InterMat Staff

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Below are the placement match results from the 18th edition of the Super 32 Challenge staged at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Special Events Center this past weekend. 106: 1st: Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) dec. Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.), 4-2 3rd: Jeremiah Reno (Liberty, Mo.) maj. dec. Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke, Neb.), 15-4 5th: Nic Bouzakis (Lake Highland Prep, Fla. - 8th grade) dec. Nicholas Babin (Emerson, N.J.), 7-1 7th: Anthony Noto (HFL, N.Y.) dec. C.J. Composto (Westfield, N.J.), 3-1 113: 1st: Ryan Crookham (Pa. - 8th grade) dec. Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.), 2-0 3rd: Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) dec. Antonio Lorenzo (St. John Bosco, Calif.), 1-0 5th: Anthony Clark (Delbarton, N.J.) dec. Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.), 4-2 SV 7th: Sam Latona (Thompson, Ala.) maj. dec. Brandon Kaylor (Bonney Lake, Wash.), 8-0 120: 1st: Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) dec. Travis Ford-Melton (Marian Catholic, Ill.), 4-2 SV 3rd: Patrick McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) dec. Brody Teske (Fort Dodge, Iowa), 5-1 5th: Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.) dec. Kyle Gollhofer (Woodland, Ga.), 5-1 7th: Brendon Fenton (Elyria, Ohio) dec. Julian Sanchez (Genoa, Ohio), 1-0 126: 1st: Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) dec. Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), 6-4 3rd: Connor McGonagle (Timbelane, N.H.) dec. Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.), 2-1 5th: Dylan D'Emilio (Genoa, Ohio) dec. Tyler Hunt (Sonoraville, Ga.), 1-0 7th: Asa Garcia (Avon, Ind.) dec. Aaron Schulist (Mukwanago, Wis.), 6-4 132: 1st: Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) dec. Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.), 3-2 3rd: Quinn Kinner (Kingsway, N.J.) dec. Andrew Alirez (Greeley Central, Colo.), 3-2 5th: Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) dec. Josh Saunders (Christian Brothers College, Mo.), 3-0 7th: Jackson Henson (Penn Foster, W.Va.) dec. Jordan Crace (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), 6-4 138: 1st: Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) dec. Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.), 3-2 UTB 3rd: Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) pinned Marshall Keller (Christiansburg, Va.), 0:17 5th: James Whitaker (St. Johns, Mich.) over Jojo Aragona (Pope John, N.J.) by forfeit 7th: Ryan Vulakh (Pope John II, Pa.) dec. Jeremy Schoenherr (Stratford, Wis.), 7-2 145: 1st: Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.) maj. dec. Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.), 13-4 3rd: Alex Lloyd (Shakopee, Minn.) dec. Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.), 6-4 5th: Kasper McIntosh (Portage, Ind.) pinned Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, N.Y.), 6:16 SV 7th: Brock Mauller (Father Tolton Catholic, Mo.) dec. Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn.), 4-3 152: 1st: Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) dec. Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.), 4-0 3rd: Justin Ruffin (Union Grove, Ga.) dec. Farouq Muhammed (Elyria, Ohio), 11-9 5th: Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.) over Josh Humphreys (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) by forfiet 7th: Gabriel Dinette (Lakewood, Colo.) pinned Joshua Otto (Arrowhead, Wis.), 1:27 160: 1st: Ryan Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) dec. Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.), 7-7 UTB 3rd: Carson Kharchla (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio) dec. Erich Byelick (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), 8-2 5th: Layne Malczewski (Dakota, Mich.) pinned Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.), 0:47 7th: Phil Conigliaro (Belmont Hill, Mass.) dec. Michael Vernagallo (Cape Fear, N.C.) 7-3 170: 1st: Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) dec. Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), 10-6 3rd: Emil Soehnlen (Massillon Perry, Ohio) dec. Trent Hidlay (Miffin County, Pa.), 2-1 UTB 5th: Grant Cuomo (Brewster, N.Y.) over Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) by forfeit 7th: Joseph Mazzara (Bishop Gorman, Nev.) dec. Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.), 7-2 182: 1st: Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.) dec. Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.), 4-3 3rd: Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.) dec. Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.), 3-2 5th: Jake Logan (New Rochelle, N.Y.) dec. Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.), 8-6 7th: Ashton Eyler (Claymont, Ohio) dec. Darrien Roberts (Wyomng Seminary, Pa.), 11-7 195: 1st: Jared Ball (Hilliard Darby, Ohio) dec. Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.), 5-1 3rd: Tyrie Houghton (Weddington, N.C.) dec. Thomas Penola (Zionsville, Ind.), 8-6 SV 5th: Konner Doucet (Comanche, Okla.) dec. Yaroslav Slavikouski (Northfield Mt. Hermon, Mass.), 12-8 7th: Blake Barrick (Big Spring, Pa.) over Tony Wuest (Smyrna, Del.) by forfeit 1220: 1st: Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) dec. Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.), 3-1 3rd: Colin Lawler (Kinkaid School, Texas) dec. Isaiah Perez (Pitman, Calif.), 7-0 5th: Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) over Lewis Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) by forfeit 7th: Daniel Conley (Chaminade, Mo.) dec. Cole Forrester (Shippensburg, Pa.), 5-0 285: 1st: Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.) maj. dec. Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.), 8-0 3rd: Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.) dec. Paul Robinson (Bremen, Ga.), 2-1 UTB 5th: Michael Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.) pinned Jordan Pryor (Dunbar, Md.), 1:28 7th: Michael Wolfgram (Central York, Pa.) dec. Bishop McCoy (South Side, Pa.), 8-2

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After about 20 hours of competition over the course of two days, the 2017 Super 32 Challenge came to a conclusion on Sunday afternoon. For a 13th straight year the event was held in the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Special Events Center, and this was the eighth year of the present two-day format. Approximately 1,350 wrestlers started in the tournament seeking to win the 14 weight classes. The shining stars of this year's tournament were Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) and Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), champions at 120 and 132 pounds. They became the eighth and ninth wrestlers to win three titles in the tournament that started in 2000; four having done so under the two-day format, while a fifth won a trio of titles in the single-day Greensboro era. Ranked as the No. 13 overall junior, Busiello's first three matches came were dominant. He won by pin, major decision, and technical fall. He advanced to Sunday's quarterfinal round with an 8-5 round of 16 win over returning state champion Kai Orine (Seckman, Mo.); that quarterfinal match was a 7-3 decision over 2015 Super 32 placer Christian Nunez (St. John Bosco, Calif.). Busiello advanced to the final with a 9-5 win over state champion Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.). The championship match against Travis Ford-Melton (Marian Catholic, Ill.), who is ranked No. 26 overall in the junior class, was his tightest match yet at the Super 32. Ford-Melton scored regulation's only takedown in the second period, but Busiello earned two escapes in that period and rode his opponent out in the third period to force overtime. In that period, Busiello scored a beautiful takedown via a duck-under. Those three high school division titles are augmented by three prior in the middle school division, for a total record of 34-0 across six years in Greensboro. Also winning a third title was Silva, the No. 9 overall senior. He won five matches on Saturday to reach the quarterfinals, the first four in dominant fashion -- two pins, a technical fall, and a major decision, while the round of 16 was a 4-2 decision over Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heriage, Fla.), the No. 24 ranked sophomore. Silva advanced to the semifinals with a 9-4 win over FloNationals placer Jackson Henson (Penn Foster, W.Va.) before beating No. 55 overall senior Quinn Kinner (Kingsway, N.J.) 4-2. His finals match was also tightly contested, a 3-2 victory over Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.), the No. 6-ranked sophomore. Silva needed a takedown with 30 seconds left in regulation to break a 1-1 tie, while having to fend off a very deep Vasquez attack right at the end. On his way to the final, Vasquez beat a top five junior in the quarterfinal and a top ten sophomore in the semifinals. However, the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler award went to Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.), ranked No. 5 overall in the sophomore class, and champion of the 170-pound weight class. He reached Sunday's quarterfinal round with a technical fall, pin, and 13-2 major decision. It was on Sunday where he ran the proverbial gauntlet, beating three returning Super 32 placers on the way to his title. In the quarterfinals it was an 8-5 decision over Emil Soehnlen (Massillon Perry, Ohio), who is ranked No. 61 overall among seniors. Then the semifinals match was an absolute barn-burner against Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County, Pa.), with Kennedy emerging victorious over the No. 25 senior by 3-1 decision on a reversal in the tiebreaker. In the championship match, Kennedy gave up the first takedown against Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), the nation's No. 19 overall junior. However, Kennedy answered with a takedown in the first period, two in the second period, and one in the third period to win 10-6. Five other wrestlers were milestone champions on Sunday afternoon, as they were the first wrestlers from their state to win a Super 32 Challenge title; champions have now emerged from 24 states in total. State champion and two-time Cadet freestyle All-American, 2016 champion Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) won the 106-pound weight class. His finals match was a 4-2 victory over fellow Cadet freestyle All-American Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.), the No. 14 overall freshman. Schriever scored the winning points in this battle of previous Super 32 middle school division champions via a takedown with eight seconds left in the bout. No. 60 overall senior Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) rallied back from deficits in both the semifinals and finals to win the title at 126 pounds. In the semifinals, it was a 4-3 victory over No. 21 overall junior Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.); while in the finals, No. 4 overall sophomore Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) scored the first takedown, but Camacho countered with takedowns later in the first period and second period to win 6-4. Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.), a Cadet World Team member in Greco-Roman, won the 145-pound weight class. His semifinal became notable, as it involved a replay challenge reversal to decide the match. Facing No. 4 overall freshman Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.), the match entered the tiebreaker tied at 5-5. In said period, Phillips was thought to be close to an escape at the edge of the mat. However, on the mat, it was called out of bounds; upon review, it was determined to be an in-bounds escape and a match victory. The championship match was a dominant 13-4 major decision over three-time state champion Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.), who beat top 100 seniors in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. No. 3 overall sophomore Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) earned the title at 220 pounds with a 3-1 finals victory over NHSCA Junior Nationals champion Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.). Key in the victory was a second period rideout and a reversal midway through the third period. He had another pair of low scoring bouts to reach the final on Sunday after winning by pin and technical fall in his two matches on Saturday; a 3-0 decision over a California state medalist, and a 3-2 decision on a late locking hands call against Cadet National double All-American Lewis Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) Iowa commit Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.), ranked No. 27 in the senior class, arguably had the tournament's most dominant performance in running through the 285 pound weight class. In four matches prior to the final, he had four pins in a combined 4:26, the longest of those a quarterfinal pin in 2:45 over Cadet Greco-Roman champion Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.). Cassioppi's championship match was an 8-0 major decision in which he secured a takedown in each period to beat two-time state champion Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.), who also was a Junior National double All-American this summer. An additional milestone champion was Ryan Crookham at 113 pounds, who became the first junior high eligible wrestler (i.e. eighth grader) to win a high school division title; he is currently ranked No. 4 among Junior High wrestlers, though that will almost assuredly change in the next update. It was a 15-0 technical fall and 5-0 decision before the gauntlet began. Crookham beat No. 8 overall freshman Isaac Salas (St. John Bosco, Calif.) 1-0 in the round of 32 and then it was a 5-1 round of 16 victory over Junior National double third place finisher Cody Phippen (Platte County, Mo.) prior to Sunday's competition. In the quarterfinal round, Crookham upended NHSCA Junior Nationals champion Dylan Ryder (Half Hollow Hills West, N.Y.) 5-2. Then it was a 1-0 victory over No. 14 overall sophomore Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.), which was keyed by a second period rideout. The championship match saw Crookham ride out state champion Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) in the second period before scoring a reversal with 15 seconds left in the bout to win 2-0; Barnett's key win on the way to the final was a 2-1 tiebreaker victory over defending champion Antonio Lorenzo (St. John Bosco, Calif.) Round out the eight non-seniors to win Super 32 titles on Sunday were No. 18 overall junior Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) at 138 and No. 9 overall junior Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) at 152. Anderson beat a state champion, two state runners-up, and a two-time state champion prior to the championship match. In that finals bout, he won despite No. 12 overall junior Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) scoring the only takedown of the bout in the second period. Anderson countered with an escape in the second period and then forcing a second stall against Abas during a third period rideout to force overtime; despite a pair of deep opportunities for Anderson to score in sudden victory, it went to the tiebreaker, where Anderson earned an escape to win 3-2. Balmeceda reached the semifinal round without giving up a point from four bouts, including a technical fall and major decision over 2016 state placers from Ohio and New Jersey. In the semifinal, he needed a late second stall against three-time state champion Josh Humphreys (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) to tie the bout 1-1 late in regulation before also scoring the match-winning takedown in regulation. He also won via a shutout in the championship match, 4-0 over No. 79 overall senior Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.), keyed by a two-point near fall late in the second period. Rounding out the weight class winners were a trio of top 100 seniors: No. 63 Ryan Thomas (St. Pairs Graham, Ohio) at 160 pounds, No. 62 Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.) at 182, and No. 89 Jared Ball (Hilliard Darby, Ohio) at 195. Thomas rallied back from giving up two first period takedowns against No. 18 sophomore Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) to force overtime via single takedowns in each the second and third periods. Thomas was able to fend off deep attacks by Plott late in regulation and during the overtime, and then rode out Plott during the tiebraker period to win a 7-7 decision. Mulligan gave up the match's only takedown in the second period against FloNationals placer Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.). However, Mulligan countered with a reversal late in that second period and then a reversal just past the halfway mark in the third period to win 4-3. Ball won a battle of top 100 seniors against No. 93 Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) by 5-1 decision. While he did not score a takedown, Ball used a second period reversal and a three-point near fall in the third period to win the bout.

