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Sunday, July 15, 6am
At 6 am, team leader Rick Jones is making his rounds, knocking on the doors and awakening the Cadet Greco-Roman wrestlers for the 7 am weigh in. Most of the boys were already awake, after a fitful night awakening every few hours to check their weight on the scale in the common shower/restroom. A quick meeting in the only airconditioned room in the dorm (the TV lounge) and they are off on a quick 5 minute walk to the huge Fargo Dome for weigh ins.
Rebecca Forsyth takes silver
Brianna on the attack!
Sunday, July 15, 7:45 am
Everyone has made weight for the Cadet Greco, the wrestlers have little less than 2 hours to get off the scale, down to the cafeteria for breakfast, and then back to the dome for warm ups prior to the first round which is scheduled to start at 9am. This year, USA Wrestling will provide live steaming to 18 of the 23 mats throughout the entire event. Go to http://www.themat.tv/2012/07/2012-cadet-junior-nationals-mat-1/
and follow the prompts to watch live action!
The official 2012 Fargo Nationals Program
The huge screen in the corner of the Fargo Dome showed that the first VA wrestler of the 2012 Cadet Greco Nationals would be rising junior, Matt Allan of Alexandria (Hayfield HS). On mat 15 Matt started things off with a bang by pinning his opponent from Minnesota. The first VA wrestler to get called up to mat 1 on the raised platform was heavyweight Cordell Soileau. Soileau defeated a tough opponent from Minnesota 1-0, 0-1, 2-0. The match came down to a parre tarre clinch in the third period. A good start for VA!
Sunday, July 15 10:11 am
The action is furious, with 23 mats active, its hard to keep up with the results. I’ve listed some early results from round 1 below:
Match #1 Mark Allen (Virginia) received a bye.
Match #1 Justin Altice (Virginia) over Mason Kerr (Iowa) Dec 1-0,1-0
Match #1 Mattew Allen (Virginia) over Ari Harnitz (Minnesota) Fall 5-0,1:55
Match #1 Dylan Wisman (Virginia) over Max Gierke (Wisconsin) Fall 8-0,0:18
Coach Prebish assists Dylan Wisman during his first round win at 170
Match #1 Cordell Soileau (Virginia) over Zach Wood (Michigan) Dec 1-0,0-1,3-0
Match #1 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Jordan Aquino (California) Dec 5-3,4-1
Match #1 JD Gregory (Virginia) over Jacob Vosburgh (Maryland) Dec 2-3,1-0,1-0
Match #1 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Adam Blees (North Dakota) Dec 2-0,7-0
Match #1 Austin Day (Florida) over Nicholas “Isaiah“ Foster (Virginia) Fall 1:29
Match #1 Seth Gross (Minnesota) over William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #1 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Brandon Leynaud (Ohio) Dec 1-0,7-0
Match #1 Matt Raines (Virginia) over Thomas Beishke (New Jersey) Dec 1-4,6-0,3-1
More early results from 1st round of Cadet Greco
Match #1 Nate Jozsa (Illinois) over Robert DuPont (Virginia) Dec 2-1,4-0
Match #1 Brock Wingbermuehle (Missouri) over Dorian Giantonio (Virginia) Dec 3-2,9-0
Match #1 Dustin Williams (Kansas) over Michael Bryant (Virginia) Dec 4-1,2-1
Match #1 Alexander Smythe (New York) over Andy Hinrichs (Virginia) Dec 6-0,4-1
Match #1 Zach Carlson (Minnesota) over Patrick Jessen (Virginia) Fall 1-4,1:20
Match #2 Mattew Allen (Virginia) over Damon Buxton (Indiana) Dec 6-1,4-1
Coach Derek Stein and Mark Allan in early Fargo Greco action
Match #2 Dylan Wisman (Virginia) over Derek Dragon (Pennsylvania) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #2 Tanner Farmer (Illinois) over Cordell Soileau (Virginia) Fall 0:14
Match #2 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Joseph Grass (West Virginia) Dec 1-1,4-3
Jason “Twink” Bryant, USAW Media, and former Virginia wrestling website founder, hard at work.
Match #2 JD Gregory (Virginia) over Aslan Kilic (Georgia) TF 6-0,9-2
Match #2 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Richard Townsell (Illinois) Dec 4-0,3-0
Match #2 Ty Johnson (Minnesota) over Nicholas “Isaiah“ Foster (Virginia) Fall 0:25
Match #2 Ryan Heiden (Oklahoma) over Hunter Starner (Virginia) Dec 0-7,7-0,2-0
Match #2 Larry Early (Illinois) over William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) Dec 1-0,1-0
Match #2 Brian Laprade (Virginia) over Bryan Burnett (Kansas) Fall 1:31
Match #2 Troy Wilson (Washington) over Matt Raines (Virginia) Dec 4-3,3-0
Match #2 Aaron Pico (California) over Robert DuPont (Virginia) Dec 4-0,6-0
Match #2 JonJay Chavez (California) over Dorian Giantonio (Virginia) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #2 Michael Bryant (Virginia) over Joey Mammolenti (Indiana) Dec 8-2,4-1
Match #2 CJ McKinnis (Oregon) over Andy Hinrichs (Virginia) Fall 4-2,0:48
Match #2 Patrick Jessen (Virginia) over Brent Peterson (Texas) Fall 6-0,0:35
Match #2 Ethan Tursini (Arizona) over Mark Allen (Virginia) Fall 1:06
Match #2 Alexander Bair (Ohio) over Justin Altice (Virginia) Dec 3-2,4-1
Match #3 Brandon Morgan (Oregon) over Mattew Allen (Virginia) Fall 1:59
Match #3 Dylan Wisman (Virginia) over Issac Florell (Minnesota) Dec 4-0,4-1
Sunday, July 15 2:50 pm
The second round of Cadet Greco competition begins. Several VA wrestlers escaped the first round undefeated: Joey Prada is 2-0 at 94 lbs. Also 2-0 is JD Gregory at 106 lbs. Coy Ozias fought off his back in the first period of his 3rd bought, and stormed back to victory against a tough competitior from Michigan to finish the first round 3-0. Brian Laprade is 2-0 at 132. Dylan Wisman is 3-0, wrestling basically on one leg with a pre existing injury, he is really tough!
