Eight 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

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.