Champions crowned at the Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals in High School divisions (Grades 11-12 & Grades 9-10)

Thomas Verrette of Colorado, champion at 126 pounds in Grades 9-10 at the Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals. Photo by Andy Hamilton, FloWrestling.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Champions were crowned on Saturday at the two high school boys divisions at the Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals, held at Hyvee Hall at the Iowa Events Center.

In the Grade 11-12 division, Rodney Trotter, Jr. of Texas won his second title of the weekend, claiming the 285-pound title at the Preseason Nationals on Saturday. Trotter went 4-0 in a five-athlete round robin. On Friday, he also captured the title at the Boys National High School Recruiting Showcase, sweeping a three-athlete round robin.

Champions represented 12 different states in the Grade 11-12 division: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.

Among the champions in the Grade 9-10 division were 16U Greco-Roman National champion and U15 National double champion Thomas Verrette of Colorado (126), 16U Folkstyle National champion Bradley Rodriguez-Little of Minnesota (152) and 16U National freestyle champion and U15 National double champion Dreshaun Ross of Iowa (195).

2021 Preseason Nationals Middle School champion Jaxon Miller of Iowa moved up to the Grade 9-10 division this year and won the title at 145 pounds.

There were 13 different states represented with champions at the Grade 9-10 division: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

When looking at both high school divisions, 18 different states had individual champions.

BRIAN KECK MEMORIAL PRESEASON NATIONALS
At Des Moines, Iowa, October 29

Boys 11th & 12 grade results

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1st Place Match - Raekwon Shabazz (CT) won by decision over Cadyn Coyle (NE) (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match - Austin Grzywinski (MN) won by fall over Dylan Heater (IA) (Fall 0:52)
5th Place Match - Hunter Robbins (IL) won by fall over Kale DiMarco (IA) (Fall 0:41)
7th Place Match - Leland Camp (GA) won by decision over Joseph Sikorsky (IL) (Dec 7-0)

113
1st Place Match - Christian Vazquez (FL) won by decision over Donny Pigoni (IL) (Dec 8-4)
3rd Place Match - Sir Israel Pulido (CO) won by decision over Ivan Fenn (AZ) (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match - Charles Meudt (WI) won by fall over Elijah Lowe (FL) (Fall 1:53)
7th Place Match - Tommy Frazier (IN) won by decision over Jacob Campbell (NE) (Dec 8-4)

120
1st Place Match - Blade Walden (OK) won by decision over Tk Davis (GA) (Dec 10-7)
3rd Place Match - Isaac Hampton (OR) won by major decision over Francisco Limon (TX) (Maj 13-3)
5th Place Match - Presden Sanchez (NE) won in sudden victory - 1 over Deion Johnson (IL) (SV-1 3-1)
7th Place Match - Mason Hanna (OK) won by fall over Easton Cooper (WI) (Fall 0:17)

126
1st Place Match - Ryan Lobato (CA) won by major decision over Miles Anderson (NE) (Maj 13-4)
3rd Place Match - Isaiah Miller (AZ) won by decision over Breck Williams (AZ) (Dec 7-6)
5th Place Match - A.j. Marino (IL) won by decision over Zachary Keinonen (OR) (Dec 3-1)
7th Place Match - Lawrence Layman (TX) won by medical forfeit over Cyler Ruhoff (MN) (MFF)

132
1st Place Match - Aaron Lucio (MI) won by fall over Trebor Moreno (TX) (Fall 1:26)
3rd Place Match - Ryan Phillips (FL) won by fall over Gabe Turman (NE) (Fall 4:53)
5th Place Match - Sean Berger (IL) won by decision over Daniel Vines (KS) (Dec 5-3)
7th Place Match - Keaton Mayernik (WA) won by decision over Marco Dalakishvili (MO) (Dec 5-3)

