2010 ASICS/Vaughan Cadet National Championship – Recap

Published on July 26, 2010 by viratas   ·   2 Comments

Another Cadet National Tournament is in the books. Some surprises, some favorites meet expectations and we had a great event. Congrats to all the athletes who competed. Below is a quick break down of each weight with placements, commentary and of course results of our selections. Juniors will be coming soon as will our new High School Rankings, give us a few days to sift through all the results.

Cadet – 84

Congratulations to Brent Fleetwood for capturing the title. He seemed to have cruised through the weight posting some nice wins. He won a close one with our number one pick Davion Jefferies of Oklahoma who ended up third. Congrats to all of the wrestlers who earned All-American honors.

1st Place – Brent Fleetwood of Delaware
2nd Place – Tyler Casamenti of New Jersey
3rd Place – Davion Jeffries of Oklahoma
4th Place – Aaron Dick of Minnesota
5th Place – Gannon Volk of Minnesota
6th Place – Sam Phillips of Iowa
7th Place – Carlos Fuentez of Illinois
8th Place – Hunter Wright of Virginia

TOM’s Selections

1. Davion Jeffries – OK (3rd)
2. Parker Howell – KS
3. Casey Cobb – ID
4. Volk Gannon – MN (5th)

Cadet – 91

This weight had a few surprises. Ronnie Bresser of Oregon wins the title here. If you go back and read our preview, Bresser was our Dark Horse selection at this weight. He beat a very tough Noah Teaney of Missouri in the finals. We did not mention Teaney in our preview and boy were we wrong for missing him. Another interesting side note for this weight or at least something we found interesting is that Minnesota managed to take all of the middle places (3-6).

1st Place – Ronnie Bresser of Oregon
2nd Place – Noah Teaney of Missouri
3rd Place – Zach Siegle of Minnesota
4th Place – Tommy Thorn of Minnesota
5th Place – Jarred Oftedahl of Minnesota
6th Place – Skyler Petry of Minnesota
7th Place – Dylan Lucas of Florida
8th Place – Armando Torres of Ohio

TOM’S Selections

1. Jarred Oftedahl – MN (5th)
2. Dylan Akers – TX
3. Brandon George – UT
4. Jordan Lind – IL

Cadet – 98

Well, we got this one right for the most part. Phillip Laux of Iowa continues to impress. He brings home the national title with a nice win over a very tough Darian Cruz (PA). We also pegged Tomasello in the correct place. This was a very tough weight to navigate loaded with young talent. Look for these guys to make a splash this upcoming season.

1st Place – Phillip Laux of Iowa
2nd Place – Darian Cruz of Pennsylvania
3rd Place – Nathan Tomasello of Ohio
4th Place – Dalton Macri of West Virginia
5th Place – Mason Pengilly of California
6th Place – Kyle Gliva of Minnesota
7th Place – Zac Hall of Michigan
8th Place – Jacob Trujillo of Colorado

TOM’s Selection’s

1. Phillip Laux – IA (1st)
2. Darian Cruz (#14) – PA (2nd)
3. Nathan Tomasello (#4) – OH (3rd)
4. Joey McKenna – NJ

Cadet – 105

Austin Hood (MO) comes in under our radar to win this weight. Cortez who we pegged as the favorite here moved up a weight. Jacob Schmitt (MI) continued his great summer by taking 2nd. We did get our 3rd place finisher right in Ashnault (NJ) who dropped a very close match to Schmitt.

1st Place – Austin Hood of Kansas
2nd Place – Jacob Schmitt of Michigan
3rd Place – Anthony Ashnault of New Jersey
4th Place – Sebastian Pique of Illinois
5th Place – Jake Konzal of Washington
6th Place – Jaret Singh of Missouri
7th Place – P.J. Klee of California
8th Place – Mark Duda of Illinois

TOM’s Selection’s

1. #7 (112) Jared Cortez – IL (1st – 112)
2. #19 (112) Marshawn Sharp – GA
3. #6 Anthony Ashnault – NJ (3rd)
4. #5 Jacob Schmitt – MI (2nd)

Cadet – 112

Our top pick from 105 moved up to take the top spot at 112. Jared Cortez (IL) He cruised through a tough weight on his way to the top. We are very impressed by his performance here. We did get the runner up correct in Jack Hathaway (IA). He also gave Cortez all he could handle in this one dropping a (0-1, 4-0, 1-0) match in the finals. We had picked Dom Malone of (CT) for our top spot here. He ended up 3rd and had a good tournament his only loss came to Hathaway in a very tight one.

