Illinois defeats Team Michigan Blue, 49-30 to win Schoolboy/girl National Greco-Roman Duals
by Koral Sugiyama, USA Wrestling
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – After falling to third place at last year’s tournament, Illinois burst into cheers after they beat Team Michigan Blue 49-30 and became the 2018 Schoolboy/girl National Greco-Roman Duals Champions.
In the final face-off, Illinois won twelve matches, while Team Michigan Blue only captured six wins.
Three Illinois athletes won by fall in the final dual – Ethan Spacht (71), Kannon Webster (90), and Jayden Colon (110). Five Illinois boys defeated their opponent via technical fall – Kole Brower (125), Will Baysinger (83), Josseph Fernau (97), Jordan Blew (102), and David Mayora (114).
Two Team Michigan Blue athletes put their opponents to their backs – Joshua Boggan (187) and Evan Herriman (106). Two more athletes from Team Michigan Blue won by technical fall – Logan Badge (250) and Nolan Wertanen (77).
Minnesota Blue defeated Pennsylvania Blue, 42-35. Both teams claimed nine wins, but it was bonus points that decided the bronze-medal dual meet. Minnesota Blue earned three falls by Anthony Moe Tucker (250), Logan Swensen (71), and Brendan Howes (102). Minnesota Blue secured technical falls by Tyler Wells (83), Zach Silvis (87), and Zach Hanson (90).
Team Washington defeated Minnesota Red, 56-24 for fifth. California Gold defeated Team Nebraska 42-38 for seventh place.
The Schoolboy/girl National Freestyle Duals kick off tomorrow at 8 a.m. EDT. You can watch the event on Trackcast.
SCHOOLBOY NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN DUALS
At Indianapolis, Ind., June 8
Gold/Silver Pool Results (Places 1-8)
1st Place – Illinois
2nd Place – Michigan Blue
3rd Place – Minnesota Blue
4th Place – Pennsylvania Blue
5th Place – Team Washington
6th Place – Minnesota Red
7th Place – California Gold
8th Place – Team Nebraska
1st Place - Illinois defeated Michigan Blue 49-30.
125 Kole Brower (Illinois) over Remy Cotton (Michigan Blue) TF 10-0
130 Ralph Thompson (Michigan Blue) over Ryder Hunkins (Illinois) Dec 17-12
136 Brayden Stauffenberg (Illinois) over Cole Hopkins (Michigan Blue) Dec 14-5
149 Brad Gillum (Illinois) over Max Callahan (Michigan Blue) Dec 8-1
165 Owen Jacobson (Illinois) over Bryce Simmons (Michigan Blue) Dec 7-1
187 Joshua Boggan (Michigan Blue) over Nathan Wemstrom (Illinois) Fall 3:44
250 Logan Badge (Michigan Blue) over Ryan Boersma (Illinois) TF 10-0
71 Ethan Spacht (Illinois) over Caleb Weiand (Michigan Blue) Fall 1:45
77 Nolan Wertanen (Michigan Blue) over Dominic Schiavone (Illinois) TF 10-0
83 Will Baysinger (Illinois) over Drew Heethuis (Michigan Blue) TF 17-4
87 Dylan Gilcher (Michigan Blue) over Colin Young (Illinois) Dec 8-4
90 Kannon Webster (Illinois) over Caden Horwath (Michigan Blue) Fall 3:11
97 Joseph Fernau (Illinois) over Jacob Halsey (Michigan Blue) TF 10-0
102 Jordan Blew (Illinois) over Owen Payne (Michigan Blue) TF 16-4
106 Evan Herriman (Michigan Blue) over Ethan Stiles (Illinois) Fall 0:32
110 Jayden Colon (Illinois) over Aaron Lucio (Michigan Blue) Fall 1:38
114 David Mayora (Illinois) over Micah Hanau (Michigan Blue) TF 10-0
119 AJ Heeg (Illinois) over Connor Owens (Michigan Blue) Dec 10-5
3rd Place - Minnesota Blue defeated Pennsylvania Blue 42-35.
