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2274SIAC Preview: "Fun Year" in Store for SIAC Wrestling Fans
By John Johnson
"There are a lot of good teams in the SIAC this year," proclaimed Central's Head Coach, Mike Lapadat. "There are also very good individuals. It should be a fun year."
"Mater Dei is obviously the favorite, but every team has at least one or two kids that can go a long way," concurred Harrison's Mark Mastison.
"A lot of weight classes are wide-open," agreed North's DG Asay. "The league is very competitive."
Mater Dei returns nine starters to its lineup. Three of them, sophomores Nick Lee and Will Egli along with senior Alex Johnson, possess a medal from the 2014 state meet. The trio is complemented by state qualifiers Ashton Forzley and Blake Jourdan. Freshman Joe Lee enters the season ranked fifth while senior Sam Bassemier and junior Seth Orth are both ranked twelfth.
The Wildcats are the top-ranked team in Indiana and ranked 30th in the United States. The football team's playoff run has created a challenge for coach Greg Schaefer.
"We don't yet have a full room," said Schaefer. "But, practices are good and the guys are working hard."
The bottom half of Mater Dei's lineup will have a short turn around, once the football season ends. The Wildcats travel to Peoria, Illinois on December 6 to face Oak Park River Forest (Second, nationally) and Marist (28th, nationally).
"The opportunity came up to wrestle them and it was hard to pass up," said Schaefer. "It's a great chance to learn where you are."
The Wildcats will host the 31st edition of the Holiday Classic, followed by the Team State Duals and a trip to St. Louis for the "Gateway to the Best" before the post-season begins.
Castle returns significant talent to Bob Harmon's club as four semi state qualifiers--seniors, Patrick Schnell, Turner Lockyear and Evan Dowell along with junior Austin Ramsey--anchor the roster. Seniors Jake Lamar and Blake Jeffress will also help the Knights' cause.
"It's still early," said Harmon, in his 31st season as Castle's skipper. "We have not yet had a wrestle-off. I'm looking for my seniors to step up and do a good job. We also have a number of good freshmen on the team. It will be interesting for them to step on the mat and see what they can do."
Castle competes in the Bloomington North Invitational on December 20 and the Mooresville Holiday Tournament the following weekend.
"The Bloomington tournament is really good," said Harmon. "Mooresville has upgraded their tournament and added some very good teams. We will have a better idea of where we are after it."
Memorial returns 14 lettermen to Larry Mattingly's 2014 Castle sectional championship team. Mattingly, in his 28th season with the Tigers, has solid leadership from his upper classmen.
"Chance Williams and Noah Huelsing were selected as the captains," said Mattingly. "Williams and Huelsing both advanced to the semi state. Additionally, we have seniors Johny Wargel, Will Page, Marcus Gahagen and Henri Garcia. (Junior) Chris Voegel will also be in the mix."
Can Memorial repeat as the sectional champions?
"We graduated five really good kids from last year; there are definitely holes to fill. We also have a lot of guys in the middle weights," commented Mattingly. "I have told the kids that our lineup will probably not be the same at the end of the year as it is now.
Memorial will get a stiff early-season test at the 16-team Westfield Duals in Indianapolis, followed by the Mater Dei Holiday Classic and the IHSWCA State Duals.
Central will be led by 2x state qualifier, senior Isaiah Kemper. A 160-pounder, Kemper is currently ranked second.
"Kemper is healthy," said Mike Lapadat, now in his fifth year at the helm of Central. "He should be in the mix."
The Bears' line-up will be bolstered by the eighth-ranked, 126-pound sophomore, Connor Willis. Nine additional lettermen, including seniors Hunter McCormick, Caleb Hart, Kameron Edmonds, James Libby and Gabe Patterson, are also expected to be impact players for Lapadat. Freshman Carson Willis enters his freshman year ranked 16th.
"We are in the Mooresville Holiday Tournament," said Lapadat. "Yorktown, Indianapolis Cathedral, Castle and other top teams will be there. It will be a good test for us."
Reitz's Tyler Ferguson tops the marquee on The Hill. Rolling up 110 wins against three losses in the past two seasons, Ferguson is eager to improve over his 2014 fifth-place showing at the state championship. Ferguson enters the season ranked fourth.
Coach Scott Ferguson will look for leadership from seniors Chris Tuck, Kelsey Smith, Trent Owens, AJ Dixon and Adam Auten.
In his 14th season at the controls, Ferguson has a very busy December planned for his Panthers.
"We host the Hill Classic on December 6," said Ferguson. "The following weekend, we go to Zionsville, then, the Harrison 10-way. Over Christmas break, we are going to a new tournament, Woodford County (Kentucky). They have the Georgia state champions and some other good teams coming."
North's top returners, sophomore Dawson Matherly along with juniors Nick Burke and Josh Elpers, will provide the Huskies a one, two, three punch at 113, 120 and 126 pounds.
"I expect them to compete very well," said DG Asay, in his fifth year at North.
Although Asay graduated five starters from last year's team, seniors Sam Dugan, Ty Winchell, Cody Smith, Buddy Waelde and Kory Hurt will step into the breach.
Asay anticipates that the Huskies will learn its character in the early-going.
"We get our 'defining moments' in the first two weeks of the season," chuckled Asay. "We wrestle Yorktown and New Palestine in the Turkey Classic. Right after that, we get Memorial and Mater Dei. All of them are top twenty teams."
Harrison's returning semi-state qualifier, junior LaTerrance Kyles, will begin the season at heavyweight, but plans to compete in the post season at 220 pounds. Kyles completed the 2013/14 campaign with a 56-10 record and begins this year ranked 11th.
Harrison's lone senior, Billy Procicina, had last year's season cut short by injury. He is expected to start at 145 pounds.
The Warriors graduated six starters, however Harrison has reloaded as twelve freshmen populate this year's roster.
"They come to every practice and are working hard," said Mark Mastison, in his seventh year at Harrison. "We should able to fill out our lineup. Our feeder program is going well; last year, we had four city champs and a folk style national champ."
Bosse returns seven letterman to a team dominated by youth; the Bulldogs have no seniors on the roster.
"We are very excited about this group," said Craig Shoobridge, who acts as the co-head coach along with Matt Happe. "It is a really good group of kids. They are in the room every day working hard."
The Bulldogs were the first SIAC team out of the gate, participating in the November 22 Wood Memorial Open.
"Nigel Buchanan and Raymond Garnett both went 3-0," said Shoobridge. "Nigel had a big win; he beat a kid that beat him twice last year."
Corey Schmitt, Christian Davis, Brandon Fark, Warrick Robinson and Jackson Nunning round out the returning starters.
2666Sabatello Wins Roadrunner Open
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FRESNO, Calif. - Eleven Purdue wrestlers placed at the Roadrunner Open, highlighted by a championship outing from Danny Sabatello (133) and a runner-up performance from Nick Lawrence (141), Sunday inside Selland Arena. The Boilermakers additionally earned a pair of third-place finishes, one fourth and three fifth- and sixth-place finishes. Together the 13 grapplers in action posted a 54-18 record at the event, while winning 25 of their 54 matches via bonus points (4 TF, 6 MD, 15 F).
After receiving a first-round bye, Sabatello went on an offensive tear by winning back-to-back bonus point matches. The redshirt junior began the day by building a 10-0 lead on Jack Hogan of Peninsula Grapplers before pinning him early in the second period (3:39). He then disposed of Appalachian State's Vito Pasone with a 13-3 major decision.
A first-period takedown and penalty point, combined with 1:07 of riding time gave Sabatello a 4-1 decision over Ian Nickell of Cal State Bakersfield to move into the finals for a battle against Joey Palmer. Sabatello shut his unattached opponent out, 6-0, behind takedowns in the first and third periods, an escape in the final period and racked up 2:51 of riding time. With a 4-0 mark on the day, the Long Grove, Ill., native pushed his season record to 7-1.
Like Sabatello, Lawrence went on an offensive tear in his first two matches at 141 pounds. The redshirt senior took down his first two opponents a dozen times in a 13-4 major decision of Peter Russo, who was wrestling unattached, and a 20-5 technical fall of Cal State Bakersfield's Adrian Panduro. Lawrence needed just 5:33 for the tech fall, his first since Feb. 2, 2013.
In the quarterfinals, Lawrence scored a 7-1 decision of Appalachian State's Mike Longo with a single takedown in each period and had an escape to start the second period. Even though Troy Heilmann of North Carolina held the riding time advantage (1:23), Lawrence defeated the Tar Heel 3-2 thanks to an early takedown and escape in the second. He went up against another North Carolina opponent in the title match, 14th-ranked Joey Ward, and suffered a 5-2 loss. Ward took the Boilermaker down twice and escaped in the second to win the match. With a 4-1 outing, Lawrence's season mark moved to 8-3.
Fellow redshirt senior Brandon Nelsen took third at 149 pounds while moving up the Purdue wrestling history charts. Nelsen pinned his first two opponents, Daniel Avalos of Fresno State Wrestling Club and San Francisco State's Dylan Furtado, in 2:25 and 3:27, respectively, to get into the semifinals. He then 7-2 decision to Stanford's Garrett Schaner, but fell to Illinois' Kyle Langenderfer, 8-4, in the semifinals.
He picked up where he left off in the consolation semifinals, taking just 90 seconds to stick AJ Fierro of Cal State Bakersfield. The third pin of the day lifted his career total to 28 and moved him in to the No. 6 spot in program history. Nelsen collided with teammate Alex Griffin in the third-place match, with a first-period takedown and an escape in the second serving as the deciding factor in a 3-1 decision for the veteran. The Indianapolis, Ind., native now owns a record of 9-2 with five of his nine victories coming by way of fall.
Pat Robinson captured third-place honors 165 pounds with an exclamation point, pinning Nick Kee of Appalachian State in 3:41. To get there, he first held off Justin Lozano of Peninsula Grapplers for a 10-8 decision and followed with a 5-3 win over Menlo's Eric Lopez.
Neither Robinson nor No. 14 Jim Wilson of Stanford scored in the first period of their semifinal matchup. Wilson got on the board with an escape to start the second period and Robinson struck with the takedown. Wilson eluded Robinson's hold and tied the bout at 2-2 with two minutes to go. Starting the third period from bottom, Robinson took a 3-2 edge with an escape, but it didn't hold as Wilson got the decisive takedown and the 4-3 win.
In the consolation semifinals, the redshirt senior edged North Carolina's Ethan Ramos, 9-7. Robinson holds a 5-1 record after his season-opening weekend in California.
Three other Purdue wrestlers registered multiple pins. The first of Chad Welch's two pins was a dramatic one as he upset No. 20 John Michael Staudenmayer of North Carolina with the horn sounding at the end of the first period. He pinned the Tar Heel again in 6:54 to place fifth at 174 pounds.
In the 184-pound wrestlebacks, Patrick Kissel stuck unattached wrestler Dylan Bollinger in 4:44 and followed with a 39-second fall of Appalachian State's Dominick Vetell. The 39-second pin is the fastest of the redshirt senior's career. Kissel (9-3) placed fifth.
