Kirk Johnson of Perry Meridian and Conner Lefever of Carroll(Fort Wayne) will both be wrestling for 7th place at the Junior Greco-Roman National Finals. Johnson won his first match of the day and that clinched his spot on the podium, he then dropped his next two matches. Lefever started the day with a bye and then lost his next two matches to drop to the 7th place match. Johnson will face off with Trace Engelkes of Illinois in his match, while Lefever will battle Kyle Koziel of Florida. Sean Mappes lost his only match on the day and was eliminated in a tough three round match.  Mappes failed to turn his opponent and thus lost the third period.
Junior-160 - Kirk Johnson's place is 8th.
Match #1 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Andy Walton (North Dakota) Dec 1-0,6-0
Match #2 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Dirk Ponchak (Ohio) Dec 2-0,6-3
Match #3 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Dane Nielson (Utah) Dec 1-0,4-0
Match #4 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Cody Pych (Illinois) Dec 1-0,1-0
Match #5 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Tyler Patrick (Maryland) Dec 7-0,4-0
Match #6 Kirk Johnson (Indiana) over Devon Marry (Michigan) Dec 0-3,3-2,6-2
Match #7 Alex Meyer (Iowa) over Kirk Johnson (Indiana) Dec 2-1,7-0
Match #8 Burke Paddock (New York) over Kirk Johnson (Indiana) Dec 4-0,0-2,4-1
Junior-171 - Sean Mappes's place is unknown.
Match #1 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Dillon Reid (California) Dec 1-0,3-0
Match #2 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Ryan Therrien (Massachusetts) Dec 2-0,7-0
Match #3 Sean Mappes (Indiana) over Tanner Tinsley (Virginia) Dec 1-0,6-0
Match #4 Jordan Rogers (Washington) over Sean Mappes (Indiana) Dec 1-0,2-0
Match #5 Brooks Climmons (Georgia) over Sean Mappes (Indiana) Dec 0-3,1-0,1-0
Junior-171 - Connor Lefever's place is 8th.
Match #1 Connor Lefever (Indiana) over Taylor Hardin (Louisiana) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Connor Lefever (Indiana) over Garrett DeMers (Idaho) Fall 3-3,0:31
Match #3 Connor Lefever (Indiana) over Dylon Braun (Kansas) Dec 1-0,6-0
Match #4 Connor Lefever (Indiana) over Zach Brown (Ohio) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #5 Connor Lefever (Indiana) received a bye.
Match #6 Dylan Fors (Oregon) over Connor Lefever (Indiana) TF 5-0,7-0
Match #7 Matt Reed (Kansas) over Connor Lefever (Indiana) Dec 7-3,7-0
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