InterMat Staff

Saturday’s DI Dual Results Buffalo 20 Kent State 18 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) dec Nico Calello (Kent State) 8-6TB 133 - Adan Benavidez (Kent State) dec Michael Giugliano (Buffalo) 4-1SV 141 - Jordan Decatur (Kent State) dec Andy Lucinski (Buffalo) 4-0 149 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) dec Sam Ewing (Buffalo) 9-5 157 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) tech Nate Roth (Kent State) 18-3 165 - Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) dec Carson Miller (Kent State) 4-2 174 - Hunter Andel (Kent State) dec Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) 4-2 184 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) fall Trent Thomas (Kent State) 5:56 197 - Lonnell Owens-Pabon (Buffalo) dec Corey Boerio (Kent State) 6-4 285 - Brentan Simmerman (Kent State) fall Jack MacDonald (Buffalo) 6:41 Rutgers 32 Gardner-Webb 6 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) maj Jeff Jacome (Gardner-Webb) 13-1 133 - TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) dec Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 11-6 141 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) dec Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) 4-0 149 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) dec Joseph Giordano (Gardner-Webb) 2-0 157 - Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb) dec Dylan Weaver (Rutgers) 4-1 165 - Ryan Ford (Rutgers) dec Tyler Brignola (Gardner-Webb) 8-3 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Jackson Potts (Gardner-Webb) 9-3 184 - Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) fall Edison Flores (Gardner-Webb) 4:20 197 - PJ Casale (Rutgers) maj Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb) 10-1 285 - John O’Donnell (Rutgers) fall Mason Blue (Gardner-Webb) 1:00 Gardner-Webb 27 Buffalo 11 125 - Jeff Jacome (Gardner-Webb) dec Max Elton (Buffalo) 4-1 133 - TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) tech Michael Giugliano (Buffalo) 20-4 141 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) dec Andy Lucinski (Buffalo) 7-3 149 - Sam Ewing (Buffalo) dec Joseph Giordano (Gardner-Webb) 10-7 157 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) dec Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb) 7-1 165 - Grant Kress (Gardner-Webb) dec Brady Unger (Buffalo) 7-1 174 - Jackson Potts (Gardner-Webb) dec Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) 9-6 184 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) tech Edison Flores (Gardner-Webb) 21-4 197 - Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb) maj Lonnell Owens-Pabon (Buffalo) 9-0 285 - Mason Blue (Gardner-Webb) fall Jack MacDonald (Buffalo) 3:35 Rutgers 42 Kent State 3 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) tech Nico Calello (Kent State) 20-5 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) maj Adan Benavidez (Kent State) 12-0 141 - Joe Fongaro (Rutgers) dec Jordan Decatur (Kent State) 8-3 149 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) dec Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 8-7 157 - Conner Harer (Rutgers) tech Cael Andrews (Kent State) 19-4 165 - Tony White (Rutgers) tech Ethan Barr (Kent State) 16-1 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) fall Hunter Andel (Kent State) 5:19 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) fall Holden Martin (Kent State) 2:09 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) tech Corey Boerio (Kent State) 19-4 285 - John O’Donnell (Rutgers) dec Brentan Simmerman (Kent State) 6-0 Gardner-Webb 24 Kent State 18 125 - Nico Calello (Kent State) dec Jeff Jacome (Gardner-Webb) 5-1 133 - TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) tech Adan Benavidez (Kent State) 15-0 141 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) fall Jordan Decatur (Kent State) 4:49 149 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) dec Joseph Giordano (Gardner-Webb) 6-1 157 - Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb) techCael Andrews (Kent State) 15-0 165 - Carson Miller (Kent State) tech Grant Kress (Gardner-Webb) 16-1 174 - Jackson Potts (Gardner-Webb) maj Hunter Andel (Kent State) 13-2 184 - Trent Thomas (Kent State) dec Edison Flores (Gardner-Webb) 8-3 197 - Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb) maj Corey Boerio (Kent State) 13-1 285 - Brentan Simmerman (Kent State) maj Rocky Files (Gardner-Webb) 14-4 Northern Iowa 35 Nebraska-Kearney 8 125 - Zach Ourada (Nebraska-Kearney) maj Kyle Gollhoffer (Northern Iowa) 8-0 133 - Garrett Rinken (Northern Iowa) dec Hector Serratos (Nebraska-Kearney) 8-5SV 141 - Carter Freeman (Northern Iowa) dec Joseph Airola (Nebraska-Kearney) 4-2 149 - Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) tech John Beau Hostler (Nebraska-Kearney) 15-0 157 - Cael Rahnavardi (Northern Iowa) maj Cael Robb (Nebraska-Kearney) 8-0 165 - Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) maj Trenton Munoz (Nebraska-Kearney) 16-5 174 - Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) fall Dylan Vodicka (Nebraska-Kearney) 2:46 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) fall Jacobi Deal (Nebraska-Kearney) 6:12 197 - Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) maj Jackson Kinsella (Nebraska-Kearney) 12-3 285 - Crew Howard (Nebraska-Kearney) maj Adam Ahrendson (Northern Iowa) 15-3 California Baptist 32 Clarion 7 125 - Mitch Neiner (California Baptist) dec Weston Pisarchick (Clarion) 7-3 133 - Scott Johnson (Clarion) maj Hunter Leake (California Baptist) 12-2 141 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) maj Gianni Silvestri (Clarion) 13-1 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) fall Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 2:21 157 - Jeremy Ginter (California Baptist) dec