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Each year in Fargo only eight wrestlers per weight class earn All-American honors. However, there always seem to be some wrestlers that come in with strong credentials and/or have excellent tournament performances but fall short of a placement position. Here are some of those wrestlers from the Cadet and Junior freestyle competitions. *wrestler ended the 2010-11 season ranked in their weight class ^wrestler was ranked in their graduating class as of June 30, 2011 Junior Freestyle 98: Pool A had 7 wrestlers total, and Pool B had 6 in all; therefore, it's impossible to designate the 'Non-All-American All-Stars.' 105: Pool A: JJ Dorrell (Missouri), Josh Johnson (Oregon), Javier Guillen (Arizona), and Shawn Miller (California) Pool B: Grant Boggs (Montana), Kyndall Rutz (Colorado), Mark Raghunandan (New York), Martin Rodriguez (Michigan), 112: Pool A: Adrian Cordova (Colorado), Cassidy Oshiro (Hawaii), Aaron Assad (Ohio), *Billy Rappo (Pennsylvania) Pool B: Trey Andrews (Arizona), Evan Botwin (Pennsylvania), Ruben Navejas (Washington), and Gunnar Woodburn (Oklahoma) 119: Pool A: *^Mason Todd (Indiana), Paul Petrov (Indiana), Vito Pasone (Pennsylvania), and *^Eric Devos (Iowa) Pool B: Brenden Campbell (Indiana), *^Dylan Peters (Iowa), Nick Harrison (Illinois), and Will Mason (Virginia) 125: Pool A: *^Sam Brancale (Minnesota), Eric Friedman (Maryland), Devon Lotito (Pennsylvania), and Randy Cruz (Pennsylvania) Pool B: *^Earl Hall (Florida), Isaiah Varona (Florida), *^Nick Hermann (Texas), and Garrison White (North Carolina) 130: Pool A: Jacob Velarde (Washington), *^Val Rauser (Utah), ^Tyson Dippery (Pennsylvania), and Tyler Fraley (New Jersey) Pool B: *^Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota), Devon Jackson (Indiana), ^Josh Pennell (Michigan), and Dakota Bauer (Iowa) 135: Pool A: Connor Clarke (Oregon), Jameson Oster (Illinois), Tyler Goodwin (Maryland), and Kameron Hamley (North Dakota) Pool B: *^Chase Ferman (Oklahoma), ^Neal Molloy (Indiana), Connor Ryan (Iowa), and *^Ben Morgan (Minnesota) 140: Pool A: *^Eleazar Deluca (Oregon), *^Taylor Moeder (Kansas), Kaleb Baker (Tennessee), and Mitch Newhouse (Ohio) Pool B: *^Brandon Sorenson (Iowa), *^Natrelle Deminson (California), Joe Schumacher (North Dakota), and ^Steve Spearman (Pennsylvania) 145: Pool A: Ryne Cokeley (Kansas), *^Blake Roulo (Virginia), Jared Reis (North Dakota), and ^Jake Elliott (California) Pool B: *Jacob Falk (Utah), Mark Pinero (Louisiana), *^Jacob Crawford (Virginia), and Gabriel Turetsky (Massachusetts) 152: Pool A: T.J. Fox (Ohio), Dylan Palacio (New York), Brady Massaro (Maryland), and ^Daniel Woiwor (Minnesota) Pool B: *Taylor West (Idaho), Ross Parsons (New Jersey), Duke Pickett (Virginia), and Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) 160: Pool A: Lorenzo Thomas (Pennsylvania), Dillon Reid (California), *Patrick Rhoads (Missouri), Michael Nord (North Dakota) Pool B: *Austin Wilson (Nebraska), James Wilson (California), ^Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan), and Seth Thomas (Oregon) 171: Pool A: *^Reece Wright-Conklin (Kansas), *^Brandon Griffin (Oregon), *^Geordan Speiller (Florida), and Matt Hickman (California) Pool B: Kevin Beazley (Michigan), ^Brooks Climmons (Georgia), Sean Mappes (Indiana), and Connor King (Colorado) 189: Pool A: Taylor McGiffen (Illinois), Drake Stein (Indiana), ^Broc Berge (Minnesota), and Timothy Dudley (North Carolina) Pool B: Preston Lehmann (North Dakota), *Cody Johnston (Missouri), John Bolich (Pennsylvania), and *^Jake Waste (Minnesota) 215: Pool A: ^AJ Vizcarrando (Pennsylvania), Mick Dougharity (Oregon), *^Michael Kroells (Minnesota), and Lee Wildes (Florida) Pool B: James Souza (Washington), Taylor Hellman (North Dakota), James Trull (Washington), and JT Goodwin (California) 285: Pool A: Josh Harlan (Missouri), Evan McGee (Oklahoma), Jeremy Brazil (Illinois), and Gaylen Edmo (Idaho) Pool B: Dawson Peck (Pennsylvania), Garrett Gray (Ohio), Gabe Casillas (California), and Travis Morgan (Oklahoma) Cadet Freestyle 84: Pool A had 8 wrestlers total, and Pool B had 7 in all; therefore, it's impossible to designate the non-AA All-Americans 91: Pool A: Elijah McKenzie (Alaska), Danny Boychuck (New Jersey), Carlos Fuentez (Illinois), and Nicholas Koch (Illinois) Pool B: Andrew North (New York), Hunter Wright (Virginia), Adam Whitesell (Maryland), and Tyler Casamenti (New Jersey) 98: Pool A: Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska), Casey Cobb (Idaho), Brian Rossi (Illinois), and Tyrone Klump (Pennsylvania) Pool B: ^Markus Simmons (Oklahoma), Ethan Lizak (Pennsylvania), Ryan Friedman (Maryland), and Armando Torres (Ohio) 105: Pool A: David Bavery (Ohio), ^Fredy Stroker (Pennsylvania), Dalton Macri (Pennsylvania), and Chaz Tucker (Massachusetts) Pool B: Domenic Forys (Pennsylvania), Joseph Velliquette (Missouri), Jens Lantz (Wisconsin), and Zeke Salvo (Maryland) 112: Pool A: Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), Mason Pengilly (California), Logan Massa (Michigan), and Josh Newberg (Washington) Pool B: Cole Walter (Pennsylvania), Jordan Laster (Ilinois), Devan Richter (Missouri), and Brendan Calas (New Jersey) 119: Pool A: Colton Schilling (Oregon), ^PJ Klee (California), Luke Zilverberg (Minnesota), and Michael Sepke (Illinois) Pool B:Steve Bulzomi (New York), James Flint (Florida), ^Will Steltzen (Oklahoma), and Daniel Lewis (Missouri) 125: Pool A: Russell Coleman (Missouri), Ali Nasser (California), George Fisher (Illinois), and Luke Wolfenberger (Oklahoma) Pool B: Mason Cleaver (Michigan), Brandon Bruner (Tennessee), Jon-Jay Chavez (California), and Nick Anderson (New Jersey) 130: Pool A: Johnny Pellegrino (Illinois), Colin Heffernan (Ohio), Walker Dempsey (New Jersey), and Austin Schoen (Illinois) Pool B: Justin Staudenmayer (Pennsylvania), Jake O'Mara (Illinois), Jake Spengler (Florida), and Logan Ryan (Iowa) 135: Pool A: Myles Martin (New Jersey), Justin Arthur (West Virginia), Jonathan Viruet (Massachusetts), and Brayden Montgomery (Indiana) Pool B: Connor Lapresi (New York), Ernest Battaglia (Illinois), ^Darick Lapaglia (Missouri), and Mitch Berenz (Wisconsin) 140: Pool A: Spencer Derifield (Iowa), Taylor Misuna (Virginia), Tyler Cowger (Oregon), and Ryan Harris (Ohio) Pool B: Colton Laganiere (Minnesota), Matthew Moody (Georgia), T.J. O'Hara (Minnesota), and ^Fox Baldwin (Florida) 145: Pool A: Jared Scharenbock (Wisconsin), Peter Renda (Pennsylvania), Nathan Schnell (Wisconsin), and Austin Culton (Illinois) Pool B: Seth Leigel (Wisconsin), ^Aaron Hartman (Florida), Jake Deutchlander (Minnesota), and Vinny Corsaro (Indiana) 152: Pool A: Mitch Lange (Minnesota), Jared Johnson (Kansas), Quentin Hiles (Ohio), and Luke Kriech (Indiana) Pool B: Hunter White (Florida), Xavier Montalvo (Illinois), Anthony Cimorosi (Maryland), and Davonte Mahomes (Illinois) 160: Pool A: Elliott Antler (Connecticut), Cory Daniel (Maryland), Louis Cosce (California), and Brice Inbody (Oklahoma) Pool B: Gavin Grater (Kansas), Kayne McCallum (Illinois), Joseph Cortese (Illinois), and Brennan Johnson (Missouri) 171: Pool A: Troy Seymour (New York), Joey Dedick (Illinois), Will Balow (Minnesota), and Trevor Smith (California) Pool B: Jaeden Bernstein (New Jersey), Garrett Ryan (Arizona), Nick Corba (Ohio), and Dalton Johnson (Nevada) 189: Pool A: Jacyn Goebel (Iowa), Nathaniel Magiera (Illinois), Jake Leinwand (Montana), and Corey Damiana (New Jersey) Pool B: Jeremy Sweany (California), Daniel Hawkins (Maryland), John Loflin (Colorado), and Jadyn Wilson (Montana) 215: Pool A: Dane Pestano (Hawaii), Nathan Preston (Minnesota), Austin Edison (Wisconsin), and Austin Faunce (Oregon) Pool B: Nathan Butler (Kansas), Edgar Ruano (Illinois), Tommy Peterson (Minnesota), and John Benson (Illinois) 285: Pool A: Tate Dulany (Virginia), Jerrad Nieland (Minnesota), Bailey Sutko (Colorado), and Gavin Jolley-Little (Indiana) Pool B: Shaquille Williams (New York), Zach Wood (Michigan), Rhett Hoy (North Carolina), and Aaron Rafalko (Kansas)

The NWCA will kick off the 2011 Convention with another featured speaker from the wrestling community who has made a name for himself in the business world. Joe Galli a former wrestler and four year starter from the University of North Carolina and the current CEO of the TTi Group will be the NWCA Convention Featured Opening Luncheon Speaker. Galli has been the Chief Executive Officer of the TTi Group since 2006. TTi is the global leader in power tools, outdoor power equipment and floor care sales of 3.5 billion per year. The corporation's brands include Milwaukee, Ryobi, Homelite, Hoover, Dirt Devil, AEG, Vax and Stiletto. Amongst his many business accomplishments Galli was the President and COO of Amazon.com, he was the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., he also held many high level management positions, including the President of Worldwide Power Tools and Accessories. Galli has a Bachelor Degree of Science in Business Administration from UNC and he also obtained an MBA from Loyola College. He is an avid supporter of the UNC Wrestling Program as they look to build a Top 5 program. Galli will deliver his speech to the wrestling coaches in attendance on Friday, August 5th at noon. The NWCA Convention will take place at the Harbor Beach Marriott in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The full schedule can be found on the NWCA Convention Page which is listed below. For more information visit the NWCA website (http://www.nwcaonline.com/nwcawebsite/events/nwcaconvention.aspx) or call the NWCA Office at 717-653-8009end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

The 2012 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals Presented by Hibiclens, will be taking on a new format and a new location for the 2011/2012 season. This will be a change from the six division format that the event has featured for the past nine years, with the Division I portion of the event splitting off into a 24-team regional system. The Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill. will be the host to this year's multi-divisional tournament that will showcase the top 64 teams from Division II, Division III, NAIA, NJCAA and Women's Divisions. The event will remain a two day tournament with 16 team and eight team brackets, in a double elimination format. The Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau has exceeded all expectations in their commitment to ensuring a fantastic experience for the wrestlers, coaches and fans. This year's event will be hosted by the National Wrestling Advancement Association (NWAA) a new non-profit organization whose mission is to advance wrestlers on and off the mat through its WREST Program (Wrestling Reflection Education Skills Training), a mat / life integration process. “The fact that we can showcase 64 of the top collegiate dual meet teams under one roof is a testament to the unity within collegiate coaching community. The participating coaches have demonstrated their resolve for strengthening collegiate wrestling through an extraordinary effort,” said NWCA President Brian Smith. The participating teams for 2012 are: Division II: Augustana, Central Missouri, Central Oklahoma, Findlay, Kings, Limestone, Maryville, Nebraska Kearney, Newberry College, Northern State, San Francisco State, St. Cloud State, Truman State, UM- Mankato, Upper Iowa, and UW-Parkside Division III: Augsburg, Centenary, Coe, Concordia (MN), Dubuque, Elmhurst, Ithaca, Johnson and Wales, Mount Union, North Central, Olivet, St. John's, UW- Lacrosse, UW – Stevens Point, UW- Whitewater, and Wartburg. NAIA: Baker, Campbellsville, Cumberland (TN), Dakota Wesleyan, Dickinson State, Great Falls, Grandview, Jamestown, Lindsey Wilson, Midland, Missouri Valley, Morningside, MSU-Northern, Shorter, Southern Oregon, and Waldorf. NJCAA: Clackamas, Harper, Iowa Central, Labette, Lincoln, Muskegon, Northwest, and Rend Lake. Women: King College, Jamestown College, Lindenwood University, Missouri Valley, Menlo, Oklahoma City University, Simon Fraser University, and University of the Cumberlands. The 2012 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals will take place January 7-8, 2012, with wrestling starting at 9 a.m. each day. “Premier events like this can't happen without the extraordinary support of our Title and Presenting Sponsors. On behalf of the NWCA Board of Directors, I am forever grateful for the very generous and ongoing support of our Title Sponsor, Cliff Keen Athletic, who has been supporting the National Duals since its beginning in 1989. At the request of Cliff Keen Athletics, the National Duals actually will actually carry the name of Cliff Keen, the founding member of the NWCA (and Cliff Keen Athletics). Further, I'd like to also extend a heartfelt thanks to our presenting sponsor, Hibiclens, who is committed to ensuring a premier event,” said Mike Moyer, NWCA Executive Director. For more information on the event visit www.nwcaonline.com and look under the events section.