1st Place – Jered Cortez of Illinois
2nd Place – Jack Hathaway of Iowa
3rd Place – Dominick Malone of Connecticut
4th Place – Sam Brancale of Minnesota
5th Place – Tate Robinson of Tennessee
6th Place – Barlow McGhee of Illinois
7th Place – Will Steltzlen of Oklahoma
8th Place – Vito Pasone of Pennsylvania

TOM’s Selections

1. #4 Dom Malone – CT (3rd)
2. #19 Jack Hathaway – IA (2nd)
3. #11 Sam Brancale – MN (4th)
4. #12 Paul Petrov – IN

Cadet – 119

At 119 we did manage to get the top two spots correct. Thomas Gilman (NE) grabs the top spot here defeating Bryce Brill (IL) in the finals in a (1-1, 1-1, 2-0) match. It does not get much closer then that. Two guys that impressed us were Bengtson (MN) and Meyers (OH). The both had very good tournaments. They have been on our radar in the past and have now made a case to move up. This is the first weight all of our pre-tournament selections were AA.

1st Place – Thomas Gilman of Nebraska
2nd Place – Bryce Brill of Illinois
3rd Place – Mitch Bengtson of Minnesota
4th Place – Stephen Myers of Ohio
5th Place – Clayton Ream of Missouri
6th Place – Hayden Tuma of Idaho
7th Place – Skylar Wood of Missouri
8th Place – Corey Keener of Pennsylvania

TOM’s Selections

1. #13 Thomas Gilman – NE (1st)
2. #15 Bryce Brill – IL (2nd)
3. #17 Corey Keener – PA (8th)
4. #20 Skylar Wood – MO (7th)

Cadet – 125

Ben Whitford (IL) continues his path of destruction here. This guy has been on fire this summer and one to watch long term. Whitford defeated Mike Labry (OH) in the finals, Labry was another one under our radar but did get our attention with this performance. Some new faces showed up in this one and wrestled well. We will be keeping our eyes on many of them.

1st Place – Ben Whitford of Illinois
2nd Place – Mike Labry of Ohio
3rd Place – Josh Bennett of Missouri
4th Place – Josh Pennell of Michigan
5th Place – Darick Lapaglia of Missouri
6th Place – Austin Roper of Missouri
7th Place – Dylan Cottrell of West Virginia
8th Place – Ryan Blees of North Dakota

TOM’s Selections

1. #7 Ben Whitford – IL (1st)
2. #14 Dakota Trom – MN (2nd – 130)
3. Zach Ross – PA
4. Darick Lapaglia – MO (5th)

Cadet – 130

Brandon Jeske (VA) shows that he is back in top form by navigating a very solid weight class. He knocked off Dakota Trom (MN) in the finals, Trom was our #2 pick at 125 and shows well here coming up to 130. Jeske squeezed out a tight (1-0, 1-0) match in the finals. Zane Richards (PA) ended up where we thought he would taking 3rd in the event losing only to Trom.

1st Place – Brandon Jeske of Virginia
2nd Place – Dakota Trom of Minnesota
3rd Place – Zane Richards of Illinois
4th Place – David Evans of Missouri
5th Place – Natrelle Deminson of California
6th Place – T J Miller of New Jersey
7th Place – Jared Johnshoy of Idaho
8th Place – Joe Grable of Washington

TOM’s Selections

1. #5 Natrelle Demison – CA (5th)
2. #3 (119) Brandon Jeske – VA (1st)
3. Zane Richards – IL (3rd)
4. TJ Miller – NJ (6th)

Cadet – 135

We come close here but we had it backwards. Jake Short (MN) walks away with the honor of National Champion. Short racked up 6 falls/Technical Falls in the event. He did win a close match with our top pick Brandon Sorensen (IA). Sorenson racked up 5 bonus wins on his way to finals as well. Several of our previewed wrestlers moved up to 140. One surprise for us was the 3rd place finish by Aniciete (NV).

