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And just like that, the women’s portion of the 16U/Junior National Championships, otherwise known as Fargo, has concluded. Each year, the women’s tournament gets better and deeper in talent. That talent now has more opportunities at the next level than ever before. Here are the Junior women who made the Fargo podium in 2024 and their respective collegiate choices. Aurora 3rd Place: Celeste Detoles (Utah) - 135 lbs Chadron State 8th Place: Desza Munson (Colorado) - 145 lbs Colorado Mesa 6th Place: Gretchen Donally (Montana) - 155 lbs 4th Place: Lorianna Piestewa (New Mexico) - 115 lbs 6th Place: Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) - 125 lbs Elmira 4th Place: Ragan Retell (New York) - 125 lbs Fort Hays State 5th Place: Isabella Renfro (Missouri) - 190 lbs Frostburg State 5th Place: Lorelei Hartman (Maryland) - 235 lbs Gannon Champion: Isabella Phillips (Washington) - 190 lbs Grand Valley State Champion: Aspen Blanko (Minnesota) - 120 lbs Champion: Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) - 235 lbs Indiana Tech Runner-Up: Rose Kaplan (Indiana) - 125 lbs Iowa Champion: Karlee Brooks (Arizona) - 125 lbs Runner-Up: Valarie Solorio (Pennsylvania) - 100 lbs Lehigh 3rd Place: Genevieve An (Georgia) - 190 lbs 8th Place: Morgan Edwards (Pennsylvania) - 140 lbs Life Runner-Up: Ugochi Anunobi (Maryland) - 155 lbs Lindenwood Runner-Up: Cassidy Benwell (Missouri) - 115 lbs 4th Place: Kayla Edwards (California) - 135 lbs Lock Haven 6th Place: Alyssa Favara (Pennsylvania) - 190 lbs McKendree Champion: Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) - 140 lbs Champion: Duda Rodrigues (California) - 155 lbs Menlo 4th Place: Janie Houser (California) - 130 lbs North Central 8th Place: Brianne Graves (Ohio) - 100 lbs 4th Place: Sydney Perry (Illinois) - 145 lbs Northern Michigan 6th Place: Sophia Bassino (Wisconsin) - 170 lbs Oklahoma City Runner-Up: Ella Murphey (Tennessee) - 190 lbs Presbyterian 4th Place: Maria Aiono (Nevada) - 190 lbs Runner-Up: Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) - 110 lbs 5th Place: Annalise Maralit (South Carolina) - 95 lbs Simpson 7th Place: Paige Gershmel (Montana) - 135 lbs 4th Place: Annelise Obermark (Missouri) - 140 lbs Southern Oregon 7th Place: Kathryn Hingano (California) - 190 lbs Snow Runner-Up: Kinlee Brandley (Utah) - 95 lbs Southern Virginia 7th Place: Avari Johnson (Kansas) - 145 lbs

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Our last conference to preview is the Big 12. The Big 12 has grown by one school over the offseason as Arizona State has moved for all sports. The addition of a team that has placed in the top-seven at NCAA's in each of the last four years makes a strong conference just that much more difficult to navigate. Including ASU, six Big 12 teams finished in the top-15 at NCAA's in 2024. Looking ahead to the future, the Big 12 had three teams in the top-ten of InterMat's 2024 Recruiting Class Rankings. Four others made the top-25 and two others were listed as honorable mentions. The future is very bright in the Big 12 Editor's Note: As of the writing of this article, Team Oklahoma had not released their entries for the tournament. No recruits from Oklahoma are listed in this preview. It was purposely held to the end, in case they were made available. As of Monday morning, entries have been listed on FloArena, so you can see any Oklahoma recruits who have registered to compete. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Air Force 165 lbs: Cy Fowler (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #63 Rylan Kuhn (Missouri) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: Chancellor Matthews (Colorado) - Class of 2025 Air Force’s 2025 Class will be on display with two of the three wrestlers here who have made the Fargo podium in the past. Rylan Kuhn was a 16U All-American in both styles in 2022 - taking fifth in freestyle and appearing on the raised stage in the Greco finals. Chancellor Matthews was a 16U freestyle All-American last year taking eighth place at 132 lbs. Cy Fowler hasn’t been a Fargo All-American just yet, but he has finished top-five at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in 2023 and 2024. Arizona State 285 lbs: Nick Hutchins (Arizona) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #11 Harvey Ludington (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 144 lbs: #31 Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 New Big 12 members, Arizona State, have a pair of high-caliber recruits from the Class of 2024 and 2025. Pierson Manville is the incoming freshman and he has an absurd Fargo resume. Manville has been third in both styles, at the Junior division, in 2022 and 2024. In 2021, Manville made the 16U finals in both styles and came away with a title in Greco. Also in the international styles, Manville has placed fourth times at the UWW U17 Trials. Two-time New Jersey state champion and three-time finalist Harvey Ludington was fifth in 16U Greco-Roman in 2021. Ludington is also a champion at the Beast of the East and NHSCA Sophomore Nationals. Heavyweight prospect, Nick Hutchins, is an Arizona state third-place finisher and was second at Arizona’s Fargo qualifier. California Baptist 190 lbs: Adonis Bonar (Nebraska) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: Richie Clementi (California) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #46 Paul Kelly (California) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: #178 Anthony Rinehart (Indiana) - Class of 2025 California Baptist’s top recruit from the Class of 2024, Paul Kelly, will be on display (once again) in Fargo. Kelly has had plenty of success in the FargoDome with four career All-American honors. Kelly was fourth in both styles last year at the Junior division. Prior to that, Kelly had finished sixth in Junior and U16 Greco. Another freestyle accolade for Kelly is an eighth-place finish at the UWW U17 Trials in 2021. Greco specialist Adonis Bonar will move up from the 16U to the Junior division in 2024. Bonar was a national champion last year in Greco-Roman and seventh in freestyle. Earlier this year, Bonar fell in the finals of the UWW U17 Trials. The other ranked wrestler from this group is Anthony Rinehart a two-time Indiana state placewinner who made it to the top six at the Ironman. Iowa State 126 lbs: #43 Christian Castillo (Arizona) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #35 Daniel Herrera (Iowa) - Class of 2024 After a three-year hiatus, Christian Castillo is returning to Fargo to take care of some unfinished business. In 2021, Castillo was a 16U national runner-up in freestyle. He hasn’t been to the tournament in each of the last two years because he won a spot on the U17 World Team. In 2022, Castillo earned a U17 World silver medal and was eighth in the Greco-Roman tournament. Last year, Castillo made the U17 world team in freestyle and didn’t medal. Graduated senior, Daniel Herrera, is seeking his first Fargo medal before moving on to college. Herrera won a pair of California state titles before moving to the Ames area for his senior year and claiming an Iowa title in the process. Currently, Herrera’s best national-level credential is a second-place finish at the 2023 Super 32. Missouri 165 lbs: #64 Dom Bambinelli (Georgia) - Class of 2025 120 lbs: Hank Benter (Missouri) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #96 Danny Heiser (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: Draven Johns (Idaho) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #6 Seth Mendoza (Illinois) - Class of 2025 175 lbs: #79 Jake Stoffel (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 In a previous preview, we mentioned that Cornell could be a leading candidate in the 2025 recruiting class rankings. Well, Missouri will be in the mix, as well, and have a good chunk of their Class of 2025 in Fargo. The only graduating senior is Jake Stoffel who was a Fargo All-American in 2022 taking eighth place in 16U freestyle. A year later, Stoffel was sixth at the UWW U17 Trials. Aside from Stoffel, three other future Tigers have found the podium in Fargo, at one point or another in their careers. One of the top recruits in the Class of 2025, Seth Mendoza was U16 freestyle champion and has never finished lower than third in freestyle in three tries. Danny Heiser was also a U16 freestyle finalist in 2023. Earlier this year, Heiser was fifth at the UWW U17 Trials in freestyle. The final member of the group with past Fargo credentials is Georgia’s Dom Bambinelli. In 2021, Bambinelli AA’ed in both styles at the 16U level. Last year, he was eighth in Junior Greco-Roman. North Dakota State 132 lbs: Jack Castagneto (Idaho) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: Tayshaun Glover (North Carolina) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: Luke Hoag (Minnesota) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: Dante Hutchings (Colorado) - Class of 2024 285 lbs: #167 Shilo Jones (Idaho) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #140 Andrew McMonagle (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Kody Tanimoto (Texas) - Class of 2024 113 lbs: #86 Ezekiel Witt (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Second-year head coach Obe Blanc had a great first-full recruiting class in a group that earned honorable mention accolades in InterMat’s 2024 recruiting rankings. There is a large contingent of incoming freshmen who are heading to their new home to compete for All-American honors. This group has a staggering four wrestlers who have AA’ed multiple times in Fargo over the years. Ezekiel Witt was top-five at the Junior age group last year in both styles. He was also third in 16U Greco in 2021. Witt has also placed three times at the U17 Trials. Heavyweight Shilo Jones has AA’ed three times in the Junior division. He was second in Greco and sixth in freestyle last year. In 2022, he was sixth in Greco. The other two returning AA’s are Kody Tanimoto and the Class of 2025’s Luke Hoag. Tanimoto’s best work has come in Greco-Roman. He was a Junior finalist last year and fifth in 16U Greco in 2022. He’s also earned All-American honors twice at the UWW U17 Trials. Hoag got on the podium last year in both styles while in 16U. Another recruit who didn’t make the rankings, but who could surprise in Fargo is Tayshaun Glover of North Carolina. Glover was fourth at NHSCA Senior Nationals. Northern Iowa 138 lbs: #135 Carter Freeman (Iowa) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: Jace Hedeman (Iowa) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #41 Kyler Knaack (Iowa) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #31 Logan Paradice (Georgia) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: Grant Stromberg (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 We’ve got a good mix between the Class of 2024 and 2025 in the FargoDome for Doug Schwab’s team. From the incoming freshmen, Carter Freeman is a three-time Iowa state champion, who has also won the same number of state freestyle titles at the Junior division. Grant Stromberg is a two-time state placewinner in Wisconsin who was third in the state in freestyle. The Class of 2025 are the ones with the winning experience from Fargo. Kyler Knaack was a double champion last year at the 16U level. This year, he advanced to the finals of the U17 Trials. Logan Paradice has placed three times in Fargo. Last year, Paradice was sixth in Junior freestyle. In 2022, at the 16U level, Paradice got on the podium in both styles. Oklahoma 138 lbs: #19 Alex Braun (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 174 lbs: #99 Bryce Burkett (Minnesota) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #225 Koufax Christensen (Iowa) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: #62 Sebastian DeGennaro (Florida) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #185 Owen Eck (Kansas) - Class of 2024 215 lbs: #49 Anthony Harris (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: Jacob Henry (Texas) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: #39 Jake Hockaday (Indiana) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: #56 Austin Johnson (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: Jake Moon (Texas) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #55 Anders Thompson (Montana) - Class of 2024 Oklahoma has a massive group headed to Fargo and that’s without considering any in-state recruits - which they have plenty of. The Sooners entire Class of 2025 (thus far) is scheduled to compete, while the majority of their fourth-ranked Class of 2024 is ready to toe the line, as well. Four of Oklahoma’s recruits have already earned All-American honors from Fargo, led by Alex Braun who was a double AA last year at the Junior level and doubled in 2022 at 16U. Also in 2022, Bryce Burkett was a double finalist in 16U. He claimed the stop sign in Greco and was a runner-up in freestyle. The other two returning AA’s in the bunch are Jake Hockaday and Austin Johnson. Hockaday made his mark last year by taking fourth in Junior freestyle. Johnson was top-four in both styles in 16U in 2022. Another item to keep in mind is Anthony Harris’ return. Harris missed the high school postseason due to injury. Should he return to his previous form, his stock could continue to rise. Oklahoma State 144 lbs: #188 Kolter Burton (Idaho) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: Devon Harrison (Missouri) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #20 Landon Robideau (Minnesota) - Class of 2025 Like their Bedlam rivals, we don’t have any Oklahoma natives listed here for the Cowboys, but I’d imagine a few end up competing. Landon Robideau made some news last week as he announced he was flipping college commitments from Minnesota to Oklahoma State. With Robideau, the Cowboys are getting a prospect who has made the 16U freestyle finals and was third in Junior freestyle in 2023. Robideau has also placed in the UWW U17 Trials twice. He’ll be a contender at a loaded 150 lb weight class. Incoming freshman, Kolter Burton, is no stranger to the awards podium in the FargoDome, either. He’s placed five times already in his Fargo career - one which is highlighted by a Junior title in Greco-Roman in 2021 and a Junior freestyle runner-up finish in 2022. South Dakota State 175 lbs: Burk Blasius (South Dakota) - Class of 2024 150 lbs: #85 Bas Diaz (Iowa) - Class of 2025 120 lbs: #111 Carson Dupill (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #59 Micah Hach (South Dakota) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #191 Jacob Herm (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #172 Liam Neitzel (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: Cale Seaton (Iowa) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: Keenan Sheridan (South Dakota) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: #72 Logan Swensen (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 South Dakota State has an impressive recruiting Class of 2025 that features five members of the Big Board. All five are slated to compete in Fargo, along with a handful of incoming freshmen. The highest-ranked member of the Class of 2025 is big man Micah Hach, who was a 16U All-American in both styles last year. Additionally, Hach was an NHSCA Junior National champion. Jacob Herm and Liam Neitzel are other rising seniors that have past Fargo credentials. Herm has specialized in Greco-Roman. He found the podium both years in 16U and was a U17 Trials finalist this year. Neitzel has AA’ed in both styles in the 16U age group. Amongst the incoming freshmen, Logan Swensen is the one with the best accomplishments in the international styles. He was fifth in 16U Greco in 2021. That same year, he finished sixth in both styles at UWW U17’s. Utah Valley 144 lbs: Smokey McClure (Washington) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: #175 Hudson Rogers (Idaho) - Class of 2024 As he gets ready for his first season as a head coach, Adam Hall will be able to watch a pair of his incoming freshmen take the mat in Fargo. Hudson Rogers was a double 16U All-American in 2022. It marked the third time that he had gotten on the Fargo podium. Smokey McClure also has AA’ed in both styles with an eighth-place showing in U16 freestyle in 2021 and that same finish the following year in Junior Greco. West Virginia 132 lbs: #119 Casen Roark (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 132 lbs: Luke Satriano (New York) - Class of 2025 West Virginia got on the rankings map this year as they inked the #17 class in the land. Tim Flynn’s staff has built off of that success and got off to a good start with the Class of 2025 - a group that already features the Big Boarders. One of those ranked prospects is Tennessee’s three-time state champion Casen Roark. This spring, Roark made the NHSCA Junior National finals. Roark has also won state freestyle titles after every high school season, two at the 16U level and the most recent as a Junior. The other future Mountaineer in the field, Luke Satriano, is also a multiple-time state champion. Satriano won his second New York DII state title in 2024. Satriano’s best national level finish was went he took fourth place at NHSCA Sophomore’s. Wyoming 138 lbs: John Alden (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: Tucker Bowen (Idaho) - Class of 2024 144 lbs: #82 Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #81 Isaiah Harrison (Colorado) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: #180 Gunner Henry (Indiana) - Class of 2025 The Cowboys have been really strong on the recruiting trail for quite some time now and the Classes of 2024 and 2025 are only more evidence of that fact. A pair of top-100 recruits for Wyoming will be on the mats in Fargo in Isaiah Harrison and Tyson Charmoli. Last year, it was Harrison who used Fargo as his coming out party and success in the FargoDome has led to plenty of wins outside of it. Harrison was overlooked on a national level, but came into the 2023 tournament and made the 16U freestyle finals at 113 lbs. Charmoli has been more of a known commodity. He was a 16U freestyle finalist in 2022 and then was seventh in Junior freestyle last year. Charmoli has also placed top six at the UWW U17 Trials in freestyle on two occasions. The other ranked recruit of the bunch is Indiana state finalist Gunner Henry. Henry was a Super 32 placewinner and an NHSCA Sophomore National champion in 2023. Incoming freshman John Alden is a Nebraska freestyle state champion; while Tucker Bowen has been a two-time Idaho Junior freestyle runner-up.