125 Jared Keslar (Pennsylvania Blue) over Ryder Rogotzke (Minnesota Blue) Dec 9-5
130 Jacob Reinardy (Minnesota Blue) over Jack Wehmeyer (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 9-4
136 Jake Jones (Pennsylvania Blue) over AJ Smith (Minnesota Blue) TF 17-4
149 Gavin Nelson (Minnesota Blue) over Enzo Morlacci (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 9-0
165 Anthony Tuttle (Minnesota Blue) over Owen Veitmeier (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 6-1
187 Nick Marabell (Pennsylvania Blue) over Danny Graham (Minnesota Blue) TF 14-4
250 Anthony Moe Tucker (Minnesota Blue) over Gunner Treibley (Pennsylvania Blue) Fall 2:55
71 Logan Swensen (Minnesota Blue) over Nathan Desmond (Pennsylvania Blue) Fall 0:31
77 Dalton Perry (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jack Nelson (Minnesota Blue) Fall 0:24
83 Tyler Wells (Minnesota Blue) over Jackson Matthews (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 12-0
87 Zach Silvis (Minnesota Blue) over Jaden Pepe (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 11-0
90 Zach Hanson (Minnesota Blue) over Luke Simcox (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 10-0
97 Mason Gibson (Pennsylvania Blue) over Parker Janssen (Minnesota Blue) TF 10-0
102 Brendan Howes (Minnesota Blue) over Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania Blue) Fall 0:58
106 Suds Dubler (Pennsylvania Blue) over Davin Rose (Minnesota Blue) Dec 10-6
110 Dagen Condomitti (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jed Wester (Minnesota Blue) Dec 13-11
114 Taylor Weaver (Pennsylvania Blue) over Cole Glazier (Minnesota Blue) TF 10-0
119 Cael Nicolella (Pennsylvania Blue) over Max Johnson (Minnesota Blue) Dec 8-4
5th Place - Team Washington defeated Minnesota Red 56-24.
125 George Trujillo Jr (Team Washington) over Jude Link (Minnesota Red) Dec 17-9
130 Diego Clemen (Team Washington) over Joseph Forsberg (Minnesota Red) Fall 3:53
136 Thor Michaelson (Team Washington) over Brady Kasprick (Minnesota Red) TF 11-1
149 Seth Dawkins (Team Washington) over Derrick McMillen (Minnesota Red) TF 10-0
165 Keaton Haas (Minnesota Red) over Dayne Camacho (Team Washington) Fall 0:39
187 Rocco Clark (Team Washington) over Thomas Dineen (Minnesota Red) TF 12-0
250 Carson Linstad (Team Washington) over Will Sather (Minnesota Red) TF 11-0
71 Elijah Cater (Team Washington) over Mason Mills (Minnesota Red) TF 11-1
77 Joshua Neiwert (Team Washington) over Simon Kruse (Minnesota Red) TF 12-2
83 Caleb Thoennes (Minnesota Red) over Dustin Baxter (Team Washington) TF 10-0
87 Mitchell Neiner (Team Washington) over Leonard Tukhlynovych (Minnesota Red) Dec 8-6
90 Jaden Sanchez (Team Washington) over Colton Bornholdt (Minnesota Red) TF 14-4
97 Horacio Godinez (Team Washington) over Travis Smith (Minnesota Red) TF 10-0
102 Jacob Hubby (Team Washington) over Kain Sanders (Minnesota Red) Inj 2:22
106 Kyler Wong (Minnesota Red) over Lars Michaelson (Team Washington) TF 12-1
110 Mateo De La Pena (Team Washington) over YJ Eveillard (Minnesota Red) Dec 18-12
114 Nathan Gregory (Team Washington) over Gavin Rockstroh (Minnesota Red) Dec 10-3
119 Seth Newby (Minnesota Red) over Payton Brooks (Team Washington) Dec 11-9
7th Place - California Gold defeated Team Nebraska 42-38.
