UWW Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials semifinals set for Sunday morning in Akron

AKRON, Ohio – The Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials semifinals are set after a full day of competition on Saturday at the Louis and Freda Stile Athletic Field House in Akron, Ohio.

Below are notable quarterfinal results:

• 45 kg: One Fargo champ, Chance Lamer, advanced to the semis, while another, Drake Ayala was upset in the quarterfinals by Maxximus Martinez, 4-2.
• 48 kg: 2017 Cadet World Teamer Cole Skinner earned a spot in the semifinals after an 8-4 win over Daniel Wask.
• 51 kg: Carter Young defeated No. 1 seed and 2016 Cadet freestyle Fargo champion Cullan Schriever with a 4-0 shutout.
• 55 kg: Teague Travis defeated 2017 Cadet Greco World Team member Dylan Ragusin in a tight 13-12 decision, where Ragusin scored six points in the last minute of the bout. There are still two other past World Team members in the hunt for the spot, including Robert Howard and Julian Tagg, who were 2017 Cadet Freestyle World teammates. They are on opposite sides of the bracket.
• 60 kg: 2017 Fargo freestyle champion Joshua Saunders and 2017 Fargo runner-up Ryan Franco advanced to the semifinals, where they will meet up for a rematch of the Fargo finals. In that match, Saunders won an 8-0 bout.
• 65 kg: Carson Manville, who won Fargo titles in freestyle and Greco last summer, defeated 2017 Fargo Greco champ and freestyle runner-up Kevon Davenport with an 8-4 decision. The two competed at different weights last year. On the opposite side of the bracket from Manville is Fidel Mayora, a 2017 Fargo freestyle champion.
• 71 kg: Cadet Pan Am champion and two-time Fargo runner-up Aaron Gandara was upset in the quarters, falling to Sonny Santiago, 3-1. Also moving are were 2017 freestyle Fargo champion Alex Facundo and 2018 Cadet Greco World Team Trials runner-up Jace Luchau.
• 80 kg: 2017 freestyle Fargo champion Carter Starocci and 2017 Greco Fargo champion Abe Assad made it to the semifinals and will face each other first thing in the morning. Assad aims to make his second Cadet World Team of the weekend after winning the Greco tournament on Friday.
• 92 kg: 2017 freestyle Fargo champion AJ Ferrari edged out a 9-8 win over two-time Fargo All-American Wyatt Hendrickson in the quarterfinals. Hendrickson scored four points in the final 15 seconds to nearly beat the Fargo champ.
• 110 kg: All the quarterfinals at this weight ended in either a tech fall or pin. Cadet World champion Daniel Kerkvliet defeated 2018 Greco World Team Trials runner-up Joshua Heindselman with an 11-0 tech fall. Also advancing to the finals is 2018 Cadet Greco World Team member Luke Luffman.

The UWW Cadet Freestyle World Team Trials semifinals will be wrestled Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET followed by the best-of-three finals live on Flowrestling.org.

2018 UWW CADET AND U23 WORLD TEAM TRIALS

at Akron, Ohio, June 1-3

Cadet freestyle

Semifinal pairings
41-45 kg
Maxximus Martinez (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) vs. Casey Swiderski (BTWC)
Alex Almeyda (NYCRTC/EDGE) vs. Chance Lamer (Orange Crush Wrestling Club)

48 kg
Richard Figueroa ll (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) vs. Cole Skinner (USA-Ohio Wrestling)
Kyle Rowan (The Wrestling Factory of Cleveland) vs. Tommy Curran (Hurricane WC)

51 kg
Carter Young (Team BIG) vs. Anthony Ferrari (Best Trained Texas (M))
Greg Diakomihalis (FLWC) vs. Matthew Ramos (Colt Wrestling)

55 kg
Robert Howard (Titan Mercury/Bitetto Trained) vs. Teague Travis (Eierman Elite)
Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado Wrestling Club) vs. Julian Tagg (USA-Ohio Wrestling)

60 kg
Joshua Saunders (TMWC) vs. Ryan Franco (Darkhorse)
Keegan O`toole (Askren Wrestling Academy) vs. Frankie Tal-shahar (SWAT)

65 kg
Carson Manville (Banditos) vs. Bryce Andonian (Wrestling Factory of Cleveland)
Luke Surber (Tuttle Wrestling) vs. Fidel Mayora (Izzy Style)

71 kg
Alex Facundo (Team Donahoe) vs. Jace Luchau (Sons Of Thunder Academy)
Joshua Otto (Askren Wrestling Academy) vs. Sonny Santiago (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage)

80 kg
Carter Starocci (Bad Karma) vs. Abe Assad (Izzy Style)
Julian Ramirez (Blairstown Wrestling Club) vs. Zach Glazier (Minnesota)