16U Women’s Final Results Team Finish 1. California 2. Missouri 3. Pennsylvania 4. Indiana 5. Illinois 6. Oklahoma 7. Arizona 8. Utah 9. Michigan 10. Washington 95 lbs 1st Place: Samantha Bertini (Massachusetts) over Kinlee Brandley (Utah) Fall :41 3rd Place: Mya Hairston (Missouri) over Alexa Rodriguez Lopez (Texas) 15-4 5th Place: Annalise Maralit (South Carolina) over Mia Vazquez (Illinois) MedFFT 7th Place: Kaylie Zeller (Hawaii) over Navjot Waraich (California) Fall 2:39 100 lbs 1st Place: Katey Valdez (Colorado) over Valarie Solorio (Pennsylvania) InjDef 3rd Place: Kristina Kent (Utah) over Kendall Moe (Indiana) 10-0 5th Place: Makennah Craft (Ohio) over Zoey Haney (Missouri) Fall 2:27 7th Place: Mia Navarro (California) over Brianne Graves (Ohio) Fall 4:10 105 lbs 1st Place: Heather Crull (Indiana) over Aroma Marrufo (Missouri) 11-0 3rd Place: Jennifer Favela (California) over Addie Morse (Oklahoma) 9-6 5th Place: Joely Slyter (Idaho) over Ashley Naranjo (Washington) 12-2 7th Place: Jazmine Turner (California) over Lily Runez (Massachusetts) 10-0 110 lbs 1st Place: Taylor Whiting (Wisconsin) over Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) 11-0 3rd Place: Abbi Cooper (California) over Libby Roberts (Washington) 10-0 5th Place: Caley Graber (Minnesota) over Mariah Dillard (Texas) 12-2 7th Place: Joy Cantu (Indiana) over Teegan Sibble (New York) Fall 1:17 115 lbs 1st Place: Zao Estrada (South Carolina) over Cassidy Benwell (Missouri) 10-0 3rd Place: Harlee Hiller (Illinois) over Lorianna Piestewa (New Mexico) 1:11 5th Place: Leiannah Landreth (Kansas) over Marjorie McDaniel (Washington) Fall 1:18 7th Place: Angelina Vargas (Missouri) over Akeelah Moore (Vermont) 10-0 120 lbs 1st Place: Aspen Blanko (Minnesota) over Savannah Witt (Pennsylvania) Fall 1:48 3rd Place: Calli Gilchrist (Connecticut) over Shayna Ward (California) 1:24 5th Place: Milana Borrelli (Florida) over Noelani Lutz (Nevada) 11-0 7th Place: Angelina Cassioppi (Illinois) over Raegan Briggs (Ohio) Fall 5:21 125 lbs 1st Place: Karlee Brooks (Arizona) over Rose Kaplan (Indiana) 10-0 3rd Place: Kaidance Gerg (Idaho) over Ragan Retell (New York) 19-8 5th Place: Sierra Chiesa (Pennsylvania) over Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) 5-3 7th Place: Kailey Benson (Missouri) over Emily Murphy (Pennsylvania) 10-0 130 lbs 1st Place: Samantha Sachs (California) over Lynn Horn (Oklahoma) 3-1 3rd Place: Carley Ceshker (Wisconsin) over Janie Houser (California) Fall 2:24 5th Place: Emma Chacon (Arizona) over Christian Borgmann (Florida) 7-4 7th Place: Anna Vogt (Texas) over Jordyn Anderson (Virginia) Fall 4:13 135 lbs 1st Place: Isis France (Arizona) over Isabella Cebak (Michigan) 3:26 3rd Place: Celeste Detoles (Utah) over Kayla Edwards (California) 8-5 5th Place: Margaret Buurma (Michigan) over Kaylan Hitchcock (Kansas) 14-7 7th Place: Paige Gershmel (Montana) over Jacinda Espinosa (Missouri) 4-4 140 lbs 1st Place: Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) over Aleksandra Bastaic (Indiana) 10-0 3rd Place: Amelia Fawcett (Alaska) over Annelise Obermark (Missouri) 11-1 5th Place: Lexi Ritchie (Illinois) over Louise Juitt (Missouri) Fall 1:19 7th Place: Morgan Lucio (Arizona) over Morgan Edwards (Pennsylvania) 15-6 145 lbs 1st Place: Valerie Hamilton (Illinois) over Sarah Henckel (Connecticut) 3-0 3rd Place: Olivia Davis (California) over Sydney Perry (Illinois) Fall 1:59 5th Place: Audrey Rogotzke (Minnesota) over Selina Moore (New York) Fall 2:25 7th Place: Avari Johnson (Kansas) over Desza Munson (Colorado) Fall 1:12 155 lbs 1st Place: Duda Rodrigues (California) over Ugochi Anunobi (Maryland) Fall 3:54 3rd Place: Mya Bethel (Florida) over Adriana Palumbo (New York) Fall 4:23 5th Place: Sage Rosario (Kansas) over Gretchen Donally (Montana) 7-0 7th Place: Jahlia Miguel (Hawaii) over Maggie Ortmann (Missouri) 11-0 170 lbs 1st Place: Kali Hayden (Oklahoma) over Kaylie Hall (West Virginia) 12-0 3rd Place: Jael Miller (Pennsylvania) over Billie Bonwell (Nevada) Fall 1:31 5th Place: Alexandria Alli (Ohio) over Sophia Bassino (Wisconsin) 10-0 7th Place: Kiley Dillow (Kansas) over Brynn Shepardson (New York) Fall 1:50 190 lbs 1st Place: Isabella Phillips (Washington) over Ella Murphey (Tennessee) 9-0 3rd Place: Genevieve An (Georgia) over Maria Aiono (Nevada) 8-4 5th Place: Isabella Renfro (Missouri) over Alyssa Favara (Pennsylvania) 6-6 7th Place: Kathryn Hingano (California) over Josephine Larson (Illinois) Fall :26 235 lbs 1st Place: Sabrina Nauss (Michigan) over Tirza Twoteeth (Montana) 16-5 3rd Place: Kinslee Collier (Oklahoma) over Angel Hill (California) 3-0 5th Place: Lorelei Hartman (California) over Keilikki Nau Rarick (Utah) 6-3 7th Place: Chloe Hoselton (Illinois) over Kinea Moore (Florida) Fall 2:04

