. Salmon finished his career in 2013 on a 12-fight losing streak. Coy went on to become an All-American at Oregon State and finished his collegiate career with an 85-42 record. In 2007, he made his professional MMA debut, and he fought in Strikeforce less than a year later. During his career, he faced off against fellow former wrestlers Tyron Woodley and Paul Bradley. In 2015 Coy finally made his UFC debut after competing on the 21st season of "The Ultimate Fighter." The 43-year-old fighter has not fought since 2017 and has a 15-7 professional record. 1997 Daniel Cormier 4th at 220 and Nathan Coy 5th at 165 After a pair of junior college national championships, Cormier took his talents to Oklahoma State. There he was an All-American and finished second to Cael Sanderson at 184 pounds in 2001. Following college, he was a regular on the freestyle ladder and qualified for multiple World and Olympic teams. In 2009, Cormier signed with Strikeforce for his MMA debut. He won his first seven bouts before entering the promotion's heavyweight tournament as a reserve fighter. Cormier surprisingly won the bracket over several more experienced fighters. In 2013, Cormier moved to the UFC and in 2015, he defeated Anthony Johnson for the light heavyweight title. Three years later, he vacated the belt and moved up to heavyweight and defeated Stipe Miocic. Cormier retired in 2020 after back-to-back losses to Miocic. He was recently inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. 1998 Eric Larkin 1st at 132, Nik Fekete 1st at 191.5, Gray Maynard 2nd at 154, Jerrod Sanders 3rd at 132, Steve Mocco 4th at 275 and Gerald Harris 6th at 165 Larkin was one of the more decorated wrestlers to make the move to MMA, when he debuted in 2010. During his collegiate days at Arizona State, he was a four-time All-American. As a senior in 2003, he won the title at 149 pounds and brought home the Hodge Trophy. Seven years later, he made his MMA debut on a small regional show. After a pair of wins, he signed with Bellator that same year. He won his promotional debut, but lost a follow-up fight against Kenny Foster. Larkin never returned to the cage and finished his run with a 3-1 record. Fekete went on to become an All-American for Michigan State in 2001. He won his first four fights before signing with Bellator in 2011. Fekete went 1-1 with the promotion. He then competed on the 17th season of "The Ultimate Fighter" but lost early in the competition. Fekete last fought in 2017 and has a 7-1 MMA record. Maynard also spent his collegiate days at Michigan State where he was a multiple-time All-American. When he completed his eligibility in 2003, his 106 career wins ranked 11th in school history. Maynard turned to MMA in 2006 and won his first two fights before entering the fifth season of "The Ultimate Fighter" and joining the UFC. In 2011 he faced off against fellow former wrestler Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight title in a fight that went to a draw. After going undefeated through his first 12 fights, Maynard won only three of his last 10 fights and has not competed since leaving the UFC in 2018. Sanders wrestled collegiately for Oklahoma State. After cracking the starting lineup in 2012 as a junior, he became an All-American in 2003 as part of the Cowboy's national championship team. Sanders made his MMA debut in 2010. He won 14 of his first 15 fights and signed with the UFC in 2014. He won one of his three fights with the promotion before leaving in 2016. Sanders last fought in 2018 and has a 16-4 record. Mocco was a two-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American who split his collegiate time between Iowa and Oklahoma State. Following school, he competed on the international scene for years and represented the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics. Mocco got a late start in his MMA career as he made his debut in 2012. He went 5-1 and stopped competing after a 2015 victory. Mocco still coaches at American Top Team and can be regularly seen in the corner of several top fighters. Harris spent his collegiate days at Cleveland State where he was a three-time NCAA qualifier and finished his career as the winningest wrestler in program history. He made his MMA debut in 2006 and signed with the UFC in 2010. Harris went 3-1 in the promotion that year before exiting. He continued to compete on smaller shows before signing with Bellator in 2018. He last fought in 2019 and has a 26-8-1 professional record. Harris has continued to be active in the wrestling world as he recently competed on the Masters level and wrestled in the main event of the second StaleMates Street League show. 1999 Steve Mocco 1st at 275, Marcus LeVesseur 2nd at 143, Cole Province 5th at 132, Frankie Saenz 6th at 132 LeVesseur went on to wrestle at Division III Augsburg, where he became a four-time NCAA champion. He actually had an MMA fight in 2003 after winning his first collegiate title. After finishing school in 2006, he returned to the cage. LeVesseur competed mostly on small shows in Minnesota before signing with the UFC in 2012. He went 1-2 in the Octagon with a victory over Carlo Prater. LeVesseur last fought in 2012 and finished with a 22-7 record. After this fifth-place finish at Fargo, Province went on to wrestle for Central Oklahoma on the Division II level. He won four-straight national titles. He has since been inducted into both the UCO and Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame. Province made his MMA debut in 2007 and won his first five fights before signing with WEC in 2008. He last fought in 2010 when he dropped a fight against title challenger Mike Thomas Brown. Province finished with a 6-2 record. Saenz spent time at both Arizona State and Northern Colorado while in college. He transitioned to MMA in 2010. Four years later, he made his MMA debut. From 2014 to 2020, Saenz was a regular in the UFC's bantamweight division. He faced a pair of former WEC champions in Urijah Faber and Eddie Wineland and last fought in 2020. His professional MMA record currently stands at 12-7. 