Jelle, Sanchez, Hedeman, Anderson among champions in loaded Boys National Recruiting Showcase

DES MOINES, Iowa – Minnesota state champion Christian Jelle of the Scoring Edge Wrestling Center, the champion at 138 pounds, was named Outstanding Wrestler after an exciting championship finals at the 2024 Boys National High School Recruiting Showcase in Hyvee Hall at the Iowa Events Center on Saturday.

Jelle, a 2024 Minnesota AA champion from Grand Rapids High School, scored an impressive 18-5 major decision over Cody Trevino of the Big Game WC in the finals. Jelle scored multiple takedowns in the match, pouring on the offense in the third period, for the impressive win. Trevino was third in the 2024 Iowa 3A State Championships for Bettendorf High School.

This is an elite competition in which all of the entries met specific performance requirements in order to qualify. The boys competed in folkstyle, which is the style they will wrestle in college. This is an event which attracts the interest of college recruiters and wrestling fans.

In a battle of high-level competitors at 106 pounds, Samuel Sanchez of Esperanza High School in California, a 2024 U17 World freestyle champion, defeated Michael Rundell of the Wrestling Academy, a 2024 16U Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman. Sanchez earned an 11-1 major decision, opening up the match with a takedown and turn in the third period. Rundell is from Illinois power Oak Park River Forest High School.

Two-time Iowa state champion Jace Hedeman of Immortal Athletics WC was impressive in his 13-2 major decision over Aaron Silva of California in the 132 pound finals. Hedeman was dominant on his feet, scoring a takedown in each period. Hedeman won Iowa 2A titles for Union LaPorte City High School.

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. The finals featured 10 state champions, along with a number of state runners-up and bronze medalists.

The wrestler with the most state titles in the field, four-time Alabama state champion William Anderson of the Ironclad WC, scored a tight 1-0 victory over Minnesota state runner-up Charles Vanier of Super D Wrestling in the 144 pound finals. Anderson rode Vanier in the second period and won the match on a third-period escape. Anderson won four Alabama 6A titles for Athens High School, while Vanier was a Minnesota AAA runner-up for Eden Prairie High School.

There were two champions from Izzy Style Wrestling in Illinois, Carson Weber at 150 pounds and Brody Kelly at 175 pounds.

Weber, who was third in the 2024 Illinois 3A States for Joliet East High School, defeated 2024 Colorado state champion Billy Greenwood of GRIT Athletics WC, 7-2. Weber scored takedowns in the first and second period. Greenwood, a Colorado 5A champion for Poudre High School, was a past U17 Greco-Roman World Team member.

Kelly, who was third in the 2024 Illinois 3A States for Elmhurst IC Catholic High School, defeated Arizona D2 state champion Ronald Robinson of Victory Elite Wrestling, 4-1. Kelly scored a first-period takedown and a third-period escape for his points. Robinson was a 2023 Arizona state champion for Desert Mountain High School,

At 190 pounds, Jimmy Mastny of the Relentless Training Center, scored a takedown in sudden-death to defeat Aiden Cooley of Best Trained Wrestling, 4-1. Mastny was a 2024 Illinois 1A state champion for Woodstock Marian High School. Cooley, a member of the 2023 U17 World Greco-Roman Team, was second in the 2024 Texas state championships of Allen High School.

At 120 pounds, Utah 6A state runner-up Lander Bosh of the Sanderson Wrestling Academy edged two-time Texas state champion Mikey Ruiz of the Panhandle RTC, 4-2. Bosh scored the only takedown of the match in the first period.

In a battle of Illinois state placewinners, Demetrios Carrera of Team Elite Wrestling beat Michael Esteban, 4-2 at 126 pounds. Carrera jumped to a 4-0 lead on an escape and a takedown and finished off the win.

Maximus Dhabolt of the Sebolt Wrestling Academy broke open a close match with a pair of takedown to defeat Liam Fox of the Bear Cave WC at 157 pounds. Dhabolt was third in the 2024 Iowa 3A states, while Fox is a three-time Wyoming state champion.