16U Women’s Final Results Team Finish 1. Pennsylvania 2. New Jersey 3. California 4. Michigan 5. Wisconsin 6. Ohio 7. Colorado 8. Tennessee 9. Illinois 10. Minnesota 88 lbs 1st Place: Lily Enos (Illinois) over Brynn Engel (Wisconsin) 8-3 3rd Place: Katelyn Rowles (Indiana) over Kayla Pastika (Minnesota) 8-2 5th Place: Kylee Tran (Oklahoma) over Fern Jewett (Massachusetts) 6-4 7th Place: Cadence Grulla (Georgia) over Anabelle Wessel (New York) 7-1 94 lbs 1st Place: Justice Gutierrez (Colorado) over Natalie Radecki (Delaware) 1-1 3rd Place: Libertie Nigh (Ohio) over Khyla Lipumano (Arizona) 6-4 5th Place: Makayla Smith (Pennsylvania) over Siera Becker (Iowa) 10-0 7th Place: Alliya Walker (Virginia) over Kate Hollinger (Pennsylvania) 12-0 100 lbs 1st Place: Jaclyn Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) over Madison Nieuwenhuis (Michigan) 6-0 3rd Place: Angelica Serratos (California) over Ryleigh Sturgill (Tennessee) 8-4 5th Place: Violet Diaz (Iowa) over Alicia Kenfack (North Dakota) 9-2 7th Place: Killian Evans (Missouri) over Dilynn Albrecht (Wisconsin) Fall 2:12 106 lbs 1st Place: Julia Horger (Pennsylvania) over Marlee Solomon (California) 9-6 3rd Place: Sarissa Tucker (Virginia) over Abigail Gonzalez (Florida) 7-1 5th Place: Marie Sharp (New Jersey) over Bianca Eide (Minnesota) Fall 3:27 7th Place: Chloe Skiles (Illinois) over Camryn Gresham (Ohio) MedFFT 112 lbs 1st Place: Charlie Wylie (New Jersey) over Kayla Batres (Connecticut) 8-0 3rd Place: Nakayla Dawson (Michigan) over Lilly Quintanilla (Wyoming) Fall :54 5th Place: Isabel Kaplan (Indiana) over Nevada Daniels (Texas) 7-0 7th Place: Samiyah Rahming (Pennsylvania) over Daylee Watson (Pennsylvania) 10-0 118 lbs 1st Place: Haley Gonzales (New York) over Cheyenne Frank (Michigan) 9-3 3rd Place: Alexis Lazar (Michigan) over Mackenzie Carder (Ohio) 5-0 5th Place: Carolyn Geckler (Ohio) over Emjay Neumann (Wisconsin) 6-2 7th Place: Aubree Gutierrez (California) over Sara McLaughlin (Massachusetts) 13-12 124 lbs 1st Place: Mekala James (California) over Victoria Carbonaro (New Jersey) 7-4 3rd Place: Emma Bacon (Pennsylvania) over Danica Torres (Arizona) 11-1 5th Place: Kailin Sebert (Texas) over Ariella Dobin (Illinois) Fall :55 7th Place: Olivia Bezdicek (Idaho) over Franky Groom-Frey (Wisconsin) Fall 2:51 130 lbs 1st Place: Taina McGowan (New Jersey) over Caroline Hilton (Tennessee) 3-2 3rd Place: Lilliana Banks (Wisconsin) over Kalynn Lyons (Nebraska) 12-2 5th Place: Sophia Slaughter (Virginia) over Riley Hanrahan (Wisconsin) MedFFT 7th Place: Lauren Zaragoza (California) over Naima Ghaffer (Indiana) 8-3 136 lbs 1st Place: Taina Fernandez (Maryland) over Corynne McNulty (Massachusetts) 11-0 3rd Place: Timberly Martinez (Colorado) over Maddie Marsh (Indiana) 14-1 5th Place: Isabella Miller (Iowa) over Meadow Mahlmeister (Montana) 11-2 7th Place: Nia Hagler (Utah) over Paisley Denault (Michigan) Fall 1:31 142 lbs 1st Place: Violette Lasure (Pennsylvania) over Greta Garbuzovas (Georgia) 11-5 3rd Place: Dulcy Martinez (California) over Harlow Skenadore (Wisconsin) 10-0 5th Place: Roxy Sheen (Idaho) over Victoria Alvarado (New York) Fall 2:54 7th Place: Kayden Sipp (Nebraska) over Kelice Luker (Oklahoma) Fall 1:40 148 lbs 1st Place: Kaili Manuel (Michigan) over Ella Poalillo (New Jersey) 14-3 3rd Place: Cassandra Gonzales (Minnesota) over Olivia Georges (New Jersey) 4-4 5th Place: Veronica Madrid (Kansas) over Ryen Hickey (Colorado) Fall :35 7th Place: Breanne Gibbs (Missouri) over Mackenna Webster (Michigan) 1:02 155 lbs 1st Place: Janiya Johnson (Tennessee) over Jayci Shelton (Missouri) 8-4 3rd Place: Sarah Pulk (Minnesota) over Laila Hustoles (Oklahoma) 6-6 5th Place: Eva Garcia (California) over Audrey Levendusky (Tennessee) Fall 1:25 7th Place: Rhaigyn Trenary (Indiana) over Symone Jewell (California) Fall :39 170 lbs 1st Place: Millie Azlin (Oklahoma) over Matilda Hruby (Colorado) 11-9 3rd Place: Elizabeth Madison (Ohio) over Miley Walz (Iowa) 10-0 5th Place: Addeline Graser (Nebraska) over Emily Carvalho (California) MedFFT 7th Place: Makayla Vasser (Nebraska) over Carli Vargas (Missouri) 11-0 190 lbs 1st Place: Brooke Huffman (Wisconsin) over Tevia Nau Rarick (Utah) Fall 3:06 3rd Place: Esmeralda Tellez (Pennsylvania) over Blake Baker (Texas) 3-1 5th Place: Mia Cienega (Washington) over Olivia Ruacho (California) Fall :58 7th Place: Latoya Sylvestre (Florida) over Macy Barber (Nebraska) Fall :49 235 lbs 1st Place: Brenda Banks (Pennsylvania) over Deionna Borders (Ohio) Fall 1:56 3rd Place: Phoenix Molina (Illinois) over Jayden Moehle (Missouri) 8-2 5th Place: Mackenna Atkinson (Pennsylvania) over Peyton Mullin (New York) 12-0 7th Place: Aarianna Bloyd (Illinois) over Shelby Wells (Texas) 4-1

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the SoCon. The SoCon was represented in InterMat's Class of 2024 recruiting rankings by Campbell who came in at #22. Interestingly enough, none of the wrestlers from Campbell's massive Class of 2024 has registered for Fargo. The SoCon is a conference that continues to improve recruiting-wise as a handful of programs have hired new coaches within the last five years. That new blood has proved to be helpful on the recruiting trail. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Appalachian State 132 lbs: #215 Jarvis Little (Tennessee) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: Ayson Rice (South Dakota) - Class of 2024 Before heading to Boone, a pair of incoming freshmen will compete in Fargo to put the finishing touches on their high school resumes. Ayson Rice has stood out in Greco and was third in 16U Greco-Roman in 2021. Earlier that year, Rice made the finals of the UWW U17 Trials in Greco. A year later, Rice placed for a second time at UWW’s. Jarvis Little is a three-time Tennessee state champion who has made the podium at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in each of the last three years. He finished with an appearance in the Senior National finals. Bellarmine 285 lbs: Tyler Schott (Indiana) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: Kyle Wojcicki(Kentucky) - Class of 2024 Both of Bellarmine’s recruits are attempting to make a name for themselves on a national stage for the first time. Tyler Schott was an Indiana state qualifier in 2024, but he made the state finals in both of the international styles, winning at freestyle. Kyle Wojcicki was a Kentucky state fifth-place finisher during the 2023-24 high school season. He then was a runner-up in both freestyle and Greco-Roman - at the state level. Campbell 138 lbs: #193 Maximus Brady (Florida) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #93 EJ Solis (Florida) - Class of 2025 A pair of nationally ranked wrestlers from the Class of 2025 carry the flag for Campbell. EJ Solis got onto the Fargo podium twice in 2022 and hopes to get back. That year, Solis was fifth in 16U freestyle and third in 16U Greco-Roman. Last spring, Solis was an NHSCA Sophomore national champion. NHSCA’s is where Maximus Brady has excelled and made his mark on the national scene. He was seventh at the sophomore tournament and third as a junior. Brady will be aiming for his fourth Florida state title in 2025. Chattanooga 126 lbs: Easton Cooper (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #202 Landon Jones (Georgia) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: Brayden Leach (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: Kyle Oliveira (Alabama) - Class of 2024 Some of the most notable members of the Chattanooga Class of 2024 will be in the FargoDome along with a recent commit from the Class of 2025. Landon Jones, the only one to appear on the 2024 Big Board, hasn’t placed at Fargo but was fourth at the Super 32. Easton Cooper was a Fargo All-American last year taking eighth place in 16U Greco-Roman at 120 lbs. Cooper was a two-time Wisconsin state medalist and finished as a runner-up his senior season. Kyle Oliveira was an Alabama state champion who finished his high school career in folkstyle with a seventh-place showing at NHSCA Senior Nationals. At the recent Junior Duals, Oliveira wrestled in both styles, but was undefeated in Greco. The only member of the Class of 2025 is Tennessee state champion Brayden Leach. Leach was seventh at NHSCA Junior Nationals. He wrestled in both styles at the Junior Duals and ended up unbeaten in freestyle. Davidson 150 lbs: #226 Anderson Heap (Florida) - Class of 2024 144 lbs: Blake Reihner (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Davidson had a staggering three Big Boarders during their recruiting Class of 2024, one of which was Florida’s Anderson Heap. Heap has never placed in Fargo but was sixth at NHSCA Sophomore’s and is a two-time Powerade placer. During the high school season, Heap clinched his third Florida state championship. Joining Heap in the Class of 2024 is Blake Reihner a two-time Pennsylvania state medalist (5,7). Reihner was also fourth at the NHSCA Sophomore National tournament. The Citadel 144 lbs: #131 Kyrel Leavell (Indiana) - Class of 2024 The Citadel signed one of their top recruits in some time by getting Kyrel Leavell who finished the year ranked in the top-150 on the Big Board. Leavell was a four-time state placewinner in Indiana’s one-class championship. He captured a pair of state titles and never finished lower than third in the state. Leavell’s best showing at a national event was when he was fifth at NHSCA Sophomore Nationals. VMI 120 lbs: Waylon Rogers (Virginia) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Cody Tanner (Colorado) - Class of 2024 In-state prospect, Waylon Rogers, comes to Fargo as a four-time Virginia state placewinner - winning as a junior and never finishing lower than fourth place. Rogers did get on the NHSCA Senior Nationals podium by taking fifth place. Cody Tanner is a Colorado state fourth-place finisher. He did capture a state title in freestyle in 2024 after falling in the finals last year.

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the EIWA. 2024-25 will have a new-look conference. The Ivy League schools, previously in the EIWA, branched out on their own and will qualify through the Ivy League tournament. Even without those seven schools, the EIWA is still large with 11 schools. The conference had one team (#25 Bucknell) make InterMat's 2024 Recruiting rankings and another (Lehigh) listed amongst the honorable mentions. Lehigh led the current EIWA's schools with a 15th place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! American 126 lbs: #160 Colin Martin (Virginia) - Class of 2025 Virginia native Colin Martin is looking to add to his impressive resume with another Fargo accolade. Martin was eighth in 16U Greco-Roman in 2021. He has a boatload of good national-level credentials outside of Fargo with three placements at the NHSCA grade-level tournaments and a top-six finish at the Ironman among others. Army West Point 175 lbs: Nash Banko (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: Easton Broxterman (Kansas) - Class of 2025 132 lbs: Conner Doherty (Georgia) - Class of 2025 120 lbs: Johnny Green (Ohio) - Class of 2025 120 lbs: #68 Cadell Lee (Virginia) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #112 Jayce Paridon (Florida) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: #91 Benjamin Smith (Maryland) - Class of 2025 Army West Point already has a huge Class of 2025 in place and a handful are headed to Fargo. Four future members of America’s Team already have appeared on the Fargo podium at one point or another during their high school careers. They are Nash Banko, Johnny Green, Cadell Lee, and Benjamin Smith. Lee was a 16U freestyle finalist in 2021 and seventh at Junior freestyle last year. He’s also earned All-American honors at UWW’s U17 Trials with another seventh-place finish in freestyle. Banko was seventh in 16U freestyle last year. Johnny Green lost to future teammate, Lee, in the Junior freestyle seventh-place match in 2023. Smith has had his best finishes in Greco-Roman. He’s been third at both the 16U and Junior levels and was sixth in UWW U17’s. The other Big Boarder in this group is Florida’s Jayce Paridon. During the recent school year, Paridon was an NHSCA Junior National finalist and was fifth at the Powerade. Binghamton 138 lbs: Brogan Fielding (Ohio) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: Talan Hubbard (New York) - Class of 2024 Both of Binghamton’s representatives in Fargo are coming in via the SPIRE Institute in Ohio. Talan Hubbard was a New York DII state champion in 2022 before moving to Ohio. Brogan Fielding is an Ohio Junior freestyle champ. During the collegiate season, Fielding entered the John Carroll Open and came away with the championship. Bucknell 215 lbs: #50 Dillon Bechtold (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 285 lbs: Will Greenberg (Ohio) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: Shane McFillin (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 A huge piece of Bucknell’s #25 ranked recruiting class of 2024 was #50 Dillon Bechtold, a two-time Pennsylvania state finalist and one-time champion. Last summer, Bechtold was seventh at the Junior level in both styles. A few months later, he was fifth at the Super 32. Will Greenberg and Shane McFillin represent for the Class of 2025. Greenberg was an Ohio DII state runner-up in 2024. This spring, Greenberg was a finalist at USA Wrestling’s Central Regional. McFillin was fourth in Pennsylvania’s AAA state tournament and had that same placement at the NHSCA Sophomore National tournament in 2023. Hofstra 132 lbs: Gauge Shipp (Illinois) - Class of 2024 Illinois state runner-up Gauge Shipp competed this spring at USA Wrestling’s Northern Plains Regional and ended up in third place. Shipp recently wrestled at Junior Duals in both styles. He had a better showing in freestyle - going 3-1. Navy 144 lbs: Evan Boblits (Maryland) - Class of 2025 120 lbs: Nikos Filipos (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: Tyler Hood (Virginia) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: Cole Householder (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: Gage Yackee (Ohio) - Class of 2024 Navy has a solid group that are all generally on the cusp of a national ranking. None have placed before in Fargo, but most have some sort of national credentials to their respective names. Gage Yackee, the only graduated senior of the bunch, was an NHSCA Sophomore and Junior National finalist. Tyler Hood has also placed at NHSCA’s twice and took fourth at National Preps. Nikos Filipos was an All-American at NHSCA Sophomores and fourth at the Beast of the East. Cole Householder is a two-time Pennsylvania state medalist (5,7) at the AA level. Evan Boblits is a two-time National Prep All-American (4,5).

