Illinois, Michigan Blue, Pennsylvania Blue, Wisconsin win their pools at 14U National Freestyle Duals

OAKS, Pa. - The first day of the 14U National Duals in freestyle determined the winners of the four preliminary pools, which established which teams remain eligible to win the team title.

The teams which were preliminary pool champions were Illinois (Pool A), Michigan Blue (Pool B), Pennsylvania Blue (Pool C) and Wisconsin (Pool D). Illinois and Wisconsin were No. 1 seeds in their pools, while Michigan Blue and Pennsylvania Blue were the No. 2 seeds in their pool.

The pool finals in both Pool A and Pool D were not determined until the last match of their dual meet.

With five matches left in the dual meet, Illinois, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, trailed Colorado, 29-21 in the Pool A finals. Colorado had won eight of the first 12 matches of the dual meet, including five by technical fall. Illinois closed out the match with five straight victories, all by technical fall. One after another, technical falls were secured by Tavarius Briar (115), Adonis Washington (120), Te'Jon Beals (126), Maximus Pearch (132) and Jeremiah Hayes (140).

In a back-and-forth match, Wisconsin edged Minnesota Blue 41-32 in the Pool D finals. Minnesota Blue had the early lead, 19-6, winning four of the first five matches, including two technical falls and a pin. Wisconsin rallied with wins in six of the next seven bouts. With four matches to go, Minnesota Blue won two decisions in a row from Declan Dahl (120) and Landon Rinke (126), closing Wisconsin’s lead to 32-31. Wisconsin rallied with a technical fall by Everett Zeitler (132) and a closing pin from Blake Konichek (140).

In Pool B, Michigan Blue ran away with a 60-17 victory over Connecticut. Asher Procunier scored a pin at 96 pounds, and six teammates secured technical falls: Treyton Werth (225), Clint Kohlman (84), Porter McCormick (100), Jaxson Boucher (115), Murphy Rousse (126) and Matthew Weigandt (140).

In Pool C, Pennsylvania Blue had its way with Oklahoma Red in a 56-16 victory. Pennsylvania Blue won nine of the first 10 matches to clinch the win early. There were seven technical falls in that opening run of nine wins from Cael Smith (225), Steve Mytych, Jr. (75), Dane Malone (88), Nelson Villafane (92), Noah Desmond (96), Evan Restivo (100) and Quinn Bagnell (105).  

The top two teams in each preliminary pool advanced to the Gold/Silver Pool, which sets the top eight teams in the final standings. Three of the four preliminary pools required a true second-place match to determine their second team in the Gold/Silver Pool. Only Pool C did not have a true-second bout, with Oklahoma Red advancing after their pool finals loss to Pennsylvania Blue.

In Pool A, Colorado defeated Pennsylvania Red, 39-33 to take true second and advance. Although Pennsylvania Red won nine of the 17 bouts, Colorado won six bonus point matches, including a technical fall from Stetson Gable in the final match at 155 pounds.

In Pool B, Ohio Gray won every match of the true-second dual meet to dominate Connecticut, 74-4. Included were pins from Luke Rafferty (84), Mason Mamich (92), Edward Zeller (126) and Lincoln James (155), plus seven technical falls.

In Pool D, California scored a 40-32 victory in their true-second match over Minnesota Blue. The first four bouts went to Minnesota Blue, but California powered back, winning six of the final seven matches of the dual meet. Getting technical falls in California’s late run were Gavin Whatley (110), Xander Fronhofer (126), Jessie Valenzuela (132) and Thomas Zubia (140).

The only No. 1 seed in a pool to be defeated on Friday morning was Indiana, who fell in the quarterfinals to Connecticut, 42-35 in Pool B. Connecticut continued its run with a semifinal victory over Utah, the No. 4 seed in the pool, but had its run cut off in the semifinals by Michigan Blue. Connecticut lost its true second bout to Ohio Gray, and ended up in the Bronze/Copper pool. Indiana finished fifth in Pool B, and qualified for the Red/Blue pool.

The color pools, which will determine final placements, were started after the preliminary pools were completed. There was at least one round held in each of the color pools, Gold/Silver, Bronze/Copper, Red/Blue, Yellow/Green, Purple and Teal.

In the Gold/Silver Pool, which determines the top eight placements, there was one round on Friday night.

In Gold/Silver Pool A, Wisconsin defeated Oklahoma Red, 42-33 and Ohio Gray edged Illinois, 37-35.

In Gold/Silver Pool B, Pennsylvania Blue handled California, 56-18, and Michigan Blue stopped Colorado, 38-32.

Final results from all of the color pools will be reported in Saturday’s wrap story. Complete Brackets are posted on USA Bracketing.

The competition concludes on Saturday, starting at 8:00 a.m. ET. There will be one session without a break with completion of the color pools, followed immediately by the finals.

All of the action will be broadcast live by FloWrestling.