PHILADELPHIA – The term “battle-tested” will be appropriately applied to the Penn wrestling team at the conclusion of the 2011-12 regular season as head coach Rob Eiter has assembled a schedule rich with challenging dual meets and tournaments to prepare the Quakers for the rigors of March. Meets with four of the Top-8 finishers at the 2011 NCAA Championships highlight the dual portion of the schedule for the Red and Blue. In addition to the annual meeting with national runner-up Cornell (Jan. 14 in The Palestra), the Quakers will wrestle fifth-place finisher American and sixth-place finisher Arizona State at the Northeast Duals (Nov. 26) and host eighth-place Lehigh (Dec. 4). “We are very excited for the 2011-12 season to begin,” said Eiter, who enters his fourth season at the helm of the Quakers. “Our goal as a program is to be looked upon as one of the best in the nation, and we know that we need to challenge ourselves to attain that goal. Balancing high-caliber dual meets with grueling tournaments will prepare us to be ready in March.” The 2011-12 season will start with the annual Intrasquad Meet on Nov. 6 before the team heads to Binghamton, N.Y. for the Binghamton Open on Nov. 13. Last season, 141-pounder Zack Kemmerer started his All-American campaign with a title at the Binghamton Open and will look to defend his crown this fall. More championships will be defended by the Quakers on Nov. 20 when the Red and Blue host the Keystone Classic in The Palestra. 10 programs from around the country are scheduled to join the defending-champion Quakers for the all-day tournament, including American, Appalachian State, Boston University, Brown, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, Princeton, Rider and VMI. In 2010, Penn won five individual crowns to go with the team title and three of those champions are slated to return this season in Kemmerer, Micah Burak and Kyle Cowan. Penn's first foray into dual competition for the 2011-12 season will not give the Red and Blue any chance to gently acclimate themselves. Once again heading to Albany, N.Y. over Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov. 26), the Red and Blue will take on Arizona State, American and North Carolina at the Northeast Duals. American and Arizona State had remarkable 2010-11 seasons, with the Sun Devils claiming two individual NCAA championships and the two teams totaling six All-Americans. After a trip to Bloomsburg on Dec. 2, the Quakers host Lehigh (Dec. 4) and Maryland (Dec. 10) to close out the 2011 dual portion of the campaign. All three opponents are return matches from the 2010-11 season, and Penn will be looking to exact a measure of revenge in all three, including a 25-23 loss to Bloomsburg last Jan. 9. The Red and Blue make their return to the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 in Evanston, Ill. Penn last competed as a full team at the Midlands in 2004, finishing 13th out of 60 teams. Head coach Rob Eiter was an assistant at Northwestern from 1997-2006 and this will mark his first trip back to Evanston as a head coach. 2012 begins with a home dual against Rider on Jan. 8 followed by the beginning of Ivy League competition against nine-time defending Ivy champion Cornell on Jan. 14 in University City. Penn hits the road from there for a three-match road swing starting at Hofstra on Jan. 29. The next week sends the Quakers to New England for a pair of Ivy duals at Brown and Harvard (Feb. 4). Senior Day for the Red and Blue will be Feb. 11 when the Quakers host Columbia for the final home contest of the season. The next day, Penn heads to Lewisburg to wrestle EIWA foe Bucknell before closing the regular season at storied rival Princeton on Feb. 18. The Quakers will head back to New Jersey for the 2012 EIWA Championships hosted by Princeton on March 3-4. Penn finished in fifth place as a team at the 2011 EIWA Championships and will return finalists Mark Rappo (125) and Micah Burak (197) this season. The NCAA Championships return to St. Louis in 2012 with action taking place from the Scottrade Center March 15-17. Penn will be looking to send at least one wrestler to the podium for the third year in a row, with four NCAA qualifiers returning including All-American Zack Kemmerer and Round of 12 advancer Micah Burak. In addition, Mark Rappo and Bryan Ortenzio have all won matches at the national tournament in their careers. The Red and Blue return five All-Ivy wrestlers from the 2010-11 season, including Ivy League Rookie of the Year Kyle Cowan. In addition, a nine-wrestler recruiting class which has been ranked No. 11 in the country by InterMat and features four Top-100 individuals is set to step into the wrestling room this fall as the Red and Blue commence the 2011-12 season. “There is a lot to be excited about if you are one of the 28 wrestlers in the room,” Eiter said. “There is a great mix out veteran leaders ready to cement their legacy and youngsters looking to either start their careers or make that next step. Coaches Valenti, Cerminara and I are looking forward to getting everyone back on campus and beginning this season.” 2011-12 Penn Wrestling Schedule Date Opponent Time Nov. 6 Intrasquad TBA Nov. 13 at Binghamton Open All Day Nov. 20 KEYSTONE CLASSIC All Day Nov. 26 vs. American^ All Day Nov. 26 vs. Arizona State^ All Day Nov. 26 vs. North Carolina^ All Day Dec. 2 at Bloomsburg 7 p.m. Dec. 4 LEHIGH 1 p.m. Dec. 10 MARYLAND TBA Dec. 29-30 at Midlands Championships All Day Jan. 8 RIDER 1 p.m. Jan. 14 CORNELL* 1 p.m. Jan. 29 at Hofstra TBA Feb. 4 at Brown* TBA Feb. 4 at Harvard* TBA Feb. 11 COLUMBIA* 1 p.m. Feb. 12 at Bucknell TBA Feb. 18 at Princeton* 1 p.m. Mar. 3-4 at EIWA Championships# All Day Mar. 15-17 at NCAA Championships% All Day Home Matches in BOLD CAPS and held in The Palestra * Ivy League Dual ^ Northeast Duals # at Princeton, N.J. % at St. Louis, Mo.

"Fargo Week" had its normal twists and turns, trials and tribulations, as well as moments of greatness. InterMat provides 10 reflections on this year's Junior & Cadet Nationals. 1. No "Chance" at all That was the collective sentiment of opponents that had to face Chance Marsteller during the Cadet Greco-Roman and freestyle competitions this past week. Marsteller -- ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2014, and who quite possibly might be the best high school wrestler in all the land during the 2011-12 season -- did not give up a single point in 17 matches this week. In fact, all eight of his freestyle matches ended in either technical fall (5) or pin (3). Of his nine Greco-Roman matches, there were three pins, two technical falls and four decisions. In fact, in only one match -- against Drew Garcia (Michigan) in Greco-Roman -- did he not earn a technical fall in either period of the match (a 1-0, 5-0 victory). This followed up a Cadet National Duals, where he wrestled 16 matches -- seven freestyle and nine Greco-Roman), only giving up points in one of them (a 4-3, 6-0 decision over Hunter White from Florida). 2. Double the pleasure Marsteller was one of five Cadets to earn double titles this week in Fargo. He was joined by Gannon Volk (Minnesota) at 91 pounds, Aaron Pico (California) at 119, Mitch Sliga (Indiana) at 189, and Sam Stoll (Minnesota) at 285. Four Junior wrestlers won titles in both styles as well: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) at 98 pounds, Ben Whitford (Michigan) at 135, Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) at 152 in Greco and 160 in freestyle, and Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) at 189. An additional five Cadets and four Juniors made the finals in both styles -- it so happens that each won a title in just one. Winning a Cadet title in freestyle after falling short in Greco-Roman were Jabari Moody (Illinois) at 98 pounds, Hayden Tuma (Idaho) at 130, Ricky Robertson (Illinois) at 160 in Greco and 171 in freestyle, and Kyle Snyder (Maryland) at 215. The lone Cadet to win in Greco-Roman and take second in freestyle was Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), who was on top of the podium at 98 pounds but second at 105. At the junior level, finishing first in Greco but second in freestyle were Johnson Mai (California) at 105 pounds and Jahwon Akui (Illinois) at 171 in Greco but then 189 in freestyle. While second in Greco, but first in freestyle were, Zane Richards (Illinois) who went 125 in Greco and then 130 in freestyle, along with Connor Medbery (Colorado) at 285 pounds. 3. Vertical vexing The outcomes of certain weight pools, in terms of All-American honors and/or pool champions, left followers seeking their abacuses. However, an understanding of the vertical pairing system would have made it as clear as it was possibly going to be. In the Junior freestyle competition alone, there were three situations in which the fourth All-American position in a pool had to be awarded from three wrestlers exiting the tournament in the same round. However, the wrestler earning the All-American position lost to one of the other wrestlers that exited in said round. The reason being that if all three wrestlers did not compete against one another, total points is the tiebreaker. In Pool A at 105 pounds, Adam Burchett (Washington), Javier Guillen (Arizona), and Matt Miller (California) exited in the same round; Burchett had a win over Miller, and lost to Guillen. However, Guillen and Miller did not meet; therefore, it was decided by total points: Burchett 13, Guillen 12, and Miller 10. Similarly at 140 pounds in Pool B, Matt Cimato (Pennsylvania), Natrelle Deminson (California), and Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) exited in the same round. Deminson upended Cimato, lost to Sorensen, but Sorensen and Cimato did not meet. Therefore, it was decided on total points: Cimato gets the nod with 26 points, while Sorenson and Deminson had 19 each. Finally Pool B at 171 pounds saw Kris Klapprodt (South Dakota) earn All-American honors on 21 points to the 19 totaled by Kevin Beazley (Michigan) and Sean Mappes (Indiana) despite having lost to Beazley during the tournament; that was because Mappes did not wrestle either Beazley or Klapprodt during the tournament. The Junior freestyle competition also demonstrated not as easy applications of a split within the final round-robin within a pool. In Pool B at 160 pounds, all three wrestlers ended up with 4 classification points (one victory by decision, and one loss in which they scored a point). The next level tiebreaker becomes which wrestler had the most points outside of the round-robin matches. At that level, Zach Skates (Oklahoma) and Mark Martin (Ohio) had 23 points, which Spartak Chino (Illinois) had 20. After that, it went to the head-to-head between Skates and Martin; Skates having won that match. In Pool B at 285 pounds, Connor Medbery (Colorado), Doug Vollaro (Florida), and Austin Marsden (Illinois) split matches. Medbery beat Vollaro by decision, scored in a loss to Marsden; Vollaro scored in a loss to Medbery, and beat Marsden by decision; while Marsden beat Medbery by decision, but was shut out in his loss to Vollaro. Therefore, Medbery and Vollaro had four points each in the round-robin, Marsden had three. The tiebreaker at that point is the head-to-head in which Medbery beat Vollaro. 4. Champion despite a loss The nature of the vertical pairing system is such that wrestlers can make the final, and even win a Fargo championship, having lost match(es) during the course of the competition. There are two possible ways for this to happen: (1) the three wrestlers in the round robin split matches, which means the pool comes down to a classification point tiebreaker (2) the wrestler loses a match to an opponent that is eliminated from championship consideration prior to the round-robin or one match play-in. At least one wrestler in all four competitions won a weight class championship despite losing earlier in the tournament. Three wrestlers won Junior freestyle titles in spite of losing during the tournament: Ben Whitford (Michigan) at 135 pounds, Brian Realbuto (New York) at 145, and Connor Medbery (Colorado) at 285. In fact, Whitford and Medbery both beat opponents that had lost earlier in the tournament as well -- Ty Davis (Ohio) and Cody Krumwiede (Iowa) respectively. Two other runners-up had a loss -- Zach Skates (Oklahoma) at 160 and Jahwon Akui (Illinois) at 189. Five champions and five runner-up finishers had (at least) one loss in Cadet freestyle. Winning the "big stop sign" in spite of a loss were Gannon Volk (Minnesota) at 91 pounds, Seth Gross (Minnesota) at 112, Edgar Bright (Ohio) at 125, Colin Holler (Illinois) at 140, and Ricky Robertson (Illinois) at 171. Second-place finishers with a loss prior to the final were Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) at 105, Geordan Martinez (Colorado) at 135, Dustin Fuller (Iowa) at 160, and Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois) at 189. In fact, Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina) had the very rare two losses yet making the final. Vonegidy had a loss early in the tournament to a wrestler that did not make the round-robin, and also had a loss within the round-robin, but the round-robin ended up in a split with classification points and head-to-head working in his favor. The lone champion with a loss in Junior Greco-Roman was Geordan Speiller (Florida) at 160 pounds. Four second-place finishers had a loss prior the final -- Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin) at 105 pounds, Tyler Fraley (New Jersey) at 119, Jacob Velarde (Washington) at 130, and Chase Ferman (Oklahoma) at 135. While the Cadet freestyle competition had tons of chaos, by comparison Greco-Roman followed the "chalk," as just five finalists had a loss prior to the championship match. However, Rich Martinez (California) and Mike Longo (California) both reached the 135-pound final with an earlier loss in the competition; Martinez did win that weight class on Monday night. The other champion with a loss was Elijah Davis (California) at 130 pounds, while both Colton Schilling (Oregon) at 119 and Jaeden Bernstein (New Jersey) at 171 had losses prior their loss in the championship final. 5. It's an Illinois world … ... and we're all just here for the ride. Wrestlers from the Land of Lincoln stole the show throughout "Fargo Week." Nowhere was this clearer than in the Junior freestyle tournament, where 20 (out of 120 total) All-Americans came from Illinois. This included three champions (Nkosi Moody at 98 pounds, Matt Garrelli at 105, and Zane Richards at 130) and four second-place finishers (Tommy Pawleski at 98, Brian Murphy at 145, Edwin Cooper at 152, and Jahwon Akui at 189). Not only was it the expected stars who brought it strong, it was unexpected wrestlers like Angelo Silvestro taking third at 140 pounds and Zach Synon finishing eighth at 125 having to navigate weight classes with a litany of higher profile opposition. Additional notes on this are that Illinois had a wrestler earn All-American honors in 14 of 15 weight classes, and that the point total and All-American count accrued were higher than what could be combined for by any two states. 6. What more could they win? Well, Illinois also won the Cadet freestyle team title with 14 All-Americans and 70 points (Pennsylvania was second with 14 All-Americans and 60 points). Key to that effort were championships from Jabari Moody at 84 pounds, Colin Holler at 140, and Ricky Robertson at 171; to go with second place finishes from Miguel Silva at 91 pounds and Jordan Ellingwood at 189. Sixteen All-Americans propelled Illinois to the team title in Junior Greco-Roman with 76 points (despite six finalists, and four champs, Florida could only muster second place with 63 points from its 10 All-Americans). Leading the Illinois effort were titles from Nkosi Moody at 98 pounds and Jahwon Akui at 171, a runner-up finish from Zane Richards at 125, and four separate third-place finishes. 7. But it wasn't a sweep like the Duals Coming off of sweeping the titles at last month's Cadet Duals in Daytona Beach, Fla. and the Junior Duals in Oklahoma City, Okla. -- the journey for a sweep of all eight major team titles this summer was derailed in the week's first event. Illinois finished third in Cadet Greco-Roman with 47 points coming from 12 All-American medalists, but no champions. Pennsylvania led the way with 79 points from 14 All-Americans, including a quartet of champions: Darian Cruz at 105 pounds, Chance Marsteller at 152, Eric Morris at 160, and Raymond O'Donnell at 171. Second place went to California with 55 points from ten All-Americans, led by four champions: Aaron Pico at 119 pounds, Jon-Jay Chavez at 125, Elijah Davis at 130, and Rich Martinez at 135. 8. The Power of Five Four of the nation's preeminent programs had five wrestlers that will be on their respective rosters during the upcoming 2011-12 season earn All-American honors this past week in Fargo. Blair Academy, N.J. -- ranked No. 2 at the end of the past season in the InterMat Fab 50 -- saw Max Hvolbek, Todd Preston, and Brooks Black earn Junior freestyle All-American honors; Joey McKenna become a Cadet double All-American; while Dylan Milonas won a Cadet freestyle championship. Brandon, Fla. -- ranked No. 3 at the end of the past season -- had Rossi Bruno, Kevin Norstrem, and Clark Glass earn Junior All-American honors in both styles; Kyle Koziel was a Junior Greco-Roman All-American; while James Flint was a Cadet Greco-Roman All-American. St. Edward, Ohio -- ranked No. 5 at the end the past season -- had Mark Martin and Ty Walz earn All-American honors in Junior freestyle; Edgar Bright win a Cadet freestyle championship; while Domenic Abounader and Markus Scheidel each won All-American honors in Cadet freestyle. St. Johns, Mich. -- ranked No. 13 at the end of the past season -- had Ben Whitford sweep Junior National titles, Brant Schafer was a Junior freestyle All-American, Jacob Schmitt and Josh Pennell were Junior Greco-Roman All-Americans, while Zac Hall earned Cadet freestyle All-American honors. 9. Depth on Display The Cadet and Junior National Championships display the nation's finest high school aged wrestling talent. One of the ways that this can be demonstrated is by looking at the many wrestlers who came in highly credentialed and/or had excellent tournaments of their own but failed to earn All-American honors. View Non-All-American All-Stars 10. Finally some attention to the un(der)-appreciated Reflecting upon the week that was in Fargo, N.D. would not be complete without providing recognition to all those that make the Junior & Cadet Nationals possible. Remember that the event goes beyond the wrestlers and coaches. There are many other people who volunteer of their time and efforts to make an event of this magnitude possible. Mat officials, pairing officials, team leaders, table workers, runners, medical staff, and many more are also involved. On behalf of all the competitors and family members, to all of you ... Thank you!