Below are the semifinal results: 106 pounds: Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.) dec. Jeremiah Reno (Liberty, Mo.) 3-1 Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) dec. Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke, Neb.) 4-1 113: Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) decision Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) 6-2 Ryan Crookham (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. - 8th) decision Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.) 1-0 120: Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) decision Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.) 9-5 Travis Ford-Melton (Marian Catholic, Ill.) decision Kyle Gollhofer (Woodland, Ga.) 5-3 126: Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) decision Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.) 4-1 Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) decision Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) 4-3 132: Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision Quinn Kinner (Kingsway Regional, N.J.) 7-5 Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.) decision Josh Saunders (Christian Brothers College, Mo.) 3-1, overtime 138: Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) pin Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) 3:57 Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) decision Marshall Keller (Christiansburg, Va.) 5-1 145: Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.) decision Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.) 6-5, (ultimate) tiebreaker Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.) decision Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, N.Y.) 2-1 152: Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.) decision Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.) 2-1, (ultimate) tiebreaker Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) decision Josh Humphryes (Parkersburg South, W.Va) 3-1 160: Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) decision Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) 12-8 Ryan Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) decision Layne Malczewski (Dakota, Mich.) 6-3 170: Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) decision Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County, Pa.) 3-1, (ultimate) tiebreaker Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) decision Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) 8-4 182: Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) decision Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) 5-3 Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.) decision Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.) 4-0 195: Jared Ball (Hilliard Davidson, Ohio) decision Thomas Penola (Zionsville, Ind.) 11-6 Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) major decision Tyler Houghton (Weddington, N.C.) 220: Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) decision Lewis Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) 3-2 Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) decision Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 3-1 285: Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.) pin Michael Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.) 0:46 Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.) decision Jordan Pryor (Dunbar, Md.) 2-1, (ultimate) tiebreaker

Below are the results 106 pounds: Jeremiah Reno (Liberty, Mo.) decision Jacob Moran (Portage, Ind.) 5-1 Richard Figueroa (Selma, Mo.) fall Anthony Noto (HFL, N.Y.) 2:56 Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke, Neb.) decision Nic Bouzakis (Lake Highland Prep, Fla. - 8th) 8-6 Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) major decision C.J. Composto (Westfield, N.J.) 12-4 113: Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) decision Antonio Lorenzo (St. John Bosco, Calif.) 4-1 tiebreaker (ultimate) Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) pin Brendan Kaylor (Bonney Lake, Wash.) 5:38 Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.) decision Anthony Clark (Delbarton, N.J.) 3-1 Ryan Crookham (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. - 8th) decision Dylan Ryder (Half Hollow Hills West, N.Y.) 5-2 120: Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) decision Christian Nunez (St. John Bosco, Calif.) 7-3 Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.) decision Julian Sanchez (Genoa, Ohio) 5-0 Travis Ford-Melton (Marian Catholic, Ill.) decision Patrick McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) 10-7 Kyle Gollhofer (Woodland, Ga.) decision Brendon Fenton (Elyria, Ohio) 2-1 126: Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) decision Aaron Schulist (Mukwanago, Wis.) 7-4 Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.) decision Dylan D'Emilio (Genoa, Ohio) 7-6 Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) decision Ryan Moore (Walton Verona, Ky.) 6-4 Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) decision Joseph Heilmann (South Plainfield, N.J.) 3-1 132: Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision Jackson Henson (Penn Foster, W.Va.) 9-4 Quinn Kinner (Kingsway Regional, N.J.) decision Garrett Kloeppel (Parkway South, Mo.) 8-2 Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.) decision Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) 5-1 Joshua Saunders (Christian Brothers College, Mo.) major decision Dawson Sihavong (Bullard ,Calif.) 11-3 138: Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) decision Jojo Aragona (Pope John, N.J.) 4-3 Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) decision Michael Blockhus (New Hampton, Iowa) 8-3 Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) decision Kris Rumph (Portage, Ind.) 3-1 Marshall Keller (Christiansburg, Va.) decision Ryan Vulakh (Pope John II, Pa.) 5-1 145: Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.) decision Thayer Lawrence (Frazier, Pa.) 7-4 Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.) decision Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn.) 6-4 overtime Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, N.Y.) decision Kasper McIntosh (Portage, Ind.) 3-2 Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.) decision Brock Mauller (Father Tolton Catholic, Mo.) 5-3 152: Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.) decision Derrick Smallwood (North Hardin, Ky.) 3-1 overtime Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.) major decision Matthew Grippi (Fox Lane, N.Y.) 11-3 Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) major decision Cole Corrigan (Toms River South, N.J.) 11-0 Josh Humphreys (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) decision Justin Ruffin (Union Grove, Ga.) 3-2 160: Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) major decision Michael Vernagallo, Jr. (Cape Fear, N.C.) 14-6 Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) decision Mason Reiniche (Baylor School, Tenn.) 8-6 Layne Malczewski (Dakota, Mich.) decision Carson Kharchla (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio) 9-7 Ryan Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) decision Robert Kanniard (Wall Township, N.J.) 10-6 170: Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County, Pa.) decision Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley, Pa.) 5-3 Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) decision Emil Soehnlen (Massillon Perry, Ohio) 8-5 Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) decision Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.) 7-5 overtime Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) pin Noah Liles (Bremen, Ga.) 1:35 182: Xavier Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) decision Darrien Roberts (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) 3-2 Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) technical fall Grant Parrish (Forest Lake, Minn.) 15-0, 4:23 Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.) decision Ashton Eyler (Claymont, Ohio) 7-2 Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.) major decision Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.) 10-2 195: Jared Ball (Hilliard Darby, Ohio) major decision Kevin Makosky (Urbana, Md.) 9-1 Thomas Penola (Zionsville, Ind.) decision Joey Miller (McQueen, Nev.) 7-1 Tyler Houghton (Weddington, N.C.) decision Miles Nuessle (Liberty, Ariz.) 11-7 Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) major decision Blake Barrick (Big Spring, Pa.) 8-0 220: Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) decision Isaiah Perez (Pitman, Calif.) 3-0 Lewis Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) decision Josh Heindselman (Piedmont, Okla.) 3-0 Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision Colin Lawler (Kinkaid School, Texas) 3-2 Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) decision Dean Conley (Chaminade, Mo.) 5-0 285: Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.) pin Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.) 2:45 Michael Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.) pin Jordan Earnest (Wadsworth, Ohio) 3:52 Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.) decision Paul Robinson (Bremen, Ga.) 2-1 tiebreaker (ultimate) Jordan Pryor (Urbana, Md.) decision Keaton Kluever (Kaukauna, Wis.) 5-3

On a day that featured many significant upsets, including three weight class favorites falling to defeat at the Super 32 Challenge, the field of just under 1350 was narrowed down to 224. Championship quarterfinal bouts along with consolation round of 16 bouts (two wins from a top eight placement finish) will be contested starting at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Favorites to go down were Alex Lloyd (Shakopee, Minn.) at 145 pounds, Josiah Rider (Grand Junction, Colo.) at 152, and Phil Conigliaro (Belmont Hill, Mass.) at 160. Each is ranked among the top 40 wrestlers in the Class of 2018. An additional top 40 senior to suffer defeat was Brody Teske (Fort Dodge, Iowa) at 120; while a pair of top 15 juniors were knocked off, NIck Raimo (Hanover Park, N.J.) and Andrew Alirez (Greeley Central, Colo.) at 132 pounds. Below are the quarterfinal matches: 106 pounds: Jeremiah Reno (Liberty, Mo.) vs. Jacob Moran (Portage, Ind.) Richard Figueroa (Selma) vs. Anthony Noto (HFL, N.Y.) Nic Bouzakis (Lake Highland Prep, Fla. - 8th) vs. Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke, Neb.) C.J. Composto (Westfield, N.J.) vs. Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) 113: Antonio Lorenzo (St. John Bosco, Calif.) vs. Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) vs. Brendan Kaylor (Bonney Lake, Wash.) Gianni Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.) vs. Anthony Clark (Delbarton, N.J.) Dylan Ryder (Half Hollow Hills West, N.Y.) vs. Ryan Crookham (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. - 8th) 120: Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) vs. Christian Nunez (St. John Bosco, Calif.) Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.) vs. Julian Sanchez (Genoa, Ohio) Patrick McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) vs. Travis Ford-Melton (Marian Catholic, Ill.) Kyle Gollhofer (Woodland, Ga.) vs. Brendon Fenton (Elyria, Ohio) 126: Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) vs. Aaron Schulist (Mukwanago, Wis.) Dylan D'Emilio (Genoa, Ohio) vs. Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.) Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) vs. Ryan Moore (Walton Verona, Ky.) Joseph Heilmann (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) 132: Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. Jackson Henson (Penn Foster, W.Va.) Quinn Kinner (Kingsway Regional, N.J.) vs. Garrett Kloeppel (Parkway South, Mo.) Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) vs. Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.) Joshua Saunders (Christian Brothers College, Mo.) vs. Dawson Sihavong (Bullard ,Calif.) 138: Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) vs. Jojo Aragona (Pope John, N.J.) Michael Blockhus (New Hampton, Iowa) vs. Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) vs. Kris Rumph (Portage, Ind.) Marshall Keller (Christiansburg, Va.) vs. Ryan Vulakh (Pope John II, Pa.) 145: Thayer Lawrence (Frazier, Pa.) vs. Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.) Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.) vs. Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn.) Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, N.Y.) vs. Kasper McIntosh (Portage, Ind.) Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.) vs. Brock Mauller (Father Tolton Catholic, Mo.) 152: Derrick Smallwood (North Hardin, Ky.) vs. Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.) Matthew Grippi (Fox Lane, N.Y.) vs. Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.) Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Cole Corrigan (Toms River South, N.J.) Josh Humphreys (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Justin Ruffin (Union Grove, Ga.) 160: Michael Vernagallo, Jr. (Cape Fear, N.C.) vs. Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) vs. Mason Reiniche (Baylor School, Tenn.) Layne Malczewski (Dakota, Mich.) vs. Carson Kharchla (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio) Robert Kanniard (Wall Township, N.J.) vs. Ryan Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) 170: Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County, Pa.) vs. Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley, Pa.) Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) vs. Emil Soehnlen (Massillon Perry, Ohio) Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) vs. Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.) Noah Liles (Bremen, Ga.) vs. Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) 182: Xavier Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Darrien Roberts (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) Grant Parrish (Forest Lake, Minn.) vs. Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.) vs. Ashton Eyler (Claymont, Ohio) Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.) vs. Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.) 195: Jared Ball (Hilliard Darby, Ohio) vs. Kevin Makosky (Urbana, Md.) Joey Miller (McQueen, Nev.) vs. Thomas Penola (Zionsville, Ind.) Tyler Houghton (Weddington, N.C.) vs. Miles Nuessle (Liberty, Ariz.) Blake Barrick (Big Spring, Pa.) vs. Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) 220: Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Isaiah Perez (Pitman, Calif.) Josh Heindselman (Piedmont, Okla.) vs. Lewis Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. Colin Lawler (Kinkaid School, Texas) Dean Conley (Chaminade, Mo.) vs. Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) 285: Anthony Cassioppi (Hononegah, Ill.) vs. Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.) Michael Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.) vs. Jordan Earnest (Wadsworth, Ohio) Paul Robinson (Bremen, Ga.) vs. Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.) Jordan Pryor (Urbana, Md.) vs. Keaton Kluever (Kaukauna, Wis.)

Chad Walsh (Photo/Rider University Sports Information) MANHEIM, Pa. -- Rider's Chad Walsh and Princeton's Jonathan Schleifer grew up wresting in New Jersey. Both opted to attend Division I colleges in New Jersey. Both are set to wrestle at 165 pounds at the 52nd annual NWCA All-Star Classic set for Princeton University's Jadwin Gym on Sunday, November 5. The NWCA All-Star Classic is hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network and sponsored by Princeton Brain and Spine and Northwestern Mutual Life. All-Americans Paige Baynes of Grays Harbor College and Alyssa Cantu of Missouri Valley will complete the women's weights as the two have agreed to compete at 191 pounds. Walsh, a graduate of Camden Catholic in Cherry Hill, is a two-time All-American and could become Rider's first three-time Division I All-American. Entering the 2016 NCAA Division I Championships as the No. 15 seed as a sophomore, Walsh and his unorthodox style rose to national prominence with a fifth-place finish. A known entity in 2017, Walsh entered as the No. 5 seed but slipped to seventh on the awards stand. Schleifer, from East Brunswick, is a three-time NCAA qualifier who will be returning to 165 pounds after spending the last two seasons at 174. After an 18-10 season a year ago, Schleifer is looking to make one final run at the podium and regain the form he experienced as a sophomore, where he won 21 matches and reached the finals of the Midlands. Walsh will join Rider teammate B.J. Clagon (157) in the event and it will mark the first time the Broncs have two representatives. Bronc wrestlers are 2-3 overall. Princeton also shares the distinction with its neighbor. Schleifer joins Matthe Kolodzik (149) as Tigers in the match, the first time two Princeton wrestlers have participated in the same year as well. On the women's side, Paige Baynes of Grays Harbor College will be the second Choker representative in the event. The two-time WCWA All-American and transfer from Lindenwood is slotted to face 2017 WCWA All-American Alyssa Cantu of Missouri Valley at 191 pounds. Both wrestlers fell to eventual champion Payten Smith of Simon Fraser in last year's WCWA National Championships. Cantu was beaten in the quarterfinals while Baynes fell in the finals by fall in a bout she was leading 9-0 at one point. A native of Houston, Texas and Cypress Ridge High School, Baynes was a two-time state runner-up prior to college. Texas is one of six states that offer girls wrestling on the high school level and the state has been one of the most fertile recruiting grounds for fledgling WCWA programs. Cantu, a senior from Stockton, California, is coming off a 27-14 junior season and her first All-American finish. As a sophomore at 170, Cantu went 1-2 at the WCWA championships. Last season, she rebounded from the quarterfinal loss to Smith to win three consolation bouts and earn a fifth-place finish. On Friday, the NWCA also released Grays Harbor's Kacie Moorehouse would replace U. of the Cumberlands' Jessika Rottier at 170. By the numbers In total, 37 of the 40 athletes slated to compete have been All-Americans at some point in their collegiate careers. On the men's side, wrestlers have totaled two NCAA titles, three finals appearances and 24 All-American finishes. The women's field features seven total WCWA national titles, 15 finals appearances and 36 All-American finishes. Thirteen different Division I institutions make up the field on the men's side, while the WCWA field features 12 different programs. Campbellsville and Grays Harbor are only schools with three wrestlers in the event. WHAT: 52nd NWCA All-Star Classic hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network WHEN: Sunday, November 5, 3 p.m. WHERE: Jadwin Gym, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. TICKETS: $20 (group discounts available) SOCIAL MEDIA: #ComeBackToJadwin #allstarclassic2017 #wrestleback WATCH: www.trackwrestling.com INFO: www.goallstarclassic.com ANNOUNCED MATCHUPS Men 125: No. 2 Darian Cruz, Sr. (Lehigh) vs. No. 5 Nick Piccininni, So. (Oklahoma State) 133: No. 1 Seth Gross, Jr. (South Dakota State) vs. No. 2 Stevan Micic, So. (Michigan) 141: No. 2 Kevin Jack, Sr. (NC State) vs. No. 3 Bryce Meredith, Sr. (Wyoming) 149: No. 3 Max Thomsen, So. (Northern Iowa) vs. No. 5 Matthew Kolodzik, So. (Princeton) 157: No. 6 Alec Pantaleo, Jr. (Michigan) vs. No. 7 B.J. Clagon, Sr. (Rider) 165: No. 5 Chad Walsh, Sr. (Rider) vs. No. 18 Jonathan Schleifer, Sr. (Princeton) 174: No. 1 Mark Hall, So. (Penn State) vs. No. 2 Zahid Valencia, So. (Arizona State) 184: No. 3 Pete Renda, Sr. (NC State) vs. No. 4 Drew Foster, Jr. (Northern Iowa) 197: No. 1 Kollin Moore, So. (Ohio State) vs. No. 2 Jared Haught, Sr. (Virginia Tech) 285: No. 3 Tanner Hall, Jr. (Arizona State) vs. No. 4 Nick Nevills, Jr. (Penn State) Women 101: Marina Doi, Sr. (King) vs. Hiba Salem, Jr. (Menlo) 109: Maria Vidales, So. (Emmanuel) vs. Charlotte Fowler, So. (Campbellsville) 116: Fayth Woodward, Jr. (Emmanuel) vs. Makayla Bourbon, Sr. (U. of the Cumberlands) 123: Dom Parrish, Jr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Amber Pair, So. (Eastern Oregon) 130: Megan Black, Sr. (McKendree) vs. Shelby Hall, Sr. (Campbellsville) 136: Kayla Miracle, Sr. (Campbellsville) vs. Solin Piearcy, So. (Menlo) 143: Mallory Velte, Sr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Desiree Zavala, So. (Grays Harbor) 155: Niauni Hill, Sr. (Lindenwood-Belleville) vs. Kiera Gabaldon, Jr. (Warner Pacific) 170: Brandy Lowe, Sr. (McKendree) vs. Kacie Moorehouse, So. (Grays Harbor) 191: Paige Baynes, Jr. (Grays Harbor) vs. Alyssa Cantu, Sr. (Missouri Valley) Note: Women's college wrestling competes under international freestyle rules.