2000 Steve Mocco 1st at 275, Jake Rosholt 1st at 178, Marcus LeVesseur 3rd at 143, Tyron Woodley 3rd at 165, Shawn Bunch 3rd at 114.5, Cain Velasquez 4th at 275 and Johny Hendricks 7th at 154 Rosholt's Fargo championship was a springboard to future college success. He was a three-time NCAA champion and a four-time All-American for Oklahoma State and a major contributor on multiple tournament championship teams. Following school, Rosholt signed with an innovative management group called Team Takedown that provided an early salary based on the anticipated future success. He joined the WEC in 2008 after only four fights on the independent circuit. The following year he signed with the UFC, but he went only 1-2 and was released. Rosholt continued to fight until 2012 and finished with a 12-5 MMA record. After a boxing loss to YouTube personality Jake Paul, Woodley's fighting career appears to be nearing the end. However, he certainly had his high points after an impressive wrestling career at Missouri where he was a two-time All-American. Woodley signed with Strikeforce in 2009 after making his MMA debut earlier that year. He started his career with 10-straight wins and signed with the UFC in 2013. In 2016, Woodley defeated Robbie Lawler to claim the welterweight title and defended it four times before dropping it in 2019. Bunch went on to become a two-time All-American at Edinboro and made the finals in 2005. He continued wrestling on the freestyle circuit and was a member of the 2009 world team. In 2012, Bunch made the transition to MMA and made his debut in Bellator. In two different stints with the company, he went 8-4 with a victory over former world champion Joe Warren. The 39-year-old wrestler fought twice earlier this year, as he split a pair of bouts for Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC promotion. Velasquez is perhaps one of the most successful former wrestlers on this list. After a stint at junior college, he transferred to Arizona State where he became a two-time All-American in an era stacked with top heavyweights. Less than a year after his collegiate wrestling career ended, Velasquez made his MMA debut. He signed with the UFC after only two professional fights. In his ninth fight, Velasquez defeated Brock Lesnar for the heavyweight championship. He won the belt back from Junior dos Santos in 2012. Velasquez retired from MMA after dropping a fight against current heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in 2019. Hendricks was a two-time champion and a four-time All-American at Oklahoma State. He joined fellow teammate Rosholt as a founding member of Team Takedown. Hendricks made his MMA debut in 2007 and signed with the UFC in 2009. He won 15 of his first 15 fights and earned a title shot against legend Georges St. Pierre in 2013. Despite seemingly doing enough against "GSP", he dropped a decision. Hendricks would bounce back and defeat Robbie Lawler for the vacant title in his next bout. However, after winning the title, Hendricks went 2-6 to finish his career and last fought in 2017. 2001 Steve Mocco 1st at 275, Johny Hendricks 1st at 165, Cain Velasquez 2nd at 275, Jake Rosholt 3rd at 191.5, Marcus LeVesseur 4th at 154, Ben Askren 4th at 165 and Cole Konrad 4th at 275 Askren was a four-time finalist and two-time NCAA champion at Missouri. He continued to compete on the freestyle scene despite having a seemingly folkstyle-based approach. Askren earned a spot on the 2008 Olympic team. He then made the move to MMA in 2009. After three victories on small shows, he joined Bellator in 2010. After long stints in Bellator and One Championship, Askren signed with the UFC in 2019 with an undefeated 19-0 record. In his UFC debut, he defeated former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. However, Askren then dropped his last two fights and retired from MMA. He came out of retirement to box Jake Paul and suffered a knockout in less than two minutes. Konrad's rivalry with Mocco was one of the best in heavyweight history. The Minnesota wrestler finished his career as a four-time All-American and two-time champion. Konrad made his professional MMA debut in 2010 after Brock Lesnar had previously brought him in as a training partner. In his seventh fight, Konrad became the inaugural Bellator heavyweight champion. However, he chose to retire after two more fights to focus on becoming a commodities broker. Konrad finished his career with an undefeated 9-0 record. 2002 Cole Konrad 1st at 285, Ben Askren 1st at 171, Johny Hendricks 1st at 160, Phil Davis 8th at 189 and Chad Mendes 8th at 119 Despite never winning a state championship in high school, Davis went on to become a four-time All-American at Penn State. As a senior in 2008, he broke through and won the NCAA title at 197 pounds. Later that same year, he made his MMA debut and signed with the UFC in 2010. Davis went 9-2 with the promotion before leaving and signing with Bellator. In 2016, he defeated Liam McGeary to claim the company's light heavyweight title. Davis dropped the belt against fellow wrestler Ryan Bader in his next fight. He remains active and picked up a victory over Julius Anglickas this past March. His professional record stands at 24-6. Mendes was a two-time All-American and one-time finalist for Cal Poly. He finished his collegiate eligibility in 2008 and made his MMA debut later that year. Mendes quickly established himself as one of the top featherweights in the world and fought for the UFC featherweight title on three occasions. He remains under UFC contract, but he has not fought in the Octagon since 2018. Earlier this year, he had a bare-knuckle boxing match against a rapper named "Famez" and won by fourth-round knockout. 