14U NATIONAL FREESTYLE DUALS

At Oaks, Pa., June 13

Pool A

Championship Match – Illinois 41, Colorado 33

155        Stetson Gabel, CO over Max Christensen, IL (TF 10-0 (0:33)

175        Damon sanchez, CO over Matthew Dziura, IL (TF 10-0 (0:50)

225        Xander Luangphakdy, IL over Traycen Wegele, CO (F 0:37 )  

75          John (JJ) Martinez, CO over Giovonni Nix, IL (Dec 10-8 )      

80          Grady Glowacki, IL over Bradley Alarid, CO (TF 12-2 (1:20)

84          Cameron Ramp, IL over Richard Flores Jr., CO (Dec 10-5 )

88          Dustin Alvarado, CO over Thomas Blanke, IL (Dec 8-5 )

92          Caden Morrison, IL over Ayden Ortiz, CO (TF 12-2 (3:31)

96          Casen Becker, CO over Maddux Rabczak, IL (TF 13-2 (1:33)

100        Kayce Spellman, CO over Jaxson Barton, IL (TF 14-4 (2:36)

105        David Lopez, CO over Diego Rea, IL (TF 10-0 (1:01)

110         Davien Martinez, CO over Liam Schroeder, IL (Dec 5-4 )       

115         Tavarius Briar, IL over Hudson Bragg, CO (TF 12-2 (2:38)

120        Adonis Washington, IL over William Coleman, CO (TF 12-0 (1:24)

126        Te'Jon Beals, IL over Sawyer Schneider, CO (TF 10-0 (2:22)

132        Maximus Pearch, IL over Rayden Lee, CO (TF 10-0 (1:10)

140        Jeremiah Hayes, IL over Landon Komperda, CO (TF 10-0 (1:13)

True 2^nd Place Match: Colorado over Pennsylvania Red (Dec 39-33)

3rd Place Match : Pennsylvania Red over Texas (Dec 44-31)

5th Place Match : Washington over Iowa Red (Dec 51-24)

7th Place Match : New York Gold over Missouri Blue (Dec 41-35)

Semifinals

Illinois over Texas, 50-26

Colorado over Washington, 53-22

Quarterfinals

Illinois over Pennsylvania Red, 52-28

Texas over New York Gold, 64-16

Washington over Oklahoma Blue, 55-22

Colorado over Georgia, 61-14

Preliminaries

Pennsylvania Red over Iowa Red, 55-22

New York Gold over Missouri Blue, 41-35

Oklahoma Blue over Rhode Island Blue, 46-16

Georgia over Oregon, 37-37

Pool B

Championship Match - Michigan Blue 60, Connecticut 17

155        Ryder Zychek, CONN over Kellen Rabakon, MI.B (TF 15-3 (3:51)

175        Brendan Kero, MI.B over Lincoln Snell, CONN (Dec 14-11 )

225        Treyton Werth, MI.B over Kasjan Wnuk, CONN (TF 11-0 (3:31)

75          Brooks Horwath, MI.B by forfeit

80          Brennan Hart, MI.B  by forfeit

84          Clint Kohlman, MI.B over Skylar Napolitano, CONN (TF 12-2 (2:15)

88          Grayson VanValkenburg, MI.B by forfeit

92          Joey Cotter, CONN over Cullen Morgan, MI.B (TF 10-0 (1:19)

96          Asher Procunier, MI.B over Logan Bailey, CONN (F 0:49)

100        Porter McCormick, MI.B over Noah Blair, CONN (TF 12-0 (1:26)

105        Aden DiGiovanni, MI.B by forfeit

110         Rooney Olmedo, MI.B over Dawson McGrath, CONN (Dec 6-2 )

115         Jaxson Boucher, MI.B over Jason DeMarco, CONN (TF 10-0 (0:19)

120        Kingston Stricker, MI.B over Zephyr Kimball, CONN (Dec 8-5 )

126        Murphy Rousse, MI.B over Darien Fournier, CONN (TF 10-0 (0:48)

132        Alexander Depratti, CONN over Asher Muma, MI.B (TF 12-1 (1:02)

140        Matthew Weigandt, MI.B over Carlos Alicea, CONN (TF 18-7 (3:32)

True 2^nd Place Match: Ohio Gray over Connecticut (Dec 74-4)

3rd Place Match : Ohio Gray over Utah (Dec 65-9)

5th Place Match : Indiana over Florida (Dec 62-11)

7th Place Match : Louisiana over Arkansas (Dec 35-33)