92 kg
Konner Doucet (Oklahoma) vs. Niccolo Colucci (St. Peter's Prep)
Jacob Cardenas (Rednose) vs. Albert Ferrari (Best Trained Texas (M))

110 kg
Hayden Copass (Unattached) vs. Daniel Kerkvliet (TMWC/Pinnacle)
Luke Luffman (IRTC) vs. Hunter Catka (LAB Trained)

Quarterfinal results
41-45 kg
Maxximus Martinez (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) dec. Drake Ayala (Sebolt Wrestling Academy), 4-2
Casey Swiderski (BTWC) dec. Jordan Williams (Threestyle Wrestling), 5-4
Alex Almeyda (NYCRTC/EDGE) TF Eli Griffin (Threestyle Wrestling), 10-0
Chance Lamer (Orange Crush Wrestling Club) TF Drew Lang (Sanderson Wrestling Academy), 10-0

48 kg
Richard Figueroa ll (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) TF Jacob Mann (USWA), 10-0
Cole Skinner (USA-Ohio Wrestling) dec. Daniel Wask (Blairstown Wrestling Club), 8-4
Kyle Rowan (The Wrestling Factory of Cleveland) dec. Sheldon Seymour (xcalibur), 4-4
Tommy Curran (Hurricane WC) TF Sean Thompson (MWC Wrestling Academy), 10-0

51 kg
Carter Young (Team BIG) dec. Cullan Schriever (Sebolt Wrestling Academy), 4-0
Anthony Ferrari (Best Trained Texas (M)) dec. Wyatt Yapoujian (Pomona High School), 4-1
Greg Diakomihalis (FLWC) TF Justin Bierdumpfel (SKWC), 12-1
Matthew Ramos (Colt Wrestling) TF Cooper Flynn (McDonogh School), 10-0

55 kg
Robert Howard (Titan Mercury/Bitetto Trained) dec. Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Blairstown Wrestling Club), 5-1
Teague Travis (Eierman Elite) dec. Dylan Raguisn (Izzy Style), 13-12
Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado Wrestling Club) dec. Maximo Renteria (Dethrone), 11-4
Julian Tagg (USA-Ohio Wrestling) dec. Ryan Crookham (Lost Boys Wrestling Club), 5-4

60 kg
Joshua Saunders (TMWC) dec. Beau Bartlett (Sunkist Kids), 11-8
Ryan Franco (Darkhorse) dec. Caleb Tanner (Unattached), 12-7
Keegan O`toole (Askren Wrestling Academy) TF Marckis Branford (LVWC), 12-2
Frankie Tal-shahar (SWAT) TF Wyatt Henson (Sunkist Kids), 10-0

65 kg
Carson Manville (Banditos) dec. Kevon Davenport (Detroit Catholic Central), 8-4
Bryce Andonian (Wrestling Factory of Cleveland) TF Aidan Medora (Askren Wrestling Academy), 12-0
Luke Surber (Tuttle Wrestling) fall Victor Voinovich (Seasons), 0:16
Fidel Mayora (Izzy Style) dec. Cade Devos (Iron Rams), 14-10

71 kg
Alex Facundo (Team Donahoe) dec. Padraic Gallagher (The Wrestling Factory of Cleveland), 3-1
Jace Luchau (Sons Of Thunder Academy) dec. Caleb Waddell (Gilmer Bobcat Wrestling), 9-4
Joshua Otto (Askren Wrestling Academy) dec. Lance Runyon (Iron Rams), 4-3
Sonny Santiago (Sunkist Kids Monster Garage) dec. Aaron Gandara (Wrestling Prep), 3-1

80 kg
Carter Starocci (Bad Karma) dec. Patrick Kennedy (Minnesota), 4-3
Abe Assad (Izzy Style) fall Anthony Carman (Ohio Valley Regional Training Center), 0:40
Julian Ramirez (Blairstown Wrestling Club) dec. Jonathon Fagen (Suples Wrestling Club), 6-0
Zach Glazier (Minnesota) dec. Jacob Logan (GPS Wrestling), 6-5

92 kg
Konner Doucet (Oklahoma) dec. Rowan Morgan (Pinnacle(MN)), 7-0
Niccolo Colucci (St. Peter's Prep) dec. Max Gomez (Team Poeta), 12-6
Jacob Cardenas (Rednose) dec. Matthew Cover (Unattached), 4-1
Albert Ferrari (Best Trained Texas (M)) dec. Wyatt Hendrickson (Team Kansas), 9-8

110 kg
Hayden Copass (Unattached) fall Louden Haga (Patriots Wrestling Club), 1:33
Daniel Kerkvliet (TMWC/Pinnacle) TF Joshua Heindselman (Oklahoma), 11-0
Luke Luffman (IRTC) TF Apollo Gothard (Izzy Style), 11-0
Hunter Catka (LAB Trained) TF Braxton Mikesell (INWTC), 10-0