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the MAC. The MAC had one of its teams in the top-20 of InterMat's 2024 Recruiting Rankings (Lock Haven #20). During the collegiate season, we saw Central Michigan unseat Lock Haven in winning at the MAC Championships. At nationals, three different schools produced an All-American. Two additional schools had AA's in 2023. That's a welcome improvement over 2022 when the conference had zero. With more talent coming into the conference there should be more AA's in the pipeline. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Clarion 132 lbs: Travis Clawson (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: Easton Mull (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 Clarion will be represented by a pair of state placewinners. Incoming freshman Travis Clawson was a two-time AAA state qualifier and and was seventh as a senior. Easton Mull has qualified for the AA state tournament three times and was fourth in 2024. Also during his junior season, Mull was eighth at the Powerade. George Mason 132 lbs: Geoff Whelan (Virginia) - Class of 2024 In-state recruit, Geoff Whelan, was a four-time Virginia state placewinner. He made the 5A state finals in 2022 and never finished lower than fourth place. After his final state tournament, Whelan was seventh at NHSCA Senior Nationals. Whelan has also captured state titles in each of the last two years in Junior Greco. Last year, he was a runner-up in freestyle and this year he was third. Lock Haven 144 lbs: Griffin Walizer (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Local product Griffin Walizer was a member of Lock Haven’s #20 ranked recruiting class. Walizer was a three-time Pennsylvania AAA state medalist (6,5,8) for nearby Central Mountain High School. He earned a spot in Fargo with a title at a Pennsylvania qualifier in Greco-Roman and was third in freestyle. Northern Illinois 215 lbs: Dominic Heim (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 215 lbs: #211 Ian Smith (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 Northern Illinois has a pair of talented big men on the way to Dekalb, but before then, a pair of 215 lbers will compete in Fargo. Ian Smith has already made the Fargo medal stand twice, both times in Greco and once in each age group. Last year, he was third in Junior Greco. This year, Smith won a state title in Greco and was a runner-up in freestyle. Dominic Heim was a four-time Minnesota state medalist who finished third at the AAA state tournament in each of his last two years. Heim comes into Fargo on the strength of a Minnesota Junior state title in freestyle. Ohio 285 lbs: Wyatt Schmitt (Illinois) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: Charles Spinning (Oregon) - Class of 2024 Heavyweight prospect Wyatt Schmitt was a 16U Greco-Roman finalist in 2022. Back in Illinois, Schmitt was a Greco state champion (for the second time) and a runner-up in freestyle. In high school, Schmitt was a one-time Illinois 3A state placewinner - taking fourth in 2023. Charles Spinning is a two-time Oregon state champion and three-time finalist. Last summer, he was a state champion in freestyle and a runner-up in Greco-Roman. Rider 175 lbs: Jacob Zearfoss (New Jersey) - Class of 2024 In-state product Jacob Zearfoss is a two-time New Jersey state placewinner (4,6) and three-time state qualifier. Zearfoss has placed at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in each of the last two years (6,7). SIU Edwardsville 215 lbs: Jake Fernandez (Missouri) - Class of 2024 Last-signee Jake Fernandez captured a pair of Missouri state titles and is a two-time Missouri Junior freestyle state finalist (winning in 2024). Fernandez was a member of Missouri’s Junior Duals team and went 3-2 in that event.

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the Ivy League. For the first time, in 2025, the Ivy League will qualify for national directly through an Ivy League tournament rather than the EIWA. While Cornell has generally led the way for the Ivies within the last 20 years, we have seen the other schools rise up during that time period and confirm that you can get a great education, while competing for a spot on the NCAA podium along with individual titles. In 2024, Cornell was the only Ivy school to be tabbed in InterMat's recruiting rankings; however, Penn was also noted in the honorable mentions and others had quality classes that will benefit them. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Brown 132 lbs: #188 Nico Fanella (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: #90 Devon Magro (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: Riley McPherson (Ohio) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: #156 Maximus Norman (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 Since Jordan Leen was named head coach at Brown, just over two years ago, recruiting has really taken off. The Bear staff already has a large recruiting class assembled for 2025 and four of them will be in action in Fargo. While the entire class has some sort of national-level credential, only Maximus Norman has AA’ed in Fargo before. Norman is coming off a 2023 performance that saw him make the 16U freestyle finals and take third Greco-Roman. The previous year he was seventh in 16U freestyle. Devon Magro was a Pennsylvania Junior freestyle state champion this year, which is no small feat. He was third in the AA division during the high school season. Fanella was also third in AA and has placed top-six at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in each of his first three years of high school. Riley McPherson was third at a loaded Ohio DI state weight class in 2024, but then moved up to 215 and won a Junior freestyle state title. Columbia 175 lbs: Oliver Howard (Alabama) - Class of 2024 Columbia’s incoming freshman, Oliver Howard, is the only future Lion (for now) slated to compete in Fargo. Howard hasn’t placed in Fargo before but has won three Alabama state freestyle titles at the Junior level. Howard also got onto the NHSCA podium twice - most recently taking fourth at Senior Nationals. Cornell 132 lbs: Danny Aranda (Florida) - Class of 2024 144 lbs: #129 Gabriel Bouyssou (Rhode Island) - Class of 2024 215 lbs: Jake Conroy (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 132 lbs: #18 Adrian DeJesus (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #53 Rocco Dellagatta (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: #50 Elijah Diakomihalis (New York) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #70 Cash Henderson (Utah) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: #21 Alessio Perentin (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #17 Sergio Vega (Arizona) - Class of 2025 It appears as if Cornell could have the inside track on the top spot in the 2025 recruiting rankings. A staggering seven Cornell recruits come into 2024’s tournament with at least one Fargo All-American honor to their name. Not only have these recruits become All-Americans, but they’ve finished high on the podium. Gabriel Bouyssou leads the way with five prior All-American honors. Bouyssou’s best finish was with a stop sign in 16U Greco-Roman in 2022. He was fifth in Junior Greco last year. In addition, Bouyssou has placed three times at the U17 Trials. Despite not currently sporting a national ranking, Jake Conroy has four prior Fargo placements. Conroy has placed in both styles at the 16U age group in each of the last two years - highlighted by a finals appearance last year in freestyle. Elijah Diakomihalis and Cash Henderson both have won 16U freestyle titles, while Alessio Perentin was a finalist. Additionally, Rocco Dellagatta and Sergio Vega both finished fourth in the Junior freestyle tournament last year. Don’t be surprised if Cornell’s recruits turn in one of the best performances of any school in the country next week. Penn 144 lbs: Donny Almeyda (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 175 lbs: #187 Brian Heard (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: Isaias Jimenez (Arizona) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: Xander Kuokkanen (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #60 Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 285 lbs: John Pardo (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: #94 Eren Sement (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #72 Max Stein (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 Without a doubt, lightweight prospect Davis Motyka has the best Fargo track record of any Penn prospect in Fargo. Motyka was a double Junior All-American last year and was fifth in 16U Greco-Roman in 2021. Additionally, Motyka has placed top-six in both styles at the UWW U17 Trials - including a 2022 berth on the Greco world team. Of Penn’s large group, Isaias Jimenez is the only other recruit who has gotten onto a Fargo podium. Jimenez was seventh in 16U freestyle in 2021. The remainder of Penn’s class largely consists of Pennsylvania state placewinners so you can bet they’ll be able to make waves at their respective weights. Princeton 175 lbs: #160 Xavier Giles (Connecticut) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: #143 Gavin Hawk (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: #141 Vincenzo Lavalle (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: Matthew Martino (Idaho) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: #194 Conor McCloskey (Georgia) - Class of 2025 144 lbs: Blaise Mele (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 A pair of past 16U finalists lead the way for a Princeton group that largely consists of recruits from the Class of 2025. Vincenzo Lavalle made the 16U freestyle finals in 2022 and followed that up with a seventh-place showing at the UWW U17 Trials. Matthew Martino is the other recruit with finals experience. He was in the 16U Greco title match in 2021 down at 106 lbs. In 2023, Martino made the finals of the U17 Trials, also in Greco. Though not in Fargo, Xavier Giles and Conor McCloskey both have national-level credentials to their names. Giles was sixth at the Super 32 and NHSCA Juniors. McCloskey has placed top four at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in each of his first three years of high school. Gavin Hawk is looking to break through and medal for the first time in Fargo; however, he is a New Jersey state freestyle champion in the Junior age group.