Matt Dernlan, 39, who grew up in West Liberty, Ohio and who has been an assistant wrestling coach at Penn State (2011 NCAA Div. I National Champions) for the past seven seasons, was named today as Clarion University's head wrestling coach, it was announced by athletic director Dave Katis. Dernlan replaces Teague Moore, who was the Golden Eagles head coach for the past five seasons and was recently named head wrestling coach at American University. Matt DernlanMatt comes to Clarion from Penn State where he was director of operations from 2009-2011 under head coach Cael Sanderson and part of the Nittany Lion staff that brought an NCAA D-I National Championship home in 2011. He was the first assistant and recruiting coordinator at PSU from 2005-2009 and helped lead the Lions to a third place team finish in 2008. He was directly responsible three top 4 national recruiting classes in 2005, 2006, 2007 and also a top contributor in the outstanding 2010 class. He was also director of operations at PSU in 2004-2005. Prior to his coaching experience at Penn State, Dernlan was the assistant coach at Ohio Northern University from 2001-2004, was assistant director of the Jeff Jordan Champ Camps from 1999-2000 and 1995-98 and assistant wrestling coach at St. Paris Graham High School in Ohio from 1997-99. “I am excited to announce that Matt Dernlan has accepted the position as head wrestling coach at Clarion University,” said athletic director Dave Katis. “Matt possesses all the attributes we were looking for in a head coach,” he continued. “He has a great background as a wrestler and a coach, is highly respected in wrestling circles, will be an outstanding recruiter and will be a strong, positive leader for our wrestling program in the classroom and on the mats. He is committed to graduating student-athletes and is motivated to be the best. The Clarion wrestling tradition is in good hands with Matt Dernlan.” Dernlan becomes only the sixth head coach at NCAA Division I Clarion since 1960. Frank Lignelli re-started the wrestling program in the Fall of 1959 and coached through 1966. Bob Bubb elevated the program to elite NCAA Division I status as head coach from 1967- 92, while Jack Davis mentored from 1993-97, Ken Nellis from 1998-2006 and Moore from 2007 – 2011. “I am honored and humbled to accept the opportunity to become the next head wrestling coach at Clarion University,” said Dernlan. “I want to thank President Whitney, Harry Tripp, Dave Katis, coach Bubb and the wrestling search committee for putting their faith in me in to lead this prestigious wrestling program.” “I have been overwhelmed by the level of support the program attracts from our alumni, the community and the institution itself. I am eager to confront the challenges of reconnecting the program to its rich tradition, while at the same time being mindful of the responsibility for myself, the staff and the members of the program, that we must add to our tradition.” “I so admire and respect former Clarion head coach Bob Bubb,” said Dernlan. “He built a tradition that only a few men have achieved in our great sport. He is a man dedicated to building men of integrity, character and action. His record stands among the nations elite and is an NWCA Wrestling Hall of Famer. I hope to follow and build upon the qualities that coach Bubb was dedicated to, along with all of the great men who have built the tradition and family that I am now a part of. I hope to honor them all by doing things the right way for the right reasons and restore Clarion wrestling to national prominence.” Matt started his wrestling career at West Liberty – Salem High School (Ohio) where he was a three-time Ohio Class III State Champion and amassed an unbelievable overall record of 120-0 over those three years. A 34-4 record as a freshman gave him a high school record of 154-4 under coach Eric Harman. After graduating from West Liberty – Salem in 1991, Matt attended Liberty University and wrestled for coach Don Shuler. Wrestling at 126-pounds, Dernlan was an NCAA Div. I National qualifier as a sophomore in 1993. After red-shirting the 1994 season, Liberty dropped its wrestling program and Dernlan stayed at Liberty to graduate in 1996 with a degree in Sport Management. He has also earned a Masters Degree in 2002 from Bowling Green State University in sport Administration and has been working towards a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Toledo. Inducted into the Ohio High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002, Dernlan also was a three-time USA Wrestling High School All-American (1989-91). Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson is happy for the former PSU assistant. “Matt has done a great job here at Penn State and has been an important part of our staff. While we will miss him, we are very excited and pleased for him personally as he takes over the Clarion wrestling program.” Matt is currently the head coach of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (2009-10; 2010-11) and has five wrestlers from the club who will be wrestling at the World Freestyle Championships in Istanbul, Turkey September 16-18. Three wrestlers representing the USA include Cael Sanderson, Teyon Ware and Jake Varner, while two representing Puerto Rice include Franklin Gomez and Jaime Espinal. Dernlan will attend the World Championships and coach those five wrestlers. “I would also like to thank Penn State A. D. Tim Curley for offering me the opportunity to be a part of the Penn State family. I have been blessed to work with the greatest coaching staff in the country and take great pride in what we have accomplished together. I also want to thank Cael Sanderson for his help and guidance, along with the other coaches who have been instrumental in getting me prepared to be Clarion University's head coach.” Matt and wife Carie have two daughters Ava and Aubrey. He is the son of David and Susan Dernlan who currently reside in Ashland, Ohio. Matt has three brothers including Jeff, Steve and Tim – all wrestlers. CLARION NOTES: Matt Dernlan becomes only the sixth coach at Clarion since 1960… The Golden Eagles are 510-316-13 over that time… The program was started in the 1959-60 season under head coach Frank Lignelli ... Lignelli was the coach from 1960-66 with a record of 61-12... He passed the torch to Bob Bubb, who from 1966-92, put Clarion wrestling on the national stage... Bubb had a career record of 322-121-4 ... Bubb led Clarion to a 4th place team finish at D-I nationals in 1973, sixth in 1972 and 87 and eighth in 1992, his final season... Bubb coached 7 D-I champions, 3 college division champs, 27 All-Americans, 29 EWL winners and 68 PSAC champs ... Bubb will be remembered for two special athletes, namely Wade Schalles and Kurt Angle... Both were named to the NCAA/NWCA 75th Anniversary Team in March of 2005... Schalles had an amazing career record of 153-5-1, won 2 NCAA titles and posted an NCAA record 106 pins ... Angle also was a 2-time NCAA D-I Champion, posted a record of 116-10-2 and also won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 ... On June 4, 2005, Bubb was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma .... Jack Davis was Clarion's head coach from 1993-97 with a record of 43-34-5, Nellis (47-89-3; 1998-2006), and Moore (37-60-1)... Clarion has 8 D-I National Champions, 43 All-Americans, 52 EWL winners and 111 PSAC Champions... That also includes 14 PSAC and 3 EWL team titles…. In 2011 Clarion won the PSAC team title, placed fourth at EWL's and qualified two wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Nationals in 157-lb James Fleming (So. West Mifflin) and 165-lb Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Jr. Tashkent, Uzbekistan).

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section 98: 1st: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Tommy Pawelski (Illinois), 6-3, 5-1 3rd: Mason Miller (Iowa) inj. def. Gabe Gibson (Virginia) 5th: Drew Romero (Colorado) pinned Tommy Aloi III (Virginia), 1:07 7th: Trent Piepenburg (Minnesota) tech. fall Chris Trillo (Texas), 7-0, 6-0 105: 1st: Matt Garelli (Illinois) dec. Johnson Mai (California), 3-3, 7-0, 3-3 3rd: Jan Rosenberg (New Jersey) dec. Jonathon Johnson (South Carolina), 6-4, 8-1 5th: Javier Vieyra (Kansas) dec. Lucas Malmberg (New York), 6-4, 5-3 7th: Jarred Oftedahl (Minnesota) pinned Adam Burchett (Washington), 0:27 112: 1st: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio) dec. Jarred Brooks (Indiana), 5-1, 0-4, 4-1 3rd: Micah Perez (California) tech. fall Phillip Laux (Iowa), 7-0, 10-4 5th: Jordan Wigger (South Carolina) tech. fall Jimmy Panozzo (Illinois), 7-0, 6-0 7th: Eli Hale (Oklahoma) tech. fall John Aslanian (New York), 6-0, 6-0 119: 1st: Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) dec. David Terao (Hawaii), 4-1, 2-1 3rd: Tim Lambert (Michigan) dec. Cory Clark (Iowa), 2-2, 4-2, 6-3 5th: Evan Silver (Maryland) dec. Jered Cortez (Illinois), 0-1, 1-1, 1-0 7th: Nahshon Garrett (California) dec. Max Hvolbek (California), 4-4, 9-1 125: 1st: Joey Dance (Virginia) dec. Joey Palmer (Washington), 3-0, 0-1, 2-1 3rd: Rossi Bruno (Florida) dec. Nathan Kraisser (Maryland), 0-4, 6-0, 3-0 5th: Hunter Weber (Wisconsin) pinned Robbie Mathers (Arizona), 0-6, 0:42 7th: Caleb Richardson (New Jersey) dec. Zachary Synon (Illinois), 4-3, 5-0 130: 1st: Zane Richards (Illinois) dec. Brandon Jeske (Virginia), 2-1, 2-0 3rd: Jeff Ott (Massachusetts) dec. Kyle Larson (Iowa), 5-3, 9-3 5th: Jared McKinley (Indiana) pinned Brant Schafer (Michigan), 1:06 7th: Kevin Norstrem (Florida) tech. fall Brian Crutchmer (Oklahoma), 7-0, 6-0 135: 1st: Ben Whitford (Michigan) dec. Ty Davis (Ohio), 7-0, 2-0 3rd: Quinton Murphy (New York) tech. fall Matt Kelliher (Minnesota), 7-0, 2-5, 9-3 5th: Steven Rodrigues (New York) dec. John Meeks (Iowa), 0-1, 1-0, 3-1 7th: Todd Preston (New Jersey) dec. Jared Johnshoy (Idaho), 0-1, 5-0, 7-1 140: 1st: Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana) dec. Jake Short (Minnesota), 1-0, 1-0 3rd: Angelo Silvestro (Illinois) dec. Anthony Collica (Ohio), 1-5, 2-1, 5-3 5th: Joey Lavallee (Nevada) dec. Casey George (Idaho), 5-4, 1-1 7th: C.J. Cobb (New Jersey) dec. Matt Cimato (Pennsylvania), 2-0, 2-0 145: 1st: Brian Realbuto (New York) pinned Brian Murphy (Illinois), 0-1, 1:59 3rd: Jake Sueflohn (Wisconsin) dec. Brandon Kingsley (Minnesota), 7-1, 4-3 5th: Oliver Pierce (Texas) dec. Gabriel Moreno (Iowa), 1-0, 0-5, 4-1 7th: Lee Arias (Wyoming) pinned Zachary Dailey (Ohio), 0-7, 1:44 152: 1st: Zach Brunson (Oregon) dec. Edwin Cooper (Illinois), 0-4, 1-0, 6-0 3rd: Kory Deberry (Arizona) dec. Coleman Hammond (California), 4-1, 6-0 5th: Clark Glass (Florida) tech. fall Austin Breckenridge (Wyoming), 6-0, 3-3, 8-2 7th: Nick Becker (Wisconsin) dec. Justin Koethe (Iowa), 2-1, 1-3, 1-1 160: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Zac Skates (Oklahoma), 4-0, 4-0 3rd: Alex Meyer (Iowa) dec. Mark Martin (Ohio), 1-4, 2-2, 6-0 5th: Steven Keogh (Minnesota) dec. Spartacus Chino (Illinois), 8-2, 5-0 7th: Micah Barnes (Minnesota) pinned Dylan Reel (Illinois), 1:52 171: 1st: Pat Downey (Florida) dec. Jordan Rogers (Washington), 1-1, 3-1, 3-0 3rd: Cody Caldwell (Iowa) dec. Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma), 1-4, 3-1, 3-1 5th: Jordan Thomas (Michigan) dec. Jack Dechow (Illinois), 5-1, 7-0 7th: Ian Korb (Ohio) dec. Kris Klapprodt (South Dakota), 6-0, 2-1 189: 1st: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) pinned Jahwon Akui (Illinois), 7-0, 2:00 3rd: Nathan Burak (Colorado) dec. Sam Brooks (Illinois), 6-1, 2-0 5th: Shane Hughes (Wisconsin) dec. Ben Stroh (Montana), 5-3, 6-0 7th: Gage Harrah (Illinois) dec. Willie Miklus (Iowa), 9-5, 4-2 215: 1st: Morgan McIntosh (California) dec. Blaize Cabell (Iowa), 5-0, 5-0 3rd: Adam Coon (Michigan) dec. Michael Sojka (Illinois), 4-0, 4-0 5th: Josh Marchok (Illinois) pinned Ryan Solomon (Pennsylvania), 1:26 7th: Ty Walz (Ohio) dec. Brad Johnson (Illinois), 2-0, 1-0 285: 1st: Connor Medbery (Colorado) dec. Cody Krumwiede (Iowa), 3-1, 2-0 3rd: Doug Vollaro (Florida) dec. Alex Andel (North Dakota), 2-0, 1-0 5th: Austin Marsden (Illinois) dec. Brooks Black (Pennsylvania), 2-2, 3-0 7th: Taylor Harris (South Dakota) dec. DaQuante Timbers (Virginia), 3-2, 3-1

