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(WASHINGTON, DC) - DC Public Schools (DCPS) in partnership with Wrestling to Beat The Streets DC (BTSDC) announced today the return of public high school wrestling in the District after 30 years through the launch of eight varsity high school wrestling programs for the inaugural season this winter. "I'm excited to announce the incorporation of high school varsity wrestling to our athletic program," said Chancellor Lewis Ferebee. "The sport of wrestling will help build our students confidence, discipline and a strong work ethic that will go long way in and out of the classroom. We're thankful for partners like Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC who have a proven track record of developing young adults through the sport of wrestling." This pilot season of varsity wrestling will begin on March 7, 2022, with six weeks of practices for experienced wrestlers and newcomers, with the season culminating with two weeks of competition. Although no DCIAA Champion will be crowned this season, next year, varsity wrestling will have a full season ending with a championship meet. The eight schools who will be participating during the pilot season are: Anacostia, Ballou, Bell, Cardozo, Dunbar, Roosevelt, Wilson, and H.D. Woodson high schools. Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC is a nonprofit youth development organization that believes in the power of wrestling to empower students in underserved communities. With the launch of these new programs, BTSDC will assist in recruiting and training new coaches, as well as staging wrestling clinics for the student athletes. In addition, BTSDC will provide each of the schools with start-up equipment such as wrestling mats, uniforms, headgear, and shoes. "Wrestling is a sport of inclusiveness. Student athletes can participate in the sport regardless of their height, weight, race, or gender," said BTSDC Executive Director Geary FitzPatrick. "We are grateful for the opportunity to impact the lives of so many student athletes and look forward to expanding our programming in years to come with the support of DC Public Schools." For more information on this upcoming varsity wrestling season, visit thedciaa.com. To find out more about how you can get involved in supporting our partners with this new initiative, please visit BeatTheStreetsDC.com

Oregon State 141 lber Grant Willits (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) A fortnight has passed since we last checked in on the Pac-12 Conference here at InterMat – and not for lack of notable activity among the six conference teams. As high school coaches around the country (self-included) prepared their young student-athletes for the postseason stretch towards “State” (or “States” for the multi-divisional members of the Union), the Pac-12 teams completed the remainder of their regular-season dual schedule. Final Pac-12 Season Dual Standings (As of 2/21/2022) 1. #10 Arizona State (9-4, 5-0 conference) 2. #20 Oregon State (8-3, 4-1) 3. Stanford (5-4, 3-2) 4. Cal Poly (4-3, 2-3) T5. CSU Bakersfield (2-10, 0-4) T5. Little Rock (1-13, 0-4) Arizona State Completes Sweep of Conference, Splits Against #10 Missouri and Lehigh Entering February, the then #7-ranked Sun Devils had just narrowly prevailed over then #21 Oregon State, 20-17, with Stanford and Little Rock remaining on their conference-dual schedule. A strong effort turned in a decisive 25-15 victory over Stanford on February 4th, highlighted by key victories over ranked Cardinal wrestlers. #4 Michael McGee (133) unleashed a technical fall on then-#29 Jackson DiSario, terminating the match early in under three-and-a-half minutes, 16-1. #9 Kyle Parco separated himself from fellow All-American, #12 Jaden Abas with an 11-3 major decision at 149lbs, scoring three takedowns to none on Abas. The Cardinal had their standouts, too, as #3 Shane Griffith outlasted #8 Anthony Valencia, 7-6, at 165lbs, while unranked 197lber Nick Stemmet (who has spent time in the national rankings) managed to hold #10 Kordell Norfleet to an 8-5 decision. With the Cardinal dispatched, the Sun Devils moved on to their final conference dual, at Little Rock. Despite forfeiting at 165lbs, the Arizona State squad used four major decisions and two technical falls to separate themselves, 29-12, over Little Rock and complete their conference sweep on February 6th. Upon return to Tempe, they prepared to host the #10 Missouri Tigers on February 12th and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks the following week, at home. If the then #6 Sun Devils needed a reality check, after seizing the conference dual-trophy, they found it in Missouri. Splitting the dual down the middle at five matches apiece, the Tigers left Tempe with the 19-14 dual-victory after #2 Keegan O'Toole pinned #7 Anthony Valencia at 165lbs, followed immediately after by a technical fall at 174lbs when #13 Peyton Mocco put up a 21-6 score on unranked Zane Coleman. Another important victory for the Tigers was a 4-2 decision by #8 Rocky Elam over #10 Kordell Norfleet at 197. Winners of ranked matchups for the Sun Devils were #4 Brandon Courtney (125), 10-5 over #17 Noah Surtin; #7 Kyle Parco (149), 3-2 over #22 Josh Edmond; #3 Jacori Teemer (157), 3-1 SV1 over #21 Jarret Jacques; and #2 Cohlton Schultz (285), 8-1 over #19 Zach Elam. On February 19th, in their final event before hosting the Pac-12 Championships on March 6th, the #10 Sun Devils squared off against a salty Lehigh squad, and needed a tremendous effort from #2 Cohlton Schultz to prevail, 21-17, and finish the regular season with a victory. Before it all came down to heavyweight, #7 Kyle Parco earned another ranked win with a 5-2 decision over #26 Max Brignola at 149lbs. #3 Jacori Teemer followed up at 157lbs with an 8-5 decision over #6 Josh Humphreys. Lehigh struck back at 165lbs, when #25 Brian Meyer upset #8 Anthony Valencia, 6-1, scoring two takedowns to none. Entering heavyweight, Arizona State held an 18-17 lead, with #2 Schultz remaining to face a fellow All-American in #7 Jordan Wood. After trading escapes in regulation, Schultz and Wood continued into the first-round of tiebreakers. In the second period of tiebreaker-1, an escape, takedown, and short-time rideout was the difference for Schultz, as he defeated a game Wood, 4-2 TB1, to secure the dual meet victory. Oregon State and Stanford both Sweep Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield, Battle for 2nd Both the Oregon State Beavers and Stanford Cardinal solidified their claims to second-place in the conference dual-standings, having defeated Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield (Oregon State prevailing 21-10 and 36-4, respectively, while Stanford managed 23-14 and 20-17 duals over the Mustangs and Roadrunners). The results set up a winner-takes-runner-up dual between the Beavers and Cardinal, on February 20th in Palo Alto. The visiting, #20 Beavers left little doubt, taking seven of ten matches to defeat Stanford, 30-9. The dual went mostly chalk, with Stanford earning wins at 197 (unranked Nick Stemmet over Ryan Reyes via 6-2 decision), 149 (#12 Jaden Abas 9-4 over #25 Cory Crooks), and 165 (#3 Shane Griffith 6-1 over unranked Matthew Olguin). Oregon State's #12-ranked 133lber Devan Turner prevailed over #33 Jackson DiSario, 5-1, setting the stage for #13-ranked 141lber Grant Willits. Trailing 1-0 in the second period, Willits found himself on a leg as then-#4 Real Woods aimed to funk the position to score his own points. Willits, however, attacked the position and stacked Woods up, earning a sudden neutral fall to upset the Cardinal All-American. At 174lbs, #27 Mateo Olmos defeated #33 Tyler Eischens, 6-4. An interesting note is that Ryan Reyes would flip the result of his bout with Nick Stemmet in extra matches, defeating the Cardinal 7-6 in a non-scoring bout. Cal Poly Undefeated in Home Tri-Meet with Air Force, CSU Bakersfield In between their aforementioned dual-defeats to Oregon State on February 4th and Stanford on February 19th, the Mustangs hosted a successful home event on February 13th, defeating Air Force, 27-18, and CSU Bakersfield, 21-18. Against Air Force, the Mustangs took six of ten bouts, using a major at 197lbs by Trent Tracy, a technical fall at 165lbs by #1 Evan Wick, and a fall at 149lbs by #16 Legend Lamer to offset an individual upset at 174lbs and a fall for the Falcons at heavyweight. At 174lbs, #30 Sam Wolf upset #13 Adam Kemp in sudden-victory, 3-1. The other ranked individual from Air Force, #6 Wyatt Hendrickson, earned a first-period fall over Cal Poly's Sam Aguilar. Against CSU Bakersfield, Cal Poly and the Roadrunners split the dual, five matches apiece, with Mustang bonus points making the difference. The five ranked Mustangs each earned victories, with #16 Legend Lamer's (149) 11-6 decision the only non-bonus point victory. #29 Antonio Lorenzo opened the dual with a 12-4 major over Eddie Flores at 125lbs, before the Mustangs conceded an injury default to Bakersfield's #23-ranked 133lber Chance Rich. #31 Lawrence Saenz (141) earned an 11-2 major over Louie Ramos, while #1 Evan Wick (165) and #5 Bernie Truax (184) each earned technical falls. Urias Leads Roadrunners into Postseason The CSU Bakersfield Roadrunner narrowly defeated transitioning-to-Division 1 Cal Baptist, 20-19, to open the month of February. The remainder of the month, however, was brutal for the Roadrunners, as they suffered dual meet defeats to Stanford (20-17), Air Force (25-9), Cal Poly (21-18), and Oregon State (36-4). A bright spot in the line-up has been 174lber Albert Urias, who has earned himself a place in the national rankings, yet again. At the time unranked, Urias earned a major over Cal Baptist's Johann Steinforth, before upsetting Stanford's #29 Tyler Eischens with a 10-8 sudden-victory performance on February 10th. Urias followed that performance up with another ranked, overtime victory, this time an 8-6 SV1 win over #30 Sam Wolf (Air Force). A 3-2 decision over Cal Poly's Nathan Tausch kept the momentum going for Urias going into his final bout of the regular season against Oregon State. Squaring off against #27 Mateo Olmos, #31 Urias nearly forced overtime again, but Olmos was able to secure a short-time takedown to halt Urias, 6-4. Returning NCAA Round of 12 Chance Rich has waxed and waned in the month of February. Entering the month ranked #14 at 133lbs, Rich dropped a 4-2 SV1 match to Cal Baptist's Hunter Leake, before rebounding with a ranked win over #31 Jackson DiSario (Stanford), 9-4. However, Rich would slip again, losing 3-2 to Air Force's Sidney Flores. Rich did not take the mat against Oregon State. Fellow NCAA Qualifier Angelo Martinoni (141) has been rather inactive, taking the mat only against Stanford in February, losing a 14-3 major to #5 Real Woods. Of note, senior 149lber Josh Brown took advantage of a mismatch in his final appearance as a Roadrunner, earning a 19-4 technical fall over Oregon State non-starter Jason Shaner to protect his team from a shutout against the Beavers. Little Rock Endures Final Duals, Individuals Prevent Shutouts The young Trojan team endured four lopsided dual-meet defeats in the first two weekends of February, losing to Oklahoma (37-3), #7 Arizona State (29-12), North Dakota State (30-9), and South Dakota State (43-3). Tyler Brennan (165) earned a 12-0 major decision over Troy Mantanona (Oklahoma) to prevent a shutout. Brennan would go on to receive a forfeit against Arizona State. Conner Ward (141) defeated Mykey Ramos, 5-2, and Triston Wills (174) defeated Zane Coleman, 8-1, as Little Rock weathered the high-powered Sun Devil squad. Joseph Bianchi (149) earned back-to-back decisions during the Dakota trip, preventing a shutout against South Dakota State with his efforts. Also winning at North Dakota State were Josiah Hill (285) and Jayden Carson (125), who each earned decisions. The Trojans are in the middle of a three-week hiatus from competition as they prepare for their run at the Pac-12 tournament.

Daton Fix (left) and Austin DeSanto (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Rivalries were front and center this past weekend as the regular season for DI wrestling wound down in style. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State did battle in their second Bedlam dual. Their first included a skirmish in the post-match handshake line. NC State hosted Virginia Tech in a top-ten, non-conference dual between conference opponents. Non-conference because Virginia Tech did not make the trip earlier in the year after an unfortunate run of Covid-related issues. Fans from both sides almost demanded the match and coaches from both schools agreed. So what makes a good rivalry and what are some of the best? We've broken down eight current rivalries, some you may expect to see on the list, others that will surprise you. To judge these rivalries, we've created six rivalry-related criteria below. Each rivalry will get a score, between one and ten, based on how their rivalry stacks up. Wrestling Rivalry Criteria 1. Either a geographical or conference tie 2. Recruiting battles. Do the coaching staff's fight for the same kids? 3. Competitiveness. Are the matches close? Is there a question who will win? Does one team normally dominate? 4. National Significance. The results should have an impact on national/team rankings 5. Fan Involvement. There has to be animosity between the fanbases 6. History. It's one thing to have a heated dual meet, but do these teams have a long track record of competing against each other. Appalachian State vs. Campbell Criteria 1: 10/10. Both schools are in the SoCon and separated by about three hours. Criteria 2: 6/10. Campbell has generally recruited on a very national basis, moreso than Appalachian State. Even so, there are plenty of under-the-radar NC kids that both parties seek out. Criteria 3: 9/10. Since Kolat's arrival and under his successor, Scotti Sentes, Campbell has taken three of eight duals. Appalachian State won the first four, before the Camels reeled off three-in-a-row. Appalachian State retook a hold of the SoCon regular-season crown this season with a 19-13 win last weekend. You can almost guarantee that their duals will come down to the final bout. Campbell's seven-point win in 2020 represented the “largest” margin of victory by either squad since 2016. Criteria 4: 5/10. Both teams have a few wrestlers vying for the podium annually. They both are currently just outside of the top-25 for duals. Criteria 5: 8/10. Since both are relatively small schools, they don't have the widespread alumni base, like other schools on this list, but they aren't shy about their disdain for the other school. Criteria 6: 6/10. Appalachian State and Campbell have competed against each other since 1974, but did not meet between 1980-1990. There were also a few years in the early 2000's where they did not meet as Campbell was not in the SoCon yet. This is one that has really taken off over the last decade. Since Campbell made the huge splash and hired Cary Kolat in the spring of 2014, the Campbell program has been on a steep upward trajectory. Total Score: 44 Army West Point vs. Navy Criteria 1: 10/10. This whole rivalry probably deserves a story and a rating of its own, because it's not like any other on this list. The distance between West Point, New York and Annapolis, Maryland (150 miles) is largely irrelevant based on the other ways these schools are tied together. Both are services academies and whenever they meet, regardless of the sport, it's the biggest, most significant match/game on their calendar. Criteria 2: 5/10. While Army and Navy are chasing similar types of recruits, those looking to serve their country, first and foremost. That can eliminate some of the upper-echelon high schoolers who are focused on NCAA and international wrestling stardom. So it's a different “type” of recruiting going on, between the schools. Under their current coaches, both have elevated their recruiting game, in terms of the pre-collegiate wrestling accomplishments, while non compromising on the academic/intangible end. Criteria 3: 6/10. Of late, these duals have been highly competitive and went back-and-forth. However, in the big picture, Navy has dominated the series 51-10-5. Army West Point has excelled under Kevin Ward, defeating Navy in four of his first five years. The first two seasons under Cary Kolat's tutelage, the Midshipmen have come out victorious. Criteria 4: 4/10. Expect this dual to continue to have more relevance nationally as high-caliber recruits continue to commit to both programs. Aside from the 2020 campaign, Navy's last NCAA All-American came in 2016, while Army's was in 2008. That isn't to say there aren't quality wrestlers on both sides, but again, not at the caliber of the other schools on this list. Criteria 5: 10/10. Army head coach Kevin Ward once told me that this is a match where, “if you win, you'll find dozens of congratulatory emails from non-wrestling alums, you've never talked to before.” Army also has a “Beat Navy” tunnel on-campus that lists the year's where each team has defeated Navy in their respective sport. At either school, even a bad season isn't “that bad” if they beat the other academy. This rivalry even has a name, the “Star Match.” Criteria 6: 10/10. The Army/Navy match has a rich history dating back to 1957. Something tells me that this one will never drop off the schedule. Total Score: 45 Iowa vs. Iowa State Criteria 1: 10/10. Though these two are not in the same conference, they are only separated by about two hours. The coaching staffs for both schools have always made it a priority to keep the other on the schedule. Criteria 2: 6/10. This is kind of nuanced. Within the last five years or so, Iowa had been recruiting more outside of the state. Hence their five starters from Pennsylvania on the 2021 national title-winning team. Iowa State gets its fair share of kids outside of the state boundaries, too. Only three of their ten current starters are homegrown. Now, with a great crop of high schoolers from Iowa in the Class of 2022 and 2023, the Hawkeyes have flexed their muscles, a bit with 11 in-state commitments this fall. We'll settle for “not as much as one may expect” when it comes to recruiting battles. Criteria 3: 5/10. Overall, this is a series that has been dominated by the Hawkeyes to the tune of 16-65-3. Iowa State's last win over Iowa came in the 2004-05 season. The 2018-19 dual between these rivals was excellent, but the only one that went down to the final bout since 2009-10. Since then, the Cyclones have been held under ten team points on eight occasions. Hopefully, with a great season by Iowa State, the competitiveness in this rivalry is on an upswing. Criteria 4: 7/10. Throughout history, this has been a rivalry between college wrestling superpowers. The teams have combined to win 32 NCAA team titles (24 for Iowa; 8 for Iowa State). David Carr's 2021 NCAA title was only the third for an Iowa State wrestler since 2011. Once again, that number could rise in the near future and help enhance this series. Criteria 5: 10/10. It's safe to say this is a ten; however, some Iowa fans may downplay the significance of the rivalry because of the lack of competitive duals in the last decade-plus. Criteria 6: 10/10. While the history of this dual can be traced back to 1916, Iowa and Iowa State have been regular sparring partners since the mid-1970's. Some of the most legendary figures in the sport have competed in this dual (Dan Gable, Cael Sanderson, Tom Brands, Kevin Jackson, Spencer Lee, etc.). Total Score: 48 Cornell vs. Lehigh Criteria 1: 9/10. Only three and a half hours separate EIWA rivals Cornell and Lehigh, two schools located in neighboring states. The two are wrestling rivals, but in different conferences for other sports. The Ivy League for Cornell and the Patriot League for Lehigh. Criteria 2: 8/10. Despite Cornell being an Ivy, Lehigh has academics that are nearly on par with the Ivies. That can lead to some recruiting battles. Since Cornell has the Ivy title associated with them, they are more likely to recruit on a national level. Being located in one of the best hotbeds for wrestling in the country, Lehigh doesn't necessarily “have” to look very far for quality recruits. Criteria 3: 10/10. It's an overused cliche, but you can “throw out the record books” when these two teams take the mat. Look no further than early January when a 5-4 Lehigh team knocked off then-eighth-ranked Cornell. In fact, Lehigh has now won three straight duals against Cornell, which may come as a surprise to some. Both squads have combined to win every EIWA Championship title since 2001. Lehigh with nine (including the last four) and Cornell with 11 straight between 2007-2017. Criteria 4: 6/10. Since the early-2000's, Cornell has been a perennial top-ten team and is a regular team trophy threat. 2021 marked only the second time since 2004-05 that Cornell missed out on finishing in the top-ten at nationals. Their highwater mark was back-to-back national runner-up finishes in 2010 and 12. Lehigh hadn't seen that same level of success since 2000-06, when they collected two team trophies and missed the top-ten only once. While both programs have highlights individually and as a team, combined, they don't stack up recently in comparison to others on this list. Criteria 5: 8/10. If you weren't a part of this rivalry, you may have forgotten that these schools took a break from competing against one another in 2006-07 and 2007-08, because the rivalry was getting too heated. At least, between the two fanbases. That's a unique situation! Since then, it hasn't been quite as tense, but still one of the best to follow. Criteria 6: 9/10. Cornell and Lehigh have a rivalry that dates back to 1910! They've met 99 times, with Lehigh holding the advantage 63-33-3. As their dual record indicates, Lehigh has been more consistent throughout the history of their clashes, while Cornell has emerged dramatically over the past two decades. Total Score: 50 Iowa vs. Penn State Criteria 1: 5/10. 770+ miles, 12 hours via car, and three full states separate Iowa and Penn State. They are both members of the Big Ten; however, due to the size of the conference, they do not always meet in dual competition. Criteria 2: 9/10. The only thing that prevents this from being a 10/10 is the fact that the personality of each head coach and draws certain types of kids. Some may be better suited towards Iowa and gravitate toward Brands. All that being said, both are typically in the hunt for the brightest young superstars. Criteria 3: 9/10. Since Cael Sanderson arrived in Happy Valley, the dual results have favored the Nittany Lions, ever-so-slightly. Five matches to four. Though some final dual scores appear to be lopsided, they typically fell into the category of “closer than the score indicates.” Criteria 4: 10/10. Seeing how Penn State and Iowa have combined to win all but two NCAA team titles since Tom Brands was named Iowa head coach for the 2006-07 season, I'd say their duals have a bit of significance. Last year, two weight classes had Iowa and Penn State wrestlers meet for an NCAA title (along with the Big Ten too). Criteria 5: 10/10. Whenever these two teams renew their rivalry, it tends to be the most coveted dual ticket available. This year is no different as over 16,000 packed into Carver-Hawkeye Arena. If you don't believe this deserves a “10”, check out both teams' message boards. Criteria 6: 8/10. The 1992-93 season was Penn State's first in the Big Ten, but it took until Sanderson took over for Penn State to emerge as a consistent conference and national title threat for Iowa. 30 years of competition is very significant, but still not as long as some of the others; however, the quality of the meets/tournaments involving both schools since, is enough to make up for it. Total Score: 51 NC State vs. Virginia Tech Criteria 1: 9/10. The schools are in neighboring states and separated by about three and a half hours. Criteria 2: 9/10. NC State and Virginia Tech have been fixtures in the top-ten for recruiting rankings since NC State's top-ranked Class of 2016. Both schools have established themselves as spots where wrestlers can win national titles, which has put them amongst the recruiting powers of the Big Ten. They often are on the final list of schools for elite recruits. Criteria 3: 10/10. Last night's 21-10 win by NC State was an outlier for this series. Their previous four meetings came down to the last bout of the meet. The NC State/Virginia Tech rivalry has heated up since the hiring of Pat Popolizio in 2012. Since then, the schools have combined to win eight of the nine ACC Tournament titles. Each squad has four during that time period. Criteria 4: 8/10. This rivalry has developed into one that has great national significance. Both schools have recently earned their first NCAA team trophy (Virginia Tech - 2016 and NC State - 2018) and are generally among the top ten. They also are a safe bet for multiple All-Americans at nationals. Excluding 2020, the last time the Hokies failed to have at least three AA's was in 2012. The Wolfpack have had three or more three times since 2016. Criteria 5: 10/10. Before this season, I probably would have called it a 9 out of 10. But after the forfeited dual meet and the ensuing social media and message board chatter, I think it's safe to say it's a 10 out of 10. Criteria 6: 6/10. The first meeting between these schools was in 1955; however, Virginia Tech did not join the ACC until the 2004-05 season. Before the move, these schools had a gap between 1998 and 2004, where they did not dual. Some points were deducted as this rivalry isn't quite as huge in other sports. The Hokies primary rival in most other sports, and in general is Virginia, while North Carolina and Duke are for NC State. Total Score: 52 Iowa vs. Oklahoma State Criteria 1: 6/10. Wrestling blue-bloods Iowa and Oklahoma State are separated by about eight hours and Missouri and Kansas. They also aren't in the same conference. Most other sports wouldn't necessarily consider these schools rivals. Criteria 2: 8/10. For top-notch recruits with NCAA/World/Olympic aspirations, Iowa and Oklahoma State are routinely among their final schools and therefore, they go head-to-head often. Both schools recruit nationally, but tend to keep the bluest of their blue-chipper's at home. Criteria 3: 10/10. This is a series that tends to go in waves. The first year after Iowa's three-time champions graduated (2010-11), the schools tied at 15. Oklahoma State followed with back-to-back wins. Then Iowa reeled off three-in-a-row. From the 2017-20 seasons, the teams split their next four duals. The meetings between these schools can lead to upsets, as was the case in Stillwater in 2019 as Nick Piccininni and the Cowboys prevailed 27-12. Criteria 4: 10/10. Oklahoma State's 34 NCAA team titles are more than any other team in any other collegiate sport. Iowa's 24 are extremely impressive in their own right. Both schools have a handful of national title contenders every year. You have to go back to 2009 to find the last year where neither Iowa nor Oklahoma State crowned an individual national champion. These teams have been great on the international stage, too, as Oklahoma State grads have won 21 Olympic gold medals, while five Hawkeyes have won gold. Both are led by Olympic gold medalists, Iowa with Brands and Oklahoma State by John Smith. Criteria 5: 10/10. The schools have two of the largest and most renowned fanbases. Both are passionate in their own right. In November of 2015, the schools set a dual-meet attendance record when over 42,000 fans packed into Iowa's Kinnick Stadium for the “Grapple on the Gridiron.” Just a week ago, fans from both schools traveled to Texas, in the middle of the high school postseason, to watch these squads scrap at the Texas Rangers stadium; over 12,000 turned up. Criteria 6: 10/10. Without much more explanation, it's safe to say that both teams have a long, storied history of success and have battled for college wrestling supremacy for decades. Total Score: 54 Other Notable Wrestling Rivalries: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State - Bedlam! Held twice a year (great!), but traditionally dominated by the Cowboys. Iowa vs. Minnesota - Iowa was always blocking tough Minnesota teams from winning in the late 90's/early 2000's, before the Gophers finally broke through. We'll see how good this one is if Minnesota gets back into the title hunt. Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa - The head coaches got in on the fun this year with some good-natured trash talk, before an entertaining dual. The state of Iowa is passionate enough to have a great rivalry that doesn't include the Hawkeyes. Michigan vs. Ohio State - You know it's a good rivalry when the schools refuse to say each other's names correctly. North Carolina vs. NC State - As North Carolina continues to improve, this series will too. I experienced this dual firsthand in 2020 as the Wolfpack set an attendance record. It was an incredible event! Ohio State vs. Penn State - We mentioned them with other rivalries, but these two hit on the recruiting trail and have been team title favorites before Iowa's current resurgence. Princeton vs. Rutgers - Both teams have been on the rise over the last decade, leading to more nationally relevant results. Check-in a few years down the road and this could be a fun one. Missouri vs.??? - Missouri left the Big 12 prior to the 2012-13 season and joined the SEC. Since the SEC doesn't offer wrestling, Mizzou was an affiliate member of the MAC. Now, the Tigers are back in the Big 12. I can see rivalries developing or reigniting with perhaps Iowa State or Northern Iowa.

