Buchanan at Clovis “The Big One” Dual Preview
Buchanan at Clovis Preview Export XLSExport CSV Weight Buchanan Clovis Season Head To Head Winner Team Points Running Team Score Predicted Final Score 106 Blake Woodward CA #4 Anthony Garza CA #3 Garza 2-0 Garza 10-4 Woodward 5-1 Garza Clovis 3 Clovis 3 Buchanan 33 Clovis 21 113 #11 Rocklin Zinkin CA #3 Thunder Lewis CA #9 none Zinkin Buchanan 3 Buchanan 3 120 Christopher Huerta CA #6 Simon Cervantes CA #14 none Huerta Buchanan 3 Buchanan 6 126 Ashton Besmer CA #6 #15 Nikade Zinkin CA #2 Besmer 4-3 Zinkin Clovis 3 Clovis 6 132 Paris Ruiz CA #11 Anthony Harris CA #11 Eli Granada CA #13 Ruiz vs Granada = none Harris vs Granada = Granada 1-0 Ruiz Buchanan3 Buchanan 9 138 Gavin Bauder CA #3 Wyatt Lewis CA #7 Bauder 8-5 Bauder Buchanan 3 Buchanan 12 144 #7 Joseph Toscano CA #1 James Wright CA #20 none Toscano Buchanan 6 Buchanan 18 150 Jaxtyn Frost CA #10 Noah Reynolds CA #6 none Reynolds Clovis 3 Clovis 9 157 #14 Leo Contino CA #3 Samuel Chacon CA #18 Contino 2:44 Contino Buchanan 6 Buchanan 24 165 #22 Branson John CA #4 Adrien Reyes CA #5 John 1-0 Reyes Clovis 3 Clovis 12 175 Brock Kitchen CA #14 Joseph Buck CA #3 none Buck Clovis 6 Clovis 18 190 Sean-Mitchel Roberts CA #9 Mark Marin CA #8 Sean-Michael Roberts vs Marin = none Dansby vs Marin = Marin 7-2 Marin Clovis 3 Clovis 21 215 Alec Dansby CA #6 Noah Martinez CA #16 Dansby vs Marin = Marin 7-2 Martinez 6-2 Dansby 5-1 Dansby Buchanan 3 Buchanan 27 285 Byson Harrington CA #3 Jordan Gonzales CA #32 Harrington 13-4 Harrington Buchanan 6 Buchanan 33 In the state of CA, there is no bigger dual event than The Big One. The Buchanan and Clovis rivalry is one that you must mark your calendars for every season – presuming you’re a wrestling fan. And if you’re not one, we want you to become one, so this might be the single high school event I’d have you watch. To bring you on board. The only downside to this being your first wrestling rodeo is that no other dual, or even tournament, around the country lives up to the production in any way, shape or form. The Doc B tournament (hosted by Clovis) comes close, in terms of the way they do the finals. No other major tournament runs its finals in the same way. To their detriment and Doc B’s advantage. Similarly, nobody else does a dual like these Clovis schools do their rivalry. And so for that reason it is both the one event to bring new folks on board and also the one to set unreasonable expectations of what all duals are like. But we like to stick to the positive and the positive says that this is one to tune into and this year it should be a pretty competitive back and forth between these two. While Buchanan is a deserving favorite coming in, it’s not by as much as they have been in the past, and not as much as you might think. So I’ll give you my prediction based on the most likely line ups for each team referring to state ranking, and what weight kids were at for Doc B. But I’ll also give you my best attempt at a Clovis upset. If there’s one thing I love, it’s an upset. Heck, how do you think I won that NFL pool? Upsets, baby! The good thing for us with a rivalry like this is that we have a lot of history between many of the wrestlers, including head to heads from this season. I would guess that’s not as good for the wrestlers themselves who may want new competition. But their loss is our gain. I’ll start with the weights where they have already wrestled and move from there. There have been 9 total matches between kids currently slotted to face each other. In those 9, Buchanan has won 7. Three of those were the same match (106) three times. In that match up, Garza won twice, but the first two. Woodward has won the most recent between them, at Doc B. I expect Garza to come out fired up in front of the Cougar faithful and get back on the winning side