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Defending champion Grand View pushes five into semifinals to lead NAIA Nationals over Cumberlands (Ky.)

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Defending NAIA National champion Grant Henderson of Grand View celebrates with his coaches after his quarterfinal win at 165 pounds. Photo by Tony Hager.


DES MOINES, Iowa – Grand View, which has won the last six, holds a 31.5 point lead over the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) after the first day of the NAIA National Championships on Saturday.


Qualifying for the semifinals for the Vikings are four No. 1 seeds, Josh Wenger (141), Grant Henderson (165), Evan Hansen (197) and Dean Broghammer (285), plus No. 3 seed Devin Reynolds (149). Wenger, Henderson and Hansen are returning champions.


The Vikings did lose a returning NAIA champion as Lawton Benna was defeated at 174 pounds. Benna, seeded No. 2, was pinned by Adrian Lyons-Lope of Providence (Montana) in 4:17 in the quarterfinals.


Grand View suffered six losses in the quarterfinal round, including another No. 2 seed, Matthew Nguyen at 125 pounds, who fell to Julian Gaytan of Midland (Neb.), 6-5.


The Cumberlands placed four into the semifinals, No. 1 seed Jake Sinkovics at 133 pounds, No. 1 seed Cameron Jones at 184 pounds, No. 2 seed Tres Leon at 149 pounds and No. 4 seed Hayden Lee at 125 pounds.


Besides the three Grand View returning champions, two other 2017 NAIA champions have reached the semifinals, Brandon Weber of Montana State-Northern (157) and Demetrius Thomas of Williams Baptist of Arkansas (285).


Saturday morning's semifinals begin at 10:00 a.m., with the Championship finals at 7:00 p.m. Results and video of the event is available on Trackwrestling.

NAIA Wrestling National Championships Day One Recap

Sinkovics and Broghammer become four-time All-Americans


by Alan Grosbach



DES MOINES, Iowa – Grand View (Iowa) finds itself in a familiar position, as the Vikings rest atop the team standings at the conclusion of day-one action at the 2018 NAIA Wrestling National Championships. The 61st annual event is taking place at the Jacobson Exhibition Center.


Grand View boasts 98.5 points, headlined by five wrestlers that advanced to the semifinals and 10 total All-Americans.


If Grand View can win its seventh-consecutive national title, the Vikings will become the only program in NAIA history to accomplish the feat and only the fourth program in collegiate wrestling history. The other programs to do so are NCAA Division I Iowa (nine-straight 1978-86), NCAA Division I Oklahoma State (seven-straight 1937-1949) and then-NCAA Division II Cal Poly (seven-straight 1968-1974).


Cumberlands (Ky.), which had six individuals reach the All-America rounds, is second in the team standings with 67.0 points. Missouri Valley (56.5 points), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (50.0 points) and Williams Baptist (Ark.) (49.5 points) round out the top five.


With quarterfinal victories, Cumberlands’ Jake Sinkovics (133 pounds) and Dean Broghammer of Grand View cemented themselves in the NAIA record book as four-time All-Americans. With the addition of the two seniors, there have now been 68 individuals to accomplish the feat in the association’s 61-year wrestling history.


Sinkovics, who won 3-0 over Brady Moser of Lindsey Wilson, is the first four-time All-American in program history, while Broghammer is the third Grand View grappler to finish in the top-eight four-straight seasons. Broghammer pinned Javier Gonzalez of Menlo (Calif.) in the quarterfinals.


Twenty-one different programs have wrestlers still competing for a shot at a national title, including five from Grand View, four from Cumberlands and four from Missouri Valley. Eleven different squads have two student-athletes in the semifinals.


Olson Delisca of Southeastern (125 pounds), Taylor Moeder of Kansas Wesleyan, Brett Johnson of Marian (Ind.) and Antonio Stewart of Reinhardt (Ga.) (184 pounds) made history for their respective program as the team’s first-ever All-Americans. Delisca, Moeder and Johnson each claimed quarterfinal victories.


The Fire ended the evening with four All-Americans.


All 10 top seeded individuals punched tickets to the semifinals.

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Des Moines, Iowa, March 2



Semifinal pairings



125 pounds

No. 1 Mikel Perales (Menlo - Calif.) vs. No. 4 Hayden Lee (Cumberlands - Ky)

No. 3 Olson Delisca (Southeastern - Fla.) vs. No. 10 Julian Gaytan (Midland - Neb.)


133 pounds

No. 1 Jake Sinkovics (Cumberlands - Ky.) vs. No. 4 Giovanni Castillo (Concordia - Neb.)