John Altieri (Clarion) 8-6 165 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) fall Wesley Barnes (Clarion) 1:30 174 - Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) dec John Worthing (Clarion) 5-4 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Patrick Cutchember (Clarion) 10-7 197 - Ethan Wiant (Clarion) dec Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 2-1 285 - Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) maj Austin Chapman (Clarion) 9-1 Sunday’s DI Dual Results Binghamton 26 Long Island 12 125 - Carson Wagner (Binghamton) fall Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) :48 133 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) maj Kaelen Francios (Long Island) 9-0 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 10-4 149 - Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 6-4 157 - Brayden Roberts (Long Island) dec Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) 1-0 165 - Donavan Smith (Long Island) dec Roberto Padilla (Binghamton) 7-0 174 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) tech Corey Connolly (Long Island) 18-1 184 - Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) dec Will Ebert (Binghamton) 4-2 197 - Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) dec John Dusza (Long Island) 6-3 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) tech Chris Powell (Long Island) 20-0 Penn State 54 Wyoming 0 125 - Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) tech John Braman (Wyoming) 20-5 133 - Braeden Davis (Penn State) tech Stockton O’Brien (Wyoming) 18-3 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) fall Cole Brooks (Wyoming) :47 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) fall Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) 4:27 157 - Tyler Kasak (Penn State) maj Jared Hill (Wyoming) 16-3 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) tech Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 15-0 174 - Levi Haines (Penn State) fall Riley Davis (Wyoming) 2:25 184 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) fall Ethan Ducca (Wyoming) 1:38 197 - Josh Barr (Penn State) fall Brant Whitaker (Wyoming) 1:48 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) tech Kevin Zimmer (Wyoming) 20-3 CSU Bakersfield 21 Michigan State 14 125 - Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield) dec Caleb Weiand (Michigan State) 8-7 133 - Santino Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) dec Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) 4-1 141 - Evan Herriman (Michigan State) dec Hayden Zinkin (CSU Bakersfield) 3-0 149 - Jaden Crumpler (Michigan State) dec Steve Caday (CSU Bakersfield) 5-1 157 - Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) dec Devyn Flores-Che (CSU Bakersfield) 6-5 165 - Guillermo Escobedo (CSU Bakersfield) dec Jay Nivison (Michigan State) 2-1TB 174 - Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) tech Chris Neal (CSU Bakersfield) 19-4 184 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (CSU Bakersfield) maj Lucas Daly (Michigan State) 8-0 197 - AJ Ferrari (CSU Bakersfield) maj Remy Cotton (Michigan State) 13-4 285 - Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) maj Max Vanadia (Michigan State) 11-2 American 25 Davidson 9 125 - Coen Bainey (American) maj Luke Passarelli (Davidson) 11-2 133 - Raymond Lopez (American) fall Enis Ljikovic (Davidson) :16 141 - Cael McIntyre (American) dec Joshua Viarengo (Davidson) 8-3 149 - Xavier McKnight (Davidson) dec Gage Owen (American) 11-4 157 - Tanner Peake (Davidson) dec Jack Nies (American) 4-2 165 - Bryce Griffin (Davidson) dec Kaden Milheim (American) 8-2 174 - Caleb Campos (American) dec Marc Koch (Davidson) 2-0 184 - Breon Phifer (American) dec Ian McGehee (Davidson) 5-4 197 - Carston Rawls (American) dec Savoy New (Davidson) 5-2 285 - Emmanuel Ulrich (American) dec DJ Spring (Davidson) 1-0 Iowa State 27 North Dakota State 12 125 - Tristan Daugherty (North Dakota State) dec Ethan Perryman (Iowa State) 6-2 133 - Osmany Diversent (Iowa State) dec Kyle Burwick (North Dakota State) 7-3 141 - Jacob Frost (Iowa State) tech Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 18-2 149 - Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) dec Carter Fousek (Iowa State) 4-1SV 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) fall Gabriel Schumm (North Dakota State) 5:51 165 - Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State) dec Manny Rojas (Iowa State) 6-5 174 - Aiden Riggins (Iowa State) maj Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) 12-2 184 - Fernando Villaescusa (Iowa State) dec Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) 9-6 197 - Tayshaun Glover (North Dakota State) dec Christian Carroll (Iowa State) 8-5 285 - Daniel Herrera (Iowa State) fall Andrew Blackburn-Forst (North Dakota State) 3:59 California Baptist 18 West Virginia 15 125 - Jace Schafer (West Virginia) dec Mitch Neiner (California Baptist) 8-1 133 - Richard Murillo (California Baptist) fall Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) 7:41 141 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) dec Jordan Titus (West Virginia) 5-0 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) dec Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) 6-3 157 - Jeremy Ginter (California Baptist) dec Sasha Gavronsky (West Virginia) 14-9 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) dec Drayden Morton (California Baptist) 5-1 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) dec Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) 4-2 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Ian Bush (West Virginia) 7-2 197 - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) dec Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 4-1 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) 4-1

