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by John Cook NWCA

Team Illinois poses after winning title at the NWCA/USA Wrestling National Scholastic Duals


CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. - Illinois captured the championship of the 2015 NWCA/USA Wrestling National Scholastic Duals, as the Illinois Outsiders defeated Minnesota Elite 35-15 in the deciding match.


Highlighting the final round was a bout of nationally ranked wrestlers. Illinois's Austin O'Connor was awarded the Outstanding Wrestler Award after defeating Minnesota's Mitchell McKee at 132 pounds, 12-4.


Illinois posted a 7-0 record in the two day event held April 10 and 11 at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana.


Minnesota edged third place Indiana Gold, 25-23, in the sixth round. Also advancing to the championship pool, Ohio placed fourth, Illinois Inferno placed fifth (topping 4th seeded Virginia in an early match) and Team Colorado placed sixth.


The Sportsmanship Award, selected the event's referees, was given to Team Virginia. Twenty two teams competed in the two day event.


Complete results of all seventy seven dual matches can be found on Track Wrestling.

Click here for direct link to all results

Gold Pool Results

1st Place - Illinois Outsiders

2nd Place - Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers

3rd Place - Indiana Gold

4th Place - Ohio Mafia

5th Place - Illinois Inferno

6th Place - Colorado

Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers defeated Colorado 47-10.

Illinois Outsiders defeated Ohio Mafia 43-12.

Indiana Gold defeated Illinois Inferno 45-8.

Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers defeated Ohio Mafia 43-20.

Illinois Inferno defeated Colorado 33-31.

Illinois Outsiders defeated Indiana Gold 35-12.

Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers defeated Illinois Inferno 56-14.

Indiana Gold defeated Ohio Mafia 31-27.

Illinois Outsiders defeated Colorado 53-18.

Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers defeated Indiana Gold 25-23.

Illinois Outsiders defeated Illinois Inferno 46-12.

Ohio Mafia defeated Colorado 41-18.

Illinois Outsiders defeated Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers 35-15.

Indiana Gold defeated Colorado 40-16.

Ohio Mafia defeated Illinois Inferno 33-23.

ILLINOIS OUTSIDERS 35, MINNESOTA ELITE GOLDEN GOPHERS 15

106 - Louie Hayes (Illinois Outsiders) over Victor Gliva (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 10-5

113 - Jason Renteria (Illinois Outsiders) over Rylee Molitor (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 11-5

120 - Travis Piotrowski (Illinois Outsiders) over Brent Jones (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 6-1

126 - Dylan Thurston (Illinois Outsiders) over Garrett Aldrich (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 6-2

132 - Austin O`Connor (Illinois Outsiders) over Mitchell Mckee (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Maj 12-4

138 - Shayne Oster (Illinois Outsiders) over Jake Allar (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 7-5

145 - Taylor Venz (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) over Anthony Cheloni (Illinois Outsiders) Dec 7-3

152 - Trevell Timmons (Illinois Outsiders) over Brenden Olevson (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 8-4

160 - Lucas Jeske (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) over Trace Carello (Illinois Outsiders) Fall 5:17

170 - Kyle Betourne (Illinois Outsiders) over Evan Ronsen (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) Dec 7-3

182 - Mason DeLong (Illinois Outsiders) over Jonny Zarnke (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) TF 15-0

195 - Christian Brunner (Illinois Outsiders) over Mason Hawkins (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) TF 28-13

220 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) over Josh King (Illinois Outsiders) Dec 6-0

285 - Andrew Piehl (Minnesota Elite Golden Gophers) over Matt Allen (Illinois Outsiders) Dec 3-0

Silver Pool Results

1st Place - Indiana Gorillas

2nd Place - Indiana Blue

3rd Place - Minnesota Elite Maroon

4th Place - Illinois South

5th Place - Virginia

6th Place - Indiana Renegades North

Minnesota Elite Maroon defeated Indiana Renegades North 43-13.

Indiana Gorillas defeated Indiana Blue 29-24.

Illinois South defeated Virginia 53-19.

Indiana Blue defeated Minnesota Elite Maroon 30-21.

Illinois South defeated Indiana Renegades North 42-21.

Indiana Gorillas defeated Virginia 57-6.

Minnesota Elite Maroon defeated Illinois South 28-24.

Indiana Blue defeated Virginia 36-26.

Indiana Gorillas defeated Indiana Renegades North 47-4.

Minnesota Elite Maroon defeated Virginia 43-22.

Indiana Gorillas defeated Illinois South 45-11.

Indiana Blue defeated Indiana Renegades North 52-12.

Indiana Gorillas defeated Minnesota Elite Maroon 42-10.

Virginia defeated Indiana Renegades North 30-30.

Indiana Blue defeated Illinois South 50-15.

Bronze Pool Results

1st Place - Minnesota Elite Gold

2nd Place - Indiana Region 16 Renegades

3rd Place - Kentucky Extreme

4th Place - Kentucky Blue

5th Place - Ohio Stomp

Indiana Region 16 Renegades defeated Kentucky Extreme 48-19.

Minnesota Elite Gold defeated Ohio Stomp 60-8.

Indiana Region 16 Renegades defeated Kentucky Blue 51-23.

Kentucky Extreme defeated Ohio Stomp 47-20.

Minnesota Elite Gold defeated Kentucky Blue 37-26.

Indiana Region 16 Renegades defeated Ohio Stomp 44-21.

Kentucky Blue defeated Ohio Stomp 42-24.

Minnesota Elite Gold defeated Kentucky Extreme 63-6.

Indiana Region 16 Renegades defeated null 0-0.

Kentucky Extreme defeated Kentucky Blue 0-0.

Minnesota Elite Gold defeated Indiana Region 16 Renegades 32-21.

Copper Pool Results

1st Place - Ohio Titan Red

2nd Place - Ohio Titan Blue

3rd Place - X-Men Black

4th Place - Kentucky Red

5th Place - X-Men Red

Ohio Titan Red defeated Kentucky Red 42-33.

X-Men Black defeated X-Men Red 28-24.

Ohio Titan Blue defeated X-Men Black 40-27.

Kentucky Red defeated X-Men Red 29-27.

Ohio Titan Blue defeated X-Men Red 39-15.

Ohio Titan Red defeated X-Men Black 36-25.

Kentucky Red defeated Ohio Titan Blue 28-28.

Ohio Titan Red defeated X-Men Red 45-18.

Ohio Titan Red defeated Ohio Titan Blue 0-0.

X-Men Black defeated Kentucky Red 27-12.

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