No. 3 Gresh Jones (Dickinson State - ND) vs. No. 2 Erique Early (Indiana Tech)


141 pounds

No. 1 Josh Wenger (Grand View - Iowa) vs. No. 5 Matt Weber (Montana State-Northern)

No. 3 Tyler Fraley (Williams Baptist - Ark.) vs. No. 7 Taylor Moeder (Kansas Wesleyan)


149 pounds

No. 1 Cam Tessari (Lindsey Wilson - Ky.) vs. Joseph Alexander (Simpson - Calif.)

No. 3 Devin Reynolds (Grand View - Iowa) vs. No. 2 Tres Leon (Cumberlands - Ky.)


157 pounds

No. 1 Nosomy Pozo (Life - Ga.) vs. No. 4 Chris Vaughan (Hastings - Neb.)

No. 11 Kenny Boyd (Missouri Valley) vs. No. 7 Brandon Weber (Montana State-Northern)


165 pounds

No. 1 Grant Henderson (Grand View - Iowa) vs. No. 12 Brett Johnson (Marian - Ind.)

No. 3 Andrew Simmons (Missouri Valley) vs. No. 7 Diorian Coleman (Lindsey Wilson - Ky.)


174 pounds

No. 1 Lucas Lovvorn (Baker - Kan.) vs. No. 4 Anthony Orozco (Menlo - Calif,)

No. 3 Justin Brown (Campbellsvile- Ky.) vs. No. 10 Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Providence (Mont.)


184 pounds

No. 1 Cameron Jones (Cumberlands - Ky.) vs. No. 4 Zach Linton (Doane - Neb.)

No. 6 Jacob Smith (Baker - Kan.) vs. No. 2 Charles Sharon (Campbellsville - Ky.)


197 pounds

No. 1 Evan Hansen (Grand View - Iowa) vs. No. 4 Donavan Fouchey (Missouri Valley)

No. 6 David Dow (Baker - Kan.) vs. No. 2 Dalton Bailey (Life - Ga.)


285 pounds

No. 1 Dean Broghammer (Grand View - Iowa) vs. No. 4 Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley)

No. 3 Jeremiah Gerl (Hastings - Neb.) vs. No. 2 Demetrius Thomas (Williams Baptist - Ark.)

Quarterfinal results


125

1 Mikel Perales (Menlo (Calif.)) 12-0 won by decision over 9 Dustin Miller (Lyon (Ark.)) 27-12 (Dec 2-0)

4 Hayden Lee (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 26-1 won by fall over 5 Jacob Seto (Missouri Valley) 23-9 (Fall 1:15)

3 Olson Delisca (Southeastern (Fla.)) 13-1 won by decision over 11 Justin Portillo (Grand View (Iowa)) 14-4 (Dec 3-2)

10 Julian Gaytan (Midland (Neb.)) 12-2 won by decision over 2 Matthew Nguyen (Grand View (Iowa)) 25-5 (Dec 6-5)


133

1 Jake Sinkovics (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 23-0 won by decision over 8 Brady Moser (Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)) 18-7 (Dec 3-0)

4 Giovanni Castillo (Concordia (Neb.)) 14-4 won by decision over 5 Trevor Murano (Grand View (Iowa)) 18-7 (Dec 7-4)

3 Gresh Jones (Dickinson State (n.d.)) 27-2 won by decision over 11 Robert Ozuna (York (Neb.)) 13-6 (Dec 7-5)

2 Erique Early (Indiana Tech) 33-4 won by decision over 7 Taylor Lehman (Waldorf (Iowa)) 21-10 (Dec 6-3)


141

1 Josh Wenger (Grand View (Iowa)) 20-2 won by fall over 9 Mason Calvert (Life (Ga.)) 16-5 (Fall 4:22)

5 Matt Weber (Montana State-Northern) 32-10 won by decision over Jake Watters (Southeastern (Fla.)) 18-8 (Dec 7-2)

3 Tyler Fraley (Williams Baptist (Ark.)) 13-2 won by decision over 6 David Berg (Midland (Neb.)) 19-5 (Dec 6-2)

7 Taylor Moeder (Kansas Wesleyan) 30-1 won by decision over 2 Jaedin Sklapsky (Campbellsvile (Ky.)) 23-1 (Dec 7-3)


149

1 Cam Tessari (Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)) 21-1 won by fall over 8 Kyle Lee (Williams Baptist (Ark.)) 27-8 (Fall 4:55)

Joseph Alexander (Simpson (Calif.)) 25-14 won by decision over 5 Richard Pocock (Hastings (Neb.)) 8-2 (Dec 7-6)

3 Devin Reynolds (Grand View (Iowa)) 21-2 won by decision over 6 Steven Garcia (Morningside (Iowa)) 24-5 (Dec 6-3)

2 Tres Leon (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 22-1 won by tech fall over 10 Justin Atkinson (Indiana Tech) 27-12 (TF-1.5 4:26 (17-1))