Services have been announced for Travis Hunter, a Pennsylvania private school state wrestling champion, who passed away Oct. 20 at age 40. A visitation and Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Keystone Fire Hall, 240 N Walnut St, Boyertown, Pa. The event begins with visitation will be from 12 - 2 p.m. followed by a Celebration of Life ceremony and toast led by Pastor Al Giles from 2 - 2:30 p.m. Refreshments and light food will be available from 12 - 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the "Travis Hunter's Children Fund." Donations will be accepted at the Celebration of Life or can be made online at a GoFundMe.com page. Born in May 1977, Hunter wrestled at West-Mont Christian Academy. As a senior, he won the 160-pound title at the Pennsylvania Independent School Tournament (PAIST) state wrestling championships in 1996. (This tournament for wrestling programs at private schools and academies is separate from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) wrestling championships.) Hunter later earned a black belt in taekwondo. Travis HunterAfter graduating from West-Mont Christian Academy, Hunter served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Kitty Hawk until 1999. He had been a member of the carpenters' union; his obituary stated that he loved working on projects around his own home, as well as assisting friends and family with their carpentry needs. That same tribute also highlighted Hunter's other passions: "tending to his garden, sharing the harvest, spending time hunting with his father and feeling the wind against his face while riding his motorcycle." Hunter is survived by his three children -- Tru, Karis, and Carly -- as well as his parents Randy and Judy Hunter, sister and brother-in-law Mandy and Scott Lobaugh, niece Brooke Mullen and nephew Trevor Lobaugh, grandparents Doug and Ginny Snyder, Charlie Miller, and extended family in Arkansas.

DELAWARE, OHIO -- Paul Reid, head wrestling coach at Alfred (N.Y.) State College, has been named head coach of the wrestling team at Ohio Wesleyan University, it was announced by athletics director Doug Zipp. Paul ReidReid will oversee Ohio Wesleyan's reinstatement of wrestling to varsity status, with competition beginning in the 2018-19 academic year. The Battling Bishops last competed on the mat in the 1983-84 season. "I'm grateful to the administration, the search committee, and Doug Zipp for this opportunity. Ohio Wesleyan's commitment to reinstate wrestling is tremendous for the sport," Reid said. "Ohio Wesleyan is not only committed to reinstating wrestling, but doing it the right way. "I look forward to recruiting the right type of student-athlete into the Ohio Wesleyan program, one who is willing to come in and buy into the process and get better every day. That way, success will be not only on the mat but in all areas of life." At Alfred State, Reid rebuilt the wrestling program as it made the transition to NCAA Division III status. Last year, the Pioneers finished second at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association regional meet, 13th at the NCWA national championship, and sixth in the nation at the national duals. His 2015-16 team was 14th at the NCWA national championship meet and the 2014-15 Pioneers placed 27th nationally. While at Alfred State, Reid coached 3 All-Americans, including a national finalist. Prior to Alfred State, Reid helped build the wrestling program at Iowa Western Community College as the head assistant coach beginning with the Reivers' inaugural season in 2011-12. At Iowa Western, Reid helped the team to an eighth-place national finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association championship, and he helped coach 5 All-Americans. Reid was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 2 seasons, helping the Warhawks to a pair of runner-up finishes in the rugged Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and a 29th-place finish at the NCAA Division III championship meet in 2010. While at Whitewater, Reid helped coach 3 All-Americans and 8 national qualifiers. Reid began his collegiate coaching career as assistant wrestling coach at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke in 2008-09. "We are delighted to have Paul lead our new wrestling program. Paul brings with him the experience of building two different programs. His passion, drive, and 'can-do' attitude are just what is needed to start this program," Zipp said. "We are very excited with the experience and leadership he will offer in the recruiting process and building our wrestling program. "Through the interview process it became very clear that Paul would be a good fit for OWU, that he had a sound grasp of the Division III mission of academics first, and that he had the work ethic and drive to be a very active recruiter." Reid is a 2008 graduate of Coe (Iowa) College, where he wrestled for 4 years with the Kohawks. He continued his education with a master's degree in physical education from North Carolina-Pembroke. Reid is a native of Fort Madison, Iowa.

There have been several recruiting announcements this week: Mason Parris has chosen Michigan, Brandon Kaylor is headed to Oregon State, Abe Assad has committed to West Point, and Drew Bennett will suit up for Northern Iowa. Oh, and D.J. Shannon is going to West Virginia ... or UVW? While I'm not much for high school wrestling, I know of these announcements because in addition to signing ceremonies and baseball caps set out, the 2018 class has taken to announcing their college choice with slick social media-ready graphic designs (usually made with the winning school). What a world. I don't know if I'm creeping into the "get off my lawn" phase of my life, or my subconscious is signaling me to create a new career in conservative talk radio, but the pomp of these announcements and the effort to make them news, looks and feels, well, ill-conceived? This is not just sour grapes. When I was recruited to wrestle in college in 1999 the main form of social communication was a cordless telephone and AOL Instant Messenger (RIP). This lack of social promotion meant that my acceptance to U.Va. and invitation to walk-on were not celebrated much beyond a pre-dinner acknowledgment from my father. I was late to commit. I'd gotten into Duke, but preferred U.Va. and was sitting on a deferred admissions list. The news finally came in mid-May, so late that when I went to go tell my classmates most either didn't believe me, or were so checked out that they simply didn't care. I'd missed the explosion of recognition being sent about the schoolyard. Today, I am getting Twitter notifications that some 17-year-old will be giving on-air interviews about why he chose his school. I know that I don't care about that, but I also feel pretty certain that when I made my choice my parents wouldn't have listened to my list of reasons. On a development side, I think that promotional obscurity helped me to develop in my first year. There was no undue stress of living up to an image (literally!), or fulfilling some on-air prediction of future greatness. I could toil in obscurity . Later, in my years as a coach, I found that many first-year wrestlers were similar to me. They needed time to gain confidence, and though I imagine a well-produced image of success could motivate the visual dreamer, it could just as quickly distract a teen in need of less-intense analysis. Curmudgeon though I am, I do understand the motivations. These broadcast announcements and social media assets are a fun celebration of a high school kid and the hard work of their formative years. It's also a validation of the time and monetary investment put in by well-intentioned parents. Bragging on your kid is natural. Still, maybe it's OK if some parents start to step back and ask if over-glorifying collegiate acceptance is the best message to our young wrestlers. Signing a letter, or making a verbal commitment, is a minor step in a life journey that should include becoming a college graduate, an All-American competitor and solid member of society. There are hard lessons to be learned in college and not all will make it through. Let's not celebrate too early. The real work is yet to be done. To your questions ... Jason Tsirtsis at University Nationals (Photo/Richard Immel) Q: Jason Tsirtsis at ASU. Any update on his status? -- @Spinks_Mustache Foley: It looks like we could learn a lot more this weekend as ASU hosts their intrasquad meet. Tsirtsis is expected to compete at either 149 pounds or 157 pounds. If he stays down he'll have teammates Christian Pagdilao and Josh Maruca to battle, while at 157 Tsirtsis would have to best Josh Shields and Oliver Pierce. I'm pulling for Tsirtsis to get back on to the mats and make an impact at the national level. He's an incredible talent and though he's suffered greatly in his personal life -- losing a sister and best friend in the past year -- I think he has the resolve to succeed on (and off) the mats. Q: Where can everyone watch the BTS-LA event on Sunday? -- @Calusawrestling Foley: Right now, the idea is to broadcast it via Facebook and through the normal Livestream channel for United World Wrestling. However, this being an outdoor event and with a major piece of equipment being replaced last minute, I'm nervous about delivering on a dual stream. We're working on the problem all weekend and hoping that it's the first thing you see when you pull up Facebook on Sunday! MULTIMEDIA HALFTIME Team Japan v. Team USA Women's All-Star Dual Meet! Beach wrestling is kinda incredible. Q: Have you heard any news on PROWL? When will the first event take place? -- Mike C. Foley: PROWL is entering a space with plenty of existing competition. As such, they've had a few hiccups in pursuing their original vision and are readjusting their platform to provide more opportunities and visibility. Though that will come at a cost to the athletes they originally sought to support. Overall, companies are about the people behind them and the leadership at PROWL is determined to create a successful venture and make a positive impact in the sport of wrestling. That, from where I sit, hasn't changed. Q: Did you see the craziness with the ACLU video about the female wrestler? -- John F. Foley: The ACLU is out of bounds on the manner and nature in which they are describing the issue of women's equality in college wrestling. The video, which made its rounds on social media on Thursday, made it seem as though no female wrestling opportunities were present at all. That's not true, as the NCWA has a women's wrestling league with several affiliated members. There are a multitude of opportunities for women and the ACLU is painting with too broad a brush to make it seem as though women's rights to wrestle are being restricted nationwide. However, the particular issue being raised is actually one that deserves some discussion. Can an adult woman choose to compete against boys on a wrestling mat? Should they be allowed to practice? I'm with the ACLU that they should be allowed to wrestle whomever they want, wherever they want and whenever they want. They are allowed to lead combat infantry platoons into war and so it seems they should be able to grapple with men in a controlled athletic environment, full stop. If the NCWA feels concern that their insurance premiums are going up then they are welcome to shop for other solutions in order to allow the student to wrestle. They are already in the business of providing opportunities for women to wrestle, so it would seem that this relatively minor adjustment won't be much more than some additional paperwork and a discussion with their insurance provider. Women's wrestlers sound off on ACLU claims of discrimination against women by NCWA on Jason Bryant's Mat Talk Online Short Time podcast ... Q: Who do you see as college wrestling's villain this season? -- Mike C. Foley: Pat Downey has such a head start that it would be tough to imagine someone outpacing him for the title of "Lead Villain." Downey is arguably the biggest heel since Johny Hendricks, but I'm not sure he can produce the same results on the mat. It's a long season and each of Downey's blustery comments will keep his opponents angry and focused on besting the Twitter-happy rabble-rouser.