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the Big Ten. This conference is responsible for winning every NCAA title since 2007 and only seems to get better. You have to go back to 2010 to find the last time that the conference didn't have two of the top-three teams at the NCAA Tournament. On the recruiting trail, the Big Ten has been excellent, as well. In three of the last four years, a Big Ten team has signed the #1 overall class in the country. In 2024, four of its teams were noted in the top-ten for InterMat's Recruiting Rankings and nine schools were amongst the top-25. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScouts Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Illinois 285 lbs: Marko Ivanisevic (Illinois) - Class of 2024 Even though Marko Ivanisevic doesn’t have any official Fargo credentials next to his name, he’s well-versed and accomplished in the international styles. Last spring, Ivanisevic was seventh in both styles at the UWW U17 Trials. This year, Ivanisevic was a state champion in freestyle and a runner-up in Greco-Roman. Indiana 132 lbs: #79 Jackson Blum (Michigan) - Class of 2025 165 lbs: #148 Christopher Crawford (New York) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: Gavin Jendreas (Indiana) - Class of 2025 132 lbs: #191 Lucas Peters (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 150 lbs: #126 Hunter Sturgill (Tennessee) - Class of 2025 190 lbs: #44 Carson Thomas (Ohio) - Class of 2025 Indiana’s recruiting results have been on a steep uptick over the past couple of years. The Hoosiers were listed as an honorable mention in 2023 and ranked #14 in 2024. Two incoming freshmen are headed to Fargo - one of which has past All-American honors to his name, Christopher Crawford. Crawford was a 16U freestyle fourth-place finisher in 2022. The Class of 2025 has a strong history in Fargo with three of its commits having earned All-American honors in the past. Hunter Sturgill’s best work has come on the Greco side with a 16U finals appearance in 2022. Carson Thomas was fourth in 16U freestyle last year and was third in UWW U17 freestyle a few months ago. The most decorated of the bunch is Jackson Blum, a two-time 16U freestyle All-American (6,7). Last year, Blum also earned All-American honors in UWW U17 freestyle. Iowa 120 lbs: Dru Ayala (Iowa) - Class of 2024 126 lbs: #189 Keyan Hernandez (Montana) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: Brody Sampson (Iowa) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: #66 Kael Voinovich (Iowa) - Class of 2024 Iowa’s 13th ranked Class of 2024 is well-represented with four of its members set to hit the mat in Fargo. The only one of the bunch that medaled in the FargoDome is Dru Ayala, who has done it three times - all in freestyle. Ayala has gotten onto the podium in each of the last two years at the Junior age group (3,6) and was seventh at U16 in 2021. Last year, we saw a couple of Iowa-bound post-grads excel in Fargo with finals appearances from Ryder Block and Kale Peterson, could it happen again in 2024? Maryland 165 lbs: Seth Digby (Illinois) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: Garrett Reece (Colorado) - Class of 2025 Though he doesn’t currently hold a national ranking, Garrett Reece has an excellent track record in Fargo. He already has four All-American finishes under his belt and is likely to add more. Reece got onto the Fargo podium in Greco-Roman in both years he wrestled in the 16U division. Last year, he was sixth up at Junior’s. Reece also has a fifth-place finish from 2022 in 16U freestyle. Also in 2023, Reece fell in the UWW U17 Trials’ finals in Greco. Recent commit Seth Digby was an Illinois state freestyle runner-up in 2024. Michigan 126 lbs: #66 Gauge Botero (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #113 Teddy Flores (Illinois) - Class of 2024 Both of Michigan’s representatives will be competing in the 126 lb weight class. Gauge Botero is looking to add to his already-impressive Fargo resume with potentially a fifth All-American plaque. Botero placed third in both styles in 2022 in the 16U tournament. Last year, he moved up to Junior’s and was seventh in freestyle. Incoming freshman, Teddy Flores, has placed in the top three on two occasions at the Junior level in Illinois Greco-Roman. Michigan State 144 lbs: #119 Brodie Dominique (Ohio) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: Drew Hensen (Michigan) - Class of 2024 150 lbs: Sean Larkin (Illinois) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: Connor Younts (Michigan) - Class of 2024 The only one of the future Spartans that has already placed in Fargo is Brodie Dominique who was third in 16U freestyle in 2022. Interestingly enough, that came at 152 lbs and Dominique is now at 144. Minnesota 120 lbs: #246 Blake Beissel (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: #243 Silas Dailey (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 150 lbs: #132 Wyatt Duchateau (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 285 lbs: #9 Koy Hopke (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: #134 Dawson Johnson (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: #29 Charlie Millard (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 You’ve gotta love Minnesota and its large contingent of graduated seniors headed to Fargo. It harkens back to the “old days” when graduated studs competing in Fargo was the norm rather than a rare occurrence. Those wrestlers were either looking for another shot at placing or to add to their already impressive legacies. The latter applies to Koy Hopke, a 2022 U17 world champion in freestyle, who already has three stop signs to his name. Hopke will be aiming for a second consecutive Junior national title in freestyle. In 2021, Hopke swept both styles at the 16U division. He has not entered Greco this year. Three others in Minnesota’s #6 ranked recruiting class have gotten onto the Fargo podium in the past: Blake Beissel, Silas Dailey, and Charlie Millard. Of that trio, only Millard has gotten onto the podium on more than one occasion. He has been fourth and seventh during the last two years in Junior freestyle. The majority of this class is from Wisconsin a state that has brought a loaded lineup into Fargo. Hopke, Millard, and company will attempt to lead Team Wisconsin to their first-ever title in Junior freestyle. Nebraska 165 lbs: Colin McAlister (Kansas) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #35 Cade Ziola (Nebraska) - Class of 2025 Cade Ziola is the Nebraska recruit who has a history at Fargo. He was fifth in 16U freestyle in 2022. A Walsh Ironman champion, Ziola will be one of the favorites to take home a stop sign in Junior freestyle at 190 lbs. Incoming freshman Colin McAlister was a Southern Plains Regional freestyle runner-up in June and a fourth-place finisher in Greco. Northwestern 138 lbs: #32 Billy Dekraker (Virginia) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #80 August Hibler (New Jersey) - Class of 2024 Northwestern has a couple of dark horses that could make some noise in the FargoDome. Of the two, August Hibler is the one who has broken into the top-eight in Fargo previously. Way back in 2021, he was fifth in 16U freestyle. Billy Dekraker is one of the wrestlers from the Class of 2025 who has risen up the ranks the most within the last year. A National Prep title helped Dekraker rise almost 50 slots on the Class of 2025 Big Board. Though he hasn’t placed in Fargo before, Dekraker should be a factor at 138 lbs. Ohio State 157 lbs: #8 Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #15 Maddox Shaw (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 Ohio State tends to have recruiting classes that are small in numbers, but large in talent. That’s the case with their two current Class of 2025 verbals, Vince Bouzakis and Maddox Shaw. Bouzakis is looking to claim Junior freestyle titles in back-to-back years. He’s placed in the freestyle tournament in each year he’s attended Fargo getting sixth and second at the 16U level, before winning the 152 lb Junior bracket last summer. Also in 2023, Bouzakis was top-three in both styles at the U17 Trials. Maddox Shaw is a second top-15 prospect who has verballed to the Buckeyes. The Super 32 champion has gotten onto the medal stand in Fargo twice at the 16U level. He was fifth in 2021 and third in 2022. Penn State 126 lbs: #26 Nathan Desmond (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 175 lbs: #9 Will Henckel (Connecticut) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #61 Dalton Perry (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 We saw a show of force from Penn State at the U20/U23 Trials. With fewer future Nittany Lions in the field, it’s doubtful that we’ll see something so dominant; however, there are some excellent prospects for Penn State ready to compete in the FargoDome. In fact, all three of these wrestlers have already earned All-American honors in Junior freestyle. Will Henckel has a U16 national title to his name in freestyle and he was fourth in 2022 and a finalist last year. Dalton Perry was fifth last year and a finalist at the UWW U17 Trials in 2022. Nathan Desmond has finished fourth and third in Junior freestyle over the last two summers. He also is a past UWW U17 finalist. Ok, maybe we could see another show of force from future Nittany Lions. Purdue 215 lbs: #154 Noah Weaver (Indiana) - Class of 2025 Purdue will be represented by Indiana state champion Noah Weaver. Weaver wrestled at 215 lbs at Junior Duals and went 7-1 in freestyle. He was also a Junior freestyle state champion in 2023. Rutgers 175 lbs: #30 Jordan Chapman (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #36 Tahir Parkins (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 Rutgers’ fourth-ranked Class of 2024 is getting ready for the collegiate campaign so we’ll get a look at their next crop of recruits with Jordan Chapman and Tahir Parkins. Chapman has taken fourth in each of the last two summers in freestyle - in 2022 at 16U level and last year as a Junior. He also has placed fifth at the U17 Trials in freestyle. Parkins was seventh last year in Junior freestyle. Wisconsin 144 lbs: Elliott Biba (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: #83 Caleb Dennee (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 175 lbs: Matthew Jens (Illinois) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: David Malin (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 132 lbs: Pete Tomazevic (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 The Wisconsin crew should really make an impact at the 175 lb weight class. Top-100 recruit, Caleb Dennee, was third in 16U freestyle last year and is fresh off an appearance in the UWW U17 Trials finals in the spring. Also at this weight are David Malin and Matthew Jens. Malin was a 16U Greco All-American (8th) in 2021. Jens is a USAW Central Regional champion in Greco and third in freestyle. At the recent National Duals, Jens went 4-2 in freestyle and a perfect 6-0 in Greco. Elliott Biba and Peter Tomazevic are both Wisconsin state finalists who are capable of making a deep run.

PARIS, (July 12) — For the first time ever, the Olympic Games will be seeding the top eight wrestlers in each weight class. Wrestlers who competed in the 2023 World Championships, 2024 Continental Championships, 2024 Zagreb Open Ranking Series and the 2024 Hungarian Ranking Series event have accumulated points towards their seeds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Apart from the seeded eight wrestlers, the remaining eight wrestlers, who round out the 16-person bracket, will be randomly drawn into the bracket the day before each style begins in Paris. Freestyle 57kg No. 1 Stevan MICIC (SRB) No. 2 Rei HIGUCHI (JPN ) No. 3 Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) No. 4 Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ) No. 5 Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB) No. 6 Aman AMAN (IND) No. 7 Wanhao ZOU (CHN) No. 8 Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) 65kg No. 1 Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) No. 2 Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) No. 3 Ismail MUSUKAEV (HUN) No. 4 Sebastian RIVERA (PUR) No. 5 Shamil MAMEDOV (AIN) No. 6 Haji ALIYEV (AZE) No. 7 Islam DUDAEV (ALB) No. 8 Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL) 74kg No. 1 Kyle DAKE (USA) No. 2 Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE) No. 3 Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE) No. 4 Daichi TAKATANI (JPN) No. 5 Feng LU (CHN) No. 6 Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) No. 7 Bacar NDUM (GBS) No. 8 Yones EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI) 86kg No. 1 Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) No. 2 Hassan YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) No. 3 Myles AMINE (SMR) No. 4 Javrail SHAPIEV (UZB) No. 5 Magomed RAMAZANOV (BUL) No. 6 Bat BYAMBASUREN (MGL) No. 7 Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE) No. 8 Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN) 97kg No. 1 Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) No. 2 Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) No. 3 Kyle SNYDER (USA) No. 4 Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR) No. 5 Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) No. 6 Erik THIELE (GER) No. 7 Alisher YERGALI (KAZ) No. 8 Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL) 125kg No. 1 Amir ZARE (IRI) No. 2 Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) No. 3 Mason PARRIS (USA) No. 4 Taha AKGUL (TUR) No. 5 Daniel LIGETI (HUN) No. 6 Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE) No. 7 Robert BARAN (POL) No. 8 Zhiwei DENG (CHN) Women’s Wrestling 50kg No. 1 Yui SUSAKI (JPN) No. 2 Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL) No. 3 Ziqi FENG (CHN) No. 4 Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) No. 5 Alisson CARDOZO REY (COL) No. 6 Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) No. 7 Mariya STADNIK (AZE) No. 8 Oksana LIVACH (UKR) 53kg No. 1 Lucia YEPEZ GUZMAN (ECU) No. 2 Emma MALMGREN (SWE) No. 3 Akari FUJINAMI (JPN) No. 4 ANTIM (IND) No. 5 Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)| No. 6 Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR) No. 7 Qianyu PANG (CHN) No. 8 Andreea ANA (ROU) 57kg No. 1 Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN) No. 2 Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) No. 3 Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR) No. 4 Anhelina LYSAK (POL) No. 5 Helen MAROULIS (USA) No. 6 Kexin HONG (CHN) No. 7 Luisa VALVERDE (ECU) No. 8 Hannah TAYLOR (CAN) 62kg No. 1 Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) No. 2 Sakura MOTOKI (JPN) No. 3 Grace BULLEN (NOR) No. 4 Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) No. 5 Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL) No. 6 Luisa NIEMESCH (GER) No. 7 Ana GODINEZ (CAN) No. 8 Kayla MIRACLE (USA) 68kg No. 1 Buse CAVUSOGLU TOSUN (TUR) No. 2 Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) No. 3 Koumba LARROQUE (FRA) No. 4 Irina RINGACI (MDA) No. 5 Tetiana SOVA RIZHKO (UKR) No. 6 Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) No. 7 Soleymi CARABALLO HERNANDEZ (VEN) No. 8 Feng ZHOU (CHN) 76kg No. 1 Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) No. 2 Yuka KAGAMI (JPN) No. 3 Tatiana RENTERIA (COL) No. 4 Catalina AXENTE (ROU) No. 5 Milaimys MARIN (CUB) No. 6 Hannah RUEBEN (NGR) No. 7 Justina DI STASIO (CAN) No. 8 Bernadett NAGY (HUN) Greco-Roman 60kg No. 1 Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) No. 2 Liguo CAO (CHN) No. 3 Victor CIOBANU (MDA) No. 4 Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) No. 5 Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) No. 6 Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB) No. 7 Raiber RODRIGUEZ (VEN) No. 8 Razvan ARNAUT (ROU) 67kg No. 1 Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) No. 2 Luis ORTA (CUB) No. 3 Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM) No. 4 Mate NEMES (SRB) No. 5 Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ) No. 6 Mamadassa SYLLA (FRA) No. 7 Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI) No. 8 Valentin PETIC (MDA) 77kg No. 1 Nao KUSAKA (JPN) No. 2 Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE) No. 3 Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) No. 4 Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) No. 5 Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB) No. 6 Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) No. 7 Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) No. 8 Aram VARDANYAN (UZB) 87kg No. 1 Ali CENGIZ (TUR) No. 2 David LOSONCZI (HUN) No. 3 Semen NOVIKOV (BUL) No. 4 Zhan BELENIUK (UKR) No. 5 Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ) No. 6 Bachir SID AZARA (ALG) No. 7 Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB) No. 8 Carlos MUNOZ (COL) 97kg No. 1 Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) No. 2 Abubakar KHASLAKHANAU (AIN) No. 3 Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) No. 4 Gabriel ROSILLO (CUB) No. 5 Artur OMAROV (CZE) No. 6 Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN) No. 7 Mindaugas VENCKAITIS (LTU) No. 8 Kevin MEJIA (HON) 130kg No. 1 Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) No. 2 Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) No. 3 Lingzhe MENG (CHN) No. 4 Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU) No. 5 Heiki NABI (EST) No. 6 Yasmani ACOSTA (CHI) No. 7 Seungchan LEE (KOR) No. 8 Adam COON (USA)