Ninth-ranked Braden Atwood used 3:27 to pin Andrew Teats of Sierra (1:09) and Marcus Haughian of Grand Canyon (2:18). The two falls by the redshirt senior pushed his career total to 26 and now ranks ninth all-time in program history.
ROADRUNNER OPEN PLACEWINNERS 133 // Danny Sabatello // 1st 133 // Kyle Ayersman // 5th 141 // Nick Lawrence // 2nd 149 // Brandon Nelsen // 3rd 149 // Alex Griffin 4th 157 // Doug Welch // 6th 165 // Pat Robinson // 3rd 174 // Chad Welch // 5th 184 // Patrick Kissel // 5th 197 // Braden Atwood // 6th 285// Tyler Kral // 6th The Purdue wrestling team will host Indiana Tech and No. 17 Northern Iowa in its first home duals of the season inside Holloway Gymnasium on Nov. 23. Action starts at 1 p.m. ET with the Boilermakers taking on Indiana Tech, followed by Northern Iowa at 2:30 p.m. Northern Iowa and Indiana Tech will also dual at 4 p.m.
1564Purdue Corrals Mustangs in Ersland's Debut
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Powered behind four bonus point victories, the Purdue wrestling team corralled Cal Poly, 30-9, in its season opening and first-year head coach Tony Ersland's debut Friday in the Mott Athletics Center. The Boilermakers (1-0, 0-0 B1G) received bonus points at 133, 141, 149 and 197.
"There were a lot of good things, I really like that we took the fight to them to start," Ersland said. "I think we need to do a better job of closing out matches though. We showed that we can wrestle hard, but we need confidence to finish it."
The aggressive mindset that Ersland has instilled in the Boilermaker grapplers showed. Purdue registered 16 takedowns to the Mustangs' nine and combined for 18 back points while giving up none.
"Overall I was very happy with the tone of most of the matches; guys went out and scored points and put a lot of points on the board, we just need to make sure we finish matches," Ersland said. "I think tonight should be a big confidence booster for all of these guys; first time down to weight on a one-hour weigh-in, they competed hard and I am happy with the effort. I think we should make a big jump in confidence knowing that we can hold up, wrestle hard and take control of these situations."
Purdue took five of the first six weights from the Mustangs (0-3) to build a 23-3 lead. The Mustangs won the 125-pound match in sudden victory, but the Boilermakers took over from there. A forfeit from Cal Poly at 133 gave the Old Gold & Black six points, to which Nick Lawrence followed with six of his own. The redshirt senior, who was wrestling in his first dual since Feb. 23, 2013, built on an offensive clinic with five takedowns and had a two-point nearfall before sticking Connor Kim at the 3:56 mark to improve to 4-2.
Redshirt sophomore Alex Griffin (5-2) put on a show with a 17-0 technical fall of Jacob Leon. In 4:51, Griffin took the Mustang down twice, got a pair of five-counts for two three-point nearfalls and a trio of two-point nearfalls. He also escaped to start the second period. The team's leader in points scored pushed his early season total to 67 while winning his second match via technical fall.
"I liked Griffin's aggressiveness," Ersland said. "We know that he will go out and tilt and turn and he got to his positions. You saw how he took control of the match right away."
Wrestling in the first match of his final season, Braden Atwood showed why he is the nation's ninth-ranked 197-pounder with a 12-3 major decision of J.T. Goodwin. Atwood struck for an early takedown and went to work for back points, receiving a pair of two-point nearfalls. Starting the second period from bottom, he added an escape and Goodwin back down to the mat and rode him out for the red of the period. The Mustang opted to start the final period neutral, to which Atwood took advantage of by taking him down again. He accumulated 4:52 worth of riding time for his final point.
The Boilermakers also received decisions from Doug Welch (157), Pat Robinson (165) and Patrick Kissel (184). Welch used a second period escape and two-point nearfall, plus 1:49 of riding time to shut Colt Shorts out, 4-0. Robinson's takedowns in the first and third periods and an escape lifted him to a 5-3 decision of Travis Berridge in his first match of the season. Kissel improved to 4-1 with a 12-10 come-from-behind decision over Nick Feigener.
Purdue will be back in action at the Roadrunner Open hosted by Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday in Fresno, Calif. The tournament will get underway with preliminary matches at 1 p.m. ET. The finals and medal matches are set for a 9 p.m. ET start.
PURDUE 30, CAL POLY 9
125 // Yoshito Funakoshi (Cal Poly) dec. Aaron Assad (Purdue), 5-4 (SV1)
133 // Danny Sabatello (Purdue) won by forfeit
141 // Nick Lawrence (Purdue) pinned Connor Kim (Cal Poly), 3:57
149 // Alex Griffin (Purdue) tech fall Jacob Leon (Cal Poly), 17-0 (4:51)
157 // Doug Welch (Purdue) dec. Colt Shorts (Cal Poly), 4-0
165 // Pat Robinson (Purdue) dec. Travis Berridge (Cal Poly), 5-3
174 // Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) dec. Chad Welch (Purdue), 5-1
184 // Patrick Kissel (Purdue) dec. Nick Fiegener (Cal Poly), 12-10
197 // No. 9 Braden Atwood (Purdue) maj. dec. J.T. Goodwin (Cal Poly), 12-3
285 // Nick Johnson (Cal Poly) dec. Tyler Kral (Purdue), 7-4
2052UIndy places seven at Trine Invitational
Jackie Paquette, Asst. AD for Student Support & Sports Information
ANGOLA, Ind.- The Greyhound wrestling team opened its 2014-15 season Saturday at the Trine Invitational, with five UIndy grapplers earning runner-up finishes, and another two taking fourth place on the day.
Nick Crume (3-1) was the first Greyhound runner-up, taking second in the 133 bracket. The redshirt freshman opened his season with a 15-0 tech fall over Olivet's Dean Roberts, added a major decision in the quarterfinals and took an 8-3 decision in the semifinals. Crume stumbled in the bracket final, falling via pin to Indiana Tech's Mitch Pawlak.
True-freshman Angelo Robles (3-1) also took second, in the 141-pound bracket. The Decatur Central product earned a trio of decisions en route to the final match, where he fell to Muskegon's Zachary Cooper 12-2.
Barry McGinley (3-1) opened his day with a fall in 1:23 over Trine's Adam Boles, then took a pair of wins in the quarter and semifinals before falling to Jordan Victor of John Carroll by a score of 12-6 to take second in the 157 weight class.
Also taking second was sophomore Shelden Struble (3-1). After a first round bye, Struble opened the season with a 9-3 win over North Central's Matt Marcotte in round two. He then took a win in the quarterfinals, and pinned his John Carroll opponent in 2:13 to earn a berth in the championship match. The Bryan, Ohio native fell in a close 6-4 match to John Carroll's Tyler Hardtke.
Brian Snyder (3-1) earned three wins in his first three bouts, outscoring his opponents 18-5. He then fell to Trine's Mackenzie Green 4-0 in the final match to take his second-place finish at 285.
Mason Meling (3-2) and Brian Wagner (3-2) both took fourth place in the 141-pound and 197-pound weight classes, respectively.
The Greyhounds continue their season next Saturday, heading to St. Charles, Mo. for the Lindenwood Open.
2048Mackenzie Green Leads Thunder at Trine Invitational
ANGOLA, IND.-- Mack Green won the Heavyweight championship to lead Trine's performance in the Trine Invitational, held Saturday at the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Athletic Recreation Center.
Green (Buchanan, Mich./Buchanan) won all four of his matches handily to win his first tournament championship of the season. The All-American picked up a 4-0 decision to start the day, and followed with two pins to advance to the championship match. The senior won the championship over Brian Snyder of Division-II University of Indianapolis by 4-0 decision. Green has started the season strong, opening with a 10-1 record. Included among those victories are five pins.
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Michael Conner (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville), Cody Konieczki (Jackson, Mich./Michigan Center) and Jeffrey Helm (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) also saw some success on the mats. Conner advanced to the consolation semifinals of the 197-lb class before being eliminated. He finished with a 3-2 record on the day.
Konieczki also advanced to the consolation semifinals of his weight class. The sophomore picked up two wins, including a pin in the 149-lb division.
Helm also picked up a pair of wins for the Thunder, including one by pin. He concluded his day in the 141-lb class with a 2-2 record.
Trine placed 10th in the Invitational with 28.5 points. Complete team results are listed below.
Trine Invitational Results
1. John Carroll- 145
2. University of Indianapolis- 93.5
3. Muskegon Community College- 69.5
4. University of Chicago- 67
5. Indiana Tech- 64.5
6. North Central- 60.5
7. Baldwin-Wallace- 37
8. Manchester- 33.5
9. Olivet- 33
10. Trine- 28.5
1799Konner Chafin Highlights Spartan Performance at Trine
ANGOLA, IND. – Manchester University early-season mat successes continued at the Trine University Open Saturday, Nov. 15.
The Spartans ended their day inside TU's Hershey Hall with five individuals claiming three-or-more victories.
Freshman 141-pounder Konner Chafin (Elkhart, Ind.) headlined the quintet. In his second collegiate opportunity, he finished 4-1. Chafin reached the championship quarterfinals before the University of Indianapolis' Anthony Robles held him off 7-5 en route to a runner-up effort. Undaunted, the first-year Black and Gold grappler worked his way through the back side of the bracket with a pair of decisions and a fall to wind up third.
Chafin was followed closely by a group that consisted of freshman 133-pounder Chase Wilson (Peru, Ind.); junior 141-pounder Josh Juarez (South Bend, Ind.); sophomore 174-pounder Dylan Lauffer (Fairfield, Ohio); and freshman 174-pounder Tristan Wilson (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Each member of the quartet turned in three wins.
The Spartans break from competition until Saturday, Dec. 6, when they host the Indiana Little States Championships.
929Eric Johnson Wins Dan Gable Endowment Open
The Crimson Wave Wrestling team traveled to Oshkosh, WI, to kick off the season with the Dan Gable Endowment Open on November 15th. CCSJ came away with five place winners led by Senior Eric Johnson who finished 1st at 197. Johnson was 3-0 en route to capturing first and recorded a pin and a tech fall on the day. Also earning an impressive finish for the men was Junior Ramiro Rojas who finished 3rd at 149. Rojas had a tough last second loss in his first bout but was able to battle back to end the tournament with a 4-1 record. Other wrestlers placing were Sophomore Scott Pitrowski: 4th at 285, Freshman Tony Vasquez: 5th at 141, and Freshman Tyler Bernard: 5th at 184.
"Eric and Ramiro wrestled great and showed me they will be hammers in the lineup this year,†said Head Coach Ryan Rivera. “Everyone else was inconsistent and we need to clean up some things," added Rivera.
The Crimson Wave wrestling team will be traveling to Campbellsville University in Kentucky on Nov 22nd to compete in four duals against Campbellsville University, St. Andrews, St. Catherine, and Truet McConell all from the Eastern Regional.
