Miracle Takes Junior Title While Johnson and Mappes Take 7th

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Kayla Miracle came away with her second piece of hardware from this week, but this time it was the gold medal.  Miracle defeated Steffanie Hampton of Michigan for the second time this week to earn her first Junior National title.  On the day Miracle won all four of her matches two by decision, along with a pin and tech fall.  Gibby Paxton went 2-2 on the day losing to the eventual champion in the fourth round.

In the Junior Greco-Roman championship both Kirk Johnson and Sean Mappes were 1-1 on the day.  Both lost their opening bouts, but were pulled through due to points to previous victories.  Johnson defeated California state champion Isaiah Martinez in the 7th place bout 2-0,6-0.  Mappes defeated Jason Grimes of Georgia 4-0,0-1,1-0 in his bout.  Both Mappes and Johnson are now two-time Greco-Roman All-Americans and will take their skills to Tennessee-Chattanooga and Cumberland University respectively next year.

Junior Women's Freestyle

Junior WM-97 - Brooke Bunch's place is unknown.

Match #1 Amy Hou (Georgia) over Brooke Bunch (Indiana) TF 6-0,8-1

Match #2 Vanessa Smith (Texas) over Brooke Bunch (Indiana) Dec 6-0,5-0

Junior WM-105 - Gibby Paxton's place is unknown.

Match #1 Danielle Coughlin (Massachusetts) over Gibby Paxton (Indiana) Dec 3-4,5-0,1-0

Match #2 Gibby Paxton (Indiana) over Gabriela Garcia (California) Fall 0:25

Match #3 Gibby Paxton (Indiana) over Kaylee Chevez (California) Fall 2-0,1:06

Match #4 Cody Pfau (Colorado) over Gibby Paxton (Indiana) Dec 2-0,6-4

Junior WM-105 - Lindsey Prozanski's place is unknown.

Match #1 Lindsey Prozanski (Indiana) over Daisy Santos (Florida) Fall 3-3,3-5,1:15

Match #2 Kayla Walker (California) over Lindsey Prozanski (Indiana) TF 6-0,7-1

Match #3 Patrica Martin (Michigan) over Lindsey Prozanski (Indiana) Dec 3-0,4-2

Junior WM-117 - Courtney Gray's place is unknown.

Match #1 Bree Rapoza (Hawaii) over Courtney Gray (Indiana) Fall 0:20

Match #2 Courtney Gray (Indiana) over Hailey Huerta (Washington) Fall 0:37

Match #3 Shelby Morrison (Texas) over Courtney Gray (Indiana) Fall 1:42

Junior WM-121 - Kayla Miracle's place is 1st.

Match #1 Kayla Miracle (Indiana) over Maya Nelson (Colorado) Dec 4-1,7-0

Match #2 Kayla Miracle (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #3 Kayla Miracle (Indiana) over Isabella Fernandez (California) Fall 0:48

Match #4 Kayla Miracle (Indiana) over Jessika Rottier (Wisconsin) TF 6-0,7-0

Match #5 Kayla Miracle (Indiana) over Steffanie Hampton (Michigan) Dec 4-0,8-2

Junior Greco-Roman

Junior-160 - Kirk Johnson's place is 7th.

Match #1 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) received a bye.

Match #2 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Payton Vermeesch (Arizona) Fall 2-1,1:24

Match #3 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Chris Lattner (Missouri) Dec 3-2,4-0

Match #4 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Alex Gowers (Virginia) Dec 4-2,4-0

Match #5 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Jordon Rothers (Minnesota) Fall 0-1,1-0,1:59

Match #6 Matt Gray (Wisconsin) over Kirk Johnson (Indiana) Dec 3-0,0-0,1-1

Match #7 Connor Sutton (New York) over Kirk Johnson (Indiana) Dec 2-0,5-0

Match #8 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Isaiah Martinez (California) Dec 2-0,6-0

Junior-170 - Sean Mappes's place is 7th.

Match #1 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Justin Mann (Missouri) Fall 6-0,1:20

Match #2 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Joey Krulock (Pennsylvania) Dec 0-1,2-0,1-0

Match #3 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Jacob Stilling (Wisconsin) TF 5-0,6-0

Match #4 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Mason Bender (South Dakota) TF 7-0,11-0

Match #5 Matt Reed (Kansas) over Sean Mappes (Indiana) Dec 1-0,2-0

Match #6 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Austin Dewey (Idaho) Fall 1:31

Match #7 Richard Robertson (Illinois) over Sean Mappes (Indiana) Dec 0-1,1-1,1-0

Match #8 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Jason Grimes (Georgia) Dec 4-0,0-1,1-0