157

1 Nosomy Pozo (Life (Ga.)) 24-1 won in tie breaker - 1 over 8 Nick Drendel (Williams Baptist (Ark.)) 17-3 (TB-1 6-3)

4 Chris Vaughan (Hastings (Neb.)) 30-9 won by decision over 5 James Williams (Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)) 18-9 (Dec 8-7)

11 Kenny Boyd (Missouri Valley) 32-8 won by decision over Hunter Hodges (Southern Oregon) 20-10 (Dec 4-1)

7 Brandon Weber (Montana State-Northern) 25-7 won by decision over 2 Drake Randall (Eastern Oregon) 31-9 (Dec 5-2)


165

1 Grant Henderson (Grand View (Iowa)) 21-2 won by tech fall over 8 Andrew Null (Northwestern (Iowa)) 24-9 (TF-1.5 7:00 (15-0))

12 Brett Johnson (Marian (Ind.)) 32-14 won in sudden victory - 1 over 4 Brett Bradford (Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)) 25-3 (SV-1 6-4)

3 Andrew Simmons (Missouri Valley) 13-4 won by decision over 11 Angel del Cueto (Southeastern (Fla.)) 16-6 (Dec 11-4)

7 Diorian Coleman (Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)) 14-4 won by decision over Austin Coy (York (Neb.)) 17-9 (Dec 6-4)


174

1 Lucas Lovvorn (Baker (Kan.)) 34-4 won by decision over 9 Chris Nile (Montana State-Northern) 18-8 (Dec 8-2)

4 Anthony Orozco (Menlo (Calif.)) 25-5 won by major decision over 12 Deandre Chery (Concordia (Neb.)) 25-14 (MD 8-0)

3 Justin Brown (Campbellsvile (Ky.)) 32-2 won by decision over 6 Dylan Blackford (Grand View (Iowa)) 19-10 (Dec 3-2)

10 Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Providence (Mont.)) 30-9 won by fall over 2 Lawton Benna (Grand View (Iowa)) 9-3 (Fall 4:17)


184

1 Cameron Jones (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 13-0 won by fall over 8 Tyler Noon (Menlo (Calif.)) 17-9 (Fall 4:08)

4 Zach Linton (Doane (Neb.)) 32-2 won by major decision over 5 Artie Bess (Grand View (Iowa)) 24-10 (MD 17-7)

6 Jacob Smith (Baker (Kan.)) 27-10 won by decision over John Olivieri (Cumberland (Tenn.)) 16-17 (Dec 3-2)

2 Charles Sharon (Campbellsvile (Ky.)) 32-2 won by decision over 7 Randy Keesler (Providence (Mont.)) 22-7 (Dec 7-4)


197

1 Evan Hansen (Grand View (Iowa)) 26-2 won by major decision over 8 Eric Deluse (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 17-9 (MD 11-0)

4 Donavan Fouchey (Missouri Valley) 20-7 won by decision over 5 Isaac Bartel (Montana State-Northern) 35-9 (Dec 3-2)

6 David Dow (Baker (Kan.)) 26-5 won by decision over David Whitaker (Calumet (Ind.)) 8-3 (Dec 5-1)

2 Dalton Bailey (Life (Ga.)) 24-2 won by tech fall over 7 Eric Fan (Eastern Oregon) 19-9 (TF-1.5 4:00 (20-0))


285

1 Dean Broghammer (Grand View (Iowa)) 25-3 won by fall over 8 Javier Gonzalez (Menlo (Calif.)) 24-8 (Fall 1:57)

4 Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley) 29-9 won by major decision over 5 Quandre Chisolm (Cumberlands (Ky.)) 22-5 (MD 11-3)

3 Jeremiah Gerl (Hastings (Neb.)) 32-2 won by decision over Jose Carrillo-Garcia (Brewton-Parker (Ga.)) 13-9 (Dec 3-2)

2 Demetrius Thomas (Williams Baptist (Ark.)) 26-3 won by decision over 10 Brandon Reed (Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)) 16-7 (Dec 8-7)

Team Scores

1 Grand View (Iowa) 98.5

2 Cumberlands (Ky.) 67.0

3 Missouri Valley 56.5

4 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 50.0

5 Williams Baptist (Ark.) 49.5

6 Montana State-Northern 42.5

7 Southeastern (Fla.) 40.0

8 Menlo (Calif.) 38.0

9 Indiana Tech 37.5

10 Campbellsville (Ky.) 33.0

11 Baker (Kan.) 32.5

12 Life (Ga.) 31.0

12 Providence (Mont.) 31.0

14 Hastings (Neb.) 26.0

15 Southern Oregon 24.5

16 Midland (Neb.) 23.0

17 Oklahoma City 19.0

18 Concordia (Neb.) 17.0

19 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 15.5

20 Eastern Oregon 15.0

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