Illinois finishes strong to defend Cadet National Freestyle Duals title over Pennsylvania, 40-34

Photo of the Illinois Cadet National Duals freestyle championship team by Joe Stabilito.
YORK, Pa. – Host Pennsylvania led most of the finals dual meet, but a strong finish by defending champion Illinois led to a tight 40-34 victory at the Cadet National Duals in freestyle on Saturday.
Pennsylvania took a 34-22 lead after a 13-0 technical fall win by Keystone state star Mike Lewis over Donnell Washington at 132 pounds with just two bouts to go, but it did not prove to be enough.
Back-to-back technical falls by Illinois from Will Lewan at 138 pounds and Baylor Fernandes at 145 pounds gave them the final eight points for the victory.
Lewan scored a quick takedown and four ankle laces for a first-period 10-0 win over Carnell Andrews, giving Illinois a 36-34 lead going into the final match.
Fernandes opened the final match with a four point move, then methodically added a takedown, a turn and another takedown for his 10-0 technical fall over Alec Sampson, and the Illinois team rushed onto to mat to celebrate the comeback team victoru
Pennsylvania led from the start, winning three of the first four matches for a 12-5 lead. Right off the bat, Edmond Ruth scored three takedowns and two turns for a powerful 10-0 technical fall over Danny Braunagel at 152 pounds. Josh Stillings followed with a 10-6 decision over Peter Ferraro at 160 pounds. After an Illinois win by Zach Braunagel at 170 pounds, Benjamin Root extended the Pennsylvania lead, scoring a four-point hip-toss and a four-point cutback counter and completed a 13-2 technical fall over Jacob Kaminski at 182 pounds.
Pennsylvania held onto that lead for the first 10 matches. A three-match Illinois winning streak brought the match to a 24-24 tie after Justin Cardani stopped Ed Scott, 12-6 at 100 pounds. Technical falls in the two previous bouts helped close the gap. Christian Goin had a big four-point move early on, and kept up his offense to score a 12-2 technical fall over Lincoln Heck at 94 pounds. Next at 100 pounds, Josh Ogansanya scored a takedown and four turns for a quick 10-0 technical fall over Dillon Murphy.
J J Wilson would not let Illinois take the lead, cradling up Jacob Lindsey of Illinois to score a pin in just 1:40 at 113 pounds. Illinois came back with a pair of technical falls by Eddie Bolivar at 120 and Tyler Delaware at 126 to take its first lead at 32-30, heading into the dramatic final three bouts.
Pennsylvania Blue survived a close battle in Gold/Silver Pool A, edging the Minnesota Storm, 37-35 in a rematch of Thursday’s Greco-Roman finals. The match was not decided until the final bout, when Carnell Andrews of Pennsylvania scored a 16-6 technical fall over Brock Luthens at 132 pounds. Pennsylvania won eight matches while nine matches, the difference being Pennsylvania scoring bonus points in five matches, while Minnesota scored bonus points in two matches.
Illinois was consistent in its Gold/Silver Pool B matches, defeating Iowa Gold, 47-32, stopping Washington, 59-20 and getting past New Jersey Red, 41-33.
Taking third place was New Jersey Red, which won seven of the last eight matches to defeat the Minnesota Storm, 44-30. Included in that closing streak for New Jersey was a pin by Mark Montgomery at 106, plus technical falls by Anthony Clark (100), Carmen Ferrante (120), Nick Raimo (126), Pat Glory (132) and Rick Cabanillas (145).
Winning 14 of the 17 bouts of the dual, Iowa Gold finished third with a 60-15 win over Michigan Red. This included 10 straight wins in the middle of the dual meet. There was no seventh place match, as Washington was awarded the victory over California.
CADET NATIONAL DUALS

At York, Pa.