NORMAN -- The red team earned a 19-12 victory over the white squad in the 2017 Red-White Scrimmage, held Thursday night inside McCasland Field House. The scrimmage is held annually to kick off the upcoming wrestling season. "I thought that there were too many close matches, but overall the conditioning level was good and the overall skill sets were good with some of the things they were working on," OU head coach Lou Rosselli said. "I know that it is a difficult situation when you have to wrestle someone you wrestle every day in practice … Overall, I think it was a good performance." The scrimmage opened at 133 pounds in a bout between redshirt freshman Clay Vincent (red) and redshirt junior Jacob Rubio (white). After jumping out to a 6-2 lead, Rubio pinned Vincent in 2:02 to give the red team a 6-0 lead early. In the 141 match, senior Mike Longo (white) cut into the red team's lead with a 10-5 decision over redshirt junior Noah Teaney (red). With a takedown and a 2-point nearfall in the first period followed by a scoreless second, Teaney took a 4-3 lead into the final frame. However, Longo opened the period with a reversal followed by a 4-point nearfall and a riding time point to earn the win. Junior Davion Jeffries (white) earned a 2-0 decision over freshman Dom Demas (red) in the 149 bout. Jeffries escaped to start the second period, and a penalty from Demas gave Jeffries his second point to grow the white team's advantage to 9-3. The 157-pound match between redshirt freshman Justin Thomas (red) and redshirt junior Jared Schieber (white) saw the first extra-period bout of the night. After the regulation ended in a 1-1 tie, Justin Thomas recorded a takedown in sudden victory to cut back into the red team's lead. Redshirt freshman Jeremy Thomas (red) trailed senior Dawaylon Barnes (white) as the 165-pound bout drew to a close, but Jeremy Thomas earned a takedown at the buzzer to secure a 2-1 decision and tie the scrimmage at 9-9. The 174-pound proved to be high scoring, as senior Yoanse Mejias (red) downed freshman Anthony Mantanona (white) in a 14-6 major decision. Mejias got off to a quick start with a 7-4 lead in the first period. He added three more takedowns and a riding time point in the final frames to put the red team back on top, 13-9. At 184 pounds, redshirt sophomore Hayden Hansen (red) defeated freshman Matt Waddell (white) in a 6-4 decision, recording a takedown, a reversal, an escape and the riding time point. Senior Andrew Dixon (red) grew the red team's lead to 19-9 with a 4-3 decision over freshman Jake Woodley (white). Woodley held a 2-1 lead after two periods, but Andrew Dixon earned an escape and a takedown in the third period to win the bout. In the final match of the scrimmage, redshirt junior Lance Dixon (white) defeated freshman Connor Webb (red) in sudden victory. Both wrestlers earned an escape during regulation to leave the bout tied after three periods. Lance Dixon recorded a takedown to win the bout in overtime. Oklahoma, ranked No. 19 in the Intermat Preseason Dual Meet Poll, begins its regular-season schedule on Sunday, Nov. 5 when the team travels to Lansing, Mich., for the Michigan State Open, the first of four consecutive road tournaments for OU. The Sooners return home on Dec. 17 to take on Appalachian State inside McCasland Field House. Season ticket packages, which include tickets to each of OU's five home duals, are available now online or by calling the ticket office at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-GoOU. Results: 133 Jacob Rubio (WHITE) fall Clay Vincent (RED), 2:02 141 Mike Longo (RED) dec. Noah Teaney (RED), 10-5 149 Davion Jeffries (WHITE) dec. Dom Demas (RED), 2-0 157 Justin Thomas (RED) dec. Jared Schieber (WHITE), 3-1 (SV1) 165 Jeremy Thomas (RED) dec. Justin Thomas (WHITE), 2-1 174 Yoanse Mejias (RED) maj. dec. Anthony Mantanona (WHITE) 14-6 184 Hayden Hansen (RED) dec. Matt Waddell (WHITE) 6-4 197 Andrew Dixon (RED) dec. Jake Woodley (WHITE) 4-3 HWT Lance Dixon (RED) dec. Connor Webb (WHITE) 3-1 (SV1)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Lehigh wrestling team made its first public appearance of 2017-18 with the annual Brown and White Wrestle-offs Thursday night inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. A crowd of 1,140 witnessed 12 bouts, including five bonus point wins and several other tightly contested bouts in the first appearance of the new season in front of the home fans. "Overall, the guys wrestled hard," Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro said. "I know I say the same thing every year but the guys know each other so well. A lot of guys didn't pull that trigger in the first period, maybe because it was the first time getting down to weight or the fact that wrestling your teammate is really hard. If you can overcome that; if you can wrestle your teammate you can wrestle anybody." Six of Lehigh's true freshmen competed within the first six bouts and fans were treated to early fireworks in the opening bout between newcomers at 125 as Matt Parker locked up an early cradle that turned into an early 6-0 lead over Satoshi Abe. Leading 9-0 in the second period, Parker used a half nelson to stack up Abe for the fall in 4:38 to kick off the evening with a bonus win. Luke Resnick then made it two straight wins for true freshmen, using a third period takedown to defeat deferred freshman Aaron Burkett 3-2. In the first of two bouts at 133, junior All-American Scott Parker scored an early six-point move and impressed from there, compiling a 15-0 technical fall over freshman Nick Farro, which was ended early in the third period. Sophomore transfer Brandon Paetzell then added Lehigh's second pin of the night in his Mountain Hawk debut, as he stuck freshman Brock Herring in 4:16. In a highly anticipated matchup at 141, freshman Luke Karam used a third-period ride out to top sophomore Ryan Pomrinca 3-2. Pomrinca scored the only takedown of the match in the first period, but Karam escaped in each of the first two periods before riding out the third. The second bout at 141 saw a tight battle between true freshmen. Jimmy Hoffman and Dan Moran traded takedowns and escapes in the second and third periods, with Moran's late score forcing overtime. Hoffman escaped in the first half of the tiebreaker and then rode out to win 4-3. "I was impressed with the freshmen," Santoro said. "It can be a little intimidating that first time (in Grace Hall). Take away the fact that they were wrestling a teammate they went after it pretty well." Junior Cortlandt Schuyler kicked off the second half of the night with a 3-2 win over sophomore David Pipa at 149. Junior Ian Brown then followed with an impressive performance in a 9-4 win over sophomore Kent Lane at 157. Brown had two takedowns in the first period and a reversal and takedown in the third, plus an impressive 4:25 of riding time advantage. An anticipated high-scoring affair between senior Drew Longo and junior Gordon Wolf at 165 never materialized, but Wolf scored the only takedown in the second period and added 2:30 of riding time advantage to post a 4-1 decision. "They're going to battle it out all year," Santoro said. "We really have four quality guys at 165. These guys are going to have to figure things out. I don't know when it's going to happen but all of them are capable of getting on that podium. They're that good. At 174, sophomore Jordan Kutler competed up two weight classes from last season and put on a takedown clinic, racking up 11 total in 24-9 technical fall over sophomore Charlie Sell. Junior Ryan Preisch also bumped up a weight and controlled sophomore Paul Dunn with a takedown in each period, plus two escapes and three minutes of riding time in a 9-0 major decision at 184. "They had great summers in the weight room and really filled the weights well," Santoro said of Kutler and Preisch. "They wrestled with a lot of energy, which is what you want to see. The both went up weights, one went up two weights and one went up one weight and they both looked really good at it." The final bout of the night was the only one not to feature a takedown as sophomore Kyle Gentile edged freshman Jake Jakobsen 2-1 in the tiebreakers at 197. Tied 1-1 through eight minutes of action, Gentile rode Jakobsen out in the first half of the tiebreaker and then escaped early in the second half to claim the victory. The Mountain Hawks will open the 2017-18 season with a visit to EIWA rival Bucknell on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. After a trip to the Journeymen Collegiate Classic on Nov. 12 Lehigh will open its home schedule with duals against Edinboro (Nov. 17) and Michigan (Nov. 19) inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. 2017 Lehigh Wrestle-offs 125 - Matt Parker (Brown) Fall Satoshi Abe (White) 4:38 125 - Luke Resnick (Brown) dec. Aaron Burkett (White) 3-2 133 - Scott Parker (Brown) tech fall Nick Farro (White) 15-0, 5:36 133 - Brandon Paetzell (Brown) Fall Brock Herring (White) 4:16 141 - Luke Karam (White) dec. Ryan Pomrinca (Brown) 3-2 141 - Jimmy Hoffman (Brown) dec. Dan Moran (White) 4-3, tb 149 - Cortlandt Schuyler (Brown) dec. David Pipa (White) 3-2 157 - Ian Brown (White) dec. Kent Lane (Brown) 9-4 165 - Gordon Wolf (White) dec. Drew Longo (Brown) 4-1 174 - Jordan Kutler (White) tech fall Charlie Sell (Brown) 24-9, 6:34 184 - Ryan Preisch (Brown) major dec. Paul Dunn (White) 9-0 197 - Kyle Gentile (White) dec. Jake Jakobsen (Brown) 2-1, tb Attendance - 1,140 Referee - Craig Salvatore

Alec Pantaleo at the U.S. World Team Trials (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Rider's B.J. Clagon sleeps about seven miles away from the Princeton University campus. The proximity of the All-Star Classic is ideal as the New Jersey native will head down the street to face Michigan All-American Alec Pantaleo at 157 pounds at the 52nd annual NWCA All-Star Classic set for Princeton University's Jadwin Gym on Sunday, November 5. The NWCA All-Star Classic is hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network and sponsored by Princeton Brain and Spine and Northwestern Mutual Life. Diminutive dynamos Marina Doi of King, a two-time national champion, and Hiba Salem of Menlo, a two-time All-American, will meet at 101 pounds on the women's side. While both Clagon and Pantaelo are returning All-Americans, both have spent time away from the podium for varying reasons. As a redshirt freshman in 2015, Clagon entered as the No. 15 seed at 149 pounds and defeated four seeded wrestlers en route to a fifth-place finish. He qualified for the NCAA Championships each of the last two seasons. Last season, he was one win away from returning to the podium. Clagon will be making his second appearance in the event. He defeated rival Lenny Richardson of Old Dominion in 2016 in Atlanta. He'll make Rider's fifth all-time appearance in the All-Star Classic. Bronc wrestlers are 2-3 overall. Pantaleo will be the second member of his family to compete in the event and the second Wolverine to be announced for 2017. Joe Pantaelo, Alec's uncle, won a 6-1 decision over Bloomsburg's Dave Morgan at the 1989 All-Star Classic in Philadelphia. A native of Canton, Michigan, Pantaleo is coming off a redshirt season after finishing sixth at the 2016 NCAA Division I Championships. He finished the season 27-8 and finished third at the Big Ten Championships that season. Clagon and Pantaleo have never met in collegiate competition. Two-time WCWA champion Marina Doi from King University will be challenged by Menlo College's Hiba Salem at 101 pounds. Doi, the only representative for four-time reigning WCWA champion King, is a three-time finalist from Kingsburg, California. Salem is a two-time All-American from South San Francisco, California. The two met in the semifinals of the 2017 WCWA National Championships in Oklahoma City with Doi earning a 7-0 decision. Salem finished fourth. The year prior, Salem was sixth, falling to Marina's twin sister Regina in the fifth-place bout. Both are accomplished at the age-group levels, with Salem earning two All-American finishes at the USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. Doi was a co-champion with sister Regina on two occasions and won three titles overall. She also won the 2012 Cadet World Championship ad was a bronze medalist at the 2014 Junior World Championships. Salem will join teammate Solin Piearcy as entries for Menlo College in Atherton, California. WHAT: 52nd NWCA All-Star Classic hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network WHEN: Sunday, November 5, 3 p.m. WHERE: Jadwin Gym, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. TICKETS: $20 (group discounts available) SOCIAL MEDIA: #ComeBackToJadwin #allstarclassic2017 #wrestleback WATCH: www.trackwrestling.com INFO: www.goallstarclassic.com ANNOUNCED MATCHUPS Men 125: Darian Cruz, Sr. (Lehigh) vs. Nick Piccininni, So. (Oklahoma State) 133: Seth Gross, Jr. (South Dakota State) vs. Stevan Micic, So. (Michigan) 141: Kevin Jack, Sr. (NC State) vs. Bryce Meredith, Sr. (Wyoming) 149: Max Thomsen, So. (Northern Iowa) vs. Matthew Kolodzik, So. (Princeton) 157: Alec Pantaleo, Jr. (Michigan) vs. B.J. Clagon, Sr. (Rider) 165: 174: Mark Hall, So. (Penn State) vs. Zahid Valencia, So. (Arizona State) 184: Pete Renda, Sr. (NC State) vs. Drew Foster, Jr. (Northern Iowa) 197: Kollin Moore, So. (Ohio State) vs. Jared Haught, Sr. (Virginia Tech) 285: Tanner Hall, Jr. (Arizona State) vs. Nick Nevills, Jr. (Penn State) Women 101: Marina Doi, Sr. (King) vs. Hiba Salem, Jr. (Menlo) 109: Maria Vidales (Emmanuel) vs. Charlotte Fowler (Campbellsville) 116: Fayth Woodward (Emmanuel) vs. Makayla Bourbon, Sr. (U. of the Cumberlands) 123: Dom Parrish, Jr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Amber Pair, So. (Eastern Oregon) 130: Megan Black, Sr. (McKendree) vs. Shelby Hall, Sr. (Campbellsville) 136: Kayla Miracle, Sr. (Campbellsville) vs. Solin Piearcy, So. (Menlo) 143: Mallory Velte, Sr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Desiree Zavala, So. (Grays Harbor) 155: Niauni Hill, Sr. (Lindenwood-Belleville) vs. Kiera Gabaldon, Jr. (Warner Pacific) 170: Jessika Rottier, Jr. (U. of the Cumberlands) vs. Brandy Lowe, Sr. (McKendree) 191: Note: Women's college wrestling competes under international freestyle rules.

WASHINGTON - American University head wrestling coach Teague Moore has been selected as the head coach for the U.S. Men's Freestyle Team that will compete in late November at the 2017 Under-23 World Championships in Poland. Teague Moore (Photo/AU Sports Information)Moore, who next weekend will begin his seventh season as head coach of the Eagles, will get his first international head-coaching assignment for Team USA at the United World Wrestling Championships. "I'm very excited and grateful for this opportunity," said Moore. "Anytime you can be a part of a World Championship Team or be a part of the development for our National Program it brings out a passion for the sport." The U-23 World Championships come at a break in AU's competition schedule when the team will take off for the Thanksgiving holiday. This will be a return to the World Championships in a different role for Moore, who was a four-time U.S. National Team member and a University World champion in 2000. Moore, who has had three All-Americans and 13 NWCA All-Academic Team honorees in his time at American, was an NCAA individual champion and a three-time All-American while competing for Oklahoma State. Team USA will also be sending Greco-Roman and women's freestyle teams to the competition, to be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Andy Bisek at a press conference before the 2016 Olympics (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Marquette, Mich. -- USA Wrestling announced today that Andy Bisek was selected to be the head Greco-Roman wrestling coach at the 2017 United World Wrestling U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Nov. 21-22. This will be Bisek's first time serving as a World Team coach since joining the Northern Michigan University Olympic Training Site as assistant Greco-Roman coach last November. Although this will be his debut as a World Team coach, Bisek is familiar with competition at the World Championship level. As an athlete, he earned bronze medals at both the 2014 and 2015 World Championships, competing at 75 kg/165lbs. The NMU-OTS squad qualified four athletes to be on the eight-man team during the U23 UWW World Team Trials held in Rochester, Minn., October 6-8.