2003 Brandon Halsey 6th at 215, Jake O'Brien 7th at 215 and TJ Dillashaw 7th at 112 Halsey originally signed with Fresno State coming out of college, but transferred to Cal State Bakersfield after the Bulldogs dropped their program. At the new school, he finished seventh at the 2009 NCAA tournament to become an All-American. Halsey made his MMA debut in 2012 and signed with Bellator the following year after a pair of victories. In his eighth professional fight, he defeated Alexander Shlemenko to become the promotion's middleweight champion. He last fought in 2018 and dropped a fight against current UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka. Halsey might still be looking for some competition as he entered the U.S. Open in freestyle this year at heavyweight. O'Brien spent one year in the starting lineup for Purdue, but he was unable to qualify for the NCAA tournament. He made the transition to MMA in 2005. O'Brien earned a call-up to the UFC in 2006 after building an undefeated 7-0 record. He won his first three fights in the Octagon including an upset over former Pride FC fighter Heath Herring. However, O'Brien would win only one of his next four fights and exit the promotion. He last fought in 2012, but during his career, he did face three UFC champions including Jon Jones, Andrei Arlovski and Cain Velasquez. Dillashaw was a three-time NCAA qualifier, but he failed to win a single tournament match in those three trips. A year after finishing his collegiate career, Dillashaw made his MMA debut in 2010. After four victories, he entered "The Ultimate Fighter" and made the finals before coming up short against John Dodson. Despite the loss, he earned a spot in the UFC. In 2014, he defeated Renan Barao to become the UFC bantamweight champion. After losing the belt two years later, Dillashaw bounced back in 2017 and won the belt again from Cody Garbrandt. Dillashaw returned last year from a drug test suspension and put himself back in title contention. 2004 Henry Cejudo 1st at 112, Brandon Halsey 1st at 215, Jared Rosholt 2nd at 215 and Gregor Gillespie 4th at 145 Cejudo never wrestled in college, but he did make the 2008 Olympic team four years after this Fargo medal. He surprisingly fought his way through the field and brought home a gold medal at the age of 21. Cejudo eventually made his MMA debut in 2013 and signed with the UFC the following year after going 6-0 on smaller shows. Two years later, Cejudo faced off against Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title but came up short. He fought his way back to the title and bested Johnson for the belt in 2018. In 2019, Cejudo moved up in weight and defeated Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight title. After one defense, he retired from MMA and has been focused on coaching. However, it seems likely he will return to the sport in the near future. The younger and larger Rosholt followed his brother to Oklahoma State and then into MMA. At the college level, he was a three-time All-American and a one-time finalist. He turned professional in MMA in 2011 and signed with the UFC in 2013. Rosholt went 6-2 in the promotion, but was released following a loss to Roy Nelson in 2016. Since that release, Rosholt has entered multiple PFL tournaments, but he has not fought since falling against former European Championships gold medalist Ali Isaev in the finals of the 2019 PFL heavyweight tournament. Gillespie was a four-time All-American and one-time champion at Edinboro. He finished his collegiate career in 2009 with a fourth-place finish at 157 pounds. After dealing with some personal issues, Gillespie returned to active competition and made his MMA debut in 2014. He won his first seven fights and received an invitation from the UFC. Gillespie has been a regular competitor in the Octagon, and his scrambling wrestling style has helped him win seven of his eight UFC fights. He has not fought since defeating Carlos Diego Ferreira in 2021, but reportedly remains signed with the promotion. 2005 Boris Novachkov 1st at 98, Jared Rosholt 2nd at 285, Lance Palmer 3rd at 140, Darrion Caldwell 4th at 135 and Sonny Yohn 4th at 189 Novachkov was a three-time finalist for Cal Poly. He ended his collegiate career with a third-place finish at the 2012 NCAA tournament. Following school, he chose to represent Bulgaria on the international scene where he won a silver and bronze medal at the European Championships. He made his MMA debut for Bellator in 2019 but dropped a decision. He bounced back with a pair of victories in 2021 on smaller shows. Palmer was a four-time All-American at Ohio State. As a senior in 2010, he made the finals before dropping a bout against rival Brent Metcalf. Palmer made his professional MMA debut in 2011. After going 6-0 on small shows he signed with the World Series of Fighting, which is now known as the Professional Fighters League. He has held the WSOF belt twice and won a pair of PFL tournaments. This past June, Palmer defeated kickboxer Sheymon Moraes. Caldwell famously upset Metcalf in the finals of the 2009 NCAA tournament. After a redshirt year, he returned to the tournament in 2011 but bowed out with an injury. He finished his career at North Carolina State as a two-time All-American. In 2012, he made his MMA debut and signed with Bellator in 2014. He won 13 of his first 14 fights and claimed the Bellator bantamweight title in 2017. However, since winning the title, Caldwell has gone only 4-5 and is currently riding a three-fight losing streak. Yohn was a three-time All-American for Minnesota during his collegiate days. He made his professional MMA debut in 2016 and currently holds a 3-2 record. Yohn has not fought since scoring a second-round submission over Omar Acosta in 2017. 2006 Jamal Parks 1st at 135, Boris Novachkov 2nd at 112, Sonny Yohn 2nd at 189, Lance Palmer 3rd at 140, Colby Covington 4th at 171, Deron Winn 4th at 189, Darrion Caldwell 5th at 152 and Jamelle Jones 6th at 189 Parks finished fifth at the 2011 NCAA tournament to become an All-American. He then made the move to MMA in 2013. He started his career with five-straight wins, but he has not fought since dropping a fight against Raoni Barcelos in 2015. Of course, this is likely due to issues outside of the cage. Before he was one of the most polarizing fighters in the world, Covington was a top wrestling prospect. After winning a junior college national championship at Iowa Central, Covington transferred to Oregon State, where he finished as an All-American in 2011. He made his MMA debut the following year. In 2014, he signed with the UFC and quickly made a name for himself with three wins in a row. In 2018, Covington won the interim welterweight title over Rafael dos Anjos, but he has been unable to claim the full version of the belt. Covington has faced off against former Division II wrestler Kamaru Usman, but dropped both fights for the title. Winn started his collegiate wrestling career at the junior college level where he was a two-time champion. He then finished his career with an NAIA All-American performance for Lindenwood in 2011. Winn remained in the wrestling world for multiple years and made the freestyle national team. He made his MMA debut in 2017 and signed with the UFC in 2019. He has gone 2-3 and is coming off a loss against fellow wrestler Phil Hawes. Much like Winn, Jones was an NJCAA champion before transferring to Campbellsville where he was an NAIA All-American. He currently holds a 12-8 record in MMA. He recently entered the PFL heavyweight tournament but dropped his first fight against Renan Ferreira. 