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section FARGO, N.D. -- California's Morgan McIntosh had nothing to prove heading into the 2011 Junior National freestyle competition in Fargo, N.D. Morgan McIntosh (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)After all, McIntosh was the nation's No. 1 recruit from the Class of 2011 who won virtually every accolade a high school wrestler can win, and will soon embark on a college wrestling career at Penn State. Still, McIntosh wanted to be in Fargo, and on Saturday capped off a spectacular high school wrestling career by winning his second straight Junior National freestyle title with a dominating 5-0, 5-0 victory in the finals at 215 pounds over Iowa's Blaize Cabel. "I love being here," said McIntosh of Fargo. "It's fun to wrestle on this big old stage in front of everyone." McIntosh's Junior National freestyle title last summer came at 189 pounds, as did his last two (of three) California state titles. He made the decision to move up a weight class to 215 pounds for his final high school wrestling event. "I want to get used to wrestling, bigger, stronger guys," said McIntosh, who was named the 2011 InterMat High School Wrestler of the Year. "It's a big difference going from 189s to 215s. A lot of these guys were 10, 15 pounds bigger than me, so I think it's a good experience being able to wrestle all these strong guys." There has been speculation that McIntosh, who went 79-0 over his final two seasons, could step into the defending NCAA champion Penn State lineup immediately at 197 pounds. Morgan McIntosh (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)"Nothing's really set," McIntosh said of wrestling at 197 pounds. "I've talked to the coaches. All they told me was to focus on getting better for now. Don't worry about the weight classes." McIntosh will enter a Penn State wrestling room loaded with talent. Ed Ruth was a freshman All-American at 174 pounds, while Quentin Wright is the returning NCAA champion at 184 pounds. Two Nittany Lion Wrestling Club upperweights, Cael Sanderson and Jake Varner, are on the U.S. World Team. "I seriously can't wait," McIntosh said of starting his college wrestling career at Penn State. "I dream about being in that room wrestling with all those guys, all the great partners I'm going to have. It's just going to be an awesome experience. I can't wait." McIntosh may have stood alone in terms of dominance throughout the Junior National freestyle competition, but it was Nikosi Mood (Illinois) who became the lone Triple Crown winner on the Junior level. Moody topped fellow Illinois statesman Tommy Pawleski to claim the title at 98 pounds and cap off his Triple Crown. Nikosi Mood (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)"It feels great to win this," Moody said of winning the Triple Crown. "I worked so hard this past year to make up for what I didn't do last year." In May, Pawleski pinned Moody to win the Illinois freestyle state tournament. "Since we wrestled each other, we kind of knew each other," said Moody, who is home-schooled. "I knew his strengths and weaknesses. I just went out there and capitalized on all of them." Two other Illinois wrestlers, Matt Garelli (105) and Zane Richards (130), won titles and helped the Land of Lincoln run away with the team title. Illinois finished with 93 points, which was 38 points in front of runner-up Iowa. Wisconsin (32), Ohio (30), and California (29) rounded out the top five teams. For Garelli, it was his second straight Junior National freestyle title. He needed three periods to defeat Junior National Greco-Roman champion Johnson Mai (California), 3-3, 7-0, 3-3, to take the title at 105 pounds. So what does it mean to Garelli to win two straight Junior National freestyle titles? "It means everything in the world," said Garelli. "To win it once, everyone called it a mistake. But you come out here and you win it again and people really will take you seriously." Richards, who runner-up in the Junior National Greco-Roman competition, defeated 2010 Cadet National freestyle champion Brandon Jeske to win the title at 130 pounds. It was a rematch of the 2010 Cadet Greco-Roman finals match won by Richards. Alex Dieringer (Photo/Dave Jedlicka, jedicheetah.com)Two Wisconsin wrestlers, Alex Dieringer (160) and Devin Peterson (189), capped off double titles in Fargo by winning the freestyle competition on Saturday. Dieringer, who will soon begin a college wrestling career at Oklahoma State, won his Greco-Roman title on Tuesday at 152 pounds, but moved up to 160 pounds for the freestyle competition. His victory in the finals came over future college teammate Zac Skates (Oklahoma), 4-0, 4-0. "All four years I've been moving up every time," said Dieringer, a six-time Junior or Cadet National champion. "This is a little different because once you get to the bigger guys, they get a lot stronger. I don't know, I guess my strength still kept up with them." Peterson, who is ranked as the nation's No. 22 senior recruit by InterMat, won his title at 189 pounds by pinning Jahwon Akui of Illinois in the second period after a dominating 7-0 first period. Akui was attempting to become a Triple Crown winner after winning Junior National folkstyle and Greco-Roman titles at 171 pounds. "He's a great wrestler, but I kind of knew I had a game plan coming in," said Peterson, who, like Dieringer, becomes a six-time Junior or Cadet National champion. "My high school coaches aren't here. I talked to them on the phone and they gave me a game plan to go out there and get to his legs. If I got to his legs, I would take him down easy. And I just had to get on top and gut him." Peterson recently gave a verbal commitment to Wisconsin. He spent time in Madison training with the Badger Wrestling Club prior to wrestling in Fargo. "That prepared me well for out here," said Peterson. "I went out there to Madison for a couple of days, got in good shape, and then I came out here and did what I did." Ben Whitford (Photo/Dave Jedlicka, jedicheetah.com)Ben Whitford (Michigan) capped off double titles in Fargo with a convincing 7-0, 2-0 shutout victory over Central Michigan recruit Ty Davis (Ohio) in the finals at 135 pounds. It was Whitford's fifth overall title in Fargo and sixth finals appearance in six attempts. It also marked the second straight year in which he won double titles. It is Whitford's first year competing at the Junior level. "It's a lot different wrestling these older, stronger, wiser opponents," said Whitford, a two-time Illinois Class 2A state champion who will attending St. Johns High School (Mich.) for his junior season. Whitford has high goals for himself in the coming years. "I'm going to try to make that Junior World Team, hopefully next year, and then just keep going up from there," said Whitford. The nation's No. 2 senior recruit, Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana), upended 2010 Cadet National freestyle champion Jake Short (Minnesota), 1-0, 1-0. "I felt like he was really just staying in good position," said Tsirtsis, a three-time state champion at Crown Point High School. "He's a real strong kid. He's real short and stocky, so it's tough to break his tieups and his position. So I just really focused on getting past his head and his hands, and getting to my leg attacks." Tsirstis is the younger brother of Alex Tsirtsis, a four-time undefeated Indiana state champion who went on to become an All-American at Iowa. "My brother, he's my inspiration, he's my idol, not just in wrestling, but in life," said Tsirtsis. "He means a lot to me. "I've watched him since as long as I can remember. I just always looked up to him. He's my coach, and just my idol. He really helps me out a lot. I really take to heart what he has to say to me. So I would just like to thank him." Thomas Gilman (Photo/Dave Jedlicka, jedicheetah.com)Thomas Gilman (Nebraska), a FILA Cadet National freestyle champion this year and Cadet National freestyle champion last year, topped David Terao (Hawaii) in two periods, 4-1, 2-1, to claim the title at 119 pounds. "My conditioning is always better than everyone's," said Gilman, who is ranked as the nation's No. 11 senior recruit by InterMat. "That's one thing my coach really focuses on. In folkstyle it's really important, but in freestyle, you might not think it, but you get really tired even in two minutes because it's real fast-paced, especially guys get tired with 30 seconds left, that's when I'm coming after them." Gilman notched a win over another one of the nation's top senior recruits, Cory Clark (Iowa), in pool competition prior to reaching the finals. Clark is undefeated in his prep career and ranked as the No. 18 senior recruit in the country by InterMat. "It was a big win," said Gilman, a three-time state champion for Skutt Catholic High School. "Me and him have been going back and forth for years. First period I got him 2-1. Second period he got me 6-1. Turned around a lot. So I had to come out, adjusted. I knew I could take him down. I just had to get solid leg attacks, snapdowns, so that's what I did." Two other InterMat Top 100 recruits, Brian Realbuto (New York) and Zac Brunson (Oregon), won titles. Realbuto rebounded from a loss in pool competition to take the title at 145 pounds, pinning Brian Murphy (Illinois) in the finals, after dropping the first period, 1-0. Realbuto was an undefeated New York state champion this past season and ranked as the No. 28 senior recruit in the country by InterMat. He is coached by Max Askren, a 2010 NCAA champion at Missouri. "I've been working a lot on top this year, a lot of different holds, getting guys tight on their back," said Realbuto. "I've been working on that a lot, so I'm really happy that I got to get a pin in the finals." Zac Brunson (Photo/Dave Jedlicka, jedicheetah.com)Brunson came from behind to defeat Edwin Cooper (Illinois) in three periods, 0-4, 1-0, 6-0. Brunson is a three-time state champion at Winston Churchill High School. He is ranked as the nation's No. 50 senior recruit by InterMat. "I went in knowing he was going to be tough right off the bat," said Brunson. "He's real fast, real explosive. But I knew over time I would wear him down." Nathan Tomasello (Ohio), who finished this past season as the nation's top-ranked 103-pounder by InterMat, captured the crown at 112 pounds with a three-period victory, 5-1, 0-4, 4-1, over Jarred Brooks (Indiana). "I just love going to this tournament," said Tomasello. "It just gets you psyched up every year." Joey Dance (Photo/Rob Preston)Joey Dance (Virginia), a 2009 Cadet National freestyle champion, won the title at 125 pounds with a hard-fought three-period victory, 3-0, 0-1, 2-1, over Joey Palmer (Washington). Dance is ranked as the nation's No. 17 wrestler in the Class of 2013 by InterMat. Dance compared winning a Cadet title to winning a Junior title. "Juniors is a lot different," said Dance. "They are a lot stronger, a lot tougher. Cadets ... They are more just kids." Pat Downey (Florida) and Connor Medbery (Colorado) joined McIntosh as Class of 2011 graduates to win titles. Downey, a 2011 NHSCA Senior National champion, defeated 2010 Cadet National double champion Jordan Rogers (Washington), 1-1, 3-1, 3-0, to win the title at 171 pounds. Pat Downey (Photo/Dave Jedlicka, jedicheetah.com)Downey, who signed with Clackamas Community College, talked about his goals going forward. "I definitely want to be a JUCO national champ," said Downey. "I plan on spending a year there because I'm through the NCAA Clearinghouse, and then transferring to a big DI school and winning some more national titles." Medbery, who will be attending Wisconsin, bounced back from a loss in pool competition to win the championship at heavyweight, beating Cody Krumwiede (Iowa), 3-1, 2-0, in the finals. Finals Results: 98: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Tommy Pawelski (Illinois), 6-3, 5-1 105: Matt Garelli (Illinois) dec. Johnson Mai (California), 3-3, 7-0, 3-3 112: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio) dec. Jarred Brooks (Indiana), 5-1, 0-4, 4-1 119: Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) dec. David Terao (Hawaii), 4-1, 2-1 125: Joey Dance (Virginia) dec. Joey Palmer (Washington), 3-0, 0-1, 2-1 130: Zane Richards (Illinois) dec. Brandon Jeske (Virginia), 2-1, 2-0 135: Ben Whitford (Michigan) dec. Ty Davis (Ohio), 7-0, 2-0 140: Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana) dec. Jake Short (Minnesota), 1-0, 1-0 145: Brian Realbuto (New York) pinned Brian Murphy (Illinois), 0-1, 1:59 152: Zach Brunson (Oregon) dec. Edwin Cooper (Illinois), 0-4, 1-0, 6-0 160: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Zac Skates (Oklahoma), 4-0, 4-0 171: Pat Downey (Florida) dec. Jordan Rogers (Washington), 1-1, 3-1, 3-0 189: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) pinned Jahwon Akui (Illinois), 7-0, 2:00 215: Morgan McIntosh (California) dec. Blaize Cabell (Iowa), 5-0, 5-0 285: Connor Medbery (Colorado) dec. Cody Krumwiede (Iowa), 3-1, 2-0

98: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Tommy Pawelski (Illinois), 6-3, 5-1 105: Matt Garelli (Illinois) dec. Johnson Mai (California), 3-3, 7-0, 3-3 112: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio) dec. Jarred Brooks (Indiana), 5-1, 0-4, 4-1 119: Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) dec. David Terao (Hawaii), 4-1, 2-1 125: Joey Dance (Virginia) dec. Joey Palmer (Washington), 3-0, 0-1, 2-1 130: Zane Richards (Illinois) dec. Brandon Jeske (Virginia), 2-1, 2-0 135: Ben Whitford (Michigan) dec. Ty Davis (Ohio), 7-0, 2-0 140: Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana) dec. Jake Short (Minnesota), 1-0, 1-0 145: Brian Realbuto (New York) pinned Brian Murphy (Illinois), 0-1, 1:59 152: Zach Brunson (Oregon) dec. Edwin Cooper (Illinois), 0-4, 1-0, 6-0 160: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Zac Skates (Oklahoma), 4-0, 4-0 171: Pat Downey (Florida) dec. Jordan Rogers (Washington), 1-1, 3-1, 3-0 189: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) pinned Jahwon Akui (Illinois), 7-0, 2:00 215: Morgan McIntosh (California) dec. Blaize Cabell (Iowa), 5-0, 5-0 285: Connor Medbery (Colorado) dec. Cody Krumwiede (Iowa), 3-1, 2-0

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section 84: 1st: Jabari Moody (Illinois) pinned Luke Karam (Pennsylvania), 3-3, 0:41 3rd: Sean Nickell (California) tech. fall Brandon Paetzell (New Jersey), 7-0, 7-0 5th: Christopher Cuccolo (New York) dec. Jordan Reich (Illinois), 1-0, 2-0 7th: Brandon Staley (Florida) dec. Nick Lukanich (Illinois), 0-5, 9-8, 5-4 91: 1st: Gannon Volk (Minnesota) pinned Miguel Silva (Illinois), 1:53 3rd: Kaid Brock (Oklahoma) dec. Trevor Murano (Iowa), 2-0, 6-0 5th: Isaac Jimenez (Texas) tech. fall Sam Phillips (Iowa), 6-0, 8-2 7th: Lincoln Olson (Michigan) dec. Darek Huff (Colorado), 6-4, 6-0 98: 1st: Stevan Micic (Indiana) dec. Austin Assad (Ohio), 6-0, 4-3 3rd: Ke-shawn Hayes (Missouri) dec. Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma), 1-0, 5-1 5th: Sean Cannon (Nevada) dec. A C Headlee (Pennsylvania), 0-2, 7-4, 3-2 7th: Brent Fleetwood (Delaware) tech. fall Jacob Cottey (Indiana), 2-6, 6-0, 7-0 105: 1st: Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) dec. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), 7-0, 3-1 3rd: Zac Hall (Michigan) dec. Jordan Northrup (Illinois), 2-0, 6-5 5th: Matthew Kolodzik (Ohio) dec. Jaydin Clayton (Missouri), 1-2, 6-0, 3-2 7th: Darian Cruz (Pennsylvania) pinned Cody Karstetter (Oklahoma), 0:47 112: 1st: Seth Gross (Minnesota) dec. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 5-2, 6-2 3rd: Sebastian Pique (Illinois) dec. Barlow McGhee (Illinois), 1-0, 1-1 5th: Joseph McKenna (New Jersey) dec. Kyle Gliva (Minnesota), 8-0, 1-0 7th: Josh Alber (Illinois) dec. Brandon James (Indiana), 3-1, 2-0 119: 1st: Aaron Pico (California) dec. Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma), 4-0, 8-2 3rd: Anthony Valencia (California) dec. Cole Weaver (Michigan), 5-0, 2-2 5th: Tate Robinson (Tennessee) pinned Cole Sladek (Minnesota), 5-6, 0:42 7th: Colton Adams (Nebraska) dec. Nicholas Gil (Illinois), 6-0, 3-2 125: 1st: Edgar Bright (Ohio) dec. Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma), 6-3, 3-0 3rd: Anthony Ashnault (New Jersey) dec. Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (New York), 2-3, 4-4, 6-1 5th: Zain Retherford (Pennsylvania) dec. Garrett Sutton (Illinois), 1-0, 6-0 7th: Martin Sandoval (California) dec. Isaac Dulgarian (Kansas), 5-1, 3-0 130: 1st: Hayden Tuma (Idaho) tech. fall Geo Martinez (Colorado), 6-0, 6-0 3rd: Chris Wilkes (Missouri) dec. Tyler Berger (Oregon), 1-3, 2-1, 1-0 5th: Kevin Kinney (Missouri) dec. Sam Crane (Missouri), 0-3, 3-2, 3-1 7th: Patrick Duggan (Pennsylvania) tech. fall Jonathan Crast (New York), 6-0, 8-1 135: 1st: Grant Leeth (Missouri) dec. Jack Bass (Virginia), 5-0, 3-2 3rd: Grant LaMont (Utah) dec. Ryan Blees (North Dakota), 0-2, 5-4, 1-0 5th: Kevin Cooper (Kentucky) dec. Markus Scheidel (Ohio), 2-1, 1-0 7th: Bo Nickal (Texas) dec. Aaron Negrette (California), 6-0, 3-0 140: 1st: Colin Holler (Illinois) pinned Kenny Martin (Nebraska), 6-0, 1:09 3rd: Jack Clark (New Jersey) dec. Peter Nagy (Iowa), 8-0, 6-1 5th: Nikko Villarreal (California) dec. Alex Smith (Colorado), 1-5, 6-0, 4-0 7th: Devin Vasquez (Texas) inj. def. Logan Marcicki (Michigan) 145: 1st: Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) dec. JaVaughn Perkins (Nebraska), 1-1, 7-0 3rd: Chandler Rogers (Washington) dec. Garrett Hammond (Pennsylvania), 4-3, 4-2 5th: Heath Coles (Pennsylvania) dec. Toby Hague (New Jersey), 6-4, 5-4 7th: Bryan Salinas (California) dec. Rodney Shepard (North Carolina), 3-0, 3-1 152: 1st: Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) tech. fall Kelian Torres (Oklahoma), 6-0, 7-0 3rd: Josh Llopez (Maryland) pinned Bryce Pappas (Maryland), 6-0, 1:36 5th: Drew Garcia (Michigan) tech. fall Ryder Newman (Nevada), 6-0, 7-1 7th: Cody Law (Pennsylvania) dec. Austin Wilson (Montana), 6-0, 1-0 160: 1st: Zach Beard (Oklahoma) tech. fall Dustin Fuller (Iowa), 6-0, 7-0 3rd: Eric Morris (Pennsylvania) dec. Kyle Bateman (Oregon), 2-0, 7-0 5th: Adam Drain (Iowa) dec. Danny Vitale (Minnesota), 6-0, 5-2 7th: Jordan Lara (New Mexico) pinned Jake Stillings (Wisconsin), 7-0, 0:37 171: 1st: Ricky Robertson (Illinois) dec. Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina), 5-3, 2-1 3rd: Domenic Abounader (Ohio) dec. Aaron Rothwell (Wisconsin), 2-1, 3-0 5th: Raymond O`Donnell (Pennsylvania) dec. Troy Hembury (Pennsylvania), 0-1, 3-1, 3-0 7th: Immanual Barber (California) pinned Codie Lafromboise (Minnesota), 1:02 189: 1st: Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois), 4-0, 1-0 3rd: Brent Blacharczyk (Pennsylvania) dec. Matthew Voss (Washington), 6-2, 7-0 5th: Alex DiCiantis (Pennsylvania) dec. Eugene Martin (South Dakota), 1-0, 2-0 7th: Matt McClimens (Missouri) tech. fall Tyler Denova (Georgia), 6-0, 7-1 215: 1st: Kyle Snyder (Maryland) dec. Nathan Rotert (South Dakota), 2-0, 2-1 3rd: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Brian Moran (Michigan), 4-0, 8-0 5th: Reggie Williams (New York) pinned Ryan Maas (Iowa), 1:00 7th: Nick Cobb (Texas) tech. fall Christian Jenco (New Jersey), 6-0, 7-0 285: 1st: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Chet Spears (Oregon), 4-3, 4-2 3rd: Michael Johnson (Illinois) inj. def. Jake Scanlan (Iowa) 5th: Wesley Bernard (Indiana) dec. Dakota Gulley (Colorado), 2-0, 7-3 7th: Jacob Semple (Missouri) pinned Kyle Kania (New Jersey), 0:49