138
1st Place Match - Cole Solomey (IN) won by decision over Ashton Homan (OH) (Dec 5-0)
3rd Place Match - Dorian Olivarez (TX) won by fall over McKinley Robbins (IA) (Fall 4:05)
5th Place Match - Christian Lopez (AZ) won by decision over Jack McDonald (TX) (Dec 7-0)
7th Place Match - Emilio Trujillo-Deen (CO) won by tech fall over Brogan Fielding (OH) (TF 17-2)

145
1st Place Match - Yannis Charles (SC) won by decision over Tyler Guerra (IL) (Dec 5-2)
3rd Place Match - Tucker Cell (KS) won by fall over Drew Cooper (NE) (Fall 4:43)
5th Place Match - Blaine Christo (NE) won by decision over Maximus Gutierrez (CO) (Dec 4-3)
7th Place Match - Gianni Maldonado (FL) won by decision over Sam Ewing (MO) (Dec 3-2)

152
1st Place Match - Kj Evans (OK) won by decision over Braxton Strick (MO) (Dec 11-7)
3rd Place Match - Kendrick Hodge (FL) won by fall over Trae Frederick (OR) (Fall 4:26)
5th Place Match - Grant Kress (IA) won by decision over David Rodgers (AZ) (Dec 7-5)
7th Place Match - Kolten Oborny (TX) won by decision over Joseph Jernegan (OK) (Dec 4-3)

160
1st Place Match - Jake Wood (OH) won by decision over Luca Felix (WV) (Dec 3-0)
3rd Place Match - Josiah Schaetzle (IA) won by decision over Max Astacio (IL) (Dec 7-0)
5th Place Match - Kobe Smith (OK) won by forfeit over Derek Johnson (KS) (FF)
7th Place Match - Charles Petit (MN) won by fall over William Prater (IL) (Fall 2:16)

170
1st Place Match - Chris Moore (IL) won by major decision over Gavin Ricketts (KY) (Maj 14-4)
3rd Place Match - Elijah Penton (FL) won by decision over Grant Moraski (NE) (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match - Omer Barak (FL) won by medical forfeit over Jace Brownlow (FL) (MFF)
7th Place Match - Ethan Beloncik (OK) won by decision over Jack Van Rossum (WI) (Dec 5-1)

182
1st Place Match - Ronan Wunsch (KS) won by decision over Ethan Winkelman (WI) (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match - Alex Munoz (CA) won by decision over Travis Moore (WI) (Dec 3-0)
5th Place Match - Austen Wetzel (MO) won by decision over Wyatt Ingham (WI) (Dec 7-3)
7th Place Match - Xander Myers (OH) won by decision over Bryar Lane (IL) (Dec 5-0)

195
1st Place Match - Jaxon Penovich (IL) won by decision over Wyatt Ferguson (OH) (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match - Jace Mulder (IA) won by decision over Grant Cook (WI) (Dec 7-4)
5th Place Match - Kolby Scott (IA) won by forfeit over Mason Christian (MT) (FF)
7th Place Match - Tanner Van Scoy (SD) won by fall over Johnny Williams (MO) (Fall 2:49)

220
1st Place Match - Joseph Lewis (IA) won by decision over Joshua Hemsted (IA) (Dec 9-2)
3rd Place Match - Edward Perry (IL) won by decision over Jose Rosales (CO) (Dec 6-5)
5th Place Match - Connor Thomas (WI) won by fall over Kyle Templeton (TX) (Fall 3:51)
7th Place Match - Torin Forsyth (KS) won by fall over Joshua Maldonado (FL) (Fall 2:05)