1753Hoosiers Sign Five in Early Period
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - By sumbmitting their National Letters of Intent, five future student-athletes have signed to be members of the Hoosier Wrestling program starting with the 2015-16 season. Between them, the five wrestlers have seven state championships, three top five finishes at Flonationals and a Fargo Jr. National Champion.
TOMMY CASH • 149/152 pounds
Indianapolis, Ind. • Lawrence North H.S.
- 123-4 career record
- Indiana State Champion (138 lbs.)
- Fifth at Flonationals
GABE KOONTZ • 165 pounds
Edgewood, Ind. • Edgewood H.S.
- 106-23 career record
- Third at Indiana states (160 lbs.)
- Ranked #1 in Indiana
ELIJAH OLIVER • 125 pounds
Memphis, Tenn. • Christian Brothers H.S.
- 130-3 career record
- Three-time Tennessee state champ (120 lbs.)
- Fargo Jr. National Champion
GARRETT PEPPLE • 125/133 pounds
Kendallville, Ind. • East Noble H.S.
- 90-7 career record
- Two-time Indiana runner-up
- Fourth at Flonationals
DEVIN SKATZKA • 165/174 pounds
Richmond, Mich. • Richmond H.S.
- 141-10 career record
- Three-time Michigan state champ (152 lbs.)
- Third at Flonationals
1915#3 Wabash Routs Olivet on Opening Night
There is nothing quite like a little homecoming especially when you are away at college. While the three Lefever brothers didn't get some of ole Nancy's home cooking or their laundry done they got to wrestle in front of a big crowd one last time in their home gym. Back where it all started all three had dominating wins with the twins(Reece at 157 and Conner at 174) both earning pins, while returning national champion Riley had a major decision. Those three wins helped the Little Giants cruise to a 33-7 victory over the visiting Olivet Comets.
The night started out with former Perry Meridian Falcon Jacob Cottey taking the mat and losing a tough 7-2 match after getting the first takedown. At 133lbs, Chandler Moore had an impressive 11-5 decision in his first collegiate action. He narrowly missed the major giving up a late reversal.
With the team score knotted at 3, Michael Venezia came away with a 9-1 major decision for Wabash’s first lead of the night. From there, another Perry product, Nick Bova squeaked out an 8-7 victory on riding time at 149lbs.
At 157lbs, returning two-time All-American Reece Lefever had very little trouble disposing of his Comet opponent in just under two minutes. With Wabash up 16-3 the victories kept pouring on with Ethan Farmer tilling up an 11-3 victory at 165lbs.
The 174lbs match was supposed to be one of the better ones of the night with two top 5 ranked wrestlers butting heads. However, Conner Lefever didn’t waste much time and disposed of Nicholas Allen in 1:33 to confirm his higher ranking and get a little edge on twin brother Reece.
After an undefeated freshman season Riley Lefever took the mat looking to build upon his success. He garnered four first period takedowns en route to a 16-4 major decision. At 197lbs, Wabash’s Brett Thumm overcame a 6-2 first period deficit to win 11-9 on a late takedown and nearfall. Olivet’s Jesse Judge cruised to a 11-1 major decision at heavyweight to give Olivet their second win on the night.
125- Michael Schmidt (Olivet) over Jacob Cottey (Wabash
133- Chandler Moore (Wabash) over Matt Darling (Olivet)
141- Michael Venezia (Wabash) over Dominick Trevino (Olivet)
149- Nick Bova (Wabash) over Kyle Witgen (Olivet)
157- Reece Lefever (Wabash) over Ross Pennock (Olivet)
165- Ethan Farmer (Wabash) over Frederick Findeisen (Olivet)
174- Conner Lefever (Wabash) over Nicholas Allen (Olivet)
184- Riley Lefever (Wabash) over Justin Johnson (Olivet)
197- Brett Thumm (Wabash) over Thomas Hall (Olivet)
285- Jesse Judge (Olivet) over Conner Smith (Wabash)
1542Four Hoosiers Earn Podium Spots at Harold Nichols Open
Harold Nichols Open
Taylor Walsh (165) - Champion
Nate Jackson (174) - 2nd Place
Matt Irick (184) - 4th Place
Luke Sheridan (197) - 4th Place
Full Results
Next Event: Keystone Classic at the Palestra (Philadelphia, Penn.) -- November 23, 2014
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AMES, Iowa - Fourteen Hoosiers travelled to Ames, Iowa today to take on the Harold Nichols Open. For nine of them, this was their first action of the season. Indiana finished the day with four wrestlers on the podium.
In his first bout of the day, redshirt senior Taylor Walsh earned a pin in 1:42 to become the all-time leader in career pins at Indiana with 48. He followed up his record setting pin with three more in as many matches to advance to the championship. Although he did not earn a fifth fall on the day, Walsh defeated England of Missouri 16-4 in a major decision. Walsh is now 5-0 on the season with a career pin total of 51.
Redshirt Sophomore Nate Jackson came close to giving Indiana two Harold Nichols champs, when he was defeated in a 5-3 decision in the championship bout. Jackson ended his day and the first event of the season 4-1.
Senior Luke Sheridan went 4-2 for the tournament to obtain a fourth place finish. He added three pins to bring his career total to 24, his last of which was in 21 seconds. Fellow wrestler redshirt shopomore Matt Irickhad a similar day, also finsihing fourth and had a record of 5-2. Irick completed his day with two pins.
On the day, there were four other Hoosiers who finished with multiple wins. Sophomore Sean Brown (141) won back-to-back bouts after dropping his first to end 2-2. Also winning two bouts was sophomore Luke Blanton (157), who earned a fall early in the day, with a second period pin of Iowa Western's Gray. Redshirt sophomore Trevor Moody (149) won his first two matches to advance to the quarterfinals where he was defeated in a major decision. Moody wrapped-up the open at 3-2. Redshirt junior Garret Goldman (HWT) lost his first match-up of the day, but won three consecutive bouts by decision (7-3, 2-0, 2-0) in the consolation bracket to finish 3-2.
Check out the Hoosier wrestlers at the first home match-ups of the season when they take on SIUE and Manchester on December 13 (10am).
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
1196Four Top-Three Finishes Highlight Opener for Thunder
MUSKEGON, MICH.-- Four Trine wrestlers placed in the top three of their weight class in the season-opening Ben McMullen Open, held Saturday at Muskegon Community College.
Freshman Tylor Willms (Fremont, Ind./Fremont) and junior Michael Conner (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville) each finished second in their respective weight classes, while freshmanNiko Barrantes (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) and senior Mack Green (Buchanan, Mich./Buchanan) each notched third-place finishes. Thunder wrestlers recorded eight pins, which ranked sixth among the 14 teams that competed int he event. Trine performers finished 41-32 overall, which gave them the fifth-best winning-percentage of any team in the Open. The Thunder finished with 76.5 points, which unofficially placed them third. Official team scores were unavailable on the tournament results page at the time of writing.
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Willms adapted quickly in his first taste of collegiate wrestling. The freshman picked up wins by decision and major decision to advance to the semifinals in the 149-lb class. Willms notched his first-career pin in the semifinal, before dropping the championship to finish second.
Conner advanced to the championship of the 197-lb division with a pair of wins by decision and a dominating win by tech fall. He outscored his first three opponents 26-1 before falling in the championship match.
Barrantes gave Trine a second strong performance from a freshman wrestler. Barrantes recovered from a loss in his first match of the day to come all the way back and win three-straight matches to advance to the third-place match at 125-lbs. He notched his third-place finish with a win by major decision.
Green earned three pins on his way to his third-place finish in the heavyweight class, which tied for the second-most pins by any wrestler in the event. The senior closed his day with four-straight victories after dropping into the consolation bracket.
Cody Konieczki (Jackson, Mich./Michigan Center), Brandon Preston (Logansport, Ind./Logansport), Austin Glynn (Decatur, Mich./Decatur) and Kevin Groves (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) also picked up pins for the Thunder. Groves and Preston picked up three wins on the day, while Glynn and Konieczki each finished with a pair of wins. Preston defeated an opponent from Division-II Grand Valley State in the 141-lb quarterfinals before dropping in the semifinals.
David Moore (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion), Collin Haag (Manitou Beach, Mich./Addison), Jeffrey Helm (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) and Tyler Prater (Homer, Mich./Homer) also added victories for the Thunder.
Trine will host the Trine Open next Saturday, Nov. 15 in Hershey Hall. Matches begin at 10 a.m.
1452Freshmen Shine for Indiana Tech at Patriot Open
11/8/2014 9:07:00 PM
| Zach Shore | @INTech_SID88
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – Freshman Thomas Garty led a trio of Indiana Tech wrestlers who won their respective weight classes at the Patriot Open hosted by the University of the Cumberlands on Saturday.
Garty went 5-0 en route to his first collegiate individual title, including wins against the defending national champion from Cumberland University in the championship and Isaac Thomas of Lindsey Wilson who is the sixth ranked wrestler at 149-pounds. Garty won his a pair of matches by major decision and the other by a 12-6 decision to make an appearance in the semifinals where he defeated Thomas via fall at 4:08 and then won the title with a fall at 1:46.
In the 141-pound weight class the Warriors dominated, placing first, third and fourth in the bracket.Travis Barroquillo, competing unattached at the event, won weight class, going 4-0, including registering a fall against teammate Robert Humphrey in the quarterfinals. Humphrey then proceeded to win three consecutive matches before losing to teammate Matthew Miller in the consolation championship, taking fourth. Miller lost in the quarterfinals as well, but then won four straight matches, including two via fall, to take third.
Another freshman, Stone Neese, won his first collegiate individual title at 174-pounds while teammate Tyler Goldman took fourth in the same class. Neese received a bye in the opening round before winning via decision 8-2 over Hunter Smith of Life University then registered a fall at 1:47 over Dustin Harris of Cumberland University in the semifinals. To win the title, Neese defeated the hosts, Daniel Toth via a 2-0 decision. Goldman loss to Toth in the quarterfinals then won three straight matches, falling in the consolation championship by an 8-3 decision.
Four other Warriors placed in their weight classes at the open with two runner-up finishes by Brett Yarbrough at 133-pounds and Jake Johnson at 165-pounds and two fourth place finishes by Kristopher McKinley at 125-pounds and Brandon Sunday at 184-pounds.
The Orange and Black return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 22 when they travel to Campbellsville, Ky. to take part in the Campbellsville Duals. Tech is scheduled to face St. Andrews Presbyterian at 9 a.m. followed by duals against Campbellsville (10:30 a.m.) and St. Catharine (12:30 p.m.).
1147Grapplers Battle in Gold & Black Matches
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Nine weights were contested as the Purdue wrestling team held its Gold & Black Matches Saturday in Holloway Gymnasium. Nick Lawrence and Jacob Morrissey notched bonus point victories and four other matches were decided by less than two points.
Lawrence took redshirt freshman Cody Pae down four times and tallied a pair of three-point nearfalls en route to a 16-3 major decision at 141 pounds. The redshirt senior added 2:32 worth of riding time in the match. Morrissey, a redshirt freshman, pinned true freshman Blake Reid in 2:59. The Oconto Falls, Wis., native, wasted no time getting after Reid, taking him down early in the first period. He remained in control and got both of Reid's shoulders on the mat with one tick on the clock in the opening stanza.