At 165 pounds, Jarrett Wadsen of the Pinnacle WC in Minnesota, in overtime, scored three backpoints to secure a 5-2 tiebreaker win over Zachary Montez of Blue Line Training Academy of Illinois.

In the overtime tiebreakers at 215 pounds, Iowa state champion Ashton Honnold of the Moen Wrestling Academy got an escape then rode out Elijah Schunke of the Heartland Wrestling Academy, 3-2.

Scoring the only takedown of the match, Peter Savarino of the Spartan WC of Tennessee defeated Pennsylvania’s Caleb Tyler of the Mason-Dixon Mat Hawgs, 4-0 at 285 pounds.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING SHOWCASE

At Des Moines, Iowa, October 26, 2024

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1st Place Match - Samuel Sanchez (Esperanza High School Wrestling) maj dec Michael Rundell (The Wrestling Academy) (Maj 11-1)

3rd Place Match - Landon Thoennes (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) pin Coy Mehlert (Immortal Athletics WC) (Fall 1:00)

5th Place Match - Vincent DeMarco (Askren Wrestling Academy) forfeit Chase Karenbauer (Bad Karma Wrestling Club) (FF)

7th Place Match - Zachary Siatka (NG Bombers Wrestling Club) dec. Damian Trujillo (Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Wrestling) (Dec 6-0)

113

1st Place Match - Drake VomBaur (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) won by decision over Maxwell Bradley (Tuttle Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-5)

3rd Place Match -  Nico DeSalvo (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by tech fall over Kellen Mesina (Golden Bears Wrestling Club) (TF 18-3)

5th Place Match - Blake Hawkins (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) won by medical forfeit over Jackson Shipley (3F Wrestling) (MFF)

7th Place Match - Hendrix Schwab (Immortal Athletics WC) won by fall over Daniel Goodwin (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Fall 2:14)

120

1st Place Match - Lander Bosh (Sanderson Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Mikey Ruiz (Panhandle RTC) (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match - Gavin Landers (Immortal Athletics WC) won by decision over Nicolas Enzminger (MATPAC Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-3)

5th Place Match - Shea Richter (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy) won by major decision over Santiago Ramirez (Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club) (Maj 14-2)

7th Place Match - David Hill (Elevate Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cale Vandermark (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) (Fall 2:05)

126

1st Place Match - Demetrios Carrera (Team El1te Wrestling) won by decision over Michael Esteban (Illinois) (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match - Brady Baker (Michigan West Wrestling Club) won by decision over Truman Folkers (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) (Dec 4-0)

5th Place Match - Tyler Woodring (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Jason Goodin (Husky Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:00)

7th Place Match - Eric Casula (Cowboy Wrestling Club) won by decision over Ayden Bollinger (Central Indiana Academy Of Wrestling) (Dec 10-4)

132

1st Place Match - Jace Hedeman (Immortal Athletics WC) won by major decision over Aaron Silva (California) (Maj 13-2)

3rd Place Match - Deven Casey (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by major decision over Benjamin DeForest (MATPAC Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-2)

5th Place Match - Julio Aguirre (Cowboy Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Glade Harman (Champions Wrestling Club) (TF 15-0)

7th Place Match - Leo Macias (California) won by major decision over Travis Long (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) (Maj 10-1)

138

1st Place Match -Christian Jelle (Scoring Edge Wrestling Center) won by major decision over Cody Trevino (Big Game Wrestling Club) (Maj 18-5)

3rd Place Match - Jason Dube (Bad Karma Wrestling Club) won by decision over Chris Lalonde (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-2)

5th Place Match - Wyatt Unser (Victory School of Wrestling) won by medical forfeit over Cadyn Wild (Big Game Wrestling Club) (MFF)

7th Place Match - Brock Johnson (Paola High School Wrestling) won by decision over Landen Davis (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) (Dec 7-1)

144

1st Place Match - William Anderson (Ironclad Wrestling Club) won by decision over Charles Vanier (Super D Wrestling) (Dec 1-0)