Undefeated 94 pounder Joey Prada executes a Russian Backbreaker in early round 1 action
Wisman clamps down!
Sunday, July 15 5:01 pm
The intensity of the bouts has picked up a pace. The number of VA members still alive has dropped from 18 at the start of the day to 6 late into round #2. Dylan Wisman currently stands at 5-0, Michael Bryant lost his first bout of the day but since has reeled of 3 wins in a row. Hunter Starner stands at 4-1, and Coy Ozias is still undefeated at 5-0. Joey Prata appears to be in good position to medal, as he is 4-0 in his pool and now has a bye. JD Gregory’s only loss is to top seed Kyle Norstrem of FLA, so his record stands at 3-1. We have 2 more hours to survive the day!
126 pounder Hunter Starner in action, attacking with a front headlock in round 1 cadet greco action
160 pound cadet Patrick Jessen attacks his opponent with a high dive in early action at the cadet greco nationals
Some of the VA Junior wrestlers cheering on the Cadets
Monday, July 16, 6:49 am
The Juniors are being staged for 7 am weigh in. The VAWA coaching staff is wondering how they will make it through 3 more tournaments this week! In last evenings Cadet Greco action, 5 Virginians made it through the fire of the first day and are poised to become All Americans: At 94 lbs Joey Prada is down to the last 4 in his pool and is assured of All-American status. With the following wins yesterday evening;
Match #4 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Grant Sorensen (Oklahoma) Dec 6-0,4-0
Match #5 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Tanner Cox (Utah) Dec 4-0,2-0
Match #6 Joey Prata (Virginia) received a bye.
Prada is in the Pool round robin, should he win his 2 matches this morning he would compete for the gold this evening.
At 113 lbs, Coy Ozias won his last bout of Sunday’s session to finish the day 6-0. Currently there are 6 wrestlers alive in his pool, 4 of those wrestlers have a loss. So Ozias is in good standing to medal. His last evenings results were as follows:
Match #4 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Chase Clasen (Washington) Dec 7-0,5-0
Match #5 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Dan Kelly (Iowa) Dec 1-0,2-0
Match #6 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Colton Ullman (Ohio) Dec 3-0,1-0
The silent assassin, Hunter Starner has made a strong run at 126 lbs. After a tough second round loss, Hunter has reeled off 4 consecutive wins to round out his record at 5-1:
Match #4 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Josh Bird (Wisconsin) Dec 2-0,2-0
Match #5 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Riley Beard (Illinois) Fall 0-2,1:11
Match #6 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Patricio Lugo (Florida) Dec 2-0,0-1,6-0
Currently there are 4 wrestlers left in his 126 A pool, after the smoke clears from this mornings cadet session, we will know which All-American spot Hunter will be wrestling for! Congrats and well deserved for a hard working young man.
Taking a cue from Hunter’s rally yesterday, Micheal Bryant has also made a strong rally. After losing his first round bout at 145 lbs, Bryant has reeled off 5 straight wins to put him in position to become VA’s 4th Cadet Greco All-American!
Match #4 Michael Bryant (Virginia) over Casey Sparkman (Ohio) Dec 2-1,2-1
Match #5 Michael Bryant (Virginia) over Izaec Quintanilla (Washington) Dec 4-0,5-0
Match #6 Michael Bryant (Virginia) over Chase Straw (Iowa) Dec 0-2,2-0,6-1
His pool is also down to the final 4, and since only his initial opponent stands undefeated, Bryant has a shot to make the finals if someone can beat Dustin Williams of Kansas this morning. Another well deserved accolade, as I have seen him all over the state honing his craft these past 2 years.
170 pound Dylan Wisman has really shown an incredible amount of moxy. He tore his meniscus in his left knee earlier this summer, but with his doctors OK, he is competing essentially on one leg. Dylan is currently 5-1 and has assured himself an All-American medal, as his pool is also down to 4 (top 8 placers attain All-American status in Fargo). Congrats and continued success!
Match #4 Dylan Wisman (Virginia) over Casey Beaver (Iowa) Fall 6-4,1:08
Match #5 Dylan Wisman (Virginia) over Jared Langley (Kansas) Dec 1-0,4-2
Match #6 Angus Arthur (Michigan) over Dylan Wisman (Virginia) Dec 1-0,0-1,5-2
In a more somber note, sophomore heavyweight, Cordell Soileau spent the night in the hospital after breaking his arm during his 3 round bout. The athletic trainers and hospital staff were stunned at the results of the x-ray, especially how Soileau handled the pain of this injury. In a few months he will be back competing again.
Cordell Soileau’s Fargo experience ends with this injury. An unfortunate reality of sports is that injuries occur, however each setback is an opportunity for a comeback!
Soileau’s fractured humerus x-ray
USA Wrestling is posting some matches on their Youtube channel. Here are some of Virginia cadets.