Missouri 138 lbs state champion Carter McCallister of Rock Bridge HS (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Last weekend, the ball got rolling for the high school state tournament season. This weekend it was in full force as some of the traditional powers like Illinois and Iowa held their much-anticipated season-ending tournaments. As these tournaments conclude, it begs the question, "how did my favorite team's recruits fare?" In some smaller states, it's almost a given that your college-bound studs are collecting another state title, while in the power states, with the deepest talent pools, such achievements are not guaranteed. Either way, we've combed through results from all of the state tournaments that have taken place thus far to find out how everyone's recruits have finished. For those wrestlers that go to the National Prep Championships, those results will be added as that tournament is conducted. We will update this article each week as more results become official. 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Air Force Evan Binder (Whitfield) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (132) Drake Buchanan (Center Grove) - Indiana State Champion (182) Peyton Hahn (Boonville) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (285) Appalachian State Hunter Adams (Gainesville) - Georgia 3A State Champion (182) Levi Andrews (Avery County) - North Carolina 1A State Champion (285) Ethan Shell (Avery County) - North Carolina 1A State Champion (138) Arizona State Tyler Antoniak (Millard South) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (152) Corey Camden (College Park) - Texas 6A State Qualifier (138) Diego Chavez (Santa Cruz Valley) - Arizona D4 State Champion (175) Michael Kilic (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (160) Army West Point Gage Cook (Granger) - Washington 1B/2B State Champion (285) Gunner Filipowicz (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (170) Jaime Rivera (Sunnyside) - Arizona D1 State Champion (150) Averett Braeden Fluke (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State third-place (220) Binghamton Will Ebert (Fairfield) - Connecticut Class LL State Champion (170) Fin Nadeau (Flathead) - Montana AA State Champion (145) Bucknell Murphy Menke (Ponderosa) - Colorado 5A State Champion (160) Campbell Dom Baker (New Kent) - Virginia 3A State Champion (170) Devon Bell (Laney) - North Carolina 4A State Champion (182) Jack Hawbaker (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State Runner-Up (152) Hagen Heistand (Underwood) - Iowa 1A State Champion (145) Chadron State Jackson Tonkovich (Batavia) - Illinois 3A State Qualifier (182) Chattanooga Cole Cochran (Woodland Cartersville) - Georgia 5A State Champion (160) Jeremy Paradice (Colquitt County) - Georgia 7A State Champion (160) Clarion Chase Cordia (Osage) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (182) Cleveland State Keith Ransom (Mexico) - Missouri Class 2 State Runner-Up (145) Columbia Evan Frost (Dowling Catholic) - Iowa 3A State Champion (132) Jacob Frost (Dowling Catholic) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (138) Yianni Vines (Thompson) - Alabama 7A State Champion (126) Cornell Foster Cardinale (Liberty) - Virginia 4A State Runner-Up (126) Davidson Jarek Stewart-Karolweics (Brevard) - North Carolina 2A State Runner-Up (285) Gardner-Webb Josh McCuthen (Valdosta) - Georgia 6A State Champion (195) George Mason Alex Frowert (Atlee) - Virginia 4A State Champion (152) Donovan Sprouse (Patriot) - Virginia 6A State Runner-Up (220) Hofstra Alex Turley (Webster Groves) - Missouri Class 3 third-place (126) Illinois Brian Beers (Barrington) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (126) Kole Brower (Moline) - Illinois 3A State Champion (138) Kannon Webster (Washington) - Illinois 2A State Champion (132) Indiana Cole Rhemrev (Stevenson) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (138) Gabe Sollars (Mater Dei) - Indiana State Champion (195) Indianapolis Nathan Smith (Southport) - Indiana State third-place (106) Iowa Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) - Iowa 3A State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) - Iowa 2A State Champion (285) Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (195) Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State sixth-place (145) Nate Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Champion (126) - Class of 2023 Ben Kueter (City High) - Iowa 3A State Champion (220) - Class of 2023 Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (160) Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (152) Drake Rhodes (Billings West) - Montana AA State Champion (160) Jace Rhodes (Mason City) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (132) Aiden Riggins (Waverly-Shell Rock) - Iowa 3A State Champion (160) Iowa State Carter Fousek (Crestwood) - Iowa 2A State Champion (138) Tate Naaktgeboren (Linn-Mar) - Iowa 3A State Champion (170) - Class of 2023 Christian Stanek (Xavier) - Iowa 3A State third-place (160) Fernando Villaescusa (Gilbert) - Iowa 2A State Runner-Up (182) Kent State Eli Ashcroft (Kearney) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (145) Keith Barr (Hickman) - Missouri Class 4 State sixth-place (138) Billy Meiszner (Providence Catholic) - Illinois 3A State fourth-place (132) Lander Samuel Gerard (Robinson) - Virginia 6A State Champion (152) Little Rock Kyle Dutton (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (145) Cael Keck (Park Hill) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (132) Keith Miley (Whitfield) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (285) Maryland Kal Miller (Park Hill) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (145) McKendree Logan Rathjen (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (152) Michigan Codei Khawaja (Floyd Central) - Indiana State Qualifier (170) Josh Knudten (Libertyville) - Illinois 3A State Champion (182) Missouri Ryan Boersma (Mt. Carmel) - Illinois 3A State Champion (285) J Conway (Floyd Central) - Indiana State Champion (160) David Cross (Francis Howell Central) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (138) Easton Hilton (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 third-place (138) Carter McCallister (Rock Bridge) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 Kaden Moore (Allen) - Texas 6A State Champion (138) Peyton Moore (Nixa) - Missouri Class 4 third-place (126) Zeke Seltzer (Cathedral) - Indiana State Champion (132) Owen Uhls (Fulton) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (138) Mount Olive Lucas Cotto (Laney) - North Carolina 4A State Qualifier (113) Navy Nick Vafiadis (New Kent) - Virginia 3A State Champion (160) NC State Jackson Baglio (Central Cabarrus) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (120) - Class of 2023 Danny Curran (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (132) Tommy Curran (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State Champion (145) Chase Horne (West Laurens) - Georgia 4A State Champion (285) Jeremiah Price (Surry Central) - North Carolina 2A State Champion (152) - Class of 2023 Vincent Robinson (Homewood) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (126) - Class of 2023 Cheaney Schoeff (Avon) - Indiana State third-place (132) - Class of 2023 Matthew Singleton (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (182) Nebraska Antrell Taylor (Millard South) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (170) Nebraska-Kearney Joey Airola (Boulder) - Colorado 5A State sixth-place (132) Jacob Awiszus (Gering) - Nebraska Class B State Champion (182) Newberry Aidan Lambert (Kellam) - Virginia 6A State fifth-place (160) North Carolina Nasir Bailey (Rich Township) - Illinois 3A State Champion (132) Cole Hunt (Cass) - Georgia 5A State Champion (120) Max Martin (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State sixth-place (120) Cade Tenold (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Champion (170) Carson Tenold (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Champion (195) North Dakota State Boeden Greenley (Lisbon) - North Dakota Class B State Champion (160) Northern Colorado Andrew Blackburn-Forst (Lockport) - Illinois 3A State Champion (220) Bryce Garcia (Pueblo County) - Colorado 4A State Champion (170) Brady Hankin (Woodland Park) - Colorado 3A State Runner-Up (138) Kobi Johnson (Loveland) - Colorado 4A State Champion (120) Northern Illinois Tom Bennett (Brother Rice) - Illinois 2A State Champion (170) Damien Lopez (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State third-place (152) Eli Rocha (Platte County) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (138) Northern Iowa Trever Anderson (Ankeny) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (120) Chet Buss (North Butler-Clarksville) - Iowa 1A State Champion (285) Garrett Funk (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Runner-Up (132) Cory Land (Moody) - Alabama 5A/6A State Champion (138) Wyatt Voelker (West Delaware) - Iowa 2A State Champion (195) Northwestern Sammie Hayes (Carl Sandburg) - Illinois 3A State sixth-place (120) Kai Neumark (Deerfield) - Illinois 2A State Runner-Up (138) Ohio Charlie Heydorn (Lake Forest) - Illinois 2A State fourth-place (182) Ohio State Jesse Mendez (Crown Point) - Indiana State Champion (138) Oklahoma Zan Fugitt (Nixa) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (120) - Class of 2023 Oregon State Isaiah Anderson (Chiawana) - Washington 4A State Champion (195) CJ Hamblin (Mountain View) - Washington 3A State Champion (170) Austin Scott (Mountain View) - Arizona D2 State Champion (157) Penn Christian Carroll (New Prairie) - Indiana State Champion (220) - Class of 2023 Presbyterian Ty Chittum (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State Champion (160) Princeton Drew Lang (West) - Utah 6A State Champion (144) Purdue Brody Baumann (Mater Dei) - Indiana State Champion (170) SIU Edwardsville Andrew Doehring (Lafayette) - Missouri Class 4 fourth-place (138) Bradley Gillum (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (182) Marcel Lopez (New London) - Iowa 1A State Champion (126) Brock Woodcock (St. Clair) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (145) - Class of 2023 St. Cloud State Archer Heelan (Kearney) - Nebraska Class A State fifth-place (120) Donnie Hidden (Washington) - Illinois 2A State Runner-Up (195) Nick Renteria (IC Catholic) - Illinois 1A State Champion (120) Jaydon Walls (Platte County) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (195) Stanford Daniel Cardenas (Pomona) - Colorado 5A State Champion (152) Hunter Garvin (Iowa City West) - Iowa 3A State Champion (152) Lain Yapoujian (Byers) - Colorado 2A State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 The Citadel Aiden Curry (Central Academy) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (160) Caelan Riley (Libertyville) - Illinois 3A State third-place (120) Dillon Roman (Monarch) - Colorado 5A State Runner-Up (138) Hayden Watson (Center Grove) - Indiana State Champion (145) Virginia Robert Avila Jr. (Iowa City West) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (145) Griffin Gammel (Waukee Northwest) - Iowa 3A State Champion (182) Garrett Grice (Bellevue East) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (138) Nick Hamilton (Papillion-La Vista) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (160) RJ May (Maggie Walker) - Virginia 3A State Champion (182) Kyle Montaperto (Central Academy) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (126) Cooper Rudolph (Robinson) - Virginia 6A State Champion (285) Virginia Tech Logan Frazier (Crown Point) - Indiana State Champion (126) - Class of 2023 Caleb Henson (Woodland-Cartersville) - Georgia 5A State Champion (152) Wyoming Kevin Zimmer (Carl Sandburg) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (285)

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Northwestern 20 Purdue 15 125 - Devin Schroder (Purdue) dec Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 5-0 133 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Matt Vinci (Northwestern) 9-5 141 - Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) dec Parker Filius (Purdue) 10-4 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) dec Alec White (Purdue) 8-3 157 - Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) fall Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 2:37 165 - Hayden Lohrey (Purdue) dec David Ferrante (Northwestern) 12-10 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) dec Emil Soehnlen (Purdue) 3-1SV 184 - Max Lyon (Purdue) dec Jack Jessen (Northwestern) 3-1SV 197 - Thomas Penola (Purdue) dec Andrew Davison (Northwestern) 5-3 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) tech Michael Woulfe (Purdue) 15-0 Harvard 19 Binghamton 17 125 - Beau Bayless (Harvard) dec Nick Curley (Binghamton) 9-8 133 - Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) maj Cole Bayless (Harvard) 11-1 141 - Ryan Anderson (Binghamton) dec Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) 5-1 149 - Lukus Stricker (Harvard) fall Michael Zarif (Binghamton) 4:20 157 - Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) maj Tyler Martin (Binghamton) 14-6 165 - Brevin Casella (Binghamton) dec Cael Berg (Harvard) 6-0 174 - Joshua Kim (Harvard) dec Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 10-5 184 - Luke Rada (Harvard) dec Cory Day (Binghamton) 4-1 197 - Sam DePrez (Binghamton) dec Will Hoeft (Harvard) 3-2 285 - Joe Doyle (Binghamton) maj Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 12-1 Arizona State 21 Lehigh 17 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) maj Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 10-2 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) maj Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 12-4 141 - Dan Moran (Lehigh) dec Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) 7-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Max Brignola (Lehigh) 5-2 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 8-5 165 - Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 6-1 174 - Jake Logan (Lehigh) tech Ryan Rochford (Arizona State) 20-5 184 - AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) fall Josh Nummer (Arizona State) 4:51 197 - Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) maj JT Davis (Lehigh) 12-4 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) dec Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 4-2TB Long Island 26 Sacred Heart 15 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) maj Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) 10-0 133 - Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 7-2 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) tech Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) 16-0 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) maj Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) 10-0 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 6-3 165 - Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) fall Blake Bahna (Long Island) 2:55 174 - Ryan Ferro (Long Island) fall Alex Marciniak (Sacred Heart) 1:39 184 - Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) dec James Langan (Long Island) 5-1 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) maj Mark Blokh (Sacred Heart) 16-3 285 - Tim Nagosky (Long Island) dec Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 9-3 Rutgers 21 Columbia 17 125 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) dec Joe Manchio (Columbia) 7-1 133 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) fall Angelo Rini (Columbia) 2:38 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) dec Andrew Gapas (Rutgers) 7-4 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) maj Asa Garcia (Rutgers) 10-0 157 - Andrew Garr (Columbia) dec Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 8-2 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) maj Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 13-4 174 - Nick Fine (Columbia) dec Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 2-1 184 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) dec Brian Bonino (Columbia) 3-1SV 197 - Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) fall Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 2:43 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Daniel Conley (Columbia) 5-1 Oregon State 39 CSU Bakersfield 5 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) 9-4 133 - Devan Turner (Oregon State) tech Romeo McNeil (CSU Bakersfield) 15-0 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) tech Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 20-2 149 - Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) tech Jason Shaner (Oregon State) 19-4 157 - Hunter Willits (Oregon State) fall Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 6:10 165 - Matt Olguin (Oregon State) tech Bradley Harper (CSU Bakersfield) 24-9 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) 6-4 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) fall Jacob Hansen (CSU Bakersfield) 3:27 197 - Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) dec Josh Loomer (CSU Bakersfield) 3-2 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) dec Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) 7-2 Clarion 26 Edinboro 11 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 10-1 133 - Alex Blake (Clarion) dec Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 5-3 141 - Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) dec Seth Koleno (Clarion) 12-8 149 - Brent Moore (Clarion) fall Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) :26 157 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 11-4 165 - Kolby Ho (Clarion) dec Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) 8-3 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 11-0 184 - Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) dec Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion) 4-2SV 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) tech Brett Wittmann (Clarion) 17-1 285 - Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 5-0 Buffalo 24 Ohio 9 125 - Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) dec Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) 3-1SV 133 - Derek Spann (Buffalo) dec Gio DiSabato (Ohio) 6-4 141 - Ben Freeman (Buffalo) maj Aidan Waszak (Ohio) 10-2 149 - John Arceri (Buffalo) dec Alec Hagan (Ohio) 3-2 157 - Michael Petite (Buffalo) dec Jordan Slivka (Ohio) 4-3 165 - Noah Grover (Buffalo) dec Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 8-2 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) disq Jake Lanning (Buffalo) 184 - Peter Acciardi (Buffalo) dec Logan Stanley (Ohio) 5-2 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Carson Brewer (Ohio) 6-5 285 - Toby Cahill (Buffalo) dec Jordan Greer (Ohio) 8-1 Maryland 31 American 12 125 - Max Leete (American) fall Zach Spence (Maryland) 4:09 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec King Sandoval (Maryland) 4-3 141 - Danny Bertoni (Maryland) tech Ethan Szerencsits (American) 16-0 149 - Michael North (Maryland) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 9-3 157 - Lucas Cordio (Maryland) fall Antonio Segura (American) 4:19 165 - Gaven Bell (Maryland) maj Cole Painter (American) 9-0 174 - Tim Fitzpatrick (American) dec Dom Solis (Maryland) 3-2 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) tech Colin Shannon (American) 18-0 197 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) fall Carsten Rawls (American) 1:47 285 - Zach Schrader (Maryland) dec Isaac Righter (American) 3-1SV Stanford 23 Cal Poly 14 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) maj Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 14-5 133 - Jackson DiSario (Stanford) dec Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 7-2 141 - Real Woods (Stanford) dec Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) 5-0 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-4 157 - Charlie Darracott (Stanford) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-4 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) dec Shane Griffith (Stanford) 6-1 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) tech Nathan Tausch (Cal Poly) 16-0 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) maj Nick Addison (Stanford) 17-3 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) fall Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) 6:02 285 - Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 7-4 Sunday's Dual Results Penn 36 American 7 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Max Leete (American) 5-0 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec Blair Orr (Penn) 5-2 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) maj Ethan Szerencsits (American) 20-7 149 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) fall Patrick Ryan (American) 1:05 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) maj Jack Nies (American) 17-6 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) tech Breon Phifer (American) 19-3 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) maj Tim Fitzpatrick (American) 14-4 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) maj Carsten Rawls (American) 10-2 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) fall Mervin Mancia (American) 2:27 285 - Isaac Righter (American) maj Nate Hoagland (Penn) 8-0 Cleveland State 22 George Mason 15 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) dec Logan Heil (Cleveland State) 7-1 133 - Jake Manley (Cleveland State) dec Michael Rapuano (George Mason) 11-6 141 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) tech Hunter Olson (Cleveland State) 15-0 149 - Marcus Robinson (Cleveland State) maj Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) 10-1 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) maj Joey Caprella (Cleveland State) 8-0 165 - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 6-1 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) dec Anthony Rice (Cleveland State) 7-1 184 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Kyle Davis (George Mason) 5-3 197 - Ben Smith (Cleveland State) dec Jon List (George Mason) 5-4 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) fall Ali Salem (George Mason) 3:06 Chattanooga 21 Indiana 15 125 - Jacob Moran (Indiana) dec Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) 6-5 133 - Brock Hudkins (Indiana) dec Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) 5-3 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) dec Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 3-1 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Graham Rooks (Indiana) 6-5 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 3-2 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Kasper McIntosh (Indiana) 7-4 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) fall Isiah Levitz (Indiana) 6:29 184 - DJ Washington (Indiana) maj Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) 20-8 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Nick Willham (Indiana) 3-2 285 - Jacob Bullock (Indiana) tech Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) 16-0 Wisconsin 19 Cornell 16 125 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) 13-3 133 - Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) dec Dom LaJoie (Cornell) 6-4 141 - Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) maj JJ Wilson (Cornell) 21-9 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) 12-6 157 - Hunter Richard (Cornell) dec Garrett Model (Wisconsin) 10-6 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) fall Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 3:16 174 - Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) dec Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell) 7-2 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Chris Weiler (Wisconsin) 9-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) 3-1SV 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) 6-2 Penn State 45 Rider 0 125 - Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) fall Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 2:59 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) tech Richie Koehler (Rider) 26-11 141 - Nick Lee (Penn State) dec Quinn Kinner (Rider) 6-3 149 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) maj Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 12-4 157 - Brady Berge (Penn State) maj Cole McComas (Rider) 14-4 165 - Creighton Edsell (Penn State) dec Michael Wilson (Rider) 7-6 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Shane Reitsma (Rider) 22-9 184 - Donovan Ball (Penn State) maj Corey Connolly (Rider) 12-3 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) fall Azeem Bell (Rider) :54 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) fall David Szuba (Rider) 1:11 Michigan 28 Central Michigan 12 125 - Jack Medley (Michigan) dec Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) 5-2 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Vince Perez (Central Michigan) 24-9 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) dec Stevan Micic (Michigan) 7-6 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) fall Kanen Storr (Michigan) 4:06 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Will Lewan (Michigan) 3-2TB 165 - Cameron Amine (Michigan) dec Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) 4-2 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) maj Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) 13-2 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) maj Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 20-7 197 - Patrick Brucki (Michigan) fall Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) 4:15 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) 7-4 Hofstra 22 Franklin & Marshall 11 125 - Jacob Moon (Hofstra) dec Gio Diaz (Franklin & Marshall) 5-4 133 - Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall) maj Matthew Templeton (Hofstra) 8-0 141 - Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall) dec Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 4-2 149 - Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) dec Cristaan Dailey (Franklin & Marshall) 5-3 157 - Joe McGinty (Hofstra) dec Chase McCollum (Franklin & Marshall) 7-5 165 - Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) dec Noah Fox (Franklin & Marshall) 7-1 174 - John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall) maj Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra) 11-1 184 - Charles Small (Hofstra) dec James Conway (Franklin & Marshall) 4-2 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) maj Michael Waszen (Franklin & Marshall) 15-4 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) dec Vincenzo Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall) 4-2 Brown 35 Sacred Heart 11 125 - Reese Fry (Brown) fall Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 2:39 133 - Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec Nicky Cabanilla (Brown) 3-2 141 - Timothy Levine (Brown) tech John Lafferty (Sacred Heart) 20-2 149 - Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) dec Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) 8-2 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) maj Jack Bokina (Brown) 13-4 165 - Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) maj Keegan Rothrock (Brown) 13-5 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) fall Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) 2:44 184 - James Araneo (Brown) fall Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart) 4:08 197 - Cade Wilson (Brown) dec Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) 7-3 285 - Lear Quinton (Brown) fall Nicholas Copley (Sacred Heart) 1:54 Appalachian State 46 Presbyterian 0 125 - Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) maj Benny Gomez (Presbyterian) 14-2 133 - Codi Russell (Appalachian State) tech Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) 25-9 141 - Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) tech Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 17-0 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) fall Reid Stewart (Presbyterian) 1:46 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) maj Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) 13-1 165 - Will Formato (Appalachian State) tech Sean Getty (Presbyterian) 16-0 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) maj Mason Watkins (Presbyterian) 14-3 184 - Barrett Blakely (Appalachian State) maj David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 10-0 197 - Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) tech Aiden Jean (Presbyterian) 19-0 285 - Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) maj Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) 12-3 Bloomsburg 29 Edinboro 14 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) fall Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 5:34 133 - Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) fall Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 6:22 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) maj Jackie Gold (Edinboro) 9-0 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) fall Sully Allen (Edinboro) 2:27 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) maj PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 12-1 165 - Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) maj Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) 8-0 174 - Joey Arnold (Edinboro) dec Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 4-2SV 184 - Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) dec Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) 8-4 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) maj David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 10-2 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 3-2 Northern Colorado 19 Air Force 18 125 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) 6-3 133 - Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) dec Sidney Flores (Air Force) 7-5 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) maj Cody Phippen (Air Force) 10-2 149 - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 5-2 157 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) fall Nathan Moore (Northern Colorado) 5:59 165 - Trey Brisker (Air Force) dec Jaziah Whaley (Northern Colorado) 9-3 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) 8-2 184 - Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) dec Noah Blake (Air Force) 3-1SV 197 - Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) dec Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) 9-6 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Robert Winters (Northern Colorado) 4:59 Northern Illinois 35 SIU Edwardsville 3 125 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) dec Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 5-2 133 - Drew West (Northern Illinois) maj Aaron Schulist (SIU Edwardsville) 15-1 141 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) FFT 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 8-4 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) maj Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 14-2 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 7-2 174 - Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) dec Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) 7-4 184 - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) fall Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 3:45 197 - Austin Andres (SIU Edwardsville) dec Tristen Gauman (Northern Illinois) 4-1 285 - Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) dec Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 Oklahoma State 18 Oklahoma 16 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 4-1 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) 12-4 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) maj Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 11-3 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) maj Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) 12-2 157 - Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) dec Daniel Manibog (Oklahoma State) 9-3 165 - Joe Grello (Oklahoma) dec Jalin Harper (Oklahoma State) 3-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) 4-3 184 - Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) dec Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 9-4 197 - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) maj Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 13-3 285 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 4-2 South Dakota State 32 North Dakota State 3 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) maj Lucas Rodriguez (North Dakota State) 9-0 133 - Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) dec Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 10-3 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) 8-3 149 - Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) dec Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 8-7 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) 10-3 165 - Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) dec Luke Weber (North Dakota State) 8-2SV 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) maj Austin Brenner (North Dakota State) 9-0 184 - Cade King (South Dakota State) dec DJ Parker (North Dakota State) 5-4 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) fall Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) 5:25 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Brandon Metz (North Dakota State) 3-2TB The Citadel 32 VMI 5 125 - Malik Hardy (The Citadel) maj Cam Chicella (VMI) 13-0 133 - Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) fall Patrick Maglathlin (VMI) 1:48 141 - Freddy Junko (VMI) dec Jackson Bradford (The Citadel) 5-1 149 - Ethan Willis (The Citadel) dec Luke Fegley (VMI) 6-0 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) fall Seth Fillers (VMI) 1:27 165 - Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) maj Blake Showers (VMI) 13-2 174 - Cole Burke (The Citadel) dec Jon Hoover (VMI) 2-0 184 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) dec Joel Diaz (VMI) 6-4 197 - Tyler Mousaw (VMI) dec Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 12-9 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 4-0 Oregon State 31 Stanford 9 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) fall Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 5:34 133 - Devan Turner (Oregon State) dec Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 5-1 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) fall Real Woods (Stanford) 3:54 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Cory Crooks (Oregon State) 9-4 157 - Hunter Willits (Oregon State) maj Charlie Darracott (Stanford) 12-3 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec Matt Olguin (Oregon State) 6-1 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 6-4 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) fall Nick Addison (Stanford) 5:29 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) dec Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) 6-2 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 7-3 NC State 21 Virginia Tech 10 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Jakob Camacho (NC State) 9-3 133 - Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) maj Kai Orine (NC State) 14-6 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) dec Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) 4-3 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 9-3 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 4-3 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 4-0 174 - Hayden Hidlay (NC State) dec Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) 3-1SV 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) dec Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 2-1 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) 6-0 285 - Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) dec Owen Trephan (NC State) 3-2 Iowa 20 Nebraska 15 125 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) 13-6 133 - Austin DeSanto (Iowa) tech Alex Thomsen (Nebraska) 22-7 141 - Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) dec Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) 6-3 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) dec Vince Turk (Iowa) 3-1 157 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 6-3 165 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 8-2 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) dec Michael Kemerer (Iowa) 5-4 184 - Taylor Venz (Nebraska) fall Abe Assad (Iowa) 6:12 197 - Eric Schultz (Nebraska) dec Jacob Warner (Iowa) 3-2 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) dec Christian Lance (Nebraska) 3-0