The Gold & Black Matches began with back-to-back 3-1 bouts at 125 and 133 pounds. A second period reversal and 1:38 worth of riding time lifted redshirt freshman Aaron Assadpast true freshman Ben Thornton at 125. In a highly anticipated matchup at 133, it was redshirt junior Danny Sabatello's quick strike in the first period combined with 2:40 riding time that led to the decision over redshirt sophomore Kyle Ayersman.
Redshirt sophomore Alex Griffin edged redshirt senior Brandon Nelsen, 3-2, in a battle at 149 pounds. The first three minutes of action were scoreless, but that wasn't the case in the second period. Opting to start from bottom, Griffin got on the board with an escape and followed with a takedown to take a 3-0 lead. Nelsen escaped to make it 3-1 as the period came a close. Starting the final period from bottom, Nelsen escaped from Griffin for the final point in the match.
After spending last season at 174, redshirt senior Patrick Kissel has made the move to 184, where he took on last year's 184-pound starter, redshirt sophomore Tanner Lynde. Kissel notched a first period takedown and added an escape after starting the second period from bottom. Lynde got a takedown of his at the beginning of the third period after choosing a neutral start. He was unable to keep Kissel down for a 4-2 final.
The Boilermakers open their season at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Nov. 14. The dual will start at 10 p.m. ET. Two days later they will wrestle in the Road Runner Open hosted by Cal State Bakersfield in Fresno, Calif.
GOLD & BLACK MATCHES
125 // Aaron Assad dec. Ben Thornton, 3-1
133 // Danny Sabatello dec. Kyle Ayersman, 3-1
141 // Nick Lawrence maj. dec. Cody Pae, 16-3
149 // Alex Griffin dec. Brandon Nelsen, 3-2
157 // Doug Welch dec. Dustin Schultz, 6-2
165 // Andy Hoselton dec. Peter Andreotti, 5-1
174 // Jacob Morrissey pin Blake Reid, 2:59
184 // Patrick Kissel dec. Tanner Lynde, 4-2
197 // Drake Stein dec. Jacob Aven, 6-3
1359Spartans turn in strong results at Washington & Jefferson
WASHINGTON, PA. – A pair of top eight placings from sophomore 174-pounder Dylan Lauffer (Fairfield, Ohio) and freshman 184-pounder Alex Roberts (Winslow, Ind.) guided Manchester University Saturday, Nov. 8.
Lauffer worked his way into the championship quarterfinals before Waynesburg College's Abu Kaba stopped him 4-1. He rallied with a major decision victory in the consolation quarterfinals before being sent into the 5th-place battle where the sophomore claimed fifth.
Roberts produced three decisions on his way into the top eight. He narrowly missed joining Lauffer in the top six with a hard-fought 5-1 loss in the consolation quarterfinals.
Freshman 149-pounder Eric Dan (Knox, Ind.) and freshman heavyweight Nick Joyner (Bedford, Ind.) also compiled multiple-win days with 2-2 records. MU's top squad finished their day at the Washington and Jefferson Open with 34 points which put them in the top 15.
The Spartans continue open competition Saturday, Nov. 15, at Trine University.
2013Indiana Tech Opens Season at MSU Open
11/2/2014 10:18:00 PM
| Mark Jagord
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Indiana Tech wrestling team took to the mats on Sunday at the annual MSU Open at Jenison Field House. Nearly 500 wrestlers from 30 schools competed in the prestigious tournament, which features some of the top wrestlers in the nation. Tech had two wrestlers place with one losing in the championship round.
The Warriors pair took second and fifth places in the event, with Georgio Blades and Mitchell Pawlak in the freshman/sophomore division. No team scores were kept.
Blades went 3-1 in route to a second place finish in the freshman/sophomore division at 197-lbs. The sophomore from Indianapolis, Ind. won his first match over Michigan's Matthew Okaiye with a 9-2 decision before besting Lindsey Wilson's Jake Maupin by a 10-4 decision. In his semifinal match against Illinois' Colton Emmerich, Blades took another decision, 3-1. In the championship round, Blades fell to Illinois' Andre Lee in a 9-6 decision.
In the 133-lb freshman/sophomore division, Pawlak went 6-1 in route to a fifth place finish. The 5-foot-6 sophomore from Temperance, Mich. won his first match of the day by an 8-5 decision over Zachary Davis of Navy, before falling to eventual champion, Jered Cortez of Illinois in the second round by the narrowest of margins, 6-5. Pawlak fought his way through the consolation bracket with five wins from two major decisions and three falls.
Pawlak started the consolation bracket with a 12-1 major decision over Northern's Danny Carlson, and then bested Eastern Michigan's Ben Caladrino with a fall at 5:00. Pawlak took his next match against Notre Dame's David Bavery with a 12-4 major decision before getting a fall at 2:33 against Kyle Lukowich of Kent State. Pawlak then capped off the consolation bracket by beating Ohio State's Mike Hozan by fall at 0:25 for the fifth-place finish.
The Orange and Black return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 8 when they travel to Williamsburg, Ky. to participate in the Patriot Open hosted by University of the Cumberlands.
1703Hoosiers with Five Top-5 Finishes at MSU Open
Freshman Fletcher Miller goes 4-0 to become MSU Open Champion.
Michigan State Open
Open Results | Freshman/Sophomore Results
Next Event: Harold Nichols Open (Ames, Iowa) -- November 8, 2014
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - This past weekend, 13 Hoosier wrestlers competed in the Michigan State Open,five of whom earned top-five finishes in their divisions.
There were two divisions in each of the weight classes, Open and Freshman/Sophomore. Redshirt sophomoresJonathan Edwards (141), Trevor Moody (149), Gideon Van Hook (149) and redshirt junior Joe Randazzo (149) competed in the Open division. In the Freshman/Sophomore, sophomores Sean Brown (141), Luke Blanton(157) and Jake Masengale (184), along with freshmen Jake Danishek (157), Bryce Martin (165), Samuel Thomas (165), Brandon Joest (197), Fletcher Miller (HWT) and Gavan Jolley-Little (HWT) all made appearances.
The 157-pound Freshman/Sophomore weight class saw two Hoosiers place in the top five. Luke Blantonfinished with a 4-1 record, winning the consolation match for a third place finish. Jake Danishek, lost after winning his first two bouts, but Danishek, winning three straight, wrestled back for fifth place. Fellow freshman, Bryce Martin had a similar day to Danishek, wrestling back for fifth in the Freshman/Sophomore 165-pound class. After coming out on top in his first two bouts, Jake Masengale lost his final two, yet still finished in fourth.
Fletcher Miller was a MSU Open champion, going 4-0. He won his first match with a 15-2 major decision to advance to the quarter-finals where he won in a close 8-7 bout. In the semis, Miller won again with an 11-2 major decision. In the finals, Miller won handily, 6-1, against Logan Rimmer of Notre Dame College to claim first.
The Hoosiers will compete in the Harold Nichols Open on November 8, 2014 in Ames, Iowa.
1264Purdue Gold & Black Matches Set for Saturday
All 10 weights will be challenged starting at 3:30 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium.
Nov. 4, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue wrestling team will hold its annual Gold & Black Matches in Holloway Gymnasium Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. All 10 weights will be contested as the Boilermakers prepare for their season opener at Cal Poly on Nov. 14. The Gold & Black Matches are free and open to the public.
"We're hoping a lot of fans will come out and watch our Gold & Black Matches because we are excited and we are ready," head wrestling coach Tony Ersland said. "I am proud of the hard work that our team has put in this fall and I am excited to see what they can accomplish during the season."
Ersland had the opportunity to see his squad in action while wrestling unattached at the Michigan State Open Nov. 2. Twenty-seven grapplers competed across the Freshman/Sophomore and Open Divisions with nine individuals placing.
OPEN DIVISION FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE DIVISION 125 // Aaron Assad // 6th 125 // Jonathan Marmolejo // 4th 133 // Kyle Ayersman // 5th 125 // Ben Thornton // 5th 141 // Nick Lawrence // 4th 149 // Brandon Nelsen // 2nd 174 // Chad Welch // 4th 174 // Jacob Morrissey // 5th 184 // Patrick Kissel // 2nd The Michigan State Open served as an early measuring stick, but also helped set the stage for the Gold & Black Matches.
"We were excited that we were able to see our guys compete last weekend at the Michigan State Open," Ersland said. "We used it as an evaluation tool to see where our team stands. We saw some good things and we also saw what we need to work on. The Gold & Black Matches will help the coaches and I evaluate what our lineup looks like in the future and heading into our first dual at Cal Poly."
Fans in attendance will be the first to see and take home the 2014-15 Purdue wrestling poster and have a chance to win a Boilermaker Wrestling Experience for each of the eight home duals this season. A winner and their guest will join the wrestling team for warmups and sit on the bench during the dual.
To enter, fans must to take a picture with the CONFIDENCE BUILT THROUGH PREPARATION photo display and tweet it to @PurdueWrestling using the hashtag #AlwaysAggressive.
1050Wabash Wrestling Tabbed Third in Preseason Poll
Wrestling | 11/5/2014 5:17:00 AM
| Brent Harris
Wabash is ranked third nationally in the 2014-15 preseason rankings released by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
While appreciative of earning a place in the top-three positions, this Little Giant team has only one spot that on their mind --- finishing as national champions.
"I think the number-three ranking says we're doing the right things as a program," Wabash head coach Brian Andersonsaid. "Our expectation this year is to get a qualifier to nationals in all 10 weight classes. If we do that and compete the way I expect us to, we could bring a very special trophy back to this school. We need to stay focused on our efforts week in and week out by making progress individually. If we do that, everything else will take care of itself."
Wabash received 28 total points in the preseason poll conducted the NWCA. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater was the top selection with 31 points. Messiah College earned 29 points for second. Delaware Valley College sits in fourth with 27 points, followed by Coe College in fifth with 21 points. The Little Giant wrestling team's social media efforts continue to be rewarded, as well. Wabash ranks 22nd in the first NWCA/Elite Level Sports Marketing Best of Brand Rankings.
Last year Wabash sent six wrestlers to nationals, including four returning competitors who are listed in the top-10 individual rankings to open the season. Tommy Poynter is ranked ninth at 125 pounds to open the year. Conner Lefever is listed third at 174 pounds. Reece Lefever, who earned All-America honors for the second consecutive season with a fourth-place finish at 157 pounds, is ranked third in that weight class to open the season. Riley Lefever claimed the first national championship for a Wabash wrestler by winning the 184-pound weight class in his freshman season. He earned d3wrestle.com Freshman of the Year honors and is picked number one in the preseason rankings at 184 pounds.
"Having four returning wrestlers who competed at nationals sets a great tone for our team," Anderson said. "The other wrestlers on our team realize qualifying for nationals is an attainable goal."