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section "Fargo Week 2011" reaches its conclusion with the Junior National freestyle finals to be held Saturday at 10 a.m. CDT. Here are the 15 championship matches. 98: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) vs. Tommy Pawleski (Illinois) Moody is seeking a Triple Crown, and goes up against a fellow Land of Lincoln wrestler in Pawleski, who happened to upend Moody at freestyle state in three periods by fall. 105: Matt Garelli (Illinois) vs. Johnson Mai (California Garelli seeks a second consecutive Junior freestyle title, having won last year at 98 pounds. Mai seeks to sweep the tournament titles this week, having won Greco-Roman on Tuesday afternoon. 112: Jared Brooks (Indiana) vs. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio) Brooks was a runner-up at FILA Juniors this year, and has only given up points in two of thirteen periods wrestled this tournament. Tomasello is 7-0 on the tournament with six technical falls, and placed fourth at both FILA Juniors and Cadets this year. 119: Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) vs. David Terao (Hawaii) Both wrestlers have went 7-0 during the competition, only losing a single period each. Gilman was Cadet freestyle champion last year, and a FILA Cadet champion this year. 125: Joey Dance (Virginia) vs. Joey Palmer (Washington) Dance, a 2009 Cadet freestyle champion, is 9-0 in the tournament so far, has only lost one period, and only given up points in two matches. His opponent has an 8-0 record this tournament. 130: Zane Richards (Illinois) vs. Brandon Jeske (Virginia) Richards finished third in freestyle in each of his two years as a Cadet, was FILA Cadet champion this April, and was runner-up in Greco on Tuesday afternoon. Additionally, he has not lost a period in nine matches so far. Jeske, the 2010 Cadet freestyle champion, has only lost one period in eight matches. This is a rematch of the 2010 Cadet Greco-Roman final won by Richards. 135: Ty Davis (Ohio) vs. Ben Whitford (Michigan) Both wrestlers have advanced to the championship match despite losing earlier in the tournament. The Central Michigan-bound Davis is 8-1, having lost no periods in his wins (the only loss was a three-period affair to Todd Preston from New Jersey). Whitford is in his sixth Fargo final in as many attempts; he is seeking to sweep the titles this week, and win a third freestyle title in Fargo. In the six matches he did not lose, he only gave up a single point. 140: Jake Short (Minnesota) vs. Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana) Both wrestlers are 8-0 this tournament -- Short has lost one period, and only given up points in two others. Tsirtsis has yet to lose a period, and has only given up points in two periods. Short is seeking the folkstyle/freestyle nationals sweep, having accomplished that feat last year as a Cadet. Tsirtsis is seeking his first Fargo title having finished fourth and second as a Cadet, and third last year at the Junior level. He was a FILA Cadet champion in 2009 and 2010. 145: Brian Realbuto (New York) vs. Brian Murphy (Illinois) Realbuto is 8-1 for the tournament -- four matches having been extended to three periods, including the last three (the first of those three beind his loss). Murphy has went through eight matches without losing a period, including victories over all three other All-Americans in his pool, and won the Cadet freestyle title last year. 152: Edwin Cooper (Illinois) vs. Zach Brunson (Oregon) In 18 matches between the wrestlers this week, neither competitor has lost a single period. This is Cooper's fourth appearance in Fargo. He was a Junior freestyle runner-up last year, had a Cadet freestyle title in 2009, and was third as a Cadet in 2008. Brunson was runner-up at FILA Juniors this April; despite not earning All-American honors in his Junior freestyle debut last year, he was a two-time Cadet freestyle All-American. 160: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) vs. Zach Skates (Oklahoma) Dieringer has lost a single period in nine matches, as he seeks a repeat title in freestyle, which would also give him a sweep of the titles this week, having won Greco-Roman at 152 pounds on Tuesday. This is his fourth consecutive final in freestyle, winning a Junior title last year, a Cadet title the year before, and a Cadet second-place finish in 2008. Skates is 8-1 in the tournament, with three wins coming in three periods. 171: Jordan Rogers (Washington) vs. Patrick Downey (Florida) Rogers, a two-time FILA Cadet freestyle champion, has yet to lose a period in nine matches with four of his victories coming by fall. He finished third in Greco-Roman earlier in the week, and was a Cadet double champion last year. Like Rogers, Downey has yet to lose a period in his eight matches to date. 189: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) vs. Jahwon Akui (Illinois) Peterson, now a two-time Junior Greco-Roman champion is after double titles this week in Fargo. After winning Junior Greco last year, he was fifth in freestyle. At the Cadet level, Peterson was a double champion in 2009, and a double All-American in 2008. Despite an early tournament loss to Gage Harrah from Illinois, Akui remains eligible for the Triple Crown, having won the folkstyle and Greco-Roman tournaments at 171 pounds. He joined Peterson as a Cadet double champion in 2009. 215: Morgan McIntosh (California) vs. Blaize Cabell (Iowa) McIntosh has been dominant in eight matches to date, only giving up points in two periods. He is after a repeat title at the Junior level, and faces a relatively unheralded opponent from Iowa in the final for a second consecutive year. Cabell is undefeated in seven matches, and yet to give up a period. He was a Junior folkstyle champion in 2010. 285: Cody Krumwiede (Iowa) vs. Connor Medbery (Colorado) Both college bound wrestlers are in the final despite having lost a match in the course of the tournament. Krumwiede was a Junior folkstyle champion this past April, and finished runner-up in Junior freestyle last year at 215 pounds. Medbery is in his second final of the week, having finished second in Greco-Roman, and was a double Junior National All-American last year.

Hempstead, NY -- Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach Rob Anspach announced today that four-time All-American and former NCAA champion Gregor Gillespie has joined the Pride staff as an assistant coach. His appointment is effective immediately. Gillespie, a native of Webster, New York, comes to Hofstra after serving as a coach and administrator for the Edinboro Scotsman Wrestling Club during the 2010-11 season. A 2011 graduate of Edinboro University, Gillespie earned NCAA All-America honors from 2006 through 2009 and captured the 2007 NCAA championship at 149 pounds with a 3-1 overtime decision over Michigan's Josh Churella. The two-time team captain for the Fighting Scots, Gillespie helped lead Edinboro to top 10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009, and Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team titles in all four of his seasons. Individually, he was a three-time champion in both the EWL and the PSAC, and was the EWL Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler award winner in 2007. Gillespie began his college career with a bang, winning his first 23 matches on the way to a 40-4 record which is the most wins by a freshman in school history. He won his first EWL and PSAC titles and placed seventh at the NCAA Championships becoming Edinboro's first true freshman to earn All-America honors. As a sophomore, Gillespie tallied a 34-2 record, his second EWL title and was named both the EWL and the PSAC Wrestler of the Year on the way to the national title at 149 pounds. In 2007-08, Gillespie moved up to 157 pounds, posted a 37-4 record and placed fifth at the NCAA Championships. He won his third straight EWL title and was named the EWL Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler, and recorded his second PSAC crown and was named the PSAC Wrestler of the Year for the second consecutive year. As a senior in 2008-09, Gillespie recorded a 41-3 record, was an EWL finalist, captured his third PSAC championship and was named the PSAC Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler, and placed fourth at the NCAA Championships. Gillespie finished his collegiate career with a 152-13 record, breaking Jason Robison's Edinboro record for career victories and setting a new mark with a .921 winning percentage. A former Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative, Gillespie has a bachelor's degree in individualized studies with a concentration in psychology.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- On Thursday, Northwestern head coach Drew Pariano announced the addition of three-time NCAA All-American Brandon Precin to the Wildcats coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. After finishing his career ranked third all-time at Northwestern with 138 victories, Precin provides a wealth of experience to NU's up-and-coming lightweight wrestlers. "Wrestling programs are constantly searching for quality lightweight coaches and with Brandon, we feel like we immediately have one of the best in the country," Pariano said. "He is the perfect fit for our staff: a lightweight coach, an aspiring Olympian and a native Chicagoan who knows wrestling in the state of Illinois. "Brandon was one of the most dedicated student-athletes I've ever coached and I know he won't rest until he sees our wrestlers achieve their goals of being national champions." Precin graduated in 2011 after placing third at 125 pounds in the NCAA Championships for the second time in his stellar career, helping NU to a 13th-place national finish in the process. As a senior, he won his second career Midlands championship -- becoming just the second Wildcat ever to win multiple Midlands titles -- which vaulted him into the No. 1 national ranking at 125 pounds for the first time in his career. He went on to finish 35-3 on the year with eight pins and a 19-1 dual mark, serving as a catalyst for Northwestern's 18-2 dual record in Pariano's first year as head coach. A team captain and Big Ten finalist for the second time in his career, Precin was selected as Northwestern's male athlete of the year and Jesse Owens Award nominee for the 2010-11 academic year. Away from Northwestern, Precin has enjoyed phenomenal success in freestyle competition, recently winning his first career title at the University Nationals last April. In 2010, he placed third at the United States World Team Trials at 55 kg. Prior to arriving at NU, the Orland Park native was a two-time IHSA state champion with a career record of 186-6 while competing for Carl Sandburg High School. Precin has gained previous coaching experience as a staff member at the Overtime School of Wrestling as well as the Wildcat Wrestling Club and as a featured clinician at Northwestern youth camps. He graduated from Northwestern in 2011 with a degree in history.

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section FARGO, N.D. -- Short and sweet. Very clear outcomes. The Cadet National freestyle competition came to a conclusion with finals matches in all 17 weight classes, and there was no match that went into the third period. In fact the only match in which the winning wrestler lost a period was the opening match at 84 pounds. Jabari Moody (Illinois), who was champion in folkstyle and runner-up in Greco-Roman, lost the opening period 3-3 to Luke Karam (Pennsylvania) since he gave up a three-point move to open the match. However, in the second period, Moody countered a Karam attack, threw Karam on his back and got the fall at the 41-second mark. Another pair of wrestlers from the Land of Lincoln would win freestyle titles on Friday afternoon, as Illinois added yet another team championship to mantle this offseason on the strength of 13 total All-Americans. Additional championships came from Colin Holler at 140 pounds and Ricky Robertson at 171 pounds, both of whom happened to have a loss during the course of the tournament. Holler upended Kenny Martin (Nebraska) by fall in the second period at 1:09 after winning the first period 6-0. The fall came on a third feet-to-back takedown, all of them coming off of locks toward the edge of the mat. Robertson scored a 5-3, 2-1 victory over Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina) in his championship match; Vonegidy was the lone finalist to have two losses prior to the championship round. Gannon Volk (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)The other team to steal the show on the raised mat Friday afternoon was Minnesota, as wrestlers from the Gopher State came home with four big stop signs. This included Apple Valley teammates Gannon Volk and Seth Gross, each of whom won their weight class despite a loss during pool competition. At 91 pounds, Volk became the 10th Cadet Triple Crown winner in the ninth year of the award's existence, when he earned a fall in 1:53 against Miguel Silva (Illinois). Silva had a 2-0 lead prior to the sequence of the fall off a throw after a scramble. To secure the fall, Volk used a front headlock, found the cradle, and drove Silva to his back. Then at 112 pounds, Gross upended Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) 4-2, 5-2. The key scores in each period for Gross came off counters to attempted gut-wrench exposures by Crone. Sandwiched in between Volk and Gross, Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) upended returning Cadet freestyle champion Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) 7-0, 3-1. Each wrestler had won a Cadet folkstyle title, Thorn at 105 pounds and Bresser at 98 pounds, while Bresser was going for a Cadet Triple Crown after winning the Greco-Roman tournament at 98 pounds. During the first period, Thorn scored on a barrel roll takedown and then three consecutive gut wrenches. Thorn scored the tying takedown in the second period off a front headlock, and sealed it on a counter exposure. The fourth Minnesota champion came from the last match of the evening where Sam Stoll, a 2010 InterMat JJ Classic champion, beat Chet Spears (Oregon), 4-3, 4-2. That made a sweep of the week for Stoll at 285 pounds. Chance Marsteller (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Joining Stoll as a double champion this week was Mitch Sliga (Indiana) at 189 pounds, who earned his fifth national championship at the Cadet level -- as he was a Triple Crown winner last year. He upended Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0 for the championship. In eight matches, Sliga gave up just one single point. The Hoosier State added to its championship total with Stevan Micic winning at 98 pounds by a 6-0, 4-3 decision over Austin Assad (Ohio). Key to the victory was his ability to score exposures off his takedowns. In the match, Micic scored with five turns. There was no doubt about who turned in the most impressive performance on Friday afternoon, and throughout the week. That would be now two-time Cadet National freestyle champion Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania), who throttled Keilan Torres (Oklahoma), 6-0, 7-0, in the final at 152 pounds. Marsteller went through 17 matches in both styles without giving up a single point. His performances anchored 14 total All-Americans for Pennsylvania, as the Keystone State finished second to Illinois in the standings. The last wrestler to sweep championships this week at the Cadet level was Aaron Pico (California), who upended Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma), 4-0, 8-2 in the 119-pound final. Pico was dominant in his leg attacks, scoring five takedowns in the course of the match. Two other champions ascended one step higher on the podium than their runner-up finish in Greco-Roman. Hayden Tuma (Idaho) dominated Geordan Martinez (Colorado) in a 6-0, 6-0 technical fall victory at 130 pounds, while Kyle Snyder (Maryland) defeated Nathan Rotert (South Dakota), 2-0, 2-1. Rounding out the champions were Edgar Bright (Ohio) at 125 pounds, who made it four champions in all that lost earlier matches in the tournament; Grant Leeth (Missouri) at 135 pounds; Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) at 145 pounds; and Zach Beard (Oklahoma) at 160 pounds, who added this title to his Cadet folkstyle title won in April. Finals Results: 84: Jabari Moody (Illinois) pinned Luke Karam (Pennsylvania), 3-3, 0:41 91: Gannon Volk (Minnesota) pinned Miguel Silva (Illinois), 1:53 98: Stevan Micic (Indiana) dec. Austin Assad (Ohio), 6-0, 4-3 105: Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) dec. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), 7-0, 3-1 112: Seth Gross (Minnesota) dec. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 4-2, 5-2 119: Aaron Pico (California) dec. Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma), 4-0, 8-2 125: Edgar Bright (Ohio) dec. Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma), 6-3, 3-0 130: Hayden Tuma (Idaho) tech. fall Geordan Martinez (Colorado), 6-0, 6-0 135: Grant Leeth (Missouri) dec. Jack Bass (Virginia), 5-0, 3-2 140: Colin Holler (Illinois) pinned Kenny Martin (Nebraska), 6-0, 1:09 145: Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) dec. Javaughn Perkins (Nebraska), 1-1, 7-0 152: Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) tech. fall Keilan Torres (Oklahoma), 6-0, 7-0 160: Zach Beard (Oklahoma) tech. fall Dustin Fuller (Iowa), 6-0, 7-0 171: Ricky Robertson (Illinois) dec. Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina), 5-3, 2-1 189: Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0 215: Kyle Snyder (Maryland) dec. Nathan Rotert (South Dakota), 2-0, 2-1 285: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Chet Spears (Oregon), 4-3, 4-2 Team Scores: 1. Illinois 70 (13 All-Americans) 2. Pennsylvania 60 (14) 3. Minnesota 42 (8) 4. Oklahoma 41 (7) 5. Missouri 40 (9)

84: Jabari Moody (Illinois) vs. Luke Karam (Pennsylvania) 91: Miguel Silva of Illinois vs. Gannon Volk of Minnesota 98: Stevan Micic (Indiana) vs. Austin Assad (Ohio) 105: Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) vs. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) 112: Seth Gross (Minnesota) vs. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) 119: Aaron Pico (California) Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma) 125: Edgar Bright (Ohio) vs. Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma) 130: Geo Martinez (Colorado) vs. Hayden Tuma (Idaho) 135: Grant Leeth (Missouri) vs. Jack Bass (Virginia) 140: Kenny Martin (Nebraska) vs. Colin Holler (Illinois) 145: Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) vs. JaVaughn Perkins (Nebraska) 152: Kelian Torres (Oklahoma) vs. Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) 160: Dustin Fuller (Iowa) vs. Zach Beard (Oklahoma) 171: Ricky Robertson (Illinois) vs. Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina) 189: Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois) vs. Mitch Sliga (Indiana) 215: Kyle Snyder (Maryland) vs. Nathan Rotert (South Dakota) 285: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) vs. Chet Spears (Oregon)