145 Round 6: Chase Straw (Iowa) vs. Michael Bryant (Virginia) – http://youtu.be/t36P-fn_tz4
170 Round 5: Jared Langley (Kansas) vs. Dylan Wisman (Virginia) – http://youtu.be/tp3KrA3SGZY
Round 5: Ty Pelot (Wisconsin) vs. JD Gregory (Virginia) – http://youtu.be/22O7KcFZyq0
Monday, July 16 10:20 am
The scene is surreal, cadet wrestlers battling for All-American status on 4 mats, and junior wrestlers making their start into the Junior National event on 19 other mats. Coy Ozias continues to impress with another super intense effort in his first match of the morning, a victory over Maleek Williams of Florida. Prada, Starner, and Bryant all lost close matches and will wrestle another this morning to determine their medal placement matches later this evening.
Monday, July 16, 10:38 am
Prada will be wrestling for the bronze medal later today. Starner will be wrestling for 7th place and Bryant will be wrestling for 5th place. Dylan Wisman will be wrestling for 7th place at 170 C GR.
Monday, July 17, 12:02 pm
The Junior Gr tourney is winding down the first round. Results thus far:
Junior-106 – Tommy Aloi
Match #1 Tommy Aloi (Virginia) over Max Malave (Illinois) Dec 0-6,6-3,2-1
Match #2 Tommy Aloi (Virginia) over Anthony Garza (Colorado) TF 7-0,6-0
106 pounder Tommy Aloi in action during his first round victory in the 2012 Junior National GR tourney
Tommy Aloi executes a beautiful throw
Junior-113 – Ibrahim Bunduka
Match #1 Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) over Andrew Wallace (Missouri) Dec 5-0,2-1
Match #2 Johnson Mai (California) over Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) Dec 1-0,5-1
Match #3 Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) received a bye.
Junior-120 – Cameron Timok
Match #1 Cameron Timok (Virginia) over Cruz Velasquez (Washington) Dec 0-5,3-1,6-4
Match #2 Santo Curatolo (New York) over Cameron Timok (Virginia) Dec 3-1,4-7,5-2
Cam Timok on the attack
Junior-138 – Lucas Mobley
Match #1 Malik Amine (Michigan) over Lucas Mobley (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Nick Gray (Tennessee) over Lucas Mobley (Virginia) TF 7-0,7-0
Junior-138 – Brock Jacobson
Match #1 Brock Jacobson (Virginia) over Brent Matherne (Louisiana) Dec 1-1,8-0,3-1
Match #2 Brock Jacobson (Virginia) over Marc Kosiek (Illinois) Dec 3-0,0-2,2-0
138 pounder, Sahid Karbo locks up his first round opponent in his first round three period victory in the Junior GR tourney
Junior-138 – Sahid Kargbo
Match #1 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Greg Artalona (Alabama) TF 0-1,6-0,6-0
Match #2 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Felipe Jose Luis (Florida) Dec 6-3,2-2
Sahid Kargbo drops into a body lock during early GR action
Junior-152 – Justin McRee
Match #1 Justin McRee (Virginia) over Don Hollingshead (Missouri) Dec 5-0,3-2
Junior 152 pounder Justin McRee in action
Justin McRee executes a throw
Junior-152 – Ulysses Avgeros
Match #1 Yoanse Mejia (Florida) over Ulysses Avgeros (Virginia) TF 6-0,8-1
Junior-160 – Alex Gowers
Match #1 Chris Lattner (Missouri) over Alex Gowers (Virginia) Dec 1-0,1-1,2-0
Junior-170 – Brett Stein
Match #1 Brett Stein (Virginia) over Aaron Maddox (Louisiana) Fall 1:26
Junior-170 – Jason Cardozo
Match #1 Jason Cardozo (Virginia) received a bye.
Junior-182 – Alex Thomas
Match #1 Vaughn Monreal-Berner (Illinois) over Alex Thomas (Virginia) Fall 1:39
Junior-195 – Brendan Kammerdeiner
Match #1 Brendan Kammerdeiner (Virginia) over Finn Higgins (Oklahoma) Dec 2-1,1-0
Junior 220 pounder Tate Dulaney battles for position in the 2012 Junior National GR Championships
Brendan Kammerdeiner wins during Junior Greco action
Junior-220 – Tate Dulany
Match #1 Trae Story (Minnesota) over Tate Dulany (Virginia) Dec 1-0,4-1
Junior-285 – Zachary Newton
Match #1 Zachary Newton (Virginia) received a bye.
Junior-285 – Andrew Lutterloh
Match #1 Andrew Lutterloh (Virginia) over Aaron Beadle (Oregon) Dec 1-0,7-0
Monday, July 16 12:41 pm
COY OZIAS to the Cadet Greco Finals at 113 lbs!
In a thrilling match, Coy and his opponent from Nebraska had a 3 period Pool final. Coy won on a Parre Tarre gut wrench in the 3rd period to pave his way to the finals!
Idaho’s Drake Foster looks dejected as Coy Ozias claims the 113 pound Cadet Greco-Roman Championships. Interestingly, Coy never wrestled a Greco match until earlier this summer!
Ozias gets his hand raised in the 113 Cadet GR finals!
Monday, July 16 5:46 pm Joey Prada accepting his award for placing 4th at 94 lbs.
Coy Ozias, 113 lb 2012 Cadet Greco-Roman National Champion:
In an exciting match, Coy pulls out the championship in 3 periods. At 94 lbs Joey Prada placed 4th, 126 pounder Hunter Starner captured 7th place, Michael Bryant took 6th at 145 lbs, and Dylan Wisman placed 8th at cadet 170 lbs. 5 All Americans, with 1 National Champion. Not a bad haul for the VAWA Cadet National Team.
If you look closely at the 145 pound awards photo, you will see a familiar face atop the awards platform. Former VAWA Schoolboy champion Mason Manville, who now hails from Minnesota, won the Greco Roman Championship!
