In an InterMat Rewind historical feature, writer Mark Palmer provides an in-depth look at freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling in Rome, with the prime focus on the three American “golden boys” of the mat:

Please read the entire article by Mark Palmer of examiner.com here…

EXCEL’S JUNIOR OLYMPIC PROGRAMS

Excel Wrestling is a Christian-led 501(c)3 organization, founded and developed in 1994. EXCEL Wrestling’s USAW Junior Olympic Training sites run throughout the school year in Colorado, Wyoming and Iowa. Program Highlights from last year include 11 Excel wrestlers reaching the High School state finals in Colorado, with several returning for repeat performances. The Iowa Junior Olympic Program continues to grow with year no. 5 seeing the most returning state place finishers…A brand new Excel Program in Gillette, WY.

Several Excel wrestlers are hoping to make their mark on the college level… Tyler Graff, returning All American at the University of Wisconsin…Jake Eitzen looking to crack the lineup at the University of Wyoming…David Marone patiently awaits good things in the lineup at Virginia Tech University…Evan Knight, training for the year at the US Olympic Center, Max Wessell looking forward to wrestling for Lehigh University, Clay Roth at Western Wyoming, Iowa’s Dakota Friesth signs with the University of Wyoming and Chad Stroh signs with the University of Nebraska…

Our High School Excel wrestlers are being very highly recruited…Jared Cortez who used to train with Excel in Colorado wins Fargo for the state of Illinois…Duke Pickett, who also used to train with Excel in Colorado just knocked off highly ranked Ness of Minnesota in Fargo. Pickett who now lives in Virginia looks to go on to a top of the line Division I school…Former Fargo Champion and Colorado All American Connor Medbery also looks hard for the right fit for his college career at heavyweight…Evan Knight commits to No. 1 Ranked Cornell University…

Other up and comers who are looking for great things in college include Iowa’s Jordan Johnson and Dallas Houchins of Interstate 35 High School in Iowa (Jordan’s brother Mitch wrestles for the University of Northern Iowa, Dallas’ brother James wrestles for University of Missouri). In Colorado, 2 x Fargo All American Connor King looks for a great year, as well as Nick Stager of Niwot HS who has also put in a hard summer hoping to make it pay off for the upcoming season. State runner-up Dalton Marini also returns in Colorado trying to grab a state title, Mark Edmonds returning state champion from the Colorado Excel Program…also in Colorado, Will Casey will be hard to stop…Others in Iowa include Fargo All American Alex Meyer of Southeast Polk High School and Fargo All American and State runnerup Colby Knight, Bill Behle of Bondurant High School, State runner up Tyler Patten of Webster City…Other returning Iowa place finishers looking for state titles are Keegan Mumma of Adel, Pryce Creighton of Dallas Center Grimes, AJ McBroom of Southeast Polk High School and others…

ALL IN ALL, WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR WITH EXCEL WRESTLING JUNIOR OLYMPIC PROGRAMS IN COLORADO, WYOMING AND IOWA.

On behalf of the Excel Wrestling Board of Directors, admiration and appreciation goes out to both our coaching staff and the wrestlers and families in all of our Excel Programs.

The best to all of you this coming season!

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

They will work with USA Wrestling National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones of Colorado Springs, Colo., and the USA Wrestling national coaching staff to lead the team that will compete at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 6-12.

Smith and Brands were selected by USA Wrestling’s Freestyle Coach Selection Committee and approved by USA Wrestling’s Executive Committee.

Smith serves as the head wrestling coach at Oklahoma State University, and Brands is the assistant coach at Iowa. Their programs are annually among the most successful in college wrestling with Oklahoma State having won the most NCAA team titles of any other program.

Both have coached past U.S. World and Olympic teams in freestyle wrestling. Smith was the coach of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, as well as the 1998, 1999 and 2009 U.S. World Team Coach. Prior to taking the Iowa position, Brands worked as USA Wrestling’s National Freestyle Resident Coach from 2005-2008, and coached with the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and three U.S. World Teams (2005-07). Both have coached individual World and Olympic champion wrestlers for the United States.

Both are among the greatest freestyle wrestlers in history, and have been elected as Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Smith won two Olympic gold medals (1988, 1992) and four World titles (1987, 1989-91), stringing his six gold medals in consecutive years. Brands was a two-time World champion (1993, 1995) and won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000.

The athletes competing on the 2010 U.S. World Team were determined at the World Team Trials held in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 11-12.

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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)

The view from section GG – Jim Brown

John Smith won two NCAA titles at Oklahoma State and then went on to win 2 Olympic Gold Medals and four freestyle World Championships. Dan Gable also won two NCAA championships while wrestling for the Iowa State Cyclones. Gable’s post-graduate freestyle career includes a Pan American Games title, the 1971 World Championship, the championship at the 1972 Tbilisi tournament and the 1972 Olympic Gold Medal. Bruce Baumgartner, too, was an NCAA champion while wrestling at Indiana State. In his storied freestyle career he accumulated more Olympic and World hardware than some entire countries have won.

For decades America’s best college wrestlers successfully transitioned from intercollegiate competition to the international stage. Glen Brand, Bill Smith, Doug Blubaugh, Tom Brands and countless others advanced from NCAA championship trophies to Olympic gold. And then – as if to keep the chain unbroken – many of them went in to coaching and trained the next generations of international freestyle champions.

At least to this fan, the chain seems to be weakening.

Read more from Jim Brown here…

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)

As with anything, we do not know every wrestler from every state. We base this on the information and research we have. We have attempted to give you a preview of each weight and provide you with some guys to keep an eye on that we feel may have good tournaments. By no means is it meant to be all inclusive. There are many fine young men who could win the event; this is just to give people a way to follow the event.

If we are missing someone or if you think there are other wrestlers that people should keep and eye on, please leave a comment so people can be informed.

The tournament looks to be an exciting one. There are a few weights that are loaded and as we all know, there are always guys who come out of nowhere to make things even more interesting. Video will be available each day of the event and you can find it on the right side of this website.

There are some notable guys also missing from the registrations opening the door to new names and faces. We will have to wait and see how we do with our predictions.

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98

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
N/A

Outgoing seniors
N/A

A lot of new faces here so bear with us. We will do our best to preview the weight and make predictions, if we miss someone we apologize, but we looked at each guy in the weight to point out a few guys we think will contend. Team Missouri roles into Fargo with three guys that all have a shot at winning this weight. Colton Howell leads the way. He went undefeated at the Junior Duals and was a 2009 Double All-American and won a Cadet National Championship. The second guy from the Missouri squad is JJ Dorrell who posted a 9-1 record at the Duals and should be in the mix. To round out the Missouri contingent is Auston Finley who owns a 5th place finish at this year FILA Cadet Championships.