Henry Cejudo with his Olympic gold medal in 2008 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com) STILLWATER, Okla. -- The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced on Thursday that the Class of 2018 inductees are Distinguished Members Stephen Abas, Lee Allen, Henry Cejudo and Kristie Davis, Meritorious Official Gary Kessel, Order of Merit recipient Nancy Schultz Vitangeli, and Medal of Courage recipient James McCloughan. Allen will be inducted posthumously as he passed away in 2012 at the age of 77. The Hall of Fame will announce its Outstanding American honoree at a later date. Davis becomes only the second woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member, joining four-time World Champion and women's wrestling pioneer Tricia Saunders, who was inducted in 2006. Saunders is the namesake of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award, which is presented annually to the nation's most outstanding high school senior girls for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship, and community service. "The Class of 2018 is an amazing group of people who have made a tremendous and extremely positive impact on our sport," said Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. "We are excited to be inducting our second female Distinguished Member, Kristie Davis, and to recognize Lee Allen, who played a significant role in the development and growth of women's wrestling. We are so excited to honor another group that has not only contributed to our sport, but who embodies what wrestling can do to help you excel in life." The Hall of Fame Board of Governors approved the selections at its meeting in Kansas City on Oct. 18. The induction ceremony will be held at the 42nd Annual Honors Weekend on June 1-2, 2018 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. For more information on Honors Weekend, please telephone (405) 377-5243. Abas, Cejudo and Davis were chosen as Distinguished Members for the Modern Era while Allen was selected by the Veterans Committee. The Hall of Fame has inducted 188 Distinguished Members since it began in 1976. Distinguished Members can be a wrestler who has achieved extraordinary success in national and/or international competition; a coach who has demonstrated great leadership in the profession and who has compiled an outstanding record; or a contributor whose long-term activities have substantially enhanced the development and advancement of the sport. Stephen Abas was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion and a four-time All-American for Fresno State University, winning titles in 1999, 2001 and 2002 after finishing fourth as a freshman in 1998. He won a silver medal at the Olympics in 2004 and competed in the World Championships in 2001 and 2003. He was also qualified for the World Championships in 2002, but the United States did not compete. Abas was named to the NCAA's 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team in 2005 in the lightweight division, along with current Distinguished Members Tom Brands (2001), Dan Gable (1980), John Smith (1997) and Yojiro Uetake Obata (1980). He had a career college record of 144-4-0 and did not lose a match at 125 pounds. Abas concluded his college career with 95 consecutive wins, including a 35-0 record as a senior and a 34-0 record as a junior, while setting the school record for career wins with 144 wins and career winning percentage with 97.3 percent. He was named the Fresno State Male Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2001, and is currently the freestyle coach at the Valley Region Training Center in Fresno, California. Lee Allen was one of only four wrestlers to represent the United States at the Olympics in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, competing in freestyle in 1956 and finishing eighth in Greco-Roman in 1960. He was a member of the first United States team to compete in the World Championships, placing sixth in freestyle in 1961. Allen was a four-time undefeated Oregon state champion for Sandy High School in Sandy, Oregon, and competed in college for the University of Oregon. Allen was the head coach of the 1980 Olympic Greco-Roman team, which did not compete in the Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, because of the U.S. government boycott of the Games. He was an assistant coach for the United States Greco-Roman team at the Olympics in 1972 and 1976. He was head coach of four United States Greco-Roman teams at the World Championships in 1973, 1977, 1978 and 1979. The 1979 team finished fourth with three individual medalists, which was one of the best Greco-Roman performances of the time period. Allen and his wife, Joan Fulp, were instrumental in the development and growth of women's wrestling in California and the United States. He led the men's wrestling program at Skyline College in California for 32 years while incorporating a women's program. His San Francisco Peninsula Grapplers women's team won the senior national championships in 1997 and 1999. Allen was head coach of the women's wrestling team at Menlo College in California from 2001 to 2010 where he coached both of his daughters, Sara Fulp-Allen Bahoura and Katherine Fulp-Allen Shai. Sara was the first three-time women's college national champion, and an injury prevented her from competing as a senior to try and become the first four-time champion. Katherine was a World University champion and five-time national team member. Lee received the Lifetime Service to Wrestling award from the Oregon Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011 and from the California Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013. He is a member of the AAU Hall of Fame, the San Mateo County Sport Hall of Fame, Skyline College Hall of Fame, California Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Portland State University Hall of Fame. Henry Cejudo was 21 years old when he won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2008, becoming the youngest Olympic wrestling champion in United States history. Kyle Snyder broke Cejudo's record in 2016 when he captured a gold medal at the Olympics as a 20 year old. Cejudo won the Pan American Championships three times, and competed in the World Championships in 2007. Cejudo was a two-time U.S. Open champion, who became the first high school wrestler to win the U.S. Nationals in freestyle since USA Wrestling became the sport's national governing body in 1983. He won a pair of state high school championships in Arizona before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to become a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He won Colorado state high school championships as a junior and senior, and was named ASICS National High School Wrestler of the Year in 2006. Cejudo is currently competing in mixed martial arts and is the UFC's No. 2 ranked flyweight. Kristie Davis has won nine World medals which ties her with Bruce Baumgartner for the most World medals in United States history. The Albany, New York native holds the American records in women's freestyle for most world teams, most medals, and most finals appearances. Davis competed in 10 World Championships and was a seven-time finalist, winning gold medals in 2000 and 2003 and silver medals in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2007. She captured bronze medals in 2002 and 2006. Davis helped the United States capture the World Championship team title in 1999, which is the first and only American women's team to accomplish the feat. She was named Women's Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling five times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2007), which is more than any other wrestler since the award began in 1993. Davis was a nine-time U.S. Open champion who competed in four Olympic Trials, placing second once and third twice. She was a four-time University Nationals champion, and won two Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association national championships for Oklahoma City University. Davis also competed as Kristie Stenglein, which is her maiden name, and as Kristie Marano, which was her first married name. She was named co-head women's wrestling coach at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia, on Monday, where she will be working alongside her husband, Link Davis. The Meritorious Official award recognizes outstanding service as a referee, judge, or pairing official. In 40 years of officiating, Gary Kessel has refereed 16 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, including 12 finals, and eight NCAA Division III Championships, including eight finals. He has officiated 21 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships and 18 Virginia Duals while also refereeing nine National Duals and four National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star matches. Kessel has also refereed 39 New Jersey state high school wrestling championships, including 11 finals, and has officiated 15 national high school tournaments. He has been president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Officials Association, the oldest and largest wrestling organization in the country, since 2010, and has worked as a rules interpreter for the state of New Jersey and the Eastern Wrestling League. He serves as the secretary/treasurer for the National Wrestling Officials Association and also chairs the organization's education committee while also serving on the executive board of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Kessel was honored as the New Jersey Official of the Year in 2007 and received the Richard Mirshak award for dedication, service and contributions to wrestling in 2015. He received the Vincent Russo Golden Whistle award in 2016 and was presented the Lifetime Service to Wrestling award from the New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2017. Kessel was inducted into the East Stroudsburg University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, and is also a member of the Hopatcong, New Jersey, High School Hall of Fame. The Medal of Courage recipient is a wrestler or former wrestler who has overcome what appear to be insurmountable challenges, providing inspiration to others. In 1969 at the battle of Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam, combat medic and former wrestler James McCloughan risked his life repeatedly to save 10 fellow American soldiers. On July 31, 2017, McCloughan was awarded the Medal of Honor, the most prestigious personal military decoration, for his acts of bravery and valor on the battlefield while serving in the U.S. Army. With his company engaged in a battle, McCloughan ran 100 meters through an open field to rescue an injured soldier, carrying him back to the company and saving him from being captured or killed. McCloughan saw two more soldiers and ran to their aid. While checking them for wounds, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded and peppered him with shrapnel. Bleeding extensively, he returned to the kill zone four more times to find more wounded soldiers. The next day, another platoon was ambushed and their medic was killed, leaving McCloughan as the only medic in the company. McCloughan was wounded a second time by small arms fire and shrapnel while providing aid to two soldiers in an open rice paddy. He then volunteered to hold a blinking light in an open area as a marker for a nighttime supply drop, holding his prone position as bullets and RPGs flew over and around him. The next morning, he destroyed the RPG position with a grenade, while continuing to fight and care for wounded Americans. He finally collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration. McCloughan was a four-sport athlete at Bangor High School in Bangor, Michigan, and he wrestled and played football and baseball at Olivet College. He taught sociology and psychology at South Haven High School for 40 years, and also coached wrestling, football and baseball. He was also a wrestling official for the Michigan High School Athletic Association for 25 years. McCloughan is a member of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame, and the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The Order of Merit is presented to an individual that has made a significant contribution to the sport of wrestling, but who is not an athlete or a coach. Nancy Schultz Vitangeli has been involved in wrestling since meeting Dave Schultz when the two were attending the University of Oklahoma. They were married in 1982 and were together until 1996 when the Olympic and World champion was killed by John du Pont. Following his death, Schultz Vitangeli founded the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club which sponsored 20 displaced athletes from Team Foxcatcher, providing them with training and coaching resources through the 1996 Olympics. The Dave Schultz Wrestling Club continued until 2005 and trained athletes in men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman, including Olympic gold medalists and Distinguished Members Kurt Angle and Brandon Slay, Olympic bronze medalist Patricia Miranda, and two-time NCAA Champion, World Champion and Distinguished Member Stephen Neal. Schultz Vitangeli helped begin the Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017, which annually hosts World and Olympic class athletes. She also helped create the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 1996, an award that is presented annually by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame to top high school wrestlers based on wrestling, scholastic achievement and citizenship. Schultz Vitangeli worked with ASICS to promote the Dave Schultz wrestling shoes, and helped facilitate the Dave Schultz video anthology series, featuring techniques used in competition by Dave from 1986 to 1995. She is a partner at RUDIS, a sports apparel company dedicated to the sport of wrestling and a preferred apparel provider for the Hall of Fame. Schultz Vitangeli is a Governor's Associate for the Hall of Fame and an honorary board member for USA Wrestling, and served as honorary co-chairperson for "Wrestling for the Next Millennium," a capital campaign designed to ensure that the oldest sport thrives in the 21st century and beyond. She served as executive producer for "Team Foxcatcher," an Emmy Award nominated documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and became one of Netflix's most popular selections. Schultz Vitangeli was a consultant on the Oscar nominated major motion picture "Foxcatcher" starring Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum and Steve Carrell. She was named Woman of the Year by USA Wrestling in 1998 and was co-chair of USA Wrestling's Foundation Gala in 2016. Schultz Vitangeli was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the Lifetime Service to Wrestling award from the California Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013. National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum America's shrine to the sport of wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1976 to honor the sport of wrestling, preserve its history, recognize extraordinary individual achievements, and inspire future generations. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has museums in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Waterloo, Iowa. The Stillwater, Oklahoma, location reopened in June 2016 following a $3.8 million renovation and now features interactive exhibits and electronic kiosks, as well as the opportunity to watch NCAA Championship matches from the 1930s to present day. It also has the John T. Vaughan Hall of Honors where the greatest names in wrestling are recognized, including iconic granite plaques presented to Distinguished Members since the Hall of Fame opened in 1976. The museum has the largest collection of wrestling artifacts and memorabilia in the world, including the most collegiate and Olympic wrestling uniforms. Wrestling truly is for everyone and the diversity and accessibility of the sport continues to be highlighted through exhibits featuring females, African Americans, Native Americans, and Latino Americans. There is also a library featuring historical documents, including NCAA guides and results, as well as books on the sport. For more information about the Hall of Fame, please visit www.NWHOF.org.

Marina Goocher, a two-time national champion for the wrestling club at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, has enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations in her quest to be able to wrestle men, multiple media sources -- including USA Today -- reported Wednesday. Marina GoocherThe national ACLU -- along with the ACLU of Michigan, the National Women's Law Center and the Women's Sports Foundation -- sent a letter Wednesday to the National Collegiate Wrestling Association -- the organization which governs wrestling clubs like the one at UM-Dearborn -- "to change its discriminatory policy" that prohibits women from competing against male wrestlers in the absence of a women's team. The NCWA is independent of the NCAA which governs most intercollegiate wrestling programs in the U.S. The NCWA -- like most other organizations governing college wrestling -- features separate competitions for men and women. The NCWA's Code of Competition prohibits men from wrestling women for insurance reasons. This rule governs not only actual matches, but practice sessions as well. "Our rules and insurance coverages do not permit male vs. female practice or competition," the NCWA Code of Conduct states. "This type of combative activity is not covered under your NCWA provided insurance. Any competition or combative practice will void your liability and injury coverage." The Code of Conduct continues, "The NCWA has developed two separate and distinct divisions for the purpose of providing men and women the opportunity to compete in wrestling at the college level while protecting athletes from injury or possible abuse." With that in mind, the wrestling club at UM-Dearborn has made it clear that Goocher -- the only woman on the squad -- is not to practice with her male teammates. "When I enrolled in college at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the wrestling coach and the wrestlers, all of whom were men, warmly welcomed me because they knew I could help the team win," Goocher said in a statement at the ACLU website. "But right now, as the wrestling season begins, I have to sit on the bench the entire regular season -- simply because I am a woman." "NCWA's rule is based on antiquated gender stereotypes, including assumptions about differences between men and women," Galen Sherwin, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, was quoted at Mlive.com, a website for multiple daily newspapers in Michigan. "Women like Marina prove these stereotypes in strength between male and female athletes and outdated notions about the propriety of physical contact wrong," Sherwin continued. "All women deserve equal opportunities to participate in athletics, including contact sports like wrestling." Goocher has an impressive wrestling resume. As the only girl on the Riverview Community High School in Michigan, she won over 100 matches against both boys and girls. Goocher also won three United States Girls' Wrestling Association titles and a USA Wrestling title. At UM-Dearborn, she has claimed two NCWA titles at the women's national championships, in the 130-pound class as a freshman in 2016 and in the 136-pound class as a sophomore in March. The news coming out of Michigan regarding Marina Goocher's quest to wrestle women and men comes in light of positive developments in women's wrestling in the U.S. in the past year or so. Among the highlights: Helen Maroulis becoming the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the 2016 Rio Games ... the addition of new women's college wrestling programs ... and a move to make women's wrestling an official NCAA sport, endorsed by University of Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands.