Trent Hidlay (left) and Hunter Bolen (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's finally happening! It will be 380 days since the last dual meeting between the Wolfpack and Hokies when they hit the mat Sunday evening. 380 days since Sam Latona shook Cassell Coliseum, with a last-second takedown and nearfall of Jakob Camacho, to give the Hokies the dual win on tiebreaker criteria. The teams split the dual championship and individual championship last season, with the Wolfpack bringing home the ACC trophy at the tournament. Though the lineups will look significantly different than last season--the competitive fire between the teams and their respective fanbases is as strong as ever. Only two matches on Sunday will be a repeat of last year's dual--Latona beat Camacho by decision and Hunter Bolen edged out a 2-1 victory over Trent Hidlay. While this match will be contested as a non-conference dual, there are certainly conference bragging rights on the line. The eyes of ACC nation and wrestling fans across the country will be on Raleigh Sunday night for this top-10 dual. 125: #20 Sam Latona vs #14 Jakob Camacho Latona holds a 3-0 head-to-head advantage over Camacho--the last match was a 2-1 win in TB1 for Latona in the ACC finals. Latona went on to earn All-American honors, finishing 6th last year. He got off to a sluggish start this season, but has looked phenomenal since the calendar turned to 2022; he has won six straight entering this dual and is 4-0 in the ACC. Camacho dropped a heartbreaker in the bloodround at the NCAA tournament last year to Killian Cardinale, but has put together a great season and enters this match at 14-2 with his losses to Spencer Lee and Noah Surtin. Both of these guys have been putting up great offensive numbers and are coming in with a lot of momentum. This match is very much a toss-up, but I lean toward Latona to move it to 4-0. 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #14 Kai Orine Myers earned All-American honors last year for the Hokies and this season has been the picture of consistency. He is 15-1 on the year with his lone loss to #4 Michael McGee in a one-point match. Orine has had an impressive season in his first year starting for the Wolfpack. He is coming into this dual at 13-3, but has dropped two tough back-to-back matches; 4-1 to Micky Phillippi and 4-2 in sudden victory to Joe Heilmann. Orine has a great pace and attacks very well. He has five tech falls and two major decisions on the year. He has also shown strong defense, especially for a more inexperienced wrestler. He held the super high-paced Austin Desanto to a major decision which was huge for the team battle against Iowa. Orine has shown he can hang with anyone in the weight, but I think Myers' experience and maturity give him the edge. 141: #22 Collin Gerardi vs. #24 Ryan Jack This match could be critical to determining the dual and it pairs up two very patient wrestlers who make it difficult for opponents to score. Jack is 13-6 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC. He has dropped his last two matches, but they were great bouts against very tough competition. He lost to #6 Cole Matthews 3-1 and #7 Kizhan Clarke 4-3. Gerardi enters at 10-6 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC, with losses to Matthews and Clarke as well. This has the makings of a gritty, low-scoring match. 149: #5 Bryce Andonian vs #3 Tariq Wilson SO much potential for fireworks in this one! After a hiatus in the middle of the season, Andonian has returned with a vengeance for ACC competition. He is 7-1 on the year, with his only loss to #2 Sammy Sasso in November. Andonian is 3-0 in the ACC with a decision win over Jarod Verkleeren, a major decision of #17 Zach Sherman and a 21-second pin of #14 Josh Finesilver. The Hokie 149 lber is a two-time NCAA qualifier and fell in the bloodround last year. Tariq Wilson is a four-time NCAA qualifier and has twice placed third at the NCAA tournament. He is undefeated on the year at 12-0 and has four wins in the ACC with decisions over Verkleeren, Sherman, Finesilver and Dan Mancini. Both of these guys are very dangerous from their feet. Wilson has incredibly fast shots and is able to close a lot of space with his length. Andonian isn't afraid to work from any position; he never seems to be uncomfortable with a situation and is always willing to take a risk to score points. This one is going to be fun. 157: #28 Connor Brady vs. #11 Ed Scott Don't count out the Hokies in this one just because there isn't a lofty ranking beside Brady's name. Brady started the year 11-2 before entering ACC competition but has dropped his last four and hasn't found a win in conference. Aside from a tech fall from Austin O'Connor, all of his conference matches have been close; he lost in sudden victory to #21 Elijah Cleary, a 4-3 decision on a last-second takedown to Wade Unger and a tight 5-3 decision to Jake Keating. Ed Scott has had a fantastic season and a highlight reel to show for it. He comes in at 18-1 with his only blemish an 11-10 loss to Keating. Scott won by tech fall over Unger and a 6-2 decision over Cleary; O'Connor did not wrestle in the UNC/NC State dual, so Scott won by tech fall over Mason Phillips. He has a 73% bonus rate on the year with seven pins and six tech falls. Scott is always in go mode and has put up some crazy offensive numbers this year. 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #21 Thomas Bullard This is another sneaky good match that will play a big role in the team outcome. Ulrey has had a strong season and has really come on in the second half. He is 14-11 on the year, but when you look into his record, it tells an interesting story. His record includes losses to the wrestlers currently ranked #2, #4, #7, #9, #16, #19 and #23--and only two of his losses were by bonus points. He has solid defense and fights to stay in every match, which has been a benefit to the team on multiple occasions. Bullard is a four-time NCAA qualifier and came back for his super senior year to help the team and make one more run at the All-American podium. He is 16-5 on the season and is 3-1 in the ACC with a one-point loss to #16 Jake Wentzel. He has great defense and is a solid top wrestler--he also has an uncanny ability to win close matches. 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. #4 Hayden Hidlay This match alone is worth the price of admission. This is the battle we have all had circled on the calendar. 2019 National Champion Mekhi Lewis takes on 3-time (4 with the shortened 2020 season) All-American Hayden Hidlay. They have never met before and are both at a new weight for the season; Lewis is up from 165 while Hidlay bumped up two weights from 157. Lewis comes in undefeated at 17-0, while Hidlay is coming off his first loss of the year on Friday night, when he was pinned by #9 Clay Lautt. Both of these guys are phenomenal on their feet; both creating their own offense and with lightning-quick reshots and go behinds. 184: #14 Hunter Bolen vs #3 Trent Hidlay If the first four times these guys have met have taught us anything, it is that this match will be an absolute battle. Bolen holds a 3-1 head-to-head advantage, but Hilday picked up the last win in the ACC finals last year on his way to an NCAA finals appearance; Bolen also finished on the podium last year, bringing home a 7th place finish. Bolen comes in at 19-3 and his only loss in the ACC was a sudden victory loss to Gavin Kane; Hidlay enters undefeated at 14-0. Their previous matches have all been low-scoring affairs, and I wouldn't expect anything different here as both are incredibly difficult to score on. 197: #30 Dakota Howard vs. #15 Isaac Trumble This is another match that could have an absolute bonkers score--both of these guys have incredible motors and aren't afraid to attack and go upper body. Howard is up two weight classes from last year's dual but has had a solid season at 197. He is 13-7 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC, with losses to Nino Bonaccorsi and Jay Aiello. Trumble is 18-3 and comes in on an absolute heater of a run, having upset wins over Jay Aiello and Nino Bonaccorsi in back-to-back weeks before winning a decision over Max Shaw on Friday. Trumble uses his length really well and is a tall 197--Howard is shorter for the weight but has an attack rate to rival anyone in the country. 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. #26 Tyrie Houghton I'd say the dual will come down to this match, but I just found out we are starting at 165--but this will still be a great match. Houghton won out the spot over Deonte Wilson and Owen Trephan, both of whom who also have ranked wins on the year. He is gritty and relentless for a big guy--he has several go-ahead takedowns in the third period. Traxler has had a fantastic season since transferring from Stanford. He lost early in the year to Tate Orndorff and then went on a nearly full season winning streak before dropping a tight decision to Quinn Miller on Friday. He is 16-2 on the year and 3-1 in the ACC. Trephan comes in at 21-8 for the season and 3-0 in the ACC.

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Friday's Dual Results Drexel 23 Rider 17 125 - Antonio Mininno (Drexel) fall Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 6:54 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 3-1 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) tech Jared Donahue (Drexel) 15-0 149 - Luke Nichter (Drexel) dec Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 9-4 157 - Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec Cole McComas (Rider) 5-2 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Michael Wilson (Rider) 8-3 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) fall Corey Connolly (Rider) 4:57 184 - Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) dec Shane Reitsma (Rider) 10-5 197 - Matt Correnti (Rider) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 8-2 285 - David Szuba (Rider) fall Eli Anthony (Drexel) 1:07 Chattanooga 44 Bellarmine 0 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) maj Jack Parker (Bellarmine) 10-1 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) maj Brandon Lucas (Bellarmine) 18-4 141 - Franco Valdez (Chattanooga) FFT 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Mitch Collica (Bellarmine) 12-3 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) fall Alex Rhine (Bellarmine) 1:37 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) 4-0 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) dec Eric Beck (Bellarmine) 5-3 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) fall Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 3:54 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) tech Bryant Wilkinson (Bellarmine) 18-1 285 - Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) dec Charlie Cadell (Bellarmine) 3-1 Maryland 22 Columbia 15 125 - Joe Manchio (Columbia) maj Zach Spence (Maryland) 14-4 133 - King Sandoval (Maryland) fall Angelo Rini (Columbia) :31 141 - Danny Bertoni (Maryland) dec Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 7-1 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) maj Michael North (Maryland) 16-5 157 - Lucas Cordio (Maryland) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 10-8 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) maj Gaven Bell (Maryland) 13-3 174 - Nick Fine (Columbia) dec Dom Solis (Maryland) 8-6 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) maj Brian Bonino (Columbia) 12-4 197 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 9-5 285 - Zach Schrader (Maryland) dec Dan Conley (Columbia) 6-0 Appalachian State 34 Davidson 6 125 - Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) fall Hale Robinson (Davidson) 4:27 133 - Codi Russell (Appalachian State) dec Kyle Gorant (Davidson) 6-4 141 - Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) maj Nick Cambria (Davidson) 10-2 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) maj Gavin Damasco (Davidson) 13-1 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) maj Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) 12-4 165 - Will Formato (Appalachian State) dec Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) 2-0 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) maj Lachlan Rosato (Davidson) 10-2 184 - Gavin Henry (Davidson) dec Brett Mordecai (Appalachian State) 5-3 197 - Finlay Holston (Davidson) dec Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) 3-2 285 - Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) fall Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) 5:59 Pittsburgh 29 Duke 12 125 - Gage Curry (Pittsburgh) maj Logan Agin (Duke) 8-0 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) fall Drake Doolittle (Duke) 5:27 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) maj Patrick Rowland (Duke) 17-4 149 - Josh Finesilver (Duke) maj Dan Mancini (Pittsburgh) 12-4 157 - Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) dec Wade Unger (Duke) 6-4 165 - Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) maj Gabe Dinette (Duke) 9-1 174 - Matt Finesilver (Duke) tech Hunter Kernan (Pittsburgh) 15-0 184 - Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) maj Vincent Baker (Duke) 10-2 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) maj Kaden Russell (Duke) 11-2 285 - Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) dec Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) 3-2 NC State 25 North Carolina 12 125 - Jakob Camacho (NC State) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 7-2 133 - Joe Heilmann (North Carolina) dec Kai Orine (NC State) 4-2SV 141 - Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 4-3 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Zach Sherman (North Carolina) 6-2 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) tech Mason Phillips (North Carolina) 21-6 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) maj Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 10-2 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) fall Hayden Hidlay (NC State) 3:34 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) maj Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 13-3 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 6-0 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 6-2 Kent State 29 SIU Edwardsville 12 125 - Jake Ferri (Kent State) tech Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 19-3 133 - Matt Malavsky (SIU Edwardsville) FFT 141 - Louis Newell (Kent State) FFT 149 - Kody Komara (Kent State) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 3-1SV 157 - Robert Pryhocki (Kent State) fall Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 3:25 165 - Brady Chrisman (Kent State) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 174 - Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) dec Michael Ferree (Kent State) 11-9 184 - Colin McCracken (Kent State) dec Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1 197 - Tyler Bates (Kent State) dec Austin Andres (SIU Edwardsville) 3-1SV 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Jacob Cover (Kent State) 3-0 Oklahoma State 32 Bucknell 6 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) 3-0 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) tech Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) 21-6 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Darren Miller (Bucknell) 8-3 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Kolby DePron (Bucknell) 9-3 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 7-5 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 5-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) fall Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 1:44 184 - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) maj Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 21-8 197 - Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) dec Mason McCready (Bucknell) 3-2 285 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) tech Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 20-4 Rutgers 24 Princeton 13 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) maj Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 13-3 133 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) dec Nick Kayal (Princeton) 8-4 141 - Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) tech Danny Coles (Princeton) 20-3 149 - Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) dec Marshall Keller (Princeton) 8-7 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) InjDef Robert Kanniard (Rutgers) 165 - Blaine Bergey (Princeton) dec Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 8-5 174 - Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) dec Nate Dugan (Princeton) 3-2 184 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) maj Mikey Squires (Princeton) 15-6 197 - Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) dec Luke Stout (Princeton) 9-3 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Matt Cover (Princeton) 6-4SV Virginia Tech 20 Virginia 15 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 9-4 133 - Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) dec Brian Courtney (Virginia) 8-3 141 - Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) dec Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) 6-2 149 - Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) dec Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 5-4 157 - Jake Keating (Virginia) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 5-3 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 6-2 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) maj Justin Phillips (Virginia) 17-5 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) maj Michael Battista (Virginia) 14-3 197 - Jay Aiello (Virginia) fall Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) 6:23 285 - Quinn Miller (Virginia) dec Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) 4-3 Michigan State 19 Central Michigan 17 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) dec Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) 3-2 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) maj Vince Perez (Central Michigan) 15-4 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) dec Matt Santos (Michigan State) 7-3 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Peyton Omania (Michigan State) 9-5 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) 4-3 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Caleb Fish (Michigan State) 6-4 174 - Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) dec Nate Jimenez (Michigan State) 7-1 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) fall Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 3:58 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) dec Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) 10-5 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) fall Brad Wilton (Michigan State) 5:43 Gardner-Webb 28 Presbyterian 7 125 - Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) maj Aedyn Concepcion (Gardner-Webb) 16-2 133 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) dec Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) 11-6 141 - Trevon Majette (Gardner-Webb) maj Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 11-3 149 - Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb) dec Reid Stewart (Presbyterian) 3-1 157 - Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) dec Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb) 7-3 165 - Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) tech Sean Getty (Presbyterian) 17-2 174 - Evan Schenk (Gardner-Webb) dec Mason Watkins (Presbyterian) 11-7 184 - Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) dec David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 3-1 197 - Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb) dec Aiden Jean (Presbyterian) 11-2 285 - Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) dec Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) 6-0 Navy 22 Army West Point 9 125 - Jacob Allen (Navy) dec Ryan Chauvin (Army West Point) 5-1 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) maj Dominic Carone (Army West Point) 13-2 141 - Corey Shie (Army West Point) dec Tyler Hunt (Navy) 7-3 149 - Matt Williams (Army West Point) dec Jonathan Miragalia (Navy) 10-3 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Markus Hartman (Army West Point) 10-4 165 - Jon Park (Navy) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 3-0 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Shane Sosinsky (Navy) 9-2 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Brad Laughlin (Army West Point) 6-4 197 - Jake Koser (Navy) dec JT Brown (Army West Point) 2-1 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) dec Brandon Phillips (Army West Point) 3-2 Wyoming 25 West Virginia 11 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) maj Jake Svihel (Wyoming) 13-4 133 - Job Greenwood (Wyoming) dec Garett Lautzenhesier (West Virginia) 4-2 141 - Darren Green (Wyoming) dec Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 3-2 149 - Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) dec Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 3-1 157 - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 7-2 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 13-2 174 - Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) dec Dennis Robin (West Virginia) 3-0 184 - Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) maj Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 9-1 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) fall Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 2:35 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 9-4

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This is a great weekend to have your eyes on the ACC. We start the weekend with three duals on Friday night that will feature some in-state rivalries and some fire matchups. I'm going to change up the preview a bit this week and focus on a couple matches from each dual that I think will A. be great matches and B. have a major impact on the dual. To cap off this final weekend of regular-season action, we get a top-10 battle in Raleigh between the Wolfpack and the Hokies--I'll have a full breakdown of that dual out this weekend. #23 Pittsburgh at Duke The Panthers make the trek to North Carolina for the second time this month, this time to face the Blue Devils. Unfortunately, the strength of each of these teams doesn't match up well, so we won't have any ranked versus ranked matches, but there will still be a couple good ones to keep your eyes on. The first match I'm watching is at 149. Mancini has been real scrappy each time he's gotten the start for the Panthers and gave #3 Tariq Wilson a battle last week. Finesilver is looking to finish his run through a loaded weight class on a high note. A win in this match could be big for where he falls in the bracket at the ACC championship. I'm also pretty excited to watch the heavyweights get after it. Both of these guys have shown the ability to let it fly this season, so I'm hoping the final match ends that way. 285 is one of the weaker weights in the ACC, so there will be a battle in Charlottesville to steal an NCAA slot. This match could determine who is on the same side as Nathan Traxler, who has run through the weight class. 125: #30 Gage Curry vs. Ty Naquin/Logan Agin 133: #10 Micky Phillippi vs. Drake Doolittle 141: #6 Cole Matthews vs. Patrick Rowland 149: Dan Mancini vs. #14 Josh Finesilver 157: #19 Elijah Cleary vs. Wade Unger 165: #16 Jake Wentzel vs. Gabe Dinette 174: Hunter Kernan vs. #16 Matt Finesilver 184: Greg Harvey vs. Vince Baker 197: #8 Nino Bonaccorsi vs. Kaden Russell 285: Jake Slinger vs. Jonah Niesenbaum #8 Virginia Tech at Virginia The Commonwealth Clash is always a big deal, regardless of the sport. I'm expecting a raucous crowd on Friday at Mem Gym; the Hoos have done a great job marketing this dual and the Hokies travel very well. This will be the first of two duals this weekend for the Hokies, but I don't see that impacting them in any way here. There are a few matches in this dual to pay extra attention to--starting early at 133. Courtney has had a great season so far at 11-3 and has seemed to be building momentum. He has an uncanny ability to find his way through scrambles to get points, but in this match, he will have to create the scrambles as Myers is one of the cleanest shot finishers in the conference. I encourage you to watch Korbin's matches this year and focus on how well he is able to float and control his hips both on takedowns and on top; it's a thing of beauty. The second focus match is at 157 with Connor Brady and Jake Keating. Keating comes in at 11-4 and has looked great in-conference. He has a big win over Ed Scott and wrestled very well in his loss to Austin O'Connor. Keating is coming in with momentum, while Brady is looking to get out of the biggest slump of his season. Brady lost his first two ACC matches in close bouts--a sudden victory loss to Elijah Cleary and a last-second takedown loss to Wade Unger, but last week was blown out 25-10 by O'Connor. The Hokies will need him at his best this weekend, and that will start with the Keating match. The final focus match is at 184 with Battista and Bolen. Battista enters at 14-3 with all three losses to wrestlers in the top-10; two of those were major decision losses to Gavin Kane and Trent Hidlay in the ACC. After those two losses, Battista seemed to be back to the form he was successful with early in the season, putting up 34 points in two matches against Duke last week. Bolen comes in at 18-3 with his losses to #9 Kane, #10 Kyle Cochran and #13 Jonathon Loew. He dropped a sudden victory match to Kane last week 3-1 in a great battle between the two. I expect both guys to bring their A-game to this dual and put on an entertaining match. 125: #20 Sam Latona vs. Patrick McCormick 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #20 Brian Courtney 141: #22 Collin Gerardi vs. Dylan Cedeno 149: #5 Bryce Andonian vs. #32 Jarod Verkleeren 157: #28 Connor Brady vs. #26 Jake Keating 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #23 Justin McCoy 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. Justin Phillips 184: #14 Hunter Bolen vs. #25 Michael Battista 197: #30 Dakota Howard vs. #16 Jay Aiello 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. #32 Quinn Miller #18 North Carolina at #4 North Carolina State The rivalry between UNC and NC State is STRONG and we will get to see it play out on the mat in Raleigh Friday night. There are some awesome matches in this dual and I fully expect this to be a battle from the opening whistle. There are a lot of potential focus matches in this dual, so I'll try to narrow it down to a couple. The match between Wilson and Sherman will be the 8th match between them in their college careers--Wilson holds a strong 6-1 record in these matches. At 157, I fully expect to see some fireworks between O'Connor and Scott--both of them are wide open and not afraid to go upper body and they can both put up crazy amounts of points. It should be a fun one. The other two big matches to watch feature the Hidlay brothers. They will both face #9 ranked Tar Heels, who have been on an absolute heater. Lautt had won 9 straight before dropping a decision to Mekhi Lewis last week. Kane has won 13 straight, including the upset win over Bolen last week. Both Hiday brothers come in with unblemished records. Hayden is 11-0 with a 73% bonus rate and Trent is 13-0 with a 92% bonus rate. Both have been dominating nearly everyone in their path and don't seem to be ready to stop any time soon. Both matches will be statement wins--no matter which way they end up. 125: Spencer Moore vs. #14 Jakob Camacho 133: #21 Joe Heilmann vs. #14 Kai Orine 141: #7 Kizhan Clarke vs. #24 Ryan Jack 149: #17 Zach Sherman vs. #3 Tariq Wilson 157: #5 Austin O'Connor vs. #11 Ed Scott 165: Isaias Estrada vs. #21 Thomas Bullard 174: #9 Clay Lautt vs. #4 Hayden Hidlay 184: #9 Gavin Kane vs. #3 Trent Hidlay 197: #27 Max Shaw vs.#15 Isaac Trumble 285: Brandon Whitman vs. #26 Tyrie Houghton