2007 Sonny Yohn 1st at 189, Boris Novachkov 2nd at 125, Cody Yohn 2nd at 171. Tyrell Fortune 3rd at 215 and Jarod Trice 4th at 285 Cody Yohn, like his brother, was also an All-American for Minnesota. He made his professional MMA debut in 2016 and surprisingly lost his first fight. However, he bounced back with four-straight victories. Despite the winning streak, Yohn has not fought since defeating Mike Jones by a split decision in 2017. Fortune was a two-time NJCAA champion at Clackamas and eventually won an NCAA Division II title at Grand Canyon. He was a regular on the freestyle ladder for a few years until signing with Bellator for his MMA debut in 2016. Fortune has spent his entire career with the company and currently holds a 12-2 record. This past April, he picked up a first-round knockout over Rakim Cleveland at Bellator 277. Like Fortune, Trice also signed with Bellator before ever having an MMA fight. The former Central Michigan All-American made his debut with the company and won his first four fights. Despite the wins, the promotion released him following a 2018 victory. Trice returned to action on a smaller show last year and bested Tommie Britton by decision. 2008 Tyrell Fortune 1st at 215 2009 Niko Bogojevic 3rd at 285*, Alex Polizzi 4th at 215 and Johnny Eblen 8th at 189 This one might not count since professional wrestling is only real to a select group of people. Bogojevic wrestled collegiately for both Augsburg and Colorado State Pueblo but mostly focused on Greco Roman. He is currently performing with WWE as Otis. Polizzi was a three-time NCAA qualifier for Northwestern, who finished his collegiate eligibility in 2015. He made his professional MMA debut in 2018 and won his first five fights before signing with Bellator. In his first fight with the promotion, Polizzi defeated former middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho. In his last fight, he took a step up in competition and last via third-round knockout against Olympic silver medalist wrestler Yoel Romero. Eblen was a multiple-year starter at Missouri. As a senior in 2015, he won the MAC conference championship and qualified for the NCAA tournament. In 2017, he made his MMA debut. After four wins on the independent circuit, he signed with Bellator. Ebeln continued the winning streak in Bellator and earned a shot against middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi last month. Eblen shocked the world by dominating the fight and taking the middleweight title. 2010 Logan Storley 1st at 171, Edwin Cooper 2nd at 140, Mark Grey 5th at 125, Mike England 5th at 171, Alex Polizzi 6th at 215 and Kyle Crutchmer 6th at 160 Storley was a four-time All-American at Minnesota. He finished his career with a fourth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA tournament. Later that year, Storley made his professional MMA debut. After starting his run with five-straight victories, he signed with Bellator in 2017. He has won nine of his 10 bouts in the promotion. In his last fight, Storley defeated Michael Page to claim the interim welterweight title. The bout sets up a rematch against full champion Yaroslav Amosov who took time off to help with the national defense of his native Ukraine. Amosov has handed Storely his only MMA loss to date. Cooper won an NJCAA title and finished second at the NCAA Division II tournament before joining the Iowa program in 2014. He qualified for the NCAA tournament as a senior in 2016. Cooper made his professional MMA debut in 2018. He currently holds a 6-1 record. In his last fight, Cooper scored a unanimous decision on the PFL challenger's series but was not awarded a contract with the promotion. Grey was a three-time NCAA qualifier during his time at Cornell. This past April, he made his professional MMA debut and scored a third-round stoppage over Hector Iglesias. Grey had won four-straight amateur bouts before turning professional. England started his collegiate career at Iowa State before transferring to Missouri. At the new school, he was a multiple-time NCAA qualifier and made the round of 12 in 2015. England made his professional MMA debut in 2020 and currently holds a 6-1 record. He is set to return to action this July against Lucas Batista. England has not strayed too far from his wrestling roots as he is also a regular on the StaleMates Street League shows. Crutchmer was a two-time All-American for Oklahoma State. He exhausted his eligibility in 2017 and moved to American Kickboxing Academy to train under fellow former Cowboy Daniel Cormier. Crutchmer turned professional in 2018 and won four-straight fights for an Oklahoma-based promotion before signing with Bellator in 2019. He has gone 5-1 with the promotion. In his last fight, Crutchmer scored a decision victory over Michael Lombardo at Bellator 277. 