MANKATO, Minn. --- Jim Makovsky, head coach of the Minnesota State wrestling program, has announced that Ty Eustice has been named assistant coach. Ty EusticeEustice, who has spent the last five years serving with the J Robinson Intensive Camps, initially as Camp Director prior to being promoted to Executive Director, has experience at every level of NCAA wrestling, competing at Division I and coaching at Division I, Division II and Division III. "I want to thank Jim and Kevin (Buisman) for their efforts during this process," said Eustice. "I believe Minnesota State can win at the highest level; we have a thriving university, first-rate facilities and great people in the department. Minnesota and the surrounding states have some of the best wrestling in the country and we are going to focus on bringing in young men that want to work at the process and reach for big goals." An assistant coach at South Dakota State in 2011-12, Eustice spent the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons as the head coach at Iowa Lakes. In his time at ILCC, Eustice led the Lakers to a 14-11 dual meet record and two top-10 national tournament places. ILCC qualified 17 wrestlers for nationals during his tenure, including a two-time national champion, six All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans. Prior to his time at Iowa Lakes, Eustice served as assistant wrestling coach at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa). In his lone season, the Rams finished eighth at the NCAA Championships and had three All-Americans. Eustice spent two years at Minnesota State as a graduate assistant where he earned a Master of Arts degree in sports management while helping the Mavericks secure two top-five team finishes, two individual national champions, and 12 All-Americans. A native of Blue Earth, Minn., Eustice was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Iowa from 2001-06 where he compiled a 111-29 collegiate record. He was an All-American as a junior and senior, placing fifth and second at the NCAA Championships, respectively. Eustice received the team Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler his senior year and the team Mike McGivern Most Courageous Wrestler Award his redshirt freshman year. He was a two-time team captain, four-time NCAA Division I National Qualifier and a Cadet, Junior and FILA Junior National Freestyle All-American. Eustice graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in art. "I'm excited to welcome to Ty back to the Maverick Wrestling program," said Makovsky. "Ty is a complete coach. He is beyond a great technician. He coaches the individual from the inside out and that is important to me. He is a high energy guy who genuinely cares about developing our wrestlers in all phases of the student-athlete experience-success in the classroom, success on the mat and community involvement. When he was our graduate assistant from 2006 to 2008 we had two of the best years in MSU Wrestling history and he played a major role."

Whenever the Super 32 Challenge comes around, one knows that the high school wrestling regular season is right around corner. Over the last ten-plus years, this tournament has seen many of the nation's stars and future stars compete on its mats. Furthermore, every year one can count on this tournament producing a match/event -- or more -- that people will talk about for years to come. Year-to-year this field is absolutely loaded. The October 2016 edition of the tournament had over 100 wrestlers that would be nationally ranked by InterMat in their respective weight classes at the end of the 2016-17 season. In addition, over 300 participants in the even won a state-level tournament title (i.e. state tournament, New England regional, or National Preps). From a past participant standpoint, approximate one-half of the qualifiers for the 2017 NCAA Division I wrestling tournament competed in the high school division of the Super 32 at least once; the same applies in terms of All-Americans. Looking back at the Super 32 Challenge high school division from five years ago, the list of champions is illustrious. It includes three-time World/Olympic champion Kyle Snyder; two-time NCAA champions Dean Heil, Zain Retherford, and Isaiah Martinez; NCAA champion Mark Hall; along with another pair of wrestlers that would earn All-American distinction in Ryan Millhof and Joey Dance. The electric finals bouts of that year included Nick Suriano facing Spencer Lee at 106 and Heil facing Aaron Pico at 132. Joey Silva will be looking to capture his third straight Super 32 Challenge title (Photo/Juan Garcia) Anchors for this year's field include two-time defending champions Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.) at 120 pounds and Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) at 132. The other returning champion in this year's field is Antonio Lorenzo (St. John Bosco, Calif.) at 113. To show the depth of talent in this year's field, over 200 wrestlers won a state-level tournament title at the end of the 2016-17 high school season. The field also features approximately 100 wrestlers that are ranked in their respective grade levels by InterMat, and over 50 that ended the 2016-17 season in the national weight class rankings. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center in Greensboro, N.C. Below is a weight-by-weight preview for this year's tournament, based on entries (and weight classes) as of Wednesday evening. 106: On paper, the pre-tournament favorite would appear to be two-time UWW Cadet National freestyle runner-up Jeremiah Reno (Liberty, Mo.). Last year's freshman campaign ended in a state title, and finishing as the No. 8 ranked 106-pound wrestler nationally; he is ranked No. 27 overall in the Class of 2020. Six other registered wrestlers are ranked in their respective grade levels: No. 2 Nic Bouzakis (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) and No. 10 Gavin Brown (Legacy Christian Academy, Ohio) in Junior High; No. 8 Isaac Salas (St. John Bosco, Calif.), No. 12 Vincent Zerban (Christian Brothers College, Mo.), No. 14 Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.), and No. 19 Jet Strickenberger (Discovery Canyon, Calif.). At least five other wrestlers in this weight class won state titles last season, including Cullan Schriever (Mason City, Iowa) and Sam Latona (Thompson, Ala.), who each have Cadet National freestyle titles on their resume. Also fitting the billing are Blake Jackson (Omaha Burke, Neb.) and Anthony Noto (HFL, N.Y.) Others to watch include state medalist Kurtis Phipps (Norwin, Pa.), Cadet National double finalist Andrew Chambal (Davison, Mich.), Junior National freestyle champion Will Guida (St. Paul's, Md.), and Cadet National freestyle champion Drake Ayala (Fort Dodge, Iowa). 113: Two-time state placer Lorenzo won the belt last year down a weight class at 106 pounds, and will seek to defend in this weight class, where he is joined by four other returning placers from last year's 106-pound weight class: No. 14 overall sophomore Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.), Junior National double finalist Brandon Kaylor (Bonney Lake, Wash.), two-time state champion Ryan Chauvin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), and state medalist Logan Agin (Lancaster, Ohio). Also in this weight class are five additional wrestlers that ended last season ranked nationally at 106: No. 25 overall sophomore Anthony Clark (Delbarton, N.J.), NHSCA Junior Nationals champion Dylan Ryder (Half Hollow Hills West, N.Y.), state runner-up Sammy Alvarez (St. Joseph Montvale, N.J.), No. 36 overall sophomore Zach Redding (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.), and two-time state medalist Dante Mininno (Gateway Regional, N.J.). Another four participants are ranked within their respective grade level: No. 4 overall Junior High wrestler Ryan Crookham (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.); No. 40 overall sophomore Dylan Cedeno (Fair Lawn, N.J.), a NHSCA Freshman Nationals champion; No. 10 overall freshman Zeke Escalera (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), a Cadet National freestyle champion; and No. 23 overall freshman Brock McMillen (Glendale, Pa.). Other notables include Junior Nationals double third place finisher Cody Phippen (Platte County, Mo.), state champion Kai Orine (Seckman, Mo.), Junior freestyle All-American Andrew Lucero (Pueblo East, Colo.), state champions Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) and Jacob Lindsey (Providence Catholic, Ill.), Cadet National freestyle champion Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.), and Junior double All-American Jacob Cardani (Champaign Central, Ill.). 120: Two-time defending champion Busiello, ranked No. 13 overall among juniors nationally, is among a quartet of primary contenders at this weight class. Three others are all ranked inside the top 50 overall seniors nationally: No. 35 Brody Teske (Fort Dodge, Iowa), an undefeated three-time state champ; No. 45 Patrick McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.), Junior National freestyle champion this summer; and No. 46 Tommy Hoskins (Legacy Christian Academy, Ohio), a two-time Junior freestyle All-American. Joining Busiello and McKee in placing down a weight class at last year's Super 32 are Antonio Mininno (Gateway Regional, N.J.), a state champion ranked No. 82 overall among seniors; state medalist Logan Macri (Canon-McMillan, Pa.); along with FloNationals champion and two-time state champ Ben Kamali (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.). Six others in this weight class are ranked within their respective grade level: No. 26 overall junior Travis Ford-Melton; No. 17 overall sophomore Dominick Serrano (Windsor, Colo.), a Cadet freestyle runner-up; No. 38 overall sophomore Vincent Mannella (Woodward Academy, Ga.); No. 49 overall sophomore Caleb Tanner (Collinsville, Okla.); No. 15 overall freshman Alek Martin (St. Paris Graham, Ohio); and No. 17 overall freshman Reid Ballantyne (Stillwater, Minn.), a high school state champion this past season. Additional wrestlers to watch include three-time Fargo freestyle All-American Aden Reeves (Albia, Iowa); two-time Junior Greco champion Jaret Lane (Southern Columbia, Pa.); state champions Cayden Rooks (Columbus East, Ind.), Kyle Gollhoffer (Woodland, Ga.), and Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.); two-time state placer Michael Kelly (St. Peter's Prep, N.J.); along with two-time state champion Brendon Fenton (Elyria, Ohio). 126: Even with the scratch of Patrick Glory (Delbarton, N.J.), last year's champion own a weight class, this field is absolutely loaded. Nine wrestlers ended the 2016-17 season ranked nationally in their respective weight classes: No. 4 overall junior Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.), a two-time state champion; No. 4 overall sophomore Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.); No. 54 overall senior Jarrett Trombley (Lake Fenton, Mich.), a three-time state champion; returning Super 32 placer Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.), No. 60 overall in the senior class; No. 8 overall sophomore Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.); No. 29 overall junior Dylan D'Emilio (Genoa, Ohio), a four-time Fargo freestyle All-American; No. 34 overall junior Jordan Crace (St. Paris Graham, Ohio); No. 37 overall junior Cleveland Belton (Temescal Canyon, Calif.); and Chris Wright (Central Dauphin, Pa.), a NHSCA Junior Nationals champion. The field in addition features four other nationally ranked sophomores: No. 7 Joshua Saunders (Christian Brothers College, Mo.), a returning Super 32 placer; No. 26 Keegan O'Toole (Arrowhead, Wis.), a two-time Cadet freestyle All-American; No. 41 Peyton Hall (Oak Glen, W.Va.), a NHSCA Freshman Nationals champion; and No. 46 Mick Burnett (Elyria, Ohio). Other notables include Junior freestyle All-American Aaron Schulist (Mukwanago, Wis.), two-time state placer Joseph Heilmann (South Plainfield, N.J.), FloNationals placer Ryan Moore (Walton Verona, Ky.), National Prep placers Mosha Schwartz (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) and Mark Salvatore (Malvern Prep, Pa.), NHSCA Sophomore Nationals champion Gabe Hixenbaugh (Thompson, Ala.), along with Cadet Greco-Roman champ Phillip Moomey (Kearney, Ala.). 132: Silva is a two-time defending tournament champion, winning titles the last two years at 120 and 126, both times beating March 2017's "giant killer" Austin DeSanto in the final. The No. 9 overall senior is favored for a third title, though it won't be easy with five others that ended the 2016-17 season ranked nationally: No. 3 overall junior Nick Raimo (Hanover Park, N.J.), returning Super 32 placers in No. 11 overall junior Andrew Alirez (Greeley Central, Colo.) and No. 18 overall junior Ryan Andreson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.), No. 1 overall freshman Carson Manville (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), and No. 6 overall sophomore Jesse Vasquez (Santiago Corona, Calif.). It should be noted that prior to this year, only seven have won three Super 32 titles, with just three coming since the tournament moved to Greensboro. Five additional wrestlers in this weight are ranked in their respective grade level: No. 21 overall junior Connor McGonagle (Timbelane, N.H.), a returning Super 32 placer; No. 40 overall junior Colton Yapoujian (Pomona, Colo.); No. 21 overall sophomore Aidan Medora (Brookfield Academy, Wis.), a Cadet freestyle runner-up; No. 24 overall sophomore Frankie Tal-Shahar (American Heritage, Fla.), and No. 33 overall sophomore Manzona Bryant (Culver Academies Ind.). Others in the weight include FloNationals placers Jackson Henson (Penn Foster, W.Va.) and Sam Stuhl (Ellsworth, Wis.); 2015 Super 32 placer Andrew Wert (Central Dauphin, Pa.); a pair Junior National freestyle All-Americans in Alex Cruz (Orting, Wash.) and Chase Zollmann (Poway, Calif.); 2015 Super 32 runner-up Jojo Aragona (Pope John, N.J.); along with state champions Matt Fields (Brunswick, Ohio) and Justin Vines (Wantagh, N.Y.). 138: Three-time Super 32 placer Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) was runner-up in this tournament last year down a weight class, and the No. 13 overall senior enters this year's event as the pre-tournament favorite. It's a rather robust weight class with six other ranked wrestlers in either the junior or senior classes. Among the juniors it's No. 12 Jaden Abas (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.); No. 16 Ryan Vulakh (Pope John II, Pa.), a returning Super 32 placer in this weight class; and No. 27 Kevon Davenport (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.), a Cadet National double finalist this summer. While among seniors you have No. 41 Grant Aronoff (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.), a returning Super 32 placer in this weight class; No. 55 Quinn Kinner (Kingsway Regional, N.J.), a three-time FloNationals placer; and No. 96 Jeremy Schoenherr (Stratford, Wis.), a Junior National freestyle runner-up. Additional notable wrestlers in this weight class include Junior freestyle All-Americans Michael Millage (New Hampton, Iowa) and Gabe Miller (Pequea Valley, Pa.); state champions Jacob Greenwood (Poudre, Colo.) and J.D. Stickley (St. Paris Graham, Ohio); state runners-up Marshall Keller (Christiansburg, Va.), Gage Grunden (Wauseon, Ohio), and Kris Rumph (Portage, Ind.); state medalist Jarred Papcsy (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.); along with Cadet freestyle All-American Luka Wick (San Marino, Calif.), ranked No. 22 overall among freshmen. Anthony Artalona (Photo/Jim Thrall) 145: Junior National freestyle champion Anthony Artalona (Tampa Prep, Fla.), ranked No. 20 overall in the senior class, is joined by five other top 100 seniors in this very deep weight class: No. 23 Alex Lloyd (Shakopee, Minn.), a four-time Fargo freestyle All-American; No. 51 Brock Mauller (Father Tolton Catholic, Mo.); No. 69 Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, N.Y.), a returning Super 32 placer; No. 80 Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn.), a Junior National double All-American this summer; and No. 94 Kendall Coleman (Mt. Camrel, Ill.). Three others in this weight are ranked nationally in their grade level: No. 4 overall freshman Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.), a Cadet National freestyle champion; along with a pair of Walsh Ironman placers last season as freshmen, No. 12 Kai Bele (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) and No. 43 Alfonso Martinez (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.). Others in this weight include FloNationals placers Kasper McIntosh (Portage, Ind.) and Quincy Monday (Carrboro, N.C.), Junior National Greco-Roman champion Mason Phillips (Stanwood, Wash.), two-time state runners-up Sandro Ramirez (Wauseon, Ohio) and Ben Pasiuk (Carrollton, Ohio), two-time state placer Tony Mendoza (Selma, Calif.), state placer Lawrence Saenz (Vacaville, Calif.), state champion Jacob Mariakis (Ridgeland, Ga.), and Cadet freestyle All-American Michael Kistler (Northampton, Pa.). 152: Wrestlers that placed second through fifth down a weight class at last year's Super 32 anchor this weight class. No. 11 overall senior Brayton Lee (Brownsburg, Ind.) lost 7-1 to eventual champion Jarod Verkleeren in the semifinal on the way to a third place finish; No. 15 overall senior Josiah Rider (Grand Junction, Colo.) was the tournament's runner-up losing 5-2 in the championship match; No. 42 overall senior Justin Ruffin (Union Grove, Ga.) placed fourth, also placing fourth in both styles at this summer's Junior Nationals in Fargo; while No. 6 overall junior Connor Brady (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio) placed fifth. Seven additional wrestlers in this field enter the tournament ranked within their grade level. NHSCA Sophomore Nationals champion Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) is the No. 9 overall junior nationally, Junior freestyle All-American Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.) is No. 79 among seniors, Matthew Grippi (Fox Lane, N.Y.) is No. 87 among seniors, FloNationals placer Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central, Mich.) is No. 32 among juniors, Cadet freestyle runner-up Aaron Gandara (Cibola, Ariz.) is No. 15 among sophomores, Grayden Penner (Liberty, Mo.) is the No. 29 overall sophomore, while Cole Rees (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) is No. 20 among freshmen. Additional wrestlers to watch include 2016 state placer Jake Marsh (Marysville, Ohio), three-time state champion Joshua Humphreys (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), two-time state placer Joey Sanchez (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), Journeymen Classic champ Cole Corrigan (Toms River South, N.J.), state placer Brian Meyer (Phillipsburg, N.J.), along with state champions Ryan Luth (Foran, Ct.), and Peter Enos (Francis Howell, Mo.). Among those not listed, at least four others were Cadet freestyle All-Americans this summer. 160: A trio of top 100 Class of 2018 wrestlers anchor this weight class, No. 39 Phil Conigliaro (Belmont Hill, Mass.), No. 63 Ryan Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), and No. 77 Erich Byelick (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.). National Prep champion Conigliaro was a Junior freestyle All-American in 2016, two-time state champion Byelick is a returning Super 32 Challenge placer, while state champion Thomas beat Byelick in the finals of the Grappler Fall Classic earlier this month. Another trio of wrestlers are ranked within the top 50 of the Class of 2019: No. 33 Mason Reiniche (Baylor School, Tenn.), No. 44 Carson Kharchla (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio), and No. 49 Robert Kanniard (Wall Township, N.J.); Reiniche was champion at the NHSCA Sophomore Nationals, Kharchla a Junior freestyle All-American, and Kanniard a Cadet National freestyle champion. Another trio of contenders were state champions this past season: Kenny O'Neil (Prior Lake, Minn.), Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.), and Edmond Ruth (Susquehanna Township, Pa.); Braunagel and Ruth both also were FloNationals placers. Other contenders include 2016 National Prep placer Noah Chan (Kinkaid School, Texas), NHSCA Junior Nationals placer Lucas Cordio (Neshoba Regional, Mass.), No. 18 overall sophomore Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.), along with state runners-up Drew Hoselton (Prairie Central, Ill.) and Diego Lemley (Chesterton, Ind.). 170: This is a very robust weight in terms of title contenders with six wrestlers that are nationally ranked for their respective grade level. Four of those wrestlers are returning Super 32 placers: Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County, Pa.), Emille Shannon (Christian Brothers College, Mo.), Chris Foca (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), and Emil Soehnlen (Massillon Perry, Ohio); No. 25 Hidlay, No. 37 Shannon, and No. 61 Soehnlen are all seniors, while Foca is No. 19 in the junior class. Three-time state placer Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) is ranked No. 57 overall among seniors, while No. 5 overall sophomore Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) placed third at both the UWW Cadet Nationals and Cadet Nationals in freestyle. Zach Glazier won an InterMat Classic title this past weekend (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine) Another pair of challengers were state champions this past season, Junior National freestyle All-American Zach Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) and Jared Lough (Colonial Forge, Va.). Additional wrestlers to watch include a quartet of state (level) tournament runners-up in FloNationals placer Grant Cuomo (Brewster, N.Y.), NHSCA Junior Nationals runner-up Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley, Pa.), NHSCA Sophomore Nationals runner-up Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.), and champion at this past weekend's InterMat Classic Zach Glazier (Albert Lea, Minn.). 182: Three top 100 overall seniors lead the proceedings at this weight class, No. 44 Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.), No. 62 Cody Mulligan (Saegertown, Pa.), and No. 71 Jared Krattiger (Waterford, Wis.). Primary challengers include Junior National double All-Americans Victor Marcelli (Massillon Jackson, Ohio) and Christian Knop (Alexandria, Alba.), FloNationals placer Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.), state medalists Nathan Tausch (Poway, Calif.) and Ashton Eyler (Claymont, Ohio), along with two-time FloNationals placer Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.). Others to watch include Cadet freestyle runner-up Jake Logan (New Rochelle, N.Y.), Cadet double All-Americans Darrien Roberts (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) and Grant Parrish (Forest Lake, Minn.), NHSCA Sophomore Nationals champion Jacob Cardenas (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), along with state medalists Julian Gorring (Fort LeBoeuf, Pa.) and David Heath (Akron SVSM, Ohio). Gavin Hoffman after winning bronze at the Cadet World Championships (Photo/Richard Immel) 195: The clear headline wrestler in this weight class is No. 14 overall senior Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.), last year's runner-up in this weight class and a Cadet World bronze medalist this summer. Two other top 100 seniors also are in the field, No. 89 Jared Ball (Hilliard Darby, Ohio) and No. 93 Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.); Ball placed at the FloNationals this spring, while Davison was a Junior National double All-American this summer. Others to watch in this weight class include state champions Tony Wuest (Smyrna, Del.) and Joey Miller (McQueen, Nev.), both also NHSCA Junior All-Americans in this weight class; National Prep runner-up Yarislau Slavikouski (Northfield Mt. Hermon, Mass.); state medalist Elijah Jones (Boyertown, Pa.); state champions Miles Nuessle (Liberty, Ariz.), Konner Doucet (Comanche, Okla.), Jacob Henderson (Armuchee, Ga.), and David Jones (King William, Va.); along with Cadet double All-American Wyatt Hendickson (Newton, Kansas). 220: No. 3 overall sophomore Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) has sandwiched a pair of Cadet National double championships around a missed 2016-17 due to injury last September. His run to sweeping titles in Fargo this summer showed a clear return to form after said injury, and he seeks to augment those titles with another one in this weekend's Super 32 Challenge. His primary challenger will be Josiah Jones (Bishop McCort, Pa.), the No. 52 overall senior nationally, a two-time state runner-up and two-time FloNationals placer. Also in this field are state runner-up and returning Super 32 placer Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) along with two-time state champion Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), the participants in this spring's NHSCA Junior Nationals final for this weight class; Junior freestyle All-American Antonio McCloud (Cincinnati Elder, Ohio); state runner-up Josh Heindselman (Piedmont, Okla.); National Prep placer Colin Lawler (Kinkaid School, Texas); state champions Daniel Conley (Chaminade, Mo.) and Tarik Sutkovic (Ironwood, Ariz.); along with state medalists Isaiah Perez (Pitman, Calif.) and Tyler Cook (Brookville, Pa.). Anthony Cassioppi after winning a Fargo title in freestyle (Photo/Jim Thrall) 285: Junior National double champion Anthony Cassioppi, an Iowa commit and the No. 27 overall senior nationally, is the clear favorite in this weight class. Among the challengers are three placers from last year's tournament in this weight class: FloNationals placer Keaton Kluever (Kaukauna, Wis.), NHSCA Sophomore Nationals champion Michael Kramer (Wilson Central, Tenn.), and NHSCA Junior Nationals third place finisher Paul Robinson (Bremen, Ga.). Others of note include Junior National double All-American Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.), UWW Cadet freestyle champion Jordan Earnest (Wadsworth, Ohio), NHSCA Sophomore Nationals runner-up Jordan Pryor (Dunbar, Md.), No. 45 overall sophomore Andy Garcia (Pueblo East, Colo.), along with Cadet National double All-Americans Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.) and Louden Haga (Pakersburg South, W.Va).