We're less than a month out from the start of the 2024 Olympic Games. It seemed like the right time for Pennsylvania District XI natives Ryan Holmes and Darian Cruz to get together and talk about Cruz's preparation for the Games. Cruz discusses going to high school, college, and training for the Olympics all in his hometown with Lehigh and the LVWC. The two also discuss Cruz's decision to wrestle international and represent Puerto Rico and the backlash that arose after he defeated Zane Richards to earn a spot in the Olympics. Cruz also gets into his long relationship with current Lehigh star Ryan Crookham and talks about how some of the on-mat adversity he's faced over the years has shaped him. For the full interview:

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. For women's collegiate recruits, we have broken them down by NCAA schools (ones that are able to wrestle in the NCWWC National Tournament) and NAIA schools (along with NJCAA and others). This version features the future NAIA and others. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their ranking in USA Wrestling's most recent update. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! The Apprentice School 120 lbs: Skylar Schaefer (Virginia) - Class of 2024 Baker 100 lbs: Danielle Holt (Idaho) - Class of 2024 Campbellsville 155 lbs: Kylee Tait (Ohio) - Class of 2024 Central Methodist 110 lbs: Toni Avelino (Idaho) - Class of 2024 Dickinson State 105 lbs: Alyvia Ruiz (Montana) - Class of 2024 Doane 145 lbs: Payton Weese (Missouri) - Class of 2024 Eastern Oregon 105 lbs: #15 Nia Avelino (Idaho) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: June Highburger (Oregon) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Katelynn Leonard (Oregon) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: Laura Meyers (Oregon) - Class of 2024 235 lbs: Kiona Michel (Washington) - Class of 2024 105 lbs: Telsa Walter (Oregon) - Class of 2024 Friends 110 lbs: Ryleigh Page (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Grand View 155 lbs: #12 Sofia Delgado (Florida) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: Bella Porcelli (Iowa) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Audrey Scherer (Missouri) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Sydney Uhrig (South Dakota) - Class of 2024 Hastings 170 lbs: Mandy Perez (Kansas) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Emma Stice (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 Indian Hills CC 125 lbs: Emmalyn Burnett (Missouri) - Class of 2024 105 lbs: Chasey Karabell (Colorado) - Class of 2024 Indiana Tech 110 lbs: Courtni Chuway (Illinois) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: #9 Rose Kaplan (Indiana) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Ava Miller (Ohio) - Class of 2024 100 lbs: Grace Murphy (Iowa) - Class of 2024 Jamestown 170 lbs: Celia Jaeger (Montana) - Class of 2024 135 lbs: #13 Ann Marie Meiman (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Leah Willard (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 Life 105 lbs: Macie Anderson (Utah) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: #9 Ugochi Anunobi (Maryland) - Class of 2024 Lindsey Wilson 100 lbs: Alyssa Archer (Tennessee) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Jaelynn McIntosh (Tennessee) - Class of 2024 Lourdes 120 lbs: Emma Rinehart (Ohio) - Class of 2024 Menlo 135 lbs: #24 Danica Kelley (California) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: Breanna Packheiser (California) - Class of 2024 135 lbs: Maci Stemmons (California) - Class of 2024 Midland 140 lbs: Abby Holtz (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 Minnesota North-Itasca 105 lbs: #24 Olivia Sackor (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 Missouri Baptist 155 lbs: Maria Ignatova (Missouri) - Class of 2024 Missouri Valley 130 lbs: Isla Baeza (Utah) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Alena Williams (Arkansas) - Class of 2024 Oklahoma City 190 lbs: #6 Ella Murphey (Tennessee) - Class of 2024 Ottawa 155 lbs: Hailey Flores (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Pacific 155 lbs: Joanna Interian (Oregon) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Kya Roundtree (Washington) - Class of 2024 Providence 130 lbs: Mackenzie English (California) - Class of 2024 Rio Grande 155 lbs: Kami Ratliff (Illinois) - Class of 2024 Saint Mary 145 lbs: Skylur Lewis (Arkansas) - Class of 2024 Siena Heights 140 lbs: Emma Pendell (Michigan) - Class of 2024 Snow 95 lbs: Kinlee Brandley (Utah) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: Isabella Morgan (Utah) - Class of 2024 Southeast CC 135 lbs: Keira Mullen (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Southern Oregon 170 lbs: #25 Lillian Gradilas-Flores (Arizona) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: Kathryn Hingano (California) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #21 Holland Wieber (Idaho) - Class of 2024 Texas Wesleyan 155 lbs: Lela Conley (Texas) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #24 Mia Shepard (Nevada) - Class of 2024 Umpqua CC 170 lbs: Ytzel Figueroa-Rivera (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Arianna Mauch (Arizona) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Myra Pressnell (California) - Class of 2024 University of the Cumberlands 110 lbs: Kaylin Taylor (Montana) - Class of 2024 Waldorf 100 lbs: Edyn Hartman (Arizona) - Class of 2024 Wayland Baptist 105 lbs: Alissa Cowing (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Westcliff 130 lbs: Kyli Stanley (California) - Class of 2024 William Penn 135 lbs: Espie Almazan (Iowa) - Class of 2024 William Woods 135 lbs: Jade Studdard (Missouri) - Class of 2024

Welcome back all to another Friday opening of the fake mail. Oddly, I have to send an actual piece of mail complete with a stamp this very morning which is very strange for 2024. But that’s neither here nor there. It’s nowhere. It’s the height of summer and I’ve never felt this strong so let's get into it. Is the wrestling community over-promoting women's wrestling? Are most wrestling fans interested in men's freestyle wrestling and shouldn't that be the focus of coverage? Women have near zero participation in football and yet the NFL is wildly popular. Don Graven I didn’t really know what to make of this question at first. I had never heard of Don Graven. I’ve never heard of anyone named Graven. Not even in Game Of Thrones. Is it legit? Is it a troll question to mess with me? Should I deny Don Graven a happy Friday morning poop because he didn’t make the mailbag? Perhaps it’s best to appease Mr. Draven and answer the best I can. To put it bluntly, you don’t have to read it. And I don’t get why it bothers you. I admit I’m not as big a fan of WFS as I am MFS, but I’m also not as big a fan of MFS as I am college wrestling. We all have our preferences, but there is more than enough media and time to cover it all. Whether it’s InterMat, Flo, or Vecchiomania, everyone wants to cover the biggest event in our sport and all the athletes deserve the spotlight. Amit Elor is doing incredible things right now and even if you don’t follow the women’s circuit, she’s earned your attention come next month. I’m not going to even try to understand how the NFL plays into this. How do I go on with UWW_Creative gone? Where do we go from here? Rage Against The Pusheen The permanent Twitter ban of the man who creates the storylines has affected us all. But don’t sleep on this new creative committee. The new bookers came out with a bang and split up Penn State into NWO Hollywood and NWO Wolfpac to set up a long-term feud that could last a decade or more. The weekly vignettes where AJ Ferrari tells us he visited Northern Colorado seem to hint at his return in a few months and Bo Bassett is coming out every Wednesday and sending teams home like it’s The Bachelor. Then just a few weeks from Paris, they booked the entire Russian team to stay home! I have to think they have a huge angle brewing for The Games. If UWW Creative was Jim Cornette, then this new guy in charge is Vince Russo. ISU has bathrobes. Oklahoma State has cowboy hats. What does Rutgers need to add to their warm-ups? I vote top unbuttoned shirts & gold chains on comically thick chest hair. Burger King of Kings I like where you’re going with this but it’s a little too comical. This isn’t Baseketball (that’s not a typo I’m talking about the movie), where every team is based on their home culture. But what if it was? We don’t want to look ridiculous out there but we do want to represent our state’s culture. I’m all for warming up in blue jeans and tank tops at least once a year. Screw it, make Rutgers-Princeton an entire Bruce Springsteen look-alike contest. Could Cohlton Schultz eat 200 boneless wings for America? Baby Duff I don’t see why he’d want to. Or how it benefits America. Unless the idea is to eliminate as many boneless wings as he can so the rest of us don't have to suffer them. As we near lantern fly season in the northeast, I see a comparison. Nobody wants them, we don’t know where they came from (China), and nobody has a clue how to get rid of them. We wish they would both fly away and neither possesses bones. Maybe Cohlton does need to step up and thin the herd. I’ll handle the lantern flies. Can the Mets release Pete Alonso since the Cubs keep signing all the guys they release? Indiana Mat So that’s why you’ve plummeted in the standings. But you have a big series this weekend against the hated Cards and Daniel Vogelbach is currently a free agent. He’s pals with Alonso so we could have a LeBron/Bronny situation here where it’s a package deal.

