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Manage articlesHigh School News329IndianaMat.com Team Rankings 12/23
Rank
Last
Team
W-L
Notable Wins
Losses
Recent Matches
1
1
Perry Meridian
10-0
Center Grove, Avon
Marion Co. Champs
2
2
Evansville Mater Dei
5-0
Ev. Memorial, Bloomington South
W, Union Co. (KY)
3
3
Franklin Community
11-0
Crown Point, Cathedral, Portage
W, Center Grove 58-3
4
4
Merrillville
5-0
Portage
5
5
Penn
9-0
Portage
W, Portage 60-9
6
8
Cathedral
8-1
Crown Pt, Portage, Warren C.
Franklin,
Indy City Champs
7
6
Warren Central
4-1
Avon
Cathedral
3rd-Marion County
8
7
Portage
12-4
Crown Point, Mishawaka
Merrillville, Franklin, Cathedral, Penn
L, Penn 60-9
9
9
Crown Point
5-3
Westfield, Lake Central
Franklin, Cathedral, Portage
W, Lake Central 49-13
10
10
Yorktown
19-0
New Palestine, North Mont.
W, Floyd Central 70-3
11
11
New Palestine
15-1
Yorktown
W, Greenfield C. 51-20
12
12
Carroll (Fort Wayne)
15-0
East Noble
W, Bellmont 36-28
13
13
Westfield
14-1
Southmont, Mishawaka
Crown Point
2nd-Hamilton Co.
14
HM
North Montgomery
11-2
Southmont
Yorktown
W, Southmont 37-33
15
14
Southmont
13-3
Mishawaka
Cathedral, Westfield, N. Montgomery
L, N. Montgomery 37-33
16
15
Mishawaka
9-3
Lowell
Portage, Southmont, Westfield
17
18
Avon
7-3
HSE, Brownsburg
Cathedral, Warren Central, PM
1st-Jeff Classic
18
HM
Evansville Memorial
9-2
Ev. Reitz
Mater Dei, Union Co. (KY)
19
HM
Franklin Central
8-0
2nd-Marion County
20
16
Center Grove
5-2
Bloomington South
Perry Meridian, Franklin
L, Franklin 58-3
High School News356Indianamat.com Team Rankings 12/16
1. Perry Meridian (3-0)
W, Avon 51-12
2. Ev. Mater Dei (3-0)
W, Bloomington South 51-15
3. Franklin Community (7-0)
Won Traicoff
4. Merrillville (5-0)
W, Portage 35-29
5. Penn (3-0)
6. Warren Central (3-0)
W, Avon 37-27
7. Portage (9-2)
L, Merrillville, Cathedral and Franklin
W, Crown Point and Mishawaka
8. Cathedral (6-2)
L, Franklin 37-31;
W, Portage 38-27
W, Southmont, Crown Point
9. Crown Point (3-3)
L to Franklin, Cathedral, Portage
10. Yorktown (13-0)
W, North Mongtomery
11. New Palestine (6-1)
12. Carroll (FW) (9-0)
13. Westfield (13-0)
5th at Traicoff
14. Southmont (11-2)
W, Mishawaka 36-34
L, Cathedral, Westfield
15. Mishawaka (9-2)
L, Portage 37-28; Southmont 36-34
16. Center Grove (5-1)
W, Bloomington South 33-32
4th at Zionsville Invite
17. Bloomington South (3-1)
W, Jasper 40-27
L, Center Grove 33-32
18. Avon (7-3)
L, Perry Meridian 51-12
W, Brownsburg 51-13
19. Plymouth (6-1)
W, Lowell 48-22
20. East Noble (1-1)
High School News381Indianamat.com Team Rankings 12/2/13
1. Perry Meridian
Won Capital City Classic
2. Evansville Mater Dei
3. Merrillville
4. Cathedral
5. Penn
6. Franklin Community
7. Warren Central
8. Crown Point
9. Yorktown (5-0)
W, #11 New Palestine 33-31
10. East Noble
11. New Palestine (4-1)
L, #9 Yorktown 33-31
12. Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Won Northern Indiana Challenge
13. Mishawaka
14. Bloomington South
15. Portage (4-0)
16. Lowell
17. Lake Central (2-0)
18. Jasper
19. Westfield (4-0)
20. Evansville Reitz
High School News392Indianamat Team Power Rankings 12/2
Due to this year’s IHSAA State Championship being determined at the individual state finals, we have developed a power poll based off of the IndianaMat individual rankings. This poll will simply give point values to each ranking spot and totals them up for each team.