2011 Pat Downey 1st at 171, Jarred Brooks 2nd at 112, Edwin Cooper 2nd at 152, Mark Martin 4th at 160 and Kyle Crutchmer 4th at 171 Downey spent time at multiple colleges during his colorful career. He won an NJCAA title for Iowa Central and finished fifth at the NCAA tournament while attending Iowa State to become an All-American. Downey has competed extensively on the freestyle scene and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Championships. He was set to make his professional MMA debut this past April but was reportedly forced to pull out with "red skin syndrome." Downey is now scheduled to make his debut at Bellator 284 on August 12. Brooks never really wrestled on the collegiate level, but he has relied on his wrestling background in MMA. He made his professional MMA debut in 2014 and currently holds a 19-2 record. He went 2-2 in the UFC from 2017 to 2018 before being released. At times during his career, Brooks has been considered the top strawweight (115 pounds) fighter in the world. However, many of the top promotions don't sponsor the weight class. Brooks recently won a One Championship title shot and is expected to fight for the belt later this year. Martin was a multiple-time NCAA qualifier during his time at Ohio State. He finished his eligibility in 2016 and made his professional MMA debut the following year. Martin currently holds a 7-2 record and recently earned a shot in the PFL. However, the bout did not go as planned, and Martin suffered a devastating eye injury in the bout against Dilano Taylor and will likely need time to recover. 2012 Kyle Crutchmer 1st at 170

Cornell recruit Mason Gibson (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We often think of the Big Ten and, of late, the ACC when it comes to recruiting, but the EIWA has staked its claim to dominating the recruiting scene. For proof, five EIWA teams cracked the top 25 from InterMat this year, with another receiving an honorable mention. The Ivy League in particular has been impressive, as they accounted for three of those top-25 accolades. Those three, Cornell, Penn, and Princeton all have large groups of recruits set to compete. Each has recruits with past success in Fargo, and others capable of shining. Here are the EIWA recruits, by team, to follow once the action gets underway in Fargo. Army West Point Samuel Cartella, Ohio (145) - Class of 2023 Andrew Christie, Pennsylvania (160) - Class of 2023 Cooper Haase, Florida (138) - Class of 2023 Chris Murphy, Connecticut (220) Army West Point has been incredibly busy on the recruiting trail and will have a couple of studs on display. From the Class of 2022 is Chris Murphy, a fifth-place finisher at NHSCA Senior Nationals. The Class of 2023 will have a pair of top-200 recruits in Samuel Cartella and Cooper Haase, along with Andrew Christie. Cartella has placed three times at the National Prep Championships, highlighted by a runner-up finish this year. Florida state champion Cooper Haase shined this spring with a championship at NHSCA Juniors. Finally, Andrew Christie is a two-time Pennsylvania state qualifier who made the AA finals this year. Bucknell Michael Bartush, Connecticut (220) Kade Davidheiser, Pennsylvania (126) - Class of 2023 Aiden Davis, Michigan (145) - Class of 2023 Michael Duggan, Pennsylvania (152) - Class of 2023 Noah Mulvaney, Wisconsin (170) - Class of 2023 Myles Takats, Ohio (170) - Class of 2023 You might have overlooked it by focusing on the Big Ten schools, but Bucknell has really done an excellent job with their Class of 2023. The Bison staff has landed four top-100 recruits and three are expected to battle in Fargo. Most have excellent in-state credentials and are looking to make their first big splash nationally. The highest ranked is two-time Wisconsin state runner-up Noah Mulvaney. Noah was a freestyle state champion this spring. In 2021, Kade Davidheiser was a National Prep Open champion for The Hill School, becoming the first wrestler in 20 years to accomplish the feat. Aiden Davis is a two-time Michigan state champion and three-time finalist. Michael Duggan has finished third at Pennsylvania's AA level in each of the last two years. Ohio's Myles Takats made the jump from 126 to 170 between his sophomore and junior seasons and landed in the DI state finals. Representing the Bison in the Class of 2022 is Michael Bartush who finished his high school folkstyle career in the NHSCA Senior National finals. Columbia Richard Fedalen, Maryland (145) Nolan Neves, Ohio (285) The recruiting efforts at Columbia continue to shine year after year. This season the Lions were noted in InterMat's honorable mention section of the recruiting rankings. Two of the key components of head coach Zach Tanelli's Class of 2022, Richard Fedalen and Nolan Neves will be in Fargo. Fedalen is well-round, but has shined brightest in Greco. Fedalen was a UWW Junior Open champion in Greco this year and also reserved a spot on the Junior World team. Earlier this month, Fedalen won a Pan-American gold medal in U20. Fedalen also is strong in freestyle with four Fargo AA honors to his name, with two coming in each style. Nolan Neves won an Ohio DII state title this season after finishing third in 2021. During the regular season, Neves was fourth at the Walsh Ironman. Cornell Michael Dellagatta, New Jersey (195) - Class of 2023 Tyler Ferrera, New York (126) - Class of 2023 Mason Gibson, Pennsylvania (126) - Class of 2023 Kingsley Menifee, Virginia (195) - Class of 2023 Simon Ruiz (170) - Class of 2023 Ben Shvartsman, Illinois (160) One of the largest groups of recruits heading to Fargo in the EIWA belongs to Cornell. They also have some of the wrestlers most likely to make deep bracket runs. One of the fastest risers in the national rankings, after a strong National Duals performance, is two-time New Jersey state third-place finisher Michael Dellagatta. Also from Jersey in the Class of 2023 is two-time finalist and one-time state champion Simon Ruiz. The most accomplished, to date, from this group, is Mason Gibson, who won a 16U Greco title last year and was third in freestyle. Gibson has also placed twice at UWW Cadets in freestyle. Recent commit, Kingsley Menifee of Virginia, was fourth in 16U Greco last year and had the same placement in UWW Cadets in Greco. Tyler Ferrera won his first New York title in 2022, after making the finals two years ago. The lone member of Cornell's Class of 2022 is Ben Shvartsman, who was an undefeated Illinois 2A state champion, as a senior. Drexel Jordan Soriano, New York (138) Drexel will be represented by Jordan Soriano, a 2022 New York State champion and a 2021 winner of the New York Open Championship. After the 2021 season, Soriano was third at NHSCA Junior Nationals. Franklin & Marshall Aidan O'Shea, Pennsylvania (132) F&M has a recruit in Fargo with