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's the last Friday of the dual season! How time flies when you're not actually making weight and competing. While the Big Ten Network, specifically B1G+, is loaded with content again tonight, there's a slightly different look to the duals. None of them are interconference clashes; they all feature a Big Ten school hosting an out-of-conference opponent. In two cases, these B1G schools face in-state competition, which adds a different level of intensity to the match. Below are the three dual on the B1G+ tonight, how to watch them, and what to look out for on this last Friday of the dual portion of the season. (All times eastern) #19 Central Michigan at #21 Michigan State - 6pm/How to watch: B1G+ Ranked Match: #16 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) vs. #17 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) While only one of the ten bouts in this dual features a pair of ranked wrestlers, there are a lot of quality contests on tap for this in-state battle. Both teams happen to be better in dual competition as opposed to tournaments. At 149 lbs, Corbyn Munson just dropped out of the rankings this week, but has had a strong year for Central Michigan, amassing a 20-6 record. He'll face Peyton Omania, a 2021 national qualifier, who was a World Team member last season in Greco-Roman. Omania also has a Junior World bronze medal on his resume. The headliner is a matchup at 157 lbs between a pair of returning national qualifiers that are currently ranked next to one another, with Lovett and Saldate. Lovett comes in with an 11-match winning streak, while Saldate is looking to get back on the winning path, having lost in his last two appearances. Neither loss could be classified as “bad” since his opponents were both ranked in the top-eight. From 165-197, most of Central Michigan's prospective starters were on the shortlist of wrestlers considered for the national rankings, but didn't make the cut this week. That should make for interesting matches at 165 and 197, both solid weights for the Spartans. A season-ending injury pushed Caleb Fish into MSU's starting lineup at 165; however, he has acquitted himself well and sports a 20-8 record. His bout with Tracy Hubbard should be considered a swing match in this dual. At 197, #5 Cam Caffey will see Aaron Bolo of Central Michigan. A winner of seven of his last eight, Bolo has downed a pair of returning national qualifiers during his hot streak and is 11-5 overall. Caffey has risen to the level of his competition this year. He went through the Big Ten portion of his schedule unscathed, picked up wins over five ranked opponents in the process. With returning NCAA champion AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) out for the year, due to injury, Caffey's shot at a national title is just as good as anyone at this weight. Columbia at Maryland - 7 pm/How to watch: B1G+ This is a dual between a pair of emerging programs that have been tearing up the recruiting trail, of late. Both Columbia and Maryland have seen their results on the mat pick up as well. Though there are no matches between ranked wrestlers in this meet, there are several intriguing ones. Expect fireworks at 133 lbs, because that's what happens when King Sandoval takes the mat for the Terps. The NCAA leader in falls, with 12, Sandoval regularly puts together flashy moves that circulate on social media. He'll face a tough test in #23 Angelo Rini, who is a combined 43-16 during his almost two years competing for Columbia. 174 lbs has a pair of wrestlers on the cusp of a national ranking with Nick Fine (Columbia) and Dom Solis (Maryland). Fine is a true freshman that's hit a bit of a rough patch, losing three of his last six matches; however, he's still 18-10 on the year. Solis won his first three Big Ten duals of the year, culminating in a major decision victory over Rutgers' Connor O'Neill on Saturday. Without a doubt, Maryland's best wrestler this year has been #10 Kyle Cochran at 184 lbs. Cochran won the Southern Scuffle and is 20-6 on the year. While he's a heavy favorite over Brian Bonino, the Lion 184 lber does have a pair of recent wins over returning national qualifiers (David Key - Navy and Gregg Harvey - Pittsburgh), so he's capable of an upset. Princeton at Rutgers - 7 pm/How to watch: B1G+ Ranked Matches: #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton) vs. #27 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) #23 Travis Stefanik (Princeton) vs. #11 John Poznanski (Rutgers) #19 Luke Stout (Princeton) vs. #11 Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) It's always fun when these in-state rivals clash, especially with the emergence of both teams as national powers. Both are expected to feature a pair of returning All-Americans in their lineup, Rutgers with Sebastian Rivera at 141 and John Poznanski at 184 and Princeton with Patrick Glory at 125 and Quincy Monday at 157. Glory has been excellent this year with a perfect 12-0 record and bonus points in 58% of his bouts. Ever the showman and team player, Glory will look to silence the Rutgers home crowd with another bonus-point win against a capable opponent in Dylan Shawver. The Scarlet Knight 125 lber took his lumps in the Big Ten (5-4), but is still 18-6 for the year. Over the past few weeks, All-American John Poznanski has taken some uncharacteristic losses at 184 lbs. Does Travis Stefanik represent a chance to get back to his winning ways or another potential roadblock? Stefanik is best remembered for posting a huge win over Cornell in 2019-20 that allowed Princeton to snap Cornell's Ivy League stranglehold. Perhaps the best match of the night, rankings-wise, is at 197 lbs between Clarion graduate-transfer Greg Bulsak and young Luke Stout. As eluded to earlier, 197 is wide open nationally. There looks to be little separating the top-ranked wrestlers from someone at #19, like Stout. A win for the Tiger could do wonders for his NCAA seeding. Bulsak holding server in his home gym will help him gain confidence needed to make the NCAA podium for the first time.

4x NCAA All-American Logan Storley(photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Several levels of college wrestling will be on display in MMA this weekend as shows from the PFL, Bellator and the UFC feature wrestlers with experience at the NAIA, NCAA Division III, NJCAA and Division I levels are in action. The following is a preview of the former top college wrestlers fighting this Friday and Saturday. PFL Challenger Series 1 Josh Silveira vs. Mohamed Juma The former Arizona State wrestler made his professional MMA debut in 2019, but Silveira is on the verge of earning a contract with a major league promotion. He will take on Juma in the main event of the very first PFL Challengers Series. The event is designed to select competitors for upcoming PFL seasons. Silveira won the 197-pound Pac 12 title for the Sun Devils in 2016 to qualify for the NCAA tournament. He turned professional three years later and currently sports an undefeated 7-0 record. Juma, a native of South Sudan, holds an 8-2 record but enters the fight coming off a loss. Taylor Johnson vs. Alexander Poppeck Johnson started his collegiate wrestling career at Oregon State before transferring to Southern Oregon. After the move, he became a three-time NAIA All-American, with his best finish resulting in a national title in 2014. Johnson recently ended a four-fight run in Bellator that saw him upset former NCAA champion Ed Ruth and drop a decision against former Missouri wrestler Johnny Eblen. Johnson is now 7-3 as a professional. Poppeck, Johnson's opponent on Friday, came up short in his shot on Dana White's Contenders Series back in 2019, but he has won three straight since that loss and has a 12-3 record. The four-fight PFL Challengers Series 1 card will stream live on Fubo TV on Friday at 9pm ET. UFC Vegas 48 Chas Skelly vs. Mark Striegl Skelly finished his high school wrestling career with a 164-3 record and won a Texas state championship. He then continued wrestling at Oklahoma City University, where he became an NAIA All-American. Skelly made his UFC debut back in 2014, and he has gone 7-3 with one "no contest." This will be his first fight since 2019. Striegl will bring an 18-3 record into the cage, but he is coming off a loss against Said Nurmagomedov in his UFC debut in 2020. The entire UFC Vegas 48 card will air live on ESPN+. Skelly's fight will be part of the preliminary card, which begins at 4pm ET. Bellator 274 Logan Storley vs. Neiman Gracie Storley, a four-time All-American for Minnesota, returns to action in the main event of Bellator 274 against a member of the legendary Gracie family. The former Golden Gopher finished his college career in 2015 with a 119-27. Less than a year later, he made his professional MMA debut. Storley won five fights before signing with Bellator in 2017. With the promotion, he has gone 7-1, with his only loss coming against current welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov. Gracie holds an 11-2 record and has picked up wins over former wrestlers Ruth and Jon Fitch. Chance Rencountre vs. Andrey Koreshkov Rencountre was an NJCAA All-American for Labette in 2007, who then finished his eligibility at Fort Hays State. He went 2-2 in the UFC between 2018 and 2019, but left the promotion after a loss against Lyman Good. Rencountre has bounced back with a pair of wins, and his record currently stands at 16-4. Koreshkov defeated Douglas Lima to claim the welterweight title in 2015 and has a 24-4 professional record. Brennan Ward vs. Brandon Bell Ward's wrestling career began at Colby Community College before he transferred to Johnson & Wales. He made the finals of the Division III NCAA tournament in 2010 to become an NCAA All-American. Ward returned to the tournament the following year but was eliminated from All-American contention by multiple-time Greco world team member Joe Rau. This will be Ward's first fight since 2017. Bell, his opponent, has a 10-10 record and is currently riding a three-fight losing streak. Jordan Newman vs. Cody Herbert Newman was a two-time NCAA Division III champion and three-time All-American for Wisconsin Whitewater. As a senior in 2018, he was named D3 National Wrestler of the Year by D3Wrestle.com. Newman made his professional MMA debut under the Bellator banner in 2019. He has gone 3-0 with the promotion, with his last victory coming via technical knockout last April. Herbert is 2-0 as a professional, but he also fought twice in Jorge Masvidal's bare-knuckle MMA promotion last year, splitting a pair of fights. Isaiah Hokit vs. Theodore Macuka Hokit began his college wrestling career at Drexel. However, when Fresno State revived their program he transferred back to his home state. He was a two-year starter for the Bulldogs and went 15-12 in his last year in the lineup. Hokit went 2-2 at the Big 12 tournament in 2019, but finished short of NCAA qualification after a loss to Oklahoma State's Joe Smith. He made his MMA debut at Bellator 261 last June and suffered an upset knockout. Hokit will look to turn things around against Macuka, who is 1-2 as a professional and previously lost to Division II champion Cody Law. Bellator 274 also takes place on Saturday night. Ward, Newman and Hokit will be on the YouTube undercard, which begins at 6pm ET. The main card starts at 9pm ET on Showtime. BKFC: Knuckle Mania 2 Chad Mendes vs. Joshuah Alvarez It might not be MMA, but the former UFC title challenger will be back in action on Saturday. Mendes will face off against Alvarez in a bare-knuckle boxing match. He was a two-time All-American for Cal Poly and made the finals of the 2008 NCAA tournament at 141 pounds before coming up short against Ohio State's J Jaggers. Mendes returned to the UFC in 2018 after serving a suspension and split a pair of bouts. This will be his first fight since falling against current featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. If you are the type who is interested in watching bare-knuckle boxing, Knuckle Mania 2 will air via internet pay-per-view on Fite.TV.

2x NCAA champion Ben Askren (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Let's get down to business this week! What are your thoughts on single champ states vs multiple champs per state in high school? @Obrats Being from a single champ state, I'm clearly not for it. But I do see the benefit of it, even though I have no idea if it's even a reason for it. I imagine having twice as many. Or sometimes six times as many state champs, as a single state, raises awareness to all areas of some very large states, therefore keeping the participation levels up. Maybe I just made that up. I don't know. I suppose two classes isn't the worst thing, but anything beyond that is a bunch of malarky. With the tremendous success of the Jagger Bag, might we get a Jagger Podcast in the offseason, or perhaps next season? Give the fans what they want. @Obrats A double dose of Dan here, who also doubles as the guy who sneaks me into Rutgers matches. The main reason is simply that I don't like the sound of my voice. In the right setting, I'm no stranger to the gift of gab. But something about being on some kind of recorded show flips off a switch instead of on. Don't get me wrong, I like doing them and have no problem saying yes if asked, but I can't see ever having my own show. (Immediately trademarks the name Jaggin' Off) Should high school and college folkstyle have identical rules? @coachbiskits I bounced this around my mates Richard and Clay and they both think they should be the same. Personally, I like the idea of having to adapt to new settings as you move up. Plus, the logistics of doing stuff like riding time may be too much to handle at your average high school tournaments. Would Shane Sparks dominate Ben Askren in anything else besides wrestling takes? @BVillaD2wrestle Proper television grooming? Come on Ben, you host a show with some of the most dapper men to grace a screen. Let's get some product in that wild mane. Who wins the NC State vs. VT match? Should they also start at 197 pounds? @Rhino184 It's the first Sunday without football and we've been blessed with the unsanctioned makeup of the doomed Hokie-Wolfpack dual that we all wanted. It doesn't bother me that it isn't for the ACC title. In fact, I prefer that it's just a grudge match between two great teams and fanbases who are not fond of each other. Even better than that, it's on a Sunday night with no competition as opposed to a packed Friday night. It only seems fitting that you start at 197 and close with the Brothers of Destruction vs the Hokie duo of Lewis and Bolen. Think about it. 12-12 after eight matches. HH-Mekhi. Nobody knows what will happen there at all and possibly the most intriguing match of the season to date. Then you have Hoagie-Hunter. You assume it has to favor Trent here. But he's only 1-3 against Bolen with an overtime victory. Now it is their most recent matchup, so has he figured Bolen out, or was it a case of being due? Maybe it's a little of both, as the combined score of all four of their matches is 8-6. That's insane. Bottom line is it could very well come down to this match. I'll be watching. Rock Harrison will be freaking out. Jersey Hokie may get banned from Twitter. Thank you to both teams for putting their differences aside and getting it done. This next month is the best time for high school and college wrestling. Soak it all in before the long offseason.

Iowa State's NCAA champion David Carr (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Almost five years ago, to the day, Iowa State hired Kevin Dresser in hopes that he could bring the storied Cyclone wrestling team back to perennial national contender status. At the time, Dresser had taken Virginia Tech from a program that only claimed five individual All-Americans, prior to his arrival, to a squad that finished fourth in the nation a year earlier, ahead of luminaries like Iowa. The finish was no Cinderella story either; Dresser's Virginia Tech teams tallied top-ten finishes at the previous three NCAA Tournaments, as well. But resurrecting the Iowa State program was a completely different animal. It's one thing to build at a school with little history and initial expectations. It's another to do so when you receive a large contract to coach in a wrestling-mad state that doesn't tolerate above-average performances. "Pressure is a privilege" is a quote that Dresser uses frequently and anyone around him for an extended period of time has probably heard. In addition to any self-induced pressure to win, Dresser and Iowa State also have to contend with an Iowa team that dominates the headlines and the recruiting landscape. Look no further than the 2021 fall recruiting period to see how much of a stranglehold the Hawkeyes have in-state. Already boasting a talented future lineup, Iowa managed to get commitments from five top-200 seniors and three top-100 juniors…..all are in-state products. That doesn't even include top prospects from Pennsylvania prep power, Wyoming Seminary, as Iowa has one blue-chipper from the next two graduating classes aboard. If that isn't enough, Iowa has legendary Olympic gold medalist Tom Brands at the helm, the same coach that Dresser antagonized while at Virginia Tech. Dresser's current staff includes a pair of national champions for Brands' in Brent Metcalf and Derek St. John. For the factors above, and more, it's easy to see that Dresser had the cards stacked against him in trying to revive this Cyclone program. Wednesday night, the nation got to see the Cyclones and Dresser's handiwork up close as Iowa State edged #10 Missouri to finish the regular season with a 15-1 dual record and a perfect mark in the Big 12. Iowa State will finish the dual season, at minimum, ranked fifth in the country, a height that the Cyclones hadn't seen since the 2009-10 season. Though we celebrate Iowa State today, the turnaround didn't happen overnight. The head coaching position was available because previous head coach, Kevin Jackson, was let go amidst a 1-12 campaign that saw only three ISU wrestlers end up qualifying for nationals. Year one under Dresser didn't go much better as Jarrett Degen, the only wrestler to follow him from Virginia Tech, qualified yet fell a match shy of the podium. The team went 7-10. Perhaps the biggest score from year one was signing blue-chip recruit, David Carr, son of Cyclone legend Nate Carr. Just a year later, nine Cyclones qualified for the Big Dance. Degen and Missouri transfer Willie Miklus broke into the top-eight. The Iowa State staff resisted the urge to throw Carr into the fire and redshirted him during the 2019-20 campaign. As a result, Chase Straw got the nod at 157 lbs and ended up winning the first Big 12 title under the new regime. Once again, nine Iowa State wrestlers qualified for nationals in 2020; however, they and 321 other wrestlers were unable to make the trip to Minneapolis due to the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. Three ISU wrestlers were seeded in the top eight and therefore named NWCA First-Team All-Americans (Ian Parker, Degen, Carr). Last year was a breakthrough for Iowa State as David Carr went undefeated and claimed the national title at 157 lbs. In doing so, Carr became the Cyclones first individual champion since Kyven Gadson in 2015 and Dresser's first as a head coach. Carr's finish, along with heavyweight Gannon Gremmel making the podium, helped lead Iowa State to a tie for 13th place at the 2021 NCAA Championships. Despite Carr's finish and return at 157 lbs, national expectations for the Cyclones weren't extremely high this year. Degen was the only other returning All-American and he missed large chunks of the last two years due to injuries. Even with six returning qualifiers and the addition of another in Buffalo-transfer, Sam Schuyler, it didn't look like the Cyclones had the firepower to contend with the top dogs in the Big 12 (Missouri and Oklahoma State), much less nationally. As recently as December, most observers pegged this Iowa State squad as good, but not great. The Cyclones suffered a 23-11 loss to the hated Hawkeyes and it looked like more of the same in Ames. What we didn't know at the time was that Iowa State wouldn't lose another dual during the 2021-22 season. The first hint that things may have changed was a January 14th mauling of a Wyoming team that appeared to be solid in dual competition. Iowa State took eight of ten bouts in a 32-6 romp of the Cowboys. It was more of the same against North Dakota State and Oklahoma, both of who have spent time in the national rankings this year, and neither amassed more than nine points. Two days after their win over the Sooners, Dresser's team shocked Oklahoma State, 20-12. Kysen Terukina and Marcus Coleman picked up key wins at 125 and 184 lbs, respectively. Both Terukina and Coleman have been instrumental in the rise of the Cyclones. Terukina has won 17 of 20 matches and has been a mainstay in the top-20. Last year, Terukina was the lowest-seeded 125 lber at nationals. Coleman seems to have found a home after bouncing between 174-197 during previous years. Like Terukina, Coleman only has three losses on the year and is a bonafide podium threat. After the OSU win, Iowa State put up lopsided victories over West Virginia and Air Force, before gutting out a tough win against in-state rival Northern Iowa, 16-15. That set the stage for Wednesday night's dual at #10 Missouri, a team that Iowa State had never beaten under Dresser. Like the UNI bout, the dual came down to the big men and the Cyclones upperweights came through. Friday, it was Schuyler who was clutch for ISU; Wednesday night, it was Yonger Bastida. The 197 lber Bastida put up a major decision against UNI that accounted for the extra point in a dual that was tied five matches apiece. Last night, Bastida rallied to knock off sixth-ranked Rocky Elam. Bastida's pace forced two late stalling calls, which sent the bout into sudden victory. Quickly, Bastida was able to get in on a low leg attack and takedown the normally stingy Elam, for an 8-6 win. His victory ensured that Missouri would need to post a major decision just to have a chance. That wasn't the case as the Tigers Zach Elam defeated Schuyler, 2-0. The Missouri win gives Dresser's team an 8-0 conference record for the year and extends their winning streak to 13 matches. Next on the docket for the Cyclones is their "Last Chance Open," on Sunday, before the Big 12 Championships two weeks from now. Iowa State currently has all ten of its starters ranked in InterMat's national rankings. In Detroit, at the NCAA Championships, Iowa State will attempt to break into the top-ten for the first time under Dresser and the first time in over a decade (2009-10), which seems like an eternity for a school with eight NCAA team titles in their trophy case and five NCAA trophy finishes between 2000-10.