Now Missouri is not the only state competing this year and there are several others who have a chance of winning this one. Bobby Nachreiner of Wisconsin was this years FILA Cadet Greco National Champion. We will see if his Freestyle is where it needs to be to put him self in the top spot. Look for Zach Howell of Delaware to also be in contention. He as 6-2 at the duals and was a 2009 Cadet AA placing 4th. An interesting wrestler who we think may be right there at the end is Illinois wrestler Nkosi Moody. Moody was 6th at FILA Cadets this year and is also a returning AA from 2009. To wrap this weight up we have our dark horse pick in Juan Javier Jimenez of California. He was the CA state freestyle champ this year and may lack some national exposure but do not be surprised if he finds himself in a position to win it.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Colton Howell (MO)
2. Bobby Nachreiner (WI)
3. Nkosi Moody (IL)
4. Juan Javier Jimenez (CA)

105

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#2 (112) Freddie Rodriguez (MI)
#20 (112) Ruben Navejas (WA)

Outgoing seniors
N/A

This is not a large weight, but we will go out on a limb and say there is a clear favorite. #2 Freddie Rodriguez of Michigan is the man to beat here. We could go on and on about the summer this guy is having, but we do not have the time. He has beat many of the nation’s best already and looks to win his title in Fargo. But we wrestle the matches for a reason. Washington’s #20 Rueben Navejas certainly thinks he has a good chance here. Navejas is a returning National Champion (98 lbs) from 2009. He was also 2nd in Greco last year. Look for these two to be on a collision course to the finals. Kevon Powell of Illinois will be waiting for them and has his own plans of ending this one at the top. Powell is a returning double AA and past FILA Cadet runner-up. We can not guarantee anything, but we would expect that when the dust settles these three will be in the top spots.

There are two other guys we suggest you keep an eye on and may just upset one of the top 3 guys. California’s Manny Marin is a 2009 double AA (98 lbs) and will be looking to show he can win this thing as well. Finally we have Jake Smith of Alabama. Smith was a Greco AA last year placing 3rd and should be in the mix for the top 8.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Freddie Rodriguez (MI)
2. Ruben Navejas (WA)
3. Kevon Powell (IL)
4. Manny Marin (CA)

112

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#5 Nahshon Garrett (CA)
#6 Corey Clark (IA)
#8 Derek Elmore (IL)
#9 Tyler Fraley (NJ)
#13 Curtis Lampert (NV)
#14 Kegan Galvadon (CO)
#16 Steven Hopkins (WA)
#8 (119) Evan Silver (MD)

Outgoing seniors
N/A

Now things start to really get interesting and far more difficult to predict we are focusing here on the guys we have ranked with a few exceptions. This weight contains eight ranked wrestlers from TOM’s latest rankings. Look for some early battles at this weight. Out of the gate we are looking at #5 Nahshon Garrett of California. Garrett was a CA state champ this year and was a double AA last year. We will say this when this years tournament is done there most likely will be some major shake ups in our rankings. The next guy to take a look at is Iowa’s Corey Clark. Clark has been impressive this year. He is already a 2 time IA state HS champ. He went 5-1 at the Junior Duals and should be in a position to make a run here.

#8 Derek Elmore of team Illinois is talented wrestler that will be right there at the end as well. He was 5-1 at the duals losing to Clark and was a double AA last year in Fargo. #9 Tyler Fraley of New Jersey will be looking to place himself in a spot to win as well. Fraley went 10-0 at the duals and posted some impressive wins. Interesting is that he has 4 AA honors already, and is a 2-Time Greco Fargo Champion. Last year he was a double finalist. In Freestyle he has a runner-up finish in 2009 and a 3rd in 2008. Fraley may just be the man to beat here.

#13 Curtis Lampert of Nevada adds to the depth of this weight. Although he lacks the national credentials of some of the others here, he has been solid in his home state and looks to become a national name. Next we have #14 Kegan Galvadon of Colorado. He was a Cadet AA last year and has impressed in state. Look for him to provide some tests to the top guys. #16 Steven Hopkins of Washington looks to make his own statement. Rounding out our preview of this weight is #8 (119) Evan Silver of Maryland. With the drop into 112 he makes himself a contender for the top spot. Known for his folk style Silver deserves a hard look. He is a past AA here and should be right there at the end of this one.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Tyler Fraley (NJ)
2. Evan Silver (MD)
3. Nahshon Garrett (CA)
4. Corey Clark (IA)

119

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#8 (103) Morgan Engbrecht (SD)
#6 Conor Youtsey (MI)
#10 Bricker Dixon (MO)
#14 Nathan Kraisser (MD)
#18 Joseph Martinez (CO)
#19 Joey Dance (VA)

Others to watch
Eric DeVos (IA)
Robert Deutsch (NJ)
Hayden Zillmer (MN)

Outgoing seniors (Last Years Rankings)
Carson Kuhn (Utah) – 3rd last year, Sr. Nat. 2nd

Interesting weight and to be honest any number of guys could win this one. There is a lot of talent and a lot past accomplishments. Some of these guys have may not have had the best year, but have shown they can win big events in the past. #6 Conor Youtsey of Michigan is one of the favorites based on the summer he has been having. He went 10-1 at the Junior Duals posting some impressive wins, he did drop a match so as we have said nothing is a given. Out going Senior Carson Kuhn of Utah will be looking to improve upon his 3rd place finish last year. He was a Senior National runner-up this year as well. He ended up at #14 in our end of the year rankings. #19 Joey Dance of Virginia has to be a major consideration here as well. Dance who was last years 105 lbs freestyle Champion and Greco finalist has struggle some this year but we would not count him out of this one. He was also a double AA in 2008.

#10 Bricker Dixon of Missouri went 9-1 at the duals losing a close match to Youtsey. He was an AA last year placing 6th and looks to make a move forward is this tough weight. We are also interested in seeing how #14 Nathan Kraisser Maryland does here. He is a previous AA and was the Cadet FILA runner-up this year. He has some good wins this year and should be considered a threat to the top spot. #18 Joseph Martinez of Colorado should be a consideration to do well. He is not a well known name but has been very solid in his home state. Moving up from 103 is #8 Morgan Engbrecht of South Dakota. We will see how he handles the weight. If he does, look for him to be in the mix.

