Oklahoma defeats Illinois 32-31 in exciting Junior Duals final

Oklahoma Red with their championship plaque. Photo by Austin Bernard.

Tulsa, Okla. - Oklahoma Red stopped Illinois from winning Junior National Duals in both Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle when they defeated them 32-31 in the finals today. This marks the third time since 2014 that Oklahoma has won Junior National Duals in men’s freestyle.

The showdown came down to the final match between the evenly matched teams. Oklahoma won eight matches and Illinois won seven matches. 

Illinois got on the board first with a 10-0 tech fall from David Ferrante at 170 lbs. Ferrante couldn’t have been much more diverse in his attacks using a single leg, re-attack, gut wrench, double leg, and leg lace to secure the tech fall with 24 seconds left in the first period.

Oklahoma answered back at 182 lbs. in one of the marquee matchups of the dual. Oklahoma State commit Dustin Plott defeated Iowa commit and 2018 Cadet World bronze medalist Abe Assad 4-2. Plott scored first getting to a single leg and pushing Assad out a minute into the match. At the 1:47 mark, Plott got in on a shot and Assad hit a crotch lift but Plott didn’t expose. Illinois challenged the call, but the call was upheld giving Plott his four points. Assad scored on a locked fingers call and a step out but was unable to close the four-point gap.

At 195 lbs., Brandon Hoselton of Illinois got up 8-0 on Cabe Dickerson of Oklahoma two minutes into the first period. Dickerson was able to prevent Hoselton from scoring anymore points, but Hoselton still prevailed 8-3.

Konnor Douchet, another Oklahoma State commit, looked impressive at 220 lbs. Douchet used two blast double four-point takedowns in route to a 13-0 tech fall over Ramin Abraham.

At 285 lbs., Oklahoma commit Joshua Heindsleman edged out a close 3-2 victory over Aydin Guttridge of Illinois. Heindsleman scored all three points on step outs.

In a rematch of this year’s FloNationals final, Daniel Sheen of Illinois defeated Christian Forbes 10-0. Sheen took a 2-0 lead into the second period before hitting a double leg and three leg laces to secure the tech fall.

Oklahoma came right back with a tech fall of their own in the next match. Cooper Mahaffey used a crafty four-point throw while up 6-0 2:20 into the first period. Illinois challenged, but the call was upheld giving Mahaffey the 11-0 tech fall over Carson Nishida.

Cruz Aguilar wasted no time at 113 lbs. The Oklahoma native hit a gator roll and stepped over his opponent to pick up a pin in just 18 seconds.

Mikey Kaminski answered for Illinois at 120 lbs. Kaminski used a variety of takedowns before hitting two leg laces to secure the tech fall 40 seconds into the second period.

Oklahoma came right back with a tech fall of their own in the next match when Carter Young defeated Brady Norman 10-0. Young used five takedowns en route to the first period tech fall. 

At 132 lbs., Reece Witcraft of Oklahoma outlasted Joel Vandervere of Illinois in a barnburner of a match. Down 5-6 in the second period, Witcraft hit a high crotch and picked up an exposure to take the lead with 30 seconds remaining. This made the team score 31-17 for Oklahoma, the largest lead of the dual meet.

Noah Villarreal started a three match run for Illinois when he pinned Ryder Ramsey in a spladle at 138 lbs. Luke Odom and Trevor Chumbley both picked up 10-0 tech falls in the following two matches for Illinois, putting them in the lead 31-28.

Oklahoma State commit Luke Surber sealed the deal for Oklahoma when he tech falled Fidel Mayora in 1:17.

2019 JUNIOR NATIONAL DUALS
At Tulsa, Okla., June 18-21

GOLD/SILVER Results
1st Place - Oklahoma Red
2nd Place - Illinois
3rd Place - Ohio Red
4th Place - Iowa
5th Place - California Blue
6th Place - Minnesota Blue
7th Place - New Jersey
8th Place - Ohio Blue