Harvard 165 lber Phil Congiliaro (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Notable News O'Malley of Drexel earns EIWA Wrestler of the Week Penn defeats Drexel to take home Cheesesteak Trophy American – no competition last week Army – no competition last week Binghamton Binghamton was on the road this weekend. They took on #7 Cornell. Brevin Cassella (165) and Jacob Nolan (174) got the Bearcats on the board with a decision each. Joe Doyle (#20 – 285) won via fall Boxscore: No. 7 Cornell 28, Binghamton 12 125: Greg Diakomihalis (C) won by decision over Nick Curley (B), 13-9 133: Dom LaJoie (C) won by decision over #32 Anthony Sobotker (B), 5-2 141: JJ Wilson (C) won by fall over Christian Gannone (B), 1:51 149: Mike Venosa (C) won by decision over Mike Zarif (B),4-2 157: #24 Hunter Richard won by technical fall over Tyler Martin (B), 20-4 165: Brevin Cassella (B) won by decision over Jake Brindley (C), 7-2 174: Jacob Nolan (B) won by decision over Andrew Berreyesa (C), 6-3 184: #13 Jonathan Loew (C) won by major decision over Cory Day (B), 12-3 197: #19 Jacob Cardenas won by major decision over Sam DePrez (B), 12-4 285: #20 Joe Doyle (B) won by fall over Brendan Furman (C), 3:19 The Bearcats rested some ranked starters in Anderson and DePrez. This team has wrestled tough competition throughout the year, and it is paying off. It will be fun to see guys that have emerged like Sobotker, Anderson, and Cassella potentially be the bracket buster. Doyle and DePrez have shots to win EIWA titles. The postseason will be here before we know it. Brown Brown spent the weekend on the road, with duals at Columbia and LIU. They split matches on the weekend. Even though there were no wins against Columbia, Hunter Adrian (125lb) was in a tight one against ranked Manchio. He then pulled out a nice win over Sagaris of LIU. Against LIU, both Timothy Levine (141) and Drew Clearie (174) earned bonus-point victories. Jack Bokina was back in the lineup at 157lb, earning an overtime win against LIU. At 184lb, James Araneo earned a decision against LIU, as did Nicky Cabanillas at 133lb. Boxscore: Columbia 37 – Brown 0 125: No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) def. Hunter Adrian (BRO): Dec. 3-1 133: No. 24 Angelo Rini (COL) def. Nicky Cabanillas (BRO): Maj. 11-3 141: Kenny Duschek (COL) def. Tim Levine (BRO): Dec. 6-2 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Blake Saito (BRO): Dec. 7-2 157: Andrew Garr (COL) def. AJ Corrado (BRO): Dec. 10-3 165: No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) win via forfeit 174: Nick Fine (COL) win via forfeit 184: Brian Bonino (COL) def. James Araneo (BRO): Dec. 8-6 197: Sam Wustefeld (COL) def. Cade Wilson (BRO): Dec. 5-1 285: Danny Conley (COL) def. Lear Quinton (BRO): Dec. 7-2 Boxscore: Brown 22 – LIU 12 184: James Araneo (Brown) def. James Langan (LIU), 11-4 D 197: Nunzio Crowley (LIU) def. Cade Wilson (Brown), 4-2 D 285: Tim Nagosky (LIU) def. Lear Quinton (Brown), 6-3 D 125: Hunter Adrian (Brown) def. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 D 133: Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) def. Kaelan Francois (LIU), 5-2 D 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) def. Devin Matthews (LIU), F 149: Drew Witham (LIU) def. Blake Saito (Brown), 7-5 D (overtime) 157: Jack Bokina (Brown) def. Rhise Royster (LIU), 8-4 D (overtime) 165: Blake Bahna (LIU) def. AJ Corrado (Brown), 3-0 D 174: Drew Clearie (Brown) def. Tom DeGennaro (LIU), 19-6 MD The Bears have been battling the injury bug, with two forfeits against Columbia. On one hand, you do not want to see it during an EIWA meet. But, you also do like the team as healthy as possible for conferences. I trust the coaching staff is pursuing the latter of the options. It was good to see the Brown squad bounce back with a win after a shut out from Columbia. With no one in the national rankings yet, expect Brown to play the role of “darkhorse” in many brackets at EWIAs. Bucknell The Bison were on the road, competing at a tough Grace Hall on Lehigh's campus. Zach Hartman (#18 – 165) started the dual off with nearly a major decision over Meyer (#25) At 133lb, Kurt Phipps earned a decision, followed by Darren Miller (#26 – 141) The last win came from Nick Delp at 157lb Boxscore: Bucknell 12 – #23 Lehigh 21 165: #18 Zach Hartman (BU) dec. over #25 Brian Meyer (LU) 10-3 174: Jake Logan (LU) dec. over Sam Barnes (BU) 9-5 184: A.J. Burkhart (LU) dec. over Logan Deacetis (BU) 5-1 197: J.T. Davis (LU) dec. over Mason McCready (BU) 8-3 285: #7 Jordan Wood (LU) fall over Luke Niemeyer (BU) 0:57 125: Sheldon Seymour (LU) dec. over Brandon Seidman (BU) 2-1 133: Kurt Phipps (BU) dec. Satoshi Abe (LU) 11-5 141: #26 Darren Miller (BU) dec. over Drew Munch (LU) 8-2 149: #28 Max Brignola (LU) dec. over Kolby DePron (BU) 6-3 157: Nick Delp (BU) dec. over Luca Frinzi (LU) 2-0 The Bison battled in a tough Lehigh environment, winning four matches. If another close match swings Bucknell's way, they could have pulled off this upset. With Lehigh losing the previous four matches, they were hungry to get another win under their belt. Seidman with a one-point loss to Seymour is a “good loss” if you believe in that type of thing. This team has been tough this season, but expect them to be up for a tall task when they take on #11 Oklahoma State in Oklahoma this weekend. Columbia The Lions hosted two Ivy League opponents in Harvard and Brown. They won both matches, only losing one dual on the day. Joe Manchio (#31 – 125) had two close wins on the weekend At 133lb, Angelo Rini (#24) was 2-0 on the weekend, as was Danny Fongaro at 149lb Nick Fine had a win over Kim of Harvard, who was recently dropped from the rankings. Boxscore: Columbia 27* - Harvard 3 184: Brian Bonino (COL) def. Luke Rada (HAR) SV-1 3-1 197: Sam Wustefeld (COL) def. Nick Marcenelle (HAR) dec. 3-0 285: Danny Conley (COL) def. Jeffrey Crooks (HAR) dec. 9-2 125: No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) def. Beau Bayless (HAR) dec. 3-2 133: No. 24 Angelo Rini (COL) def. Dillon Murphy (HAR) dec. 6-3 141: No. 19 Matt Kazimir (COL) def. Michael Jaffe (HAR) dec. 2-0 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Lukus Stricker (HAR) dec. maj. 11-1 157: Andrew Garr (COL) def. Trevor Tarsi (HAR) dec. 4-2 165: No. 15 Philip Conigliaro (HAR) def. No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) dec. 5-3 174: Nick Fine (COL) def. Joshua Kim (HAR) dec. 7-5* Boxscore: Columbia 37 - Brown 0 125: No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) def. Hunter Adrian (BRO): Dec. 3-1 133: No. 24 Angelo Rini (COL) def. Nicky Cabanillas (BRO): Maj. 11-3 141: Kenny Duschek (COL) def. Tim Levine (BRO): Dec. 6-2 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Blake Saito (BRO): Dec. 7-2 157: Andrew Garr (COL) def. AJ Corrado (BRO): Dec. 10-3 165: No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) win via forfeit 174: Nick Fine (COL) win via forfeit 184: Brian Bonino (COL) def. James Araneo (BRO): Dec. 8-6 197: Sam Wustefeld (COL) def. Cade Wilson (BRO): Dec. 5-1 285: Danny Conley (COL) def. Lear Quinton (BRO): Dec. 7-2 All around, it was a dominant weekend by the Lions. Winning 19 of 20 matches over Ivy League competition is a great sign for Coach Tanelli and staff. It seems they have separated themselves from some of the Ivy League competition, but still have a ways to go to reach Cornell, Penn, and Princeton. The program is moving in the right direction. Expect a handful of wrestlers to make the NCAA tournament while repping the light blue Columbia singlets. Cornell (#7) Cornell hosted Binghamton to a dual. They rested a couple starters, but still came away with the victory. Greg Diakomihalis stepped in at 125lb to come away with a win. At 133lb, Dom LaJoie won over Sobotker (#32) JJ Wilson has been wrestling very well lately at 141lb, coming away with a fall At 149lb, we saw Mike Venosa earning a pin while wrestling in place of Yianni Boxscore: No. 7 Cornell 28, Binghamton 12 125: Greg Diakomihalis (C) won by decision over Nick Curley (B), 13-9 133: Dom LaJoie (C) won by decision over #32 Anthony Sobotker (B), 5-2 141: JJ Wilson (C) won by fall over Christian Gannone (B), 1:51 149: Mike Venosa (C) won by decision over Mike Zarif (B),4-2 157: #24 Hunter Richard (C) won by technical fall over Tyler Martin (B), 20-4 165: Brevin Cassella (B) won by decision over Jake Brindley (C), 7-2 174: Jacob Nolan (B) won by decision over Andrew Berreyesa (C), 6-3 184: #13 Jonathan Loew (C) won by major decision over Cory Day (B), 12-3 197: #19 Jacob Cardenas (C) won by major decision over Sam DePrez (B), 12-4 285: #20 Joe Doyle (B) won by fall over Brendan Furman (C), 3:19 The Big Red showed off their depth this weekend. With at least half of the lineup being non-starters, the team picked up right where they left off. The amount of depth this team has is pretty incredible. Last week, they claimed an Ivy League title. They will be looking to stay on top of the EIWA Conference once again this year. We could even see them in the NCAA trophy hunt if all goes well. Drexel The Dragons fell in the battle of the Cheesesteak trophy against friendly rival Penn. Mickey O'Malley (#11 – 174) once again came away with a pin over Incontrera (#18) The only other victory came at 133lbs, where Jaxon Maroney won by decision Boxscore: #18 Penn 35 – Drexel 8 149: Kaya Sement def. Tyler Williams, Fall 4:52, Penn leads 6-0 157: #20 Doug Zapf def. Parker Kropman, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 9-0 165: #21 Lucas Revano def. #26 Evan Barczak, 4-3 Dec, Penn leads 12-0 174: #11 Mickey O'Malley def. #18 Nick Incontrera, Fall 3:00, Penn leads 12-6 184: #31 Neil Antrassian def. Bryan McLaughlin, 15-12 Dec, Penn leads 15-6 197: #31 Cole Urbas def. Santino Morina, 17-2 Tech Fall, Penn leads 20-6 285: #28 Ben Goldin def. Liam Dietrich, Fall 1:22, Penn leads 26-6 125: #19 Ryan Miller def. Antonio Mininno, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 29-6 133: Jaxon Maroney def. Kelly Dunnigan, 7-4 Dec, Penn leads 29-8 141: #12 CJ Composto wins by forfeit, Penn wins 35-8 The Dragons had a few chances to tighten this one up, but failed to do so. Barczak gave up a last-second takedown to Revano. I could watch these two wrestle each other all day – what a great matchup they are. McLaughlin was in a fun-to-watch battle with Antrassian. Again, without Nichter at 149, and Donahue at 141lb, this team is still battling some injury. We are expecting them to be at full strength this week. If things start to click for this team, they will have many placewinners at EIWAs. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats took a short trip to Millersville to compete for the highly-coveted Rupp Cup. Wil Gil (141lb) had the only fall for the Diplomats Gio Diaz (125lb), Christiaan Dailey (149), and Cenzo Pelusi (285) all walked away with major decisions At 197lb, Mike Waszen earned a technical fall Boxscore: Franklin & Marshall 29, Millersville 10 125: Gio Diaz (F&M) maj. Bryce Beatty (MILL); 13-2 (4-0) 133: Devin Flannery (MILL) dec. Pat Phillips (F&M); 6-4 (SV) (4-3) 141: Wil Gil (F&M) WBF Danny Capozzoli (MILL); 0:48 (10-3) 149: Christiaan Dailey (F&M) maj. Elijah Tuckey (MILL); 14-4 (14-3) 157: Jonathan Parrilla (MILL) dec. Chase McCollum (F&M); 9-2 (14-7) 165: Brandon Connor (MILL) maj. Anthony Micci (F&M); 14-4 (14-10) 174: John Crawford (F&M) dec. Guy DeLeonardis (MILL); 5-0 (17-10) 184: James Conway (F&M) dec. Anthony Giampietro (MILL); 11-8 (20-10) 197: Mike Waszen (F&M) TF Daniel Pereira (MILL); 2:57 (18-0) (25-10) 285: Cenzo Pelusi (F&M) maj. Jordan Espinosa (MILL); 11-1 (29-10) The Diplomats were favored over the D2 squad of Millersville. This is a fun little local rivalry that both teams look forward to. F&M came away winning seven of ten bouts, with a majority of those coming from bonus victories. This team is 8-1 on the year, only losing to Davidson. It is good to see this team have success. Hopefully, this success carries into EIWAs. Harvard The Crimson were on the road for two matches. They split with Columbia and Hofstra. Philip Conigliaro (#15 – 165) was 1-0 on the weekend with a marquee matchup over Ogunsanya (#19) of Columbia Against Hofstra, both Beau Bayless (125) and Dillon Murphy (133) won by decision There were three majors by Harvard from Michael Jaffee, (141), Trevor Tarsi (157), and Joshua Kim (174) At 149lb, Lukus Stricker had the only fall for Harvard Boxscore: Columbia 27* - Harvard 3 184: Brian Bonino (COL) def. Luke Rada (HAR) SV-1 3-1 197: Sam Wustefeld (COL) def. Nick Marcenelle (HAR) dec. 3-0 285: Danny Conley (COL) def. Jeffrey Crooks (HAR) dec. 9-2 125: No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) def. Beau Bayless (HAR) dec. 3-2 133: No. 24 Angelo Rini (COL) def. Dillon Murphy (HAR) dec. 6-3 141: No. 19 Matt Kazimir (COL) def. Michael Jaffe (HAR) dec. 2-0 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Lukus Stricker (HAR) dec. maj. 11-1 157: Andrew Garr (COL) def. Trevor Tarsi (HAR) dec. 4-2 165: No. 15 Philip Conigliaro (HAR) def. No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) dec. 5-3 174: Nick Fine (COL) def. Joshua Kim (HAR) dec. 7-5* Boxscore: Harvard 24 - Hofstra 19 184: No. 33 Charles Small (HOF) def. Leo Tarantino (HARV), Injury Default 3:44 (Hofstra 6-0) 197: No. 33 Trey Rogers (HOF) vs. Luke Rada (HARV), Fall 1:30 (Hofstra 12-0) 285: No. 18 Zachary Knighton-Ward (HOF) def. Jeffrey Crooks (HARV), Dec. 15-8 (Hofstra 15-0) 125: Beau Bayless (HARV) def. Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (HOF), Dec. 4-0 (Hofstra 15-3) 133: Dillon Murphy (HARV) def. Matt Templeton (HOF), Dec. 3-0 (Hofstra 15-6) 141: Michael Jaffee (HARV) def. Justin Hoyle (HOF), MD 15-5 (Hofstra 15-10) 149: Lukus Stricker (HARV) def. Mike Leandrou (HOF), Fall 1:57 (Harvard 16-15) 157: Trevor Tarsi (HARV) def. Joe McGinty (HOF), MD 12-3 (Harvard 20-15) 165: Ricky Stamm (HOF) def. Alex Whitworth (HARV), MD 11-1 (Harvard 20-19) 174: Joshua Kim (HARV) def. Ericson Velasquez (HOF), MD 18-5 (Harvard 24-19) The Crimson had a nice win over an experienced Hofstra team. They won five-in-a-row at one point to take the lead, eventually never looking back. The team's lower half has talent in it but having Conigliaro in the lineup is a huge benefit for this team. He seems to elevate the performance of the rest of his teammates by simply being on the mat. I am excited to see how many of the Crimson wrestlers can place at conferences – it can range from one to seven, in my opinion. Hofstra The Pride had two home duals, both against EIWA competition. They lost to Harvard, then beat Sacred Heart. Charles Small (#33 – 184) won by injury default and pin Trey Rogers (#33 – 197) had two falls on the weekend Zachary Knighton-Ward (#18 – 285) won by major and received a forfeit At 165, Ricky Stamm won by two major decisions Against Sacred Heart, Justin Hoyle (141) and Michael Leandrou (149) both won by tech fall. At 157, Joe McGinty was 1-1 on the week with a fall. Boxscore: Harvard 24 - Hofstra 19 184: No. 33 Charles Small (HOF) def. Leo Tarantino (HARV), Injury Default 3:44 (Hofstra 6-0) 197: No. 33 Trey Rogers (HOF) vs. Luke Rada (HARV), Fall 1:30 (Hofstra 12-0) 285: No. 18 Zachary Knighton-Ward (HOF) def. Jeffrey Crooks (HARV), Dec. 15-8 (Hofstra 15-0) 125: Beau Bayless (HARV) def. Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (HOF), Dec. 4-0 (Hofstra 15-3) 133: Dillon Murphy (HARV) def. Matt Templeton (HOF), Dec. 3-0 (Hofstra 15-6) 141: Michael Jaffee (HARV) def. Justin Hoyle (HOF), MD 15-5 (Hofstra 15-10) 149: Lukus Stricker (HARV) def. Mike Leandrou (HOF), Fall 1:57 (Harvard 16-15) 157: Trevor Tarsi (HARV) def. Joe McGinty (HOF), MD 12-3 (Harvard 20-15) 165: Ricky Stamm (HOF) def. Alex Whitworth (HARV), MD 11-1 (Harvard 20-19) 174: Joshua Kim (HARV) def. Ericson Velasquez (HOF), MD 18-5 (Harvard 24-19) Boxscore: Hofstra 37 – Sacred Heart 15 184: Charles Small (Hofstra) wbf. over Sebastian Ford (Sacred Heart), 3:19 197: Trey Rogers (Hofstra) tech fall Logan Michael (Sacred Heart), 27-12 (5:37) 285: Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) won by forfeit 125: Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) wbf. over Jacob Moon (Hofstra), 3:44 133: Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec. Matthew Templeton (Hofstra), 5-3 141: Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) tech fall Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart), 18-3 (7:00) 149: Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) tech fall William Bianchi (Sacred Heart), 18-2 (5:19) 157: Joe McGinty (Hofstra) wbf. over David Tufankiljan (Sacred Heart), 2:40 165: Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) maj. dec. Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart), 16-3 174: Joe Sacco (Sacred Heart) won by forfeit The Pride showed a lot of heart in the past few weeks, after battling with COVID issues and injuries. It must be refreshing to get a win on Senior Day and show off their hard work. The upper third of this lineup is rock solid, with three guys ranked. Stamm is in and out of the rankings at 165, so they have four serious threats to qualify for NCAAs at minimum. Let's hope this team comes ready to compete in a few weeks when it matters most. Lehigh (#20) The Mountain Hawks welcomed the Bison of Bucknell into Grace Hall this weekend. They got back in the win column after suffering their fifth straight loss to Princeton the night prior. Jordan Wood (#7 – 285) had two bonus-point wins At 174lb, Jake Logan was another Lehigh wrestler to win both matches this weekend. Malyke Hines (#18 – 133) suffered an injury against Princeton. Both Connor McGonagle (141) and Max Brignola (#28 - 149) had close wins over Princeton Boxscore: #19 Princeton 20 - #23 Lehigh 16 197: Luke Stout (Princeton) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 6-3 285: Jordan Wood (Lehigh) major dec. Matt Cover (Princeton) 12-1 125: Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 9-4 133: Nick Kayal (Princeton) injury default Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 1:09 141: Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec. Danny Coles (Princeton) 3-2 149: Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec. Marshall Keller (Princeton) 3-1 157: Quincy Monday (Princeton) major dec. Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 12-3 165: Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec. Jake Marsh (Princeton) 5-3 174: Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Nate Dugan (Princeton) 7-0 184: Travis Stefanik (Princeton) major dec. AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 15-4 Boxscore: #23 Lehigh 21 – Bucknell 12 165: #18 Zach Hartman (BU) dec. over #25 Brian Meyer (LU) 10-3 174: Jake Logan (LU) dec. over Sam Barnes (BU) 9-5 184: A.J. Burkhart (LU) dec. over Logan Deacetis (BU) 5-1 197: J.T. Davis (LU) dec. over Mason McCready (BU) 8-3 285: #7 Jordan Wood (LU) fall over Luke Niemeyer (BU) 0:57 125: Sheldon Seymour (LU) dec. over Brandon Seidman (BU) 2-1 133: Kurt Phipps (BU) dec. Satoshi Abe (LU) 11-5 141: #26 Darren Miller (BU) dec. over Drew Munch (LU) 8-2 149: #28 Max Brignola (LU) dec. over Kolby DePron (BU) 6-3 157: Nick Delp (BU) dec. over Luca Frinzi (LU) 2-0 The Mountain Hawks are a little banged up. That Hines injury at 133 was the difference in the bout for Lehigh against Princeton. Adding to Lane's injury at 125, the usually solid lower weights at Lehigh are now filled with non-starters in this key point of the season. Josh Humphreys did not wrestle this weekend either, to make things worse. Anyway, once the team gets healthy, they will be a force to be dealt with at EIWAs and NCAAs. This team has a way of peaking at the right time annually. Long Island The Sharks hosted the Brown Bears to a conference dual. At 197lb, Nunzio Crowley won his matchup over Wilson Tim Nagosky (285) and Drew Witham (149) each earned a victory At 165lb, Blake Bahna had a nice win over Corrado Boxscore: Brown 22 – LIU 12 184: James Araneo (Brown) def. James Langan (LIU), 11-4 D 197: Nunzio Crowley (LIU) def. Cade Wilson (Brown), 4-2 D 285: Tim Nagosky (LIU) def. Lear Quinton (Brown), 6-3 D 125: Hunter Adrian (Brown) def. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 D 133: Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) def. Kaelan Francois (LIU), 5-2 D 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) def. Devin Matthews (LIU), F 149: Drew Witham (LIU) def. Blake Saito (Brown), 7-5 D (overtime) 157: Jack Bokina (Brown) def. Rhise Royster (LIU), 8-4 D (overtime) 165: Blake Bahna (LIU) def. AJ Corrado (Brown), 3-0 D 174: Drew Clearie (Brown) def. Tom DeGennaro (LIU), 19-6 MD LIU won four of ten bouts, while missing one of their best wrestlers in Ferro at 174lb. The Sharks have been wrestling tough lately. We have talked about the youth of the team, in regard to them recently being promoted to the D1 level and brought into the EIWA conference. No one likes a loss, but this is a one they can probably see some positives. I am hoping this team performs well in the postseason. It would be great for the team and conference. Navy – no competition last week Penn The Quakers hosted PRTC partner, Drexel, and won in dominant fashion to take back possession of the Cheesesteak Trophy. This was a day after they beat Princeton At 149, we saw Kaya Sement earn a fall over Drexel as he stepped in for the injured Artalona At 149 against Princeton, Carmen Ferrante moved up to gain the pivotal overtime win Lucas Revano (#21 – 165) was 2-0 on the weekend, with two key wins At 197lb, Cole Urbas (#31) won via tech fall, while Ben Goldin (#28 – 285) earned a pin over Drexel Boxscore: #18 Penn 20 - #19 Princeton 13 125: #2 Patrick Glory (Pr) wins by major decision over #24 Ryan Miller (Pe), 12-2 133: #14 Michael Colaiocco (Pe) wins by decision over Nick Kayal (Pr), 15-11 141: #15 CJ Composto (Pe) wins by major decision over Danny Coles (Pr), 17-4 149: Carmen Ferrante (Pe) wins by decision over Leonard Merkin (Pr), 6-4 SV1 157: #7 Quincy Monday (Pr) wins by decision over #21 Doug Zapf (Pe), 3-1 165: #22 Lucas Revano (Pe) wins by major decision over Jake Marsh (Pr), 12-4 174: #20 Nick Incontrera (Pe) wins by decision over Nate Dugan (Pr), 11-4 184: #23 Travis Stefanik (Pr) wins by decision over Neil Antrassian (Pe), 8-4 197: #20 Luke Stout (Pr) wins by decision over Cole Urbas (Pe), 13-9 HWT: #31 Ben Goldin (Pe) wins by decision over Matt Cover (Pr), 10-4 Boxscore: #18 Penn 35 – Drexel 8 149: Kaya Sement def. Tyler Williams, Fall 4:52, Penn leads 6-0 157: #20 Doug Zapf def. Parker Kropman, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 9-0 165: #21 Lucas Revano def. #26 Evan Barczak, 4-3 Dec, Penn leads 12-0 174: #11 Mickey O'Malley def. #18 Nick Incontrera, Fall 3:00, Penn leads 12-6 184: #31 Neil Antrassian def. Bryan McLaughlin, 15-12 Dec, Penn leads 15-6 197: #31 Cole Urbas def. Santino Morina, 17-2 Tech Fall, Penn leads 20-6 285: #28 Ben Goldin def. Liam Dietrich, Fall 1:22, Penn leads 26-6 125: #19 Ryan Miller def. Antonio Mininno, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 29-6 133: Jaxon Maroney def. Kelly Dunnigan, 7-4 Dec, Penn leads 29-8 141: #12 CJ Composto wins by forfeit, Penn wins 35-8 This Penn team is legit. The camaraderie they have on the bench is incredible to see. The team is always watching on the bench, cheering on teammates. On the mat, the team likes to go out and attack. Overall, The Quakers are an entertaining team to watch. Coach Reina and company have done an amazing job at bringing this program back near the top of the EIWA, in a very little amount of time. I would not be shocked to see all ten wrestlers qualify for NCAAs. Princeton The Tigers took on Lehigh in Bethlehem on Friday, then hosted Penn on Saturday. Patrick Glory (#2 – 125) was 2-0 during the weekend stretch At 157lb, Quincy Monday (#7) had a perfect record this weekend as well Travis Stefanik (#23 – 184) and Luke Stout (#20 – 197) each won their two matches this weekend Boxscore: #19 Princeton 20 - #23 Lehigh 16 197: Luke Stout (Princeton) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 6-3 285: Jordan Wood (Lehigh) major dec. Matt Cover (Princeton) 12-1 125: Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 9-4 133: Nick Kayal (Princeton) injury default Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 1:09 141: Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec. Danny Coles (Princeton) 3-2 149: Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec. Marshall Keller (Princeton) 3-1 157: Quincy Monday (Princeton) major dec. Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 12-3 165: Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec. Jake Marsh (Princeton) 5-3 174: Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Nate Dugan (Princeton) 7-0 184: Travis Stefanik (Princeton) major dec. AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 15-4 Boxscore: #18 Penn 20 - #19 Princeton 13 125: #2 Patrick Glory (Pr) wins by major decision over #24 Ryan Miller (Pe), 12-2 133: #14 Michael Colaiocco (Pe) wins by decision over Nick Kayal (Pr), 15-11 141: #15 CJ Composto (Pe) wins by major decision over Danny Coles (Pr), 17-4 149: Carmen Ferrante (Pe) wins by decision over Leonard Merkin (Pr), 6-4 SV1 157: #7 Quincy Monday (Pr) wins by decision over #21 Doug Zapf (Pe), 3-1 165: #22 Lucas Revano (Pe) wins by major decision over Jake Marsh (Pr), 12-4 174: #20 Nick Incontrera (Pe) wins by decision over Nate Dugan (Pr), 11-4 184: #23 Travis Stefanik (Pr) wins by decision over Neil Antrassian (Pe), 8-4 197: #20 Luke Stout (Pr) wins by decision over Cole Urbas (Pe), 13-9 HWT: #31 Ben Goldin (Pe) wins by decision over Matt Cover (Pr), 10-4 The Tigers are correct in the mix for that second spot behind Cornell in the EIWA conference. After splitting with Lehigh and Penn, it seems like this will be a very enjoyable top-four race in a few weeks. This team is starting to come into form when it matters most. The "under-the-radar" guys not in the national rankings are really stepping up into that conversation with some of the wins they are producing. I like this team, and the energy they bring every time. Sacred Heart The Pioneers traveled to Hofstra to wrestle a dual At 125, we saw Jacob Venezia compete and come away with a pin. Joe Sacco earned a forfeit at 174lbs. Anthony Petrillo earned the other victory of the night by decision Boxscore: Hofstra 37 – Sacred Heart 15 184: Charles Small (Hofstra) wbf. over Sebastian Ford (Sacred Heart), 3:19 197: Trey Rogers (Hofstra) tech fall Logan Michael (Sacred Heart), 27-12 (5:37) 285: Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) won by forfeit 125: Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) wbf. over Jacob Moon (Hofstra), 3:44 133: Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec. Matthew Templeton (Hofstra), 5-3 141: Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) tech fall Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart), 18-3 (7:00) 149: Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) tech fall William Bianchi (Sacred Heart), 18-2 (5:19) 157: Joe McGinty (Hofstra) wbf. over David Tufankiljan (Sacred Heart), 2:40 165: Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) maj. dec. Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart), 16-3 174: Joe Sacco (Sacred Heart) won by forfeit The Pioneers were missing two starters for this dual, both returning NCAA qualifiers. It is hard to get momentum when the two best guys are out of the lineup. This team can still battle, however. It is good to see them be competitive with a full lineup. With over 70 athletes on their roster, the coaching staff has their hands full. I am optimistic this team will come ready for EIWAs and push a few wrestlers onto the podium, and even to NCAAs. This Week in the EIWA Thursday 2/17 Brown vs. Harvard – Providence, RI (7PM) Friday 2/18 Army @ Navy – Annapolis, MD (7:30PM) Bucknell @ Oklahoma State – Stillwater, OK (8PM) Columbia @ Maryland – College Park, MD (7PM) Drexel vs. Rider – Philadelphia, PA (5PM) Princeton @ #14 Rutgers – Piscataway, NJ (7PM) Saturday 2/19 American vs. Maryland – Washington, DC (7:30PM) Binghamton @ Harvard – Cambridge, MA (11AM) Columbia @ Rutgers – Piscataway, NJ (5PM) Lehigh @ #10 Arizona State – Tempe, AZ (2PM) LIU vs. Sacred Heart – Brookville, NY (4PM) Sunday 2/20 Penn @ American – Washington, DC (1PM) Brown vs. Sacred Heart – Providence, RI (1PM) Cornell #6 @ Wisconsin #13 – Madison, WI (1PM) Hofstra @ Franklin & Marshall – Lancaster, PA (2PM) *ALL STARTING TIMES ARE LISTED IN EST* What I'm Most Excited For: Below is a match of probable matchups of ranked opponents we can see this weekend – in order by weight class. I'm sure there a few I'm missing, but these caught my eye. Army vs Navy is a great rivalry. Looking forward to this one. 125lb – Arujau (#3) Cornell vs. Barnett (#6) Wisconsin 133lb – Hines (#18) Lehigh vs. McGee (#4) AZ State 141lb – Miller (#26) Bucknell vs. Young (#21) OK State 149lb – Diakomihalis (#1) Cornell vs. Gomez (#6) Wisconsin 157lb – Hartman (#23) Army vs. Cerniglia (#25) Navy 157lb – Humphreys (#7) Lehigh vs. Teemer (#3) AZ State 157lb – Richard (#24) vs. Model (#29) Wisconsin 165lb – Meyer (#25) Lehigh vs. Valencia (#7) AZ State 165lb – Hartman (#18) Bucknell vs. Wittlake (#8) OK State 165lb – Ramirez (#9) Cornell vs. Hamiti (#6) Wisconsin 184lb – Stefanik (#23) vs. Poznanski (#11) Rutgers 197lb – Brown (#25) Army vs. Koser (#26) Navy 197lb – Cardenas (#18) Cornell vs. Amos (#20) Wisconsin 285lb – Wood (#7) Lehigh vs. Schultz (#2) AZ State 285lb – Fernandes (#16) vs. Hillger (#11) Where you'll find me: Once again, I will be at the Drexel match as they take on Rider at 5PM Friday. This will be my final broadcast of the regular season. Catch it on NBC Sports Philly. Sunday, I will be in attendance at the Franklin & Marshall match against Hofstra.