The recruiting Class of 2025 for the Iowa Hawkeyes got a massive boost today as the #11 overall senior, Harvey Ludington (Brick Memorial, NJ) committed to wrestle for Tom Brands’ team. Ludington is currently the top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 190 lbs. Ludington’s decision came after he had decommitted to Arizona State. In the interim, Ludington also took visits to North Carolina, NC State, and Oklahoma. Once the wrestlers from the Class of 2024 were taken out of the national rankings, Ludington slid into the #1 spot at 190 lbs. He solidified that ranking with a Junior National freestyle title in Fargo. Ludington is also a two-time Beast of the East finalist (winning in 2023), an NHSCA Sophomore National champion, and a Super 32 placewinner. Back home in New Jersey, Ludington has made three state finals and captured a pair of titles. His first came as a freshman at 175 lbs. Ludington joins fellow New Jersey native #8 Leo DeLuca (Blair Academy, NJ) in the Hawkeyes Class of 2025. Grabbing a pair of elite recruits will certainly help the Hawkeyes national ranking. After the DeLuca, the only other top-100 recruits in the Class were the Miller twins from Ohio (#64 Jarrel and #98 Ty). Ludington projects as a 184/197 lber at the next level. That will be welcome news for Hawkeye fans - especially if he goes 197. Current starter, #2 Stephen Buchanan, is in his last year of eligibility, and true freshmen Jake Howell and Brody Sampson are the only other 197’s on the roster. For all of Iowa’s Class of 2025 and 2026 recruits - Click Here