ASU's Tanner Hall finished third at the NCAAs (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) MANHEIM, Pa. -- At 24 years old, Arizona State's Tanner Hall might be the oldest junior in college wrestling. Even with a junior season that could see him come away with lower car insurance rates, the returning All-American should have a dandy of a bout with Penn State All-American Nick Nevills at 285 pounds at the 52nd annual NWCA All-Star Classic set for Princeton University's Jadwin Gym on Sunday, Nov. 5. The NWCA All-Star Classic is hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network and sponsored by Princeton Brain and Spine and Northwestern Mutual Life. Another dandy should come with a much-anticipated rematch between Lindenwood-Belleville's Niauni Hill and Warner Pacific's Kiera Gabaldon at 155 pounds on the women's side. Hall finished third at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships after entering as the seventh seed. A Boise, Idaho native, Hall graduated from high school in 2011, spent a year at the Olympic Training Center before a two-year LDS mission took him to Uganda. He surfaced at Arizona State for head coach Zeke Jones. Hall represented the U.S. on two Junior World teams, finishing ninth in 2012. Hall finished 2016-17 with a 35-6 record. Nevills, a top-ranked high school heavyweight coming out of Clovis High School in Clovis, California, finished fifth at 285 pounds as a sophomore. Nevills went 25-5 after an injury wiped out nearly all of his freshman season in State College. Entering the NCAA Division I Championships as the No. 5 seed, he wrestled back after a quarterfinal loss to Duke's Jacob Kasper to avenge that defeat in the tiebreaker in the fifth-place bout. Penn State and Arizona State had only previously matched up one time in the All-Star Classic, a 9-5 victory by Arizona State's Ray Miller at 167 in 1993. This year, the Hall-Nevills match will be the second between the two schools in the event. Mark Hall of Penn State will face Zahid Valencia of Arizona State at 174 pounds. With Nevills joining his teammate Mark Hall in the event, it will mark the 38th appearance by Nittany Lion wrestlers in the event. Penn State wrestlers are 17-16-3 all-time while Arizona State is 13-14-1 all-time. Niauni Hill has set the benchmark for success for Lindenwood-Belleville's fledgling women's program. Only the second wrestler to earn All-American honors at the WCWA National Championships, Hill has placed three times heading into her senior season. The Oakland, California native has finished seventh, third and second in her three trips to the championships. Hill will face Warner Pacific College's Kiera Gabaldon at 155 pounds. The two met last year in the semifinals of the WCWA championships with Hill earning an injury default victory just 45 seconds into the bout. Gabaldon was leading 1-0 at the time of her injury. Gabaldon, a junior, is a two-time All-American and has previous placements of fourth and third. As a sophomore, Gabaldon fell to eventual champion and fellow All-Star Classic participant Mallory Velte of Simon Fraser in the quarterfinals at 143 pounds. Already this season, Gabaldon has finished second at Oklahoma City's Blue Chip Open. Like Hill, Gabaldon is one of only two wrestlers to have previously placed at the WCWA championships for Warner Pacific, which announced the re-introduction of men's wrestling and launch of women's program in 2014. Hill was second at the recent UWW U23 World Team Trials and was the 2017 University Nationals champion at 69kg. She was also a 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials participant. NOTE: Eastern Oregon's Amber Pair has been selected to replace Campbellsville's Andribeth Rivera at 123 pounds. WHAT: 52nd NWCA All-Star Classic hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network WHEN: Sunday, November 5, 3 p.m. WHERE: Jadwin Gym, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. TICKETS: $20 (group discounts available) SOCIAL MEDIA: #ComeBackToJadwin #allstarclassic2017 #wrestleback WATCH: www.trackwrestling.com INFO: www.goallstarclassic.com ANNOUNCED MATCHUPS Men 125: Darian Cruz, Sr. (Lehigh) vs. Nick Piccininni, So. (Oklahoma State) 133: Seth Gross, Jr. (South Dakota State) vs. Stevan Micic, So. (Michigan) 141: Kevin Jack, Sr. (NC State) vs. Bryce Meredith, Sr. (Wyoming) 149: Max Thomsen, So. (Northern Iowa) vs. Matthew Kolodzik, So. (Princeton) 157: 165: 174: Mark Hall, So. (Penn State) vs. Zahid Valencia, So. (Arizona State) 184: Pete Renda, Sr. (NC State) vs. Drew Foster, Jr. (Northern Iowa) 197: Kollin Moore, So. (Ohio State) vs. Jared Haught, Sr. (Virginia Tech) 285: Tanner Hall, Jr. (Arizona State) vs. Nick Nevills, Jr. (Penn State) Women 101: 109: Maria Vidales (Emmanuel) vs. Charlotte Fowler (Campbellsville) 116: Fayth Woodward (Emmanuel) vs. Makayla Bourbon, Sr. (U. of the Cumberlands) 123: Dom Parrish, Jr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Amber Pair, So. (Eastern Oregon) 130: Megan Black, Sr. (McKendree) vs. Shelby Hall, Sr. (Campbellsville) 136: Kayla Miracle, Sr. (Campbellsville) vs. Solin Piearcy, So. (Menlo) 143: Mallory Velte, Sr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Desiree Zavala, So. (Grays Harbor) 155: Niauni Hill, Sr. (Lindenwood-Belleville) vs. Kiera Gabaldon, Jr. (Warner Pacific) 170: Jessika Rottier, Jr. (U. of the Cumberlands) vs. Brandy Lowe, Sr. (McKendree) 191: Note: Women's college wrestling competes under international freestyle rules.