Monday, July 16 10:24 pm
The first day of Junior Greco is in the books. Heavyweight Andrew Lutterloh and 113 pounder Ibrahim Banduka fell one round short of placing. Two lone Virginians have survived til the next day. Gunston WC team members, 138 lb rising senior, Brock Jacobson and 138 lb graduated senior Sahid Kargbo will carry the VA flag tomorrow. Brock is 4-1 with a bye, and has 5 wrestlers left in his side of the pool. He needs a win tomorrow morning to assure himself all-american status. Sahid is 5-1 and with only 4 remaining in his side of the bracket, he has garnered an All-American placement.
Cadet All-American Hunter Starner finally had to give in and let esteemed VAWA athletic trainer Ed Metzger drain his cauliflower ear. It will alleviate some of the discomfort leading into the cadet freestyle competition which begins Thursday.
Hunter’s cauliflower ear, before drainage.
After drainage
What came out, over 10 cc’s of fluid
Ed Metzger’s “ear plaster” will help keep the fluid from refilling the ear. Plus all the girls love it!
Tuesday, July 17 9:03 am
Day 2 of the Men’s Junior Greco-Roman Championships are starting. Two Virginians remain alive at this point. 138 pounder Brock Jacobson, a rising senior at Edison HS must win his first bout today against long time nemesis (from the CAWL) Daniel Sanchez of Maryland, in order to attain All-American status. The other survivor, Sahid Kargbo, a 138 pound graduate of Hayfield HS, has already made All-American, but will wrestle the undefeated Colt Cotten of Pennsylvania this morning to determine what place he will compete for later this evening.
138 pounder, Sahid Karbo locks up his first round opponent in his first round three period victory in the Junior GR tourney
Match #1 Rebecca Forsyth (Virginia) over Anissa Rodriguez (California) Dec 0-1,3-0,4-0
Tuesday July 17, 9:42 am
Brock Jacobson fell one match short of attaining GR medal status. Sahid Kargbo won his match and will wrestle once again this morning. Sahid still has a chance to make it to the finals.
Tuesday July 17, 10:46 am
Sahid won his match and will wrestle for third place later this afternoon. Overall Kargbo is 7-1.
Junior-138 – Sahid Kargbo
Match #1 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Greg Artalona (Alabama) TF 0-1,6-0,6-0
Match #2 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Felipe Jose Luis (Florida) Dec 6-3,2-2
Match #3 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Garrett Wood (Idaho) TF 6-0,9-0
Match #4 Mitch Bengtson (Minnesota) over Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) Dec 3-0,3-0
Match #5 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Joe Moita (California) Dec 3-2,2-0
Match #6 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Cole Graves (Maryland) Fall 0:58
Match #7 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Colt Cotten (Pennsylvania) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #8 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Jacob Velarde (Washington) Dec 2-1,1-0
Tuesday, July 17 2:25 pm
We just got out of the Bison Center taking the team photo. The Junior Greco Medal matches are up next!
2012 Virginia Cadet/Junior National Team.
cadets in red. juniors in blue
The North Dakota State University Mascot is being accosted by members of the VA National Team!
Rebecca Forsyth and Joey Prada are trying to decide who is the shortest as they line up for the team photo
Tuesday, July 17 3:50 PM
Sahid captured 3rd place defeating Jake Martin of Iowa 4-0, 3-0. Kargbo went 8-1 for the tourney.
Sahid Kargbo’s 3rd place award.
Members of the VA National Team cheer on Kargbo during the bronze medal Greco match
Wednesday, July 18 6:42 am
The smoke has cleared from the Greco-Roman tourney, final tally: 6 Cadet A.A.’s, 1 National champ. 1 Junior A.A. Next up; cadet freestyle.
The Fargo Dome seems to rest before the oncoming Cadet Freestyle Championships. The Cadet GR tourney had about 750 contestants, the Freestyle tourney typically is nearer to 1000!
The cadets await the weigh in for the FS tourney
Wed, July 18, 10:57 am
The Cadet Freestyle Tourney is underway. 94 pounder, Joey Prada got things rolling for VA with a tech fall victory in 2 periods on the raised platform of Mat #1.
The final numbers for Cadet Freestyle is 943 competitors from 47 states!
Junior heavyweight, Andrew Lutterloh in action
Some additional results from the second session of Cadet Freestyle:
Cadet-94 – Joey Prata
Prada pounces
Match #1 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Devyn Breaud (Louisiana) TF 8-0,7-0
Match #2 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Taz Schmitt (Alabama) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #3 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Andrew Coghill (Ohio) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #4 Nick Lukanich (Illinois) over Joey Prata (Virginia) Dec 7-0,5-2
JD Gregory confers with coach Head during the Cadet FS championships
Cadet-106 – Jd Gregory
Match #1 Jd Gregory (Virginia) over Vinchinzo Castle (Wyoming) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Jd Gregory (Virginia) over Carlos Hererra (California) Dec 3-1,4-2
Match #3 Jd Gregory (Virginia) over Samuel Bennyhoff (Minnesota) Fall 1:46
Match #4 Alexander Mackall (Ohio) over Jd Gregory (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #5 Jd Gregory (Virginia) over Nicholas Casella (New York) Dec 7-0,2-0
Match #6 Jd Gregory (Virginia) received a bye.