Rank
Team
Points
1
Indianapolis Cathedral
77
2
Penn
64
3
Warren Central
60
4
Perry Meridian
54
5
Lowell
49
6(tie)
New Palestine
45
6(tie)
Franklin Community
45
8
Yorktown
44
9
East Noble
41
10
Merrillville
40
11
Evansville Mater Dei
39
12
Mishawaka
34
13
Bloomington South
33
14
Crown Point
32
15
Kokomo
28
16
Evansville Central
26
17
Hanover Central
25
18
Lake Central
23
19(tie)
Zionsville
22
19(tie)
Western Boone
22
19(tie)
South Bend St Joseph
22
Point values are as follows:
1-22
2-18
3-13
4-11
5-8
6-6
7-4
8-3
9-2
10-2
11-2
12-2
13-1
14-1
15-1
16-1
High School News22682013/2014 Regular Season Tournaments
November 23, 2013
Lowell JV Tournament
December 7, 2013
Harvest Classic at Lake Central
Bloomington Invitational at Bloomington South
Brownsburg JV Invitational
December 14, 2013
Zionsville Eagle Inviational at Zionsville
December 21, 2013
Marion County Wrestling Tournament at Franklin Central
Carnahan Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Crown Point
Indianapolis City Championships at Shortridge Magnet
Jeffersonville Classic
Hendricks County Tournament
Bo Henry Invitational
Twin Lakes Invitational
Hamilton County Tournament
December 27 and 28, 2013
Al Smith Invitational at Mishawaka
Mooresville Holiday Tournament
Mater Dei Holiday Classic
Connersville Spartan Classic
Ben Davis Giant 16
East Central Indiana Classic at Jay County
January 4, 2014
IHSWCA Team State Finals at Westfield
Whitko Invitational
John McKee Memorial at Rochester
January 11, 2014
New Haven Invite
New Palestine Open
January 18, 2014
Garrett Invitational
Concordia Wild Bill Invitational
Goshen Invitational
January 25, 2014
Garry Burkhart Invitational at Hobart
High School News363IndianaMat Team Power Rankings 11/19
Due to this year’s IHSAA State Championship being determined at the individual state finals, we have developed a power poll based off of the IndianaMat individual rankings. This poll will simply give point values to each ranking spot and totals them up for each team.
Rank
Team
Points
1
Indianapolis Cathedral
77
2
Penn
62
3
Perry Meridian
59
4
Warren Central
57
5
New Palestine
48
6
Franklin Community
44
7(tie)
Lowell
43
7(tie)
Evansville Mater Dei
43
9
East Noble
42
10
Merrillville
37
11(tie)
Yorktown
36
11(tie)
Bloomington South
36
13
Mishawaka
34
14
Crown Point
32
15
Kokomo
30
16
Evansville Central
26
17
Hanover Central
25
18
Lake Central
24
19
Western Boone
22
20
Lawrence North
20
Point values are as follows:
1-22
2-18
3-13
4-11
5-8
6-6
7-4
8-3
9-2
10-2
11-2
12-2
13-1
14-1
15-1
16-1
High School News360IndianaMat Team Rankings 11/19
1. Perry Meridian
2. Evansville Mater Dei
3. Merrillville
4. Cathedral
5. Penn
6. Franklin Community
7. Warren Central
8. Crown Point
9. Yorktown
10. East Noble
11. New Palestine
12. Carroll (Fort Wayne)
13. Mishawaka
14. Bloomington South
15. Portage
16. Lowell
17. Lake Central
18. Jasper
19. Westfield
20. Evansville Reitz
High School News6912013 IndianaMat Preview Magazine On Sale Now!
IndianaMat 2013 Preview Magazine
By Joe Caprino in IndianaMat.com Magazines
40 pages, published 10/20/2013
Preview magazine for the 2013/2014 wrestling season in Indiana. This magazine was produced by the staff at IndianaMat, the one and only source for wrestling information for the state of Indiana. The magazine contains our preseason rankings along with regional previews and a team preview.
High School News1016Junior Freestylers Place Fifth
Lead by impressive performances from two outgoing seniors, Team Indiana finished an impressive 5th place in the Junior Freestyle portion of Fargo. To say Mitch Sliga dominated his opponents is an understatement as he only gave up one point en route to his FIFTH, yes fifth, Fargo title. He equaled Jeff Pease as having the most Cadet and Junior national titles and surpassed David McCubbins who had four titles between the divisions. Congrats to Mitch on an outstanding run and good luck at Northwestern.
Another outgoing senior put quite a cap on his scholastic career this week with a trip to the raised platform. Carroll's Riley Lefever is the definition of late bloomer as he has grown from a goofy 125lber to a stud 182lber over the past four years. He had an impressive run to the finals pinning or teching his opponents on his way to the raised platform. He fell in the finals to a tough opponent, but ended his scholastic career on a high note. The Wabash Little Giants are definitely getting a diamond in the rough in Lefever.
Kokomo's Fletcher Miller has also had a big breakout party this year after moving from 170lbs to 220lbs and has had a impressive cycle this year. After a runner-up finish at state he placed second at USAW Folkstyle Nationals in April. He capped off this year with a super impressive 3rd place finish at Fargo on his first trip. He will be a favorite to bring a state title back to the City of Firsts in 2014.
Another big guy looking to cap off his career with a state title is Cathedral's Wes Bernard. He finished 4th this year and brings home his third stop sign plaque from Fargo to the southside of Indy. He recently committed to wrestle for Rutgers and Coach Goodale is most likely pleased with the performance of his future wrestler.
Vinny Corsaro made it two Fighting Irish teammates on the podium with a 6th place finish at 152lbs. He had an outstanding tournament in a deep field and one of his wins was over the Flo #1 ranked Jon Jay Chavez. After two losses under the lights My Cousin Vinny will look to get the blue medal in 2014.
Lastly, Perry Meridian kept their string of All-Americans alive when Brandon James placed 7th this week. After a disappointing 5th place finish at state and an 0-2 performance at Central Regionals many thought James might be struggling. However, his impressive performance this week showed just how tough he can be. He will be one to watch this year.