1st Place – Jake Short of Minnesota
2nd Place – Brandon Sorensen of Iowa
3rd Place – Alex Aniciete of Nevada
4th Place – Angelo Silvestro of Illinois
5th Place – Toby Hague of New Jersey
6th Place – Austin Eads of Missouri
7th Place – Wayne Stinson of New Jersey
8th Place – Mitch Berenz of Wisconsin

TOM’s Selections

1. #8 Brandon Sorenson – IA (2nd)
2. # 17 Jake Short – MN (1st)
3. #15 Joey Lavallee – NV (3rd – 140)
4. #16 Isias Martinez – CA (5th – 140)

Cadet – 140

Our #3 and #4 picks prove us wrong and make the finals. Brian Murphy (IL) adds the states impressive performance by winning in the finals over Tim Fox (OH). Murphy only gave up 3 points the entire tournament, which is very tough to do at this event. Joey Lavallee (NV) moved up from 135 where we also picked him to place 3rd, which he did here.

1st Place – Brian Murphy of Illinois
2nd Place – Tim Fox of Ohio
3rd Place – Joey Lavallee of Nevada
4th Place – Jake Marlin of Iowa
5th Place – Isiah Martinez of California
6th Place – Alex Abono of California
7th Place – Kaleb Baker of Tennessee
8th Place – Nick Mudloff of Wisconsin

TOM’s Selections

1. Brandon Kingsley – MN
2. Tyler Askey – GA (4th – 145)
3. Brian Murphy – IL (1st)
4. TJ Fox – OH (2nd)

Cadet – 145

Chance Marsteller (PA) bounces back from his Greco loss to capture the 145 title. Marsteller beat a very tough Coleman Hammond (CA) in the finals (0-6, 5-0, 6-0). Tyler Askrey (GA) moves up a weight and captures 4th. Someone we will keep an eye on now is Brett Pfarr (MN) who gets it going to take a 3rd place finish. Pfarr side of the bracket was loaded and he impressed.

1st Place – Chance Marsteller of Pennsylvania
2nd Place – Coleman Hammond of California
3rd Place – Brett Pfarr of Minnesota
4th Place – Tyler Askey of Georgia
5th Place – Travis Curley of Michigan
6th Place – Kyle Perrault of California
7th Place – Dylan Blackford of Iowa
8th Place – Jason Grimes of Georgia

TOM’s Selections

1. #15 Chance Marsteller – PA (1st)
2. #17 Gabriel Moreno – IA
3. #13 Coleman Hammond – CA (2nd)
4. #19 Jared Reis – ND

Cadet – 152

The south makes a statement at 152 by taking three of the top four spots here. Oliver Pierce (TX) wins this one over Morris (PA) with a (1-0. 1-0) win in the championship. Pierce only gave up 2 points during the event and those came in the 1st round. Morris also impressed as he worked his way through the bracket. Scott Gibbons (LA) takes 3rd only losing to Pierce. Rounding out the south group is Nick Hall of (AL) who managed a solid 4th place finish.

1st Place – Oliver Pierce of Texas
2nd Place – Eric Morris of Pennsylvania
3rd Place – Scott Gibbons of Louisiana
4th Place – Nick Hall of Alabama
5th Place – Beau Vrancken of New Jersey
6th Place – Ryan Gartner of Wisconsin
7th Place – Victor Pereira of California
8th Place – Tim Corse of Illinois

TOM’s Selections

1. Glenn Climmons – GA (1st – 160)
2. # 18 Oliver Pierce – TX (1st)
3. Zach Beard – OK
4. Tim Riley – PA

Cadet – 160

This was an interesting weight. Our #1 selection Glenn Climmons (GA) moves up and makes us look good by winning the title at 160. Climmons beat Tyler Coates (WA) in the finals. Coates came out of the gate firing that’s for sure. He posted 6 straight falls in his way to finals. That is impressive. We can not make the claim that we were spot on in this weight with our selections. This weight gave us plenty of new guys to keep our eye on this upcoming season.