JD Gregory on double leg
Cadet-113 – Coy Ozias
Coy confers with coach Webber and coach Close
Match #1 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Zeke Salvo (Maryland) TF 5-6,7-0,7-0
Match #2 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Josh Rogers (Alabama) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #3 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Justyn Bostic (Ohio) TF 8-1,7-0
Match #4 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Tyler Tarsi (Pennsylvania) Fall 1:35
Match #5 Coy Ozias (Virginia) over Hunter Roberts (Missouri) Dec 1-0,7-0
Cadet 113 pounder Nicholas “Isaiah” Foster, from Franklin County HS, on the attack in early FS action
Cadet-113 – Nicholas “Isaiah“ Foster
Match #1 Garrett Hancock (Ohio) over Nicholas “Isaiah“ Foster (Virginia) Fall 1:53
Match #2 Dean Parker (California) over Nicholas “Isaiah“ Foster (Virginia) TF 6-0,8-1
Cadet-126 – Hunter Starner
Hunter puts the “hurt” on his opponent in early action at the Cadet FS Nationals
Match #1 Seth Gross (Minnesota) over Hunter Starner (Virginia) Dec 2-1,6-0
Match #2 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Brady Gorder (Montana) Fall 6-0,1:23
Match #3 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Kellen VanCamp (Indiana) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #4 Hunter Starner (Virginia) over Tyler Wicken (Washington) Dec 1-2,1-0,4-0
132 pounder Max Pickett in action
Cadet-126 – William “Max“ Pickett
Match #1 William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) over Josh Calhoun (Florida) Dec 4-0,8-1
Match #2 William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) over Billy Grothe (Oklahoma) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Ben Brancale (Minnesota) over William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) Dec 1-1,3-1
Match #4 Ian Brown (Pennsylvania) over William “Max“ Pickett (Virginia) Dec 2-0,2-0
Steven Midkiff in action
Cadet-132 – Steven Midkiff
Match #1 Sam Ward (New York) over Steven Midkiff (Virginia) Fall 7-0,0:37
Match #2 Thomas Beishke (New Jersey) over Steven Midkiff (Virginia) Fall 6-0,0:13
Cadet 132 pounder Steven Midkiff in 1st round freestyle action
Cadet-132 – Matt Raines
Match #1 Matt Raines (Virginia) over Justin Atkinson (Indiana) Dec 2-0,7-0
Match #2 Matt Raines (Virginia) over Luis Marban (Arizona) Fall 6-1,1:22
Match #3 Matt Raines (Virginia) over Pizzino Hunter (Ohio) Dec 4-0,5-0
Match #4 Joshua Wenger (Iowa) over Matt Raines (Virginia) Dec 4-0,3-2
Match #5 Austin Kraisser (Maryland) over Matt Raines (Virginia) Dec 2-0,3-2
Matt Raines “rains” points on his opponent in early Cadet FS action
Matt Raines wins!
Cadet-132 – Brian Laprade
Match #1 Aaron Pico (California) over Brian Laprade (Virginia) Fall 6-0,1:05
Match #2 Richie Cerebe (Pennsylvania) over Brian Laprade (Virginia) Dec 6-0,1-0
Robert Dupont using the front headlock
Dupont comes out the back door in this early round match at Cadet FS Nationals
Cadet-132 – Robert DuPont
Match #1 Jose Champagne (Indiana) over Robert DuPont (Virginia) Dec 6-0,5-5,4-2
Match #2 Robert DuPont (Virginia) over Jesus Yanez (California) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Canten Marriott (Missouri) over Robert DuPont (Virginia) Dec 0-1,2-1,2-0
Cadet-132 – Jared Mills
Match #1 Josh Maruca (Pennsylvania) over Jared Mills (Virginia) TF 7-1,6-0
Match #2 Lawton Benna (Missouri) over Jared Mills (Virginia) Dec 7-1,2-0
Cadet-138 – Dorian Giantonio
Match #1 Chris Weiler (Pennsylvania) over Dorian Giantonio (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Dorian Giantonio (Virginia) over Eric Barone (Illinois) Fall 3-4,0:53
Match #3 Will Sumner (California) over Dorian Giantonio (Virginia) Fall 0-7,1:33
Cadet-145 – Michael Bryant
Match #1 Michael Bryant (Virginia) over Elijah Dahl (Iowa) Dec 7-0,5-3
Match #2 Kenny Raymes (Idaho) over Michael Bryant (Virginia) Dec 2-1,9-2
Match #3 Justin Maslow (Illinois) over Michael Bryant (Virginia) Fall 3-0,1:03
Patrick Jessen finishes his takedown in rd 1 action in Cadet FS
Jessen turks his opponent to his back
Cadet-152 – Patrick Jessen
Match #1 Patrick Jessen (Virginia) over Bowdy Long (Wyoming) Fall 7-0,0:43
Match #2 Patrick Jessen (Virginia) over Brad Miccio (Pennsylvania) Fall 0:41
Match #3 Dustin Gray (Missouri) over Patrick Jessen (Virginia) Dec 4-7,4-0,2-0
Cadet 152 pounder Mark Allan vs Green of FLA in 1st round FS action
Cadet-152 – Mark Allen
Match #1 Dakota Greene (Florida) over Mark Allen (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Cameron Loving (Oklahoma) over Mark Allen (Virginia) Dec 8-2,7-2
Cadet-152 – Andy Hinrichs
Match #1 Riley Lura (North Dakota) over Andy Hinrichs (Virginia) Dec 3-1,5-1
Match #2 Cody Vaughn (Missouri) over Andy Hinrichs (Virginia) Fall 7-1,0-6,0:47
Cadet 152 lber Andy Hinrichs on leg attack in 1st round FS action
Patrick Jessen finishes a takedown in rd 1 cadet FS action
Jessen finishes off his opponent in a turk ride
Judah Bruce gets the score
Cadet-152 – Judah Bruce
Match #1 Dominic Vitale (Pennsylvania) over Judah Bruce (Virginia) Fall 0-1,0:54
Match #2 Judah Bruce (Virginia) over Michael Dusold (New York) Dec 6-0,4-2
Match #3 Matt Pratt (Kansas) over Judah Bruce (Virginia) Fall 0:41
Judah Bruce on leg attack
Cadet-160 – Justin Altrice’s
Match #1 Justin Altrice (Virginia) over Alexander Bair (Ohio) Dec 6-1,6-0
Match #2 Saul Ortiz (Kansas) over Justin Altrice (Virginia) Dec 8-6,5-0
Match #3 Drew Doak (Pennsylvania) over Justin Altrice (Virginia) Dec 3-2,6-1
Cadet-160 – Matthew Allen
Match #1 Matthew Allen (Virginia) over Jacob Timpanaro (Florida) Dec 2-3,4-3,4-1
Match #2 Nasim Banks (Pennsylvania) over Matthew Allen (Virginia) Dec 1-1,6-0,4-0
Match #3 Daniel Marquette (Minnesota) over Matthew Allen (Virginia) Fall 0:57
Matt Allan (red singlet)
Cadet-170 – Logan Barr