Brick Memorial

Friday’s DI Dual Results Army West Point 42 Morgan State 6 125 - Charlie Farmer (Army West Point) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 17-2 133 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) fall Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) 4:14 141 - Braden Basile (Army West Point) fall Myrin Nixon (Morgan State) 5:49 149 - Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) fall Yannis Charles (Morgan State) 2:03 157 - Dakota Morris (Army West Point) tech Josh Greenwood (Morgan State) 15-0 165 - Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) fall Cooper Lockhart (Morgan State) 2:18 174 - Darrien Roberts (Morgan State) dec Cooper Haase (Army West Point) 6-5 184 - Andrew Christie (Army West Point) dec Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) 7-0 197 - Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) tech Cam Johnson (Morgan State) 17-2 285 - Xavier Doolin (Morgan State) dec Brady Colbert (Army West Point) 9-4 Rutgers 38 Clarion 6 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) tech Travis Clawson (Clarion) 19-4 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) maj Scott Johnston (Clarion) 15-7 141 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) tech Gianni Silvestri (Clarion) 20-3 149 - Alex Nini (Rutgers) dec Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 14-12 157 - Conner Harer (Rutgers) dec John Altieri (Clarion) 5-0 165 - Anthony White (Rutgers) maj Wesley Barnes (Clarion) 17-3 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) fall Eric Freeman (Rutgers) 2:39 184 - Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) tech Patrick Cutchember (Clarion) 19-4 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) fall Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 1:35 285 - John O’Donnell (Rutgers) dec Austin Chapman (Clarion) 5-0 Ohio State 20 Pittsburgh 17 125 - Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) maj Matt Marlow (Pittsburgh) 8-0 133 - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) maj Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 14-4 141 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) tech Anthony Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 17-1 149 - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 7-4 157 - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) maj Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) 13-4 165 - Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) dec Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) 13-11 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Ethan Birden (Ohio State) 2-1TB 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Seth Shumate (Ohio State) 6-5 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) dec Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State) 8-2 285 - Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) tech Hogan Swenski (Ohio State) 16-1 Oklahoma State 35 Oklahoma 3 125 - Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) maj Antonio Lorenzo (Oklahoma) 10-1 133 - Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) fall Cleveland Belton (Oklahoma) 5:42 141 - Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) dec Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) 8-3 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 6-6RTTB 157 - Caleb Fish (Oklahoma State) dec Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) 6-0 165 - Cam Amine (Oklahoma State) maj Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) 14-3 174 - Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) dec Gaven Sax (Oklahoma) 4-0 184 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) maj DJ Parker (Oklahoma) 19-6 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Bradley Hill (Oklahoma) 8-2 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) tech Juan Mora (Oklahoma) 20-4