Well that covered our ranked wrestlers, but let me assure you there are several others at this weight that could end up winning this and are on our bubble for the rankings. Eric DeVos of Iowa was 3rd last year at Cadet Nationals and is well known by many as one tough wrestler. He was also 7-1 at the duals. Do not count DeVos out here. New Jersey’s Rob Deutsch is a past Cadet Finalist and has been solid this summer. He went 9-1 at the duals with his only loss coming to Youtesy and he will be looking to avenge that. Wrapping up this weight we have Hayden Zillmer of Team Minnesota who is a past Cadet Double National Champion. Zillmer has not been at the top of his game but you can not count him out here.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Joey Dance (VA)
2. Carson Kuhn (UT)
3. Bricker Dixon (MO)
4. Conor Youtsey (MI)

125

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#3 Mark Grey (NJ)
#3 (130) Johnni Di Julius (OH)
#5 Kevin Norstrem (FL)
#6 (130) Rossi Bruno (FL)
#10 Jeffrey Ott (MA)
#11 Cody Brewer (MO)
#12 Eddie Klimara (IL)
#12 (130) Bronson Steuber (MN)
#13 (130) Alec Mooradian (MI)
#20 Kyle Larson (IA)

Outgoing seniors
N/A

Wow, is one word to describe this one. 10 ranked wrestlers fight for the top spot and numerous guys coming down a weight to make this very interesting to say the least. This may be one of the toughest weights for us to pick the top four. But nobody likes a quitter so we will give it an AA effort. Let’s kick it off with #3 Mark Grey of New Jersey. He has been here the past 2 years, competed in both styles and has been in the finals every time and has captured 3 National Titles already and a 2nd place finish. It is pretty hard to argue with that in our opinion. Look for Grey to make a run at a 4th national title here (Maybe 5th depending how Greco goes). A guy who has beat Grey twice this year is #5 Kevin Norstrem of Florida. He was 8-1 at the duals only losing to top ranked Theilke of Wisconsin who is not at this weight. He was also the Cadet FILA runner-up in Freestyle where he beat Grey and lost to Jeske.

Next we have our 130 #3 Johnni Di Julius of Ohio. He went a perfect 10-0 at the Duals with some very impressive wins. He has had a great year and is looking to cap it off with a national title, and trust us that will not be an easy task at this weight. The drop in weight should help him as well. Another Florida wrestler that should also be considered for the top spot is #6 (130) Rossi Bruno. He has 6 AA honors already and is now looking to make claim to the top spot in the nation. There is a possibility of an all FL final here. Adding to the mix is #10 Jeff Ott of Massachusetts. He has been beating some tough competition out east and is looking to become a national contender.

As we continue we will now look at #11 Cody Brewer of Team Missouri. This former Cadet Double National Champion looks to get back to the top of the podium after not competing in 2009. #12 Eddie Klimera of Illinois had a good Dual event going 7-1 with some pretty nice wins. Another #12 (130) from Minnesota is Bronson Steuber. He did go 6-1 at the duals. He has beaten some tough guys in the past and deserves a look here. Another guy coming down from our 130 rankings is #13 Alec Mooradian of Michigan. Mooradian is a talent and should be looking at AA status. Watch for #20 Kyle Larson of Iowa. He went 7-0 at the duals with some decent wins. Finally an unranked guy that may surprise some people here is Brandon Nelson of Indiana who posted a perfect record at the duals and beat # 12 Klimara.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Mark Grey (NJ)
2. Johnni Di Julius (OH)
3. Rossi Bruno (FL)
4. Kevin Norstrem (FL)

130

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#18 (125) Alex Shaffer (NJ)
#11 Tyler Liberatore (FL)
#14 Jameson Oster (IL)
#16 Arty Walsh (PA)
#3 (135) Terrell Wilbourn (MO)
#10 (135) Matt Kelliher (MN)

Outgoing seniors
N/A

This is an interesting weight in the sense of the fact it is pretty wide open. You could see some guys lesser known make a run. We are covering guys, but do not be shocked if we miss some here that are currently not in our rankings. On paper the favorite is #3 Terrell Wilbourn of Missouri. Wilbourn went 5-0 at the duals and looked good doing so. He was last years Cadet National Champion and managed a 3rd the year before that. He looks to add a Junior Title this year. Coming down from 135 is #10 Matt Keliher of Minnesota and he will be looking to knock Wilbourn off. He went 3-2 at the duals but those losses came at the hands of two of the top kids in the land. He was 3rd last year and 6th the year before. He will be looking for that #1 this year.

#16 Arty Walsh of Pennsylvania will also look to keep things rolling after an impressive 9-1 at the duals. Walsh should be right there at the end of this one. #18 Alex Shaffer of New Jersey is a little lesser know on the freestyle circuit but capable of doing well here. Not to be counted out is #11 Tyler Liberatore of Florida. He just went 9-0 at the duals and will look to continue that success here. Ending our preview of this weight is Illinois wrestler #14 Jameson Oster who owns some wins over some good kids. Look for him to make his case for AA honors this year.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Terrell Wilbourn (MO)
2. Matt Kelliher (MN)
3. Arty Walsh (PA)
4. Tyler Liberatore (FL)

135

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#18 (130) Tony DeAngelo (NC)
#1 Jason Tsirtsis (IN)
#7 Nate Skonieczny (OH)
#9 Jake Sueflohn (WI)
#12 Ty Lydic (PA)
#16 Quinton Murphy (NY)
#18 Zack Tanenbaum (KS )
#6 (140) Austin Ormsbee (NJ)
#15 (140) Bo Schlosser (IA)

Outgoing seniors (Last year’s rankings)
#1 Josh Dziewa (PA)
Seth Lange (SD)
Kade Moss (UT)

Well this kicks off a run of weight classes that should be full of fireworks. If you are a wrestling fan things really start to get interesting now. The favorite is the defending champion and Iowa recruit who had has an amazing year Josh Dziewa (last years #1). Dziewa exploded on the scene last year when he won the title and has not looked back sense. We are excited to see him in Fargo. Our Current #1 wrestler in the weight Indiana’s Jason Tsirtsis is hoping that he ends this event on top. A Cadet runner-up last year he looks to earn that title this year. He also has a Cadet FILA title under his belt as well as numerous other honors.

The fun is nowhere near ending there though. There are a lot of guys here that have a chance of walking away the 2010 National Champion. We will just go down the list. #6 (140) Austin Ormsbee of New Jersey had a decent duals and has had some good wins this past year. Look for him with the weight drop to be in the mix early. #7 Nate Skonieczny is looking to make a statement as well. He should prove to be a force at this weight also. One guy we are interested in seeing here is #9 Jake Sueflon of Wisconsin. He went 8-2 at the duals and looked good. He took one loss to a very tough Rinken of IA who is not ranked, but is entered at this weight. His other loss was to Steiber of Ohio who is not entered here. He has beaten some tough guys this year including Ormsbee. Next in-line is #12 Ty Lydic of Pennsylvania look for him to challenge many in this deep field.

New York has #16 Quinton Murphy. Murphy placed 3rd at Cadet FILA’s beating Lydic and only losing to the champion Tsirtsis. Murphy should do well here. #15 (140) Bo Schlosser of Iowa is one tough customer. He has some big wins in his career and do not be surprised if he pulls off an upset or two here. Rounding out our ranked wrestlers at this weight is #18 Zack Tanenbaum of Kansas. He has been very tough on his local turf, let’s see how he does here.