High School News994Sliga and Lefever Lead Six Junior All-Americans
After two days of grueling freestyle action in the Junior division six Indiana wrestlers have qualified for a spot on the podium. Saturday morning's session is scheduled to start at 10am CST with two Indiana wrestlers vying for a stop sign. Mitch Sliga is no stranger to wrestling on the raised platform and will seek his fifth Fargo title tomorrow. Riley Lefever however is making his last Fargo trip memorable after rolling through his bracket at 182lbs to make the finals. Both wrestlers are wrestling their last tournament as a high school wrestler and going out with a BANG!
Sliga has seven wins over the past two days and only allowed one point while garnering two pins and five tech falls. He will face off with Oklahoma's Joel Dixon in the finals. Sliga's coaches at Northwestern have to be pleased with this dominating performance from one of their highly touted recruits.
Carroll Super Charger Riley Lefever was one match from placing in Greco-Roman earlier this week, but used the close losses for motivation on his way to the finals at 182lbs. Lefever has had six matches and has five tech falls and a pin throughout the tournament. His path to the championship was not easy as the wrestler who got second in the pool he faced in the first round. He will have Michael Pixley of Missouri in his finals match.
Kokomo's Fletcher Miller has had a breakout season in-state and nationally this year. After a state runner-up finish he finished second at the USAW Folkstyle Nationals and has followed that up with a top four finish at Fargo. He is 6-2 in the tournament and nearly made the finals when he had finalist Roy Nash on his back for about 30 seconds. He has four tech falls, a pin and a decision for the tournament. In the third place match he will square off with North Carolina's Kacee Hutchinson.
Keeping with the upper weight theme, you can't get much bigger than Cathedral's big man Wes Bernard who has also had a stellar tournament. He will be wrestling for third place in the morning after going 6-1 over the past two days. His only blemish was to future Michigan Wolverine Adam Coon whom he took down twice before being overcome by Coon. Bernard, who will take his skills to Rutgers in 2014, has had two pins, three tech falls and a decision on his way to the bronze medal match. He will have Newton Smerchek of Wisconsin in the morning.
Another wrestler from Cathedral having an outstanding tournament is Vinny Corsaro who will be wrestling for 5th place tomorrow. It would be hard to find a wrestler in the field that has faced tough kid after tough kid like Vinny has and he has risen to the occasion. Earlier today when you thought his tournament might be done when he had Flo #1 ranked Jon Jay Chavez he shocked everyone and defeated him to stay alive in the tournament. Vinny will have Brandon Sorenson of Iowa tomorrow morning.
Lastly, but not leastly Perry Meridian's Brandon James will be making his third trip to the podium at Fargo tomorrow. He will be wrestling for 8th place in a bracket that featured 90 wrestlers. Like anyone that is coming away with hardware his path has been filled with landmines including Cornell head coach's son Will Koll who he tech falled in the sixth round. James will have Sean Fausz of Kentucky in the 7th place match.
Friday's Results
Junior-126 - Brandon James's place is 8th.
Match #1 Brandon James (Indiana) over Kian Clemens (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Brandon James (Indiana) over Matthew Woods (Nevada) TF 11-0
Match #3 Brandon James (Indiana) over Trevor Zdebski (Michigan) TF 19-8
Match #4 Brandon James (Indiana) over Trevor Kringlie (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #5 Brandon James (Indiana) over Weston Basler (Missouri) Fall 1:21
Match #6 Brandon James (Indiana) over William Koll (New York) TF 12-1
Match #7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) over Brandon James (Indiana) Fall 4:23
Match #8 Charles Tucker (New Jersey) over Brandon James (Indiana) Dec 9-0
Junior-152 - Vincent Corsaro's place is 6th.
Match #1 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Keilan Torres (Oklahoma) Dec 3-2
Match #2 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Rocco Borg (Michigan) TF 12-2
Match #3 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Kyle Leet (Nevada) TF 10-0
Match #4 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Sir Romeo Howard (Illinois) Dec 8-4
Match #5 Garrett Sutton (Illinois) over Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) Dec 6-4
Match #6 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Jon Jay Chavez (Idaho) Dec 5-3
Match #7 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Darick Lapaglia (Missouri) Dec 5-1
Match #8 Jake Short (Minnesota) over Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) Dec 9-1
Junior-160 - Chase Hack's place is unknown.
Match #1 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Matthew Allan (Virginia) TF 12-1
Match #2 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Chris Pfarr (Minnesota) Dec 7-7
Match #3 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Timothy Blickle (Florida) TF 11-0
Match #4 Jacob Armstrong (Utah) over Chase Hack (Indiana) Dec 14-8
Match #5 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Christopher Koo (New York) Dec 5-3
Match #6 Chris Weiler (Pennsylvania) over Chase Hack (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-182 - Riley Lefever's place is 2nd.
Match #1 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Dylan Wisman (Virginia) TF 12-2
Match #2 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Jones Lindsey (Georgia) TF 11-0
Match #3 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Jake Stilling (Wisconsin) Fall 1:09
Match #4 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Nick Corba (Ohio) TF 14-4
Match #5 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Dylan Blackford (Iowa) TF 17-7
Match #6 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Austin-Caleb Flores (California) TF 11-0
Match #7 Riley Lefever (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #8 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Dylan Blackford (Iowa) TF 17-7
Match #9 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Dylan Wisman (Virginia) TF 12-2
Match #10 Riley Lefever (Indiana) received a bye.