Bishop McCort

New York Military Academy

Eden Prairie

Paramus Catholic

We’re almost a week removed from Vegas and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. With that in mind, and the fact that many schools are in or about to start exams, this week’s college schedule is very light. There are only a handful of duals on the schedule and no tournaments. Even so, there should be enough wrestling to keep you occupied and force you to procrastinate just a little longer with your holiday shopping. Some of the best duals of the weekend occur tonight, so let’s talk about them and get ready for the action. Friday #25 Army West Point at Morgan State I think that Army should dominate the first half of this dual, but the back end could be quite competitive - even if Army has the higher-ranked wrestlers. Let’s start at 174 lbs in a battle between a pair of wrestlers that came from Pennsylvania Prep schools. Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep) and Darrien Roberts (Wyoming Seminary). Each comes in with an identical 9-3 record. Harkins is currently ranked #27. At 184 lbs, Morgan State’s Kingsley Menifee might be favored over any of Army’s options. Heavyweight has #26 Lucas Stoddard against Northern Colorado transfer Xavier Doolin. These two met twice in 2023-24 and both matches went Stoddard’s way. However, the second meeting was much closer - only a two-point win for Stoddard. With the news this offseason that Morgan State is a member of the EIWA, this is now a conference matchup. Morgan State will be seeking their first EIWA win, while this is the first conference dual of the year for Army. #18 Rutgers at Clarion We’ll get to see a lot of Rutgers over the next two days as they take on Clarion tonight and participate in Kent State’s quad tomorrow. I’m interested to see how the 184 lb situation shakes out for the Scarlet Knights. Returning starter Brian Soldano is as exciting as anyone in the country, but that exciting style sometimes doesn’t allow for consistency. Recently, Shane Cartagena-Walsh has seen some time at the weight and done well. With 197 lber John Poznanski out of the lineup, the RU staff has moved Soldano up and Soldano has responded nicely at the higher weight. Let’s see what happens this weekend. As for the Clarion dual, there’s a pair of matches I’m eager to see. At 157 lbs, there is #33 Conner Harer, a true freshman and a huge recruit for the Scarlet Knights who has acquitted himself well in the early going. He has veteran Alejandro Herrera-Rondon from Clarion, who has been in-and-out of the rankings for the past two seasons. Herrera-Rondon will be a good test for the youngster. 174 lbs has All-American Jackson Turley and national qualifier John Worthing. Circumstances above Worthing led to him being bumped out of the most recent national rankings; however, Worthing is quality and capable of an upset. #6 Ohio State at #28 Pittsburgh One of the two biggest duals of the weekend pits Ohio State and Pittsburgh against each other. Last year, these two teams met and the Panthers pulled the 21-13 upset. This version of Pitt comes in at 2-0 with good wins against Lehigh and Navy. Ohio State, obviously, represented a huge step up in competition. Before Vegas, I did some research to see what I could find about the Buckeye lineup. It sounds like Ohio State could get Carson Kharchla and Ryder Rogotzke back in the lineup. If not tonight, then next week in Nashville. I’d expect to see Dylan D’Emilio tonight, as well. The Buckeyes couldn’t have one dual with everyone at full strength as Nick Feldman was injured in Vegas and I don’t expect that he’ll compete tonight. For individual matches to watch, make sure to watch 133 lbs. Nic Bouzakis and Vince Santianello split matches last season. Santaniello got a win in the Clarion Open and Bouzakis evened the score in their dual. The Buckeye is coming off an excellent consolation run at the CKLV that saw him finish third - with his only loss coming via a point to the eventual champion. Off the mat, there’s plenty of familiarity between these two coaching staffs. Pitt head coach Keith Gavin trained at Ohio State’s RTC under the watchful eye of Lou Rosselli. Rosselli served as Buckeye head coach Tom Ryan’s right-hand man but is in his first year on Gavin’s staff. Pittsburgh assistant coach Luke Pletcher was a three-time All-American for Ryan in Columbus. #4 Oklahoma State at #19 Oklahoma This is the new version of this old rivalry. David Taylor gets to experience Bedlam for the first time as Oklahoma State’s head coach. Oklahoma’s Roger Kish is in the midst of his second season leading the Sooners. Taylor’s squad will look to extend Oklahoma State’s winning streak over their in-state rival to 20 this evening. Ryan Holmes has broken down the dual more in-depth here. Saturday Kent State Quad Kent State will host Buffalo, Gardner-Webb, and Rutgers for a quad tomorrow. I’d expect some of the dual results to be lopsided in Rutgers’ favor, but what else to watch out for? Buffalo is seeking their first MAC win under first-year head coach Donnie Vinson. The Bulls opened their 2024-25 season with a win over Sacred Heart, but have dropped their next six duals. Could Kent State represent MAC win #1 for Vinson? The top wrestler for Gardner-Webb this season has been 141 lber Todd Carter. Carter is 5-1 with three wins over two NCAA qualifiers. His only loss came to #3 Beau Bartlett. Currently, he sits at #25 in the national rankings, a spot behind Rutgers’ Joey Olivieri. The highest placewinner for Kent State at last weekend’s heavyweight Brentan Simmerman. He was third in a weight class that featured a pair of returning national qualifiers. Simmerman has quietly put together a 10-3 record through the first month and a half of competition. Only a redshirt freshman, he could be someone to watch for a run at the MAC Tournament or in the coming years. California Baptist at Clarion So much in college wrestling comes down to consistency. Lots of guys are capable of posting a big win or two. The trouble can be stringing those wins together on an everyday basis. California Baptist has a few wrestlers