Minnesota Storm stops ferocious comeback from Illinois to win Cadet Greco National Duals title, 40-38

YORK, Pa.  – The 2017 Cadet Greco-Roman National Duals championship match came down to the day’s final bout as Minnesota Storm squeezed by with a 40-38 win over Illinois for its second-consecutive Cadet Greco National Duals title.

The dual started at 113 pounds with an Illinois technical fall win from Noah Surtin. Minnesota jumped out to a quick 21-6 lead, winning the next five matches, which included falls from Tyler Shackle in 1:46 at 132 pounds and Colby Njos in 5:25 at 138 pounds.

Other bonus-point wins for the Storm in that streak were tech falls tallied by Ryan Sokol and Carson Manville at 120 and 126 pounds, respectively.

The two teams traded wins in the next three bouts, with Minnesota Storm picking up a tech fall from Cade King at 160 pounds and its third fall of the day from Dalton Andrist at 170 pounds.

But at 182 pounds, Trevor Swier swung the momentum in favor of Illinois to start a six-bout win streak.

Swier notched an impressive 12-2 tech fall over Minnesota Storm’s Grant Parrish with the help of two big four-pointers to end the match in 1:47. Illinois teammate Peter Christensen followed with a quick 10-0 tech fall that lasted just over a minute at 195 pounds.

Feeding off the dominant energy, Jacob Kaminski stuck his Minnesota Storm opponent in 2:55 at 220 pounds before heavyweight Luke Luffman of Illinois notched a 12-2 win for four team points.

Another three team points came from Tommy Curran of Illinois at 88 pounds, who trailed 3-0 to Blake West after the first period. He went on to score 10 points in the second for a 10-8 decision, thanks to a four-point throw just seconds before the final buzzer. To cap off the streak, Brody Norman took out Kanin Hable in a 12-1 match at 96 pounds.

Although Minnesota Storm answered with a tech fall at 100 pounds from Paxton Creese, Illinois had cut Minnesota Storm’s lead to 39-34 going into the final match.

With the national title coming down to the last match, Matthew Ramos of Illinois took on Joey Thompson of the Storm.  Ramos led 6-4 at the break, before scoring nine unanswered points in the second period for a 16-5 tech fall for Illinois. However, it was not enough and Minnesota Storm took the dual 40-38.

Illinois won more matches on the day, capturing nine of the dual’s 17 bouts, but Minnesota’s dominance with three falls and four tech falls was enough to defend its title as the best Cadet Greco team in the nation.

Pennsylvania Red secured a third-place finish with a dominant win over Iowa Gold, 58-18. Fifth place went to Ohio, a 41-35 winner over Washington, and Oklahoma beat Michigan Red to take seventh.

The freestyle tournament starts on Friday with the championship finals set for Saturday. All of the Cadet National Duals action is broadcast live on Trackcast.

CADET GRECO-ROMAN NATIONAL DUALS

at York, Pa., June 15

Gold /Silver Pool Results (Places 1-8)
1st – Minnesota Storm

2nd – Illinois

3rd – Pennsylvania Red

4th – Iowa Gold

5th – Ohio

6th – Washington

7th – Oklahoma

8th – Michigan Red

First-place match – Minnesota Storm defeated Illinois, 40-38
113 - Noah Surtin (Illinois) over Reid Ballantyne (Minnesota Storm) TF 10-0
120 - Ryan Sokol (Minnesota Storm) over Luke Odom (Illinois) TF 10-0      
126 - Carson Manville (Minnesota Storm) over Fabian Lopez (Illinois) TF 13-2       
132 - Tyler Shackle (Minnesota Storm) over Eddie Bolivar (Illinois) Fall 1:46
138 - Colby Njos (Minnesota Storm) over Joshua Ramos (Illinois) Fall 5:25
145 - Willie Bastyr (Minnesota Storm) over Jayden Terronez (Illinois) Dec 14-8    
152 - Donnell Washington (Illinois) over Dylan Fudge (Minnesota Storm) Dec 13-8           
160 - Cade King (Minnesota Storm) over James Cagnina (Illinois) TF 12-1  
170 - Dalton Andrist (Minnesota Storm) over Abe Assad (Illinois) Fall 2:54
182 - Trevor Swier (Illinois) over Grant Parrish (Minnesota Storm) TF 12-2            
195 - Peter Christensen (Illinois) over Brennan Rutt (Minnesota Storm) TF 10-0    
220 - Jacob Kaminski (Illinois) over Wyatt Kruse (Minnesota Storm) Fall 2:55        
285 - Luke Luffman (Illinois) over Nick Pierce (Minnesota Storm) TF 12-2  
88 - Tommy Curran (Illinois) over Blake West (Minnesota Storm) Dec 10-8           
94 - Brody Norman (Illinois) over Kanin Hable (Minnesota Storm) TF 12-1
100 - Paxton Creese (Minnesota Storm) over Alex Villar (Illinois) TF 10-0  
106 - Matthew Ramos (Illinois) over Joey Thompson (Minnesota Storm) TF 16-5