Semifinals

Connecticut over Utah, 40-39

Michigan Blue over Ohio Gray, 39-35

Quarterfinals

Connecticut over Indiana, 40-38

Utah over Arkansas, 52-28

Ohio Gray over Louisiana, 74-1

Michigan Blue over Florida, 59-12

Preliminaries

Connecticut over Nebraska, 42-35

Florida over Minnesota Red, 43-34

Pool C

Championship Match - Pennsylvania Blue 56, Oklahoma Red 16

155        Shawn Verdecchio, PA.B over Garrett Lynn, OK.R (Dec 5-2 ) 

175        Jaydan Gates, OK.R over Johnathan Sullivan, PA.B (Dec 8-4 )

225        Cael Smith, PA.B over Ryker Berndt, OK.R (TF 10-0 (1:17)

75          Steve Mytych, Jr., PA.B over Channing Bowman, OK.R (TF 11-0 (3:01)

80          Grayden Paris, PA.B over Graham Sandoval, OK.R (Dec 5-2 )

84          Michael Nicosia, PA.B over Alex Lobdell, OK.R (Dec 8-1 )

88          Dane Malone, PA.B over Gabriel Viloria, OK.R (TF 12-2 (3:02)

92          Nelson Villafane, PA.B over Trey Howell, OK.R (TF 10-0 (0:18)

96          Noah Desmond, PA.B over Caden Bowling, OK.R (TF 10-0 (0:53)

100        Evan Restivo, PA.B over Max Burd, OK.R (TF 10-0 (0:33)

105        Quinn Bagnell, PA.B over Tyler Howell, OK.R (TF 10-0 (1:41)

110         Avery Rios, OK.R over Nathan Fenner, PA.B (F 0:22 )

115         Amari Jenkins, PA.B over Brock Argo, OK.R (TF 10-0 (1:49)

120        Ryatt Rodden, OK.R over Grayson Hostetter, PA.B (Dec 14-12 )

126        Michael Brady, PA.B over Maddox Moore, OK.R (Dec 8-2 )

132        Arturo Reyes, PA.B by forfeit

140        Camden Olson, PA.B by forfeit

3rd Place Match : Iowa Blue over Missouri Red (Dec 37-34)

5th Place Match : New York Blue over North Carolina (Dec 46-30)

7th Place Match : Idaho over Alabama (Dec 47-24)

Semifinals

Pennsylvania Blue over Missouri Red, 50-20

Oklahoma Red over Iowa Blue, 40-35

Quarterfinals

Pennsylvania Blue over New York Blue, 57-17

Missouri Red over Idaho, 50-29

Iowa Blue over North Carolina, 52-22

Oklahoma Red over Alabama, 65-9

Preliminaries

New York Blue over South Carolina, 70-6

Alabama over Rhode Island Red, 55-15

Pool D

Championship Match – Wisconsin 41, Minnesota Blue 32

155        Elias Motta, MN.B over Jason Heiser, WI (Dec 16-10 )

175        Elias Green, WI over Colton Bitker, MN.B (TF 10-0 (0:57)

225        Wes Wolke, MN.B over Grant Melichar, WI (Dec 8-5 )

75          Kamden Gallus, MN.B over Reed Akkerman, WI (TF 10-0 (0:35)

80          Cameron Rodgers, MN.B over Cole Train Vanderwerff, WI (TF 10-0 (0:31)

84          Jett Foster, MN.B over Hank Droessler, WI (F 1:40 ) 

88          Aiden Dalie, WI over Zeke Mikolyzk, MN.B (TF 10-0 (2:11)

92          Kolten Mueller, WI over Brycen Kothenbeutel, MN.B (TF 10-0 (0:25)

96          Kutter Preslaski, WI over Harper Hamacher, MN.B (Dec 11-5 )

100        Rett Huerta, MN.B over Gabriel Higgins, WI (TF 12-2 (0:59)

105        Keilan Yang, WI over Tucker McLennan, MN.B (TF 10-0 (0:48)

110         Hawke Garrett, WI over Clayton Birkholz, MN.B (TF 13-0 (2:22)

115         Reece Vendegna, WI over Landen Kassel, MN.B (TF 12-2 (1:36)

120        Declan Dahl, MN.B over Wyatt Wolf, WI (Dec 12-7 )

126        Landon Rinke, MN.B over Jacob Penzkover, WI (Dec 4-4 )

132        Everett Zeitler, WI over Danan Nelson, MN.B (TF 12-2 (3:09)

140        Blake Konichek, WI over Michael Alexander, MN.B (F 3:51 )

True 2^nd Place Match: California over Minnesota Blue (Dec 40-32)

3rd Place Match: California over Maryland (Dec 48-27)

5th Place Match: Virginia over Kansas (Dec 43-33)

7th Place Match: New Jersey over Tennessee (Dec 52-23)

Semifinals

Minnesota Blue over Kansas, 54-23

Wisconsin over California, 39-36

Quarterfinals

Minnesota Blue over New Jersey, 57-12

Kansas over Virginia, 44-31

California over Tennessee, 53-21

Wisconsin over Maryland, 43-34

Preliminaries

New Jersey over Michigan Red, 60-16

Maryland over Ohio Scarlet, 42-37

Remaining Event Schedule (Eastern time zone)

Saturday June 14

8:00 am - conclusion Session 3 – FS Gold/Silver, Bronze/Copper, Red/Blue, Green/Yellow, followed by FS Finals and Awards