We now have two more outgoing seniors we think you should also keep a close eye on. Seth Lange of South Dakota ended up #15 in our year end rankings and is a very tough wrestler. As a senior he is looking at going out with a bang. Kade Moss of Utah was a Greco AA last year and finished up a great HS career. Look for him to me in the mix down the stretch as well.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Josh Dziewa (PA)
2. Jason Tsirtsis (IN)
3. Jake Sueflohn (WI)
4. Nate Skonieczny (OH)

140

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#3 Edwin Cooper (IL)
#7 Travis Himmelman (CO)
#13 Lex Ozias (MD)
#18 Devin Scott (MN)
#20 Casey George (ID)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#3 Jacob Ballweg (IA)
#19 Luke Goettl (AZ)
#1 Josh Kindig (PA)

Others to Watch
Matthew Cimato (PA)
Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin)

This has all the ingredients to be another interesting and entertaining weight. We will say that there is a favorite here and it is Last year’s #1 Josh Kindig of Pennsylvania. He has won before and has pretty much been unstoppable. Look for him to be the man to beat here. #3 Edwin Cooper is one guy who would like to beat him. Cooper went 10-1 at the Duals losing to Ballweg. He has a lot of credentials and should be considered a serious contender for the top spot. #7 Travis Himmelman of Colorado was an AA last year in Greco and some wins over some top opponents makes him a wrestler to watch. #18 Devin Scott of Minnesota went 7-1 at the duals and will look for a top 8 finish in this tough weight. #20 Casey George of Idaho was a Cadet runner-up in Greco last year. Let’s see how he does on Freestyle this year.

Last years #3 Jacob Ballweg had a few tough losses this off season but has shown he is someone that can contend. He has a win this year over cooper but also has a loss to Scott. We will see how things shake out at this weight. Draws will be interesting for sure. #19 (last year) Luke Goettl from Arizona is looking to end his HS career on a high note as well. He has beaten some big names in the past and has 4 HS titles to his name. You can not count him out of the mix here.

There are two wrestlers not currently in the rankings we feel will make their case. Matthew Cimato of Pennsylvania is one of them. This summer at the NHSCA Duals he went undefeated and posted a 7-1 make at the Disney Duals. We would not count him out in this weight at all. Finally, is Alex Dieringer of Wisconsin. He was undefeated at the duals and holds a win over top wrestler Dylan Ness this year. Look for him to be right there in the thick of things.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Josh Kindig (PA)
2. Edwin Cooper (IL)
3. Jacob Ballweg (IA)
4. Alex Dieringer (WI)

145

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#1 Zachary Brunson (OR)
#2 Blake Roulo (VA)
#3 James Green (NJ)
#5 Jordan Wohlfert (MI)
#8 Jeremy Davenport (OK)
#11 Colby Kloetzer (ID)
#18 STEPHEN ROBERTSON (IL)
#20 Henry Carlson (AL)
#14 (135) Caleb Ervin (KY)
#4 (152) Ryne Cokeley (KS)
#5 (152) Joey Kielbasa (IL)
#7 (152) Christopher Castillo (WA)
#19 (152) Logan Addis (AZ)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#8 Kaleb Friedley (MO)
# 3 Dylan Ness (MN)
#10 RaVaughn Perkins (NB)
#2 Colin Shober, (PA)
#7 Stephen Hernandez (NV)

Really? Where should we even start with this one? We have stated before that a weight is loaded but we really mean it this time. With that said we will look at the guys we feel may end up at the top instead of breaking down each wrestler in this one. As you can see above, there is more then enough talent to go around. 19 Wrestlers who are currently or ended the year ranked in our top 20. We will break this weight down in two groups of four.

In group 1 we start with our current #1 wrestler (Less out going seniors) Zach Brunson of Oregon. He is already a 3 time AA and had a 3rd place finish this year at FILA Cadet Nationals while wrestling up at 152. He is coming off a great HS season winning the State Tournament with 4 falls and racking up some impressive wins. Brunson should be right in there with the older guys and should not be counted out. Last years #2 Colin Shober has to be considered for the top spot here as well. Shober is a 2-time PA state champ and dominated the event his senior year. He added a 3rd place finish at the Senior Nationals. Then there is last year’s #3 Dylan Ness of Minnesota. For starters he posted a 9-0 record at the Duals a 5 time AA and he has 3 Fargo National Titles under his belt already (2 in Greco and 1 in freestyle). On paper he is the one to beat. Rounding out the first group is #4 Ryne Cokeley of Kansas who went 6-0 at the duals and was a HS Nationals runner-up. He has some real nice wins under his belt and will have his skills tested with this group.

The second group kicks off with Nebraska’s RaVaughn Perkins. He has 3 AA honors and was last years Greco Champ. Look for Perkins to push people and mix things up. He is very capable of winning the whole thing. Stephen Hernandez who was our #7 last year is tough and will bring his workman style to this tough class. Like many of the weights, draws will be key for many of these guys. Next, watch our # 3 Blake Roulo of (VA) who captured a High School National Title this year and should be right there in the mix. We will end this weight for now with James Green of New Jersey who went 10-0 at the duals where he had some pretty big wins and if he continues on that path he should be in a good position.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Dylan Ness (MN)
2. Zach Brunson (OR)
3. Colin Shober (PA)
4. James Green (NJ)

152

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#1 Destin McCauley (MN)
#1 (160) Taylor Massa (MI)
#2 (160) Dylan Reel (IL)
#6 Justin Koethe (IA)
#9 Kory DeBerry (AZ)
#11 David Wesley (VA)
#13 Cody Caldwell (IA)
#14 (140) Lorenzo Thomas (PA)
#9 (145) Devin Aguirre (OK)

Outgoing seniors
N/A

While maybe not as deep as the last weight, but this one may have the match up people most want to see. We start with our #1 ranked wrestler at this weight Destin McCauley of Minnesota. He is already a 4-time AA, 4-time State Champion and Cadet National Champion. He also had an impressive 3rd place finishes at the FILA Junior Nationals and FILA Junior World Team Trials. Then you have #1 (160) Taylor Massa from Team Michigan. Let’s see Massa had been a double champion the past 2 years. That is 4 National Titles in 2 years. Add to that a FILA Junior National Title this year and you have 5 National Titles. That is why everyone is looking forward to this match up. If they meet up it should be an exciting one.

Several wrestlers will be trying to prevent that match up and earn the top spot for themselves. #2 (160) Dylan Reel of Team Illinois is one of them. Reel lost to Massa at the duals but it was a good match for him if he can improve off that who knows what could happen. He has been an AA in the past and was a FILA Cadet Champion as well. Then you have Iowa’s #6 Justin Koethe. Although he did not have the best day at the Duals, we all know he is very capable of beating top wrestlers. He won FILA Cadets this year knocking of Brunson from Oregon. He was a double finalist last year and was the Cadet Freestyle National Champion. As you can see he should not be ignored.