Third-place match – Pennsylvania Red defeated Iowa Gold, 58-18
113      Blake Passarelli (Pennsylvania Red) over Cody Anderson (Iowa Gold) Dec 13-10   
120      Jagger Condomitti (Pennsylvania Red) over Evan Yant (Iowa Gold) Dec 11-10       
126      Joshua Jones (Pennsylvania Red) over Chase Luensman (Iowa Gold) Fall 0:48        
132      Cameron Robinson (Pennsylvania Red) over Gabe Lewis (Iowa Gold) TF 11-0        
138      Michael Kistler (Pennsylvania Red) over Drevon Ross (Iowa Gold) TF 12-0
145      Benny Baker (Pennsylvania Red) over Spencer Mooberry (Iowa Gold) TF 15-3       
152      Angel Garcia (Pennsylvania Red) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
160      Caden Wright (Pennsylvania Red) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf           
170      Neamiah Diggs (Pennsylvania Red) over Gavin Wedemeier (Iowa Gold) TF 10-0   
182      Darrien Roberts (Pennsylvania Red) over Jack Sindlinger (Iowa Gold) TF 10-0       
195      Brayden Wolf (Iowa Gold) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
220      Hunter Catka (Pennsylvania Red) over Tanner Schultz (Iowa Gold) TF 11-1            
285      Colby Whitehill (Pennsylvania Red) over Josh Vis (Iowa Gold) TF 12-0        
88        Drake Ayala (Iowa Gold) over Costa Moore (Pennsylvania Red) Fall 0:41   
94        Sheldon Seymour (Pennsylvania Red) over Logan Luft (Iowa Gold) TF 12-0
100      Chris Kim (Pennsylvania Red) over Matthew Lewis (Iowa Gold) Fall 0:12   
106      Caleb Rathjen (Iowa Gold) over Ryan Miller (Pennsylvania Red) TF 10-0

Fifth-place match – Ohio defeated Washington, 41-35
113      Aizayah `Maka` Yacapin (Washington) over Dylan Shawver (Ohio) TF 10-0            
120      Mick Burnett (Ohio) over Haiden Drury (Washington) Dec 2-2       
126      CJ Richmond (Washington) over Nick Moore (Ohio) Dec 12-5         
132      Ryan Wheeler (Washington) over Caden Blust (Ohio) Fall 1:23       
138      Riley VanScoy (Washington) over Dustin Morgillo (Ohio) Fall 1:02
145      Franky Almaguer (Washington) over Gavin Bell (Ohio) TF 14-4       
152      Nevan Snodgrass (Ohio) over Kiran Srikanth (Washington) TF 13-0
160      Jacob Lagoa (Ohio) over Sione Halo (Washington) Fall 1:23            
170      Anthony D`Alasio (Ohio) over Devin Neal (Washington) TF 11-0     
182      Isaac Gomez (Washington) over Zak Crissman (Ohio) TF 10-0         
195      Matt Cover (Ohio) over Braxton Mikesell (Washington) TF 11-0     
220      Paul Haywood (Ohio) over Janoah Thomas (Washington) Fall 3:45
285      Louden Haga (Ohio) over Dustyn Camacho (Washington) TF 10-0  
88        Zack Mattin (Ohio) over Mark Marum (Washington) TF 15-3          
94        Kyle Rowan (Ohio) over Dominic Sowers (Washington) TF 10-0      
100      Chase Randall (Washington) over Jake Manley (Ohio) TF 14-4        
106      Brenden Chaowanapibool (Washington) over Peyten Keller (Ohio) TF 14-1

Seventh-place match – Oklahoma defeated Michigan Red, 43-35
113      Vince Perez (Michigan Red) over Jaxon Randall (Oklahoma) TF 10-0
120      Ryder Ramsey (Oklahoma) over John Sosa (Michigan Red) Fall 3:33          
126      Eddie Homrock (Michigan Red) over Cam Picklo (Oklahoma) TF 10-0        
132      Matthew Grant (Michigan Red) over Cougar Andersen (Oklahoma) Fall 0:46        
138      Kevon Davenport (Michigan Red) over Spencer Schickram (Oklahoma) Dec 7-2    
145      Alex Facundo (Michigan Red) over Wyatt Berry (Oklahoma) TF 13-0         
152      Kyle Knowles (Oklahoma) over Jaden Fisher (Michigan Red) TF 10-0          
160      Gage Hockett (Oklahoma) over Cade Gilless (Michigan Red) Fall 1:52       
170      Charles Floyd (Oklahoma) over Colin Jagielski (Michigan Red) TF 12-1      
182      Ryan Ringler (Michigan Red) over Matthew Santos (Oklahoma) TF 15-4    
195      Cabe Dickerson (Oklahoma) over Joshua Hill (Michigan Red) TF 15-5        
220      Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) over Tyler Delooff (Michigan Red) Fall 1:29           
285      Donovan King (Michigan Red) over Colin Naney (Oklahoma) Fall 0:53       
88        Luke Ahrberg (Oklahoma) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf           
94        Blake Noonan (Michigan Red) over JJ Gilbert (Oklahoma) Dec 7-1
100      Carter Young (Oklahoma) over Sam Freeman (Michigan Red) TF 11-0       
106      Tucker Owens (Oklahoma) over Riley Bettich (Michigan Red) TF 18-8

Bronze/Copper Pool Results (Places 9-16)
1st Place - Minnesota Storm 2
2nd Place – Colorado
3rd Place - Missouri Red
4th Place - New Jersey Red
5th Place – Utah
6th Place – Oregon
7th Place - Kansas Blue
8th Place – Texas

Red/Blue Pool Results
1st Place - Florida
2nd Place - Georgia Red
3rd Place - Virginia
4th Place - North Carolina Blue
5th Place - Arizona
6th Place - Tennesee
7th Place - Michigan Blue
8th Place - Georgia Blue

Green/Yellow Pool Results
1st Place - Indiana
2nd Place - Kansas Red
3rd Place - Pennsylvania Blue
4th Place - Maryland
5th Place - South Carolina
6th Place - North Carolina Red