Wabash finished ninth overall in the team scoring at last year's national championship meet. Reece Lefever knows this year's preseason ranking is more tribute than reality.
"It's cool to be ranked third and receive that type of recognition for what we accomplished last year," Reece Lefever said. "But our goal this year is not to get third, it's to finish first. That's what we're training for this season. We know we wrestle against top-level competition every week. That will help us get ready for nationals this year, as well."
Reece's twin brother, Conner, and younger brother, Riley, understand the tone the veteran members of the team need to provide to the team if the Little Giants are going to achieve their goal of ten qualifiers.
"I'm trying to lead by example this year," Conner Lefever said. "I'm not the type of guy who talks a lot, but I want to work hard in practice and do the extra things that are necessary to qualify for nationals and earn a place on the podium as a national champion."
"Our motto this year is 'One Vision'," Riley Lefever added. "The fact we're ranked third changes nothing. It's definitely a sign of respect for what we accomplished as a team last season, but this is a new season. The coaches have stressed having the veteran wrestlers work with the younger wrestlers to show them the level of effort it takes to earn that place at nationals."
Poynter expects nothing to be easy this season as he charts a course to return to nationals and a chance to earn All-America honors and a national title in his senior season.
"I need to keep working hard this year just like I did last year," he said. "I'm working to be a good student-athlete here at Wabash, represent the College and our team both academically and on the mat. I feel a tremendous responsibility. I am trying to do all the right things to show hard work and perseverance can help achieve those goals."
The path back to nationals starts next Thursday when the Little Giants face Olivet College. The dual meet will take place at Carroll High School in Fort Wayne at 7 p.m. Prior to the official start of the season, the Little Giants will compete in the annual Red-White duals Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
1271Green, Preston Ranked by NWCA
ANGOLA, IND.-- Trine wrestlers Mack Green and Brandon Preston are both nationally-ranked in the first National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division III rankings.
A reigning All-American, Green (Buchanan, Mich./Buchanan) is ranked third in the Heavyweight division. Preston (Logansport, Ind./Logansport) is ranked ninth among 133-lb wrestlers. Each wrestler appeared in the NCAA Division III National Championships last season. Green earned All-American recognition with a fifth-place finish, while Preston finished with a 1-2 record at the national meet. The NWCA ranks the top 10 wrestlers in each class throughout the season.
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Green concluded last season with a 33-8 record. That mark was good enough for Green to tie for the third-highest win total in a season in school-history. The senior placed first at both the Mid-States Tournament and Trine University Invitational. A 5-2 performance in the National Championships capped off his junior season with All-America honors.
Defending-National Champion James Buss of Loras College, and reigning third-place finisher Zach Roseberry of Delaware Valley are the only two wrestlers ranked ahead of Green.
Preston battled through injuries and was still able to earn a National Championship berth last season, as he concluded the year with a 25-15 record. Included in that record were five wins by pin, two by tech fall and five by major decision. Preston has appeared in the National Championships at both the 125-lb and 133-lb weight classes.
Also included among last season's highlights for Preston was a first-place finish in the Ohio Northern Invitational, and a second-place finish at the Mid-States Tournament.
Trine opens the season Saturday, Nov. 8 at Muskegon (Mich.) Community College's Ben McMullen Open. The Thunder will host the Trine Invitational Saturday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m.
1362Kieffers ranked individually in 1st Wrestling Coaches poll
Jackie Paquette, Asst. AD for Student Support & Sports Information
Link to rankings
EDMOND, Okla.- In the first edition of the NCAA Division Wrestling Coaches Association poll of the 2014-15 season, UIndy wrestling is receiving votes as a team, while brothers Josh Kieffer and Justin Kieffer both earned individual rankings in their respective weight classes.
Josh Kieffer earned the #5 spot at 125, returning down to the lightest weight class after wrestling at 133 a season ago. An All-American (6th) at 125 two seasons ago, Josh is a two-time national qualifier for the Greyhounds heading into his third season wrestling for Head Coach Jason Warthan.
Justin Kieffer is ranked #6 at 141, where he was the Super Region #2 champion a season ago. Also a two-time national qualifier for the Greyhounds, Justin will most likely redshirt this season.
As a team, UIndy is just outside the top 20, receiving votes in the preseason edition of the poll. The Greyhounds posted their best-ever NCAA Division II finish a season ago, taking eighth at the NCAA Division II National Championships behind four senior All-Americans in Alex Johns (125), Cameryn Brady (149), Jeff Weiss (165) and Evan Wooding (285). UIndy returns just three starters from a season ago, including both Kieffer brothers and 2014 national qualifier Shelden Struble.
Maryville topped the team rankings, followed by Ouachita Baptist, Nebraska-Kearney, Notre Dame (OH) and St. Cloud State.
The Greyhounds kick off the 2014-15 season officially Nov. 15 at the Trine Invitational, but will show off this year's team Saturday at their Intersquad/Alumni Roll Around. Wrestling begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center on three mats.
1967Indiana Tech Wrestling Ranked 8th in NAIA Coaches' Poll
Zach Shore | @INTech_SID88
POLL | KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Indiana Tech wrestling team, fresh off its best season ever, garners the No. 8 ranking in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll, the national office announced Wednesday. The Warriors received 53 points en route to their 18th-consecutive ranking in the poll.
Tech boasts six ranked wrestlers, including two top five individuals – Travis Barroquillo (3rd, 141 pounds) and Mitch Pawlak (4th, 133 pounds). Kristopher McKinley is sixth at 125 pounds while LJ Grayson is seventh at 184 pounds.
Mitch Roadruck also registered at top-10 ranking, tying for the position at 149 pounds with Brett Yarbrough joining Pawlak at 133 pounds, ranking 14th in that weight class.
The Orange and Black won their first-ever East Region Qualifying tournament and placed eighth at the NAIA National Championships with three All-Americans, including the programs first national runner-up in Justin Brooks, who has since graduated.
Three-time defending national champion, Grand View (Iowa) retains the top spot with 154.5 points, 53 ahead of No. 2, Southern Oregon. Great Falls (Mont.) is currently third at 86 points with Missouri Valley (71.5) and Montana State-Northern (69) rounding out the top five.
The Warriors open their 2014-15 campaign on Sunday, Nov. 2 when they travel to East Lansing, Mich. to compete in the Michigan State Open.
1247Preseason NAIA Group Ratings Released
The NAIA released their group ratings that included many wrestlers with Indiana ties. Here is a link to the ratings and a breakdown of wrestlers with Indiana ties that are on the list.
http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=209729111
East Group School Total Team Points
1. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 178
2. Campbellsville (Ky.) 171
3. Indiana Tech 138
4. Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 109
5. Cumberland (Tenn.) 103
6. Life (Ga.) 87
7. St. Andrews (N.C.) 66
8. Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 38
Central Group
141
1 Brandon Wright Grand View (Iowa)
East Group
125
2 Kristopher McKinley Indiana Tech
133
2 Mitch Pawlak Indiana Tech
3 Brett Yarbrough Indiana Tech
141
1 Travis Barroquillo Indiana Tech
149
3 Mitch Roadruck Indiana Tech
6 Thomas Garty Indiana Tech
165
2 Mitchell Judkins Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
5 Jacob Johnson Indiana Tech
184
2 LJ Grayson Indiana Tech
6 Brandon Sunday Indiana Tech
285
6 Chico Adams Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
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8103IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open All-Time Placers
Past Brackets
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2020
109
1st Place - Justin Gates of Team Donahoe
2nd Place - Nolan Wertanen of Michigan West Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Beric Jordan of Jordan WC
4th Place - Preston Haines of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
116
1st Place - Spencer Moore of Kentucky Extreme
2nd Place - Kamariyon Nelson of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Omar Ayoub of Team Miron
4th Place - Gavin Caprella of Team Stomp
123
1st Place - Sergio Lemley of REGION WRESTLING ACADEMY
2nd Place - Cheaney Schoeff of Avon Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Brac Hooper of Carmel USA
4th Place - Mason Brugh of wadsworth
129
1st Place - Zeke Seltzer of Fighting Irish WC
2nd Place - Vincent Robinson of Harvey Twisters
3rd Place - Emilio Ysaguirre of Valiant College Preparatory
4th Place - Stephen Roberson Jr of Bulldog Premier
135
1st Place - David Pierson of Warren Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Isaias Jimenez of Valiant College Preparatory
3rd Place - Richard Fedalen of Warhawks
4th Place - Kysen Montgomery of Brownsburg
141
1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Bulldog Premier
2nd Place - Benjamin Alanis of Valiant College Preparatory
3rd Place - Nathan Jerore of Woodhaven High
4th Place - Quentin Whitehill of Battlezone Wrestling
148
1st Place - Gavin Brown of Legacy Christian Academy
2nd Place - Hayden Watson of Center Grove WC
3rd Place - Adam Thebeau of Bull Trained
4th Place - Javen Estrada of Bulldog Premier
155
1st Place - Jaden Reynolds of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - J Conway of Invicta Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Douglas Terry of Granville