3rd Place Match - Maksim Mukhamedaliyev (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by major decision over Tristan North (Wisconsin) (Maj 20-8)

5th Place Match - Lorenzo Gallegos (SJF/HAC) won by decision over Graham Wilde (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy) (Dec 6-4)

7th Place Match - Hudson Hohman (Bad Karma Wrestling Club) won by decision over Nathanial Higgins (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness) (Dec 7-6)

150

1st Place Match - Carson Weber (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Billy Greenwood (GRIT Athletics Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match - Corbin Reisz (Powerhouse Wrestling Club) won by decision over Mason Basile (Tampa Bay Tigers Wrestling Club) (Dec 4-1)

5th Place Match - Jabari Hinson (Central Iowa Wrestling Club /Team Intensity) won by major decision over Tege Kelley (Utah) (Maj 15-3)

7th Place Match - Thomas Belding (La Grande Mat Club) won by decision over Bronson Hertenstein (Perrysburg Wrestling Club) (Dec 10-8)

157

1st Place Match - Maximus Dhabolt (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Liam Fox (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-3)

3rd Place Match - Jack Ferguson (Yorkville Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Brandon Dean (Betterman Elite Wrestling) (SV-1 4-1)

5th Place Match - Samuel Zanton (Team Nazar Training Center) won by decision over Jozeph Valenzuela Smith (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness) (Dec 5-2)

7th Place Match - Cody Hamilton (Bad Karma Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kawayran Vazquez (Florida) (Fall 3:44)

165

1st Place Match - Jarrett Wadsen (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) won in tie breaker - 1 over Zachary Montez (Blue Line Training Academy) (TB-1 5-2)

3rd Place Match - Jadyn Johnson (Cardinal Wrestling Club) won by fall over Jacob Kidder (Askren Wrestling Academy) (Fall 2:41)

5th Place Match - Alexander Tack (Illinois) won by medical forfeit over Kalias Nazario (Golden Bears Wrestling Club) (MFF)

7th Place Match - Owen Hull (Legacy Elite Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Boden Bentley (Team Champs Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-4)

175

1st Place Match - Brody Kelly (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Ronald Robinson (Victory Elite Wrestling) (Dec 4-1)

3rd Place Match - Kade Rule (RT Elite Wrestling) won by fall over Gunnar Mullen (Park Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:00)

5th Place Match - Michael Baldwin (Ragnarok Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Jaxon Trotter (Keystone Kids) (FF)

7th Place Match - Brodie Melzoni (Young Guns Nashville Wrestling) won by decision over Van Grasser (Illinois) (Dec 6-2)

190

1st Place Match - Jimmy Mastny (Relentless Training Center) won in sudden victory - 1 over Aiden Cooley (Best Trained Wrestling) (SV-1 4-1)

3rd Place Match - Tanner Hodgins (Shore Thing Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Maddux Najera (Colorado) (Inj. 3:00)

5th Place Match - Anthony Garcia (Team Champs Wrestling Club) won by decision over Emery Slater (Mandan Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)

7th Place Match - Brock Rios (Wright Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Nicholas Maira (FCA HI Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:00)

215

1st Place Match - Ashton Honnold (Moen Wrestling Academy) won in tie breaker - 1 over Elijah Schunke (Heartland Wrestling Academy) (TB-1 3-2)

3rd Place Match - Myron Mendez (Eagle Empire Wrestling) won by fall over Asher Sheldon (Batavia Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:00)

5th Place Match - Cal Sidwell (Bear Cave Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Nathan Klatt (Minnesota) (Inj. 0:00)

7th Place Match - Luke Chrisse (Illinois) won by fall over Jackson Barnhisel (Liberty Warriors Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:40)

285

1st Place Match - Peter Savarino (Spartan Wrestling Club) won by decision over Caleb Tyler (Mason-Dixon Mat Hawgs) (Dec 4-0)

3rd Place Match - Preston Wagner (MWC Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Grant Bahnsen (Vici Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:00)

5th Place Match - David Gutierrez (Socorro Warriors Junior Wrestling) won by forfeit over Shane Trotter (KT 3 Style Wrestling Club) (FF)