North Carolina's 184 lber Gavin Kane (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Virginia at Duke The Hoos traveled to Durham for a Saturday afternoon tilt with the Blue Devils and won 8 of 10 bouts to come out on top 30-9. It was a good bounce-back match for Virginia after a rough outing against NC State last week. The Blue Devils kept several matches close but were only able to pick up wins from the Finesilver brothers on the day. 125: Patrick McCormick vs. Ty Naquin This match started slow but was all McCormick--especially in the 3rd period. He picked up one takedown in the first and second to enter the third up 5-0. In the third, he tallied four takedowns, including one in the last 5 seconds-to finish an impressive 18-3 tech fall. 5-0 UVA 133: #20 Brian Courtney vs. Drake Doolittle While Courtney controlled this match, it was the best I have seen Doolittle look in any of his ACC matches. He was able to counter some of Courtney's scrambles and held him off from a couple turns that looked inevitable. Courtney finished with an 8-2 decision win. 8-0 UVA 141: Dylan Cedeno vs. Patrick Rowland Cedeno was dominant in this match--even more so than the scoreboard showed. He got a takedown in the first 15 seconds and rode out the first period. Similar story in the second. In the third, he picked up two takedowns to stretch the lead enough to earn the major decision 11-1. Cedeno put up nearly five minutes in riding time and Rowland seemed to have no answer underneath, but Cedeno was unable to get any turns. 12-0 UVA 149: #31 Jarod Verkleeren vs. #14 Josh Finesilver The first period here was a scramble-fest; three deep shots by Finesilver all ended in extended scrambles, but no points. Finesilver got an escape and clean takedown to start the second and after a long scramble, Verkleeren was able to finish a shot to get the takedown at the buzzer to tie it at three going into the third. Finesilver put on a strong ride in the final period and stopped several reversal opportunities for Verk. With 30 seconds left, Verkleeren got to a standing position while Finesilver had a claw ride--Finesilver lifted and returned Verk to his back and picked up the fall for the Blue Devils. 12-6 UVA 157: #27 Jake Keating vs. Wade Unger This was a very well-wrestled match on both sides. After a scoreless first period, Unger took the 1-0 lead after a quick escape. Keating finished a clean single leg and rode out for the last 1:10 of the second. Keating got the quick escape in the third to make it 3-1. Unger upped the pace and started attacking relentlessly. He was in deep several times and nearly had a takedown at the buzzer, but Keating was able to stand before Unger got control. With the riding time, it was a 4-1 Keating decision. 15-6 UVA 165: #23 Justin McCoy vs. Gabe Dinette This was a good rebound match for McCoy--his attack rate was higher, his shots were crisp and his go-behinds worked the whole match. McCoy got three takedowns on his way to a controlling 8-3 decision. Unger still looks hungry and is wrestling well--I think he could throw a wrench in the bracket at ACCs. 18-6 UVA 174: Justin Phillips vs. #16 Matt Finesilver This match felt like it lasted 45 minutes in real-time with multiple blood time stoppages for Phillips that really impacted the flow of the match. Finesilver was very aggressive throughout and got to several shots, but Phillips showed solid scrambling ability and kept him from finishing on multiple occasions. Finesilver completed two takedowns cleanly and added an escape and a riding time point to win a 6-0 decision. He had a strong ride in both the second and the third, but between Phillips' defense and blood, Finesilver was unable to put together any turns. 18-9 UVA 184: #25 Michael Battista vs. Vince Baker After back-to-back losses to Gavin Kane and Trent Hidlay, Battista came out aggressive and ready to prove a point. He was much more aggressive this match and wrestled the type of match that he was successful with to start the season. He had three first-period takedowns and two more in the second before pouring it on in the third. Battista was up 10-4 with 2:45 of riding time entering the third; he added four more takedowns and nearly finished a fifth at the buzzer while working for the tech fall but finished with a 21-7 major decision. 22-9 UVA 197: #17 Jay Aiello vs Kaden Russell Aiello came in on a mission and went to work early on Russell, who is generally scrappy and very tough defensively. Aiello picked up two takedowns, a four-point nearfall and a stall point in the first to open a 9-1 lead early. He then got a reversal to start the second and put on a punishing ride, picking up two more back points. Two more takedowns in the third sealed the tech fall 17-2 for Aiello. Much like Battista, Aiello is a much more dangerous wrestler when he is the aggressor and pushes the match's tempo; both are great finishers and have big gas tanks. 27-9 UVA 285: #32 Quinn Miller vs. Jonah Niesenbaum Going into the dual, I expected this to be a tight match between two wrestlers who are stylistically very similar and these two came through with a solid match to end the dual. Scoreless first period with a deep shot from Miller fended off by Niesenbaum. They traded escapes in the second and third periods to knot it up at one. With just over a minute left, Miller snagged a beautiful ankle pick to get the takedown and nearly parlayed it into a turn as well. He rode out the period to win the match and the dual for the Hoos. 30-9 UVA #17 North Carolina at #9 Virginia Tech The Tar Heels traveled to Blacksburg coming off back-to-back dual wins over Virginia and Pittsburgh. There were some big matches highlighted before the dual--Sherman-Andonian, Lautt-Lewis and Kane-Bolen--that were all very entertaining matches in very different ways. The match mainly went chalk with an upset at 184 for the red-hot Gavin Kane. The Hokies won 7 of 10 matches to take the dual in front of a great crowd at Cassell Coliseum on senior night to take the dual 23-11. 125: Spencer Moore vs. #20 Sam Latona Latona continued his second-half surge against Moore, who has proven himself to be a tough test, especially for a true freshman. Latona got two takedowns in the first to start the match. After a quick escape in the second, Moore hit a double to get his first takedown. Latona added another takedown to go into the third up 8-3. Latona added one more takedown after a funky little scramble and nearly added another at the buzzer, while working for the major, but finished with a 10-5 decision. 3-0 VT 133: #21 Joe Heilmann vs #5 Korbin Myers Heilmann came into the match fresh off a big win over Micky Phillippi to match up with Myers, who is undefeated in the ACC. Great action in the first, with many positional adjustments being made. Myers got the first takedown off elbow control--he does this as well as anyone in the country. Myers rode out the first, then got a quick escape and immediate takedown to start the second. Myers controlled the rest of the match with a great ride and another takedown in the third. He wasn't able to finish the major but looked excellent in all positions against a tough Heilmann. 6-0 VT 141: #9 Kizhan Clarke vs. #22 Collin Gerardi Clarke dropped his first match of the year last week to Cole Matthews and seemed intent on getting back on track against Gerardi. He drove through a strong double leg to get the opening takedown. The match was pretty even for the next four minutes, with both trading escapes to start the second and third. Clarke iced the match with another great double from space to finish the 6-4 decision. 6-3 VT 149: #17 Zach Sherman vs. #5 Bryce Andonian I had this match circled for the potential fireworks; they are both wrestling incredibly well right now and both of them got after it from the whistle. The action started early in this one! Andonian came up to a seatbelt position from a shallow shot and punched through the underhook to take Sherman straight to his back on the edge. Sherman hit a strong bridge to drive them both out, but not before Andonian got the four-count to take an early 6-0 lead. After the escape, Sherman picked up his own takedown to bring the score to 7-3 going into the second. Andonian escaped to start the second and Sherman added another takedown from space to go into the third 9-5. Sherman got the quick escape in the third and was in on two deep shots, but Andonian was able to scramble out to create a stalemate. On a third deep double, Andonian draped over the top and hit a beautiful Winn Dixie to get the danger count takedown and adjusted to get a four-count to blow open the match at the end and pick up the major decision 16-6. 10-3 VT 157: #5 Austin O'Connor vs. #26 Connor Brady These two came into the match on very different trajectories; O'Connor was on a 12-match winning streak while Brady had dropped his last two ACC matches. O'Connor made sure that his streak didn't end with a dominant performance. The first period was slow with a takedown and dominant ride by O'Connor. He broke open the match with a reversal and three takedowns in the second to go up 10-3. In the third, he added six (!) takedowns, as well as two stall points and a riding time point, to finish a dominant tech fall 25-10. 10-8 VT 165: Isaias Estrada vs. Clayton Ulrey 165 has been the most inconsistent weight for the Tar Heels and this week, they pulled the redshirt of Estrada in hopes that he could add some stability against a very scrappy Ulrey. Estrada was 10-3 in open competition coming into the match and wrestled well. Ulrey picked up two takedowns in the first, one at the buzzer, to take a 4-1 lead early. Estrada showed a strong top game riding out Ulrey in the second. Estrada grabbed an early escape in the third but was unable to finish any shots in the third; Ulrey won by a 4-2 decision. 13-8 VT 174: #9 Clay Lautt vs #3 Mekhi Lewis This was one of the marquee matches coming into the dual; Mekhi was undefeated and Lautt was on a nine-match win streak and both have looked great this season. The most significant difference in this match was Mekhi's speed and incredible ability to finish go-behinds. Lewis got the first takedown of the match off a quick elbow pass go-behind; Lautt got an escape after a short ride to move it to 2-1. Lewis put on an impressive ride in the second to keep Lautt down for the full two minutes. Lewis got a quick escape in the third and countered a Lautt shot to get another go-behind takedown. With the riding time, Lewis finished with a controlling 6-2 decision. 16-8 VT 184: #18 Gavin Kane vs. #10 Hunter Bolen Another big battle at 184 between All-American Hunter Bolen and a surging Gavin Kane. The first period was busy but scoreless--several shots by each wrestler were defended well. Kane got the first point with an escape in the second; Bolen countered with an early escape in the third. It looked like we may get our first takedown in the third with Kane in on two deep shots, but Bolen was able to keep him from finishing. In sudden victory, Kane was able to get to a clean single leg and finish the takedown and win the 3-1 decision. This was a great match and I'm interested to see a potential rematch at ACCs. 16-11 VT 197: Mark Chaid vs. #28 Dakota Howard We were expecting to see a ranked matchup with #31 Max Shaw, but the Tar Heels instead sent out Mark Chaid to square off with Howard. Howard got the first points on a double leg that Chaid nearly countered with an elevator, while Howard drove in. He was able to scramble through and finish the takedown. It was a lot of Howard from there on out. He picked up another takedown in the first and two more in the second to go into the third up 8-4. He added an escape, a takedown, a stall and a riding time point to finish out an 13-5 major decision. 20-11 VT 285: Brandon Whitman vs. #14 Nathan Traxler In one of the more touching moments of the dual, Traxler's dad surprised him to walk out for Senior Day. Traxler has made the most of his year in a Hokie singlet and came into the dual at 15-1 with an 11 match winning streak. He controlled the bout throughout, but it wasn't his most dominant performance in Cassell as he took the match over Whitman 5-1. Whitman has looked better the last two weeks--he picked up a win over Slinger last week and put up a good fight against a very tough Traxler. 23-11 VT #4 NC State at #22 Pittsburgh The Wolfpack made the eight-hour bus ride to Pittsburgh (well documented by Trent Hidlay) to face the Panthers. The matches basically went chalk based on rankings, but for the second week in a row, Isaac Trumble came through with a big upset at 197. The Wolfpack took care of business and won the dual 26-9. 125: #14 Jakob Camacho vs #30 Gage Curry After a slow start, the scoring went wild late in the first. Camacho got the first takedown-Curry escape. Repeat. Then Curry got a takedown and rode out the last ten seconds to go into the 2nd tied at four. After an escape and takedown in the second, Camacho opened up the scoring in the third. Camacho added a takedown and a four-point nearfall to break it open, before adding a stalling point to get the major 15-6. 4-0 NCS 133: #14 Kai Orine vs. #9 Micky Phillippi The first period was scoreless, but Phillippi did a great job of establishing his control ties and it seemed to slow Orine down. After an escape to start the second, Phillippi continued to press in with the control and nearly got a takedown on the edge, but Orine fended it off well. Phillippi put on a great ride in the final period to pick up riding time before Orine got the escape. He added a takedown on a go-behind from Orine's shot at the end to win 4-1. 4-3 NCS 141: #24 Ryan Jack vs. #8 Cole Matthews Matthews continued his hot streak against a stingy Ryan Jack, but it was a fight to get it done. The first period was scoreless and they traded escapes to start the second and third periods. Both of them picked up the pace at the end of the third and Ryan fired off a few shots from space; Matthews caught Ryan in a front headlock on one of these shots and was able to get the go-behind with 13 seconds left and rode out for the 3-1 win. 6-4 Pitt 149: #3 Tariq Wilson vs. Dan Mancini Wilson came out of the gates attacking in this match; he was in on a shot within the opening 30 seconds for the only takedown in the first period. Mancini had a tremendous second period--he had a strong ride for the first minute plus and was able to hold off Wilson on a good shot late in the second. Wilson picked up an escape and another takedown midway through the third. After the escape, Mancini got in on a single leg and during the scramble to finish, he and Wilson hit heads and opened a gash above Wilson's eye. Wilson gutted out the last 30 seconds of handfighting and surrendered a takedown to Mancini on the edge at the buzzer to finish with a 6-5 win. 7-6 NCS 157: #11 Ed Scott vs. #19 Elijah Cleary Cleary was on the attack early and picked up the first takedown. Scott countered with his own takedown and rode out the first to amass 1:45 in riding time. The only points scored in the second were an escape by Scott and a penalty point for stalling on Cleary. There were a couple good scrambles in the third, but no points were scored. Scott picked up the 6-2 decision with riding time. 10-6 NCS 165: #22 Thomas Bullard vs. #16 Jake Wentzel Wentzel got out to an early lead with a takedown and a long ride to end the first. Bullard earned a reversal to start the second and got one swipe, but not quite enough to get nearfall. Bullard then put on a strong ride to stay on top for the rest of the second. He also picked up a stalling point to be up 3-2 into the third. Wentzel got a quick escape in the third to tie it up. There were some shallow shots from both sides to finish the third but no scores, so it headed to sudden victory. In the extra period, there were some attempts from the upper body, but again no points on the board, so we moved to rideouts. Wentzel rode out the first 30 second period to start and was able to get an escape in the second half and fend off a couple attempts from Bullard to get the 4-3 win. 10-9 NCS 174: #4 Hayden Hidlay vs. Hunter Kernan Hidlay made quick work of Kernan, picking up a first-period tech fall. He got an early takedown and four sets of four near-fall points to get the 18-0 BONUS before the first buzzer. 15-9 NCS 184: #3 Trent Hidlay vs. Gregg Harvey Trent opened the match with a strong double leg and rolled out of bounds after locking up a tilt. After a Harvey escape, Hidlay got another takedown on the edge and held Harvey for a two count to go up 8-1 early; he picked up one more takedown in the first to enter the second up 10-3. Hidlay added an escape and two additional takedowns in the second to open a 15-4 lead. In the third, he tacked on three more takedowns to finish the 22-7 tech fall. 20-9 NCS 197: #16 Isaac Trumble vs #6 Nino Bonaccorsi Coming off a big upset last week against Jay Aiello, Trumble made lightning strike twice, knocking off Bonaccorsi. Bonaccorsi was in deep in the first, but Trumble was able to use his length to fend off the takedown to keep the period scoreless. Trumble put on a very impressive ride to keep Bonaccorsi down the whole second period. Nino nearly had a reversal at the end of the period, but Trumble was able to hold on to the leg to maintain control. Trumble chose neutral for the third and he was able to fight off a two-minute barrage of Bonaccorsi shots to earn the 2-0 upset win. 23-9 NCS 285: #26 Tyrie Houghton vs. Jake Slinger Slinger opened up the match with a shot on the whistle to get the first takedown. After a short ride, Houghton got a reversal and finished the period on top. Slinger had a strong ride for the first minute of the second before Houghton got the escape and was right back in to get his second takedown. Houghton added two more takedowns in the third to take the 9-4 win to finish the dual. 26-9 NCS

Lock Haven 157 lber Ben Barton (photo courtesy of Lock Haven athletics) Bloomsburg: The Huskies split their matches over the weekend, losing to Kent State 25-16 and topping Cleveland State 27-18. Three Huskies went 2-0 over the weekend. Cole Rhone (133) won by forfeit over Kent State and by a 4-2 decision over Jake Manley of Cleveland State. Josh Mason (141) pinned both Louis Newell of Kent State and Hunter Olson of Cleveland State. Alex Carida (157) defeated Robert Pryhocki of Kent State by a 14-2 major decision and Ryan Granger of Cleveland State by fall in 4:44. The Huskies will be back in action on Sunday, February 20th, at 11:00am against Edinboro. Buffalo: On Sunday, the Bulls fell short to Central Michigan 28-10. Three Bulls downed CMU, their opponents. Derek Spann (133) defeated Vince Perez by a 9-0 major decision. John Arceri (149) won by a nail-biting 9-7 decision over Corbyn Munson. Peter Acciardi (184) triumphed over Ben Cushman with a 4-2 decision. The Bulls will be back in action against Ohio on Saturday, February 19th, at 7:00pm in Athens, Ohio. Central Michigan: Once again, the Chippewas extended their win streak, which now stands at eleven matches, topping Buffalo 28-10. Seven Chippewas had solid wins over their opponents. Brock Bergelin (125) defeated Tristan Daugherty by a decision of 3-0. Dresden Simon (141) won by fall in 2:51 over Ben Freeman. Johnny Lovett (157) triumphed over Michael Petite in sudden victory 3-1. Tracy Hubbard (165) won by a 4-2 decision over Noah Grover. Bret Fedewa (174) defeated Jay Nivison by a 2-0 decision. Aaron Bolo (197) won by a 9-0 major decision over Sam Mitchell. Matt Stencel (HWT) sealed the deal by pinning Toby Cahill in 2:33. Following their win over the Bulls, the Chippewas were named the 2022 MAC Wrestling West Division Champs, going 7-0 in conference matches. The Chippewas will compete on Friday, February 18th, at 6:00pm against Michigan State. Cleveland State: Over the weekend, the Vikings fell short to Lock Haven 32-6 and Bloomsburg 27-18. One standout Viking, Ben Smith (197), went 2-0 defeating Parker McClellan of Lock Haven by an 8-0 major decision and David Tuttle of Bloomsburg by a 19-7 major decision. The Vikings will be back in action at 1:00pm on Sunday, February 20th, at George Mason. Clarion: The Eagles battled hard against Rider, but ultimately lost 16-15. Five Eagles won their matches. Brent Moore (149) returned with a 5-2 decision over Bryan Miraglia. Kyle Shickel (157) won by an 8-2 decision over Cole McComas. John Worthing (174) triumphed over Shane Reitsma 7-3. Max Wohlabaugh (184) topped Evan Vasquez by a decision of 9-2. Tyler Bagoly (HWT) defeated David Szuba by a close 8-6 decision. The Eagles will wrestle on Saturday, February 19th, at 6:00pm against Edinboro. Edinboro: On Sunday, the Fighting Scots fell short to Lock Haven 24-16. Four Fighting Scots reigned victorious over their matchups. Gabe Willochell (141) won by a 9-1 major decision over Tyler Dilley. Ryan Burgos (149) topped DeShawn Farber by fall in 5:50. Ethan Ducca (184) won by a razor-thin 3-2 decision over Colin Fegley. Cody Mulligan (197) was victorious over Parker McClellan via a 6-3 decision. The Fighting Scots will wrestle Saturday, February 19th, at 7:00pm against Clarion in The McComb Fieldhouse. George Mason: The Patriots fell short to Rider 21-13. Four Patriots got their hands raised. Alex Madrigal (149) won by a 9-1 major decision over Bryan Miraglia. Avery Bassett (157) defeated Cole McComas 8-2. Kyle Davis (184) downed Evan Vasquez by a 9-3 decision. Jon List (197) defeated Azeem Bell 3-1 in sudden victory. The Patriots will host Cleveland State on Sunday, February 20th, at 1:00pm. Kent State: On Friday, the Golden Flashes defeated Bloomsburg 25-16. Seven Golden Flashes defeated their opponents, helping to secure a nine-point victory. Jake Ferri (125) won by a 16-3 major decision over Bronson Garber. Kody Komara (149) shut out Cade Balestrini 2-0. Brady Chrisman (165) defeated Trenton Harder by an 18-6 major decision. Michael Ferree (174) also won by a 17-6 major decision over Matt Benedetti. Colin McCracken (184) joined in the major decision fun 14-2 over Bruno Stolfi. Tyler Bates (197) won 4-0 over David Tuttle. Jacob Cover (HWT) defeated Shane Noonan by an 11-6 decision. The Golden Flashes will travel to SIU Edwardsville on Friday, February 18th, at 7:00pm. Lock Haven: The Eagles went 2-0 this weekend, defeating Cleveland State 32-6 and Edinboro 24-16. Five Eagles defeated both of their opponents in dominant fashion. Anthony Noto (125) stayed hot teching one of Cleveland State's best wrestlers, Logan Heil, 21-5 technical fall and Chris Merlo of Edinboro by fall in 4:26. Ben Barton (157) teched both, Ryan Granger of Cleveland State and PJ Gohn of Edinboro, 19-3 and 27-9, respectively. Ashton Eyler (165) won by a 10-3 decision over Riley Smucker of Cleveland State and Dylan Kohn of Edinboro by an 18-4 major decision. Tyler Stoltzfus (174) cruised by pinning Anthony Rice of Cleveland State in 5:45 and blanking Joey Arnold of Edinboro, 7-0. Isaac Reed (HWT) topped Daniel Bucknavich of Cleveland State by a 5-3 decision and Max Millin of Edinboro by an 8-1 decision. Following their win over Cleveland State and Edinboro, the Eagles were named the 2022 MAC Wrestling East Division Champs, going 6-0 in conference matches. The Eagles will return to action on Friday, March 4th, at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Athens, Ohio, at Ohio University. Northern Illinois: The Huskies dropped a 22-12 matchup against Northwestern. Four Huskie middleweights won their matches. Anthony Gibson (157) defeated Trevor Chumbley by a 5-0 decision. Izzak Olejnik won by a 6-2 decision over David Ferrante. Mason Kauffman (174) topped Troy Fisher 5-4. Brit Wilson (184) defeated Jon Halvorsen by a decision of 6-1. Northern Illinois is slated to compete on Sunday, February 20th, at 12:00pm against SIU Edwardsville. Ohio University: This weekend, the Bobcats defeated SIU Edwardsville 34-6. Eight Bobcats reigned victorious over their inner-conference opponents. Oscar Sanchez (125) won by an 8-1 decision over Austin Macias. Gio DiSabato (133) won by forfeit. Kyran Hagan (141) won by forfeit. Alex Hagan (149) topped Caleb Tyus by a 3-1 decision. Jordan Slivka (157) pinned Max Kristoff in 5:14. Sal Perrine (174) defeated Kevin Gschwendtner by a 9-5 decision. Zayne Lehman (184) majored Sergio Villalobos 11-1.. Carson Brewer (197) blanked Ryan Yarnell 6-0. The Bobcats will be back in action on Saturday, February 19th, against Buffalo at 7:00pm. Rider: The Broncs swept both of their matchups this weekend; defeating Clarion 16-15 and George Mason 21-13. Four Broncs went a perfect 2-0 on the weekend. Tyler Klinsky (125) topped Joey Fischer of Clarion by a 6-4 decision and Ben Monn of George Mason by a 4-1. Up a weight, Richie Koehler won by an 8-1 decision over Mason Prinkey of Clarion and by a 6-3 decision over Michael Rapuano of George Mason. Quinn Kinner (141) defeated Seth Koleno of Clarion by a 4-2 decision and Shawn Nonaka of George Mason by a 7-3 decision. Michael Wilson (165) downed Kolby Ho of Clarion 9-2 and Tyler Kocak of George Mason by a 3-0 decision. The Broncs will wrestle on Friday, February 18th, at George Mason at 7:00pm. SIU Edwardsville: The Cougars fell short to Ohio, losing 24-6. Two Cougars came out on top. Cardeionte Wilson (165) defeated Sean O'Dwyer by a 6-3 decision. Colton McKiernan (HWT) had a close 3-2 win over Jordan Greer.