Match #1 Daniel Vitale (Minnesota) over Logan Barr (Virginia) Dec 7-1,3-0
Match #2 Ryan Barron (Maryland) over Logan Barr (Virginia) Fall 5-0,1:44
Wednesday, July 18 3:59 pm
Team leader Rick Jones mentioned during a brief down period that he didn’t understand why he felt so tired. I think it has to do with this schedule:
5:30 am wake up, shower
6:00 am knock on doors and wake up all the cadets for weigh in
6:30 am pass out weigh in cards at the Dome
7:00 am grab a breakfast
8:00 am Team leaders meeting
8:30 am drive coaches and trainer from dorm to dome
9:30 am Cadet FS starts
1:30 pm grab a lunch
3:00 pm get coaches and team back to dome
3:30 pm Cadet FS restarts
7:00 pm Cadet FS ends
7:30 pm National coaches counsel meeting
9:00 pm Team meeting in tv lounge
9:30 pm coaches meeting in tv lounge
10:00 pm Bed checks
11:00pm get to bed and do it all over again tomorrow (same schedule with little variation Sun-Fri)
You Gotta love it!
You can watch many of the Virginia matches on USAW YouTube Channel:
Virginia Cadet Freestyle Matches: http://www.youtube.com/user/USAWrestling2008/videos?query=2012+Virginia+Cadet+Freestyle
Virginia Cadet Greco Matches: http://www.youtube.com/user/USAWrestling2008/videos?query=2012+Virginia+Cadet+Greco
Virginia Junior Greco Matches: http://www.youtube.com/user/USAWrestling2008/videos?query=2012+Virginia+Junior+Greco
Terry Brands introduces coach Hill to the assembled Fargo coaches….NOT!
Wednesday, July 18 6:57 pm
The 3 survivors going into tomorrow’s 1:30 pm Cadet Freestyle session are:
1. Joey Prada with a 3-1 record. Prada has 5 alive in his pool and must defeat Joseph Grass of WV tomorrow. Prada beat Grass 1-1, 4-3 in GR earlier this week.
2. JD Gregory has a first round by tomorrow after going 4-1 on the day. He has 9 left in his pool, and 4 of them have a loss. After the bye, chances are his pool would be down to 5 or 6 wrestlers, meaning he will then need at least one more victory to make A.A.
3. Coy Ozias is 5-0 on the day and will have a first round bye tomorrow afternoon. His pool has 9 wrestlers left in it. 5 of those wrestlers have a loss, with 2 of the first round match ups pairing up 1 loss wrestlers. So chances are his pool with be down to 7 wrestlers bye the time Coy takes the mat, meaning he will have to wrestle several more times before his pool shakes itself out.
Thursday, July 19 9:31 am
1,048 wrestlers from 45 states plus Puerto Rico make up the field for Junior National Freestyle Championship Tourney. Tommy Aloi got VA off to a good start with his first round win.
VA results through day 1 of Junior tourney:
Junior-106 – Tommy Aloi
Match #1 Tommy Aloi (Virginia) over JJ McClelland (Wisconsin) TF 7-0,8-1
Match #2 Tommy Aloi (Virginia) over J. Kohl Tolbert (Utah) TF 6-3,10-3
Match #3 Kyle Kelly (New York) over Tommy Aloi (Virginia) Fall 0:57
Coach Prebish and Tommy Aloi
Junior-113 – Ibrahim Bunduka
Match #1 Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) over Jake Chadwick (Indiana) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) over Riko Quintana (California) FF
Match #3 Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) over Luis Morales (Illinois) Dec 5-2,6-0
Match #4 Jaret Singh (Missouri) over Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) Dec 7-0,4-3
Ibrihim “Battling” Banduka, in early JR FS action
the Duking Banduka
Junior-113 – Will Kelly
Match #1 Will Kelly (Virginia) over Trent Piepenberg (Minnesota) Dec 1-0,4-1
Match #2 Adrian Cordova (Colorado) over Will Kelly (Virginia) Dec 1-0,5-0
Match #3 Will Kelly (Virginia) over Bill Prochniewski (Wisconsin) Dec 1-5,2-2,1-0
Match #4 Brent Fleetwood (Delaware) over Will Kelly (Virginia) TF 6-0,7-0
Attack of the Timok
Junior-120 – Cameron Timok
Match #1 Cameron Timok (Virginia) over Jeremiah Evans (Utah) Dec 7-1,10-5
Match #2 Cameron Timok (Virginia) over Seth Brayfield (Missouri) Dec 1-3,5-0,5-0
Match #3 Alex Velez (Florida) over Cameron Timok (Virginia) Dec 0-7,6-0,4-0
Match #4 Immanuel Henderson (Georgia) over Cameron Timok (Virginia) Dec 5-2,1-8,6-0
Timok leg laces opponent
Corbin Allen
Corbin battles in this second round victory
Junior-126 – Corbin Allen
Match #1 Joey McKenna (New Jersey) over Corbin Allen (Virginia) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #2 Corbin Allen (Virginia) over Alec Cotton (Ohio) Dec 9-3,3-2
Match #3 Terrence McKinney (Washington) over Corbin Allen (Virginia) Dec 5-2,6-3
Sahid Kargbo completing a takedown in first round JR FS action
Junior-138 – Sahid Kargbo
Match #1 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Andrew Korn (Alabama) TF 6-0,10-0
Match #2 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Jeff Held (Missouri) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #3 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Daniel Sanchez (Maryland) Dec 7-0,5-10,3-1
Match #4 Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) over Quinton Murphy (New York) Dec 0-6,7-0,6-4
Match #5 PJ Klee (California) over Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) Dec 0-7,5-4,1-1
Junior-138 – Lucas Mobley
Match #1 Darick Lapaglia (Missouri) over Lucas Mobley (Virginia) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Joshua Pennell (Michigan) over Lucas Mobley (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Brock Jacobson shoots from the open in Jr FS competition
Junior-138 – Brock Jacobson
Match #1 Austin Roper (Missouri) over Brock Jacobson (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Joe Crook (Wisconsin) over Brock Jacobson (Virginia) Dec 6-0,7-2
Junior-145 – Napoleon Augustin
Match #1 Brian McCarty (Washington) over Napoleon Augustin (Virginia) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #2 Zach Jaeger (Minnesota) over Napoleon Augustin (Virginia) Fall 6-0,1:13
Taylor Musina wins!