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Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section FARGO, N.D. -- Day 5 of the 2011 Junior & Cadet Nationals, which included the first day of the Cadet freestyle competition, started with a lot wrestlers having All-American aspirations. However, when the day was done, it was down to a select few. Day 5 standouts included Colin Holler (Illinois), who won arguably the biggest match of the day in the opening round and then pinned or tech falled four consecutive opponents. InterMat breaks down all 17 weight classes. 84: Four wrestlers remain in Pool A, each is undefeated at 2-0, and each will be an All-American. Nick Lukanich (Illinois) will face Luke Karam (Pennsylvania), while Brandon Paetzell (New Jersey) faces Christopher Cuccolo (New York). Six wrestlers remain in Pool B after the second round. Greco-Roman champion Jabari Moody (Illinois) and Jordan Reich (Illinois) remain in the tournament without a loss. Moody faces Bradon Staley (Florida) in round three, Reich faces Shane Ross (Texas) in round three, while Sean Nickell (California) faces Hayden Karren (Colorado). 91: Seven wrestlers remain alive in Pool A after three rounds, led by Gannon Volk (Minnesota), who is seeking a Cadet triple crown. Volk is one of four undefeated wrestlers with a 3-0 record, and faces Nicholas Koch (Illinois) in the fourth round. Two of the others face each other, Isaac Jimenez (Texas) and Danny Boychuck (New Jersey). Carlos Fuentez (Illinois) is also undefeated, and he will face Kaid Brock (Oklahoma). With the bye to start tomorrow morning is Lincoln Olson (Michigan). Eight wrestlers remain in Pool B after the third round, and three are undefeated. The first of those undefeated is Trevor Murano (Iowa), with a 2-0 record, and he wrestles Adam Whitesell (Maryland). Miguel Silva (Illinois) is undefeated with a 3-0 record, and he'll face Tyler Casamenti (New Jersey). Last among the undefeated is the 3-0 Andrew North (New York), who will face Darek Huff (Colorado). In an elimination match, returning All-Americans Sam Phillips (Iowa) and Hunter Wright (Virginia) will do battle. 98: One of the big upsets of the day was pulled off by Austin Assad (Ohio), when he beat returning All-American Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) in the third round 8-1, 6-3. After those three rounds, Assad is one of five undefeated left in Pool A -- nine remain in all. His reward for that result is a fourth round collision with fellow undefeated Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska), who was a Junior Greco-Roman finalist and Schoolboy triple crown winner last year. Fellow undefeated wrestlers Devin Brown (Ohio) and Sean Cannon (Nevada) also wrestle each other. The other undefeated wrestler is Jacob Cottey (Indiana), and he'll be facing Brian Rossi (Illinois). Jeffries wrestles in the other match of the pool, an elimination affair against Steve Simpson (Maryland). Working with the fourth round bye is Tyrone Klump (Pennsylvania), who lost to Cottey last round. Of twelve wrestlers remaining in Pool B, five are undefeated, and four collide in the fourth round: FILA Cadet All-American Stevan Micic (Indiana) battles Ke-Shawn Hayes (Missouri), who returning All-American Armando Torres (Ohio) wrestles A.C. Headlee (Pennsylvania). Also undefeated is defending champion Brent Fleetwood (Delaware), who faces Markus Simmons (Oklahoma) one round after Simmons kept alive in the tournament with a win over state runner-up Ethan Lizak (Pennsylvania). Lizak now wrestles an elimination match against Justyn Bostic (Ohio), while the other elimination matches feature Ryan Friedman (Maryland) against Ky Webb (Idaho) and Maolu Woiwor (Minnesota) against Bryson Beard (Washington). 105: After four rounds of wrestling in Pool A, four wrestlers remain undefeated with eleven still in the hunt of All-American honors. Greco-Roman champions Darian Cruz (Pennsylvania) and Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), along with FILA Cadet All-American Matthew Kolodzik (Ohio), and Jordan Northrup (Illinois) are the undefeated wrestlers. Cruz -- a runner-up last year in freestyle -- faces returning All-American Zach Siegle (Minnesota) in round five; Northrup and Bresser wrestle one another, as Bresser seeks a repeat freestyle title and a Cadet triple crown as well; and Koldozik faces Craig Delacruz (New Jersey). Two other matches in this round will be elimination matches -- David Bavery (Ohio) against Fredy Stroker (Pennsylvania), and Tommy Walton (North Dakota) against Dalton Macri (Pennsylvania). The bye in this round goes to Chaz Tucker (Massachusetts), whose loss was in the second round to Cruz by a third period fall. Six of the ten wrestlers remaining in Pool B through four rounds ended day one undefeated. Two matches in the fifth round will feature undefeated wrestlers facing each other -- FILA Cadet champion Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) will face Cody Karstetter (Oklahoma), while Jens Lantz (Wisconsin) matches against returning All-American Zac Hall (Michigan). Also undefeated are Zeke Salvo (Maryland) and Jaydin Clayton (Missouri); Salvo faces Joseph Velliuette (Missouri), while Clayton faces Reid Lyden (Minnesota). The lone true elimination match features Dominic Florys (Pennsylvania) against Kyle Sether (Oregon). 112: Eight wrestlers remain in Pool A after five rounds of wrestling, four of them are undefeated. That group is led by two-time Cadet Greco-Roman champion Joey McKenna (New Jersey), who will be facing fellow undefeated Seth Gross (Minnesota) in round six. Also undefeated are returning All-American Barlow McGhee (Illinois) and Josh Alber (Illinois); McGhee faces Josh Newberg (Washington), and Alber faces Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) in the next round. Returning All-American Mason Pengilly (California) has survived a three-period first round loss to Alber to remain in the tournament, and now faces a true elimination match against Kent Lane (Pennsylvania) -- whose loss was to McKenna in round four. Likewise eight wrestlers remain in Pool B through five rounds of wrestling, with six of them being undefeated. Two matches feature a pair of undefeated wrestlers doing battle -- returning All-American Kyle Gliva (Minnesota) faces Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), while returning All-American Sebastian Pique (Illinois) faces Devan Richter (Missouri). The other undefeated wrestlers are Anthony Petrone (Florida) and Jordan Laster (Illinois); Petrone has a sixth round match against Cole Walter (Pennsylvania), while Laster faces Brandon James (Indiana). 119: Pool A has 10 wrestlers remaining, half of whom are undefeated through five rounds of competition. The lone match placing undefeated wrestlers against one another has Colton Adams (Nebraska) facing Anthony Valencia (California). Also undefeated are returning All-Americans PJ Klee (California) and Tate Robinson (Tennessee), along with Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma). Klee faces Luke Zilverberg (Minnesota) in the sixth round, Robinson faces Jacob Rubio (Texas), while Harding faces Michael Sepke (Illinois). The lone pure elimination match features Colton Schilling (Oregon) against Colston Diblasi (Missouri). Only three undefeated wrestlers are left through five rounds of competition in Pool B, with eleven wrestlers in all remaining in the competition. One of the undefeated wrestlers is Cole Sladek (Minnesota), who has the sixth round bye. The other undefeated wrestlers are Greco-Roman champion Aaron Pico (California) and Cole Weaver (Michigan). Pico faces Dan Radcliffe (Illinois) in round six, while Weaver competes against Rocco Russo (New York). Three true elimination matches present themselves in this round -- Bryce Shoemaker (Kansas) against Sammy Gross (Ohio), Steve Bulzomi (New York) against James Flint (Florida), and Will Steltzen (Oklahoma) against Nicholas Gil (Illinois). A returning All-American, Steltzen has worked back from losing his opening match by fall in the third period to be in somewhat good position for a repeat All-American honor. 125: From one of the showcase sections of a pool for this tournament, Anthony Ashnault (New Jersey) and Edgar Bright (Ohio) have impressively started their tournaments 5-0. Both wrestlers had to navigate through a pair of tough opponents in state champion George Fisher (Illinois) and two-time state runner-up (at 130) Russell Coleman (Missouri); each of whom exited the tournament at 3-2. Ashnault and Bright are joined by Zain Retherford (Pennsylvania) as undefeated wrestlers in this pool. Ashnault will face Kurtis Loftis (Idaho), while Bright faces Sammy Ferdig (Indiana) in round six. With Retherford getting the bye, it is likely that the elimination match between Luke Wolfenberger (Oklahoma) and Martin Sandoval (California) will determine the fourth All-American position. Seven wrestlers also remain in Pool B at this weight class, with three also being undefeated -- Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma), Garrett Sutton (Illinois), and Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (New York). Blaylock has the sixth round bye, Rodriguez-Spencer faces Mason Cleaver (Michigan), and Sutton faces Brandon Brunner (Tennessee). The remaining match is an elimination match placing Nick Anderson (New Jersey) against Isaac Dulgarian (Kansas). 130: Nine wrestlers remain in Pool A through five rounds. The four matches in this round have a pair featuring undefeated, with the other pair being pure elimination matches. In the battles of undefeated wrestlers, Chris Wilkes (Missouri) faces Hayden Tuma (Idaho), and Brandon Arteaga (Illinois) competes against Patrick Duggan (Pennsylvania). Elimination matches feature Johnny Pellegrino (Illinois) against Weston Dobbler (North Dakota), and Sam Crane (Missouri) against Walker Dempsey (New Jersey). Working the by this round is Austin Schoen (Illinois), who lost to Tuma in round four. Four wrestlers also remain undefeated in Pool B after five rounds, with just eight wrestlers alive for All-American status in all. The lone match placing undefeated wrestlers against one another in round six has Kevin Kinney (Missouri) against Jake Spengler (Florida). Other undefeated are Tyler Berger (Oregon) and Jonathan Crast (New York). Berger wrestlers Brogan Humphrey (Kansas) in round six, while Crast is matched up against Geo Martinez (Colorado). The lone pure elimination match has Justin Staudenmayer (Pennsylvania) against Logan Ryan (Iowa). 135: Just three undefeated wrestlers remain in Pool A through five rounds of wrestling -- Cadet folkstyle champion Bo Nickal (Texas), returning All-American Ryan Blees (North Dakota), and Grant Leeth (Missouri). In the sixth round, Blees faces Justin Arthur (West Virginia), Leeth wrestles Jonathan Viruet (Massachusetts), and Nickal faces Brayden Montgomery (Indiana). The lone elimination match places Markus Scheidel (Ohio) against Myles Martin (New Jersey). Pool B also has three undefeated wrestlers remaining, with just seven left in the competition after five rounds. Those undefeated are two-time Junior Greco-Roman All-American Grant Lamont (Utah), returning All-American Mitchell Berenz (Wisconsin), and Jack Bass (Virginia). Lamont faces Berenz in round six, while Bass faces Ernest Battaglia (Illinois). The other match is an elimination affair between Connor Lapresi (New York) and Kevin Cooper (Kentucky), while Aaron Negrette (California) has the sixth round bye. 140: Arguably the biggest, and most anticipated match, of the tournament so far happened in the first round when Colin Holler (Illinois) beat Jack Clark (New Jersey) in three periods 0-7, 3-0, 6-0. That avenged the win by Clark at the Cadet Duals last month. After four subsequent pins or technical falls, Holler joins Niko Villareal (California) and Devin Vasquez (Texas) as undefeated wrestlers in Pool A of this weight class. In the next round, Holler faces Vasquez, and Villareal goes up against Thomas Venier (New York). After that first round loss, Clark has more or less dominated his next four opponents, and faces Tyler Cowger (Oregon) in a true elimination match -- the pool's other match, as only six remain alive for All-American honors. As is the case in Pool A, there are three undefeated wrestlers, and six total wrestlers, left in Pool B. The matchup of undefeated wrestlers here is a rematch of the Greco-Roman final between Peter Nagy (Iowa) and Logan Marcicki (Michigan). Nagy, a foreign exchange student, won that match on Monday afternoon. The other undefeated wrestler remaining is Kenny Martin (Nebraska), who faces Colton Loganiere (Minnesota) in the sixth round. The true elimination match in this round has Alex Smith (Colorado) wrestling Matthew Moody (Georgia). In somewhat of a surprise, Fox Baldwin (Florida) was an early exiter with just a 2-2 record. 145: Two of the tournament's most dominating wrestlers on day one reside in Pool A of this weight class. Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) and Chandler Rogers (Washington) are two of the five undefeated wrestlers remaining, and each has yet to give up a point through four rounds -- Milonas has three first period pins and a shutout decision, while Rogers has the same three first period pins but also a second period pin. Also with undefeated records are Rodney Shepard (North Dakota), returning All-American Toby Hague (New Jersey), and Austin Culton (Illinois). In the fifth round, Milonas faces Culton in the lone matchup of undefeated wrestlers. Rogers faces Jared Scharenbrock (Wisconsin), Shepard faces Peter Renda (Pennsylvania), and Hague faces Nathan Schnell (Wisconsin). Garrett Hammond (Pennsylvania) has steamrolled the competition in Pool B through four matches, winning all of them by fall, and giving up just a single point. He has a bye in the fifth round, and is joined by two other undefeated wrestlers still remaining -- Seth Leigel (Wisconsin) and Javaughn Perkins (Nebraska), who face each other this round. The other three matches are true elimination affairs -- Isaac Beard (Oklahoma) against Vinny Corsaro (Indiana), Bryan Salinas (California) against Aaron Hartman (Florida), and Heath Coles (Pennsylvania) against Jake Deutchlander (Minnesota). 152: Eight wrestlers remain alive in Pool A, including five of whom are undefeated -- and three that have absolutely steamrolled their four opponents to date. Josh Llopez (Maryland) and Kelian Torres (Oklahoma) have yet to give up a single point, while Drew Garcia (Michigan) is the slacker of the trio allowing one point against. In the fifth round, Garcia faces Torres, and another pair of undefeated wrestlers also does battle -- Jared Johnson (Kansas) and Cody Law (Pennsylvania). Llopez faces Nick Wininger (Ohio), while the lone elimination bout features Luke Kreich (Indiana) against Tiger Paasch (Oregon). The best wrestler in this whole tournament resides in Pool B of this weight class, defending champion Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania). He has two shutout technical falls and two pins to date, and is the lone undefeated wrestler among the 12 that remain alive for All-American honors. His next match is against Connor Kamczyc (Ohio). The other five matches are elimination affairs -- Hunter White(Florida) vs. Daniel Valles (California), Christopher Koo (New York) vs. Xavier Montalvo (Illinois), Chaeden Grace-Reyes (Hawaii) vs. Bryce Pappas (Maryland), Ricky Viruet (Massachusetts) vs. Austin Wilson (Montana), and Ryder Newman (Nevada) vs. Devonte Mahomes (Illinois). 160: Organized chaos is the rule of the day in Pool A, where through four rounds there are ten wrestlers remaining, but just two are without a loss. Those without a loss are Kyle Bateman (Oregon) and Louis Cosce (California). A little more sense of order is found in Pool B, where there are eight wrestlers in the hunt for All-American honors, and half of them are undefeated. Those include returning All-American Jake Stillings (Wisconsin), Gavin Grater (Kansas), Greco-Roman champion and returning Cadet freestyle runner-up Eric Morris (Pennsylvania), as well as Cadet folkstyle champion Zach Beard (Oklahoma). The fifth round matches place Stillings against Brennan Johnson (Missouri), Grater against Morris in a battle of undefeated wrestlers, Beard against Adam Drain (Iowa) in a Cadet folkstyle championship rematch, and the elimination match pits Kayne McCallum (Illinois) against Joseph Cortese (Illinois). 171: Arguably the biggest upset of wrestling on day one in Cadet freestyle occurred in the fourth round of Pool A at this weight class, where Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina) stayed alive in the tournament with a three period victory over returning All-American -- and pre-tournament favorite Domenic Abounader (Ohio). Nine wrestlers remain alive in this pool through four rounds, with just two carrying an undefeated record -- Immanuel Barber (California) and Greco-Roman champion Raymond O'Donnell (Pennsylvania). Vonegidy faces Barber in the next round, Abounader faces Troy Seymour (New York) in a fifth round elimination match, O'Donnell faces Trevor Smith (California), Joey Dedick (Illinois) faces Will Balow (Minnesota) in an elimination match, while Nick Favale (Illinois) gets the bye after losing by fall last round. Four undefeated wrestlers remain in a rather tough Pool B, which has just six wrestlers left in all through four rounds. Those without a loss are Greco-Roman fifth place finisher Troy Hembury (Pennsylvania), 160 pound Greco-Roman runner-up Ricky Robertson (Illinois), Greco-Roman fourth place finisher and Cadet folkstyle champion Aaron Rothwell (Wisconsin), and Codie Laframboise (Minnesota). Hembury and Robertson wrestle in round six, Rothwell faces Greco-Roman third place finisher Nick Corba (Ohio), while Lafromboise faces Dalton Johnson (Nevada). Life was so tough in this pool that Greco-Roman runner-up Jaeden Bernstein (New Jersey) exited the competition with a 2-2 record after losing to Hembury in three periods and Corba by fall. 189: Seeking a second consecutive sweep of the Cadet titles in Fargo, Mitch Sliga (Indiana) has dominated all three opponents so far in Pool A -- two pins and a shutout technical fall. Joining Sliga with an undefeated 3-0 mark are Tyler Denova (Georgia) and Brent Blacharzyk (Pennsylvania), who face either other in the fourth round. Six other wrestlers remain alive for All-American status. Like at 140 pounds with Clark vs. Holler, one of the biggest matches of the day came in the opening round of Pool B competition as Matthew McClimmens (Missouri) upended Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois) in three periods by scores of 0-6, 2-2, 4-0. That reversed a victory by Ellingwood in the Cadet folkstyle final this past April. McClimmens is one of four undefeated wrestlers among the nine remaining this weight; his fourth match will be against fellow undefeated Jeremy Sweany (California). Ellingwood also remains in the competition, and will be facing the undefeated John Loflin (Colorado). Jadyn Wilson (Montana) is also undefeated. 215: Eight wrestlers remain alive in Pool A competition, three of whom are undefeated. Facing each other in the next round from those without a loss in three matches are Dane Pestano (Hawaii) and Nathan Rotert (South Dakota). Also undefeated is Brian Moran (Michigan). Like the other pool, eight wrestlers remain in the Pool B field. However, four are without a loss through three rounds, and none face each other in the fourth round. Those undefeated are Nick Cobb (Texas), Greco-Roman runner-up Kyle Snyder (Maryland), Ryan Maas (Iowa), and Greco-Roman champion J'Den Cox (Missouri). 285: Nine wrestlers remain alive in Pool A after two rounds with Jake Scanlan (Iowa), Kyle Kania (New Jersey), and Chet Spears (Oregon) having no losses. Pool B features seven wrestlers remaining in the tournament, five without a loss. Those include the Greco-Roman finalists Sam Stoll (Minnesota) and Michael Johnson, Jr. (Illinois). Others would be Shaquille Williams (New York), Aaron Rafalko (Kansas), and Wesley Bernard (Indiana).

