World champion Sanchez, returning champion Hodgins in Boys National Recruiting Showcase quarterfinals

DES MOINES, Iowa - The first day of the 2024 Boys National High School Recruiting Showcase was a display of high-level folkstyle action, where the quarterfinalists were determined in all weight classes in Hyvee Hall in the Iowa Events Center.

This is an elite competition in which all of the entries must have met specific performance requirements in order to qualify. The boys will be competing in folkstyle, which is the style they will wrestle in college.

Reaching the quarterfinals at 106 pounds is 2024 U17 World freestyle champion Samuel Sanchez of Esperanza High School in California, who won his opening match by technical fall. Sanchez will battle Charlie Boelman of the Sebolt Wrestling Academy on Saturday morning

The only returning Showcase champion in the field, Tanner Hodgins of the Shore Thing WC of New Jersey will compete in the 190-pound quarterfinals against Brock Rios of Wright Wrestling Academy. Hodgins won his title last year at 165 pounds.

Returning Showcase runner-up Brandon Dean of Betterman Elite Wrestling in Colorado has powered to the 157 pound quarterfinals, where he wrestles Samuel Zanton of the Team Nazar Training Center. Dean was last year’s 150 pound runner-up.

A pair of past U17 Greco-Roman World Team members are among the quarterfinalists, Billy Greenwood of GRIT Athletics WC in Colorado (150) and Aiden Cooley of Best Trained Wrestling in Texas (190).

Past U15 Pan American double champions Chase Karenbauer of the Bad Karma WC of Pennsylvania (106) and Jensen Boyd of Indiana (126) are also in the quarterfinals. Karenbauer is seeking to win two titles this weekend, as he also reached the quarterfinals of the 9^th-10^th grade division this morning.

USA Wrestling traditionally tracks all of the high school state champions who are entered in the National Recruiting Showcase events, and there were 64 state champions who pre-registered to compete.

Among the many state champions in the quarterfinals are four-time state champion William Anderson of Alabama (144) and three-time state champions Ben DeForest of North Dakota (132) and Liam Fox of Wyoming (157).

Competition continues on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. with the quarterfinals. The championship finals are tentatively scheduled for the afternoon session, which begins at 2:30 p.m.

All of the action is broadcast live by FloWrestling.

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING SHOWCASE

At Des Moines, Iowa, October 25

Quarterfinals pairings

106

Samuel Sanchez (Esperanza High School Wrestling) vs. Charlie Boelman (Sebolt Wrestling Academy)

Zachary Siatka (NG Bombers Wrestling Club) vs. Chase Karenbauer (Bad Karma Wrestling Club)

Coy Mehlert (Immortal Athletics WC) vs. Vincent DeMarco (Askren Wrestling Academy)

Kaiden Belinsky (Immortal Athletics WC) vs. Michael Rundell (The Wrestling Academy)

113

Cash Waymire (Tennessee) vs. Maxwell Bradley (Tuttle Wrestling Club)

Kellen Mesina (Golden Bears Wrestling Club) vs. Blake Hawkins (Bear Cave Wrestling Club)

Drake VomBaur (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) vs. Hendrix Schwab (Immortal Athletics WC)

Jackson Shipley (3F Wrestling) vs. Nico DeSalvo (Sebolt Wrestling Academy)

120

David Hill (Elevate Wrestling Club) vs. Santiago Ramirez (Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club)

Mikey Ruiz (Panhandle RTC) vs. Shea Richter (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy)

Lander Bosh (Sanderson Wrestling Academy) vs. Van Smith (Mustang High School Wrestling)

Nicolas Enzminger (MATPAC Wrestling Club) vs. Justin Jones (Virginia)

126

Jensen Boyd (Indiana) vs. Brady Baker (Michigan West Wrestling Club)

Demetrios Carrera (Team El1te Wrestling) vs. Cole Faircloth (Aniciete Training Club)

Caleb Jackson (Champions Wrestling Club) vs. Michael Esteban (Illinois)

Jason Goodin (Husky Wrestling Club) vs. Tyler Woodring (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy)

132

Glade Harman (Champions Wrestling Club) vs. Julio Aguirre (Cowboy Wrestling Club)