4th Place - Carter Chase of Stieber Elite
163
1st Place - Brayden Giannone of Kentucky Extreme
2nd Place - Brant Whitaker of Purler Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Cole Nance of CWA
4th Place - Hayden Pummel of Indian Lake Wrestling Club
173
1st Place - Jacob Lee of Ares
2nd Place - Bryer Hall of East Central
3rd Place - Sam Morrill of Fight Barn Wrestling Club
4th Place - Pate Eastin of Patton Trained
185
1st Place - Noah Duke of Ryle Raider Wrestling
2nd Place - Raymond Arebalo of Victory elite
3rd Place - Johnny Parker of Fighting Irish WC
4th Place - Kael Wisler of Huron
198
1st Place - Joe Braunagel Iii of IRTC
2nd Place - Connor Barket of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Sam Oaks of Prodigy Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Jacob Behm of Fremont Eagles
223
1st Place - Logan Shephard of Massillon Perry
2nd Place - Evan Bates of Chesterton Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Tristan Ruhlman of Bloomington South WC
4th Place - Joshua Howell of Prodigy Wrestling Academy
288
1st Place - Braydon Erb of CIA
2nd Place - Ben Kawczynski of Askren Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Demitrius Hernandez of Napoleon
4th Place - Jacob Johnson of Franklin Community
2019
109
1st Place - Spencer Moore of KY Extreme
2nd Place - Sam Goin of Bulldog Premier
3rd Place - Logan Miller of Contenders WA
4th Place - Brac Hooper of Carmel USA WC
116
1st Place - Cole Thomas of Ryle High School
2nd Place - Sergio Lemley of Region WA
3rd Place - Giovanni Diaz of Wheeler
4th Place - Cheaney Schoeff of Avon WC
123
1st Place - Zeke Seltzer of Fighting Irish
2nd Place - Riley Bettich of Bulldog Premier
3rd Place - Colton Drousias of Region WA
4th Place - Landon Bertsch of Bluffton
129
1st Place - Brayden Littell of Red Cobra WA
2nd Place - Alec Freeman of MCWA
3rd Place - Kysen Montgomery of Brownsburg WC
4th Place - Forfeit Forfeit of Unattached
135
1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Bulldog Premier
2nd Place - Raymond Rioux of Avon WC
3rd Place - Matthew Williams of Ohio Elite
4th Place - Brayden Lowery of Rebel Wrestling
141
1st Place - Logan Bailey of Fighting Irish
2nd Place - Blake Saito of Team Miron
3rd Place - Drake Campbell of Red Cobra WA
4th Place - Jake Insko of MCWA
148
1st Place - Austin Boone of Lowell
2nd Place - Alec Viduya of Rebel Wrestling
3rd Place - Lucas Willis of Charlotte
4th Place - Jaden Reynolds of Red Cobra WA
155
1st Place - Brice Coleman of Warren WA
2nd Place - Bryer Hall of East Central
3rd Place - Brant Whitaker of Purler
4th Place - Dominick Lomazzo of Dundee
163
1st Place - Eli Dickens of MCWA
2nd Place - Andrew Shaffer of Troy Christian
3rd Place - Cooper Noehre of Greenfield WC
4th Place - Isiah Levitz of Prairie Heights
173
1st Place - Graham Calhoun of Plymouth
2nd Place - Dalton Russelburg of Union County
3rd Place - Colton Blaha of Owosso
4th Place - Travis Waldner of DHS
185
1st Place - Joseph Walker of Mishawaka
2nd Place - Jacob Laplace of Mishawaka
3rd Place - Mason Sutandar of Delaware Hayes
4th Place - Evan Anderson of Aurora
198
1st Place - Evan Bates of Chesterton WC
2nd Place - Jack Darrah of Xtreme Training
3rd Place - Colin Jagielski of Team Relentless
4th Place - Jon daniel Farrell of Fishers
223
1st Place - Cale Gray of Norwell
2nd Place - Jake Noon of Findlay
3rd Place - Jacob Meek of Oregon Clay Eagles
4th Place - Levid Rodriguez of Johnson Central
288
1st Place - Tyler Delooff of Lowell
2nd Place - Alex Coleman of Ross HS
3rd Place - Damari Dancy of Portage WC
4th Place - Brody Miskimon of Elite Athletic Club
2018
109
1st Place - Kamariyon Nelson of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Giovanni Diaz of Wheeler
3rd Place - Stephen Roberson jr of Bulldog Premier WC
4th Place - Hayden Watson of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
116
1st Place - Jacob Moran of Portage WC
2nd Place - Zeke Seltzer of Fighting Irish Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Riley Bettich of Bulldog Premier WC
4th Place - Vincent Robinson of Harvey Twisters
123
1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Bulldog Premier WC
2nd Place - Brayden Littell of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Jake Canitano of Solon Wrestling
4th Place - Logan Wagner of Zionsville
129
1st Place - Thomas Deck of Madison Central
2nd Place - Raymond Rioux of Avon
3rd Place - Jabari Thomas of Fairfield Wrestling Club
4th Place - Chase Wilkerson of Marauder Wrestling
135
1st Place - Brayden Palmer of Beech High School
2nd Place - Drake Campbell of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Jared Dinh of Riverdale wrestling
4th Place - Nate Lukez of Young Guns - Pennsylvania
141
1st Place - Gentry Deck of Madison Central
2nd Place - Conner Gimson of Jimtown WC
3rd Place - Alex Mosconi of Indiana Pride Wrestling Academ
4th Place - Alec Viduya of Rebel Wrestling Foundation
148
1st Place - Nate Wheeler of NLW
2nd Place - Avry Mutschler of Lowell
3rd Place - Antwaun Graves of Warren Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Brice Coleman of Warren Wrestling Academy
155
1st Place - Elliott Rodgers of Fighting Irish Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Nick Gates of Marysville Kids WC
3rd Place - Gavin Bell of Beavercreek
4th Place - Ethan Hicks of Carroll Wrestling Club
163
1st Place - Donnell Washington of Portage WC
2nd Place - Graham Calhoun of Plymouth
3rd Place - Jacob Laplace of Mishawaka
4th Place - Jordan Slivka of Fighting Irish Wrestling Club
173
1st Place - Derek Blubaugh of Bloomington South WC
2nd Place - Jesse Martinez of Riverdale wrestling
3rd Place - Joseph Walker of Mishawaka
4th Place - Kyle Saez of Westfield WC
185
1st Place - Carson Brewer of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Jalen Morgan of Elwood Elite
3rd Place - Nick Mihajlovich of Izzy Style
4th Place - Evan Anderson of Aurora
198
1st Place - Silas Allred of Shenandoah/CIA
2nd Place - Darius Parker of Riverdale wrestling
3rd Place - Stephen Buchanan of Team Wisconsin
4th Place - Greyson Stevens of Brighton HS
223
1st Place - Kyle Cornwell of Elwood Elite
2nd Place - Kj Miley of Thoroughbred Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Jake Noon of Findlay
4th Place - Benjamin Deprest of NLW
288
1st Place - Tyler Delooff of Lowell
2nd Place - Alex Coleman of Ross High School
3rd Place - Jose Rosales of Goshen
4th Place - Brodie Stevens of Unaffiliated
2017
109
1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Region Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Thomas Deck of Madison County
3rd Place - Colton Drousias of Region Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Garett Lautzenheiser of Louisville
116
1st Place - Gavin Ritter of Tomahawk Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Brendan Mattingly of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Noah Horst of Beech High School
4th Place - Jose Diaz of Wheeler WC
123
1st Place - Travis Ford-Melton of Marian Catholic
2nd Place - Asa Garcia of Avon HS
3rd Place - Kai Orine of United States Wrestling Academ
4th Place - Terrin Machart of Falcon WC
129
1st Place - Jordan Ward of Unattached
2nd Place - Sam Glassco of Pinnacle
3rd Place - Colin Poynter of Portage WC
4th Place - Gentry Deck of Madison County
135
1st Place - Matt Fields of Arsenal
2nd Place - Nate Wheeler of ETC
3rd Place - Garret Kloeppel of Parkway South High School
4th Place - Corbyn Munson of Chelsea
141
1st Place - Blake Mulkey of Brownsburg Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Mason Miranda of Avon HS
3rd Place - Trent Johnson of ETC
4th Place - Kris Rumph of Portage WC
148
1st Place - Kasper McIntosh of Portage WC
2nd Place - Patrick Ryan of North Shore Edge
3rd Place - Jacob Laplace of Mishawaka
4th Place - Demetri Monroe of Demas Wrestling
155
1st Place - Brayton Lee of Brownsburg / Red Cobra
2nd Place - John Manning of Team Impact
3rd Place - Graham Calhoun of Plymouth
4th Place - Farouq Muhammed of Elyria
163
1st Place - Zach Lee of Kaukauna Grappling Ghost
2nd Place - Hunter Reed of Columbia City
3rd Place - Jack Eiteljorge of CIA
4th Place - Andrew Shaffer of Conover
173
1st Place - Carson Brewer of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Noah Clary of Team Miron
3rd Place - Lennox Wolak of Dublin Coffman High School
4th Place - Kyle Smith of Beech High School
185
1st Place - Ashton Eyler of Claymont
2nd Place - Ryan Yarnell of Thoroughbred Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - David Heath of Shamrock Wrestling Club
4th Place - Chase Stegall of United States Wrestling Academ
198
1st Place - Thomas Penola of Zionsville WC
2nd Place - Bradley Williams of Clarksville High School
3rd Place - Jaden Sonner of New Albany High School
4th Place - Luke Utterback of Unattached
223
1st Place - Cameron Sauerwein of William Henry Harrison High
2nd Place - Elijah Osit of Oak Park
3rd Place - Kyle Cornwell of Elwood Elite
4th Place - Cortez Woods of Lafayette High School
288
1st Place - Anthony Cassioppi of Hononegah Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Keaton Kluever of Kaukauna Grappling Ghost
3rd Place - Marcus Stone of Elwood Elite
4th Place - Jack Williams of Carmel USA Wrestling Club
2016
109
1st Place - Jacob Moran of Portage WC
2nd Place - Ethan Turner of Troy Christian
3rd Place - Justin Cardani of Centennial
4th Place - Wade Monebrake of SWOHRTC
116
1st Place - Hassan Johnson of Harvey Twisters
2nd Place - Corey Gamet of Massa`s Maniacs
3rd Place - Brayden Littell of Perry Meridian
4th Place - Cayden Rooks of Columbus East
123
1st Place - Ryan Anderson of Bethlehem Catholic
2nd Place - Travis Ford-Melton of Marian Catholic
3rd Place - Chad Craft of Dehart Elite
4th Place - Eric Bartos of samsons
129
1st Place - Blake Mulkey of Brownsburg
2nd Place - Graham Rooks of Columbus East
3rd Place - Ryan Moore of ETC
4th Place - Holden Heller of Unaffiliated
135
1st Place - Dawson Combest of Columbus East
2nd Place - Mason Miranda of Avon Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Drew Marten of Tecumseh WC
4th Place - Brandon Klein of Stoughton
141
1st Place - Kris Rumph of Portage WC
2nd Place - John Siemasz of Unaffiliated
3rd Place - Rahman Johnson of Harvey Twisters
4th Place - Jake Polka of Marmion
148
1st Place - Brayton Lee of Red Cobra/Brownsburg