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Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. For women's collegiate recruits, we have broken them down by NCAA schools (ones that are able to wrestle in the NCWWC National Tournament) and NAIA schools (along with NJCAA and others). This version features the future NCAA wrestlers. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their ranking in USA Wrestling's most recent update. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Allen 135 lbs: Tykala Pruitt (South Carolina) - Class of 2024 Alma 190: #30 Gabby Allen (Michigan) - Class of 2024 235: Payton Burmeister (Michigan) - Class of 2024 Alvernia 155 lbs: Kylie Monroe (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Molly Winters (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Augsburg 145 lbs: Kelsey Cruz (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Gisele Gallegos (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 100 lbs: Amelia Hermanson (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 Aurora 135 lbs: Celeste Detoles (Utah) - Class of 2024 Baldwin-Wallace 120 lbs: Taylor Parkhurst (Tennessee) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: Leyna Rumpler (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Chadron State 105 lbs: Rylee Balcazar (Colorado) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: #12 Desza Munson (Colorado) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: Meredith Nash (Nevada) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: Regan Rosseter (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 Colorado Mesa 170 lbs: Kate Bird (Utah) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Sophia Cornish (California) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Mollie Dare (Colorado) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: #8 Gretchen Donally (Montana) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: Brooke McCurley (Texas) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: #16 Lorianna Piestewa (New Mexico) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: Breaunnah Robles (Colorado) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: #8 Alejandra Valdiviezo (California) - Class of 2024 Elmira 140 lbs: Camila Hidalgo (New York) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: #9 Ragan Retell (New York) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Talia Robles (New York) - Class of 2024 Felician 130 lbs: Valerie Iglesias (New York) - Class of 2024 Fort Hays State 140 lbs: Lexi Burton (Kansas) - Class of 2024 235 lbs: Hailey Conley (Kansas) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: #14 Amanda Jaeger (Kansas) - Class of 2024 125 lbs: Lexie Lopez (Colorado) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: #20 Lindsey Lopez (Colorado) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: #3 Isabella Renfro (Missouri) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Dylen Ritchey (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: #30 Sophia Shultz (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 Frostburg State 235 lbs: #24 Lorelei Hartman (California) - Class of 2024 Gannon 100 lbs: #16 Jada Chaves (Maryland) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Isabella McNutt (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 190 lbs: Isabella Phillips (Washington) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Summer Schellinger (Oregon) - Class of 2024 Grand Valley State 120 lbs: #5 Aspen Blasko (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 135 lbs: Terra Booe (Michigan) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #29 Emily Medford (Michigan) - Class of 2024 Huntingdon 100 lbs: Jordan Epstein (Georgia) - Class of 2024 Iowa 125 lbs: #1 Karlee Brooks (Arizona) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Kiara Djoumessi (Iowa) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: #29 Mia Goodwin (Virginia) - Class of 2024 100 lbs: #5 Valarie Solorio (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Lehigh 190 lbs: #16 Genevieve An (Georgia) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #15 Morgan Edwards (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #5 Yianna Foufas (New York) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #13 Kryssceah Ravenelle (Rhode Island) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Sydney Thompson (Michigan) - Class of 2024 Lindenwood 115 lbs: #24 Cassidy Benwell (Missouri) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Kayla Edwards (California) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Caitlin Reiter (Iowa) - Class of 2024 Lock Haven 190 lbs: #4 Alyssa Favara (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Marissa Rumsey (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Avry Ryhal (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 McKendree 140 lbs: #26 Samantha Arce (California) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Isabella Baccio (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #4 Haylie Jaffe (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Archer Jones (Arkansas) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: #2 Duda Rodrigues (California) - Class of 2024 Mount Olive 125 lbs: Alfa Dominguez Gutierrez (North Carolina) - Class of 2024 Mount Union 140 lbs: Emma Hanrahan (Ohio) - Class of 2024 135 lbs: Ariel Manning (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Newberry 130 lbs: Summer McKeen (Oregon) - Class of 2024 New England 115 lbs: Madeline Li (Massachusetts) - Class of 2024 North Central 170 lbs: Cheya Bishop (Illinois) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #27 Mikayla Garcia (California) - Class of 2024 105 lbs: Brianne Graves (Ohio) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Gracie Guarino (Illinois) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: #15 Claire Waite (Idaho) - Class of 2024 100 lbs: #12 Zurri Zamora (Texas) - Class of 2024 Northern Michigan 170 lbs: Sophia Bassino (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 Penn State Altoona 235 lbs: Ajanai Jumper (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 Presbyterian 190 lbs: #10 Maria Aiono (Nevada) - Class of 2024 105 lbs: #3 Chloe Dearwester (Ohio) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: Kascidy Garren (Ohio) - Class of 2024 155 lbs: #27 Isabella Gretzinger (New York) - Class of 2024 95 lbs: Annalise Maralit (South Carolina) - Class of 2024 Quincy 170 lbs: Madisynn Crawford (Missouri) - Class of 2024 100 lbs: Mackenzie Graves (Arkansas) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Isabella Weiner (Arkansas) - Class of 2024 Sacred Heart 115 lbs: Cailan Drake (New York) - Class of 2024 Simpson 140 lbs: Dionni Garcia-Vasquez (Iowa) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: #12 Paige Gershmel (Montana) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Hannah Hernandez (Oregon) - Class of 2024 140 lbs: Annelise Obermark (Missouri) - Class of 2024 105 lbs: Layla Phillips (Iowa) - Class of 2024 235 lbs: Savannah Sistad (Iowa) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Averie Wittkop (Iowa) - Class of 2024 Sioux Falls 155 lbs: Giahna Miller (South Dakota) - Class of 2024 Southern Virginia 145 lbs: Avari Johnson (Kansas) - Class of 2024 Tiffin 190 lbs: Alexis Bilka-Durdon (New York) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: #19 Ciara Riner (West Virginia) - Class of 2024 Upper Iowa 120 lbs: Makayla Matson (New York) - Class of 2024 Ursinus 155 lbs: Grace Alagbo (Minnesota) - Class of 2024 Wartburg 125 lbs: Leah Chandler (Iowa) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Carissa Hersom (Iowa) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Jaida Johnson (Illinois) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: #16 Jasmine Luedtke (Iowa) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: #16 May Prado (Georgia) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: #8 Rachel Schauer (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: Izzy Strickert (Iowa) - Class of 2024 West Liberty 95 lbs: Nila Bland (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Grace O’Korn (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: #27 Jaiah O’Neal (Indiana) - Class of 2024 Western New England 145 lbs: Noelle Alexander (California) - Class of 2024 William Jewell 235 lbs: Desiree Hall (Arizona) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Jada Hernandez (Washington) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Jayden Keller (Missouri) - Class of 2024 115 lbs: Miyah Palacios (Arizona) - Class of 2024 170 lbs: #19 Nylease Yzagere (Arizona) - Class of 2024 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 125 lbs: Annesley Day (Texas) - Class of 2024 145 lbs: Tahonesty Donnell (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Aliana Rauter (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 130 lbs: #21 Kyra Tomlinson (Indiana) - Class of 2024 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 145 lbs: Ella Janovsky (Indiana) - Class of 2024 110 lbs: Savanna Millermom (Wisconsin) - Class of 2024 York 110 lbs: Gisele Ramirez (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2024

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. Next up is the Pac-12. It’s a conference that has undergone a severe facelift during the offseason. Arizona State has left for the Big 12. Stanford is in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The future of the conference itself is in question (outside of wrestling) as most of its members have moved on to other conferences. For the time being, we do have four of the six teams from the 2024 Pac-12 Championships that have a waiver to compete under the Pac-12 name. None of the four Pac-12 teams made InterMat’s recruiting rankings in 2024; however, three of the four were mentioned in 2022. While CSU Bakersfield has had its struggles, the other three teams have either been consistent on the recruiting trail or have been a part of a recent uptick in their recruiting output. So, here are the future Pac-12 wrestlers to keep an eye out for in Fargo. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they represent, and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScout Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours! Cal Poly 190 lbs: Levi Bussey (California) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: Jagger French (California) - Class of 2024 Neither of the two future Cal Poly wrestlers have managed to get on the Fargo podium before. Incoming freshman Jagger French was fifth in the state at 144 lbs during the high school season. The Mustangs first verbal from the Class of 2025, Levi Bussey, was sixth at 175 lbs. This fall at USA Wrestling’s Western Regional tournament, Bussey was second in freestyle and third in Greco-Roman. French, at the same tournament, French was third in freestyle and fourth in Greco. CSU Bakersfield 165 lbs: Evan Manzo (California) - Class of 2024 CSU Bakersfield incoming freshman, Evan Manzo, was a California state semifinalist who ended up placing fourth at 165 lbs. The previous year he was a state qualifier at 145 lbs. Manzo was also a two-time placewinner at the Doc Buchanan Invitational. Little Rock 126 lbs: #237 Miles Anderson (Nebraska) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: Bronson Baxter (Texas) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: Dillon Cooper (Kansas) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: #181 Tyler Harper (Iowa) - Class of 2024 175 lbs: #136 Gunner Holland (Florida) - Class of 2024 120 lbs: Tyson Roach (Louisiana) - Class of 2024 While Little Rock just missed a mention in this year’s recruiting rankings, they do have a huge signing class with plenty of talent. A significant portion of it will be on display in Fargo, including three members of the 2024 Big Board. Of the wrestlers slated to compete, Little Rock has three wrestlers with past All-American honors from Fargo. Leading the way is Iowa’s Tyler Harper. Harper has made the top-eight in the FargoDome on three occasions, the best finish being a runner-up showing last summer in Junior freestyle - at 106 lbs. It was his second time placing at the Junior freestyle tournament after taking fourth the previous year. Miles Anderson has multiple All-American finishes both of which have come in Greco-Roman. He was seventh last year at the Junior level and sixth in 2021 at 16U. In addition, Anderson was also fifth in UWW Cadet Greco in 2021. Like Anderson, Bronson Baxter was a UWW Cadet Greco All-American. He was eighth last spring. Tyson Roach rounds out the past All-Americans (in international styles). Roach was sixth in Junior Greco in 2022 and fourth in Junior freestyle in 2021. Oregon State 144 lbs: #118 Koy Davidson (Iowa) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: Khale McDonnell (California) - Class of 2025 113 lbs: Gage Singleton (Oregon) - Class of 2024 Late Class of 2024 signee, Gage Singleton, has enough Greco and freestyle accolades for this entire group. He’s a four-time Fargo All-American placing in both styles at the Junior level in 2022 and at 16U in 2021. Singleton also AA’ed in both styles at UWW Cadets in 2022. Koy Davidson was an Iowa state runner-up in freestyle this year and a 3A champion during the high school season. Khale McDonnell got on the California state podium this year for the first time. A few months later, McDonnell won a state freestyle title. He also took gold at the Southern Plains Regional. At the recent Junior Duals, McDonnell went undefeated; albeit in limited competition.

United World Wrestling released the entries for women's freestyle at the 2024 Olympic Games. There are as follows: 50kg Ibtissem Doudou (ALG) Mariya Stadnik (AZE) Ziqi Feng (CHN) Alisson Cardozo Rey (COL) Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (CUB) Nada Mohamed (EGY) Anastasia Blayvas (GER) Vinesh Phogat (IND) Yui Susaki (JPN) Gabija Dilytle (LTU) Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (MGL) Son Hyang Kim (PRK) Evin Demirhan (TUR) Oksana Livach (UKR) Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB) 53kg Qianyu Pang (CHN) Lucia Yepez Guzman (ECU) Annika Wendle (GER) Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) Mia Aquino (GUM) Antim Panghal (IND) Akari Fujinami (JPN) Mariana Dragutan (MDA) Khulan Batkhuyag (MGL) Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR) Hyo Gyong Choe (PRK) Andreea Ana (ROU) Jonna Malmgren (SWE) Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) Dominique Parrish (USA) Betzabeth Arguello Villegas (VEN) 57kg Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG) Giullia Penalber (BRA) Hannah Taylor (CAN) Kexin Hong (CHN) Luisa Valverde (ECU) Sandra Paruszewski (GER) Rckaela Aquino (GUM) Anshu Malik (IND) Aurora Russo (ITA) Tsugumi Sakurai (JPN) Anastasia Nichita (MDA) Khongorzul Boldsaikhan (MGL) Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR) Anhelina Lysak (POL) Alina Hrushyna Akobiia (UKR) Helen Maroulis (USA) 62kg Bilyana Dudova (BUL) Ana Godinez (CAN) Ameline Douarre (FRA) Luisa Niemesch (GER) Sakura Motoki (JPN) Aisuluu Tynybekova (KGZ) Orkhon Purevdorj (MGL) Esther Kolawole (NGR) Grace Bullen (NOR) Hyon Gyong Mun (PRK) Kriszta Incze (ROU) Johanna Lindborg (SWE) Siwar Bouseta (TUN) Nesrin Bas (TUR) Iryna Koliadenko (UKR) Kayla Miracle (USA) 68kg Linda Morais (CAN) Feng Zhou (CHN) Koumba Larroque (FRA) Nisha Dahiya (IND) Nonoka Ozaki (JPN) Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) Irina Ringaci (MDA) Delgermaa Enkhsaidkhan (MGL) Blessing Oborududu (NGR) Tayla Ford (NZL) Wiktoria Choluj(POL) Sol Gum Pak (PRK) Buse Tosun (TUR) Tetiana Sova Rizhko (UKR) Amit Elor (USA) Soleymi Caraballo (VEN) 76kg Yuliana Yaneva (BUL) Justina DiStasio (CAN) Juan Wang (CHN) Tatiana Renteria (COL) Milaimys Marin Potrille (CUB) Genesis Reasco Valdez (ECU) Bernadett Nagy (HUN) Reetika Hooda (IND) Yuka Kagami (JPN) Aiperi Medet Kyzy (KGZ) Davaanasan Enkh Amar (MGL) Hannah Rueben (NGR) Catalina Axente (ROU) Zaineb Sghaier (TUN) Yasemin Adar Yigit (TUR) Kennedy Blades (USA)

