2025 NAIA Nationals Qualifiers from Indiana

Johnny Cruz - Bluffton - Indiana Tech - 285

Detailed schedule is here: https://www.naia.org/sports/mwrest/2024-25/Releases/Schedule

Today and tomorrow are on Flo.

Finals on Saturday night at 7pm CT/8pm ET are free on NAIANetwork.com (not ESPN+ like in the past)

Seeded Vargo, Hughes, Boyd, Rioux, Chacon through to the 2nd round so far by victory or bye.

Unseeded Bertsch and Bailey fall in the round of 32. 

First round summary:

16 were seeded plus 12 unseeded. All matches were seeded vs. unseeded.

Advancers (win or bye):

Vargo, Hughes, Boyd, Rioux, Chacon, Kervin (all were seeded)

Losers:

Bertsch, Bailey, Pierson, Rodgers, Dunasky, Calhoun, Ross, Fulks, Guenin, Erb, Cruz (all were unseeded except Rodgers, Calhoun, Cruz)

Session 1 now finished:

Eliminated:

Bertsch, Bailey, Pierson, Dunasky, Fulks, Guenin

Alive in wrestlebacks:

Rodgers, Calhoun, Ross, Erb, Cruz

Round of 16:

Vargo, Hughes, Boyd, Rioux, Chacon, Kervin

After Session 2 last night:

Headed to quarterfinals:

Hughes, Rioux, Chacon, Kervin

Alive in wrestle backs (2 wins from AA):

Vargo, Boyd, Rodgers, Calhoun, Cruz

Eliminated last night:

Ross, Erb

Again, it was 28-man brackets.

All 9 guys from Indiana with a Top 16 seed are alive.

All 10 that weren't seeded have been eliminated.

All but Vargo in the wrestle backs are seeded higher than their upcoming opponent.

All but #1 Kervin are seeded lower than their opponents in the quarterfinals matches.

Indiana Tech are in 9th. Marian are 30th.

Session 3 wrapped up this morning/afternoon. Here are tonight's Session 4 matches:

Semifinals:

#1 Kervin (vs. #5)

Blood round:

#8 Hughes vs. #14 Vargo (head-to-head)

#7 Rioux (vs. #12)

#6 Chacon (vs. #2)

#5 Rodgers (vs. #9)

#6 Cruz (vs. #7)

Thanks for the updates maligned.  Was hoping to catch Session 4 tonight, but doesn’t look like it’s being broadcast on the NAIA website.  At least we have tomorrow. 

Great job everyone #skythelimit 

Hughes, Rioux, Chacon all AA and won another match to reach at least top 6.

Jonathan Kervin will wrestle for the title tonight

(finals are free on the NAIA Network)

By the way...this would be Kervin's 2nd title.

He'll wrestle the #3 seed from NAIA juggernaut, Grandvew, who have won 12 of the last 13 team titles.

Kervin ends up runner-up. Chacon was 3rd, Hughes 4th, Rioux 5th.

By the way, Indiana Tech ends up 5th in the team standings with those Kervin, Chacon & Rioux performances, plus a repeat AA performance from their 125, Calderon.

Marian were 25th with only Hughes on the medal stand.