FREESTYLE RESULTS
Championship Dual – Pennsylvania Blue, Illinois 40, Pennsylvania Blue 34
152 Edmond Ruth (Pennsylvania Blue) over Danny Braunagel (Illinois) TF 10-0
160 Josh Stillings (Pennsylvania Blue) over Peter Ferraro (Illinois) Dec 10-6
170 Zach Braunagel (Illinois) over Jake Hendricks (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 8-6
182 Benjamin Root (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jacob Kaminski (Illinois) TF 13-2
195 Sergio Villalobos (Illinois) over Julian Gorring (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 9-6
220 Gavin Hoffman (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jace Punke (Illinois) TF 10-0
285 Ronald Tucker (Illinois) over Cody Williams (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 15-2
88 Chris Kim (Pennsylvania Blue) over Brody Norman (Illinois) TF 14-3
94 Christian Goin (Illinois) over Lincoln Heck (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 12-2
100 Joshua Ogunsanya (Illinois) over Dillon Murphy (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 10-0
106 Justin Cardani (Illinois) over Ed Scott (Pennsylvania Blue) Dec 12-6
113 J J Wilson (Pennsylvania Blue) over Jacob Lindsey (Illinois) Fall 1:40
120 Eddie Bolivar (Illinois) over Connor Keivman (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 12-2
126 Tyler Delaware (Illinois) over Josh Jones (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 10-0
132 Mike Lewis (Pennsylvania Blue) over Donnell Washington (Illinois) TF 13-0
138 Will Lewan (Illinois) over Carnell Andrews (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 10-0
145 Baylor Fernandes (Illinois) over Alec Sampson (Pennsylvania Blue) TF 10-0
Third Place – New Jersey Red 44, Minnesota Storm 30
152 Anthony Jackson (Minnesota Storm) over Michael O`Malley (New Jersey Red) Dec 9-2
160 Chris Foca (New Jersey Red) over Cody Dravis (Minnesota Storm) Fall 5:30
170 Billy Janzer (New Jersey Red) over Caden Steffen (Minnesota Storm) Dec 7-3
182 Robert Striggow (Minnesota Storm) over Dimitri Serrano (New Jersey Red) TF 10-0
195 Tyler Buesgens (Minnesota Storm) over Kyle Lightner (New Jersey Red) TF 16-6
220 Zach Delvecchio (New Jersey Red) over Bryce Benhart (Minnesota Storm) TF 10-0
285 Manny Alvarez (Minnesota Storm) over Ahmed Homsi (New Jersey Red) TF 10-0
88 Paxton Creese (Minnesota Storm) over Brett Ungar (New Jersey Red) Dec 8-6 3
94 Joey Thompson (Minnesota Storm) over Wil Guida (New Jersey Red) Dec 13-81
100 Anthony Clark (New Jersey Red) over Andrew Sanders (Minnesota Storm) TF 11-1
106 Mark Montgomery (New Jersey Red) over Jake Svihel (Minnesota Storm) Fall 4:23
113 Joe Heilman (New Jersey Red) over Israel Navarro (Minnesota Storm) Dec 14-13
120 Carmen Ferrante (New Jersey Red) over Cael Carlson (Minnesota Storm) TF 10-0
126 Nick Raimo (New Jersey Red) over Gage Zieske (Minnesota Storm) TF 11-0
132 Pat Glory (New Jersey Red) over Brock Luthens (Minnesota Storm) TF 12-2
138 Jacob Tvinnereim (Minnesota Storm) over Charlie Cunningham (New Jersey Red) TF 13-0
145 Rick Cabanillas (New Jersey Red) over Devin Roberts (Minnesota Storm) TF 12-2
Fifth Place – Iowa Gold 60, Michigan Red 15
152 Shawn Brown (Iowa Gold) over Brian Case (Michigan Red) Fall 0:32
160 Tad Griffith (Iowa Gold) over River Shettler (Michigan Red) TF 12-2
170 Ryan Ringler (Michigan Red) over Nick Milder (Iowa Gold) TF 10-0
182 Logan Schumacher (Iowa Gold) over Easton Turner (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
195 Hunter DeJong (Iowa Gold) over Tyler Moore (Michigan Red) TF 12-2
220 Guy Snow (Iowa Gold) over Trent Sexton (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
285 Spencer Trenary (Iowa Gold) over Austin Emerson (Michigan Red) Dec 6-2
88 Cullan Schriever (Iowa Gold) over Blake Noonan (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
94 Adam Allard (Iowa Gold) over Andrew Chambal (Michigan Red) Fall 2:13
100 Eric Faught (Iowa Gold) over Reese Fry (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
106 Cael Happel (Iowa Gold) over Chayse LaJoie (Michigan Red) Fall 0:54
113 Legend Lamer (Iowa Gold) over Corey Gamet (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
120 Brody Teske (Iowa Gold) over Kaleob Whitford (Michigan Red) TF 10-0
126 Kevon Davenport (Michigan Red) over Gabriel Ruepke (Iowa Gold) Fall 1:33
132 Garret Thompson (Iowa Gold) over Tanner Bryan (Michigan Red) Fall 1:07
138 Cameron Amine (Michigan Red) over Harlan Steffensmeier (Iowa Gold) TF 10-0
145 Zane Mulder (Iowa Gold) over Layne Malczewski (Michigan Red) Fall 1:09
Seventh Place – Washington over California, no match
Bronze/Copper Pool Results (Places 9-16)
1st Place - Ohio Red
2nd Place - Oklahoma
3rd Place - Missouri Red
4th Place - Virginia
5th Place - Colorado
6th Place - Kansas Blue
7th Place - Florida
8th Place - Texas
1st Place Match - Ohio Red defeated Oklahoma 44-35.