Today, United World Wrestling released the entries for men's freestyle at the 2024 Olympic Games. There are as follows: 57kg Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB) Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) Aliabbas Rzazade (AZE) Wanhao Zou (CHN) Gamal Mohamed (EGY) Diamantino Iuna Fafe (GBS) Aman Sehrawat (IND) Rei Higuchi (JPN) Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ) Bekzat Almaz Uulu (KGZ) Roman Bravo Young (MEX) Vladimir Egorov (MKD) Darian Cruz (PUR) Stevan Micic (SRB) Spencer Lee (USA) Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB) 65kg Shamil Mamedov (AIN) Islam Dudaev (ALB) Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) Georgii Okorokov (AUS) Haji Aliyev (AZE) Alejandro Valdes Tobier (CUB) Goderdzi Dzebisashvili (GEO) Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) Rahman Amouzad (IRI) Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN) Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) Austin Gomez (MEX) Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL) Sebastian Rivera (PUR) Gaku Akazawa (SAM) Zain Retherford (USA) 74kg Chermen Valiev (ALB) Turan Bayramov (AZE) Feng Lu (CHN) Geandry Garzon Caballero (CUB) Amr Hussen (EGY) Iman Mahdavi (EOR) Bacar Ndum (GBS) Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) Yones Emami (IRI) Frank Chamizo (ITA) Daichi Takatani (JPN) Ali Arsalan (SRB) Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK) Viktor Rassadin (TJK) Kyle Dake (USA) Razambek Jamalov (UZB) Anthony Montero Chirinos (VEN) 86kg Fateh Benferdjallah (ALG) Jayden Lawrence (AUS) Osman Nurmagomedov (AZE) Magomed Ramazanov (BUL) Alexander Moore (CAN) Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) Dauren Kurugliev (GRE) Hassan Yazdani (IRI) Hayato Ishiguro (JPN) Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) Bat Erdene Byambasuren (MGL) Ethan Ramos (PUR) Myles Amine (SMR) Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) Aaaron Brooks (USA) Javrail Shapiev (UZB) 97kg Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) Awusayiman Habila (CHN) Arturo Silot Torres (CUB) Luis Perez Sosa (DOM) Mostafa Elders (EGY) Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) Erik Thiele (GER) Amirali Azarpira (IRI) Alisher Yergali (KAZ) Radu Lefter (MDA) Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) Nicolaas De Lange (RSA) Ibrahim Ciftci (TUR) Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR) Kyle Snyder (USA) 125kg Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE) Amarveer Dhesi (CAN) Zhiwei Deng (CHN) Diaaeldin Abdelmottaleb (EGY) Geno Petriashvili (GEO) Daniel Ligeti (HUN) Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ) Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ) Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur (MGL) Ashton Mutuwa (NGR) Robert Baran (POL) Jonovan Smith (PUR) Taha Akgul (TUR) Yurii Idzinskyi (UKR) Mason Parris (USA)

The Oklahoma State recruiting moment continues to roll! This morning we wrote about how the Cowboys got a commitment from Landon Robideau (St. Michael-Albertville, MN), the #20 overall recruit in the Class of 2025. Robideau flipped his commitment from his home team - the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Now, Oklahoma State has another big verbal. Today, #27 Ronnie Ramirez (Walnut, CA) verballed to David Taylor’s team, as well. Ramirez was the second-highest available uncommitted recruit from the Class of 2025. Ramirez earned his high ranking after winning a loaded 120 lb weight class earlier this year at the CIF State Tournament. It was a second straight state championship for Ramirez, who won the 113 lb bracket in 2023. Ramirez is now a three-time state finalist heading into his senior year. During the regular season, Ramirez claimed a title at the Doc Buchanan Invitational. It was his second time in the top-eight at the tournament. He was sixth in 2022. Before the 2023-24 season, Ramirez was third at the Super 32. With Ramirez’s commitment, Oklahoma State now has verbals from four of the top-27 recruits from the Class of 2025 and eight Big Boarders overall. 10 rising seniors have already committed to the Cowboys. Ramirez projects at the next level as a 125 or 133 lber. Oklahoma State has a returning Big 12 runner-up and NCAA Round of 12 finisher, Troy Spratley, at 125 lbs and Spratley is headed into his sophomore year so there isn’t a huge need at the weight. There are plenty of options available at 133 lbs. Ramirez’s commitment gives the Cowboys high-profile recruits from California in back-to-back years as Oklahoma State inked #2 overall Cody Merrill in the Class of 2024. For Oklahoma State’s current Class of 2025: Click Here

Fargo aka 16U and Junior Nationals is upon us. The largest wrestling tournament in the world is set to kick off on Saturday with the women’s freestyle portion of the tournament. Last year’s version of Fargo included over 7,000 participants! To get ready for Fargo, we’re looking at the tournament from a collegiate perspective. A recruiting perspective. Over the next few days, we’ll go conference-by-conference to look at recruits from each school who have signed up for the tournament. We’re starting with the ACC, a conference that has grown over the offseason. Conference realignment has brought Stanford to the Atlantic Coast Conference! While it doesn’t make sense on paper, Stanford is a team that’s signed the #2 overall recruiting class in 2024 and has some good ones in the pipeline for 2025, so they are welcomed with open arms. Three other ACC teams had top-12 recruiting classes with North Carolina (#8), Virginia Tech (#10), and NC State (#12). Both North Carolina and Virginia Tech have a handful of recruits from those classes to observe in the FargoDome. Recruits have been grouped by team. They are listed alphabetically alongside the weight listed in USA Wrestling’s registration, the state they are representing and their graduating class. The # next to a wrestler’s name denotes their MatScout Big Board ranking in their respective class. We’ve sorted through six or seven thousand entries to bring you these previews, so there could be a recruit or two that slipped through the cracks. If that’s the case, please let me know. Earl@matscouts.com Additionally, no preview or historical analysis for anything Fargo-related could be done without some assistance from Jason Bryant’s massive Fargo Guide. There’s still time to get yours, it's a great reference for any wrestling junkie! NC State 150 lbs: #67 Will Denny (Illinois) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #185 Jason Kwaak (New York) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #55 Brogan Tucker (Ohio) - Class of 2025 144 lbs: #19 Daniel Zepeda (California) - Class of 2025 The Wolfpack have their Class of 2025 on display. One of their recruits, Daniel Zepeda, made the Junior freestyle finals before his junior year of high school. A year later, can he move up to the top step? Of the three remaining recruits, Jason Kwaak is the only other one that has placed in Fargo before. Last year, he was sixth in 16U freestyle. North Carolina 132 lbs: #5 Matthew Botello (Massachusetts) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: #172 Mikey Calcagno (Illinois) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: #136 Israel Ibarra (Arizona) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #65 Jacob Levy (Georgia) - Class of 2025 138 lbs: #155 Elias Navida (California) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: #97 Beau Priest (California) - Class of 2025 144 lbs: Braden Priest (California) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: #52 Laird Root (California) - Class of 2024 165 lbs: #124 Luke Sipes (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 150 lbs: #177 Mitchell Younger (Ohio) - Class of 2025 North Carolina had a massive Class of 2024, one that ranked eighth in the nation. They’re well on their way towards another top-ten class - one with a huge amount of commits, as well. This group contains two Junior freestyle All-Americans from 2024 (Botello and Root). Heavyweight recruit Jacob Levy was a U16 freestyle champion last year - we’ll see how he handles moving up the Junior division. After those three, there are three others that have made it onto the Fargo podium at least once. Elias Navida has shown a propensity for Greco-Roman as he’s made the finals in both age groups and was fourth in 16U freestyle in 2022. Israel Ibarra and Beau Priest both are past 16U freestyle AA’s. Pittsburgh 165 lbs: Tristan Steldt (Wisconsin) - Class of 2025 The Panthers typically get a ton of talent from in-state and across the border in Ohio. Of late, they’ve been recruiting well in New Jersey. Local fans are probably not familiar with Tristan Steldt of Wisconsin, so they’ll have a new face to follow and get acquainted with. Steldt brings a different element to Pitt as he was a 16U Greco national champion in 2022. He’ll compete in both styles this year. Stanford 120 lbs: #168 Adam Mattin (Ohio) - Class of 2025 215 lbs: #29 Angelo Posada (California) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #127 Edwin Sierra (California) - Class of 2025 That’s right, Stanford is now in the ACC; geography be damned! Fans of the conference have some new faces to scout. Angelo Posado was an eighth-place finisher last year at 170 lbs. He continues to move up significantly in weight and will be at 215 lbs next week. Can he handle the higher weight class? Edwin Sierra placed in both styles in the 16U division back in 2022. Adam Mattin hasn’t placed in Fargo before; however, almost ten years ago, his older brother Drew made the Junior freestyle finals. Virginia Tech 175 lbs: #14 Ryan Burton (New Jersey) - Class of 2025 285 lbs: #83 Parker Ferrell (Virginia) - Class of 2024 138 lbs: #42 Drew Gorman (Georgia) - Class of 2025 144 lbs: #89 Noah Nininger (Virginia) - Class of 2025 126 lbs: #12 Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania) - Class of 2025 106 lbs: Caden Smith (Virginia) - Class of 2024 157 lbs: #28 Claudio Torres (Florida) - Class of 2025 157 lbs: Ben Weader (Virginia) - Class of 2025 Virginia Tech has a large contingent headed to Fargo. Ryan Burton, Aaron Seidel, Caden Smith, and Claudio Torres were all Junior freestyle All-Americans last year. Seidel was the highest placing of the bunch, as he made the finals. One wrestle I’m eagerly watching is Parker Ferrell, fifth at Junior freestyle in 2022. Farrell has missed significant time in his high school career due to injuries. This should be a good barometer of where he’s at heading into Blacksburg. Interestingly enough, all eight of these wrestlers have made the Fargo podium at least once during their high school careers - in one style or age group or another. Surprisingly, the most decorated is Caden Smith (4 AA’s) who has done his damage at the lowest Junior weights.

The top prospect in the high school Class of 2026, Bo Bassett, has vowed to keep fans abreast of his recruiting with daily Wednesday updates. Well, today is Wednesday and true to his word, Bassett has posted an updated graphic which has eliminated a handful of schools from consideration. Earlier this year, Bassett posted a graphic that contained the logos of approximately 80 schools, most of the DI variety, but some DII’s as well, to signify that he’s totally open in the recruiting process. After a few weeks of removing schools from the list, he’s down to 52. The following schools were removed from this week’s graphic: CSU Bakersfield, George Mason, Hofstra, Northwestern, Rider, UW Parkside, West Liberty The following schools remain on Bassett’s graphic and therefore in contention for his services: Air Force, American, Arizona State, Army West Point, Brown, Bucknell, California Baptist, Cal Poly, Campbell, Clarion, Columbia, Cornell, Edinboro, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Lehigh, Little Rock, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Millersville, Minnesota, Missouri, Navy, NC State, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn, Penn State, Pitt-Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Purdue, Rutgers, South Dakota State, Stanford, The Citadel, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. The following schools were removed from last week’s graphic: Appalachian State, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Drexel, Kent State, Ohio, and St. Cloud State The following schools were removed from the graphic from 6/26: Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Northern Illinois, Sacred Heart, SIU Edwardsville As you would expect, most traditional DI power programs are still in the hunt for the two-time Super 32 and Ironman champion. Bassett is currently training for the U20 Pan-American Championships and the U20 World Championships. He posted the latest update from Lima, Peru, as the U20 Pan-American tournament takes place July 11th-13th and the U20 World Championships are September 2nd-8th in Pontevedra, Spain. In 2021, Bassett captured gold medals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the U17 Pan-American Championships. That same year, at the U17 World Championships, Bassett claimed a gold medal in freestyle and was 12th in Greco. He’ll compete this year just in freestyle.

Last night, Landon Robideau (St. Michael-Albertville, Minnesota) the #20 overall recruit in the Class of 2025 posted a graphic on social media indicating that he committed to wrestling at Oklahoma State University. Robideau had previously given a verbal commitment to stay in-state and wrestle for Minnesota. Robideau was the very first wrestler from the Class of 2025 to make a college commitment, as he did so in October of 2022. Robideau will head into his senior year of high school a three-time Minnesota state champion and a five-time state finalist - Minnesota allows middle schoolers to compete at the high school level if they’re able to do so. Nationally, Robideau has taken third and fifth place at the UWW U17 Trials. He’s placed twice at the Super 32 - seventh in 2022 and he was a finalist in 2023. Next week, Robideau will attempt to add to his accomplishments in Fargo. He comes into the tournament as a three-time placer in freestyle - twice at the 16U level and once as a Junior. Robideau was third in Junior freestyle and made the 16U finals twice. Robideau will be in action in Fargo at 150 lbs. Robideau’s flip makes him the second prominent wrestler from the Class of 2025 who has flipped commitments since David Taylor was hired in early-May. Just over a month ago, #16 Kody Routledge (Edmond North, Oklahoma) switched his commitment from Nebraska to Oklahoma State. With Robideau and Routledge in the fold, alongside #2 Ladarion Lockett (Stillwater, OK), Oklahoma State has verbals from three of the top-20 prospects in the Class of 2025. They also have commitments from seven members of the 2025 Big Board. Robideau projects in the 149/157 lb range which doesn’t necessarily appear to be a desperate need for the Cowboys. However, as they are trying to reload and get into NCAA team trophy and team title contention, they will stockpile as much talent as possible and let the wrestlers sort it out. The Cowboys already have a bit of a Minnesota connection in the room. NCAA qualifiers Troy Spratley (125) and Tagen Jamison (141) spent a year at Minnesota before transferring.

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