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Here we are, the final week of the season. If you are like me, you are in the Championship Matchup for 1st place and closely monitoring every program's tweets for info on who is wrestling and where to make that last-second pickup to take home the trophy (real or pride-based). Before we get into all of that, I'm going to get a little sappy. These past couple of years have been an incredible experience in working with InterMat/MatScouts and doing not only these Weekly Outlooks that probably drive little traffic to the site, but also running the #MatScoutsDynasty League, getting to attend duals and tournaments, talk with coaches and wrestlers from all over, and dip my toe into the waters of wrestling photography as well. But all of it could not be done without the support of my wife, #TwitterlessAimee. I swear I had this topic ready to go before he tweeted it, but Seth Duckworth's Valentine's Day tweet hit the nail on the head. If you like any of the content I put out, she's really the one you should be thanking. I'm not the only one that deals with it, but working a regular 9 to 5 corporate job with a newborn to now 18-month-old (#TinyTonyD, who has been severely lacking in his content creation lately), as well as all the other duties of being an adult leave a short and usually late window to try and get the "wrestling stuff" done. Going to duals or tournaments on the weekends and her being the supermom to take care of the "terremoto" (Italian for earthquake, which has also become his nickname), by herself for most of the day is no easy task. Working late into the night, as she heads to bed, or having meetings and podcasts scheduled during typical dinner times is easy at first, but starts to wear on everyone as time goes on. And as time goes on, conflicts happen and deadlines and schedules get missed, which add to the overall stress of it all (notice how our podcast has been sporadic this season?). But at the end of the day, she is there to show her support and ask what's new in this crazy little sport of ours. In all, this is just a small "thank you" that she will probably never read because the little dude has figured out how to swipe at phones and close out of internet tabs. She deserves a medal or something… maybe a spa weekend? But, on to the final week of the regular season… Week 16. Remember that whole "Last Chance Open" thing that happened a few years ago? Well, it's back. And actually will probably (hopefully) be a pretty competitive tournament with a lot of D1 teams potentially going. Utah Valley also has their own version of the Last Chance Open, appropriately called the UVU Last Chance Open. Go figure. Teams are still submitting their entries, so keep those alerts on to @FantasyD1Wrestl for updates as they come in. A few teams lock today (Wednesday 2/16) and tomorrow (Thursday 2/17), so quick decisions will have to be made on lineups before they lock. Wed: Iowa State and Missouri Thurs: Brown, Harvard, UNI, and Wisconsin Good luck this week and I hope you have enjoyed your season, whether it was ending in the Championship Final or finishing dead last. Now go out there and WIN THE WEEK! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125: Richie Figeroa (Arizona State)- Last Chance Open Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley)- UVU Last Chance Open Caleb Smith (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+9] Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+9] Bryce West (Northern Illinois)- Vs Cal Baptist, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+8] Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga)- @ Bellarmine, @ Indiana [+7] Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Oklahoma [+6] Joseph Fischer (Clarion)- @ Edinboro [+5] Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly)- @ Stanford [+4] Gio Diaz (Franklin & Marshall)- Vs Hofstra [+4] Drake Ayala (Iowa)- @ Nebraska [+4] Jake Ferri (Kent State)- @ SIU-Edwardsville [+4] Nick Suriano (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+4] Pat Glory (Princeton)- @ Rutgers [+4] Killian Cardinale (West Virginia)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Brandon Courtney (Arizona State)- Vs Lehigh [+3] Jacob Allen (Navy)- Vs Army [+3] Ryan Miller (U Penn)- @ American [+3] Gage Curry (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+3] 133: Jordan Decatur (Ohio State)- Last Chance Open Daton Fix (Oklahoma State)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Oklahoma [+8] Codi Russell (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+7] Joey Oliveri (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+7] Devan Turner (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+6] Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech)- Vs Virginia, Vs NC State [+6] Austin DeSanto (Iowa)- @ Nebraska [+5] Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+5] Michael McGee (Arizona State)- Vs Lehigh [+4] Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton)- @ Harvard [+4] Derek Spann (Buffalo)- @ Ohio [+4] Jake Rotunda (The Citadel)- Vs VMI [+4] Brendon Fenton (Kent State)- @ SIU-Edwardsville [+4] Rayvon Foley (Michigan State)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Joshua Koderhandt (Navy)- Vs Army [+4] Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+4] Michael Colaiocco (U Penn)- @ American [+4] Sidney Flores (Air Force)- Vs Northern Colorado [+3] Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall)- Vs Hofstra [+3] Brock Hudkins (Indiana)- Vs Chattanooga [+3] Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Kyle Biscoglia (UNI)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Chris Cannon (Northwestern)- Vs Purdue [+3] 141: Saul Ervin (SIU-Edwardsville)- Vs Kent State, Vs Cal Baptist, Vs Northern Illinois (@NIU) [+10] Heath Goyner (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+9] Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+9] Gabe Willochell (Edinboro)- Vs Calrion, Vs Bloomsburg [+7] Real Woods (Stanford)- Vs Cal Poly, Vs Oregon State [+6] Kaden Cassidy (George Mason)- Vs Cleveland State [+5] Ryan Anderson (Binghamton)- @ Harvard [+4] Trevon Majette (Gardner-Webb)- Vs Presbyterian [+4] Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall)- Vs Hofstra [+4] Kyram Hagan (Ohio)- Vs Buffalo [+4] Nick Lee (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+4] CJ Composto (U Penn)- @ American [+4] Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+4] Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado)- @ Air Force [+3] Parker Filius (Purdue)- @ Northwestern [+3] Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)- Vs North Dakota State [+3] Chase Zollman (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+3] 149: John Millner (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+10] Mike Van Brill (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+6] Kyle Parco (Arizona State)- Vs Lehigh [+4] PJ Ogunsanya (Army)- @ Navy [+4] Yahya Thomas (Northwestern)- Vs Purdue [+4] Beau Bartlett (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+4] Brent Moore (Clarion)- @ Edinboro [+3] Josh Finesilver (Duke)- Vs Pittsburgh [+3] Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Alec Hagen (Ohio)- Vs Buffalo [+3] Jaron Jensen (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+3] 157: Cameron Robinson (Iowa State)- Last Chance Open Jashon Hubabrd (Ohio State)- Last Chance Open Cody Bond (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+8] Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois)- Vs Cal Baptist, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+7] Hunter Willits (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+6] Dazjon Casto (The Citadel)- Vs VMI [+4] Chase Saldate (Michigan State)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Jared Franek (North Dakota State)- @ South Dakota State [+4] Ryan Deakin (Northwestern)- Vs Purdue [+4] **IF he wrestles Doug Zapf (U Penn)- @ American [+4] Quincy Monday (Princeton)- @ Rutgers [+4] Alex Cardia (Bloomsburg)- @ Edinboro [+3] Parker Kropman (Drexel)- Vs Rider [+3] Avery Bassett (George Mason)- Vs Cleveland State [+3] Will Lewan (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+3] Jacob Wright (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+3] 165: Austin Kraisser (Iowa State)- Last Chance Open Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois)- Vs Cal Baptist, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+8] Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin)- @ UNI, Vs Cornell [+8] Will Formato (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+7] Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga)- @Bellarmine, @ Indiana [+6] Joshua Ogunsanya (Columbia)- @ Maryland, @ Rutgers [+6] Phil Conigliaro (Harvard)- Vs Binghamton, Vs Sacred Heart [+6] Thomas Bullard (NC State)- @ North Carolina, @ NC State [+6] Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Oklahoma [+6] Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart)- @ Long Island, @ Brown [+6] Anthony Valencia (Arizona State)- Vs Lehigh [+4] Ricky Stamm (Hofstra)- @ Franklin & Marshall [+4] Alex Marinelli (Iowa)- @ Nebraska [+4] Lucas Revano (U Penn)- @ American [+4] Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+4] Jack Ganos (Air Force)- Vs Northern Colorado [+3] Sewlyn Porter (The Citadel)- Vs VMI [+3] Cameron Pine (Clarion)- @ Edinboro [+3] Riley Smucker (Cleveland State)- @ George Mason [+3] Evan Barczak (Drexel)- Vs Rider [+3] Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb)- Vs Presbyterian [+3] Cam Amine (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Peyton Hall (West Virginia)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 174: Cael Valencia (Arizona State)- Last Chance Open Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+7] Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois)- Vs Cal Baptist, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+7] Aaron Olmos (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+6] Carter Starocci (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+5] John Worthing (Clarion)- @ Edinboro [+4] Michael O'Malley (Drexel)- Vs Rider [+4] Matt Finesilver (Duke)- Vs Pittsburgh [+4] Logan Messer (George Mason)- Vs Cleveland State [+4] Logan Massa (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Nick Incontrera (U Penn)- @ American [+4] Jake Logan (Lehigh)- @ Arizona State [+3] Sal Perrine (Ohio)- Vs Buffalo [+3] Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)- Vs North Dakota State [+3] Hayden Hastings (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+3] 184: Kaleb Romero (Ohio State)- Last Chance Open Rocky Jordan (Ohio State)- Last Chance Open Kyle Cochran (Maryland)- Vs Columbia, @ American [+8] Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois)- Vs Cal Baptist, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+8] Trey Munoz (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+8] Barrett Blakely (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+7] Ethan Ducca (Edinboro)- Vs Clarion, Vs Bloomsburg [+7] Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Oklahoma [+7] John Poznanski (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+7] Aaron Brooks (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+5] Bernie Truax (Cal Poly)- @ Stanford [+4] Donnell Washington (Indiana)- Vs Chattanooga [+4] Myles Amine (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Layne Malczewski (Michigan State)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+4] Max Lyon (Purdue)- @ Northwestern [+4] Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel)- Vs Rider [+3] Charles Small (Hofstra)- @ Franklin & Marshall [+3] Colin McCracken (Kent State)- @ SIU-Edwardsville [+3] Parker Keckeisen (UNI)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Neil Antrassian (U Penn)- @ American [+3] Tate Samuelson (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+3] 197: Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State)- Last Chance Open Jaron Smith (Maryland)- Vs Columbia, @ American [+7] Greg Bulsak (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+7] Nunzio Crowley (Long Island)- Vs Sacred Heart [+6] Tyler Mousaw (VMI)- @ The Citadel [+6] Cole Urbas (U Penn)- @ American [+5] Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming)- @ West Virginia [+5] Kendall Norfleet (Arizona State)- Vs Lehigh [+4] Lou DePrez (Binghamton)- @ Harvard [+4] Trey Rogers (Hofstra)- @ Franklin & Marshall [+4] Pat Brucki (Michigan)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Cam Caffey (Michigan State)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado)- @ Air Force [+4] Jake Woodley (Oklahoma)- @ Oklahoma State [+4] Max Dean (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+4] Ben Smith (Cleveland State)- @ George Mason [+3] Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb)- Vs Presbyterian [+3] Jake Koser (Navy)- Vs Army [+3] Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh)- @ Duke [+3] Thomas Penola (Purdue)- @ Northwestern [+3] 285: Colton McKiernan (SIU-Edwardsville)- Vs Kent State, Vs Cal Baptist, Vs Northern Illinois (@NIU) [+10] Michael Burchell (Appalachian State)- @ Davidson, @ Presbyterian [+7] Boone McDermott (Rutgers)- Vs Princeton, Vs Columbia [+7] Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech)- Vs Virginia, Vs NC State [+7] Michael McAleavey (The Citadel)- Vs VMI [+6] Gary Traub (Oregon State)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Stanford [+6] Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)- Vs Northern Colorado [+5] Joe Doyle (Binghamton)- @ Harvard [+5] Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)- Vs Rider [+5] Tyler Bagoly (Clarion)- @ Edinboro [+4] Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra)- @ Franklin & Marshall [+4] Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa)- @ Nebraska [+3] Ryan Catka (Navy)- Vs Army [+3] Lucas Davison (Northwestern)- Vs Purdue [+3] Ben Goldin (U Penn)- @ American [+3] Think I missed someone? Disagree with someone on the list or their projection? Want to know our thoughts on a matchup? Let me know! Win the week!

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Wednesday 02/16 Iowa State at Missouri (7:30pm) Thursday 02/17 Wisconsin at Northern Iowa (8:00pm) Friday 02/18 Wyoming at West Virginia (8:00pm) Bucknell at Oklahoma State (8:00pm) Sunday 02/20 Last Chance Open at Iowa State (11:00am) Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (3:00pm) North Dakota State at South Dakota State (3:00pm) Northern Colorado at Air Force (3:00pm) All times eastern Missouri takes on Iowa State Oklahoma State is now officially without AJ Ferrari for the rest of the season and tonight may decide who's the top team in the Big 12. Iowa State has looked the part for most of the year and should be the favorite in this dual, but Missouri could suddenly take that claim here with a win. Rivalry week Bedlam, NDSU vs. SDSU, and Northern Colorado at Air Force. Three great rivalries and matchups that should be very good duals. With Bedlam, there is no AJ Ferrari and if OU can flip a few of the one/two-point losses they had last time and limit bonus, it could become a pretty interesting dual. NDSU vs. SDSU is two gritty, tough teams that really scrap. This is always a fun one. Then we've got the battle for Colorado with UNC vs. Air Force. All three are really solid rivalry matchups in the Big 12 this weekend.

(photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We've got a great slate of duals over the next week, which is the final week of the regular season. An incredible 47 duals are on the schedule for Wednesday-Sunday. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this weekend. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Wednesday, February 16: Iowa State at Missouri, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Thursday, February 17: Harvard at Brown, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Wisconsin at Northern Iowa, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Friday, February 18: Rider at Drexel, 5:00 PM FloWrestling Chattanooga at Bellarmine, 6:00 PM BU Knights Sports Network Central Michigan at Michigan State, 6:00 PM B1G+ Columbia at Maryland, 7:00 PM B1G+ Appalachian State at Davidson, 7:00 PM Pittsburgh at Duke, 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 7:00 PM ESPN+ North Carolina at NC State, 7:00 PM ACC Network Princeton at Rutgers, 7:00 PM B1G+ Virginia Tech at Virginia, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Army West Point at Navy, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Bucknell at Oklahoma State, 8:00 PM ESPN+ Kent State at SIU Edwardsville, 8:00 PM ESPN+ Wyoming at West Virginia, 8:00 PM ESPN+ Saturday, February 19: Binghamton at Harvard, 11:00 AM ESPN+ Purdue at Northwestern, 1:30 PM Big Ten Network Lehigh at Arizona State, 2:00 PM Pac-12 Network Sacred Heart at Long Island, 4:00 PM NEC Front Row Columbia at Rutgers, 5:00 PM B1G+ Oregon State at CSU Bakersfield, 5:00 PM Pac-12.com Clarion at Edinboro, 7:00 PM FloWrestling Buffalo at Ohio, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Maryland at American, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Cal Poly at Stanford, 8:00 PM Pac-12 Network Sunday, February 20: Bloomsburg at Edinboro, 11:00 AM FloWrestling Iowa State at Last Chance Open, 11:00 AM Penn at American, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Sacred Heart at Brown, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Cleveland State at George Mason, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Chattanooga at Indiana, 1:00 PM B1G+ SIU Edwardsville at Northern Illinois, 1:00 PM NIU All-Access Cornell at Wisconsin, 1:00 PM B1G+ Rider at Penn State, 2:00 PM B1G+ Michigan at Central Michigan, 2:00 PM ESPN+ Hofstra at Franklin & Marshall, 2:00 PM Centennial Conference Digital Network Appalachian State at Presbyterian, 2:00 PM Northern Colorado at Air Force, 3:00 PM FloWrestling California Baptist vs. SIU Edwardsville at Northern Illinois, 3:00 PM Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 3:00 PM ESPN+ North Dakota State at South Dakota State, 3:00 PM FloWrestling VMI at The Citadel, 3:00 PM ESPN+ California Baptist at Northern Illinois, 5:00 PM NIU All-Access Oregon State at Stanford, 5:00 PM Pac-12.com Virginia Tech at NC State, 6:00 PM ACC Network Iowa at Nebraska, 7:00 PM Big Ten Network

Minnesota All-American Brayton Lee (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota wrestling program has announced today that 157-pound returning All-American Brayton Lee will miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season after suffering an injury in last Friday's home dual against Ohio State. “We're obviously heartbroken for Brayton that he won't be able to compete this postseason,” head coach Brandon Eggum said. “Nobody loves to compete more than him and he was having a fantastic season, but our primary concern for him right now is to get healthy so that he can come back stronger next season.” The redshirt junior out of Brownsburg, Ind., was a consistent force in the heart of the Gopher lineup this season, as he tallied a 16-2 record on the year, including seven wins over ranked opponents. Heading into the postseason, Lee was widely considered a national title contender in the 157-pound field, as he is currently ranked fourth in the InterMat rankings. Brayton is a two-time All-American in his career, placing sixth in last year's NCAA Championships, as well as becoming an NWCA First Team All-American in 2020. He holds a career mark of 55-14 in his three seasons in the starting lineup for the Maroon & Gold. Lee is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair the injury this offseason, and is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2022-23 season. He will have up to two years of eligibility remaining.

(photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Friday 02/11 South Dakota State DEF Northern Colorado 29-9 Iowa State DEF Northern Iowa 16-15 North Dakota State DEF Little Rock 30-9 Wyoming DEF Air Force 21-17 Saturday 02/12 Missouri DEF Arizona State 19-14 West Virginia DEF Utah Valley 21-16 Iowa DEF Oklahoma State 23-9 Sunday 02/13 Air Force DEF CSU Bakersfield 25-9 Cal Poly DEF Air Force 27-18 South Dakota State DEF Little Rock 43-3 North Dakota State DEF Northern Colorado 22-13 Iowa State knocks off Northern Iowa What a dual! This one lived up to the hype and then some. It ultimately all came down to one major decision for 197 lber Yonger Bastida being the difference and giving Iowa State the one-point dual win over Northern Iowa. Missouri beats Arizona State Missouri seems to be on a bit of a roll after back-to-back wins over ranked opponents. Last week it was Oklahoma State and this week it was Arizona State; two teams that both won trophies at the NCAA tournament last year. Have they turned a corner after taking some hits early in the season? We'll know a lot more this week after they wrestle Iowa State on Wednesday.

2021 NCAA champion AJ Ferrari (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Today, on his weekly coaches show on OSU Max, Oklahoma State head coach John Smith confirmed that 2021 NCAA champion AJ Ferrari would miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season due to injury. Two weeks ago, Ferrari and OSU cross country All-American Isai Rodriguez were injured as Ferrari was passing a vehicle on a two-lane highway. At the time, Ferrari's condition was listed as "fair", and there was hope that he would return this year. Smith also indicated that Ferrari would have surgery with the goal of returning for the 2022-23 season. There will be more information as archived audio of coach Smith's interview becomes available.

Rutgers All-American Sebastian Rivera (top) (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We've only got one week left in the college wrestling season, so it's time to revisit our Hodge Trophy standings. Each week, for the last month, little-by-little wrestlers have dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten, basically eliminating themselves from the Hodge Trophy discussion. While an unbeaten record isn't the “be-all, end-all,” you have to go back to Brent Metcalf (Iowa) in 2007-08 to find a Hodge Trophy winner without a perfect mark. With the kind of competition expected for the award this season, having a loss along the way is probably a deal-breaker. Before we meet the candidates, revisit the actual Hodge criteria: 1. Record 2. Number of Pins 3. Dominance 4. Past Credentials 5. Quality of Competition 6. Sportsmanship/Citizenship 7. Heart So, as we consider the criteria for the award and the voting tendencies of past Hodge races, we present the top-seven list of 2021-22 Hodge Trophy candidates. 7) David Carr (Iowa State) - 16-0; 69% Bonus Points, 4 falls; 4 techs The returning 157 lb national champion is looking as good as ever, with a bonus point rate that is slightly higher than in 2021, when he was a finalist for the award. His fall number has already matched his total from last season. Carr is on a 47-match winning streak with one more regular-season bout looming against Missouri on Wednesday. Barring a loss between now and the NCAA Tournament, Carr will surely go into nationals as the #1 seed, something that was different from a year ago. Then he was the third seed. Either way, he'll likely have to contend with two-time Big Ten champion Ryan Deakin (Northwestern), who is responsible for Carr's only loss of his collegiate career. Though it's totally coincidental and has no bearing on the award or voting, no 157 lber has ever won the Hodge. 6) Carter Starocci (Penn State) - 14-0; 71% Bonus Points; 2 falls; 5 techs Once again, we have another returning champion who is currently undefeated in Carter Starocci. What Starocci has going for him is the star power atop the 174 lb weight class. He avenged a loss to Michael Kemerer (Iowa) in the 2021 Big Ten finals, by downing Kemerer in the NCAA title match. A few weeks ago, Starocci held on by the slimmest of margins to get by Kemerer in tiebreakers. To win another title, Starocci will likely have to beat the Hawkeye at least once, maybe twice. Looking past Kemerer, the weight class also features a pair of past NCAA finalists in #3 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) and #4 Hayden Hidlay (NC State). Both are currently unbeaten, though they are set to square off Sunday. Should Starocci run through this gauntlet without a loss, he should get strong consideration. He has almost tripled his bonus point from his redshirt freshman year, which was 25%. 5) Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) - 18-0; 72% Bonus Points, 5 falls; 5 techs In our last update, Yianni Diakomiahlis was curiously not included in our top-ten candidates. At the time, Diakomiahlis did not have a single fall, which is paramount for this award. Since then, Yianni has hit the Ivy League portion of his schedule, which is not as imposing at 149 lbs. He's capitalized with five falls and a tech since. What Diakomihalis has going for him is the past credentials criteria. He is the only two-time champion returning and is currently riding a 65-match winning streak. Yianni also has made a Senior World team while still active in college. Though these are incredible achievements, they typically haven't been factored in as much for past winners until their senior seasons (Dake, Stieber, Dieringer). One criterion that could work for and against Yianni is the “quality of competition.” 149 lbs isn't entirely as loaded with title contenders as some other weights. Aside from a meeting with Sammy Sasso (Ohio State), there aren't multiple title contenders like at 141, 165, 174, that make for a memorable, meatgrinder bracket. Now, the flip-side is that guys at those weights have a higher probability for a loss, which generally knocks you out of consideration. 4) Aaron Brooks (Penn State) - 14-0; 71% Bonus Points, 3 falls; 1 tech Aaron Brooks has pretty similar stats to his teammate, Carter Starocci. He'll also have to contend with a legit title contender at the Big Ten and possibly NCAA finals in Myles Amine (Michigan). Brooks last month against quality, conference competitors has been staggering. He has majored All-American's Taylor Venz (Nebraska) and John Poznanski (Rutgers), along with top-20 fixtures Kyle Cochran (Maryland) and DJ Washington (Indiana). His dominance of such high-caliber competition separates him from Starocci and others. We also have to think about PSU having multiple candidates, which could lead to a split-vote situation if Brooks, Starocci, Nick Lee, and Roman Bravo-Young all repeat as champions. 3) Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) - 16-0; 81% Bonus Points; 6 falls; 2 techs In the purest sense of the award, Keegan O'Toole may be your favorite if we did a blind resume test. Without the name and career achievements of Yianni or Gable, O'Toole may put together the most Hodge-worthy campaign of any of these contenders. O'Toole leads all of our finalists with six falls and has an 81% bonus point rate, which is excellent. Like Starocci, O'Toole has a deep weight class which could either help or hinder his chances. Getting by a potential NCAA field that includes a quarterfinal against #7 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State), combined with a semifinal against #3 Shane Griffith (Stanford)/#6 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin), before a final facing #1 Evan Wick (Cal Poly)/#4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State)/#5 Alex Marinelli (Iowa), is quite impressive. Now there's the chance that any of them could knock off O'Toole. Until then, the Tiger should be able to pad his bonus numbers in the early rounds of the Big 12 and NCAA Championships. 2) Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) - 21-0; 86% Bonus Points, 2 falls; 11 techs Along with O'Toole, the Hodge candidate getting the most buzz surrounding his 2021-22 output is Sebastian Rivera. His bonus point percentage leads everyone on this list, not named Gable Steveson. Last year, Rivera may not have been a full-sized 141 lber and his results were good, just a little below his typical standards. In 2021-22, they have taken off. Over the course of Rivera's career, his best bonus percentage came in 2018-19, when he finished at 59%. Last season it dipped to 33%. So for Rivera to garner serious consideration for the award, he'll have to capture the title at 141 lbs. That's a tall task considering returning champ, Nick Lee (Penn State) is currently ranked number one and Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) is right behind him. Last season, Rivera dropped both contests against Lee, though one came in sudden victory. As stated earlier, it looks like Rivera is on a different level anyways. A senior, winning an elusive national title and having to go through some version of Lee/Eierman multiple times and a gaudy bonus point percentage would make plenty of voters think twice before casting votes. 1) Gable Steveson (Minnesota) - 10-0; 100% Bonus Points, 1 fall; 3 techs Nothing has changed at the top of our Hodge Trophy rankings as Gable Steveson is still number one. Steveson has finished the regular season undefeated and with bonus points in all ten of his contests. Despite the lack of matches, Steveson has wrestled the highest quality competition possible. He has wins over #3 Mason Parris (Michigan), #4 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa), #10 Lucas Davison (Northwestern), #11 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin), #12 Christian Lance (Nebraska), #13 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State). His closest match during this time was a nine-point win over Davison. As always, putting up those types of numbers at heavyweight should carry more weight (pardon the pun). The biggest positive factor for Steveson's side is his Olympic gold medal. That doesn't happen everyday in college wrestling! He also shared the trophy in 2021 with Spence Lee, which also adds to his list of “past credentials.” Like 2021, his other achievements should overshadow a lack of falls. In 2021, he only had four in 15 total matches. And that was before he had the Olympic gold on his resume.

