2010 ASICS/Vaughan Junior National Championship – Recap
Published on July 30, 2010 by viratas · No Comments
Another Junior 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.
Upcoming TOM Features: Our most recent rankings. TOM’s Top Prospect Rankings. 2011 Clinch Gear Pre-season All-American Team. 2011 Clinch Gear National High School Team Rankings. This year we are considering doing the team rankings in two formats. The first would be “Dual Rankings” and the second would be “Tournament Rankings”.
Anyways, we have a lot planned for the upcoming season. Stay tuned.
98 Results
Well, we start out a bit shaky here but we did get 2 of our four picks into the top 4. Matt Garelli of Illinois who was someone we had not been watching steps up and gains our attention. One thing we can say from the start of this article is that Team Illinois showed up to compete. It will be interesting to see how the High School season plays out for these guys.
1st Place – Matt Garelli of Illinois
2nd Place – Mark Raghunandan of New York
3rd Place – Colton Howell of Missouri
4th Place – Nkosi Moody of Illinois
5th Place – Jan Rosenberg of New Jersey
6th Place – Jj Dorrell of Missouri
7th Place – Izaak Tobin of Oregon
8th Place – Jay Fresh of Iowa
TOM’s Prediction
1. Colton Howell (MO) (3rd)
2. Bobby Nachreiner (WI)
3. Nkosi Moody (IL) (4th)
4. Juan Javier Jimenez (CA)
105 Results
With Greco Champ Rodriguez moving up, the door was open for a new face to step up. That is exactly what Ross Spencer of (CT) did. He knocked off Navejas (WA) in the finals. That was more impressive by the fact that Navejas had teched or pinned every guy but one leading up to the finals. Several kids we were not aware of also stepped up to grab AA honors.
1st Place – Ross Spencer of Connecticut
2nd Place – Ruben Navejas of Washington
3rd Place – Jordan Wigger of South Carolina
4th Place – Holden Gagner of Montana
5th Place – Justin Lombardo of Oklahoma
6th Place – Manny Marin of California
7th Place – Colby Knight of Iowa
8th Place – Michael Bedard of North Carolina
TOM’s Prediction
1. Freddie Rodriguez (MI) (1st – 112)
2. Ruben Navejas (WA) (2nd)
3. Kevon Powell (IL)
4. Manny Marin (CA) (6th)
112 Results
Freddie Rodriguez (MI), wow is all we can really say. He has stamped himself as one of the best wrestlers in the nation period. Rodriguez knocks of TOM’s 2010 Clinch Gear 1st Team All-American Evan Silver (MI) in the finals (0-6, 6-2, 7-0). We are trying to decide where to place him in the rankings; will he go 103 or 112? He will be a junior this year, and may need to start putting on some weight for his future college career if that is the path he chooses. This was one tough weight as you can see below and will make our rankings all the more difficult. Congrats to those who earned AA honors.
1st Place – Freddie Rodriguez of Michigan
2nd Place – Evan Silver of Maryland
3rd Place – Dylan Peters of Iowa
4th Place – Derek Elmore of Illinois
5th Place – Cory Clark of Iowa
6th Place – Jordan Kingsley of Minnesota
7th Place – Tyler Fraley of New Jersey
8th Place – Nahshon Garrett of California
TOM’s Prediction
1. Tyler Fraley (NJ) (7th)
2. Evan Silver (MD) (2nd)
3. Nahshon Garrett (CA) (8th)
4. Corey Clark (IA) (5th)
119 Results
Carson Kuhn (UT) claims the top spot here. Kuhn who we picked #2 seemed to cruise in this one. Runner up Hunter Weber (WI) who was a bit of a surprise made it though a tough pool to make the finals, so credit where credit is due. Well done Mr. Hunter. Otherwise we may not have had the exact order correct but there were no real shocking moments at this one.
1st Place – Carson Kuhn of Utah
2nd Place – Hunter Weber of Wisconsin
3rd Place – Bricker Dixon of Missouri
4th Place – Earl Hall of Florida
5th Place – Rob Deutsch of New Jersey
6th Place – Eric Friedman of Maryland
7th Place – Conor Youtsey of Michigan
8th Place – Eric DeVos of Iowa
TOM’s Prediction
1. Joey Dance (VA)
2. Carson Kuhn (UT) (1st)
3. Bricker Dixon (MO) (3rd)
4. Conor Youtsey (MI) (7th)
125 Results
This was a tough one for us to predict as there were numerous hard nosed kids in this one. Eddie Klimara flexed more of that Illinois muscle by defeating Zach Horan (PA) in the finals. His pool was tough and he did suffer a loss to Grey (NJ) but with a win over Norstrem (FL) he was able to make the finals. Horan had dominated the bottom pool but fell short in the finals.