Aaron Silva (California) vs. Kameron Stiffler (Assassins Wrestling)

Benjamin DeForest (MATPAC Wrestling Club) vs. Travis Long (Bear Cave Wrestling Club)

Jace Hedeman (Immortal Athletics WC) vs. Deven Casey (Izzy Style Wrestling)

138

Chris Lalonde (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) vs. Cody Trevino (Big Game Wrestling Club)

Cadyn Wild (Big Game Wrestling Club) vs. Brock Johnson (Paola High School Wrestling)

Landen Davis (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) vs. Wyatt Unser (Victory School of Wrestling)

Christian Jelle (Scoring Edge Wrestling Center) vs. Keagan Sieracki (Spartan Mat Club)

144

Tristan North (Wisconsin) vs. Graham Wilde (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy)

William Anderson (Ironclad Wrestling Club) vs. Nathanial Higgins (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness)

Jaxon Mackey (Legends of Gold Las Vegas) vs. Charles Vanier (Super D Wrestling)

Valentine Popadiuc (St. Pius X High School Wrestling) vs. Lorenzo Gallegos (SJF/HAC)

150

Tege Kelley (Utah) vs. Jabari Hinson (Central Iowa Wrestling Club /Team Intensity)

Thomas Belding (La Grande Mat Club) vs. Billy Greenwood (GRIT Athletics Wrestling Club)

Carson Weber (Izzy Style Wrestling) vs. David Ogunsanya (Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park)

Nathan Gugelman II (Team Idaho Wrestling Club) vs. Corbin Reisz (Powerhouse Wrestling Club)

157

Liam Fox (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) vs. Ryan Palmer (Wrestling Brotherhood)

Samuel Zanton (Team Nazar Training Center) vs. Brandon Dean (Betterman Elite Wrestling)

Maximus Dhabolt (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) vs. Boden White (Immortal Athletics WC)

Jozeph Valenzuela Smith (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness) vs. Tre Haines (Ascend Wrestling Academy)

165

Jarrett Wadsen (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) vs. Cooper Zickefoose (Claremore Wrestling Club)

Owen Hull (Legacy Elite Wrestling Club) vs. Jadyn Johnson (Cardinal Wrestling Club)

Zachary Montez (Blue Line Training Academy) vs. Holden Hoiness (Montana)

Alexander Tack (Illinois) vs. Jacob Kidder (Askren Wrestling Academy)

175

Kade Rule (RT Elite Wrestling) vs. Ronald Robinson (Victory Elite Wrestling)

Max Wiezorek (Chatham Wrestling Club) vs. Gunnar Mullen (Park Wrestling Club)

Jaxon Trotter (Keystone Kids) vs. Michael Baldwin (Ragnarok Wrestling Club)

Brodie Melzoni (Young Guns Nashville Wrestling) vs. Brody Kelly (Izzy Style Wrestling)

190

Jimmy Mastny (Relentless Training Center) vs. Christaun Astorga (Bear Cave Wrestling Club)

Brock Rios (Wright Wrestling Academy) vs. Tanner Hodgins (Shore Thing Wrestling Club)

Maddux Najera (Colorado) vs. Nicholas Maira (FCA HI Wrestling Club)

Emery Slater (Mandan Wrestling Club) vs. Aiden Cooley (Best Trained Wrestling)

215

Cal Sidwell (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) vs. Nathan Klatt (Minnesota)

Ashton Honnold (Moen Wrestling Academy) vs. Luke Chrisse (Illinois)

Jackson Barnhisel (Liberty Warriors Wrestling Club) vs. Asher Sheldon (Batavia Wrestling Club)

Myron Mendez (Eagle Empire Wrestling) vs.Elijah Schunke (Heartland Wrestling Academy)

285

Caleb Tyler (Mason-Dixon Hawgs), bye

Grant Bahnsen (Vici WC) vs. Preston Wagner (MWC Wrestling Academy)

Peter Sararino (Spartan WC) vs. David Gutierrez (Socorro Warriors Jr Wrestling)

Shane Trotter (KT 3 Style WC), bye