in this one. At 126, Besmer got the better of Zinkin at Buchanan’s Zinkin Classic but that’s one of the earliest tournaments of the season. Early enough that a lot has happened since then. Like Nikade finishing 2nd at Doc B and Besmer not placing. That’s why Nikade carries the national ranking and Besmer once did but has since dropped out. None of this is to say Besmer can’t (or won’t) beat him again here. But now it’s in the rivalry dual. In Zinkin’s home gym. This is one of the main event weights so to speak. At 132, Buchanan has two possible state medalists. Paris Ruiz just won 5 Counties, picking up a pair of nationally ranked wins. But Ruiz also has a loss to his teammate Harris 2-1 at Zinkin. But it was Ruiz who went to the HOF duals and Ruiz who placed at Doc B. Harris lost to Granada there. So that’s the current head to head. Granada over Harris 1-0. Based on the most recent results, I’m guessing they go with Ruiz here but who knows in duals. Either way, Ruiz is the most up and down but appears to have the highest upside of all 3. Coming off the 5 Counties performance, I think he gets it done here too. Bauder has been on the national radar for some time. He’s currently in that next 25, top 40, range. He has the results – CA state runner up – to support that, but hasn’t put together the string of wins against top out of state guys to sustain a higher ranking. Lewis is a promising freshman
National High School Ranked Wrestler Weekend Roundup 1/15
Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Weekend Recap Not quite as many huge results as we head down the home stretch in most seasons around the country. Weather disrupting a lot of events this weekend. Still plenty of action through the weightclasses that we’ve collected here. Escape The Rock was the big main event where most of the ranked results happened. 106 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Joe Bachmann Faith Christian PA Escape The Rock – 2 Dom Deputy Chestnut Ridge PA Mid Winter Mayhem 1st Place 3 Cameron Sontz Delbarton NJ Sem Dual loss Motyka 4 Shamus Regan Wyoming Seminary Preps – 5 Rocco Cassioppi Honenegah IL Clint Arlis cancelled 6 Caleb Noble Warren IL – 7 Vincenzo Anello Blair Preps Sem Dual win aftewicz 8 Rocco Hayes Sandburg IL Illini Classic 1st Place 9 Killian Coluccio Christian Brothers NJ Escape The Rock Diaz 10 Liam McGettigan Gilman Preps Gilman Duals 3-0 Karvoski 11 Hayden Schwab Don Bosco IA – 12 Turner Ross Simley MN South St Paul Dual win 13 Sam Wolford Northern Lebanon PA Mid Winter Mayhem 4th Place Albanese; Lagier 14 Allen Woo Montini IL – 15 Tanner Tran Father Ryan TN Baylor & McAllie Duals – 16 Alex Diaz Council Rock North PA Escape The Rock 6th Place 17 Nico DeSalvo Southeast Polk IA – 18 Arseni Kikiniou Poway CA Battle For The Belt 4th Place (113) Almarinez; Sidhu 19 Brandon Bickerton Highland OH – 20 Ayden Dodd Perrysburg OH Maumee Bay 1st Place Bauer 21 Jarrett Smith Lowell MI DCC Super Duals – 22 Jensen Boyd Delta IN Hoosier Heritage 1st Place 23 Charles Esposito St Joe’s Regional NJ Escape The Rock dnp Shin; Segal 24 Anthony Mason Southern Regional NJ Escape The Rock 4th Place Diaz; Morrison 25 Tanner Guenot Bald Eagle Area PA Mid Winter Mayhem – 113 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Dom Munaretto St Charles East IL Illini Classic 1st Place T. Lewis 2 Landon Sidun Norwin PA Escape The Rock – 3 Ayden Smith Notre Dame-Green Pond PA Escape The Rock 1st Place Kenny 4 Paul Kenny Christian Brothers NJ Escape The Rock 2nd Place Smith 5 Davis Motyka Wyoming Seminary Preps Blair & Delbarton Duals 2-0 Sontz; Batista 6 JoJo Uhorchuk Signal Mountain TN Baylor Dual win (126) 7 Ignacio Villasenor Pomona CO Arvada West 1st Place 8 Grey Burnett Perrysburg OH Maumee Bay 1st Place 9 Edwin Sierra Poway CA Battle For The Belt 1st Place 10 Rocklin Zinkin Buchanan CA Tim Brown 1st Place 11 Ezekiel Witt Manhattan KS St Mary’s – 12 Tyler Harper Norwalk IA Bob Sharp ? 