1st Place – Glen Climmons of Georgia
2nd Place – Tyler Coates of Washington
3rd Place – Alex Meyer of Iowa
4th Place – Andras Lukacs-Farkas of Iowa
5th Place – Domenic Abounader of Ohio
6th Place – Jacob Stillings of Wisconsin
7th Place – Ray Waters of Nevada
8th Place – Kip Jangula of North Dakota

TOM’s Selection

1. Andras Lukacs-Farkas – IA (4th)
2. McCoy Newberg – TN
3. Spencer Wilson – KA
4. Dan Rowland – IL

Cadet – 171

We were able to get the top two spots in the correct order here. In what may have been the most impressive performance of the Cadet tournament Jordan Rogers (WA) wins by fall in the finals. Not only that Rogers Teched or Pinned every opponent in the tournament. In the finals he faced Sam Brooks (IL) who had teched everyone but teammate Jack Dechow (IL) up until the finals. Some new faces come into the picture again at this weight as well.

1st Place – Jordan Rogers of Washington
2nd Place – Sam Brooks of Illinois
3rd Place – Jack Dechow of Illinois
4th Place – Preston Lehmann of North Dakota
5th Place – Dakota DesLauriers of Pennsylvania
6th Place – Shelby Krout of Oklahoma
7th Place – Jacob Morrissey of Wisconsin
8th Place – Jonah Newburg of Ohio

TOM’s Selections

1. #5 Jordan Rodgers – WA (1st)
2. #7 Sam Brooks – IL (2nd)
3. Jonathon Inman – MO
4. Matt Reed – KA

Cadet – 189

Mitch Sliga (IN) completes the Triple Crown with a very impressive showing and wins this one. He defeated Adam Josepheson (MN) in the finals. They both made it past some very tough guys to reach the finals. Josepheson is someone we will keep a close eye on as he was not on our radar.

1st Place – Mitch Sliga of Indiana
2nd Place – Adam Josephson of Minnesota
3rd Place – Brad Johnson of Illinois
4th Place – Hashem Omari of Missouri
5th Place – Mickey Pelfrey of Iowa
6th Place – Ryan Cone of Wisconsin
7th Place – Kevin Marvel of Maryland
8th Place – Haydon Dvorak of Wisconsin

TOM’s Selections

1. #7 Mitch Sliga – IN (1st)
2. Hashem Omari – MO (4th)
3. Mickey Pelfrey – IA (5th)
4. #20 Jesse Doyle – NC

Cadet – 215

1st Place – Ty Walz of Ohio
2nd Place – Adam Coon of Michigan
3rd Place – Michael Kroells of Minnesota
4th Place – Brett Geilenfeldt of Wisconsin
5th Place – Taylor McGiffen of Illinois
6th Place – Marcus Beckwith of Virginia
7th Place – Jimmy Trull of Washington
8th Place – Ryan Solomon of Pennsylvania

TOM’s Selections

Well, we missed Ty Walz (OH) here. Walz was impressive knocking off our top choice Adam Coon (MI) in the finals in a (2-0, 1-4, 1-0) match. We are surprised, Coon had been on fire this summer and we felt he was the heavy favorite here. Congrats to Walz on his win. Michael Kroells (MN) continued to show he is one of the top big guys in the country by taking home a 3rd place finish as well.

1. #3 Adam Coon – MI (2nd)
2. #5 Michael Kroells – MN (3rd)
3. #16 Joe Scanlan – IA
4. Dawson Peck – PA

Cadet – 285

We almost had this one perfect. As we expected Brooks Black (PA) met up with Doug Vollaro (FL) in finals here. Black walked away the champion with a (1-0. 1-0) win. These are two of the best big men in the country. Our 3rd and 4th selections, McGee (OK) and Devine (MD) placed a respectable 4th and 5th. Sneaking in there and under the radar was John Dreggors (FL) taking 3rd.

1st Place – Brooks Black of Pennsylvania
2nd Place – Doug Vollaro of Florida
3rd Place – John Dreggors of Florida
4th Place – Evan McGee of Oklahoma
5th Place – Dylan Devine of Maryland
6th Place – John Jude of Wisconsin
7th Place – Gaylen Edmo of Idaho

TOM’s Selections

1. #2 Brooks Black – PA (1st)
2. #20 Doug Vallaro – FL (2nd)
3. Evan McGee – OK (4th)
4. Dylan Devine – MD (5th)

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