* Editors Note. We had this wrong when we published it. We have adjusted this weight, it will be the only one we do.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Destin McCauley (MN)
2. Taylor Massa (MI)
3. Dylan Reel (IL)
4. Justin Koethe (IA)

160

Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#3 (152) Ian Miller (OH)
#4 Jordan Thomas (MI)
#13 Seth Thomas (OR)
#14 Kyle Crutchmer (OK)
#17 Wally Figaro (FL)
#18 James Wilson (CA)
#13 (171) Zach Skates (OK)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#5 Robert Kokesh (SD)
#11 Michael Kelly (IA)
#2 Nick Moore (IA)
#19 Nick Proctor (IL)

We have another weight that has some depth and guys moving in from other weights. We think that there will be some interesting match ups in this one. Both Oklahoma and Iowa have two guys capable of making a run. We start this one off with last year’s #2 wrestler Nick Moore of Team Iowa. He has plenty of credentials including 4 IA State titles and a 10-0 run at the Duals this year. The depth at the weight will make Moore earn it if he wins this weight. Coming up from 152 is Ohio’s #3 (152) Ian Miller. Miller is coming off a great performance at the Duals where he went 7-0 knocking of several highly ranked wrestlers. He appears to be at the top of his game and we expect him to be right there at the end. Last year’s #5 Robert Kokesh has had a great year and should be able to make some noise here. We would not count him out of title contention.

#4 Jordan Thomas of Team Michigan will also be looking to make some noise, if you look at his duals record you may be asking why we are making such a statement. He went 6-4 but if you look at who he had in that weight you may see why. Also, those matches were all at 171 where he lost some very close matches to some very big names. #11 (Last year) Michael Kelly of Iowa will also look to do some damage here. Kelly has to be able to get past in-state rival Moore to have a shot. Oregon’s #13 Seth Thomas is also a wrestler of interest. Already a 3-time AA he is looking to make a move to the top of the podium. Oklahoma has two guys at this weight that may be able to work their way into the mix. #14 Kyle Crutchmer went 6-2 at the duals and was a finalist in both styles at the FILA Cadet Nationals this year. Rounding this weight out is #13 (171) Zach Skates of Oklahoma. Skates is coming down a weight and that should put him in the mix here. He also went 6-2 at the duals and both loses came to top guys. He is also a 3-time AA.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Nick Moore (IA)
2. Ian Miller (OH)
3. Robert Kokesh (SD)
4. Kyle Crutchmer (OK)

171
Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#3 Logan Storley (SD)
#4 Devin Peterson (WI)
#6 Jake Waste (MN)
#12 Kris Klapprodt (SD)
#15 Nate Brown (PA)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#17 Zack Coates (MN)
#15 Mike England (IA)
#5 Michael Moreno (IA)
#4 Nick Sulzer (OH)
#18 Stephen McPeek (TX)

This is an interesting weight with a good mix of young and old here. We really think that this one could shake out any one of numerous ways. In a way it is a battle between the old and new guard. We will start with last years #4 wrestler from Ohio Nick Sulzer. Sulzer has beat several people in this field recently and has positioned himself as the front runner. He did go 9-1 at the duals and his only loss came to a wrestler not entered here. #4 Devin Peterson of Team Wisconsin has been wrestling pretty well as of late as well. He has some wins over others in this weight and needs to be considered a contender.

Our #3 Logan Storley of South Dakota has had a great year and looks to continue it here. He won HS Nationals this year so we know he can go with the best in the country. #5 (Last year) Michael Moreno of Iowa went 8-2 at the duals. While he did lose to Peterson and Sulzer, but he did beat Akui who beat the other two. With that said he deserves some serious consideration. One person we are interested in seeing how he does is last year’s #17 Zack Coates of Minnesota. He is a 2-time state champion and won the Flo Nationals this year. He may be a dark horse but could surprise people. Also, briefly do not count out #6 Jake Waste of Minnesota. He has some losses to others in this group, but he is very tough and could reverse some of those. Take a look at the others we listed. We would not be surprised if any of the remaining guys break the top four.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Nick Sulzer (OH)
2. Logan Storley (SD)
3. Michael Moreno (IA)
4. Devin Peterson (WI)

189
Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#2 Morgan Mcintosh (CA)
#4 Austin Marsden (IL)
#6 Lucas Sheridan (CA)
#9 Mike Mauk (DE)
#17 Ian Korb (OH)
#19 Riley Argyle (ID)
#10 (171) Drake Stein (IN)
#19 (171) John Bolich (PA)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#2 Tyler Beckwith (NY)

On paper this weight looks to be a two horse race. This year’s #2 Morgan Mcintosh of Team California is a past double finalist and was 3rd this year at FILA Juniors only losing to Penn State Wrestler Ed Ruth. Last years #2 (171) Tyler Beckwith of New York is an exciting wrestler who has been very tough this year. He has beat some tough guys, had four AA honors and a National HS title. The question here is how will the move up in weight play a role?

#4 Austin Marsden of Team Illinois deserves a hard look here as well. He went 7-0 at the duals and won the FILA Cadet Nationals already this year. Marsden was also last years Cadet National Champion. He has been here before and will look to make it two championships in a row. Another California wrestler to watch is #6 Lucas Sheridan. Sheridan was the runner up to Marsden at the FILA Nationals, dropping a close match in the finals. Last year he finished 2nd and 3rd here so we know he can make some noise. The remaining guys as well as a few others we do not have ranked will also be up for the challenge.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Morgan Mcintosh (CA)
2. Austin Marsden (IL)
3. Tyler Beckwith (NY)
4. Lucas Sheridan (CA)

215
Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#2 Tank Knowles (CA)
#4 Gage Harrah (IL)
#5 (189) Tanner Hall (ID)
#6 Cody Krumwiede (IA)
#8 Nick Gwiazdowski (NY)
#10 Michael Sojka (IL)
#13 Patrick Gillen (CT)
#14 Jay Taylor (FL)
#20 West Cathcart (IL)
#3 (189) Curtis Berger (OR)
#11 (189) Clint Wilson (SD)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#17 Kyle Caylor (KS)
#1 Spencer Myers (PA)
#4 Alex Polizzi (WI)
#2 Trevor Rupp (ID)
#5 Scott Schiller (ND)

Here we have another weight I feel confident in saying is loaded. There is a lot of talent gathered here and a large number of seniors who turned out. This one may be tough for the younger guys to break into the top spots. So let’s start out with the leading candidate from the non-seniors #2 Tank Knowles of California. The CA State High School Champion was a double AA last season is considered one of the better big men in the country right now. He has his hands full in this one though. Last year’s #1 Spencer Myers of Team Pennsylvania is very tough and in our opinion he is the man to beat here. Looking to show he is the top man in the land is #2 (Last year) Trevor Rupp who looks to avenge a loss to Myers. He was 2nd at Junior FILA’s this year and placed 2nd and 3rd at this event last year.