Championship Dual - Oklahoma Red defeated Illinois 32-31
170 - David Ferrante (Illinois) over Gage Hockett (Oklahoma Red) TF 10-0
182 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma Red) over Abe Assad (Illinois) Dec 4-2
195 - Brandon Hoselton (Illinois) over Cabe Dickerson (Oklahoma Red) Dec 8-3 3.0
220 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma Red) over Ramin Abraham (Illinois) TF 13-0
285 -Joshua Heindselman (Oklahoma Red) over Aydin Guttridge (Illinois) Dec 3-2
100 -Daniel Sheen (Illinois) over Christian Forbes (Oklahoma Red) TF 10-0
106 -Cooper Mahaffey (Oklahoma Red) over Carson Nishida (Illinois) TF 11-0
113 - Cruz Aguilar (Oklahoma Red) over Ronan Schuelke (Illinois) Fall 0:18
120 - Mikey Kaminski (Illinois) over Garrett Steidley (Oklahoma Red) TF 14-3
126 - Carter Young (Oklahoma Red) over Brody Norman (Illinois) TF 10-0
132 - Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma Red) over Joel Vandervere (Illinois) Dec 9-8
138 - Noah Villarreal (Illinois) over Ryder Ramsey (Oklahoma Red) Fall 1:47
145 - Luke Odom (Illinois) over Cameron Picklo (Oklahoma Red) TF 10-0
152 - Trevor Chumbley (Illinois) over Brady DeArmond (Oklahoma Red) TF 10-0
160 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma Red) over Fidel Mayora (Illinois) TF 10-0

Gold/Silver Pool’s Pool A dual results
Round 1 - Illinois defeated Ohio Blue 50-11, Iowa defeated California Blue 34-32
Round 2 - Illinois defeated California Blue 44-23, Iowa defeated Ohio Blue 51-15
Round 3 - Illinois defeated Iowa 35-31, California Blue defeated Ohio Blue 36-32

Gold/Silver Pool’s Pool B dual results
Round 1 - Oklahoma Red defeated New Jersey 44-23, Minnesota Blue defeated Ohio Red 38-30
Round 2 - Oklahoma Red defeated Ohio Red 36-29, Minnesota Blue defeated New Jersey 38-32
Round 3 - Oklahoma Red defeated Minnesota Blue 38-32, Ohio Red defeated New Jersey 39-30

3rd place match - Ohio Red defeated Iowa 43-21
170 -Nevan Snodgrass (Ohio Red) over Lance Runyon (Iowa) TF 11-0
182 - Ben Vanadia (Ohio Red) over Spencer Mooberry (Iowa) TF 10-0
195 - Seth Shumate (Ohio Red) over Jackson Kinsella (Iowa) TF 10-0
220 - Ethan Hatcher (Ohio Red) over Kalob Runyon (Iowa) TF 10-0
285 - Spencer Trenary (Iowa) over Alex Coleman (Ohio Red) Fall 0:56
100 - Marlon Yarbrough (Ohio Red) over Brandon O`Brien (Iowa) Dec 12-8
106 - Trever Anderson (Iowa) over Brendan McCrone (Ohio Red) Fall 1:09
113 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) over Pablo Castro (Ohio Red) TF 13-2
120 - Dustin Norris (Ohio Red) over Carson Taylor (Iowa) TF 12-0 0
126 - Jimmy Carmany (Ohio Red) over Daniel Kimball (Iowa) Dec 10-4
132 - Michael Burnett (Ohio Red) over Dreyzon Phillips (Iowa) TF 11-0
138 - Cole Mattin (Ohio Red) over Logan James (Iowa) TF 10-0
145 - Victor Voinovich (Ohio Red) over Jack Thomsen (Iowa) TF 10-0
152 - Dylan Fishback (Ohio Red) over Chase Luensman (Iowa) TF 10-0
160 - Cade DeVos (Iowa) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

5th place match - California Blue defeated Minnesota Blue 35-30
170 - Quayin Short (Minnesota Blue) over Alexander Hernandez (California Blue) Dec 16-14
182 - Zach Glazier (Minnesota Blue) over Ankhaa Enkhmandakh (California Blue) TF 10-0
195 - Cade King (Minnesota Blue) over Jonovan Smith (California Blue) TF 10-0
220 - Daniel Striggow (Minnesota Blue) over Chris Island (California Blue) TF 10-0
285 - Victor Jaquez (California Blue) over TOMMY JOHNSON (Minnesota Blue) TF 10-0
100 - Jore Volk (Minnesota Blue) over Ethan Grimminger (California Blue) TF 10-0
106 - Andre Gonzales (California Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
113 - Salahdin Farukh (California Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
120 - Christian Cabuag (California Blue) over Ryan Henningson (Minnesota Blue) Fall 0:33
126 - Jason Miranda (California Blue) over Ashton Clark (Minnesota Blue) Dec 8-6
132 - Henry Porter (California Blue) over Mitchel Petersen (Minnesota Blue) TF 11-0
138 - Ryan Franco (California Blue) over Adam Mickelson (Minnesota Blue) Dec 5-1
145 - Sebas Swiggum (Minnesota Blue) over Cade Lucio (California Blue) Dec 9-2 1
152 - Chandler Mooney (Minnesota Blue) over George Ruiz (California Blue) Fall 0:55
160 - Jace Luchau (California Blue) over Cael Carlson (Minnesota Blue) TF 12-2