Taylor Musina on the gut wrench attack
Junior-145 – Taylor Misuna
Match #1 Taylor Misuna (Virginia) over Michael Underwood (Illinois) Dec 2-0,4-0
Match #2 Austin Eads (Missouri) over Taylor Misuna (Virginia) Dec 5-0,3-3
Justin McRee on the leg attack
Junior-152 – Justin McRee
Match #1 Aaron Engle (Missouri) over Justin McRee (Virginia) Dec 6-5,2-1
Match #2 Jake Elliott (California) over Justin McRee (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Junior-152 – Ulysses Avgeros
Match #1 Beau Vrancken (New Jersey) over Ulysses Avgeros (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 John Hoover (Washington) over Ulysses Avgeros (Virginia) TF 8-2,7-0
Alex Gowers goes
Junior-160 – Alex Gowers
Match #1 Elliott Antler (Connecticut) over Alex Gowers (Virginia) Dec 1-1,5-1
Match #2 Alex Gowers (Virginia) over Luis Pena (Arkansas) TF 5-4,7-0
Match #3 Peter Renda (Pennsylvania) over Alex Gowers (Virginia) TF 7-0,6-0
Junior-170 – Brett Stein
Match #1 Brett Stein (Virginia) over Andrew Francos (Pennsylvania) Dec 4-2,6-0
Match #2 Dylan Reel (Illinois) over Brett Stein (Virginia) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Travis Berridge (Florida) over Brett Stein (Virginia) Dec 6-0,6-3
Zac Epperly drops in on a beautiful high crotch in early Jr FS action
Junior-170 – Zach Epperly
Match #1 Zach Epperly (Virginia) over Ty Kirkland (Arkansas) Fall 7-0,0:21
Match #2 Zach Epperly (Virginia) over Malik Colding (Missouri) Dec 5-1,6-2
Match #3 Zach Epperly (Virginia) over Makief Knode (Pennsylvania) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #4 Zach Epperly (Virginia) over Parker VonEgidy (North Carolina) Dec 4-1,7-1
Junior-170 – Jason Cardozo
Match #1 Casey Bartee (Missouri) over Jason Cardozo (Virginia) Dec 6-0,4-0
Match #2 Jason Cardozo (Virginia) over Garret Comer (Arkansas) Dec 5-1,1-3,3-1
Match #3 Brett Harner (Pennsylvania) over Jason Cardozo (Virginia) Fall 6-0,0:50
Junior-182 – Alex Thomas
Match #1 Tanner O`Donnell (Kansas) over Alex Thomas (Virginia) Fall 0:30
Match #2 Joe Cordova (Ohio) over Alex Thomas (Virginia) Fall 6-0,0:17
Match #2 Joe Cordova (Ohio) over Alex Thomas (Virginia) Fall 6-0,0:17
Junior-195 – Brendan Kammerdeiner
Match #1 Levi Ashley (New York) over Brendan Kammerdeiner (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Brendan Kammerdeiner (Virginia) over Andrew Flath (Arizona) Fall 1:29
Match #3 Broc Berge (Minnesota) over Brendan Kammerdeiner (Virginia) Dec 4-0,3-0
Junior-285 – Andrew Lutterloh
Match #1 Andrew Lutterloh (Virginia) over Ed Torres (Washington) Dec 1-0,2-0
Match #2 Adam Coon (Michigan) over Andrew Lutterloh (Virginia) Fall 1:27
Match #3 Andrew Lutterloh (Virginia) over Caleb King (Kansas) Dec 2-0,2-0
Junior-285 – Zachary Newton
Match #1 Donte Winfield (Indiana) over Zachary Newton (Virginia) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Zachary Newton (Virginia) over Justin Geeza (Georgia) Fall 0:35
Match #3 Josh Marchok (Illinois) over Zachary Newton (Virginia) Fall 6-0,0:15
Junior-285 – Tate Dulany
Match #1 Mick Dougharity (Oregon) over Tate Dulany (Virginia) Fall 1:01
Match #2 El Shaddai Gilmore-Vanhoesen (New York) over Tate Dulany (Virginia) Fall 0-3,1-0,1:28
Awwww, ain’t that nice?