285
1st Place - Rodney Trotter Jr. of TX
2nd Place - Blake Palmer of TX
3rd Place - Forest Howell of MT
4th Place - Tj Rivera of CO
5th Place - Matthew Thompson of TN
Blake Palmer (TX) won by fall over Matthew Thompson (TN) (Fall 0:26)
Forest Howell (MT) won by decision over Tj Rivera (CO) (Dec 6-5)
Rodney Trotter Jr. (TX) won by fall over Forest Howell (MT) (Fall 5:45)
Tj Rivera (CO) won by fall over Matthew Thompson (TN) (Fall 1:36)
Rodney Trotter Jr. (TX) won in sudden victory - 1 over Tj Rivera (CO) (SV-1 8-6)
Blake Palmer (TX) won by fall over Forest Howell (MT) (Fall 3:16)
Rodney Trotter Jr. (TX) won by fall over Blake Palmer (TX) (Fall 3:27)
Forest Howell (MT) won by fall over Matthew Thompson (TN) (Fall 3:18)
Rodney Trotter Jr. (TX) won by fall over Matthew Thompson (TN) (Fall 1:36)
Blake Palmer (TX) won by fall over Tj Rivera (CO) (Fall 5:46)

Boys 9th & 10th grade results

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1st Place Match - Caden Correll (IL) won by major decision over Alexander Pierce (IA) (Maj 12-3)
3rd Place Match - Jarrett Patty (OK) won by decision over Daniel Guerrero (AZ) (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match - Cole Welte (NE) won by decision over Jeremiah Waldschmidt (CO) (Dec 5-0)
7th Place Match - Austin Brown (MO) won by fall over David Bowman (IN) (Fall 2:05)

106
1st Place Match - Adam Mattin (OH) won by major decision over Ayden Bollinger (IN) (Maj 9-0)
3rd Place Match - Mycah Beckett (WI) won by major decision over Mason Haines (MI) (Maj 8-0)
5th Place Match - Linden Phetxoumphone (IA) won by fall over Cooper Stivers (KS) (Fall 2:43)
7th Place Match - Zavian LaFountain (OH) won by decision over Eric Casula (OK) (Dec 3-0)

113
1st Place Match - Isaak Arevalo (TX) won by fall over Easton Broxterman (KS) (Fall 3:17)
3rd Place Match - Titan Friederichs (MN) won by decision over Justin Wardlow (IL) (Dec 1-0)
5th Place Match - Wil Oberbroeckling (IA) won by fall over Nolan Brown (MT) (Fall 4:42)
7th Place Match - Cole Gentsch (IL) won by fall over Maximus Hay (WI) (Fall 2:03)

120
1st Place Match - Co`ji Campbell (WI) won by decision over Joshua Vasquez (MI) (Dec 14-11)
3rd Place Match - Charles Vanier (MN) won by decision over Kaden Purler (MO) (Dec 6-0)
5th Place Match - Colt Collett (OK) won by major decision over Hunter Bogner (TX) (Maj 12-2)
7th Place Match - Brady Kaupp (CT) won by decision over Justis Jesuroga (IA) (Dec 5-4)

126
1st Place Match - Thomas Verrette (CO) won by decision over Derek Barrows (CO) (Dec 8-3)
3rd Place Match - Maddox Mcarthur (GA) won by decision over Carson Weber (IL) (Dec 9-2)
5th Place Match - Roen Carey (WI) won by fall over Logan Trenary (IA) (Fall 0:57)
7th Place Match - Thomas Belding (OR) won by decision over Hunter Stevens (WI) (Dec 3-1)

132
1st Place Match - William Anderson (AL) won by decision over Blase Mele (NJ) (Dec 11-7)
3rd Place Match - Vance Williams (IL) won by decision over Cadyn Wild (IA) (Dec 5-4)
5th Place Match - Owen Segorski (MI) won in tie breaker - 1 over Thomas Johnson (SC) (TB-1 2-1)
7th Place Match - Mason Petersen (NE) won by decision over Landon Thomas (MI) (Dec 4-2)

138
1st Place Match - Elvis Solis (FL) won by decision over Logan Glynn (NE) (Dec 7-1)
3rd Place Match - Kalob Ybarra (CO) won by major decision over Tyler Harrill (NE) (Maj 14-2)
5th Place Match - Kade Rule (WI) won by major decision over Lorenzo Gallegos (NM) (Maj 13-4)
7th Place Match - Jadyn Johnson (TX) won by fall over Noah Rogers (MO) (Fall 4:44)