that had quality wins in Vegas (Drayden Morton/165 and Nathan Haas/184). Morton beat the ranked Luka Wick and Haas defeated Caleb Uhlenhopp, who was on the cusp of the rankings, himself. Now, can they build off those wins and get their hands raised at Clarion and West Virginia? Nebraska-Kearney at #9 Northern Iowa Periennel D2 power Nebraska-Kearney will have their hands full with a ninth-ranked Northern Iowa team that is good in duals and in tournament competition. Perhaps the best match of the night will take place at heavyweight with Crew Howard, who was third in the nation last season for the Lopers against UNI’s Lance Runyon. Runyon has made the move that all wrestlers dream of, going from 174 to 285 lbs, and has been better than ever. He was seventh at the CKLV (in a stacked weight) and is currently 10-2 on the year. The current qualifying rules for the DI level discourage competition against non-DI schools as they do not count towards qualification status. That being said, it’s nice to see a dual like this with a top-ten DI school squaring off against a top-ten D2 power. Sunday Binghamton at Long Island Who would win in a fight between a Shark and a Bearcat? That sounds like the type of argument we’d have in college late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. We’ll find out a version of this answer as Binghamton heads to Long Island for this all-New York and all-EIWA affair. The match I’m focused on here comes at 125 lbs. If you are someone who looks closely at the national rankings, you might notice that the end of 125 lbs is sort of wide open. There are a lot of guys that were under consideration for the last few spots. Two of them were Long Island’s Robbie Sagaris and Binghamton’s Carson Wagner. A win by either would help make their case for a berth in the rankings or perhaps at NCAA qualification time. I’m now sure how to make sense of the results from these two last seasons. Wagner won this dual by tech fall in mid-November. A few weeks later, they met in Vegas and Wagner won again, 2-1. They clashed for a third time at the EIWA Championships and that proved to be the charm for Sagaris - to the tune of an 11-3 major decision. Will this year’s result continue moving towards Sagaris? Wyoming at #1 Penn State Just last week, this match was moved to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, so there should be a good-sized crowd on hand to witness their beloved, top-ranked Nittany Lions against a solid Wyoming squad. Wyoming is expected to be without two of their better wrestlers in Jore Volk (125) and Joey Novak (197). That’s unfortunate as they would have made for two of the best matches of the day, as they are in weight classes that feature talented PSU freshmen. The Cowboys still have three ranked wrestlers #28 Cole Brooks (Wyoming), #22 Gabe Willochell (149), and #19 Jared Hill (157). This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools in dual competition. Michigan State at CSU Bakersfield The big question on wrestling fans’ minds regarding this match is “Will AJ Ferrari be in the CSU Bakersfield lineup?” Ferrari is said to be dealing with a minor injury. He was initially listed in the CKLV preseeds, but was removed before the brackets came out. Were he to return here, he’d face Michigan State redshirt freshman #27 Remy Cotton - a solid test for someone without much official mat time over the last few years. After the 197 lb match, look at the heavyweights. Both Max Vanadia and Jake Andrews could be working towards a spot in the national rankings. Vanadia is currently 6-6, while Andrews is 6-2 after a 1-2 showing at the CKLV. American at Davidson In this dual, American assistant coach Joey Dance heads down south for a dual with his previous employer, Davidson. The match to watch here comes at 157 lbs between Davidson’s Tanner Peake and American’s Jack Nies. These two tangled last year and it was Nies who prevailed in tiebreakers. #12 Iowa State at North Dakota State This dual takes place at Humboldt High School alma mater of Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser. The Cyclones typically hold a dual per year in Humboldt’s gymnasium. After Dresser’s mid-week presser, I don’t know what to expect from the Cyclones on Sunday. Their lineup has been in flux throughout the first month of the season with wrestlers changing weights and a few injuries mixed in. Vegas hit Iowa State hard and they’ll be without some of their biggest guns. Anthony Echemendia, Evan Bockman, and Yonger Bastida will not wrestle. It seems like MJ Gaitan may not go, either. On the other hand, someone expected to make their 2024-25 dual debut is Cody Chittum. There were some indications that Chittum would redshirt this season, but that looks like it won’t happen. Looking at ISU vs NDSU, the 133 and 141 lb matches should be good. The Frost twins are at those two weights for the Cyclones and are expected to face Kyle Burwick and Kellyn March, respectively. 149 lber Gavin Drexler is currently ranked #30 in the country and will be a difficult matchup for whoever is tabbed to replace Echemendia. California Baptist at #20 West Virginia Like the previous dual, this will be another “homecoming-ish” event. This dual takes place at the high school of WVU’s two-time All-American Peyton Hall. With his title in Vegas, Hall became the first WVU wrestler in over 20 years to win the CKLV. The senior will have another opportunity to wrestle in the school where he starred and claimed four West Virginia state championships - becoming only the 19th wrestler to achieve the feat, the first from Oak Glen. Hall will have to contend with California Baptist’s Drayden Morton. As we mentioned earlier, Morton had a notable win from Vegas. Obviously, it will be much tougher against Hall. If All-American Ty Watters is healthy at 149 lbs, there could be an interesting match with California Baptist’s true freshman Paul Kelly. Kelly was a top-50 recruit in the Class of 2024 and sports a 9-3 record thus far. At the Roadrunner Open, Kelly beat Oregon State veteran Noah Tolentino and dropped a one-point match to Jaden Abas - who was third in Vegas.