1st Place – Eddie Klimara of Illinois
2nd Place – Zachary Horan of Pennsylvania
3rd Place – Cody Brewer of Missouri
4th Place – Kevin Norstrem of Florida
5th Place – Mark Grey of New Jersey
6th Place – Ben Morgan of Minnesota
7th Place – Pat Rollins of North Dakota
8th Place – Jesse Schiffbauer of West Virginia
TOM’s Prediction
1. Mark Grey (NJ) (5th)
2. Johnni Di Julius (OH)
3. Rossi Bruno (FL)
4. Kevin Norstrem (FL) (4th)
130 Results
A weight were our predictions looked ok produced champion Tyler Liberatore (FL). Liberatore defeated a very tough Kelliher (MN) in the finals. Look for these two to butt heads again this winter at the clash. Some other guys stepped up in this weight that have been under our radar as well.
1st Place – Tyler Liberatore of Florida
2nd Place – Matt Kelliher of Minnesota
3rd Place – Trevor Jauch of Illinois
4th Place – Chase Ferman of Oklahoma
5th Place – Joey Gosinski of Illinois
6th Place – Cameron Jackson of Michigan
7th Place – Todd Preston of New Jersey
8th Place – Ronnie Garbinsky of Pennsylvania
TOM’s Prediction
1. Terrell Wilbourn (MO) (2nd – 135)
2. Matt Kelliher (MN) (2nd)
3. Arty Walsh (PA)
4. Tyler Liberatore (FL) (1st)
135 Results
Austin Ormsbee (NJ) is king of the hill here. Ormsbee navigated a very deep field and made his case for a top ranking. He knocked of TOM’s #1 Tsirtsis (IN) in the pool and went on to beat a very tough Terrell Wilbourn (MO) in the finals. Keep an eye on Taylor Moeder (KS) this upcoming season.
1st Place – Austin Ormsbee of New Jersey
2nd Place – Terrell Wilbourn of Missouri
3rd Place – Jason Tsirtsis of Indiana
4th Place – Taylor Moeder of Kansas
5th Place – Mark Pinero of Louisiana
6th Place – Brandon Charbonneau of Kansas
7th Place – Jake Sueflohn of Wisconsin
8th Place – Matthew Nelson of Minnesota
TOM’s Prediction
1. Josh Dziewa (PA)
2. Jason Tsirtsis (IN) (3rd)
3. Jake Sueflohn (WI) (7th)
4. Nate Skonieczny (OH)
140 Results
Team Iowa gets on the board her with Jacob Ballweg claiming the title here. Ballweg defeated Edwin Cooper (IL) (1-0, 7-0) in the finals. His toughest match came when he beat Nick Dardanes (IL) (4-3, 0-1, 1-0) in the pool. Illinois managed to claim 3 of the top 8 spots at this weight.
1st Place – Jacob Ballweg of Iowa
2nd Place – Edwin Cooper of Illinois
3rd Place – Nick Dardanes of Illinois
4th Place – Cullen Morrissey of Wisconsin
5th Place – Lex Ozias of Maryland
6th Place – Matthew Cimato of Pennsylvania
7th Place – Blaise Butler of Illinois
8th Place – Daniel Ownbey of North Carolina
TOM’s Prediction
1. Josh Kindig (PA)
2. Edwin Cooper (IL) (2nd)
3. Jacob Ballweg (IA) (1st)
4. Alex Dieringer (WI) (1st – 145)
145 Results
Alex Dieringer is also making his case to be considered one of the top wrestlers in the nation. He managed to knock of the very tough Dylan Ness (MN) for the second time this summer. Two of our picks here battled injury and some other issues, while some new faces showed up on the podium.
1st Place – Alex Dieringer of Wisconsin
2nd Place – Dylan Ness of Minnesota
3rd Place – Kaleb Friedley of Missouri
4th Place – Chris Mayolo of Washington
5th Place – Colby Kloetzer of Idaho
6th Place – Henry Carlson of Alabama
7th Place – Duke Pickett of Virginia
8th Place – Colin Shober of Pennsylvania
TOM’s Prediction
1. Dylan Ness (MN) (2nd)
2. Zach Brunson (OR)
3. Colin Shober (PA) (8th)
4. James Green (NJ)
152 Results
Destin McCauley (MN) wins a very solid weight class here. He defeated Matt Hickman (CA). Both McCauley and Hickman had to get by some tough guys to make it here and both had some pretty close matches along the way. This one was no cake walk so props to McCauley on his championship.
1st Place – Destin McCauley of Minnesota
2nd Place – Matt Hickman of California
3rd Place – Taylor Massa of Michigan
4th Place – Matt White of Oklahoma
5th Place – Ravaughn Perkins of Nebraska
6th Place – Nick Nelson of California
7th Place – Andy McCulley of Wyoming
8th Place – Matt Gray of Wisconsin
TOM’s Prediction
1. Destin McCauley (MN) (1st)
2. Taylor Massa (MI) (3rd)
3. Dylan Reel (IL)
4. Justin Koethe (IA)
160 Results
Nick Moore (IA) defeated Kokesh (SD) by fall in the finals. Each of the faced some tough matches on their way to finals. South Dakota is an emerging state and some talented kids that coaches should take note of. Moore, capped off a great HS career and is headed to the Hawkeyes. There is a lot of talent in this weight and we would keep an eye on all of they in the future.