3rd Place Match - Missouri Red defeated Virginia 42-31.
5th Place Match - Colorado defeated Kansas Blue 40-37.
7th Place Match - Florida defeated Texas 42-38.
Red/Blue Pool Results
1st Place - Georgia Red
2nd Place - Iowa Black
3rd Place - Indiana
4th Place - Utah
5th Place - Pennsylvania Red
6th Place - New Jersey Blue
7th Place - Maryland
8th Place - Tennessee
1st Place Match - Georgia Red defeated Iowa Black 43-33.
3rd Place Match - Indiana defeated Utah 40-39.
5th Place Match - Pennsylvania Red defeated New Jersey Blue 39-33.
7th Place Match - Maryland defeated Tennessee 41-33.
Green/Yellow Pool Results
1st Place - New York
2nd Place - Ohio Blue
3rd Place - Missouri Blue
4th Place - North Carolina
5th Place - Michigan Blue
6th Place - Kansas Red
7th Place - Georgia Blue
1st Place Match - New York defeated Ohio Blue 33-28.
3rd Place Match - Missouri Blue defeated North Carolina 34-33.
5th Place Match - Michigan Blue defeated Kansas Red 49-21.
7th Place Match - Georgia Blue no match
A Pool Results
1st Place - Michigan Red
2nd Place - Washington
3rd Place - Virginia
4th Place - Florida
5th Place - Iowa Black
6th Place - Utah
7th Place - Georgia Blue
8th Place - Kansas Red
1st Place Match - Michigan Red defeated Washington 40-34.
3rd Place Match - Virginia defeated Florida 44-33.
5th Place Match - Iowa Black defeated Utah 41-36.
7th Place Match - Georgia Blue defeated Kansas Red 30-29.
B Pool Results
1st Place - New Jersey Red
2nd Place - Pennsylvania Blue
3rd Place - Ohio Red
4th Place - Colorado
5th Place - Maryland
6th Place - Indiana
7th Place - North Carolina
8th Place - Missouri Blue
1st Place Match - New Jersey Red defeated Pennsylvania Blue 44-32.
3rd Place Match - Ohio Red defeated Colorado 47-27.
5th Place Match - Maryland defeated Indiana 42-32.
7th Place Match - North Carolina defeated Missouri Blue 37-26.
C Pool Results
1st Place - Illinois
2nd Place - California
3rd Place - Kansas Blue
4th Place - Texas
5th Place - Georgia Red
6th Place - Tennesee
7th Place - New York
8th Place - Michigan Blue
1st Place Match - Illinois defeated Kansas Blue 57-17
2nd Place Wrestleback - California defeated Kansas Blue 44-34.
3rd Place Match - California defeated Texas 42-32.
5th Place Match - Georgia Red defeated Tennesee 56-20.
7th Place Match - New York defeated Michigan Blue 40-23.
D Pool Results
1st Place - Minnesota Storm
2nd Place - Iowa Gold
3rd Place - Oklahoma
4th Place - Missouri Red
5th Place - Pennsylvania Red
6th Place - New Jersey Blue
7th Place - Ohio Blue
1st Place Match - Minnesota Storm defeated Iowa Gold 43-30.
3rd Place Match - Oklahoma defeated Missouri Red 52-27.
5th Place Match - Pennsylvania Red defeated New Jersey Blue 44-29.
7th Place Match - Ohio Blue – no match