Junior-195 - Mitch Sliga's place is 2nd.
Match #1 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Reggie Williams (New York) Fall 2:09
Match #2 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #3 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Matt Doggett (Pennsylvania) TF 10-0
Match #4 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Gabe Gonzalez (Arizona) Fall 0:49
Match #5 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Micah Gill (Utah) TF 10-0
Match #6 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Derek White (Oklahoma) TF 12-1
Match #7 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Nick Osowski (Wisconsin) TF 10-0
Match #8 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Marcus Harrington (Iowa) TF 10-0
Match #9 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #10 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Derek White (Oklahoma) TF 12-1
Junior-220 - Fletcher Miller's place is 4th.
Match #1 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Ryan Maas (Iowa) TF 10-0
Match #2 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Finn Higgins (Oklahoma) TF 11-0
Match #3 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over William Cooley (New Jersey) TF 10-0
Match #4 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Trae Story (Minnesota) TF 11-0
Match #5 Parker Knapp (Ohio) over Fletcher Miller (Indiana) Dec 12-7
Match #6 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Andy Cavanna (Connecticut) Dec 6-1
Match #7 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Edgar Ruano (Illinois) Fall 5:59
Match #8 Roy Nash (Utah) over Fletcher Miller (Indiana) Fall 1:04
Junior-220 - Connor Tolley's place is unknown.
Match #1 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Joey Kaufman (Alabama) Fall 1:33
Match #2 Kacee Hutchinson (North Carolina) over Connor Tolley (Indiana) Dec 7-6
Match #3 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Daniel Nolte (West Virginia) TF 11-0
Match #4 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Clay Broze (Minnesota) Dec 13-5
Match #5 Lance Evans (Iowa) over Connor Tolley (Indiana) TF 19-9
Junior-220 - Brad Sadilek's place is unknown.
Match #1 Cory Daniel (Maryland) over Brad Sadilek (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Brad Sadilek (Indiana) over Jack Luciano (Alabama) Dec 7-1
Match #3 Angus Cowell (Connecticut) over Brad Sadilek (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-285 - Wes Bernard's place is 4th.
Match #1 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Bailey Sutko (Missouri) Fall 0:53
Match #2 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Robert Barrios (California) Fall 1:37
Match #3 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Matthew St. Onge (New York) TF 10-0
Match #4 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Donovan Lozada (Massachusetts) TF 11-0
Match #5 Wes Bernard (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #6 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Michael Hobbs (Illinois) TF 13-2
Match #7 Adam Coon (Michigan) over Wes Bernard (Indiana) TF 14-4
Match #8 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Jake Scanlan (Iowa) Dec 5-2
Match #9 Wes Bernard (Indiana) received a bye.
High School News752Cadets Finish Strong in Freestyle
With four remaining wrestlers today the cadet freestylers made the most of their opportunities. Leading the way were Nick Lee and Shawn Streck who both garnered a bronze medal, while Dylan Lydy and Randy Scott took home 4th and 8th respectively.
Nick Lee made the most of his first Fargo appearance dominating everyone in his path except eventual champion Zahid Valencia of California. In fact Valencia teched or pinned everyone....but Nick Lee during the tournament. That is absolutely impressive for the incoming freshman. Lee will have an extremely bright future and many in Indiana are excited to see him wrestle at Banker's Life Fieldhouse.
Shawn Streck made waves this year placing at state at heavyweight as a freshman and has continued on an impressive pace. It is rare for a heavyweight this young to be so polished, but he has great poise combined with technique and strength. He took 3rd in freestyle and 4th in Greco-Roman this week to leave Fargo with double the hardware. He will definitely be a contender for a few state titles the next three years.
Dylan Lydy burst on the scene this week with an absolutely impressive performance. This regional qualifier for Ben Davis this year bumped up three weight classes from the high school season and had a fantastic tournament. He is not going to fly anyone's radar any more.
Lastly, Mooresville's Randy Scott had an outstanding week wrestling in the Greco-Roman finals on Monday and then placing 8th in freestyle on Friday. This Pioneer big man is poised to have a great scholastic season this year.
Cadet-126 - Nick Lee's place is 3rd.
Match #1 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Cole Martin (Wisconsin) TF 10-0
Match #2 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Anthony Vargas (California) TF 11-0
Match #3 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Matthew Pool (Arizona) TF 10-0
Match #4 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Lucas Patterson (Georgia) ID
Match #5 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Garrett Hancock (Ohio) TF 10-0
Match #6 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Zander Wick (California) TF 10-0
Match #7 Zahid Valencia (California) over Nick Lee (Indiana) Dec 12-4
Match #8 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Richard (Rico) Montoya (New Mexico) TF 12-2
Match #9 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Zackary Diamond (Hawaii) TF 11-0
Match #10 Zahid Valencia (California) over Nick Lee (Indiana) Dec 12-4
Match #11 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Dylan West (Colorado) TF 13-2
Cadet-170 - Dylan Lydy's place is 4th.