13 Gabe Ballard Northampton PA – 14 Mike Batista Blair Preps Sem Dual loss Motyka 15 Will Detar Trinity PA Mid Winter Mayhem 4th Place Rothermel; Wenner 16 Revin Dickman Brownsburg IN Hoosier Conference 1st Place (113) Rioux 17 Nicholas Garcia Marmion Academy IL Clint Artis 1st Place (120) 18 Ethan Timar St Edward OH DCC Super Duals 2-0 Lees 19 Abram Cline Granite Hills CA Battle For The Belt 1st Place M. Murillo 20 Kole Davidheiser Faith Christian PA Escape The Rock – 21 Raekwon Shabazz Middletown CT War On The Shore 1st Place 22 Cooper Foster Avery County NC Fandetti-Richardson 1st Place 23 Braiden Weaver Altoona PA Phillipsburg Dual win 24 Zaiyahn Ornelas Wilbur-Clatonia NE Bob Osborne 25 Isaiah Harrison Mountain View CO Rodriguez TOC – 120 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Leo DeLuca Blair Preps Sem Dual win Desmond 2 Beric Jordan Noble OK – 3 Nate Desmond Wyoming Seminary Preps Blair & Delbarton Duals 1-1 Jones DeLuca 4 Aaron Seidel North Lebanon PA Mid Winter Mayhem 1st Place Sledzianowski 5 Ronnie Ramirez Walnut CA Willemstein 1st Place (113) 6 Chris Kiser Ponca City OK Bobby Lyons – 7 Gauge Botero Faith Christian PA Escape The Rock 1st Place Dillard 8 Dan Jones Delbarton NJ Sem Dual loss Desmond 9 Louie Gill Reynolds PA Cathedral Prep Dual win 10 Isaiah Quintero El Dorado CA Ralph Harris – 11 Moses Mendoza Gilroy CA Louisiana Classic 1st Place (126) 12 Ethan Rivera Lake Highland Prep Preps Escape The Rock 13 Porter Matecki Whitfield MO St Charles West – 14 Karson Brown St Edward OH DCC Super Duals 2-0 15 Hunter Taylor Liberty MO – 16 Titan Friederichs Watertown Mayer MN Two Duals 2-0 17 Devon Miller Edmond North OK COAC 2nd Place Donnell 18 Lukas Littleton Mascaro Malvern Prep Preps Escape The Rock – 19 Co’Ji Campbell Kenosha St Joseph’s WI Wolverine Duals cancelled 20 Keanu Dillard Bethlehem Catholic PA Escape The Rock 2nd Place Dupill Botero 21 Slater Hicks Valencia CA Battle For The Belt 3rd Place Bobzien 22 Nate Carrillo St John Bosco CA 5 Counties 1st Place Huerta 23 Dru Ayala Fort Dodge IA – 24 Carter Pearson Southeast Polk IA – 25 Mason Jakob Dobyns Bennett TN Vandergriff Duals 3-0 126 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Luke Lilledahl Wyoming Seminary Preps Blair & Delbarton Duals 2-0 Lopes 2 Jax Forrest Bishop McCort PA Mid Winter Mayhem 1st Place 3 Anthony Knox St John Vianney NJ Bergen Dual win Melamud 4 Seth Mendoza Mt Carmel IL – 5 Isaiah Cortez Gilroy CA Louisiana Classic 1st Place (132) 6 JJ McComas Stillwater OK COAC – 7 Jackson Blum Lowell MI – 8 Jayden Raney Union County KY Bryce Sheffer Duals 3-0 9 Antonio Mills Mill Creek GA 7A Region 8 Duals 10 Cam Stinson Mallard Creek NC Philip Reed 1st Place 11 Mason Ziegler Quakertown PA Escape The Rock 2nd Place Sement Mutarelli 12 Gage Walker Bixby OK Bobby Lyons 1st Place 13 Israel Borge Westlake UT Rockwell Rumble 1st Place Rivera 14 Nikade Zinkin Clovis CA Illini Classic 2nd Place (132) Davino 15 Eren Sement Council Rock North PA Escape The Rock 4th Place Ziegler; Spaulding (dq) 16 Haakon Peterson Dodgeville WI Norski Invite cancelled 17 Sebastian DeGennaro Jensen Beach
Delbarton at Wyoming Seminary Dual Preview
