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    Junior Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals Preview

    The world’s largest wrestling meet will take place next week in Fargo, North Dakota. This event will feature over 2000 entries in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling amongst the Cadet and Junior age divisions. The event will also feature the Junior Women’s freestyle division. The host for the event will be North Dakota State University and wrestling will take place in the Fargodome. Wrestling will take place on 24 mats laid across the dome’s indoor football field. Good luck to all of the Indiana wrestlers participating.

     

    Indiana Participants

    Adam Boles Both 105 Tri-West
    Scott Fozo Freestyle 112 Mishawaka
    Logan Ables Both 119 Carroll(Fort Wayne)
    Brenden Campbell Freestyle 119 New Castle
    Patrick Parham Freestyle 119 Carmel
    Brandon Nelson Freestyle 125 Lawrence North
    Travis Barroquillo Both 130 Prairie Heights
    Tyler Chapple Both 130 Penn
    Alex Griesemer Both 130 Princeton
    Jordan Johnson Freestyle 135 Lawrence North
    Derek Lunsford Both 135 Pike Central
    Jason Tsirtsis Freestyle 135 Crown Point
    Kalob Heald Freestyle 140 Cascade
    Connor Mullins Freestyle 140 New Castle
    Sam Horrocks Freestyle 145 Bloomington South
    Drake Meska Both 145 Yorktown
    Cameryn Brady Both 152 Lowell
    Michael Hummer Both 152 Penn
    Kirk Johnson Both 152 Perry Meridian
    Reece Lefever Both 152 Carroll(Fort Wayne)
    Derek Harz Both 160 Perry Meridian
    Sean Mappes Both 160 Center Grove
    Caleb Smith Greco 160 Princeton
    Mitchell Judkins Both 171 Speedway
    Connor LeFever Both 171 Carroll(Fort Wayne)
    Logan Cooper Both 189 Perry Meridian
    Drake Stein Both 189 Princeton
    Alex Corbin Greco 215 Carmel
    Jeremy Haskett Freestyle 215 Lawrence North
    Jeffrey Mofield Freestyle 215 New Castle
    Mark Collett Both 285 Jennings County
    Adam Decker Both 285 Beech Grove
    Garett Strychalski Both 285 Penn

    Wrestlers to Watch

     

    Brendan Campbell will be moving up to the Junior division after placing 8th as a Cadet last year.  Already this summer he went 6-2 at the Junior Duals in freestyle.   Campbell finished 3rd during the IHSAA season.

     

    Brandon Nelsen(notice the correct spelling Coach Weimer) is making a return trip to Fargo where he placed 4th two years ago.  This season Nelsen won a state championship and is looking to close out his prep career wrestling on the stage in the Fargodome.

     

    The pride of Wolcottville, Travis Barroquillo, will be making his second trip to Fargo.  He is a two time state qualifier, placing 7th this season.  He also finished 5th at USAW Folkstyle Nationals this spring.

     

    Jason Tsirtsis’ resume keeps getting longer and longer each week.  Already a two-time state champion, he also has two FILA Cadet freestyle titles.  The one title that has so far eluded him though, is a prestigious Fargo title.  In 2008 he placed 4th and last season he lost in the finals.  He placed 4th at FILA Juniors this spring beating a couple current college wrestlers along the way.

     

    Kirk Johson, Cameryn Brady and Conner Mullins will all look to make an impact on the national scene after having great IHSAA seasons.

     

    Sean Mappes placed 7th last year in Greco-Roman and will look to duplicate that feat this year.  Mappes had a great showing at the Central Regionals, only losing to Iowa stud Justin Koethe.  Mappes also was one match from placing in both styles at FILA Cadet Nationals.

     

    Caleb Smith will be taking his skills to the mat in Greco once again.  He was one match from placing last year and is coming off a silver medal in the Pan Am Junior Games just last week.

     

    Another Princeton wrestler, state champion Drake Stein, will be heading to Fargo for the third straight year.  Stein placed 8th two years ago in Greco as a Cadet and is coming off a great IHSAA season.  Stein went 5-1 at the Junior Duals in Greco-Roman.

     

    Mark Collett is another former Greco All-American looking to come back from Fargo with hardware once again.

     

    Everyone’s favorite curly haired twins, Reece and Conner Lefever, will also be gracing the mats in Fargo.  Conner placed 8th during the IHSAA season and placed 7th at USAW Folkstyle Nationals, while Reece was a state qualifier during the IHSAA season and one match from placing at USAW Folkstyle Nationals.

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