Match #1 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Keaton Eidle (Pennsylvania) TF 12-0
Match #2 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Malachi Thompson (Washington) TF 10-0
Match #3 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Riley Lura (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #4 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Clark Woodward (Oregon) Dec 11-5
Match #5 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Michael Bothwell (Minnesota) Dec 5-0
Match #6 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #7 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Corey Hazel (Pennsylvania) Fall 5:54
Match #8 Beau Breske (Wisconsin) over Dylan Lydy (Indiana) TF 11-0
Match #9 Brandon Fleischmann (Wisconsin) over Dylan Lydy (Indiana) Fall 0:46
Cadet-195 - Randy Scott's place is 8th.
Match #1 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Garett Fogel (Ohio) TF 11-0
Match #2 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Adalberto Rodriguez (North Dakota) Fall 1:25
Match #3 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Allen Stallings (Illinois) Fall 0:25
Match #4 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Cornelius Putnam (Hawaii) Fall 5:15
Match #5 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Randy Scott (Indiana) Fall 1:46
Match #6 Samuel Colbray (Oregon) over Randy Scott (Indiana) Fall 1:07
Match #7 Ethan Andersen (Iowa) over Randy Scott (Indiana) Fall 2:44
Cadet-285 - Shawn Streck's place is 3rd.
Match #1 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over James Huwe (Minnesota) TF 11-0
Match #2 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Tristan Hall (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #3 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Michael McCauley (California) Fall 1:02
Match #4 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Hunter Toppel (Wisconsin) TF 11-0
Match #5 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Antonio James (Illinois) TF 11-0
Match #6 Jacob Marnin (Iowa) over Shawn Streck (Indiana) Fall 0:53
Match #7 Shawn Streck (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #8 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Adam Lemke-Bell (Illinois) TF 11-0
High School News775Eight Junior Survive Freestyle Day One
After two sessions and eight grueling hours of wrestling seven Indiana wrestlers are still alive battling it out for prestigious All-American honors. Five of the seven wrestlers have not suffered a loss yet and each of them is two to four rounds from solidifying a spot on the podium.
Leading the way is Fargo veteran Mitch Sliga who has two falls and a tech fall in his three matches. He has eight wrestlers left in his pool with four having one loss. Another Hoosier with previous hardware from Fargo is big Wes Bernard. He is undefeated with two falls and two tech falls on the day. He has seven left in his pool with four having a loss. He is sitting on a bye right now which will help him. He also has super stud Adam Coon of Michigan looming in the next couple rounds. Brandon James is on a roll looking to make the podium for the 3rd time at Fargo and currently undefeated.
Vinny "the sizzlin' Sicilian" is having a lights out tournament so far. In his first match he defeated a former Fargo finalist and two-time Oklahoma state champion and since then has reeled off three more victories. His pool has 13 wrestlers left with 7 sporting a loss. The last two undefeated wrestlers hail from the Fort Wayne semi-state in Carroll Super Charger Riley Lefever and Kokomo's Fletcher Miller. Miller has had a breakout year and is looking poised to be on the podium this year. His pool has seven wrestlers left with three sporting a loss. Riley Lefever is using the Greco tournament as motivation for dominating on the freestyle side of things. He has three techs and a pin after the first day. In his first match he teched the Greco 4th place finisher and dispatched a Wisconsin state champ and Ohio state champ in the last two matched by pin and tech fall respectively. He has nine left in his pool with five having a loss.
The last two wrestlers alive both have one loss, but are battling hard to stay in the tournament. South Bend Riley's Chase Hack has had a surprising tournament winning his first three matches before dropping his final match of the day. He has 13 left in his pool with 6 having a loss. Lastly, returning All-American Connor Tolley is 3-1 on the day after taking a second round loss. His pool has eight wrestlers left with four having a loss.
Next round's match-ups
Junior 126 Round 6 (Bout 8707) - Brandon James (Indiana) vs. William Koll (New York)
Junior 152 Round 5 (Bout 8757) - Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) vs. Garrett Sutton (Illinois)
Junior 160 Round 5 (Bout 8769) - Chase Hack (Indiana) vs. Christopher Koo (New York)
Junior 182 Round 5 (Bout 8787) - Riley Lefever (Indiana) vs. Dylan Blackford (Iowa)
Junior 195 Round 5 (Bout 8792) - Micah Gill (Utah) vs. Mitch Sliga (Indiana)
Junior 220 Round 5 (Bout ?) - Lance Evans (Iowa) vs. Connor Tolley (Indiana)
Junior 220 Round 5 (Bout ?) - Parker Knapp (Ohio) vs. Fletcher Miller (Indiana)
Today's Results
Junior-120 - Jacob Cottey's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jacob Cottey (Indiana) over Connor Kominek (North Carolina) TF 11-0
Match #2 Jacob Cottey (Indiana) over Colby McCaslin (Wyoming) TF 10-0
Match #3 Jacob Cottey (Indiana) over Nick Mancini (Ohio) Dec 17-13
Match #4 Domenic Forys (Pennsylvania) over Jacob Cottey (Indiana) TF 14-4
Match #5 Brett Velasquez (Nebraska) over Jacob Cottey (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-120 - Forrest Glogouski's place is unknown.