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Enter Store Hot TKDWN ntl ca pa nj il girls ncaa news Hot News 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS ROCCO WELSH DANIEL ZEPEDA PRESEASON NCAA RANKINGS Delbarton at Sem Preview 1st Dual Results: Export XLSExport CSV 285 Connor Martin (Delbarton School) over Unknown (For.) 6 0 106 Cameron Sontz (Delbarton School) over Shamus Regan (Wyoming Seminary) (SV-1 3-1) 3 0 113 Davis Motyka (Wyoming Seminary) over Peter Terranova (Delbarton School) (TF 16-0 0:00) 0 5 120 Nathan Desmond (Wyoming Seminary) over Daniel Jones (Delbarton School) (MD 9-1) 0 4 126 Ryan DeGeorge (Delbarton School) over Dale Corbin (Wyoming Seminary) (Dec 6-5) 3 0 132 Luke Lilledahl (Wyoming Seminary) over Chase Napeloni (Delbarton School) (Fall 0:00) 0 6 138 Matthew Botello (Wyoming Seminary) over Chase Quenault (Delbarton School) (Dec 5-2) 0 3 144 Michael Trujillo (Wyoming Seminary) over Trevor Jones (Delbarton School) (SV-1 3-1) 0 3 150 Gabe Logan (Delbarton School) over Smokey McClure (Wyoming Seminary) (Dec 11-4) 3 0 157 Anthony Evanitsky (Wyoming Seminary) over Carl Betz (Delbarton School) (Dec 3-2) 0 3 165 Alessio Perentin (Delbarton School) over Unknown (For.) 6 0 175 Dominic Federici (Wyoming Seminary) over Louis Cerchio (Delbarton School) (SV-1 6-4) 0 3 190 Jake Dailey (Wyoming Seminary) over Austin Quandt (Delbarton School) (Fall 0:00) 0 6 215 Jude Correa (Wyoming Seminary) over Elbrus Majagah (Delbarton School) (Fall 0:00) 0 6 Team Score 21 39 Line Ups Closest To Season To Date: Export XLSExport CSV Weight Delbarton Wyoming Seminary Winner Team Points Running Team Score Final Score 106 #3 Cam Sontz Evan Aftewicz Sontz Del 4 Del 4 Wyoming Seminary 32 113 PJ Terranova #5 Davis Motyka Motyka Sem 6 Sem 6 Delbarton 22 120 #8 Dan Jones #3 Nate Desmond Desmond Sem 4 Sem 10 126 Ryan DeGeorge Dale Corbin DeGeorge Del 3 Del 7 132 Chase Quenalt #1 Luke Lilledahl Lilledahl Sem 3 Sem 13 138 #7 Jayden James #8 Matt “Chewy” Botello James Del 3 Del 10 144 Trevor Jones Mike Trujillo Trujillo Sem 3 Sem 16 150 Gabe Logan Anthony Evanitsky Logan Del 3 Del 13 157 Carl Betz #2 Vince Bouzakis Bouzakis Sem 3 Sem 19 165 #8 Alessio Parentin #2 Joe Sealey Sealey Sem 3 Sem 22 175 #8 Louie Cerchio #11 Dom Federici Cerchio Del 3 Del 16 190 Austin Quandt #13 Jake Dailey Dailey Sem 6 Sem 28 215 Vinnie Lee #1 Jude Correa Correa Sem 4 Sem 32 285 Connor Martin – Martin Del 6 Del 22 Can you believe you get all this for free? Last night Blair Academy traveled west to rival Wyoming Seminary and the only thing better than my preview for it was the actual wrestling. And I expect the same thing to be true today as the Blue Knights host back to back national top 10 teams with New Jersey’s Delbarton coming into town. I seem to always mention this sort of thing whenever Blair or Sem or even Delbarton are in the mix for a big event. For the people who criticize “non-boundary” schools, and recruiting, look at this competition, look at the travel opportunities, look at the number of kids from all these schools heading to the Ivy League, why would you NOT want to send your kid to one of them if you had the chance? My high school had a pipeline to CSUN, these schools have pipelines to Cornell, Columbia, and Penn. Like what are we talking about. But this isn’t a prep and private school advertisement so I’ll get back to the wrestling. Which, as I mentioned, these schools tend to have schedules full of the toughest competition. And tonight’s dual is just one more in the middle of that. And I have the best preview for it yet again. And it’s freeeeeeeeeeee. Yet again. So unlike Blair, Delbarton doesn’t compete directly against Wyoming Seminary under the same jurisdiction, and duals against them aren’t annual events. But this year, we get to see it twice. They were both in Oklahoma for the Hall of Fame Duals and ended up wrestling in the semifinals on day 2, after pool action on day 1. Obviously, that gives us a little insight into this match up, but we also saw the Sem line up last night against Blair and I’ll try to combine both of those pieces of information into a comprehensive final “projected” line up. Emphasis on projected because we never know until the name is called out who actually takes the mat. But we do what we can with what we got. Starting with that first meeting in December, we have to mention that neither team used their full line