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section 98: 1st: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska), 4-0, 6-0 3rd: Adam Burchett (Washington) dec. Tommy Aloi; Iii (Virginia), 0-5, 1-0, 6-0 5th: Ty Pelot (Wisconsin) pinned Drew Romero (Colorado), 0:59 7th: Kyle Kelly (New York) dec. Jordan Lind (Illinois), 6-0, 1-0 105: 1st: Johnson Mai (California) dec. Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin), 2-5, 3-2, 3-0 3rd: Jarred Oftedahl (Minnesota) tech. fall Jan Rosenberg (New Jersey), 11-4, 7-1 5th: Martin Rodriguez (Michigan) dec. Josh Johnson (Oregon), 6-0, 5-0 7th: Javier Vieyra (Kansas) dec. Javier Guillen (Arizona), 2-0, 1-0 112: 1st: Colton Howell (Missouri) dec. Phillip Laux (Iowa), 1-0, 3-0 3rd: Cassidy Oshiro (Hawaii) dec. Jordan Wigger (South Carolina), 3-2, 5-1 5th: Jared Parvinmehr (Illinois) tech. fall Blake Caudill (Pennsylvania), 7-0, 10-3 7th: Trey Andrews (Arizona) dec. Antonio Taylor (Illinois), 0-3, 6-1, 4-0 119: 1st: Isaiah Varona (Florida) dec. Tyler Fraley (New Jersey), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 3rd: Cory Clark (Iowa) pinned T.J. Brandt (Pennsylvania) 6-0, 0:36 5th: Earl Hall (Florida) dec. Mitch Brown (Utah), 5-0, 3-3, 3-1 7th: Joel Shump (Illinois) inj. def. Jacob Schmitt (Michigan) 125: 1st: Rossi Bruno (Florida) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 3-0, 0-1, 1-0 3rd: Sam Jones (Louisiana) dec. Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota), 0-6, 6-0, 3-0 5th: Nathan Kraisser (Maryland) pinned Damian Escalera (California), 0-3, 2-0, 1:48 7th: Dean O'Bourke (California) tech. fall Aspen Kmiec (Kansas), 8-0, 7-0 130: 1st: Kevin Norstrem (Florida) dec. Jacob Velarde (Washington), 3-0, 1-0 3rd: Josh Pennell (Michigan) dec. Val Rauser (Utah), 6-2, 3-2 5th: Austin Roper (Missouri) dec. Zach Stepan (Minnesota), 7-0, 4-3 7th: Artie Walsh (Pennsylvania) inj. def. Joey Ward (Ohio) 135: 1st: Ben Whitford (Michigan) tech. fall Chase Ferman (Oklahoma), 9-2, 7-0 3rd: Grant LaMont (Utah) dec. Brandon Rice (Illinois), 1-0, 2-0 5th: Laike Gardner (Pennsylvania) dec. Julian Purdy (California), 2-0, 1-1 7th: Kameron Hamley (North Dakota) pinned Patrick Hogan (New York), 1:02 140: 1st: Joe Schumacher (North Dakota) dec. Casey George (Idaho), 2-0, 1-0 3rd: Hayden Zillmer (Minnesota) dec. Cody Ross (Florida), 2-0, 1-0 5th: Johnathon Bozarth (Illinois) tech. fall Jay Hildreth (Iowa), 7-0, 6-0 7th: Anthonie Linares (California) tech. fall Jeremy Golding (Washington), 8-0, 6-0 145: 1st: Jacob Falk (Utah) dec. Oliver Pierce (Texas), 2-1, 1-0 3rd: Lucas Smith (Illinois) dec. Dillon Cowan (Illinois), 1-6, 4-2, 6-0 5th: Alex Abono (California) dec. Blake Roulo (Virginia), 6-4, 3-0 7th: Nick Becker (Wisconsin) dec. A.J. Zemke (Wisconsin), 1-0, 1-0 152: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Clark Glass (Florida), 2-0, 1-0 3rd: Justin Koethe (Iowa) dec. Kory Deberry (Arizona), 1-0, 3-0 5th: Duke Pickett (Virginia) inj. def. Logan Addis (Arizona) 7th: Kyle Ash (Oklahoma) dec. Dylan Palacio (New York), 4-0, 1-0 160: 1st: Geordan Speiller (Florida) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 3-0, 3-1 3rd: Dylan Reel (Illinois) dec. Matthew Gray (Wisconsin), 4-2, 6-0 5th: James Wilson (California) dec. Burke Paddock (New York), 3-0, 0-4, 1-1 7th: Trace Engelkes (Illinois) dec. Kirk Johnson (Indiana), 3-0, 4-3 171: 1st: Jahwon Akui (Illinois) dec. Kevin Beazley (Michigan), 1-0, 1-0 3rd: Jordan Rogers (Washington) dec. Matt Reed (Kansas), 3-0, 6-0 5th: Dylan Fors (Oregon) inj. def. Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma) 7th: Kyle Koziel (Florida) dec. Connor Lefever (Indiana), 3-0, 1-0 189: 1st: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) dec. Jake Waste (Minnesota), 5-0, 1-0 3rd: Sam Brooks (Illinois) dec. Nathan Burak (Colorado), 0-2, 1-0, 1-0 5th: Scott Gibbons (Louisiana) dec. Cody Johnston (Missouri), 7-5, 1-0 7th: Dwight Howes (Colorado) dec. Micah Kullman (Ohio), 1-0, 2-5, 6-0 215: 1st: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Lee Wildes (Florida), 0-2, 1:16 3rd: Michael Sojka (Illinois) dec. Josh Marchok (Illinois), 4-0, 1-0 5th: Mick Dougharity (Oregon) inj. def. Anthony Vizcarrondo (Pennsylvania) 7th: Ryan Solomon (Pennsylvania) dec. Dawson Peck (Pennsylvania), 2-0, 0-1, 1-0 285: 1st: Parker Betts (Minnesota) dec. Connor Medbery (Colorado), 1-0, 2-0 3rd: Doug Vollaro (Florida) dec. Gaylen Edmo (Idaho), 1-0, 2-0 5th: Jacob Haydel (Louisiana) pinned Garrett Gray (Ohio), 1:52 7th: Tyler Swope (Iowa) dec. Carlos Turner (Utah), 1-0, 1-1

FARGO, N.D. -- Jahwon Akui came to Fargo with something to prove after not being able to defend his state title in Illinois this past season because of a suspension. On Tuesday afternoon, Akui won the Junior National Greco-Roman title at 171 pounds with a 1-0, 1-0 victory over Kevin Beazley (Michigan) at the FARGODOME in Fargo, N.D. Jahwon Akui (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)"I didn't get to wrestle in the state championship for Illinois after having a perfect season as a senior," said Akui. "I felt like I had a lot of unfinished business. I had a few more titles that I wanted to get before I enter college." Akui will be attending Iowa Central Community College, where he plans to play football and wrestle. Akui has now won the first two legs of USA Wrestling's Junior Triple Crown, after winning a Junior National folkstyle title in April. So will Akui be wrestling in the freestyle competition? "Maybe," said Akui, before chuckling. "I might. Right now I don't know. I've wrestled 171 for the last few years. It's been tough making it this time and at the (Junior) Duals. I'm still thinking about it. Maybe." Akui's title helped Illinois capture the team title in the Junior National Greco-Roman competition. The Land of Lincoln finished with 16 All-Americans, three finalists, and two champions. The other Illinois wrestler to win a title, in addition to Akui, was Nkosi Moody, who defeated Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska) in the championship at 105 pounds. Moody was happy to contribute to Illinois' success. "I take a lot of pride in being from Illinois," said Moody. "It's just a great wrestling team." Moody, like Akui, won a Junior National folkstyle title in April. If he wins the freestyle competition, which gets underway on Thursday, Moody will become just the third Junior Triple Crown winner ever. "Winning the Triple Crown is very important to me," said Moody. "Last year I wasn't able to do it. This year I'm coming after it. I've put in so much work that it would just mean so much to me." Florida crowned four champions: Isaiah Varona (119), Rossi Bruno (125), Kevin Norstrem (130), and Geordan Speiller (160), which was twice as many as any other state. Varona, who attends South Dade High School, defeated defending Junior National Greco-Roman champion Tyler Fraley (New Jersey) in three periods to take the crown at 119 pounds. It was a breakthrough performance for Varona, who has come up just short in major events. Varona was runner-up at the FILA Junior World Team Trials in Greco-Roman. He placed third at the 2010 FILA Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman. Varona has placed third and fifth at the Florida state tournament. "I know what got me here was that self motivation, doing stuff on my own ... the running, the lifting," said Varona. "I don't even have a partner at my house to practice in my garage." Bruno defeated Zane Richards (Illinois), a 2010 Cadet National Greco-Roman champion, in three periods, 3-0, 0-1, 1-0, to claim the title at 125 pounds. It was Bruno's second straight Junior National Greco-Roman title. "He's tough," Bruno said of Richards. "He's strong. He stayed in good position. I have to give it up to him. He was definitely my toughest match of the tournament." Bruno, who attends Brandon High School, will be vying for his fifth state in his senior season, which has never been accomplished in Florida. His Brandon teammate, Clark Glass, who lost in the Junior National Greco-Roman finals at 152 pounds, will also be after his fifth state title. "I always tease him that I'm going to be the first (five-time state champion) because I'm lighter than him," said Bruno, who plans on taking recruiting visits to Rutgers, Michigan, Lehigh, North Carolina State, and one other school to be determined. Another Brandon wrestler, Kevin Norstrem, won the title at 130 pounds with a shutout victory in the finals over Jacob Velarde (Washington), 3-0, 1-0. "I wasn't going to settle for anything less than first," said Norstrem, who is ranked as the No. 7 junior in the country by InterMat. "I had a goal ... I didn't want anybody to score on me this tournament either, and I achieved that as well." Norstrem said his Brandon teammates are like family. "We're a team, but we're more of a family," said Norstrem, who went 65-0 en route to winning his third state title this past season. "We spend more time together than we do with our own relatives. It's just great having those guys working out with you every day, having those guys beat on you, you beat on them. We get a little hot sometimes, but that only helps." Norstrem's younger brother, Kyle, finished third in the Cadet National Greco-Roman competition at 98 pounds. "I had to one-up him," said Norstrem. "He took third and that's kind of hard to beat, but I had to one-up him. I'm proud of him. He's only a first-year Cadet. I didn't place my first year here. Him taking third is huge." Florida's fourth champion was Geordan Speiller, who defeated Alex Meyer (Iowa), 3-0, 3-1, to take the title at 160 pounds. There were three wrestlers who repeated as Junior National Greco-Roman champion. In addition to Bruno, Missouri's Colton Howell (112) and Wisconsin's Devin Peterson (189) repeated as champions. Howell, a FILA Junior National Greco-Roman champion this year, registered a shutout victory over Phillip Laux (Iowa), 1-0, 3-0, to win the title at 112 pounds. Peterson, who is ranked as the No. 22 senior recruit by InterMat, defeated longtime rival Jake Waste (Minnesota), 5-0, 1-0, to claim the title at 189 pounds. Peterson was not the only Wisconsin wrestler to win a title in the Junior Greco-Roman competition. Wisconsin's Alex Dieringer defeated Clark Glass (Florida), 2-0, 1-0, to capture the championship at 152 pounds. Dieringer, a three-time time state champion, will be heading to Oklahoma State, a school not known for training Greco-Roman wrestlers. So has Dieringer wrestled in his last Greco-Roman tournament? "I don't even know," said Dieringer. "Maybe when I'm a little older, after I'm all done with college, maybe I might switch over. But I feel freestyle is my best style, so I think I'm going to stick with that." Dieringer will move up a weight to 160 pounds for the Junior National freestyle competition. "Every year I have been going up," said Dieringer. "It's my last year. I want to have fun, so I'm going to go up to 160 and see how that goes. If I don't win it, it's alright. I still want to win it, though ... That's for sure." Ben Whitford (Michigan), a Cadet National double champion last summer, cruised to an easy technical fall victory in the finals over Chase Ferman (Oklahoma), 9-2, 7-0. "Now I'm back at Michigan," said Whitford, who won two individual state titles as a freshman and sophomore at Marmion Academy (Ill.). "I've still got a lot of great guys to practice with. Everyone in the Massa room is great to practice with." Whitford will be attending St. Johns High School for his junior season and reuniting with friends, like Taylor Massa, he grew up wrestling with. "I'm glad to be on the team with them," said Whitford. "Hopefully win a state title or two and put our team out there and have really great success." Another Michigan wrestler, Adam Coon, took the title at 215 pounds with a second-period pin over Lee Wildes (Florida). Johnson Mai (California) had a come-from-behind victory over Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin), 2-5, 3-2, 3-0, to win a stop sign at 105 pounds. Joe Schumacher (North Dakota) won a title in his home state with a 2-0, 1-0 victory over Casey George (Idaho) at 140 pounds. Jacob Falk (Utah), who will be attending Utah Valley State in the fall, defeated multiple-time Fargo champion Oliver Pierce (Texas), 2-1, 1-0, in the championship match at 145 pounds. Parker Betts, Minnesota's lone champion, won the title at heavyweight. Betts, who will continue his Greco-Roman wrestling career at Northern Michigan, defeated Wisconsin recruit Connor Medbery (Colorado), 1-0, 2-0. Finals Results: 98: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska), 4-0, 6-0 105: Johnson Mai (California) dec. Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin), 2-5, 3-2, 3-0 112: Colton Howell (Missouri) dec. Phillip Laux (Iowa), 1-0, 3-0 119: Isaiah Varona (Florida)dec. Tyler Fraley (New Jersey), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 125: Rossi Bruno (Florida) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 3-0, 0-1, 1-0 130: Kevin Norstrem (Florida) dec. Jacob Velarde (Washington), 3-0, 1-0 135: Ben Whitford (Michigan) tech. fall Chase Ferman (Oklahoma), 9-2, 7-0 140: Joe Schumacher (North Dakota) dec. Casey George (Idaho), 2-0, 1-0 145: Jacob Falk (Utah) dec. Oliver Pierce (Texas), 2-1, 1-0 152: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Clark Glass (Florida), 2-0, 1-0 160: Geordan Speiller (Florida) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 3-0, 3-1 171: Jahwon Akui (Illinois) dec. Kevin Beazley (Michigan), 1-0, 1-0 189: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) dec. Jake Waste (Minnesota), 5-0, 1-0 215: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Lee Wildes (Florida), 0-2, 1:16 285: Parker Betts (Minnesota) dec. Connor Medbery (Colorado), 1-0, 2-0

FARGO, N.D. -- The Junior National Greco-Roman champions were crowned on Tuesday afternoon in Fargo, N.D. A recap will be posted following the conclusion of Tuesday's wrestling. 98: Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Dante Rodriguez (Nebraska), 4-0, 6-0 105: Johnson Mai (California) dec. Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin), 2-5, 3-2, 3-0 112: Colton Howell (Missouri) dec. Phillip Laux (Iowa), 1-0, 3-0 119: Isaiah Varona (Florida)dec. Tyler Fraley (New Jersey), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 125: Rossi Bruno (Florida) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 3-0, 0-1, 1-0 130: Kevin Norstrem (Florida) dec. Jacob Velarde (Washington), 3-0, 1-0 135: Ben Whitford (Michigan) tech. fall Chase Ferman (Oklahoma), 9-2, 7-0 140: Joe Schumacher (North Dakota) dec. Casey George (Idaho), 2-0, 1-0 145: Jacob Falk (Utah) dec. Oliver Pierce (Texas), 2-1, 1-0 152: Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Clark Glass (Florida), 2-0, 1-0 160: Geordan Speiller (Florida) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 3-0, 3-1 171: Jahwon Akui (Illinois) dec. Kevin Beazley (Michigan), 1-0, 1-0 189: Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) dec. Jake Waste (Minnesota), 5-0, 1-0 215: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Lee Wildes (Florida), 0-2, 1:16 285: Parker Betts (Minnesota) dec. Connor Medbery (Colorado), 1-0,-0