145
1st Place Match - Jaxon Miller (IA) won in sudden victory - 1 over Gabriel Gallardo (AZ) (SV-1 4-2)
3rd Place Match - Jarrett Wadsen (MN) won by fall over Hayze Ivey (OK) (Fall 3:19)
5th Place Match - Cole Mayfield (OK) won by major decision over Keaton Moeller (IA) (Maj 14-0)
7th Place Match - Auston Eudaly (CO) won by fall over Jacob Goodwin (KS) (Fall 4:07)

152
1st Place Match - Bradley Rodriguez-Little (MN) won by decision over Cy Fowler (TN) (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match - Gunnar Mullen (MN) won by decision over Enzo Morales (AZ) (Dec 8-1)
5th Place Match - Gavin Davis (IN) won by decision over Jaxon Trotter (OK) (Dec 6-2)
7th Place Match - Kole Katschor (MI) won by decision over Riley Johnson (NE) (Dec 4-1)

160
1st Place Match - Luke James (OH) won by fall over Liam Crook (WI) (Fall 1:57)
3rd Place Match - Benjamin Vazquez (IL) won by decision over Kriecg Roe (GA) (Dec 8-4)
5th Place Match - Rade Ostrander (TX) won in sudden victory - 1 over Lucas Ricketts (KY) (SV-1 3-1)
7th Place Match - Lucas Kral (IA) won by decision over Brady Singler (OH) (Dec 7-3)

170
1st Place Match - Robert De Haven (GA) won by fall over Charlie Herting (CO) (Fall 2:59)
3rd Place Match - Cade Ziola (NE) won by major decision over Noah Weaver (IN) (Maj 13-5)
5th Place Match - Maddux Najera (CO) won by fall over Asa Hemsted (IA) (Fall 0:44)
7th Place Match - Anthony Gutierrez (IL) won by medical forfeit over Maximus Vela (IL) (MFF)

182
1st Place Match - Adonis Bonar II (NE) won by decision over Evan McGuire (MN) (Dec 6-3)
3rd Place Match - Ben Schultz (MN) won by decision over Brice Henry (MO) (Dec 6-4)
5th Place Match - Kolby Gibbons (IA) won by forfeit over Matthew Gazda (AZ) (FF)
7th Place Match - Zakery Wrobel (WI) won by fall over Ariel Montes (IL) (Fall 0:46)

195
1st Place Match - Dreshaun Ross (IA) won by decision over Aiden Cooley (TX) (Dec 3-0)
3rd Place Match - Tyson Russell (TN) won by decision over Brodie Purtle (MO) (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match - Grant Schwerdtfeger (NE) won by decision over Jack Murphy (NE) (Dec 7-1)
7th Place Match - Zander Lockling (NE) won by fall over Johan Lopez (IL) (Fall 0:31)

220
1st Place Match - Denarii Mickel (PA) won by decision over Albert Butler (GA) (Dec 2-0)
3rd Place Match - Adrian Arellano (CO) won by decision over Kaden Stitt (OK) (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match - Vincent Halliday (MN) won by medical forfeit over Asher Sheldon (IL) (MFF)
7th Place Match - Gavin Rich (OK) won by decision over Enrique Morales (IL) (Dec 2-0)

285
1st Place Match - Milan Colvin (KS) won by decision over Christopher Belmonte (FL) (Dec 3-0)
3rd Place Match - Landon Milliser (OK) won by fall over Roy Phelps Jr. (IL) (Fall 0:35)
5th Place Match - Zander Glazebrook (IA) won by fall over Matthew Medina (IL) (Fall 3:00)
7th Place Match - Josiah Garcia-Gurule (CO) won by fall over John Sanchez (CO) (Fall 4:26)