Our current #4 Gage Harrah of Team Illinois is another one to watch. He was last year’s Cadet National Champ at this weight, this year’s FILA Cadet runner-up and went perfect at the duals. His loss at FILA Cadet’s was to #5 (189) Tanner Hall from Idaho. Hall has numerous National Titles under his belt and should be taken as a serious threat here. He does have a loss this you to Rupp in Greco. We are going to look at two more guys here. The first is last year’s #4 Alex Polizzi of Wisconsin. He has wins over some pretty top notch guys as well as some losses to guys in this weight. He went 10-1 at the duals with his only loss coming to Caylor of Kansas (listed above). Finally we will look at North Dakota wrestler and last year’s #5 Scott Schiller. Schiller went 5-0 at the duals; he did drop a match to Polizzi in Greco though. He has been an AA four times at Fargo and we expect him to add to that this year.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Spencer Myers (PA)
2. Trevor Rupp (ID)
3. Tank Knowles (CA)
4. Tanner Hall (ID)

285
Currently ranked wrestlers (Rankings here)
#1 Austin Blythe (IA)
#1 (215) Connor Medbery (CO)
#3 Donnie Longendyke (MN)
#14 Greg Kuhar (OH)
#16 Orry Elor (CA)

Outgoing seniors (End of last year rank noted)
#7 Niko Bogojevic (WI)
#19 Derek Papagianopoulis (MA)

Well we are ending with a smaller weight, but I would not say it is any less interesting. We have two #1 ranked wrestlers and one former #1. Austin Blythe of Team Iowa recently took over the #1 spot after his dominating performance at the Junior Duals where he went 9-0 beating former #1 Longendyke of Minnesota. He also had a win over last year’s #7 Niko Bogojevic of Wisconsin. Longendyke is not having the summer he may have hoped for, but nothing to be to down about. He was the Cadet National Champion last year and will be looking to avenge that loss and take back that top spot.

Let’s not forget #1 (215) Connor Medbery is looking to show he is the best big man in the land. Medbery has been on a role. The question is how will be how handles the big men. We think he will be right there in the mix. We mentioned Bogojevic earlier and for good reason. He is a multiple AA and was last years Greco Champion in Fargo. He is talented and will push all of the above mentioned guys. The other guys we have listed are all capable and may make their move. We suggest keeping a close eye of Team Massachusetts #19 (last year) Derek Papagianopoulis. He is talented and could easily find himself in a good position.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Donnie Longendyke (MN)
2. Austin Blythe (IA)
3. Connor Medberry (CO)
4. Niko Bogojevic (WI)

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84

This is not a large weight class but there is some stiff competition. It looks to be a 3 horse race with a few dark horses laying in wait. Davion Jeffries of Team Oklahoma is coming off a great tournament at the Cadet National Duals (8-1) and he holds wins over several in this field. Look for Casey Cobb of Team Idaho to challenge Jeffries. Cobb’s only loss at Cadet Duals (7-1) came at the hands of Jefferies in a close 3 period contest. Cobb has also won 5 tournaments on 2010. Another guy to watch out for who also was impressive at the duals is Parker Howell of Team Kansas. Howell posted a 7-1 record and did not meet up with either of our favorites.

There are two guys I would keep an eye on that may challenge for the top of the podium. The first is Tyler Jensen of Team Utah, he has 6 tournament wins this year and may be knocking on the door. The other is Volk Gannon of Team Minnesota. Gannon went 4-0 at Cadet Duals and did not meet up with any of the top contenders. Minnesota looked sharp at the Duals sweeping both styles so I would not count any of their guys out.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Davion Jeffries – OK
2. Parker Howell – KS
3. Casey Cobb – ID
4. Volk Gannon – MN

91

This is a bigger class and has some depth.  Also there are some unknowns, if we miss them we apologize. The front runner here seems to be Minnesota’s Jarred Oftedahl. Oftedahl complied at perfect 10-0 record at the duals and added another 5 wins on the Jr. level. We see two other wrestlers that will make a push for the title. Jordan Lind of Team Illinois went 10-0 in Greco at 84 and moves up here. Also coming off an impressive Duals performance is Team Texas wrestler Dylan Akers who went 8-1. With that said there are several other wrestlers who could make a statement.

Brandon George of Team Utah went 7-0 at the Greco Duals and beat Akers. We will find out if a change in style has an affect. Skyler Petry of Team Minnesota posted a 4-1 record at the duals and can not be counted out here to take a top 8 finish. Rounding out our dark horse wrestlers is Ronnie Bresser of Team Oregon who has 6 tournament wins in 2010 including an Oregon state title and a West Regional win.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Jarred Oftedahl – MN
2. Dylan Akers – TX
3. Brandon George – UT
4. Jordan Lind – IL

98

The weight is loaded with young talent. I am only covering 6 guys here but there are about a dozen that will battle for the top spots. On paper it appears to be a two horse race with another two guys right on their heels. For us the favorite has to be Phillip Laux of Team Iowa. Over a 2 week period he compiled a 19-1 record between Cadet and Jr. Duals. His only loss was a split with our number 2 pick here. What gives him the edge in our eyes is his win over Michigan Phenom Rodriguez who Laux beat at Junior Duals. With that said look for Team Pennsylvania wrestler Darian Cruz (#14) to give Laux all he can handle. Like I said these two split at the duals and Cruz ended with a 10-1 record. Right behind them and capable of winning the weight is Joey McKenna of Team New Jersey. MeKenna also posted a 10-1 record at the duals with his only loss coming at the hands of Laux. Add to the mix this years FILA Cadet National Champion Nathan Tomasello (#4) of Team Ohio and you have another wrestler who could win this one.

Although we feel strongly about the three guys we already covered there are a few others that may make a bid for the stop sign. Zac Hall of Team Michigan is the first guy to keep an eye on at the Cadet Duals he went 8-2 with his only losses coming at the hands of McKenna and Laux. Team Utah’s Mike Cook was able to get a 6-2 record at the duals with his two losses coming from Cruz and Laux.

I will add one more to watch out for. I did miss him. Darshawn Sharp of Georgia went 6-1 at the Cadet Duals. Looking through is past matches and the Duals I am not sure where he fits here. He was last years 84 lbs Champion. I apologize for missing him on the first run. With that said I can see him making a bid for his second title.  Interesting he did not meet up with any of the guys here at the duals.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Phillip Laux – IA
2. Darian Cruz (#14) – PA
3. Nathan Tomasello (#4) – OH
4. Joey McKenna – NJ

105

A top heavy 105 is loaded with some talented wrestlers that may surprise some. Lets start with #7 (112) Jared Cortez of Team Illinois. Cortez went 10-0 at Cadet duals while wrestling 112 and is now dropping down to 105. We think this makes him the man to beat here. He also managed a runner-up finish at the 2010 Cadet FILA Nationals losing to Freddie Rodriguez of Michigan. We have another FILA Cadet runner-up in Team Michigan’s #5 Jacob Schmitt who also posted a 10-0 record at Cadet National Duals. If these two meet up it should be one heck of a match. Also looking to make a statement is former TOM #1 and now #6 Anthony Ashnault of Team New Jersey. Ashnault had some tough osses at Cadet Duals posting a 7-4 record, but bounced back at Junior Duals making an 8-2 run. Do not count him out of this field.