Layton

Ocean Township

Monte Vista

Sheridan

After such a rabble-rousing weekend, we hit another lull in the season schedule with only 17 duals on the books. On top of that, there are no scheduled D1 tournaments which means this week is going to be won in the trenches. Looking ahead to Week 8 may be the strategy here. Consider this your “All Team Bye Week” in football where basically your entire roster is on Bye. No matter the move you make, this week might have a destiny you can't unchange. Week 8 is LOADED with duals (including the Collegiate Duals) and the start of the holiday tourney season. Looking ahead, you may be able to make a few moves, roster expendability pending, where you can get in front of your competition for the next couple of weeks. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the “Floater” spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the SHP’s Week Preview) Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score]* 125: Dean Peterson (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+13] Brendan McCrone (OHST) - @ Pittsburgh [+3] Troy Spratley (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+3] 133: Dylan Shawver (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+13] Raymond Lopez (AMER)- @ Davidson [+5] Ethan Berginc (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+5] Tristan Lujan (MSU) - @ CSU Bakersfield [+5] Braeden Davis (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Chad Bellis (APP) - @ VMI [+3] Micah Roes (BING) - @ LIU [+3] Evan Frost (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+3] 141: Joey Olivieri (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+10] Jesse Mendez (OHST) - @ Pittsburgh [+5] Beau Bartlett (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+5] Jack Maida (AMER)- @ Davidson [+4] Richard Treanor (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+4] Nathan Lucier (BING) - @ LIU [+3] 149: Andrew Clark (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+9] Trae McDaniel (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+4] Shayne Van Ness (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Ty Watters (WVU) - Vs California Baptist [+4] Dylan D’Emilio (OHST) - @ Pittsburgh [+3] 157: Conner Harer (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+9] Anthony Conetta (APP) - @ VMI [+4] Dakota Morris (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+4] Cody Chittum (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+4] Brayden Roberts (BING) - @ LIU [+3] Paddy Gallagher (OHST) - @ Pittsburgh [+3] Caleb Fish (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+3] Tyler Kasak (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 165: Anthony White (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+10] Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+5] Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+5] Will Miller (APP) - @ VMI [+4] Carter Baer (BING) - @ LIU [+4] MJ Gaitan (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+4] Peyton Hall (WVU) - Vs California Baptist [+4] Sammy Sasso (OHST) - @ Pittsburgh [+3] Cameron Amine (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+3] 174: Jackson Turley (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+11] Brevin Cassella (BING) - @ LIU [+5] Levi Haines (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+5] Lucas Uliano (APP) - @ VMI [+4] Caleb Campos (AMER)- @ Davidson [+4] Dean Hamiti (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+4] Dalton Harkins (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+3] Aiden Riggins (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+3] 184: Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+11] Lucas Daly (MSU) - @ CSU Bakersfield [+5] Carter Starocci (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Braxton Lewis (VMI) - Vs Appalachian State [+4] Will Ebert (BING) - @ LIU [+3] Dustin Plott (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+3] 197: John Poznanski (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+13] Carson Floyd (APP) - @ VMI [+5] Wolfgang Frable (ARMY) - @ Morgan State [+4] AJ Ferrari (CSUB) - Vs Michigan State [+4] Christian Carroll (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+4] Luke Surber (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+4] Mac Stout (PITT)- Vs Ohio State [+3] Austin Cooley (WVU) - Vs California Baptist [+3] 285: Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT) - @ Clarion , @ Kent State Duals [+11] Wyatt Hendrickson (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+5] Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)- Vs Wyoming [+5] William Jarrell (AMER)- @ Davidson [+4] Cory Day (BING) - @ LIU [+4] Daniel Herrera (ISU) - Vs North Dakota State [+4] Dayton Pitzer (PITT) - Vs Ohio State [+4] *assuming Feldman does not wrestle Michael Wolfgram (WVU) - Vs California Baptist [+4]