2nd Place - Kasper McIntosh of Portage WC
3rd Place - Kyle Hatch of Warsaw High School
4th Place - Chase Archangelo of Young Lions
155
1st Place - Joe Koontz of Massillon Perry
2nd Place - Derrick Smallwood of ETC
3rd Place - Joey Sanchez of St Paris
4th Place - David Johnson of Arsenal
163
1st Place - Brad Laughlin of Yorktown
2nd Place - Danny Braunagel of Team Braunagel
3rd Place - Michael Mcintire of Fighting Irish Wrestling Club
4th Place - Andrew Negangard of Unaffiliated
173
1st Place - Emil Soehnlen of Massillon Perry
2nd Place - Nick Kiussis of samsons
3rd Place - Ashton Eyler of Claymont
4th Place - Tanner Webster of Normonco
185
1st Place - Kordell Norfleet of Harvey Twisters
2nd Place - Jared Ball of Hilliard Darby
3rd Place - Ryan Yarnell of Team Missouri Select
4th Place - Jaden Sonner of New Albany
198
1st Place - Kavan Sarver of St Paris
2nd Place - Grant Goforth of Indian Creek Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Eric Boleman of Carmel USA
4th Place - Cameron Sauerwein of William Henry Harrison High
223
1st Place - Diata Drayton of RedHawk training center
2nd Place - Robert Samuels of Lawrence North Wildcats WC
3rd Place - Max Darrah of Thoroughbred Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Justin Akers of Region wrestling academy
288
1st Place - Anthony Cassioppi of Hononegah
2nd Place - Chase Beard of Woodshed
3rd Place - Keaton Kluever of Kaukauna
4th Place - Jack Williams of Carmel USA
2015
109
1st Place - Travis Ford-Melton of Marian catholic
2nd Place - Tylan Tucker of Woodford County Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Hassan Johnson of Harvey Twisters
4th Place - Sean Sesnan of Lebanon
116
1st Place - Justin Portillo of Team Valley
2nd Place - Colton Cummings of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Graham Rooks of Columbus East
4th Place - Josh Venia of FoxFire
123
1st Place - Tony DeCesare of Samsons
2nd Place - Ryan Moore of ETC Club
3rd Place - Cameron Lathem of Team Valley
4th Place - Chase Craft of DWS
129
1st Place - Gaige Torres of Portage
2nd Place - Breyden Bailey of Indiana Outlaws
3rd Place - Keegan Duncan of ETC Club
4th Place - Zane Brown of ETC Club
135
1st Place - Garrett Lambert of Brunswick
2nd Place - Brendan Black of Team Indiana
3rd Place - Ethan Woods of Advantage Wrestling Club
4th Place - Jake Polka of Overtime School of Wrestling
141
1st Place - Ryan Ford of Bradford OH
2nd Place - Brendan Fitzgerald of JE Basement
3rd Place - Nick Ellis of Roncalli
4th Place - Lenny Petersen of No Mercy Wrestling Academy
148
1st Place - Joshua Heil of Brunswick
2nd Place - Joe Koontz of Marshallville OH
3rd Place - Jose Champagne of Marian catholic
4th Place - Joe Boley of Lake Catholic High School
155
1st Place - Emil Soehnlen of Massillon Perry
2nd Place - Steven Lawrence of Portage
3rd Place - Ben Schneider of Region Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Jacob Clark of Avon High School
163
1st Place - Drew Hughes of Region Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Nick Kiussis of Brunswick
3rd Place - Fernie Silva of DAWC
4th Place - Logan Broskie of Olentangy Orange
173
1st Place - Casey Cornett of ETC Club
2nd Place - Jake Ruberg of Lawrenceburg Youth WC
3rd Place - Matt McFarland of belmont union
4th Place - Cayden Whitaker of MADMEN
185
1st Place - Kyle Betourne of Bishop Mac
2nd Place - Cameron Jones of LN wildcat WC
3rd Place - Kaleb Rippy of Beech High School
4th Place - Andy Kohler of Patriot Wrestling
198
1st Place - Blake Rypel of IPWA
2nd Place - Dylan Ervin of Illinois
3rd Place - Jake Kleimola of Region Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Kavan Sarver of St Paris
223
1st Place - Evan Ellis of CIA
2nd Place - Sterling Roseberry of Average Joe`s
3rd Place - Jacob McClaine of Lebanon
4th Place - Justin Akers of Region Wrestling Academy
288
1st Place - Gavin Fuqua of Greenwood
2nd Place - Givoni Murillo of Portage
3rd Place - Sean Galligar of Columbus East
4th Place - Connor Hubschman of Team Hubschman
2014
109
1st Place - Hunter Lucas of Team Stomp
2nd Place - Chase Bittle of Althoff Catholic
3rd Place - Justin Portillo of Team Valley
4th Place - Klayton Anderson of Unattached
116
1st Place - Joshua Portillo of Team Valley
2nd Place - Tony Decesare of Padua
3rd Place - Breyden Bailey of IPWA
4th Place - J.d. Stickley of Graham
123
1st Place - Cameron Lathem of Teays Valley
2nd Place - Zach Smith of Port Washington
3rd Place - Brock Hudkins of Danville
4th Place - Carson Mills of Fredericktown
129
1st Place - Brayton Lee of Red Cobra Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Sandro Ramirez of BTW
3rd Place - Ben Hornickle of Burlington
4th Place - Matt Mckinney of Warren Wrestling Academy
135
1st Place - Joshua Heil of Brunswick
2nd Place - Dan Swan of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Matt Santos of Swan Valley
4th Place - Jordan Vaughn of Franklin Central
141
1st Place - Hunter Ladnier of St Edward High School
2nd Place - Ryan Ford of Covington
3rd Place - Austin Thompson of Marysville Wrestling Club
4th Place - Kyle Barkovich of Lawton Wrestling Club
148
1st Place - Nick Kiussis of Brunswick
2nd Place - Jose Champagne of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Steven Lawrence of Portage
4th Place - Jacoby Ward of moeller
155
1st Place - Drew Hughes of Region Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Tyler Sowards of Kenton Ridge
3rd Place - Christian Price of Columbus wrestling club
4th Place - Jakada Hull of Harvey Twisters
163
1st Place - Dayton Racer of Betts Army
2nd Place - Matthew Rundell of OPRF
3rd Place - Isaiah Kemper of Evansville Central
4th Place - Benjamin Harvey of Fighting Irish
173
1st Place - Kyle Betourne of Bishop Mac
2nd Place - Scottie Sopko of Unattached
3rd Place - Hunter Mote of Unattached
4th Place - Oscar Ramos of Higherlevel
185
1st Place - Blake Rypel of IPWA
2nd Place - Dakota Geer of Franklin Wrestling
3rd Place - Brody Conner of Lawton Wrestling Club
4th Place - Cameron Mayell of North Royalton
198
1st Place - Timothy Blake of Ona Elite
2nd Place - Jonathan Morales of CIA
3rd Place - Chase Carpenter of Fairview Wrestling
4th Place - Michael Bujacz of Jacobs
223
1st Place - Corey Hinkle of Western
2nd Place - Evan Ellis of Greentown Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Jacob Worthington of Edison
4th Place - Michael Gregory of Irish wrestling
288
1st Place - Chris Ridle of Perry Meridian
2nd Place - Cory Christman of Penn
3rd Place - Michael Smith of Lebanon Wrestling
4th Place - Devol Whitfield of Beech
2013
High School 109
1st Place - Tony Decesare of Samsons
2nd Place - Joseph Garcia of Adrian Apocalypse
3rd Place - Hunter Lucas of no team
4th Place - Sebastian Vidika of Black River
High School 116
1st Place - Tyler Ferguson of Evansville Reitz
2nd Place - Kanen Storr of Michigan
3rd Place - Jake Sinkovics of Mishawaka
4th Place - Cody Vogel of East Troy
High School 123
1st Place - Nathan Boston of Carr Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Joshua Heil of Brunswick
3rd Place - Dan Swan of Region Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Elliott Molloy of CIA
High School 129
1st Place - Joshua Alber of Dakota Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Cameron Kelly of Bellbrook
3rd Place - Tyler Fleener of Center Grove
4th Place - Evan Cheek of BTW
High School 135
1st Place - David Bavery of Beast
2nd Place - Drew Hughes of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Joe Koontz of Akron Wrestling Club
4th Place - Devin Broukal of Bloomington South Wrestling
High School 141
1st Place - Jj Wolfe of Dakota Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Alec Ward of Michigan Gold Pitbulls
3rd Place - Jordan Lile of CIA
4th Place - Daniel Reed of Lawrence North WC
High School 148
1st Place - Carver James of Dakota Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Kade Kowalski of TriValley
3rd Place - Taleb Rahmani of Marysville
4th Place - Nick Steed of massillon perry
High School 155
1st Place - Brendon Kelley of Evansville Central
2nd Place - Kasey Caelwaerts of Pulaski High School Wrestling
3rd Place - Rj Smith of Yale
4th Place - Mike Decesare of Samsons
High School 163
1st Place - Sean Black of Hilliard Darby
2nd Place - A.j. Kowal of Princeton High School
3rd Place - Kyle Jolas of Indiana Elite
4th Place - Charley Popp of Team Poeta
High School 173
1st Place - Austin Mccloskey of Western Boone
2nd Place - Blake Rypel of Indiana Pride Academy
3rd Place - Joe Heyob of St. Xavier
4th Place - David-brian Whisler of BTW
High School 185
1st Place - Derek Hillman of Woodhaven
2nd Place - Jacob Daniel of Stebbins
3rd Place - Taylor Workman of BTW
4th Place - Matt Hollins of Merrillville Pirate Wrestling
High School 198
1st Place - Rocco Caywood of Perrysburg
2nd Place - Jacob Worthington of Keystone
3rd Place - Damien Chambers of Edgewood
4th Place - Jeff Dixon of Humphrey Wrestling
High School 223
1st Place - Seth Brennock of Unattached
2nd Place - Seth Vaughn of Franklin Central
3rd Place - Justin Post of Indiana Elite
4th Place - Charles Neisius of Greensburg Wrestling Club
High School 288
1st Place - Chris Mcdermand of Team Poeta
2nd Place - Landon Blackburn of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Jake Smith of Southwood high school
4th Place - Nick Nader of Keystone
Middle School 70
1st Place - Dominick a. Lomazzo of Dundee WC
2nd Place - Preston Teusch of huntington couty wrestling clu
3rd Place - Robert Howard of Angola Wrestling Club
4th Place - Cade Meier of Bloomington South Wrestling
Middle School 75/80
1st Place - Corey Gamet of Michigan
2nd Place - Kendall Norfleet of Harvey Twisters
3rd Place - Collin Yinger of Nelsonville-York
4th Place - Tyler Cherry of Spring Hill Bulldogs
Middle School 85
1st Place - Nate Keaton of Circleville
2nd Place - Alex Mosconi of Indian Creek
3rd Place - Cayden Rooks of Columbus East
4th Place - Gabe Saalfrank of Carroll Super Chargers
Middle School 90
1st Place - Matt Fields of Samsons
2nd Place - Graham Calhoun of Plymouth Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Donnell Washington of Harvey Twisters
4th Place - Alex Slattman of Tomahawk Wrestling Club
Middle School 95
1st Place - Austin Boone of Michigan Xtreme
2nd Place - Reese Rodriguez of Region Wrestling Academy
3rd Place - Logan Heil of Brunswick
4th Place - Graham Rooks of Columbus East
Middle School 100
1st Place - Austin Moore of Unattached