Add to the mix #19 (112) Marshawn Sharp of Georgia. Sharp is a serious contender here dropping from 112 where he went a perfect 8-0 at the Junior Duals. Watch out for Team Minnesota’s Nate Thomas who went 5-3 at Cadet Duals we look for him to rebound here. Rounding out a tough field for us is #19 Zeke Moisey of Team Pennsylvania who ended up with a 10-1 record.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #7 (112) Jared Cortez – IL
2. #19 (112) Marshawn Sharp – GA
3. #6 Anthony Ashnault – NJ
4. #5 Jacob Schmitt – MI

112

This seems to be one of the more open ended weight classes so far. What we mean is that there is any number of guys who could end up on top of this hill. #19 Jack Hathaway of Iowa drops down from 119 where he went 11-0 at Cadet Duals and should be a strong contender here. Right behind him we have #11 Sam Brancale of Minnesota who posted a strong 6-1 record at Cadet Duals losing only to Cortez. There is also #12 Paul Petrov of Team Indiana. He has been very tough on the Indiana Circuit and we would not be shocked to see him make some noise here.

Then we have Max Hvolbeck of CA who like Brancale posted a 6-1 record also only losing to Cortez. So who can step up and make claim to this years National Title? We like the fact that Hathaway is coming down from 119 but do not count anyone out here. Then there is Team Connecticut wrestler #4 Dom Malone. Look for Malone to put himself in a position to make some noise here.

There is another set of guys here that we think are equally capable of winning this weight. Paul Klee of California went 5-0 and the duals and could be someone who knocks of one of the guys mentioned above. Another guy I think that may surprise some people is Shiquan Hall of Florida. He went 5-3 at Junior Duals, but those loses were to highly ranked wrestlers and they were close matches.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #4 Dom Malone – CT
2. #19 Jack Hathaway – IA
3. #11 Sam Brancale – MN
4. #12 Paul Petrov – IN

119

Well after what we think will be the top 2 in this weight, it is pretty open. We are not familiar with many of the wrestlers at this weight, so if we miss some guys, do not freak out. (That was like a disclaimer). We see Nebraska’s #13 Thomas Gilman as the man to beat here. Gilman went and impressive 7-1 wrestling up at the Junior Duals and has was the Cadet Fila National Runner-up. After that there are three very solid guys that will be gunning for him. #15 Bryce Brill of Illinois went a perfect 8-0 at the Cadet Duals and had a good FILA Cadet Nationals losing to two very solid wrestlers.

Another wrestler to keep an eye on is Missouri’s #20 Skylar Wood. While he lacks some of the freestyle experience that some of the others have, he has shown over the past few years he is among the best in the nation. Look for #17 Corey Keener from Pennsylvania. Keener is solid and can pose to be a threat to any of the above mentioned wrestlers. Finally we have #19 (125) Stephen Myers of Team Ohio. Myers is also dropping down into the 119 class and we could see him do well.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #13 Thomas Gilman – NE
2. #15 Bryce Brill – IL
3. #17 Corey Keener – PA
4. #20 Skylar Wood – MO

125

This one looks to us to have one clear favorite. That would be Team Illinois’s #7 Ben Whitford. He impressed with his 16-1 record that he tallied up between Cadet and Junior Duals. Barring an upset we expect to see him atop the podium at this weight. But like anything, winning a large event like this is never a guarantee. Minnesota’s #14 Dakota Trom will look to avenge his loss to Whiteford and he is more then capable of reversing things. After these two you have a handful of guys that can play a role in this weight. Again, we may be missing some guys but its clear that this weight can really open up.

Darick Lapaglia of Missouri went 6-1 at the Cadet Duals with his only loss coming from Whitford. Likewise Zach Ross of Pennsylvania went 6-1 as well with his only loss coming from Whitford as well.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #7 Ben Whitford – IL
2. #14 Dakota Trom – MN
3. Zach Ross – PA
4. Darick Lapaglia – MO

130

This should prove to be an exciting weight class. We see three pretty big guys in this weight. #3 (119) Brandon Jeske of Virginia was your FILA Cadet Champion this year and has an impressive resume. He may be the man to beat but we am not 100% sold at that. #5 Natrelle Demison of California may not have the National resume that some of the others do, but we would not count him out of this one. Then we have Zane Richards of Illinois who ripped off a 14-1 record between the Cadet and Junior Duals. These three should be looking to finish atop of the heap.

Not to be left out New Jersey wrestler TJ Miller is coming off a impressive showing at the Cadet duals by going 10-1 and should be in the mix. Finally we are watching Devin Vasquez of Texas who was also impressive at the Cadet Duals posting a 8-1 record.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #5 Natrelle Demison – CA
2. #3 (119) Brandon Jeske – VA
3. Zane Richards – IL
4. TJ Miller – NJ

135

Like most other weights so fare we have a few front runners and some others that may threaten. Iowa’s #8 Brandon Sorenson has been very solid for awhile now and owns a win over most of the guys in this field. Look for Minnesota’s #17 Jake Short to try and avenge his lost a few weeks ago to Sorenson in a close three period match. Sitting in the weeds is #15 Joey Lavallee of Neveda. We would not be surprised to see him make a run to the top either.

Watch California’s #16 (140) Isias Martinez as he has the skills to compete with the guys at this weight and may surprise some here. To round out this weight we suggest you also watch for New Jersey’s Toby Hague who posted a 9-2 record at Cadet Duals only losing to Sorenson and Short.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #8 Brandon Sorenson – IA
2. # 17 Jake Short – MN
3. #15 Joey Lavallee – NV
4. #16 Isias Martinez – CA

140

The weight Has TOM’s #2 wrestler in the nation Minnesota’s Brandon Kingsley. Kingsley went 8-0 at the CD duals and looks poised to make a run at a National Title. Standing in his way are a few guys who would like for that not to happen. Georgia’s #16 Tyler Askey is a returning AA and will push to make his case for the top spot.