The Prada family in Fargo
Friday, July 20 8:20 am
At this point of the tourney, we are getting down to the bare bones. On the cadet side, VA has 2 wrestlers alive in the 3rd day of the event: 94 pounder Joey Prada has already secured all-american status. With a first round win he will place 2nd in his pool and would wrestle for 3rd place later this afternoon. On the junior side of the ledger, VA has 5 competing into the second day of their tourney. Tommy Aloi at 106 lbs has 1 loss and needs 2 more victories to get to the pool round robin. At 113 Ibrahim Banduka has 1 loss and is in the same predicament. At 138 Sahid Kargbo upset 4 x NY state champion Quinton Murphy of NY in the 4th round last night, then lost a 3 period affair to a Blair wrestler and now sits at 4-1. With 10 alive in his bracket it will probably take 2 more wins to get in the medal rounds. At 170 Zach Epperly has been truly dominant and is undefeated and 2 or 3 wins would put him in contention for the finals. After missing weight at 220, Andrew Lutterloh has put himself in contention at heavyweight with a 2-1 record. Again 2 more wins would give him good position to medal. They have cut down the number of mats from 23 to 11 as the field has been cut 2/3rds.
VA Jrs cheering after another Zach Epperly victory
Friday, July 20 9:24 am
The action is fast and furious. Tommy Aloi pinned his first opponent of the day, however Joey Prada and Coy Ozias ran into guys too tough and determined. Prada will wrestle this afternoon for 5th place at 94 pounds after a 1-0, 2-2 loss. Coy still has several more matches to win. His loss by shutout is a big set back, we will see how he rebounds.
Cadet FS Matches
Match #9 Nick Lukanich (Illinois) over Joey Prata (Virginia) Dec 7-0,5-2
Match #9 Charles Tucker (New Jersey) over Coy Ozias (Virginia) Dec 6-0,3-0
Junior FS Matches
Match #4 Tommy Aloi (Virginia) over Gabe Martinez (Washington) Fall 4-2,1:36
Match #5 Adam Burchett (Washington) over Ibrahim Bunduka (Virginia) Fall 5-5,3-2,1:14
Match #6 Tommy Forte (Indiana) over Sahid Kargbo (Virginia) Dec 1-0,1-0
Match #5 Micah Barnes (Minnesota) over Zach Epperly (Virginia) Dec 4-0,3-1
Friday July 20, 12:14 pm
Coy came back to win his next match and thus finishes 2nd in his pool. He is now a double A.A. and will wrestle for 3rd place this afternoon. Joey Prada finished 3rd in his pool and is also a double A.A. and will wrestle for 5th place later on today.
Whew! We are down to one Junior VA wrestler, Zach Epperly has a match against an Iowa kid next. Wow! that kid was huge, but as is typical for Zach, he found a way to get it done and used his Dresser dump at the end of the period to win. His pool is down to 6, he’ll need at least one more victory to place.
Zach Epperly and another Dresser dump, this one ended the match in 14 seconds
Here is the finishing touch to the DD or Dresser Dump
Some former Virginians are doing very well in the FS tourney. Cadet 145 Mason Manville, wrestling with Minnesota, is undefeated and has won his pool and is again the the finals. Junior Jack Bass, wrestling for Texas is also undefeated. Jack Bass is undefeated at Junior 145 lbs and is now in the pool A round robin. Depending how he does, Jack can make the finals or finish no lower than 6th place.
Friday, July 20 1:02 pm
Zach Epperly once again used his Dresser Dump to perfection, this time it resulted in a pin in under 15 seconds. So he is in the Pool round robin, which means he is an All-American! Congrats. Once again coach Webber has produced more AA’s.
Zach Epperly using his famous front head lock to send opponent flying with knee block
Friday, July 20 3:09 pm
Joey Prada wins and takes 5th place at 94 lb Cadet FS. Coy Ozias takes 4th after his final Cadet FS match
Cadet Medal matches
5th place 94 lb Match #10 Joey Prata (Virginia) over Tanner Cox (Utah) TF 7-0,7-0
3rd place 113 lb Match #12 Stevan Micic (Indiana) over Coy Ozias (Virginia) Dec 1-0,1-0
Former VA wrestler Mason Manville takes 2nd at 145 C FS.
Joey Prada in his 5th place match at Cadet FS Nationals
Coy Ozias in tough pool round robin match against eventual Cadet 113 FS runner up
Joey Prada places 5th
Coy Ozias on the awards platform
Friday, July 20 7:26 PM
The smoke clears, Zach Epperly wins his last match on the day and places 2nd in his pool, thus earning the right to wrestle for the 170 lb bronze medal tomorrow morning. Then begins the long trek home.
Zach Epperly last pool bout results:
Match #9 Zach Epperly (Virginia) over Geordan Speiller (Florida) Dec 1-0,6-0
Match #10 Micah Barnes (Minnesota) over Zach Epperly (Virginia) Dec 4-0,3-1
In a side note, native Virginian Jack Bass finished 2nd in his pool and will also wrestle for the bronze tomorrow at 145 lbs.
Saturday, July 21 10:01 AM
All the wrestlers are stuffed full of food, after breaking a week long period of weight management. Its is the last matches of the year. Rising senior Zach Epperly is Virginia’s lone medalist. He will be competing for the bronze medal at 170 lbs. Zach Epperly (Virginia) vs. Justin Koethe (Iowa).
7,471…………That is the number of matches wrestled in the Junior Nationals this week!
Final result: Zach Epperly takes 4th. Former VA native, Jack Bass also takes 4th (at 145 lbs).
Final note: Skill and technique are very important in addition to the intangibles such as determination, desire, and resiliency, but when all things are equal……….YOU BETTER BE STRONG! GET IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