7th place match - Ohio Blue defeated New Jersey 48-24
170 - Cole Hivnor (Ohio Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
182 - Christopher Foca (New Jersey) over Ethan Ducca (Ohio Blue) TF 14-4
195 - Matthew Abraham (Ohio Blue) over Michael Misita (New Jersey) Fall 0:52
220 - Niccolo Colucci (New Jersey) over Austin Kohlhofer (Ohio Blue) Dec 9-2
285 - Michael Filieri (New Jersey) over Thomas Coleman (Ohio Blue) Fall 0:42
100 - John Hildebrandt (New Jersey) over Zach Bellissimo (Ohio Blue) Fall 0:56
106 - Kelly Dunnigan (New Jersey) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
113 - Alex Almeyda (New Jersey) over Matthew Ellis (Ohio Blue) Fall 1:45
120 - Nick Kayal (New Jersey) over Aidan Agin (Ohio Blue) TF 12-1
126 - NICHOLAS DIGIACOMO (New Jersey) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
132 - Cj Composto (New Jersey) over Christopher Kelly (Ohio Blue) Fall 1:10
138 - Jaivon Jones (Ohio Blue) over Anthony Clark (New Jersey) Dec 9-2
145 - Blake Saito (Ohio Blue) over Justin Cantor (New Jersey) Fall 3:58
152 - Alex Strashinsky (New Jersey) over Manzona Bryant (Ohio Blue) Fall 0:48
160 - Enrique Munguia (Ohio Blue) over Dante Stefanelli (New Jersey) Dec 19-13

BRONZE/COPPER Results
1st Place - Wisconsin
2nd Place - Kansas Blue
3rd Place - Missouri
4th Place - Oklahoma Blue
5th Place - Nebraska Blue
6th Place - Washington
7th Place - Colorado
8th Place - Michigan
1st Place Match - Wisconsin defeated Kansas Blue 35-31.
3rd Place Match - Missouri defeated Oklahoma Blue 44-24.
5th Place Match - Nebraska Blue defeated Washington 38-31.
7th Place Match - Colorado defeated Michigan 51-21.

RED/BLUE Results
1st Place - Pennsylvania
2nd Place - Minnesota Red
3rd Place - Georgia Black
4th Place - Texas
5th Place - Tennessee
6th Place - North Dakota Blue
7th Place - Alaska
8th Place - Kentucky
1st Place Match - Pennsylvania defeated Minnesota Red 38-27.
3rd Place Match - Georgia Black defeated Texas 36-32.
5th Place Match  -Tennessee defeated North Dakota Blue 36-31.
7th Place Match - Alaska defeated Kentucky 51-20.

GREEN/YELLOW Results
1st Place - Arkansas
2nd Place - Indiana
3rd Place - South Dakota
4th Place - Kansas Red
5th Place - Nebraska Red
6th Place - North Dakota Red
Round 1
Arkansas defeated Nebraska Red 46-18.
Kansas Red defeated North Dakota Red 37-28.
South Dakota defeated Indiana 30-26.
Round 2
Arkansas defeated South Dakota 46-25.
Indiana defeated North Dakota Red 41-15.
Kansas Red defeated Nebraska Red 49-23.
Round 3
Arkansas defeated Indiana 40-32.
Nebraska Red defeated North Dakota Red 24-23.
Kansas Red defeated South Dakota 34-30.
Round 4
Arkansas defeated Kansas Red 40-28.
South Dakota defeated North Dakota Red 36-25.
Indiana defeated Nebraska Red 40-24.
Round 5
Arkansas defeated North Dakota Red 51-19.
Indiana defeated Kansas Red 36-25.
South Dakota defeated Nebraska Red 41-20.

PURPLE/GRAY Results
1st Place - California Red
2nd Place - Florida
3rd Place - Louisiana
4th Place - Georgia Red
5th Place - North Carolina
Round 1
California Red defeated Georgia Red 51-13.
Louisiana defeated North Carolina 54-20.
Florida defeated null 0-0.
Round 2
Georgia Red defeated null 0-0.
Florida defeated Louisiana 44-23.
California Red defeated North Carolina 63-5.
Round 3
Florida defeated Georgia Red 52-11.
California Red defeated Louisiana 55-17.
North Carolina defeated null 0-0.
Round 4
Georgia Red defeated North Carolina 31-23.
Louisiana defeated null 0-0.
California Red defeated Florida 41-29.
Round 5
Louisiana defeated Georgia Red 41-29.
Florida defeated North Carolina 53-12.
California Red defeated null 0-0.