Match #1 Forrest Glogouski (Indiana) over Brandon Brubaker (Virginia) Fall 0:53
Match #2 Darek Huff (Colorado) over Forrest Glogouski (Indiana) Dec 12-8
Match #3 Forrest Glogouski (Indiana) over Zachary Schaub (Michigan) TF 10-0
Match #4 Steve Polakowski (Illinois) over Forrest Glogouski (Indiana) TF 20-8
Junior-120 - Ruben Rodriquez Jr's place is unknown.
Match #1 Ruben Rodriquez Jr (Indiana) over Joseph Deehan (New Jersey) TF 14-3
Match #2 Jonathan Furnas (Ohio) over Ruben Rodriquez Jr (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #3 Tommy Pawelski (Illinois) over Ruben Rodriquez Jr (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-126 - AJ Belden's place is unknown.
Match #1 AJ Belden (Indiana) over Lucas Bolste (Idaho) TF 10-0
Match #2 William Olivas (Arizona) over AJ Belden (Indiana) TF 12-1
Match #3 Jaydin Clayton (Missouri) over AJ Belden (Indiana) Fall 2:58
Junior-126 - Deondre Wilson's place is unknown.
Match #1 Colton Schilling (Oregon) over Deondre Wilson (Indiana) Fall 4:05
Match #2 Deondre Wilson (Indiana) over Adam Wilmer (Virginia) TF 10-0
Match #3 Anthony Tutolo (Ohio) over Deondre Wilson (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-126 - Erique Early's place is unknown.
Match #1 Reid Lyden (Minnesota) over Erique Early (Indiana) Fall 1:26
Match #2 Maleek Williams (Florida) over Erique Early (Indiana) Fall 1:15
Junior-126 - Brandon James's place is unknown.
Match #1 Brandon James (Indiana) over Kian Clemens (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Brandon James (Indiana) over Matthew Woods (Nevada) TF 11-0
Match #3 Brandon James (Indiana) over Trevor Zdebski (Michigan) TF 19-8
Match #4 Brandon James (Indiana) over Trevor Kringlie (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #5 Brandon James (Indiana) over Weston Basler (Missouri) Fall 1:21
Junior-132 - Alec Noworul's place is unknown.
Match #1 George Fisher (Illinois) over Alec Noworul (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Logan Mudd (Missouri) over Alec Noworul (Indiana) TF 12-1
Junior-132 - Dillon Eldred's place is unknown.
Match #1 Riley Connolly (Idaho) over Dillon Eldred (Indiana) TF 11-0
Match #2 Seth Gross (Minnesota) over Dillon Eldred (Indiana) TF 15-5
Junior-132 - Dominique Shelby's place is unknown.
Match #1 Cortland Schuyler (Pennsylvania) over Dominique Shelby (Indiana) Fall 0:38
Match #2 Matt Findlay (Utah) over Dominique Shelby (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-132 - Devin Broukal's place is unknown.
Match #1 Zac Hassan (Illinois) over Devin Broukal (Indiana) Dec 9-3
Match #2 Devin Broukal (Indiana) over Roman Boylen (Georgia) TF 12-2
Match #3 Kyle Gliva (Minnesota) over Devin Broukal (Indiana) TF 13-2
Junior-138 - Justin Atkinson's place is unknown.
Match #1 Brandon Wetsch (Colorado) over Justin Atkinson (Indiana) TF 11-0
Match #2 Saidyokub Kahramonov (New York) over Justin Atkinson (Indiana) Fall 0:56
Junior-138 - Wyatt Seng's place is unknown.
Match #1 Joseph McKenna (New Jersey) over Wyatt Seng (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 David Rump (Pennsylvania) over Wyatt Seng (Indiana) Fall 5:17
Junior-145 - Tommy Forte's place is unknown.
Match #1 Tommy Forte (Indiana) over Lawton Benna (Missouri) TF 11-0
Match #2 Kevin Cooper (Kentucky) over Tommy Forte (Indiana) TF 16-6
Match #3 Tommy Forte (Indiana) over Darius Wright (Wisconsin) TF 15-5
Match #4 Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota) over Tommy Forte (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-152 - Shabaka Johns's place is unknown.
Match #1 Shabaka Johns (Indiana) over Zachary Skopec (Iowa) TF 12-2
Match #2 Brooks Robinson (Utah) over Shabaka Johns (Indiana) Fall 1:52
Match #3 Logan Breitenbach (Maryland) over Shabaka Johns (Indiana) TF 11-1
Junior-152 - Matthew Ruddick's place is unknown.
Match #1 Mitchell Berenz (Wisconsin) over Matthew Ruddick (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Jacom Stacey (Idaho) over Matthew Ruddick (Indiana) Fall 0:19
Junior-152 - Vincent Corsaro's place is unknown.
Match #1 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Keilan Torres (Oklahoma) Dec 3-2
Match #2 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Rocco Borg (Michigan) TF 12-2
Match #3 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Kyle Leet (Nevada) TF 10-0
Match #4 Vincent Corsaro (Indiana) over Sir Romeo Howard (Illinois) Dec 8-4
Junior-160 - Kenny Hughes's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jake Johnson (Michigan) over Kenny Hughes (Indiana) TF 13-2
Match #2 Kenny Hughes (Indiana) over Chad Reese (Pennsylvania) TF 10-0
Match #3 Xavier Montalvo (Illinois) over Kenny Hughes (Indiana) TF 11-0
Junior-160 - Alex Rinehart's place is unknown.
