Cadets Place 9th in Freestyle

Lead by Cody LeCount's second place performance, Indiana finished 9th in the team standings in Cadet Freetyle wrestling.  LeCount made the finals, but fell short to Cali phenom Aaron Pico.  In the morning session LeCount defeated Pennsylvania's Josh Maruca in three periods to advance to the finals.  Stevan Micic came up short in his bid to repeat as national champion dropping his pool bout to another California stud in Zahid Valencia.  He came back strong in his third place match and defeated Coy Ozias from Virginia in straight periods.  Brandon James improved on his 8th place performance from last year and finished 6th at the 120lbs weight class.

Earning his third USAW All-American plaque of 2012 was Jeffersonville's Gavan Jolley-Little.  He finished 4th in a very tough heavyweight class.  Another big guy who had a stellar tournament and also finished with three USAW All-American plaques was Franklin's Conner Tolley.  He had a big pin in a close bout to take home 5th place.  His spring has included a runner-up finish at Folkstyle Nationals, 4th at FILA Cadets in freestyle and Greco, a runner-up finish in Cadet Greco and a 5th place finish in Cadet Freestyle.  Jose Champagne finished in 8th place in the 132lbs weight class.  The incoming Lowell Red Devil and one of the top incoming freshmen in the nation had a great tournament in one of the toughest weight classes. Last but not least Merrillville state placer Robert Steveson placed 3rd at 170lbs. Steveson bounced back after a pool loss to take a three period match from Angus Arthur of Michigan.

Cadet-113 - Stevan Micic's place is 3rd.

Match #1 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over BJ Hayes (Alabama) TF 6-0,8-0

Match #2 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Joey Bloom (Illinois) TF 6-0,6-0

Match #3 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Dalton Rice (Utah) TF 9-0,6-0

Match #4 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Cole Martin (Wisconsin) TF 7-0,6-0

Match #5 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Anthony Cefolo (New Jersey) TF 7-0,6-0

Match #6 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Logan Griffin (Michigan) Dec 4-1,7-0

Match #7 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Garrett Hancock (Ohio) Dec 3-2,1-0

Match #8 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Michael Cullen (Illinois) Dec 4-0,2-0

Match #9 Stevan Micic (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #10 Zahid Valencia (California) over Stevan Micic (Indiana) Dec 4-2,1-0

Match #11 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Michael Cullen (Illinois) Dec 4-0,2-0

Match #12 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Coy Ozias (Virginia) Dec 1-0,1-0

Cadet-120 - Brandon James's place is 6th.

Match #1 Brandon James (Indiana) over Cody McDonald (Kansas) TF 7-0,6-0

Match #2 Brandon James (Indiana) over Jonathan Melton (Missouri) TF 6-0,7-0

Match #3 Brandon James (Indiana) over Zachary Dean (Georgia) TF 6-0,6-0

Match #4 Brandon James (Indiana) over Aaron Grigsby (Arkansas) Fall 7-0,1:07

Match #5 Brandon James (Indiana) over Matthew Floresca (Washington) Dec 7-0,4-0

Match #6 Brandon James (Indiana) over Max Thomsen (Iowa) Dec 7-4,2-0

Match #7 Brandon James (Indiana) over Jarred Ganger (Ohio) Fall 0:48

Match #8 Johnny Jimenez (Illinois) over Brandon James (Indiana) Dec 0-2,4-1,2-2

Match #9 Joe Smith (Oklahoma) over Brandon James (Indiana) Dec 7-1,4-3

Match #10 Brandon James (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #11 Johnny Jimenez (Illinois) over Brandon James (Indiana) Dec 0-2,4-1,2-2

Match #12 Mike Kemerer (Pennsylvania) over Brandon James (Indiana) Dec 5-2,2-2,2-1

Cadet-132 - Jose Champagne's place is 8th.