Aidan O'Shea, a 2022 AAA state qualifier. O'Shea went 35-9 as a senior and finished third in the region, allowing for his first state berth. Lehigh Kimo Leia, California (145) Jared Schoppe, New Jersey (182) - Class of 2023 Luke Stanich, New Jersey (120) - Class of 2023 A pair of New Jersey state finalists have committed to Lehigh and will comprise the Mountain Hawks representation for the Class of 2023 in Fargo. Both Jared Schoppe and Luke Stanich are three-time New Jersey state placewinners, who make their first finals appearances in 2022. Schoppe was an All-American here last summer with a third-place finish in the 16U freestyle bracket. California state fourth-place finisher Kimo Leia is an incoming freshman for Lehigh, who has had past success in the FargoDome. He was fourth in Junior freestyle last year. Navy Dylan Elmore, Kansas (160) - Class of 2023 Ryder Rogotzke, Minnesota (182) - Class of 2023 The Class of 2023 is shaping up to be excellent for Cary Kolat and crew at the Naval Academy. We'll get a preview of some of their notables with Ryder Rogotzke and Dylan Elmore. Rogotzke was a 16U Greco All-American, with a sixth place finish in 2019. Last year, he made the Cadet Greco World Team and finished third in the freestyle trials. Rogotzke is currently ranked #12 overall in the Class of 2023. Elmore was fourth at UWW Cadet in Greco last year, then went on to take eighth in Junior freestyle. It wouldn't be a shock to see fourth All-American honors between these two. Penn Spencer Barnhart, Pennsylvania (138) - Class of 2023 Louis Colaiocco, New Jersey (152) Matthew Cruise, Pennsylvania (285) Zach Delsanter, Ohio (220) - Class of 2023 Reed Fullmer, Pennsylvania (152) Jackson Polo, New York (145) Brady Pruett, Maryland (126) Jude Swisher, Pennsylvania (138) Initially, it looked as if Penn's contingent would consist solely of their #18 ranked recruiting Class of 2022. Then the Quakers received a pair of recent verbals from Spencer Barnhart and Zach Delsanter, both rising seniors. Barnhart was a National Prep Open champion in 2021 and a runner-up in 2022. Delsanter was fourth in Ohio's largest classification wrestling for perennial power, St. Ed's. Of the incoming freshmen, Jude Swisher was an All-American last year, taking fifth in Junior freestyle. He and Matthew Cruise are both top-three finishers from Pennsylvania's AAA classification. From the National Prep ranks, Brady Pruett and Reed Fullmer are both multi-time placers, while Louis Colaiocco did so for powerhouse Blair Academy in 2021. Finally, New York state champion Jackson Polo's best national-level credential is a third-place finish at NHSCA Sr's. Princeton Holden Garcia, Pennsylvania (170) - Class of 2023 Drew Heethuis, Michigan (126) - Class of 2023 Christopher Martino, Idaho (138) Zander Silva, New Jersey (160) - Class of 2023 Ty Whalen, New Jersey (152) The Tigers have a good mix of recruits from both the 2022 and ‘23 classes ready to pounce in Fargo. Christopher Martino has as much experience in the FargoDome as anyone. He has AA'ed five times during his high school career. The first four came at 88-94 lbs in 2018-19, while the most recent was at Junior 132 in 2021. His classmate, Ty Whalen, was third in Junior freestyle last summer, which happened to match his eventual placements at the Super 32 and Beast of the East. Though in the Class of 2023, Holden Garcia already has a Junior freestyle accolade next to his name. He was seventh at 160 last year. Garcia also finished eighth at UWW Cadet in Greco in 2021. Drew Heethuis is also a returning Junior AA, having placed seventh at 113 in freestyle last year. Though he doesn't have any past history of success in Fargo on his resume, a third-place finish at the 2022 New Jersey state tournament indicates that Zander Silva should do just fine.

Ohio State recruit Vinny Kilkeary (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We are just a few days away from the first whistle blowing at the FargoDome as the Junior/16U National Championships will occur. The event returned in 2021, after it was canceled in 2020, and had an incredibly deep field. This year's group looks even better. Over the next couple of days, we'll go conference-by-conference to preview recruits from each school and their chances for success. We have only included recruits that have been tabbed to participate in one of the tournaments. Next on the list is the Big Ten! Illinois Will Baysingar, Illinois (138) - Class of 2023 Kole Brower, Illinois (138) Kannon Webster, Illinois (132) - Class of 2023 With the new staff in place at Illinois, in-state recruiting has been a huge focus. In just over a year at the helm for Illinois, Mike Poeta and staff have been able to retain some of their home state's best. First and foremost is 2021 Junior freestyle national champion, Kannon Webster. Webster has not finished lower than third in any style during his two trips to Fargo. A fellow top-50 recruit from the Class of 2023, Will Baysingar, could also make the podium and was second and third at the Illinois state tournament. The incoming freshman of the group, Kole Brower, was eighth in Junior freestyle last year. Brower is a 2022 state champion that will compete in the same bracket as Baysingar. Indiana Sam Goin, Indiana (160) - Class of 2023 Tyler Lillard, Ohio (160) Gabe Sollars - Indiana (195) Reinforcements are on the way for Angel Escobedo and staff as #69 Tyler Lillard and #123 Gabe Sollars are a part of the Hoosier's 2022 recruiting class. Lillard was fourth in U16 freestyle back in 2019 at 152 lbs. He's a fixture at national-level events and will be in the mix here, as well. Sollars got on the podium last year in Junior Greco-Roman, finishing sixth. He followed that up with a fourth-place showing at the Super 32 and has a pair of Indiana state titles. Another Hoosier that decided to stay in-state was undefeated state champion, Sam Goin. A strong showing from Goin could catapult him into the top 100 nationally, as he currently sits at #103 in the Class of 2023. Iowa Ryder Block, Iowa (138) - Class of 2023 Easton Fleshman, Iowa (285) Kolby Franklin, Iowa (220) Bradley Hill, Iowa (220) Joel Jesuroga, Iowa (145) Nate Jesuroga, Iowa (120) - Class