Match #1 Kimball Bastian (Utah) over Alex Rinehart (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Ryan Preisch (Pennsylvania) over Alex Rinehart (Indiana) TF 13-2
Junior-160 - Chase Hack's place is unknown.
Match #1 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Matthew Allan (Virginia) TF 12-1
Match #2 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Chris Pfarr (Minnesota) Dec 7-7
Match #3 Chase Hack (Indiana) over Timothy Blickle (Florida) TF 11-0
Match #4 Jacob Armstrong (Utah) over Chase Hack (Indiana) Dec 14-8
Junior-170 - Jacob Franklin's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jacob Franklin (Indiana) over Hunter Fenk (Pennsylvania) TF 14-2
Match #2 Mitch Craig (Michigan) over Jacob Franklin (Indiana) TF 15-3
Match #3 Lucas Westrich (Minnesota) over Jacob Franklin (Indiana) TF 14-3
Junior-182 - Riley Lefever's place is unknown.
Match #1 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Dylan Wisman (Virginia) TF 12-2
Match #2 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Jones Lindsey (Georgia) TF 11-0
Match #3 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Jake Stilling (Wisconsin) Fall 1:09
Match #4 Riley Lefever (Indiana) over Nick Corba (Ohio) TF 14-4
Junior-182 - Austin McCloskey's place is unknown.
Match #1 Austin McCloskey (Indiana) over Jake Anderson (Nebraska) TF 10-0
Match #2 Austin McCloskey (Indiana) over Skyler Gonzalez (California) Dec 7-1
Match #3 Preston Lehmann (North Dakota) over Austin McCloskey (Indiana) TF 13-3
Match #4 Troy Murtha (Maryland) over Austin McCloskey (Indiana) Fall 1:46
Junior-195 - Kevin Cain's place is unknown.
Match #1 Kyle Pope (California) over Kevin Cain (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Nick Weber (New York) over Kevin Cain (Indiana) Fall 0:58
Junior-195 - Mitch Sliga's place is unknown.
Match #1 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Reggie Williams (New York) Fall 2:09
Match #2 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #3 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Matt Doggett (Pennsylvania) TF 10-0
Match #4 Mitch Sliga (Indiana) over Gabe Gonzalez (Arizona) Fall 0:49
Junior-220 - Fletcher Miller's place is unknown.
Match #1 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Ryan Maas (Iowa) TF 10-0
Match #2 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Finn Higgins (Oklahoma) TF 11-0
Match #3 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over William Cooley (New Jersey) TF 10-0
Match #4 Fletcher Miller (Indiana) over Trae Story (Minnesota) TF 11-0
Junior-220 - Connor Tolley's place is unknown.
Match #1 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Joey Kaufman (Alabama) Fall 1:33
Match #2 Kacee Hutchinson (North Carolina) over Connor Tolley (Indiana) Dec 7-6
Match #3 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Daniel Nolte (West Virginia) TF 11-0
Match #4 Connor Tolley (Indiana) over Clay Broze (Minnesota) Dec 13-5
Junior-220 - Brad Sadilek's place is unknown.
Match #1 Cory Daniel (Maryland) over Brad Sadilek (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #2 Brad Sadilek (Indiana) over Jack Luciano (Alabama) Dec 7-1
Match #3 Angus Cowell (Connecticut) over Brad Sadilek (Indiana) TF 10-0
Junior-220 - Charles Neisius's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jake Temple (Pennsylvania) over Charles Neisius (Indiana) TF 11-0
Junior-285 - Wes Bernard's place is unknown.
Match #1 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Bailey Sutko (Missouri) Fall 0:53
Match #2 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Robert Barrios (California) Fall 1:37
Match #3 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Matthew St. Onge (New York) TF 10-0
Match #4 Wes Bernard (Indiana) over Donovan Lozada (Massachusetts) TF 11-0
Match #5 Wes Bernard (Indiana) received a bye.
High School News813Lydy and Streck Remain Unblemished
After the dust had settled in the FargoDome on day six of Fargo there are four cadet wrestlers still battling it out for All-American status. It is now it is time to slot where each will wrestle the finals. Wrestling got down to the nitty gritty on Thursday evening with the pool matches coming down to the wire.
Leading the way for the cadets are Shawn Streck and Dylan Lydy who after two days of wrestling do not have a blemish on their records. Streck looks to be in the top four of his pool right now and will have one match in tomorrow morning's session against Jacob Marnin of Iowa. Marnin defeated him in Greco-Roman, but freestyle is a different animal. The surprise of the tournament is the Giant Dylan Lydy who has come out of no where to place in the toughest tournament in the world. Lydy was a regional qualifier at 145lbs this year and is smoking the competition at 170lbs right now. He has five wins on the day and will be sitting on a bye in the sixth round which will propel him to All-American status.
Nick Lee and Randy Scott are still alive and have clinched All-American status at 126lbs and 195lbs respectively. Lee is on a tear and has looked superb the past two days. He was stopped by California super stud Zahid Valencia in the 7th round, but came back to clinch All-American status with a win in his 8th match. Lee will have one more match in the morning and is looking at wrestling for 3rd in the afternoon. Randy Scott is another cadet that has had a stellar week out in the Flickertail state. After wrestling under the lights in Greco he is 4-1 in freestyle. He has one or two matches left in his pool before the finals match tomorrow afternoon.