125 Antrell Taylor (Team Nebraska) over Tye Monteiro (California Gold) TF 10-0
130 Ethan Birch (California Gold) over Tyler Antoniak (Team Nebraska) Dec 13-12
136 Cameron Graham (Team Nebraska) over Hayden Marino (California Gold) TF 13-2
149 Justin Davis (Team Nebraska) over Isaiah Garza (California Gold) TF 10-0
165 Stefan Bakiev (California Gold) over Noah Blair (Team Nebraska) Fall 1:36
187 Gabe Edwards (Team Nebraska) over Noah Duran (California Gold) Dec 14-9
250 TJ Takafua (California Gold) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
71 Miles Anderson (Team Nebraska) over Brayden Kuskie (California Gold) TF 12-0
77 Enrique Haynes (Team Nebraska) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
83 Kael Lauridsen (Team Nebraska) over Tyler Riley (California Gold) TF 10-0
87 Nathanael Gonzalez (California Gold) over Tristan Burbach (Team Nebraska) TF 11-0
90 Beau Mantanona (California Gold) over AJ Parrish (Team Nebraska) TF 10-0
97 Keith Smith (Team Nebraska) over Collin Guffey (California Gold) TF 10-0
102 Grant Moraski (Team Nebraska) over Atridad Feizi (California Gold) Fall 2:51
106 Casey Roberts (California Gold) over Drew Hollibaugh (Team Nebraska) TF 10-0
110 Eric Almarniez (California Gold) over Bryar Nadrchal (Team Nebraska) DQ
114 Brock Bobzien (California Gold) over Cody Cuda (Team Nebraska) Fall 0:32
119 Ammar Khan (California Gold) over Baylor Kaup (Team Nebraska) Fall 0:55
Bronze/Copper Pool Results (Places 9-16)
1st Place - Team Missouri defeated Oklahoma Red 46-33.
3rd Place - Florida defeated Utah 42-38.
5th Place - Team Idaho defeated Team Maryland 48-34.
7th Place -Wisconsin defeated Team Texas 49-38.
Red/Blue Pool Results
1st Place - Oklahoma Blue defeated Iowa 41-39.
3rd Place -Team Kansas Red defeated Team Georgia Blue 49-32.
5th Place - Colorado Red defeated Indiana Blue 54-30.
7th Place - North Carolina defeated Team Georgia Red 41-35.
Green/Yellow Pool Results
1st Place - Indiana Gold defeated New Jersey 41-41.
3rd Place - Team Nevada defeated Team Tennessee 59-22.
5th Place - Team Kansas Blue defeated Delaware 46-25.
7th Place - Michigan Red defeated Team Alabama 53-22.
Purple Pool Results
1st Place - New York
2nd Place - Team Ohio
3rd Place - Pennsylvania Red
4th Place - Colorado Blue
Round 1
New York defeated Colorado Blue 59-24.
Team Ohio defeated Pennsylvania Red 44-29.
Round 2
Pennsylvania Red defeated Colorado Blue 1-0.
New York defeated Team Ohio 1-0.
Round 3
Team Ohio defeated Colorado Blue 65-15.
New York defeated Pennsylvania Red 51-29
Pool A Results
1st Place - Illinois defeated California Gold 57-21.
2nd Place Wrestleback - California Gold defeated Florida 0-0.
3rd Place - Florida defeated Utah 45-37.
5th Place - Iowa defeated Indiana Gold 44-38.
7th Place - Team Kansas Red defeated Team Tennessee 65-12.
Pool B Results
1st Place - Michigan Blue defeated Minnesota Red 59-23.
2nd Place Wrestleback - Minnesota Red defeated Team Missouri 0-0.
3rd Place - Team Missouri defeated Oklahoma Blue 56-23.
5th Place - Team Texas defeated Team Georgia Blue 51-28.
7th Place - New Jersey defeated Team Nevada 51-30.
Pool C Results
1st Place - Pennsylvania Blue defeated Team Nebraska 59-24.
2nd Place Wrestleback - Team Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 0-0.
3rd Place - Wisconsin defeated Team Maryland 39-27.
5th Place - Colorado Red defeated Indiana Blue 61-24.
7th Place - Michigan Red defeated Team Kansas Blue 45-35.
Pool D Results
1st Place - Minnesota Blue defeated Team Washington 38-37.
2nd Place Wrestleback - Team Washington defeated Oklahoma Red 0-0.
3rd Place - Oklahoma Red defeated Team Idaho 56-25.
5th Place - North Carolina defeated Team Georgia Red 43-37.
7th Place - Team Alabama defeated Delaware 42-19.
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