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section FARGO, N.D. -- Two of the nation's top Cadet lightweights, Gannon Volk (Minnesota) and Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), claimed Cadet National Greco-Roman titles on Monday afternoon at the FARGODOME in Fargo, N.D., to keep their Cadet Triple Crown hopes alive. Gannon Volk (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Both Volk and Bresser have now won Cadet National titles this year in folkstyle and Greco-Roman and will look to cap off their Cadet Triple Crowns with titles in the freestyle competition, which gets underway on Wednesday morning. There have been only nine Cadet Triple Crown winners since the award was introduced by USA Wrestling in 2003. Volk, who is going into his sophomore year at Apple Valley High School (Minn.), registered a shutout victory, 1-0, 6-0, over 14-year-old Isaac Jimenez (Texas) to win the title at 91 pounds. Bresser, an undefeated state champion for Henley High School (Ore.) this past season, topped local favorite Tommy Walton (North Dakota), 6-2, 3-0, to win the championship at 98 pounds. For the 16-year-old Bresser, it was his third Cadet National title overall and first Cadet National Greco-Roman title. He won Cadet National freestyle title last summer and added a Cadet National folkstyle title this past spring. Joey McKenna (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Joey McKenna (New Jersey) and Mitch Sliga (Indiana) repeated as Cadet National Greco-Roman champions. McKenna, a National Prep champion for Blair Academy (N.J) this past season, won his championship at 112 pounds with a 7-0, 1-0 victory over Tristan Manderfeld (Minnesota), a 2010 InterMat JJ Classic champion. Sliga, a Cadet Triple Crown winner in 2010, rolled to 1-0, 7-0 win in the finals over Javon Reyes (Pennsylvania). Sliga finished fourth in this year's Cadet National folkstyle competition, which took him out of contention for a second straight Cadet Triple Crown. Pennsylvania ran away with the team title, crowning 14 All-Americans, six finalists, and four champions, while totaling 79 points, which was 24 points ahead of runner-up California. Illinois (57), Oregon (31), and New Jersey (18) rounded out the top five teams. All four of Pennsylvania's champions -- Darian Cruz (105), Chance Marsteller (152), Eric Morris (160), and Raymond O'Donnell (171) -- registered two-period shutout victories in the finals. Cruz, who finished this past season ranked No. 4 nationally at 103 pounds, handled Michael Cook (Idaho), 4-0, 7-0, in the finals at 105 pounds. Marsteller, who is ranked as the nation's No. 1 sophomore by InterMat, won his second Cadet National title overall and first in Greco-Roman with a 1-0, 7-0 victory came over Nevada's lone finalist, Ryder Newman, 1-0, 7-0. Morris, a Prep Nationals runner-up this past season for Wyoming Seminary (Pa.), defeated Ricky Robertson (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0, to win his first Cadet National title. Elijah Davis (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Elijah Davis (California) pulled the shocker of the finals by upsetting defending Cadet National Greco-Roman champion Hayden Tuma (Idaho) in two straight periods, 2-0, 3-0, to win the title at 130 pounds. Tuma, a 2011 FILA Cadet National Greco-Roman champion and state champion as a freshman, had not surrendered a point prior to the finals. Davis was one of four champions hailing from the Golden State. The other Californians to win titles were Aaron Pico (119), Jon Jay Chavez (125), and Rich Martinez (135). Pico, who is ranked as the No. 3 junior high wrestler in the country by InterMat, defeated Colton Schilling (Oregon), 5-1, 1-0, to claim in the title at 119 pounds. Chavez, a six-time Greco-Roman state champion, needed just two points to defeat Wyatt Keck (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 1-0, at 125 pounds. Martinez, who is going into his junior year at University High School (Calif.), defeated fellow Californian Mike Longo in a hard-fought three-period match, 3-0, 1-2, 1-0, to take the title at 135 pounds. Martinez dropped a match in his pool to eventual fifth-place finisher Phil Downing (Colorado) on Monday morning, but accumulated enough points to win the pool and advance to the finals. In one of the most anticipated matches of the finals, J'den Cox (Missouri), an undefeated state champion this past season, defeated another undefeated state champion, Kyle Snyder (Maryland), 2-1, 0-1, 1-0. Cox is ranked as the No. 28 junior in the country by InterMat, while Snyder is the No. 2 sophomore. Cody Jackson (Oregon), a 2011 Western Regional Cadet double champion, was a surprise champion at 84 pounds. He pinned Cadet National folkstyle champion Jabari Moody (Illinois) in the second period after dropping the opening period. Peter Nagy (Iowa), a foreign exchange student from Hungary, captured the title at 140 pounds, shutting out Logan Marcicki (Michigan) in two periods, 1-0, 2-0. Sam Stoll (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Chandler Rogers (Washington), a Schoolboy National champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman last year, won his first Fargo title, beating Kimball Bastian (Utah), 2-0, 2-1. Rogers is the younger brother of Jordan Rogers, who won Cadet double titles in Fargo last summer. Sam Stoll (Minnesota), a 2010 InterMat JJ Classic champion, claimed the title at heavyweight with a 1-0, 0-1, 4-0 victory over Michael Johnson Jr. (Illinois). After no offensive points were scored through two periods, Stoll threw Johnson to his back 40 seconds into the third period for three points. He added a late one-point takedown to take the period and the match. Stoll is ranked as the No. 15 sophomore in the country by InterMat. Finals Results: 84: Cody Jackson (Oregon) pinned Jabari Moody (Illinois), 3-4, 1:18 91: Gannon Volk (Minnesota) dec. Isaac Jimenez (Texas), 1-0, 6-0 98: Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) dec. Tommy Walton (North Dakota), 6-2, 3-0 105: Darian Cruz (Pennsylvania) dec. Michael Cook (Idaho), 4-0, 7-0 112: Joey McKenna (New Jersey) dec. Tristan Manderfeld (Minnesota), 7-0, 1-0 119: Aaron Pico (California) dec. Colton Schilling (Oregon), 5-1, 1-0 125: Jon Jay Chavez (California) dec. Wyatt Keck (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 1-0 130: Elijah Davis (California) dec. Hayden Tuma (Idaho), 2-0, 3-0 135: Rich Martinez (California) dec. Mike Longo (California), 3-0, 1-2, 1-0 140: Peter Nagy (Iowa) dec. Logan Marcicki (Michigan), 1-0, 2-0 145: Chandler Rogers (Washington) dec. Kimball Bastian (Utah), 2-0, 2-1 152: Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) dec. Ryder Newman (Nevada), 1-0, 7-0 160: Eric Morris (Pennsylvania) dec. Ricky Robertson (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0 171: Raymond O'Donnell (Pennsylvania) dec. Jadaen Bernstein (New Jersey), 1-0, 3-0 189: Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Javon Reyes (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 7-0 215: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Kyle Snyder (Maryland), 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 285: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Michael Johnson Jr. (Illinois), 1-0, 0-1, 4-0

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section 84: 1st: Cody Jackson (Oregon) pinned Jabari Moody (Illinois), 3-4, 1:18 3rd: Brandon Staley (Florida) dec. Brandon Paetzell (New Jersey), 2-0, 8-2 5th: Christopher Cuccolo (New York) dec. Jacoby Peterson (Idaho), 2-1, 3-0 7th: Alex Betteridge (Louisiana) dec. Hayden Karren (Colorado), 1-0, 4-4 91: 1st: Gannon Volk (Minnesota) dec. Isaac Jimenez (Texas), 1-0, 6-0 3rd: Darek Huff (Colorado) dec. Danny Boychuck (New Jersey), 4-0, 2-0 5th: Kamden Krum (Arizona) pinned Gage Currier (Montana), 0:17 7th: Joe Mondragon (Utah) dec. Josiah Seaton (Kansas), 6-0, 1-0 98: 1st: Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) dec. Tommy Walton (North Dakota), 6-2, 3-0 3rd: Kyle Norstrem (Florida) dec. Anthony Cefolo (New Jersey), 1-1, 3-1, 1-0 5th: Tyrone Klump (Pennsylvania) dec. Bryson Beard (Washington), 3-0, 0-4, 1-0 7th: Fredy Stroker (Pennsylvania) dec. Austin Strzelczyk (Illinois), 1-0, 1-1 105: 1st: Darian Cruz (Pennsylvania) dec. Micheal Cook (Idaho), 4-0, 7-0 3rd: Zac Hall (Michigan) dec. Dalton Macri (Pennsylvania), 6-1, 1-0 5th: Joseph Velliquette (Missouri) dec. Jordan Shearer (North Dakota), 2-0, 1-0 7th: Grant Boggs (Montana) dec. Jordan Laster (Illinois), 2-0, 3-0 112: 1st: Joey McKenna (New Jersey) dec. Tristan Manderfeld (Minnesota), 7-0, 1-0 3rd: James Flint (Florida) dec. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 2-0, 1-0 5th: Cole Walter (Pennsylvania) dec. Jonathan Marmolejo (Illinois), 2-0, 0-8, 1-0 7th: Josh Newberg (Washington) dec. Wyatt Scribner (Washington), 3-0, 3-0 119: 1st: Aaron Pico (California) dec. Colton Schilling (Oregon), 5-1, 1-0 3rd: Darius Henry (Illinois) dec. Cole Weaver (Michigan), 2-0, 0-2, 1-0 5th: Tate Robinson (Tennessee) tech. fall Jared Suppes (Kansas), 6-0, 7-0 7th: John Ortiz (Florida) pinned Antonio Meikel (Utah), 0-7, 0:58 125: 1st: Jon Jay Chavez (California) dec. Wyatt Keck (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 1-0 3rd: Ali Naser (California) pinned Anthony Ashnault (New Jersey), 2-0, 1:46 5th: Anthony Gonzales (Michigan) pinned Ellery Steffensen (Alaska), 0:39 7th: Blaine Invernon (Idaho) tech. fall Brett Stolarzyk (Minnesota), 7-1, 7-0 130: 1st: Elijah Davis (California) dec. Hayden Tuma (Idaho), 2-0, 3-0 3rd: Brigg Butler (Utah) dec. Geo Martinez (Colorado), 0-7, 2-0, 3-1 5th: Joseph Nelson (Wisconsin) dec. Joseph Grable (Washington), 5-0, 1-0 7th: Chase Call (Idaho) dec. Joe Granger (California), 2-0, 0-1, 1-1 135: 1st: Rich Martinez (California) dec. Mike Longo (California), 3-0, 1-2, 1-0 3rd: Bo Nickal (Texas) dec. Ryan Blees (North Dakota), 1-0, 6-1 5th: Phil Downing (Colorado) dec. Justin Arthur (West Virginia), 9-3, 3-0 7th: Xavier Montalvo (Illinois) dec. Alex Mossing (Ohio), 1-3, 1-0, 2-0 140: 1st: Peter Nagy (Iowa) dec. Logan Marcicki (Michigan), 1-0, 2-0 3rd: Aaron Hartman (Florida) dec. Tyler Cowger (Oregon), 4-1, 0-3, 1-0 5th: Dustin Williams (Kansas) dec. Rodney Shepard (North Carolina), 4-1, 1-7, 4-1 7th: Devin Vasquez (Texas) dec. Matthew Gancayco (Maryland), 5-0, 3-0 145: 1st: Chandler Rogers (Washington) dec. Kimball Bastian (Utah), 2-0, 2-1 3rd: Davonte Mahomes (Illinois) dec. Jared Scharenbrock (Wisconsin), 4-0, 3-0 5th: Garrett Hammond (Pennsylvania) dec. Jake Deutchlander (Minnesota), 7-0, 0-1, 4-1 7th: Anthony Cimorosi (Maryland) dec. J.P. Newton (Ohio), 5-3, 2-1 152: 1st: Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) dec. Ryder Newman (Nevada), 1-0, 7-0 3rd: Drew Garcia (Michigan) dec. Cody Law (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 2-0 5th: Jared Johnson (Kansas) pinned Austin Wilson (Montana), 0-1, 1-1, 1:00 7th: Tiger Paasch (Oregon) pinned Tony Clinesmith (Missouri), 1:10 160: 1st: Eric Morris (Pennsylvania) dec. Ricky Robertson (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0 3rd: Jake Stilling (Wisconsin) dec. Jan Johnson (Pennsylvania), 3-1, 7-0 5th: Gavin Grater (Kansas) tech. fall Brandon Simon (New Jersey), 7-1, 7-3 7th: Cory Daniel (Maryland) dec. Trey Miller (Florida), 2-0, 7-0 171: 1st: Raymond O'Donnell (Pennsylvania) dec. Jadaen Bernstein (New Jersey), 1-0, 3-0 3rd: Nick Corba (Ohio) dec. Aaron Rothwell (Wisconsin), 1-0, 2-0 5th: Troy Hembury (Pennsylvania) dec. Immanual Barber (California), 3-1, 0-6, 2-0 7th: Tommy Longendyke (Minnesota) tech. fall Matthew Seabold (Iowa), 7-0, 7-0 189: 1st: Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Javon Reyes (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 7-0 3rd: Josh Lehner (Ohio) dec. Matthew Hopkins (Washington), 7-4, 6-0 5th: Tyler Denova (Georgia) pinned Jake Leinwand (Montana), 7-0, 0:33 7th: Gable Frandsen (Wisconsin) pinned Jeramy Sweany (California), 0-6, 0:37 215: 1st: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Kyle Snyder (Maryland), 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 3rd: Nathan Butler (Kansas) dec. David Henry (Oregon), 2-0, 1-0 5th: Brian Moran (Michigan) dec. Carter Shipley (Florida), 4-1, 3-0 7th: Edgar Ruano (Illinois) dec. Cole Whitford (Illinois), 2-0, 1-0 285: 1st: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Michael Johnson Jr. (Illinois), 1-0, 0-1, 4-0 3rd: Chet Spears (Oregon) tech. fall Josh Tausaga (California), 6-0, 6-0 5th: Adarios Jones (Illinois) dec. Aaron Rafalko (Kansas), 2-0, 0-1, 1-0 7th: Dakota Gulley (Colorado) dec. Wesley Bernard (Indiana), 0-1, 8-4, 1-0

Related: InterMat's Junior & Cadet Nationals Coverage Section FARGO, N.D. -- Seventeen Cadet National Greco-Roman champions were crowned on Monday afternoon in Fargo, N.D. Gannon Volk (Minnesota) and Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) kept their Cadet Triple Crown hopes alive. Pennsylvania took the team title and had four champions. 84: Cody Jackson (Oregon) pinned Jabari Moody (Illinois), 3-4, 1:18 91: Gannon Volk (Minnesota) dec. Isaac Jimenez (Texas), 1-0, 6-0 98: Ronnie Bresser (Oregon) dec. Tommy Walton (North Dakota), 6-2, 3-0 105: Darian Cruz (Pennsylvania) dec. Michael Cook (Idaho), 4-0, 7-0 112: Joey McKenna (New Jersey) dec. Tristan Manderfeld (Minnesota), 7-0, 1-0 119: Aaron Pico (California) dec. Colton Schilling (Oregon), 5-1, 1-0 125: Jon Jay Chavez (California) dec. Wyatt Keck (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 1-0 130: Elijah Davis (California) dec. Hayden Tuma (Idaho), 2-0, 3-0 135: Rich Martinez (California) dec. Mike Longo (California), 3-0, 1-2, 1-0 140: Peter Nagy (Iowa) dec. Logan Marcicki (Michigan), 1-0, 2-0 145: Chandler Rogers (Washington) dec. Kimball Bastian (Utah), 2-0, 2-1 152: Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) dec. Ryder Newman (Nevada), 1-0, 7-0 160: Eric Morris (Pennsylvania) dec. Ricky Robertson (Illinois), 3-0, 1-0 171: Raymond O'Donnell (Pennsylvania) dec. Jadaen Bernstein (New Jersey), 1-0, 3-0 189: Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Javon Reyes (Pennsylvania), 1-0, 7-0 215: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Kyle Snyder (Maryland), 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 285: Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Michael Johnson Jr. (Illinois), 1-0, 0-1, 4-0

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