Top high school talent takes center stage at FloWrestling’s Who’s Number One on October 11
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Athletes pictured left-to-right: Everest Leydecker, Taina Fernandez, Jayden Raney and Bo Bassett.
FloWrestling’s annual Who’s Number One showcase will take place this Saturday, October 11, at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa, to decide who earns the title of No. 1 wrestler at the high school level in the boys and girls divisions.
The premier high school event is littered with elite talent across both divisions that includes a Senior U.S. World Team member, nine age-group World champions, 13 age-group World medalists, 19 age-group U.S. World Team members and 25 champions from the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals held in Fargo, N.D.
A full slate of 12 girls matches kick off the festivities at 2 p.m. (CT) with the main event pitting 2025 U20 World champion Everest Leydecker of Arizona against 2025 U17 World silver medalist Epenesa Elison of California at 120 pounds.
Four more age-group World medalists will represent on the girls side including two-time U17 World champion Taina Fernandez of Maryland at 135 pounds, two-time U17 World bronze medalist Jaclyn Bouzakis of Pennsylvania at 105 pounds and 2025 U17 World bronze medalist Ella Poalillo of New Jersey at 155 pounds.
Additionally, top-ranked competitors Kaili Manuel of Michigan at 170 pounds, Emma Bacon of Pennsylvania at 125 pounds and Violette Lasure of Pennsylvania at 145 pounds have represented the U.S. at an age-group World Championships.
The boys division will feature 12 matches, including a mini-tournament with the top three wrestlers at 120 pounds—No. 1 Landon Sidun of Pennsylvania, No. 2 Rocklin Zinkin of California and No. 3 Domenic Munaretto of Illinois.
The highlight bout for the boys comes at 150 pounds with two-time age-group World medalist Bo Bassett of Pennsylvania facing two-time U17 World medalist Jordyn Raney of Kentucky. Both athletes hold a No. 1 ranking, Bassett at 150 pounds and Raney at 144 pounds.
Raney’s twin brother, Jayden, recently finished in seventh place at the Senior World Championships in Greco-Roman for Team USA, and is a 2024 U17 World champion in Greco-Roman. He is paired against 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals champion Moses Mendoza of California at 132 pounds.
Munaretto, Bassett and both Raney’s are past U17 World champions. Three other entrants on the boys card hold the same title—Paul Kenny at 126 pounds, Ariah Mills at 106 pounds and Michael Mocco at 285 pounds. 190-pounder Tanner Hodgins, a 2025 U17 World bronze medalist, adds an eighth age-group World medalist to the bunch.
Three more boys have represented the U.S. on a U17 World Team—Melvin Miller of Pennsylvania at 165 pounds, Adam Waters of Pennsylvania at 190 pounds and Joseph Jeter of Oklahoma at 175 pounds.
All girls matches will be wrestled under freestyle rules, while the boys matches will use NCAA folkstyle rules.
Tickets for Who’s Number One are available for purchase through the Xtream Arena online box office. Those unable to attend in person can watch the event live at FloWrestling.com.
2 p.m. (CT) – High School Girls Card
5:30 p.m. (CT) – High School Boys Card
100 lbs. – #1 Ryleigh Sturgill, TN vs. #2 Bella Manno, NJ
110 lbs. – #1 Sophia Marie Gonzales, CA vs. #2 Kayla Batres, CT
130 lbs. – #1 Taina McGowan, NJ vs. #2 Landri VonGonten, TX
170 lbs. – #1 Kaili Manuel, MI vs. #2 Autumn Elsbury, IA
115 lbs. – #1 Taylor Whiting, WI vs. #2 Reagan Mathers, AZ
140 lbs. – #1 Nora Akpan, MN vs. #2 Riley Hanrahan, WI
155 lbs. – #1 Ella Poalillo, NJ vs. #2 Janiya Johnson, TN
125 lbs. – #1 Emma Bacon, PA vs. #2 Caley Graber, MN
105 lbs. – #2 Jaclyn Bouzakis, PA vs. #3 Hailey Delgado, TX
145 lbs. – #1 Violette Lasure, PA vs. #2 Eve Skrocki, IA
135 lbs. – #1 Taina Fernandez, MD vs. #2 Morgan Lucio, AZ
120 lbs. – #1 Everest Leydecker, AZ vs. #2 Epenesa Elison, CA
120 lbs. – #2 Rocklin Zinkin, CA vs. #3 Domenic Munaretto, IL
165 lbs. – #1 Melvin Miller, PA vs. #3 Maximus Dhabolt, IA
126 lbs. – #1 Antonio Mills, GA vs. #2 Paul Kenny, NJ
157 lbs. – #1 Wyatt Medlin, IL vs. #2 Camryn Howard, NY
190 lbs. – #1 Adam Waters, PA vs. #2 Tanner Hodgins, NJ
106 lbs. – #1 Ariah Mills, GA vs. #2 Turner Ross, OK
175 lbs. – #1 Joseph Jeter, OK vs. #2 Nicholas Singer, PA
138 lbs. – #2 Kellen Wolbert, WI vs. #3 Tyler DeKraker, FL
132 lbs. – #1 Jayden Raney, KY vs. #2 Moses Mendoza, CA
120 lbs. – #1 Landon Sidun, PA vs. #2 Rocklin Zinkin, CA or #3 Domenic Munaretto, IL
285 lbs. – #2 Coby Merrill, CA vs. #3 Michael Mocco, FL
150 lbs. – #1 Bo Bassett, PA vs. #1 (144 lbs.) Jordyn Raney, KY
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