Match #1 Jose Champagne (Indiana) over Robert DuPont (Virginia) Dec 6-0,5-5,4-2

Match #2 Jose Champagne (Indiana) over Jordan Biehn (Minnesota) Fall 6-0,1:09

Match #3 Jose Champagne (Indiana) over Kasey Klapprodt (South Dakota) TF 7-0,7-0

Match #4 Jose Champagne (Indiana) over Jarvis Sanders (Illinois) Fall 1:43

Match #5 Darius Wright (Wisconsin) over Jose Champagne (Indiana) Dec 1-3,4-4,7-3

Match #6 Jose Champagne (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #7 Tyler Berger (Oregon) over Jose Champagne (Indiana) Fall 2-4,1:51

Match #8 Michael Olsen (Kansas) over Jose Champagne (Indiana) TF 2-6,8-0,6-0

Cadet-132 - Cody LeCount's place is 2nd.

Match #1 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Preston Flaherty (Minnesota) Fall 1:02

Match #2 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Troy Vandall (Arizona) TF 7-0,6-0

Match #3 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Dakota Wall (Idaho) TF 7-0,7-0

Match #4 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Matthew Miller (Michigan) Dec 3-3,5-2

Match #5 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Sam Ward (New York) TF 6-0,9-3

Match #6 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Nick Reenan (Texas) Dec 4-4,6-3

Match #7 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Michael Olsen (Kansas) Dec 0-7,1-0,2-0

Match #8 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Josh Maruca (Pennsylvania) Dec 4-1,0-1,7-1

Match #9 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Nick Reenan (Texas) Dec 4-4,6-3

Match #10 Cody LeCount (Indiana) over Josh Maruca (Pennsylvania) Dec 1-4,1-0,1-7

Match #11 Cody LeCount (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #12 Aaron Pico (California) over Cody LeCount (Indiana) Dec 4-0,4-0

Cadet-170 - Robert Steveson's place is 3rd.

Match #1 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Jeremiah Imonode (Arizona) Dec 6-0,4-0

Match #2 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Dontae Mcgee (Florida) TF 7-0,6-0

Match #3 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Issac Florell (Minnesota) Dec 4-1,6-4

Match #4 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Jared Langley (Kansas) Dec 7-1,5-1

Match #5 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Chance Cooper (Missouri) Dec 6-4,5-3

Match #6 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Nathan Marek (Oklahoma) Dec 3-1,5-1

Match #7 Robert Steveson (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #8 Chandler Rogers (Washington) over Robert Steveson (Indiana) TF 6-0,8-1

Match #9 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Jared Langley (Kansas) Dec 7-1,5-1

Match #10 Robert Steveson (Indiana) over Angus Arthur (Michigan) Dec 1-4,3-2,7-0

Cadet-220 - Connor Tolley's place is 5th.

Match #1 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Dallas Campbell (Oklahoma) Fall 0:41

Match #2 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Dylan Otis (Pennsylvania) Dec 1-1,3-1,6-5

Match #3 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Tate Orndorff (Washington) Fall 6-3,1:14

Match #4 Dalton Campbell (Alabama) over Connor Tolley (Indiana) Dec 7-3,5-1

Match #5 Kyler Childers (Oklahoma) over Connor Tolley (Indiana) Dec 2-0,6-0

Match #6 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Kaleb Staack (Iowa) Fall 1:38

Cadet-285 - Gavan Jolley - Little's place is 4th.

Match #1 Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) over Dane Drimmer (Colorado) Dec 4-0,1-0

Match #2 Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) over Jake Stinson (Oklahoma) Dec 3-0,1-1

Match #3 Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) over Austin Buttry (Pennsylvania) Fall 1-5,6-0,1:25

Match #4 Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #5 Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) over Jake Marnin (Iowa) Dec 2-0,1-0

Match #6 Nicky Allegretti (Illinois) over Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) Dec 6-0,3-0

Match #7 Tanner Farmer (Illinois) over Gavan Jolley - Little (Indiana) TF 7-0,0-5,8-0