1st Place – Nick Moore of Iowa
2nd Place – Robert Kokesh of South Dakota
3rd Place – Michael Kelly of Iowa
4th Place – Steven Keogh of Minnesota
5th Place – Wally Figaro of Florida
6th Place – Kyle Crutchmer of Oklahoma
7th Place – Jordan Thomas of Michigan
8th Place – Nick Proctor of Illinois
TOM’s Prediction
1. Nick Moore (IA) (1st)
2. Ian Miller (OH)
3. Robert Kokesh (SD) (2nd)
4. Kyle Crutchmer (OK) (6th)
171 Results
This was another very balanced weight class. Logan Storely (SD) gets the nod here with his (2-1, 4-2) win over Nick Sulzer (OH) in the finals. If you look at the top 8 guys you will realize how tough this one was. Some of the top recruits in the country make up this AA list. Also note that SD managed two AA in this one.
1st Place – Logan Storely of South Dakota
2nd Place – Nick Sulzer of Ohio
3rd Place – Stephen McPeek of Texas
4th Place – Evan Knight of Iowa
5th Place – Mike England of Iowa
6th Place – Patrick Rhoads of Missouri
7th Place – Jake Waste of Minnesota
8th Place – Kris Klapprodt of South Dakota
TOM’s Prediction
1. Nick Sulzer (OH) (2nd)
2. Logan Storley (SD) (1st)
3. Michael Moreno (IA)
4. Devin Peterson (WI) (5th – 189)
189 Results
We did pretty well with our selections here, but we did miss runner-up Matthew Riley from Iowa. He dropped his finals match to our top pick Morgan McIntosh (CA). McIntosh won by fall to make his claim to the title. Matter of fact McIntosh only gave up points in 1 period the entire tournament. He spotted 5 to Beckwith of NY in first period of their match. Other then that he was lights out.
1st Place – Morgan McIntosh of California
2nd Place – Matthew Riley of Iowa
3rd Place – Austin Marsden of Illinois
4th Place – Tyler Beckwith of New York
5th Place – Devin Peterson of Wisconsin
6th Place – Dan Santoro of Illinois
7th Place – Austin Morehead of California
8th Place – Ian Korb of Ohio
TOM’s Prediction
1. Morgan Mcintosh (CA) (1st)
2. Austin Marsden (IL) (3rd)
3. Tyler Beckwith (NY) (4th)
4. Lucas Sheridan (CA)
215 Results
Tanner Hall (ID) was impressive here. He certainly got even more of our attention by beating some very tough guys. He defeated Iowa’s Cody Krumwiede in the finals by Fall. One thing that would be interesting is mixing these All-American’s with the Cadet 215 All-Americans. Now that would be one tough tournament.
1st Place – Tanner Hall of Idaho
2nd Place – Cody Krumwiede of Iowa
3rd Place – Nick Gwiazdowski of New York
4th Place – Scott Schiller of North Dakota
5th Place – Gage Harrah of Illinois
6th Place – Alex Polizzi of Wisconsin
7th Place – Kyle Caylor of Kansas
8th Place – Matt Loew of New York
TOM’s Prediction
1. Spencer Myers (PA)
2. Trevor Rupp (ID)
3. Tank Knowles (CA)
4. Tanner Hall (ID) (1st)
285 Results
What can we say here, this one just baffled us. For the second time this summer our #1 Heavy gets knocked off. Congrats to Greg Kuhar (OH) for winning a pretty deep weight class. Matter of fact to be honest we were pretty confident our top four prediction. So we were surprised. Kuhar came up big beating our current #1 Blythe (IA). That helped him reach the finals as he suffered a loss to former #1 Logendyke (MN). The bottom half of this pool was very tough to say the least. Kuhar defeated Chris Lopes (IL), another surprise for us, in the finals. Re-doing this weights ranking will be fun.
1st Place – Greg Kuhar of Ohio
2nd Place – Chris Lopez of Illinois
3rd Place – Derek Papagianopoulos of Massachusetts
4th Place – Austin Blythe of Iowa
5th Place – Collin Campbell of North Carolina
6th Place – Donnie Longendyke of Minnesota
7th Place – Connor Medbery of Colorado
8th Place – Parker Betts of Minnesota
TOM’s Prediction
1. Donnie Longendyke (MN) (6th)
2. Austin Blythe (IA) (4th)
3. Connor Medberry (CO) (7th)
4. Niko Bogojevic (WI)
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