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.
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