Cadet Day 2 Results
Cadet-100 - Drew Hildebrandt's place is unknown.
Match #1 Drew Hildebrandt (Indiana) over Jakob Allison (Iowa) TF 10-0
Match #2 Ben Freeman (Michigan) over Drew Hildebrandt (Indiana) TF 10-0
Match #3 Drew Hildebrandt (Indiana) over Josh Copeland (Oklahoma) Dec 13-12
Match #4 Drew Hildebrandt (Indiana) over Joey Prata (Virginia) Dec 9-2
Match #5 Danny Vega (Arizona) over Drew Hildebrandt (Indiana) TF 13-2
Cadet-106 - Austin Slates's place is unknown.
Match #1 Austin Slates (Indiana) over Austin Dye (Arkansas) TF 11-1
Match #2 Austin Slates (Indiana) over Sean Miller (New York) Fall 2:56
Match #3 Austin Slates (Indiana) over Levi Youngwolfe (Oklahoma) TF 14-3
Match #4 Joe Lobeck (Pennsylvania) over Austin Slates (Indiana) TF 15-5
Match #5 Austin Slates (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #6 Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) over Austin Slates (Indiana) TF 10-0
Cadet-120 - Matt McKinney's place is unknown.
Match #1 Matt McKinney (Indiana) over Christian Bahl (Minnesota) TF 10-0
Match #2 Matt McKinney (Indiana) over Jordan Ng (Hawaii) TF 17-7
Match #3 Matt McKinney (Indiana) over Tristan Porsch (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #4 Matt McKinney (Indiana) over Shawn Orem (Maryland) TF 10-0
Match #5 Evan Cheek (Ohio) over Matt McKinney (Indiana) TF 17-6
Match #6 Nick Noel (Arkansas) over Matt McKinney (Indiana) Dec 12-11
Cadet-120 - CJ Red's place is unknown.
Match #1 CJ Red (Indiana) over John Roche (Florida) TF 10-0
Match #2 CJ Red (Indiana) over Matthew Noble (New Jersey) Dec 4-4
Match #3 CJ Red (Indiana) over Evan Wick (California) Dec 6-4
Match #4 CJ Red (Indiana) over Christian Bowen (Kansas) Dec 6-4
Match #5 CJ Red (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #6 Taylor Lamont (Utah) over CJ Red (Indiana) Fall 1:31
Match #7 Drake Foster (Idaho) over CJ Red (Indiana) TF 10-0
Cadet-126 - Nick Lee's place is unknown.
Match #1 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Cole Martin (Wisconsin) TF 10-0
Match #2 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Anthony Vargas (California) TF 11-0
Match #3 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Matthew Pool (Arizona) TF 10-0
Match #4 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Lucas Patterson (Georgia) ID
Match #5 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Garrett Hancock (Ohio) TF 10-0
Match #6 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Zander Wick (California) TF 10-0
Match #7 Zahid Valencia (California) over Nick Lee (Indiana) Dec 12-4
Match #8 Nick Lee (Indiana) over Richard (Rico) Montoya (New Mexico) TF 12-2
Cadet-152 - Ben Stewart's place is unknown.
Match #1 Brock Benitz (Wisconsin) over Ben Stewart (Indiana) Dec 12-9
Match #2 Ben Stewart (Indiana) over Jake Lanning (Illinois) TF 18-7
Match #3 Ben Stewart (Indiana) over Austin Keller (Missouri) Fall 0:33
Match #4 Ben Stewart (Indiana) over Christian Almony (Maryland) TF 11-1
Match #5 Ben Stewart (Indiana) over Luke Drugac (New Jersey) TF 10-0
Match #6 Matt Ferraro (Illinois) over Ben Stewart (Indiana) ID
Cadet-170 - Dylan Lydy's place is unknown.
Match #1 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Keaton Eidle (Pennsylvania) TF 12-0
Match #2 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Malachi Thompson (Washington) TF 10-0
Match #3 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Riley Lura (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #4 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Clark Woodward (Oregon) Dec 11-5
Match #5 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) over Michael Bothwell (Minnesota) Dec 5-0
Match #6 Dylan Lydy (Indiana) received a bye.
Cadet-195 - Randy Scott's place is unknown.
Match #1 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Garett Fogel (Ohio) TF 11-0
Match #2 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Adalberto Rodriguez (North Dakota) Fall 1:25
Match #3 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Allen Stallings (Illinois) Fall 0:25
Match #4 Randy Scott (Indiana) over Cornelius Putnam (Hawaii) Fall 5:15
Match #5 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Randy Scott (Indiana) Fall 1:46
Cadet-285 - Shawn Streck's place is 6th.
Match #1 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over James Huwe (Minnesota) TF 11-0
Match #2 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Tristan Hall (North Dakota) TF 10-0
Match #3 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Michael McCauley (California) Fall 1:02
Match #4 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Hunter Toppel (Wisconsin) TF 11-0
Match #5 Shawn Streck (Indiana) over Antonio James (Illinois) TF 11-0
Match #6 Shawn Streck (Indiana) received a bye.