of 2023 Carson Martinson, Iowa (160) Carter Martinson, Iowa (152) Drake Rhodes, Montana (170) Jace Rhodes, Iowa (132) Aiden Riggins, Iowa (160) A large portion of the Team Iowa that won back-to-back Junior Duals titles is ready to head to Iowa City as a part of the Hawkeye's #11 ranked recruiting class. Standouts include Kolby Franklin, who made 16U finals in both styles in both of his previous competitions at that age group. Last year, he was fourth in Junior freestyle. Sticking with the big men, Bradley Hill was a finalist at the UWW Cadet World Team Trials last year at 110 kgs. As was Aiden Riggins, who went on to make the Junior freestyle finals in Fargo. This year he'll attempt to get one step higher on the podium. The remainder of the incoming freshmen are all capable of getting hot and challenging for All-American status. Looking ahead to the Class of 2023, Nate Jesuroga has to be on the short list of favorites at 120 lbs. Jesuroga was a Cadet World bronze medalist last year and fell in the best-of-three finals for a slot on the team this year. Jesuroga has also made the finals at the last two Super 32's and won the belt in 2021. Maryland Dario Lemus, California (138) - Class of 2023 With a top-ten recruiting class in 2021, Maryland has certainly upped their recruiting profile under the leadership of Alex Clemsen. Now they've gone cross-country to get a verbal from a top-50 rising senior in Dario Lemus. The California state runner-up took fourth at the most recent Super 32 and was a finalist at the Doc Buchanan Invitational. Lemus will certainly be a factor in Fargo. Michigan Cam Catrabone, New York (138) - Class of 2024 Dylan Gilcher, Michigan (145) - Class of 2023 Caden Horwath, Michigan (120) - Class of 2023 Nathan Jerore, Michigan (138) Codei Khawaja, Indiana (182) Beau Mantanona, California (145) - Class of 2023 Hayden Walters, Oregon (195) - Class of 2023 The Wolverines have an early argument for the top recruiting class of 2023 and that talented group will be on display in Fargo. Four top-50 recruits are slated to compete. #10 Beau Mantanona and #14 Dylan Gilcher will both compete in the 145 lb bracket. Mantanona was top-five in both styles, at the 16U level, in 2019. Last year, he didn't go because he was busy with the Cadet World Championships. Gilcher is a two-time Super 32 placewinner, who was fourth at UWW Cadets in 2021. Fellow Michigan native, Caden Horwath, was an All-American here in 2021 and a 16U national champion in freestyle in 2019. One of the favorites in a loaded Junior 195 lb weight class will be Hayden Walters, who was third at 182 in Junior freestyle last year. Looking at Michigan's incoming freshmen, even though Codei Khawaja never placed at the Indiana State Tournament, he did All-American in both styles last year at the Junior level. He was sixth in both. Nathan Jerore finished his senior year as a Michigan state champion. Nebraska Ismael Ayoub, Ohio (138) Weston Dalton, Colorado (145) - Class of 2023 Alan Koehler, Minnesota (120) - Class of 2023 Kael Lauridsen, Nebraska (120) - Class of 2023 Late commit Ismael Ayoub is the only incoming freshman that will compete for the Huskers. He was fourth in 2019 in 16U freestyle. The bulk of the future Huskers in action will be comprised of wrestlers from the Class of 2023. Like many Minnesota wrestlers, Alan Koehler is strong in both international styles and has proven it in Fargo. He's AA'ed in each of the last two tournaments, in both styles, never finishing lower than fourth. Kael Lauridsen won the 16U Greco title last year and was fourth in freestyle. This year he took third in UWW Cadet Greco and sixth in freestyle. Weston Dalton is a two-time Colorado state champion who was third in Junior Greco last year. Don't be surprised if all four Husker recruits come back with some sort of hardware. Northwestern Joseph Martin, California (182) 2022 California state champion Joseph Martin is expected to be the lone future Wildcat in the field. He previously placed at the Super 32 and has three top-six finishes at the Doc Buchanan, highlighted by a win, as a senior. Ohio State Vinny Kilkeary, Pennsylvania (113) - Class of 2023 Rocco Welsh, Pennsylvania (160) - Class of 2023 The 2022 recruiting class for the Buckeye took home honors as best in the nation. That group will not be in action, but two big components from their next class are expected to compete and stand out. Rocco Welsh, one of the top-ten recruits in this class, was third in Junior freestyle last year and fifth at 16U in 2019. He's ready to take the next step and take home the big stop sign. Another Pennsylvania native will be crossing the border and competing for Ohio State, in Vinny Kilkeary. A 2020 Super 32 champion, Kilkeary was third in 16U freestyle last year at the same weight class. Both are serious title threats. Penn State Josh Barr, Michigan (170) - Class of 2023 Braeden Davis, Michigan (120) - Class of 2023 A pair of rising juniors from Michigan will account for Penn State's contingent in Fargo. Though there are only two of them, they both are capable of making a huge impact on the center mat. Josh Barr wrestled there last year as he captured a Junior freestyle title. He's looking to repeat and put himself in elite company as a two-timer. The same can be said for Davis who won Junior freestyle at 113 lbs. These could be the next two Nittany Lion superstars. Purdue Brody Baumann, Indiana (170) Joey Blaze, Ohio (160) - Class of 2023 Brac Hooper, Indiana (138) The first commit from the Boilermakers Class of 2023, Joey Blaze, is ready for a podium run in Fargo. Though he hasn't cracked the top-eight yet, Blaze has finished fifth at the Ironman and eighth at the Super 32. Two-time Indiana state champion, Brody Baumann, cracked the top-eight last year by taking fifth in Junior freestyle. He's back at the same 170 lb weight class. Two-time state qualifier Brac Hooper rounds out the Boilermaker crew. Rutgers Joe Fongaro, New Jersey (145) Luke Gayer, California (170) Max Hermes, Ohio (120) - Class of 2023 Just last week, Rutgers received their first commitment from the Class of 2023 as Ohio state champion Max Hermes verballed. Hermes is looking to make his national breakthrough with a big showing in Fargo. Another out-of-state recruit for Rutgers, Luke Gayer, is a California state runner-up that is capable of a podium finish. Gayer was four at the Super 32 last fall. The lone New Jersey native in this group is Joe Fongaro, who made the leap from sixth in the state to a champion, between his junior and senior seasons. Wisconsin Greyson Clark, Wisconsin (132) - Class of 2023 With former champion Nicolar Rivera scratching, Greyson Clark is the only Badger recruit set to compete in Fargo. Clark, was an All-American last year with an eighth-place finish in Junior freestyle. He also placed in both styles in 2019, while in the 16U division. Before Fargo last year, Clark was seventh in freestyle at the UWW Cadet WTT's