The watch lost starts with Angelo Silvestro of Team Illinois who posted a 5-1 record at Cadet Duals losing only to Kingsley. Ohio’s TJ Fox went 8-1 at the Duals and his only loss also came to Kingsley. Look for both of these guys to try improving upon the previous matches. Rounding out the watch list for this weight is Brian Murphy also of Team Illinois. He managed an 8-2 record at the Duals with his only losses coming at 145.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Brandon Kingsley – MN
2. Tyler Askey – GA
3. Brian Murphy – IL
4. TJ Fox – OH

145

Loaded is what we think, by far the toughest weight we have broken down yet. Lets start with the phenom from Pennsylvania #15 Chance Marsteller. He compiled a solid 10-0 record at the duals and looked good doing so. Iowa’s #17 Gabriel Moreno pushed him hard in their match at the duals winning the first period before dropping the final two. Moreno took 3rd here last year and looks to improve upon that and avenge his loss. I would say this could be a great finals match up but there are few other guys who would beg to differ. #13 Coleman Hammond of California is one tough customer as well. He placed fourth in the very tough CA State HS Tournament as a freshman.

Add to this mix #19 Jared Reis of North Dakota who was in 8-0 at the Duals and did not meet up with the others. As you can see this weight is pretty tough to Navigate. Add two kids from Minnesota to the mix as well. Daniel Woiwor managed a 6-1 record at the duals only losing to Moreno. His teammate Nick Wanzek drops down from 152 where he was 6-0 at the duals. Like I said this weight is loaded and I am sure I am leaving a few guys out. One last guy to watch for is #19 (135) Jacob Crawford of Virginia. He is moving up so let’s see how he does with the move.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #15 Chance Marsteller – PA
2. #17 Gabriel Moreno – IA
3. #13 Coleman Hammond – CA
4. #19 Jared Reis – ND

152

This one appears to be fairly wide open. With that said lets look at some of the possible contenders. We will start with #18 Oliver Pierce of Team Texas. Pierce will be one of the guys to beat at this weight. We are interested in seeing how Georgia’s Glenn Climmons does. He is dropping down from 160 where he went a perfect 6-0 at Cadet Duals. Another guy that needs to be considered a threat here is Zach Beard of Oklahoma who posted a 9-0 record at the Cadet Duals and will be in the mix.

Keep an eye out for Tim Riley of Pennsylvania who tallied up a nice 7-0 record at Cadet Duals. Top wrap up 152 we are also watching to see how Cougar Babin of Texas can do. He was able to go 8-0 at the duals and will have to get by his teammate Pierce to take the top of the stand. Who knows maybe an all Texas final.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Glenn Climmons – GA
2. # 18 Oliver Pierce – TX
3. Zach Beard – OK
4. Tim Riley – PA

160

Another weight where there are some new faces and could be anyone’s to win. Andras Lukacs-Farkas seems to have a god chance here. He was able to post a 8-1 record at Cadet Duals. Look for Kansas wrestler Spencer Wilson to make a run at the top spot he was able to finish 6-2 at Cadet Duals bouncing between weights. He also went 2-0 at the Junior Duals a week later. Tennessee’s McCoy Newberg is another guy who has the talent to make a bid. He was 7-2 at the duals and his two loses were to wrestlers not entered here. Rounding out the weight is Dan Rowland of Illinois who went 8-2 at the duals and will be looking to make a run of his own.

TOM’s Prediction
1. Andras Lukacs-Farkas – IA
2. McCoy Newberg – TN
3. Spencer Wilson – KA
4. Dan Rowland – IL

171

This should be a fun weight. We are looking at #7 Sam Brooks of Illinois and #5 (160) Jordan Rogers of Washington to collide. Brooks was last years runner-up and posted a 6-1 record with his only loss coming at 189. Then we have this year FILA Cadet National Champion in Rodgers. These two should provide us with an exciting match if they meet up.

Some guys who will be looking to make sure that match up does not happen starts with Matt Reed of Kansas who obtained a 6-0 at the duals and will look to put himself in contention. Also looking to work his way into the mix is Missouri’s Jonathan Inman who was able to put up an 8-1 mark at the Duals. Rounding out the field and looking to be the Dark Horse is Illinois’ Jack Dechow who went 5-0 at the duals and will look to make the podium.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #5 Jordan Rodgers – WA
2. #7 Sam Brooks – IL
3. Jonathon Inman – MO
4. Matt Reed – KA

189

We think this will be interesting. TOM’s #7 Mitch Sliga of Indiana will look to be the top dog in a weight with some balance. Sliga has not competed in many national freestyle events this summer, but we know he is one tough hombre. Another untested freestyle guy is our #20 Jesse Doyle of North Carolina. We look to see him in the mix but unsure where he will fall within this group.

Missouri’s Hashem Omari impressed us at the Duals where he went 9-0 with some nice wins and a lot of bonus points. Also we are tracking Mickey Pelfrey of Iowa who posted a solid 10-1 record at the duals. His only loss came to a guy who is not registered at the weight. Look for Pelfrey to put himself in position to make a run.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #7 Mitch Sliga – IN
2. Hashem Omari – MO
3. Mickey Pelfrey – IA
4. #20 Jesse Doyle – NC

215

Although this weight is small it is loaded. The guy that has really impressed us this year has been #3 Adam Coon of Michigan. He has been nearly unstoppable at the Duals both for Cadet and Juniors. He went a perfect 10-0 at the Cadet Duals. Standing in his way is Minnesota’s #5 Michael Kroells who dropped a close 3 period match to Coon at the Duals. Kroells has the talent and ability to change that result but only time will tell.

Add to the mix our #16 Joe Scanlan of Iowa. Although Scanlan had disappointing Duals going 7-4, we fully expect him to rebound and make some noise at Fargo. Finally another guy to watch out for is Dawson Peck of Team Pennsylvania who went 9-2 at the duals and had a win over ranked Scanlan. We would not be surprised if he made a statement here.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #3 Adam Coon – MI
2. #5 Michael Kroells – MN
3. #16 Joe Scanlan – IA
4. Dawson Peck – PA

285

Well as we come to the end of the preview we will look at the big men. There is a clear cut favorite here. #2 Brooks Black of Pennsylvania will look to run the tables here. Brooks who is coming off a 11-0 run at Cadet Duals has been very impressive. There are very few weights we would say there are locks to win, but this may be the exception. One guy that may give Black a run for his money is #20 Doug Vollaro of Florida. Vollaro who wrestled in the Junior Duals went 6-3. You may think that in not so good, but all 3 losses came to the best in the land at Heavyweight. We are expecting to see these two battle it out for the title.

There are others at this weight that could also make statements. Evan McGee of Oklahoma went 7-2 at the Duals and looks to improve. Another Florida wrestler to look at is John Dreggors who does have a Greco win over Vollaro this season. A bit of an unknown is Maryland’s Dylan Devine. Devine has been impressive competing in Maryland but his yet to be really tested outside the state. Wrapping up the preview we have Michael Johnson of Illinois who went 5-2 at the duals losing to Black and another wrestler not entered.

TOM’s Prediction
1. #2 Brooks Black – PA
2. #20 Doug Vallaro – FL
3. Evan McGee – OK
4. Dylan Devine – MD