Evan Hansen is one of three top-ranked wrestlers for No. 1 Grand View NAIA Wrestling Rankings: Team | Individual KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Grand View (Iowa) extends its streak to 39-straight No. 1 rankings, as the Vikings top the preseason edition of the 2017-18 NAIA Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll. The next installment of the Coaches' Poll is slated for Nov. 15. Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000-01) Grand View, which boasts 11 ranked grapplers en route to 167 total points, holds the No. 1 ranking for the 44th time in program history, which is the most for any program dating back to the start of the 2000-01 season. The last time that the Vikings were not ranked No. 1 was on Oct. 17, 2012. Seven of Grand View's ranked wrestlers are listed among the top five in their respective weight class, including top ranked Josh Wenger (141 pounds), Grant Henderson (165 pounds) and Evan Hansen (197 pounds). Five of the 10 weight classes welcome new top-ranked individuals when comparing to last year's postseason poll - Dustin Miller of Lyon (Ark.) (125 pounds), Jake Sinkovics of Cumberlands (Ky.) (133 pounds), Jaedin Sklapsky of Campbellsville (Ky.) (149 pounds), Nicholas Meck of York (Neb.) (174 pounds) and Chuck Sharon of Campbellsville (184 pounds) Since 2001, only Grand View (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17), former members Notre Dame (Ohio) (2010-11) and Lindenwood (Mo.) (2006-07) have spent the entire season ranked No. 1. Poll Methodology The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the eight conferences. Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot. The top 20 individuals in each weight class are based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking. The postseason poll is determined using the individual and team results from the national championship For the complete Top 20 calendar, click here. 2017-18 NAIA Wrestling Coaches' Preseason Top 20 Poll (October 25, 2017) Rank Previous Rank School Total Team Points 1 1 Grand View (Iowa) 167 2 12 Missouri Valley 125 3 14 Providence (Mont.) 113 4 13 Menlo (Calif.) 110 5 3 Campbellsville (Ky.) 100 6 6 Indiana Tech 93 7 10 Cumberlands (Ky.) 91 8 18 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 83 9 5 Southern Oregon 80 10 4 Williams Baptist (Ark.) 79 11 9 Life (Ga.) 68 12 RV Morningside (Iowa) 65 13 RV Baker (Kan.) 63 14 7 Midland (Neb.) 58 15 2 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 54 16 15 Concordia (Neb.) 46 17 8 Montana State-Northern 45 T18 19 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 42 T18 RV Hastings (Neb.) 42 20 RV Lyon (Ark.) 39 Others receiving votes: Missouri Baptist 35; Southeastern (Fla.) 35; Eastern Oregon 34; Bacone (Okla.) 32; Cumberland (Tenn.) 32; Oklahoma City 31; Marian (Ind.) 26; Northwestern (Iowa) 26; Reinhardt (Ga.) 26; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 25; Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 25; York (Neb.) 24; Doane (Neb.) 23; Jamestown (N.D.) 23; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 22; Graceland (Iowa) 19; Dickinson State (N.D.) 17; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 16; William Penn (Iowa) 13; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 11; Benedictine (Kan.) 10; Brewton Parker (Ga.) 8; Waldorf (Iowa) 7; Kansas Wesleyan 6; Oklahoma Wesleyan 6; Lourdes (Ohio) 5; Bethany (Kan.) 3; Saint Mary (Kan.) 3; Central Christian (Kan.) 2 Top Ranked Individuals | Individual Rankings 125: Dustin Miller, Lyon (Ark.) 133: Jake Sinkovics, Cumberlands (Ky.) 141: Josh Wenger, Grand View (Iowa) 149: Jaedin Sklapsky, Campbellsville (Ky.) 157: Brandon Weber, Montana State-Northern 165: Grant Henderson, Grand View (Iowa) 174: Nicholas Meck, York (Neb.) 184: Chuck Sharon, Campbellsville (Ky.) 197: Evan Hansen, Grand View (Iowa) 285: Demetrius Thomas, Williams Baptist (Ark.)

Lars Jensen was affiliated with San Francisco State for four decades (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Lars Jensen, head wrestling coach at San Francisco State University for more than three decades, has filed a complaint against the school, alleging age discrimination, the San Francisco Examiner reported this week. This summer, InterMat reported Jensen's contract was not renewed after 34 years at the helm of the NCAA Division II Gator wrestling program. Last month, attorney Rob Jaret filed a discrimination complaint on Jensen's behalf with the U.S. Department of Fair Employment and Housing, alleging age and racial discrimination by the athletic department at San Francisco State. Jaret alleged that SFSU director of athletics Charles Guthrie had told Jensen that he didn't recruit enough black wrestlers. As for age, Jensen first came to the SFSU Gators program as a wrestler in 1977. The school recently announced the hiring of 27-year-old Jason Welch, an NCAA All-American at Northwestern, as head coach. When contacted by InterMat for comment, Jensen confirmed that his attorney had filed a complaint against his former employer on his behalf, but had been advised not to discuss any further. As for San Francisco State ... a spokesperson for the school issued a written statement, saying, "We deny discrimination played any role in the process. All coaches at San Francisco State serve one-year terms. As a part of an overall evaluation of the wrestling program, we opened the position for national search. The University chose the best possible candidate for the coaching position based on the qualifications of all applicants." The U.S. Department of Fair Employment and Housing is investigating Jensen's complaint. His attorney expects the department to complete its case on the matter and from there he's confident he'll be granted the right to sue. Jaret predicted a suit to be filed against the university in San Francisco Superior Court in early 2018. Background on Guthrie In addition to revealing the complaint filed on behalf of former SFSU head wrestling coach Lars Jensen, the San Francisco Examiner provided a portrait of Charles Guthrie, the AD who fired Jensen. The newspaper described Guthrie was "an agent of change at the university" since his arrival in July 2014. For example, the SFSU basketball program scored its best record in the modern era, earning a trip to the NCAA D2 championships. The women's track and field team claimed the school's female national championships. The Examiner also claimed that academic performance had improved in the three years Guthrie was AD. In addition, fundraising efforts had also been enhanced. Jensen isn't the only former coach who has issues with Guthrie. Mike Cummins, long-time baseball coach at San Francisco State, has filed a grievance, claiming that Guthrie destroyed more than 30 years of personal papers -- coaching records, as well as documents of sentimental value from his late father -- without permission or explanation. Guthrie is no longer connected to SFSU. Just this week, he accepted the athletic director's position at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, an NCAA Division I school.

Wrestling fans will want to make tracks to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum for its memorabilia sale, beginning this Thursday through Sunday, to coincide with USA Wrestling's Preseason Nationals held at the UNI Dome in nearby Cedar Falls on Oct. 28-29. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable MuseumThis sale -- featuring books, DVDs, posters, wrestling cards, and other wrestling collectibles -- is an unbeatable opportunity to score rare wrestling treasures for holiday gift-giving ... or for your own collection. "This is a great way to support the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and to own unique wrestling memorabilia," said Kyle Klingman, director of the museum. The Hall of Fame will be open for the sale on the following dates and times: Thursday, Oct. 26: 9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27; 9 a.m. -- 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28: 9 a.m. -- 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29: 10 a.m. -- 2 p.m. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum is located in downtown Waterloo, at 303 Jefferson Street, just minutes from the UNI-Dome. For more information, call (319) 233-0745 or email dgmstaff@nwhof.org.

Kristie Davis FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. -- Athletic Director Nate Moorman announces the hiring of Co-Head Women's Wrestling Coach, Kristie Davis. Coach Davis brings with her a plethora of knowledge and skill and will be a huge asset to the Women's Wrestling Program. Coach Davis has a very impressive resume, coaching Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, and the Oklahoma Women's National Teams. Kristie also served a year as a volunteer coach at Oklahoma City University, and two years as the volunteer coach at Emmanuel. Along with her coaching experience, Kristie also bring some wrestling experience of her own - Nine World Medals, the most of any women's wrestler in U.S. history. Coach Nate Moorman had the following to say, "We are extremely fortunate to have Coach Kristie take the position as the Co-Head Coach here at Emmanuel. Her knowledge and skill can take her anywhere she wants, and she chooses to coach here alongside her husband Link. I'm excited to see our already successful women's wrestling program improve even more under Kristie's leadership." For more information on Emmanuel College Athletics, visit goeclions.com

Two-time state champion Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg, Ind.), who enters his senior season of high school wrestling with a career mark of 159-1, committed to the University of Michigan on Tuesday evening. The No. 8 overall recruit in the Class of 2018 has 106 consecutive wins, and a pair of state titles at 220 pounds, since an 11-10 loss in the state semifinals at 182 pounds his freshman season. Parris also was champion at this spring's Flo Nationals tournament in the 220 pound weight class, and on the football field is rated as a three-star inside linebacker, though that is a moot point now. That said, he was a top ten overall prospect in the state of Indiana on the football field. As a wrestler he projects to be a collegiate 285, and in this Michigan recruiting class is joined by No. 9 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) and No. 17 Will Lewan (Montini Catholic, Ill.).

MANHEIM, Pa. -- Princeton's Matthew Kolodzik will start a new weight class in an old gym as he's set to face Northern Iowa's Max Thomsen at 149 pounds at the 52nd annual NWCA All-Star Classic set for Princeton University's Jadwin Gym on Sunday, November 5. The NWCA All-Star Classic is hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network and sponsored by Princeton Brain and Spine and Northwestern Mutual Life. Kolodzik is coming off a solid 30-4 season but a somewhat disappointing Division I championship tournament. Entering as the No. 4 seed, the Ohio native who prepped at New Jersey's Blair Academy for three years, wound up seventh. With a new weight comes a new mission and the first person standing in the way of that mission is Thomsen. UNI's Max Thomsen reached the NCAA semifinals as a freshman (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) An All-American last year as a freshman, Thomsen reached the NCAA Division I semifinals at 149 pounds as the No. 7 seed before ultimately finishing fifth. The redshirt sophomore from La Porte City, Iowa ended the season with a 31-7 record. Both were All-Americans in Fargo at the Cadet & Junior Nationals with Kolodzik winning two freestyle national championships. Thomsen was a four-time Iowa high school state champion, while Kolodzik won an Ohio state championship as a freshman and three National Prep championships. Thomsen will join teammate Drew Foster (184 pounds) in the event, while Kolodzik will be just the fourth Princeton wrestler to be represented. The Tigers are 0-3 all-time in the event, while Panther wrestlers are 3-10-1. On the women's side, two wrestlers who know each other very well will square off at 109 pounds. Emmanuel College's Maria Vidales will face Campbellsville's Charlotte Fowler in a battle of returning sophomore All-Americans. The two met during their high school careers at the state tournament, with Vidales earning a 7-1 win during the pair's junior season and a 5-4 win in the 6A 110-pound UIL state finals in 2016. Both competed at the WCWA National Championships a year ago with Vidales finishing third and Fowler fifth. The two didn't meet in that tournament. Vidales, a Dallas, Texas native, was a state champion in Texas, one of the top states for girls high school wrestling. A four-time district champion in high school, Vidales has also jumped into the international freestyle circuit, recently finishing second at the UWW U23 World Team Trials earlier this month in Rochester, Minnesota. Fowler, a native of Katy, Texas, was a two-time placewinner in Fargo at the USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals during her high school career. She also competed at the U23 Trials, falling to Vidales in the challenge tournament semifinals. Fowler finished third at 48kg. WHAT: 52nd NWCA All-Star Classic hosted by Wrestlers in Business Network WHEN: Sunday, November 5, 3 p.m. WHERE: Jadwin Gym, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. TICKETS: $20 (group discounts available) SOCIAL MEDIA: #ComeBackToJadwin #allstarclassic2017 #wrestleback WATCH: www.trackwrestling.com INFO: www.goallstarclassic.com ANNOUNCED MATCHUPS Men 125: Darian Cruz, Sr. (Lehigh) vs. Nick Piccininni, So. (Oklahoma State) 133: Seth Gross, Jr. (South Dakota State) vs. Stevan Micic, So. (Michigan) 141: Kevin Jack, Sr. (NC State) vs. Bryce Meredith, Sr. (Wyoming) 149: Max Thomsen, So. (Northern Iowa) vs. Matthew Kolodzik, So. (Princeton) 157: 165: 174: Mark Hall, So. (Penn State) vs. Zahid Valencia, So. (Arizona State) 184: Pete Renda, Sr. (NC State) vs. Drew Foster, Jr. (Northern Iowa) 197: Kollin Moore, So. (Ohio State) vs. Jared Haught, Sr. (Virginia Tech) 285: Women 101: 109: Maria Vidales, So. (Emmanuel) vs. Charlotte Fowler, So. (Campbellsville) 116: Fayth Woodward (Emmanuel) vs. Makayla Bourbon, Sr. (U. of the Cumberlands) 123: Dom Parrish, Jr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Andribeth Rivera, So. (Campbellsville) 130: Megan Black, Sr. (McKendree) vs. Shelby Hall, Sr. (Campbellsville) 136: Kayla Miracle, Sr. (Campbellsville) vs. Solin Piearcy, So. (Menlo) 143: Mallory Velte, Sr. (Simon Fraser) vs. Desiree Zavala, So. (Grays Harbor) 155: 170: Jessika Rottier, Jr. (U. of the Cumberlands) vs. Brandy Lowe, Sr. (McKendree) 191: Note: Women's college wrestling competes under international freestyle rules.