SIU Edwardsville recruit Bradley Gillum (photo courtesy of John Sachs; Tech-Fall.com) We are just a few days away from the first whistle blowing at the FargoDome as the Junior/16U National Championships will occur. The event returned in 2021, after it was canceled in 2020, and had an incredibly deep field. This year's group looks even better. Over the next couple of days, we'll go conference-by-conference to preview recruits from each school and their chances for success. We have only included recruits that have been tabbed to participate in one of the tournaments. Next on the list is the MAC! The 2021-22 season was an uncharacteristically rough one for the MAC. The league did not have any All-Americans crowned. While each coaching staff is looking to improve their current wrestlers, they also have some promising talent in the pipeline and ready to compete in Fargo. Below are the MAC recruits set to take the mat in the FargoDome. Buffalo Sam Ewing, Missouri (138) - Class of 2023 Dylan Schell, New York (170) Buffalo's latest commitment, Sam Ewing of Missouri, is one of two future Bulls that will compete in the FargoDome. Ewing has won a Missouri state title in each of his first three years of high school and was fourth in Greco and third in freestyle at the 2022 Southeast Regional. Incoming freshman, Dylan Schell, capped off his high school career with an undefeated, state-title-winning season, before making the finals at NHSCA Senior Nationals. Clarion Chase Cordia, Missouri (182) Typically, Clarion gets a lot of in-state recruits, but one of their incoming freshmen, from out-of-state, is set to compete in Fargo in Chase Cordia. Chase was a two-time Missouri state champion and finished in the top three in each of his final three years of high school. This spring, Cordia won a freestyle state championship at 182 lbs. Cleveland State Nick Abounader, Ohio (160) Local star, Nick Abounader, has decided to stay in Cleveland and will be a Viking this fall. He was a fourth-place finisher at the DII state tournament in Ohio this year at 150 lbs. George Mason Markel Baker, Illinois (132) JB Dragovich, Virginia (126) Traditional power Illinois is filled with contenders in both the Greco and freestyle ranks. That's why it's a big deal for George Mason to nab Markel Baker, a 2022 2A state champion. Baker also won the open state title last year. In April, Baker was third at the USAW Folkstyle National Showcase and was victorious at the Illinois state freestyle meet. He could be a medal threat that some may overlook. From inside the Commonwealth, George Mason has JB Dragovich, who closed his career with a 3A state title after finishing in the top three in his first three seasons. Kent State Billy Meiszner, Illinois (132) Kyle Snider, Ohio (220) - Class of 2023 Once again, we have a battle-tested kid from Illinois in Billy Meiszner. Billy was fourth at the state tournament in Illinois' largest classification this year. In 2021, he was a runner-up at the open state tournament. Leading up to Fargo, Meiszner was sixth at the Northern Plains Regional in freestyle. Kent State's 2023 recruit, Kyle Snider, might be the most highly regarded in the conference. This season, Snider was third in a brutal Ohio DII 215 lb weight class. Last year, Snider was a state champ at the same weight. While competing in folkstyle, Snider took sixth at the 2021 Walsh Ironman. Lock Haven Eric Alderfer, Pennsylvania (152) Sean Logue, Pennsylvania (126) Lock Haven tends to have a usual formula for recruiting and their two signees in Fargo fit the bill. Sean Logue is a AAA kid that placed twice at the state tournament (4th and 7th) and has a big upside. Eric Alderfer was a standout at the AA level, placing three times in Hershey and making the finals as a senior. Alderfer's biggest national-type credential is a seventh-place finish at this year's Powerade. These two are sure to be a tough out for anyone. Northern Illinois Tommy Bennett, Illinois (182) Eli Rocha, Missouri (138) Northern Illinois kept Tommy Bennett at home after he captured a 2A state title at 170 lbs this winter. In doing so, he became only the third wrestler in Brother Rice history to stand on top of the state podium. One of the few recruits in the conference with a track record at Fargo is Eli Rocha. A 2022 state runner-up, Rocha, was eighth in 16U freestyle in 2019. Rider Raymond Weed, New Jersey (182) Brock Zurawski, New Jersey (182) - Class of 2023 Rider typically goes heavy on the in-state recruits and here is no different. Incoming freshman, Raymond Weed, is a two-time state qualifier who was seventh in 2021. He'll compete at the same weight as his future teammate Brock Zurawski. The top-150 recruit Zurawski was eighth in the state at 165 lbs in 2022. Before his junior year, Zurawski was eighth at the Super 32 and once the high school season got underway, he was seventh at the Beast of the East. SIU Edwardsville Bradley Gillum, Illinois (170) Antonio Torres, Illinois (182) Without a question, the wrestler with the longest track record of success in Fargo, amongst MAC recruits, is Bradley Gillum. In 2019, Gillum was a double 16U All-American finishing seventh in freestyle and winning the Greco tournament. Last year, he made the Greco podium with a seventh-place finish. He'll likely be amongst the title contenders in Greco and an AA threat in freestyle. Also in competition is Antonio Torres, who was a two-time Illinois state placewinner, taking fourth as a senior.