2nd Place - Chandler Woenker of N&N Heavy Handz
3rd Place - Marcus Rassman of Wayne Trace
4th Place - Blake Rowe of Eastside blazers
Middle School 112
1st Place - Caleb Brooks of Canal Winchester
2nd Place - Luke Wymer of Akron Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Jayce Meyer of Angola Wrestling Club
4th Place - Ethan Hicks of Carroll Super Chargers
Middle School 120
1st Place - Sandro Ramirez of BTW
2nd Place - Colt Yinger of Nelsonville-York
3rd Place - Isaac Yoho of Akron Wrestling Club
4th Place - Will Nunn of Evansville Central
Middle School 128
1st Place - Lucas Davison of Duneland Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Shane Snyder of Woodlan Warriors
3rd Place - Ricky Haught of huntington couty wrestling clu
Middle School 136
1st Place - Ryan Thomas of Team Jordan
2nd Place - Gage Bustos of no team
3rd Place - Brayden Kessler of Michigan Gold Pitbulls
4th Place - Ty Hussar of rossford bulldogs
Middle School 157
1st Place - Jed Levitz of Panthers
2nd Place - Mitchell Hawkes of Michigan Xtreme
3rd Place - Donovan Mccollister of Nelsonville-York
2012
High School 109
1st Place - Rudy Yates of R.W.A
2nd Place - Jacob Spiess of Brecksville
3rd Place - Matt McKinney of Warren Wrestling Academy/CIA
4th Place - Santo Marciano of Marciano Wrestling Club
High School 116
1st Place - Nathan Boston of Woodford Wrestling
2nd Place - Hayden Lee of Indiana Xtreme
3rd Place - Kyle Akins of martinez elite
4th Place - Armando Torres of Elyria High School
High School 123
1st Place - Tommy Cash of Humphrey Wrestling
2nd Place - Forrest Glogouski of Fairfield
3rd Place - David Bavery of BEAST
4th Place - Alex Sparks of Lawrence North
High School 129
1st Place - Joshua Alber of Overtime
2nd Place - Devin Broukal of CIA
3rd Place - Zach Krumlauf of Indiana Xtreme
4th Place - Dalton Howard of Edison
High School 135
1st Place - Preston Bowshier of None
2nd Place - Nick Crume of Indiana Elite
3rd Place - Julian Torres of Portage Wrestling Club
4th Place - Ian Kahl of Trinity High School
High School 141
1st Place - Evan Loe of Boiler Elite
2nd Place - Bobby Smith of Hilliard Davidson
3rd Place - Alex Funderburg of Amherst
4th Place - Jason Spence of Portage Wrestling Club
High School 148
1st Place - Brayden Montgomery of Danville
2nd Place - Logan Day of Archbold
3rd Place - Nathan Valentine of Wapak
4th Place - Benjamin Schram of Bellbrook
High School 155
1st Place - Brendon Kelley of ECWA
2nd Place - John Tatom of CIA
3rd Place - Jared Mattin of Delta
4th Place - Dain Steffeny of Granville Wrestling Club
High School 163
1st Place - Austin McCloskey of Western Boone
2nd Place - Kenny Hughes of R.W.A
3rd Place - Tyler Schneider of Region
4th Place - Austin Neibarger of CIA
High School 173
1st Place - Riley Lefever of Carroll Chargers
2nd Place - Jacob Kasper of Lexington
3rd Place - Derek Hillman of Woodhaven
4th Place - Luke Cramer of BTW
High School 185
1st Place - -Robert Steveson of Nomad Elite
2nd Place - Mitchell Hensley of Noblesville HS
3rd Place - Keair Ross of Kokomo
4th Place - Jeffrey Wiseman of Penn Wrestling Club
High School 198
1st Place - Jacob Ricks of Bison Elite
2nd Place - Bailey Faust of Lexington
3rd Place - Mike Riffle of Franklin Central/Indiana Pride
4th Place - Dan Geer of All American
High School 223
1st Place - Justin Post of Coldwater
2nd Place - -Seth Brennock of Loveland
3rd Place - Jarett Hooten of Batesville
4th Place - Brad Sadilek of Carroll Chargers
High School 288
1st Place - Travis Boyd of Blanchester
2nd Place - Patrik Garren of Bishop Ready
3rd Place - Hayden Schmucker of Jimtown
4th Place - Jake Smith of none
Middle School 70/75
1st Place - Cotton Ball of Bulldog Wrestling
2nd Place - Joey DeLong of DeLong
3rd Place - Jacob Bala of R.W.A
Middle School 80
1st Place - Jordan Ward of unattached
2nd Place - Matt Fields of Samsons
3rd Place - Wyatt Miller of Humphrey Wrestling
4th Place - Colby Lopez of R.W.A
Middle School 85
1st Place - Marcus Rassman of Wayne Trace
2nd Place - Chase Peavler of Alexandria Tigers
3rd Place - Colton Handley of Humphrey Wrestling
Middle School 90
1st Place - Colton Cummings of NWI
2nd Place - Tanner Krotzer of rossford
3rd Place - Spencer Carpenter of Twenhofel
4th Place - Reese Rodriguez of R.W.A
Middle School 95
1st Place - David Roth of Franklin Central/Indiana Pride
2nd Place - Zane Brown of Shamrock Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Austin Eick of Rossford bulldogs
4th Place - Austin Roemer of Woodlan High School
Middle School 100
1st Place - Austin Moore of Roadrunner Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Trevor Bowman of Lexington
3rd Place - Mason Myers of Lexington
4th Place - Austin Ohoa of Woodlan High School
Middle School 105
1st Place - Brett Bastianelli of CMS
2nd Place - Shawn Roemer of Woodlan High School
3rd Place - Noah Warren of Perry Meridian W C
Middle School 112
1st Place - Sandro Ramirez of BTW
2nd Place - Gage Grunden of BTW
3rd Place - Ethan Pardilla of The Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Brayden Kessler of Michigan Gold Pitbulls
Middle School 120
1st Place - Trevell Timmons of Lee`s beast
2nd Place - Gerad Bott of Michigan Gold Pitbulls
3rd Place - Ryan Thomas of Team Jordan
4th Place - Joseph Koontz of Akron Wrestling Club
Middle School 128
1st Place - Jarod Swank of Penn Wrestling Club
2nd Place - Nick Ciaramitaro of CMS
Middle School 136/145
1st Place - Tanner Webster of normonco
2nd Place - Korde Weber of Vincennes Grappler
3rd Place - Kalen Fuchs of ECWA
Middle School 180
1st Place - Gable Steveson of Nomad Elite
2nd Place - DaKoda Smith of Eastside Blazers
2011
109
1st Place - Nick Lee of MD
2nd Place - Jude Michel of Edison Chargers
3rd Place - Hayden Lee of Indiana Xtreme
4th Place - Preston Mantel of Zionsville Eagle Pride / CIA
116
1st Place - Schuyler Phillips of Yorktown High School
2nd Place - Ryan Hornack of Samsons
3rd Place - Brandon James of Perry Meridian
4th Place - Robert Lee of Kaukauna
123
1st Place - Mason Todd of High Performance Wrestling
2nd Place - Josh Alber of Dakota
3rd Place - Alonzo Shepherd of Team Jeff
4th Place - Bobby Smith of Bishop Ready
129
1st Place - Nicholas Crume of Jimtown
2nd Place - Kyle Springer of Young guns
3rd Place - Bobby Mason of Samsons
4th Place - Kade Kowalski of Tri-Valley
135
1st Place - Anthony Mchugh of CMA
2nd Place - Tyler Ziegler of Moeller
3rd Place - Brendon Kelley of Evansville Central
4th Place - William Spangler of BTW
141
1st Place - Jake Ryan of Team Conquest
2nd Place - Seth Batdorf of Crestview Cougars
3rd Place - Matthew Lindsey of Moeller
4th Place - Trevor Echartea of Elkhart Central
148
1st Place - Jake Faust of Lexington
2nd Place - Zachary Wilson of Team CT
3rd Place - Max Rohskopf of River View
4th Place - Jacob Cooper of Spartan Lightning
155
1st Place - Kevin Moylan of Region Wrestling Academy
2nd Place - Mason Manville of GUNSTON WRESTLING CLUB
3rd Place - Jesse Goodnight of Kokomo
4th Place - Luke Kern of Delta
163
1st Place - Roy Daniels of Olentangy Liberty High School
2nd Place - Zachary Gibson of Bloom-Carroll High School
3rd Place - Austin Neibarger of CIA
4th Place - Austin Mccloskey of Western boone
173
1st Place - Brandon O`neill of Clearfork
2nd Place - Wyatt Dye of Sandusky St. Mary`s
3rd Place - Robert Steveson II of nomadelite
4th Place - Michael Blum of Moeller
185
1st Place - Luke Schaeffer of Westfield High
2nd Place - Cody Conrad of Heritage
3rd Place - Dominic Fimbianti of Region Wrestling Academy
4th Place - Lawrence Davis of Jimtown
198
1st Place - Payne Hayden of Massa Maniacs
2nd Place - Ryan Wilt of Team Sehnert
3rd Place - Toby Kirts of Brown County
4th Place - Pete Hamm of CMA
223
1st Place - Logan Fischer of Portage Wrestling
2nd Place - Dyrek Chowning of Warren
3rd Place - Ray Stone of Akron Wrestling Club
4th Place - Kyle Short of Norwell
288
1st Place - Caleb Denny of Moeller
2nd Place - Travis Williams of Portage Wrestling
3rd Place - Larry Carter of Warren
4th Place - Randolph Harmon of Warren
2010
106
1st Place - Brandon James of Lawrence North
2nd Place - Aaron Assad of firebirds
3rd Place - Mitchel Rogaliner of Bedford High School
4th Place - Joshua Alber of Dakota WC
115
1st Place - Mason Todd of HPW
2nd Place - Jarred Brooks of Unattached
3rd Place - Luke Schroeder of Hanover
4th Place - Joshua Farrell of Greenfield Central
122
1st Place - Ken Bade of Detroit Catholic Central
2nd Place - William Spangler of ALL AMERICAN WRESTLING CLUB
3rd Place - Brayden Montgomery of CIA
4th Place - Lee Wilson of st. francis desales
128
1st Place - Brant Schafer of St. Johns
2nd Place - Neal Molloy of CIA
3rd Place - Buddy Poyner of michigan freeze
4th Place - Brodie Scherer of warsaw river view
133
1st Place - Travis Barroquillo of Carroll
2nd Place - Layten Binion of Mishawaka
4th Place - Brian Harvey of Fighting Irish Wrestling Club
4th Place - Joey Ward of Moeller
138
1st Place - Zac Corcoran of Lake Fenton
2nd Place - Gabe Morse of Lowell
3rd Place - Levi Rose of New Castle
4th Place - Dakota Hook of Nelsonville York
143
1st Place - Brandon Howes of Pickerington North
2nd Place - Dallas Blank of michigan freeze
3rd Place - Joe Kieffer of Indy Southside Rebels
4th Place - Joe Kelly of Chesterton
148
1st Place - Payne Hayden of Massa`s Maniacs
2nd Place - Drake Meska of Jay County
3rd Place - Austin Maneese of Clear Fork High School
4th Place - Brandon Reynolds-smith of South Bend Wrestling Club
155
1st Place - Connor Brancheau of Lake Fenton
2nd Place - Kyle Kinzel of Clear Fork High School
3rd Place - Travis Curley of Massa`s Maniacs
4th Place - Ian Ousley of Heritage
163
1st Place - Monterail Johnson of peru wrestling club
2nd Place - Conner Lefever of Carroll
3rd Place - Reece Lefever of Carroll
4th Place - Brandon Hill of Brighton WC
174
1st Place - Tylan Coleman of wildcat wrestling club
2nd Place - Ashton Brierly of CIA
3rd Place - Jd Herst of major decision
4th Place - Brandon O`neill of Clear Fork High School
192
1st Place - Garret Goldman of Unattached
2nd Place - Chaz Gresham of Goshen(OH)
3rd Place - Logan Raypole of Carroll
4th Place - Taylor Pruett of Ryle Raiders
218
1st Place - Randall Howard of Ohio Storm
2nd Place - Jeff Mofield of New Castle
3rd Place - Jack Crawford of Culver Academy
4th Place - Jacob Williamson of Ryle Raiders
288
1st Place - Garett Strychalski of Penn High School
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