The CIF (California) State Championship Finals (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) I spent this weekend in Macon, Georgia, at the state tournament watching as boys and girls took to the mat, giving it every single ounce of effort they could muster up. I saw tears of defeat, screams of triumph, untimely injuries and I saw hearts break, as dreams were destroyed. I had this moment of clarity sitting outside, as I watched athletes leave the arena with their heads hanging in disappointment; what matters most is not the medal, it's not even the final six minutes on the mat, but it is the journey that got you there. Some of these competitors were wrestling in their final match ever - hoping for an outcome that would solidify their dedication over the course of the last 10-12 years. They wanted to prove all of their sweat and blood, the injuries, the early morning runs, the extra lifts, the excruciating weight cuts and the commitment to training; they wanted to prove it was all worth it. In this one-man (or woman) sport, all eyes are on you, and so is the pressure. That pressure to perform during the state tournament, during your last tournament of your wrestling career, it can feel as though it weighs a thousand pounds. So many shook it off or carried it well, blowing through their opponents one by one; others fought, battled past the point of pure exhaustion and pushed themselves to their victory one match at a time until they were handed a medal to signify their job well done. So wrestler, in a sport where there can only be one winner, one champion, I realize a state tournament leaves a trail of heartbreak for so many others. If that was you, the one who didn't win, the wrestler who still hungers for a different outcome, I'm writing to remind you, you're efforts did not go unnoticed; Your commitment was not unseen. The principles this sport taught you, the character it helped you to develop, even if you don't realize yet, they are more of a reward than you know. Dedication, perseverance, discipline, self-awareness, resilience, commitment, grit and mindset - these are all necessary in life, all valued far more than a medal or state title, and they are yours because you worked for them, you earned them, you sacrificed to learn them. A medal is great; it's an achievement you should be proud of. Being a state champ, that's no small task, but neither is having the guts to get out there and wrestle, to give it all you got, to win or lose, know you gave it your all with no regrets. You see, along the way, you formed friendships that will last a lifetime; you had practices that were so hard you threw up, your coach yelled so much he was hoarse the next day, you pushed yourself so hard you didn't know it was possible - you overcame. The loss this weekend may sting for just a bit longer, but soon you can laugh, and you will for years to come, as you think back on all the ridiculous antics your teammates did, all of the predicaments you got yourself out of with a move your coach told you never to use. You will smile as you remember that final match in your high school gym, the rides home from practice with your friends blasting their favorite song, your parent's face after you pinned your opponent, your coaches voice telling you, "good job!" One day all the memories you made, the relationships you've built, those will be cherished far more than any medal that ends up in your bedroom drawer. So to those who didn't finish the way you planned, I hope you know you didn't leave that arena empty-handed. You did not waste years on a sweaty mat just to go home with shattered dreams. The journey that brought you to that final tournament, to those last few minutes on the mat, that is the prize, the real award, and I pray you cherish all it taught you.

Michigan State All-American Rayvon Foley (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Brown 22 Long Island 12 125 - Hunter Adrian (Brown) dec Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 3-2 133 - Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 5-2 141 - Tim Levine (Brown) fall Devin Matthews (Long Island) 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) dec Blake Saito (Brown) 7-5SV 157 - Jack Bokina (Brown) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 8-4SV 165 - Blake Bahna (Long Island) dec AJ Corrado (Brown) 3-0 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) maj Ryan Ferro (Long Island) 19-6 184 - James Araneo (Brown) maj James Langan (Long Island) 11-4 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) dec Cade Wilson (Brown) 4-2 285 - Tim Nagosky (Long Island) dec Lear Quinton (Brown) 6-3 Cornell 28 Binghamton 12 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Nick Curley (Binghamton) 13-9 133 - Dom LaJoie (Cornell) dec Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 5-2 141 - JJ Wilson (Cornell) fall Christian Gannone (Binghamton) 1:51 149 - Mike Venosa (Cornell) dec Mike Zarif (Binghamton) 4-2 157 - Hunter Richard (Cornell) tech Tyler Martin (Binghamton) 20-4 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Jake Brindley (Cornell) 7-2 174 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell) 6-3 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) maj Cory Day (Binghamton) 12-3 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) maj Sam DePrez (Binghamton) 12-4 285 - Joe Doyle (Cornell) fall Brendan Furman (Cornell) 3:19 Harvard 24 Hofstra 19 125 - Beau Bayless (Harvard) dec Dylan Acevedo (Hofstra) 4-0 133 - Dillon Murphy (Harvard) dec Matthew Templeton (Hofstra) 3-0 141 - Michael Jaffe (Harvard) maj Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 15-5 149 - Lukus Stricker (Harvard) fall Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) 1:57 157 - Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) maj Joe McGinty (Hofstra) 12-3 165 - Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) maj Alex Whitworth (Harvard) 11-1 174 - Joshua Kim (Harvard) maj Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra) 18-5 184 - Charles Small (Hofstra) InjDef Leo Tarantino (Havard) 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) fall Luke Rada (Harvard) 1:30 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) dec Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 15-8 Hofstra 37 Sacred Heart 15 125 - Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) fall Jacob Moon (Hofstra) 3:44 133 - Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec Matthew Templeton (Hofstra) 5-3 141 - Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) tech Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) 18-3 149 - Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) tech William Bianchi (Sacred Heart) 18-2 157 - Joe McGinty (Hofstra) fall David Tufankiljan (Sacred Heart) 2:40 165 - Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) maj Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 16-3 174 - Joe Sacco (Sacred Heart) FFT 184 - Charles Small (Hofstra) fall Sebastian Ford (Sacred Heart) 3:19 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) tech Logan Michael (Sacred Heart) 27-12 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) FFT Penn 20 Princeton 13 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) maj Ryan Miller (Penn) 12-2 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) dec Nick Kayal (Princeton) 15-11 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) maj Danny Coles (Princeton) 17-4 149 - Carmen Ferrante (Penn) dec Lenny Merkin (Princeton) 6-4SV 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Doug Zapf (Penn) 3-1 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) maj Jake Marsh (Princeton) 12-4 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Nate Dugan (Princeton) 11-4 184 - Travis Stefanik (Princeton) dec Neil Antrassian (Penn) 8-4 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) dec Cole Urbas (Penn) 13-9 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) dec Matt Cover (Princeton) 10-4 Virginia 30 Duke 9 125 - Patrick McCormick (Virginia) tech Ty Naquin (Duke) 18-3 133 - Brian Courtney (Virginia) dec Drake Doolittle (Duke) 8-2 141 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) maj Patrick Rowland (Duke) 10-1 149 - Josh Finesilver (Duke) fall Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 6:38 157 - Jake Keating (Virginia) dec Wade Unger (Duke) 4-1 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec Gabe Dinette (Duke) 8-3 174 - Matt Finesilver (Duke) dec Justin Phillips (Virginia) 6-0 184 - Michael Battista (Virginia) maj Vincent Baker (Duke) 20-8 197 - Jay Aiello (Virginia) tech Kaden Russell (Duke) 18-2 285 - Quinn Miller (Virginia) dec Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) 3-1 Lehigh 21 Bucknell 12 125 - Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) dec Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) 2-1 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 11-5 141 - Darren Miller (Bucknell) dec Drew Munch (Lehigh) 8-2 149 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec Kolby DePron (Bucknell) 6-3 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 2-0 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 10-3 174 - Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 9-5 184 - AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 5-1 197 - JT Davis (Lehigh) dec Mason McCready (Bucknell) 8-3 285 - Jordan Wood (Lehigh) fall Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) :57 Rutgers 31 Maryland 13 125 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) tech Tommy Capul (Maryland) 16-0 133 - King Sandoval (Maryland) fall Devon Britton (Rutgers) :59 141 - Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) tech Danny Bertoni (Maryland) 20-3 149 - Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) dec Michael North (Maryland) 6-0 157 - Robert Kanniard (Rutgers) maj Conner Decker (Maryland) 13-1 165 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) tech Gaven Bell (Maryland) 16-0 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) maj Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 10-1 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) dec John Poznanski (Rutgers) 9-4 197 - Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) fall Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 2:11 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Zach Schrader (Maryland) 3-1 West Virginia 21 Utah Valley 16 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) dec Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) 3-2 133 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) maj Lucas Seibert (West Virginia) 14-3 141 - Ty Smith (Utah Valley) dec Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 5-1 149 - Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) dec Sam Edelblute (Utah Valley) 2-0 157 - Jaxon Garoutte (Utah Valley) dec Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 4-2 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) fall Danny Snediker (Utah Valley) 2:56 174 - Dennis Robin (West Virginia) fall Kekana Fouret (Utah Valley) 2:06 184 - Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) dec Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 11-9 197 - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) dec Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 7-2 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) 11-4 Rider 21 George Mason 13 125 - Tyler Klinsky (Rider) dec Ben Monn (George Mason) 4-1 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Michael Rapuano (George Mason) 6-3 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) dec Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) 7-3 149 - Alex Madrigal (George Mason) maj Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 9-1 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) dec Cole McComas (Rider) 8-2 165 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 3-0 174 - Corey Connelly (Rider) dec Logan Messer (George Mason) 8-6 184 - Kyle Davis (George Mason) dec Evan Vasquez (Rider) 9-3 197 - Jon List (George Mason) dec Azeem Bell (Rider) 3-1SV 285 - David Szuba (Rider) fall Austin Stith (George Mason) 1:01 Ohio 34 SIU Edwardsville 6 125 - Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) dec Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 8-1 133 - Gio DiSabato (Ohio) FFT 141 - Kyran Hagan (Ohio) FFT 149 - Alec Hagan (Ohio) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 3-1 157 - Jordan Slivka (Ohio) fall Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 5:14 165 - Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) dec Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 6-3 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) 9-5 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) maj Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 11-1 197 - Carson Brewer (Ohio) dec Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) 6-0 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Jordan Greer (Ohio) 3-2 Iowa 23 Oklahoma State 9 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Jesse Ybarra (Iowa) 6-5 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 5-3 141 - Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 6-1 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) dec Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) 5-2 157 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 4-1 165 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 3-2 174 - Michael Kemerer (Iowa) dec Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 6-1 184 - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) dec Abe Assad (Iowa) 9-2 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) maj Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 11-3 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) maj Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 9-1 Missouri 19 Arizona State 14 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) dec Noah Surtin (Missouri) 10-5 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) dec Connor Brown (Missouri) 8-6 141 - Ethan Turner (Missouri) dec Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) 3-1 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Josh Edmond (Missouri) 3-2 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) 3-1SV 165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) fall Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 5:52 174 - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) tech Zane Coleman (Arizona State) 21-6 184 - Jeremiah Kent (Missouri) dec Josh Nummer (Arizona State) 6-2 197 - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) 4-2 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) dec Zach Elam (Missouri) 8-1 Sunday's Dual Results Nebraska 23 Illinois 11 125 - Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) maj Dane Durlacher (Illinois) 10-2 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) maj Dominick Serrano (Nebraska) 12-4 141 - Chad Red Jr (Nebraska) dec Dylan Duncan (Illinois) 7-1 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) dec Chrisitan Kanzler (Illinois) 6-1 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) dec Joe Roberts (Illinois) 3-2 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) maj Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 12-2 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) maj DJ Shannon (Illinois) 11-3 184 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) dec Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 12-6 197 - Eric Schultz (Nebraska) dec Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) 6-2 285 - Christian Lance (Nebraska) dec Luke Luffman (Illinois) 7-4 Michigan 24 Michigan State 13 125 - Nick Suriano (Michigan) maj Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) 14-3 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) dec Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) 7-2 141 - Stevan Micic (Michigan) dec Matt Santos (Michigan State) 10-3 149 - Kanen Storr (Michigan) dec Peyton Omania (Michigan State) 5-4 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Chase Saldate (Michigan State) 3-2 165 - Cameron Amine (Michigan) dec Caleb Fish (Michigan State) 5-1 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) tech Nate Jimenez (Michigan State) 17-1 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) dec Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) 8-4 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) maj Bobby Striggow (Michigan) 17-7 285 - Brad Wilton (Michigan State) fall Zachery Nemec (Michigan) 1:36 The Citadel 38 Bellarmine 3 125 - Malik Hardy (The Citadel) dec Jack Parker (Bellarmine) 11-4 133 - Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) fall Brandon Lucas (Bellarmine) 1:17 141 - Jackson Bradford (The Citadel) FFT 149 - Ethan Willis (The Citadel) dec Mitch Collica (Bellarmine) 6-1 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) tech Alex Rhine (Bellarmine) 17-1 165 - Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) dec Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) 6-4SV 174 - Eric Beck (Bellarmine) dec Cole Burke (The Citadel) 6-1 184 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) dec Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 6-3 197 - Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) dec Bryant Wilkinson (Bellarmine) 10-6 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) FFT Ohio State 34 Indiana 3 125 - Mailk Heinselman (Ohio State) maj Jacob Moran (Indiana) 10-2 133 - Brock Hudkins (Indiana) dec Dylan Koontz (Ohio State) 5-3 141 - Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) maj Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 10-2 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec Graham Rooks (Indiana) 3-1 157 - Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) dec Jonathan Kervin (Indiana) 3-2 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) maj Kasper McIntosh (Indiana) 20-6 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) maj Nick South (Indiana) 19-6 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) fall Sean Grim (Indiana) 2:25 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec Nick Willham (Indiana) 3-1 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) dec Jacob Bullock (Indiana) 8-3 Bloomsburg 27 Cleveland State 18 125 - Logan Heil (Cleveland State) maj Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 14-1 133 - Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) dec Jake Manley (Cleveland State) 4-2 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) fall Hunter Olson (Cleveland State) 2:39 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) fall Joey Caprella (Cleveland State) 1:39 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) fall Ryan Granger (Cleveland State) 4:44 165 - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) maj Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) 16-2 174 - Anthony Rice (Cleveland State) maj Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 12-3 184 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) 3-2 197 - Ben Smith (Cleveland State) maj David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 19-7 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) fall Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) 2:42 Penn 35 Drexel 8 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Antonio Mininno (Drexel) 8-3 133 - Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) dec Kelly Dunnigan (Penn) 7-4 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) FFT 149 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) fall Tyler Williams (Drexel) 4:52 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) dec Parker Kropman (Drexel) 8-3 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Evan Barczak (Drexel) 4-3 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) fall Nick Incontrera (Penn) 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) dec Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) 15-12 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) tech Santino Morina (Drexel) 17-2 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) fall Liam Dietrich (Drexel) 1:22 Lock Haven 24 Edinboro 16 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) fall Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 4:26 133 - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) dec Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 7-2 141 - Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) maj Tyler Dilley (Lock Haven) 9-1 149 - Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) fall DeShawn Farber (Lock Haven) 5:50 157 - Ben Barton (Lock Haven) tech PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 27-9 165 - Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) maj Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) 18-4 174 - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 7-0 184 - Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) dec Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 3-2 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) dec Parker McClellan (Lock Haven) 6-3 285 - Isaac Reid (Lock Haven) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 8-1 Central MIchigan 28 Buffalo 10 125 - Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) dec Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) 3-0 133 - Derek Spann (Buffalo) maj Vince Perez (Central Michigan) 9-0 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) fall Ben Freeman (Buffalo) 2:51 149 - John Arceri (Buffalo) dec Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) 8-7 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Michael Petite (Buffalo) 3-1SV 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Noah Grover (Buffalo) 4-2 174 - Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 2-0 184 - Peter Acciardi (Buffalo) dec Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 4-2 197 - Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) maj Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) 9-0 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) fall Toby Cahill (Buffalo) 2:33 Appalachian State 19 Campbell 13 125 - Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) dec Korbin Meink (Campbell) 3-1SV 133 - Codi Russell (Appalachian State) dec Dom Zaccone (Campbell) 9-5 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) dec Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) 4-2SV 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) dec Josh Heil (Campbell) 3-2 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) maj JoJo Aragona (Campbell) 14-5 165 - Will Formato (Appalachian State) dec Troy Nation (Campbell) 7-2 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) dec Austin Murphy (Campbell) 2-1 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) dec Barrett Blakely (Appalachian State) 5-4 197 - Chris Kober (Campbell) dec Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) 3-1SV 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) maj Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) 15-5 Chattanooga 47 VMI 0 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) fall Cam Chicella (VMI) 1:08 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) fallPatrick Maglathlin (VMI) 0:56 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) maj Frederick Junko (VMI) 14-3 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Luke Fegly (VMI) 14-2 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) tech Seth Fillers (VMI) 16-1 165 - Andrew Nicholson (Chattanooga) maj Blake Showers (VMI) 11-2 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) dec Jon Hoover (VMI) 10-5 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) dec Maxwell Gourley (VMI) 9-2 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) fall Tyler Mousaw (VMI) 1:51 285 - Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) fall Josh Evans (VMI) 4:57 Chattanooga 49 Presbyterian 0 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) dec Benny Gomez (Presbyterian) 5-0 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) fall Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) 4:32 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) fall Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 2:32 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) tech Reid Stewart (Presbyterian) 21-6 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) tech Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) 17-2 165 - Andrew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) 6-0 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) maj Sean Getty (Presbyterian) 15-4 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) fall David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 3:36 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) tech Aiden Jean (Presbyterian) 20-4 285 - Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) fall Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) 3:29 North Dakota State 22 Northern Colorado 13 125 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) maj Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) 12-4 133 - Kellyn March (North Dakota State) dec Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) 10-4 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) 4-0 149 - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) dec Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 3-2 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) maj Nathan Moore (Northern Colorado) 11-2 165 - Luke Weber (North Dakota State) tech Nick Knutson (Northern Colorado) 17-2 174 - Austin Brenner (North Dakota State) dec Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) 4-2 184 - DJ Parker (North Dakota State) maj Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 13-2 197 - Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) dec Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) 10-3 285 - Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) dec Michael Nelson (North Dakota State) 4-2 South Dakota State 43 Little Rock 3 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) fall Jayden Carson (Little Rock) 4:45 133 - Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) dec Jaylen Carson (Little Rock) 11-4 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) maj Conner Ward (Little Rock) 13-3 149 - Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) dec Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) 7-4 157 - Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) dec Austin Keal (Little Rock) 2-1 165 - Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) dec Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 7-1 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) fall Triston Wills (Little Rock) 4:56 184 - Cade King (South Dakota State) fall Tanner Mendoza (Little Rock) 1:29 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) fall Brooks Sacharczyk (Little Rock) 1:12 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) fall Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 4:09 Cal Poly 27 Air Force 18 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) dec Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) 8-2 133 - Sidney Flores (Air Force) InjDef Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 141 - Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) dec Cody Phippen (Air Force) 6-3 149 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) fall Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 2:25 157 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-1 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) tech Trey Brisker (Air Force) 17-1 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) 3-1SV 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) InjDef Jake Thompson (Air Force) 197 - Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) maj Cole Forrester (Air Force) 10-0 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) 2:13 Cal Poly 21 CSU Bakersfield 18 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) maj Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) 12-4 133 - Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) InjDef Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 141 - Lawrence Sanez (Cal Poly) maj Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 11-2 149 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) dec Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) 11-6 157 - Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 4-2 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) tech Bradley Harper (CSU Bakersfield) 23-8 174 - Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) dec Nathan Tausch (Cal Poly) 3-2 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) tech Jacob Hansen (Cal Poly) 20-4 197 - Josh Loomer (CSU Bakersfield) dec Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) 3-2 285 - Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) dec Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) 7-2 Air Force 25 CSU Bakersfield 9 125 - Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) dec Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) 10-3 133 - Sidney Flores (Air Force) dec Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) 3-2 141 - Cody Phippen (Air Force) maj Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 11-0 149 - Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 4-2 157 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) dec Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 4-2 165 - Trey Brisker (Air Force) dec Bradley Harper (CSU Bakersfield) 7-1 174 - Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) dec Sam Wolf (Air Force) 8-6SV 184 - Jake Thompson (Air Force) dec Jacob Hansen (CSU Bakersfield) 4-3 197 - Josh Loomer (CSU Bakersfield) dec Cole Forrester (Air Force) 4-1 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) :57 Northwestern 22 Northern Illinois 12 125 - Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) dec Bryce West (Northern Illinois) 8-6SV 133 - Chris Cannon (Northwestern) fall Mikey Kaminsky (Northern Illinois) 4:24 141 - Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) dec Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) 9-5 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) maj Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) 16-5 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) dec Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) 5-0 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) dec David Ferrante (Northwestern) 6-2 174 - Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) dec Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 5-4 184 - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) dec Jon Halvorsen (Northwestern) 6-1 197 - Andrew Davison (Northwestern) dec Tristen Gauman (Northern Illinois) 10-3 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 2-1

Kennedy (left) and Korina Blades (photo courtesy of Jim Thrall; MatFocus.com) Saturday night, before the festivities took place at the “Bout at the Ballpark,” the Blades sisters, Kennedy and Korina, made their college decision public. They will attend Arizona State University and train with the Sunkist Kids as they pursue their international goals. The final three choices for the sisters came down to ASU, Iowa, North Central College. In the latest national rankings, released by USA Wrestling, Kennedy is rated as the third pound-for-pound high schooler in the nation, while Korina comes in at number five. Korina is the top-ranked 138 lber in the country, while Kennedy is second at 164 lbs. As of now, Arizona State does not offer women's wrestling; however, they have a large contingent of high-level women training with the Sunkist Kids and coach Mark Perry. Helen Maroulis, Kayla Miracle, and Forrest Molinari are some of the notables that currently train with the Sunkist Kids. Kennedy and Korina are from Illinois, but have spent their high school careers at Pennsylvania's Wyoming Seminary. Both sisters made the 2021 Junior World Team and came back from Ufa, Russia, with hardware. Kennedy struck gold at the 72 kg weight class, while Korina brought home bronze at 62 kg. Each has made a Cadet and Junior World Team already. As just a high school junior, Kennedy made the finals of the Olympic Team Trials, before falling to the eventual gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock. The sisters have combined to win four titles in Fargo, with Kennedy capturing 16U and Junior titles in 2019, after winning 16U in 2018. Korina was a 16U champ in 2019, as well.