The top prospect in the high school Class of 2026, Bo Bassett, has vowed to keep fans abreast of his recruiting with daily Wednesday (now Thursday) updates. Bassett has posted an updated graphic which has eliminated one more school from consideration. Earlier this year, Bassett posted a graphic that contained the logos of approximately 80 schools, most of the DI variety, but some DII’s as well, to signify that he’s totally open in the recruiting process. After more than three months of removing schools from the list, he’s down to 9. One school was removed from this week's graphic: Cornell The following schools remain on Bassett’s graphic and therefore in contention for his services: Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Pitt-Johnstown, Rutgers, Virginia Tech. One school was removed from last week's graphic: Arizona State One school was removed from the 11/28 graphic: Northern Iowa One school was removed from the 11/20 graphic: Missouri One school was removed from the 11/13 graphic: Nebraska One school was removed from the 11/6 graphic: Princeton One school was removed from the 10/9 graphic: Air Force One school was removed from the 10/2 graphic: Lehigh One school was removed from the 9/25 graphic: Pittsburgh One school was removed from the 9/18 graphic: Stanford One school was removed from the 9/11 graphic: NC State These three schools were removed from the 9/4 graphic: American, North Carolina, Wisconsin These three schools were removed from the 8/28 graphic: Clarion, Little Rock, Minnesota The following schools were removed from the 8/21 graphic: Penn, Oklahoma, Oregon State The following schools were removed from the 8/14 graphic: Bucknell, Virginia, Wyoming The following schools were removed from the 8/7 graphic: Brown, Northern Colorado, Purdue The following schools were removed from the 7/31 graphic: California Baptist, Michigan State, Navy The following schools were removed from the 7/24 graphic: Army West Point, Campbell, Edinboro, Harvard, Illinois, North Dakota State, South Dakota State The following schools were removed from the 7/17 graphic: Cal Poly, Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Millersville, The Citadel, and West Virginia The following schools were removed from the 7/10 graphic: CSU Bakersfield, George Mason, Hofstra, Northwestern, Rider, UW Parkside, West Liberty The following schools were removed from the 7/3 graphic: Appalachian State, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Drexel, Kent State, Ohio, and St. Cloud State The following schools were removed from the 6/26 graphic: Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Northern Illinois, Sacred Heart, SIU Edwardsville Bassett has already taken on-campus visits to Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, and Virginia Tech. As of now, Bassett's only remaining campus visit is to Rutgers on January 24th-26th. Bassett was in action last week at the Ironman and came away with the title at 144 lbs. It's his third title in as many tries. Next year, he'll have the opportunity to become only the third wrestler to win four Ironman titles (David Taylor/Zahid Valencia).

We have made it through the first month of the season, plus the CKLV last week. With such a grueling tournament last week, combined with most schools preparing for (or taking) exams, this upcoming weekend will be rather light from a competition standpoint. A total of only 18 duals will be contested and no open tournaments. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). To make this guide even easier to find, we've added a link on our homepage and the latest Live Streaming Guide will appear right under the header articles. All times Eastern Thursday, December 12: Appalachian State at VMI 7:00 PM Friday, December 13: Army West Point at Morgan State 6:00 PM Morgan State All-Access Rutgers at Clarion 7:00 PM FloWrestling Ohio State at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Oklahoma State at Oklahoma 8:00 PM ESPN+ Saturday, December 14: Buffalo at Kent State 12:00 PM BoxCast Gardner-Webb vs. Rutgers at Kent State 12:00 PM Buffalo vs. Gardner-Webb at Kent State 2:00 PM Rutgers at Kent State 2:00 PM BoxCast California Baptist at Clarion 3:00 PM FloWrestling Gardner-Webb at Kent State 4:00 PM BoxCast Nebraska-Kearney at Northern Iowa, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Sunday, December 15: Binghamton at LIU 12:00 PM Wyoming at Penn State 1:00 PM B1G+ Michigan State at CSU Bakersfield 2:00 PM CSUB YouTube American at Davidson 2:00 PM FloWrestling Iowa State vs. North Dakota State at Humboldt, IA, 3:00 PM FloWrestling California Baptist vs. West Virginia at New Cumberland, WV, 4:00 PM WVU Wrestling Facebook

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