ups. And again, they might not here either. But I’m proceeding with the maximum strength possible for each. In which case, Delbarton was without Jayden James and Sem was without Sealey and Bouzakis. And the final score with some shuffling all around was Sem 39 Delbarton 21. I think even keeping things relatively the same, Delbarton closes the gap a little. However, it’s more than likely not enough. Like an underdog football team kicking an onside kick or a fake punt turning momentum in their favor, there probably has to be a little shuffling of the Green Wave line up yet again. And I think I found a possible “path to victory” for them. Keeping weights relatively “standard” to what Delbarton has looked like at major tournaments, we should expect 4 ranked matches and even more individually ranked wrestlers. We already saw Dan Jones against Desmond and Cerchio against Federici. Both of those went to Sem the first round. Cerchio was able to get a win over Federici in the most recent battle between them, but Jones hasn’t had that chance yet. Could he flip the result as well? Sure. But as we sit here typing this, I’d say it’s a long shot. The other two ranked matches we’ll be seeing for the first time,
Blair at Wyoming Seminary Dual Preview
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Enter Store Hot TKDWN ntl ca pa nj il girls ncaa news Hot News 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS ROCCO WELSH DANIEL ZEPEDA PRESEASON NCAA RANKINGS Sem at Blair Preview Export XLSExport CSV Weight Blair Wyoming Seminary Winner Team Points Running Team Score Final Score 106 #7 Vincenzo Anello #4 Shamus Regan Regan Sem 3 Sem 3 Wyoming Seminary 36 113 #14 Mike Batista #5 Davis Motyka Motyka Sem 3 Sem 6 Blair 23 120 #1 Leo DeLuca #3 Nate Desmond DeLuca Blair 3 Blair 3 126 Ryan Meier #1 Luke Lilledahl Lilledahl Sem 6 Sem 12 132 #5 Matty Lopes #8 Matt “Chewy” Botello Lopes Blair 3 Blair 6 138 #13 Billy Dekraker Mike Trujillo Dekraker Blair 3 Blair 9 144 #13 Logan Rozynski Smokey McClure Rozynski Blair 4 Blair 13 150 Barry Norman #2 Vince Bouzakis Bouzakis Sem 6 Sem 18 157 #16 Paul Ognissanti Anthony Evanitsky Ognissanti Blair 4 Blair 17 165 #7 Will Henckel #2 Joe Sealey Sealey Sem 3 Sem 21 175 Pete Snyder #11 Dom Federici Federici Sem 3 Sem 24 190 Cael Mielnik #13 Jake Dailey Dailey Sem 4 Sem 28 215 Yaneik Gallego #1 Jude Correa Correa Sem 6 Sem 34 285 #6 Carter Neves – Neves Blair 6 Blair 23 It seems every year, the annual Blair vs Sem dual is a top 2, top 3, top 5, some level of highly elite match up. Of course naysayers will say, yeah but how many are home grown, they recruit. Whatever, if you like wrestling, especially at the high school level, but any level really, then how could you not like this one every year? What more do you want? As someone who has no rooting interest in any particular team – just kidding Selma people, just playing Joliet Catholic fam, Delbarton, even the Blair faithful have shown me an outsized level of support and for that I am grateful. And so in return, I shall predict an 84-0 Blair win because I’m only human and bias is a thing. Stupidity is also a thing. A thing I have plenty of at times, but this is not one of those times so I will not be predicting a Blair shutout win. In fact, setting everything aside, Wyoming Seminary should be considered heavy favorites in every dual they could possibly wrestle this season, this one included. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a path to a Blair win, and it definitely doesn’t mean that there won’t be some classic individual performances along the way. And in this dual, a lot of unpredictable things take place. I remember looking so forward to a Beau Bartlett Shayne Van Ness battle. Got home, fired up the live stream, and there went Bartlett winning by fall in like 22 seconds. Maybe something like that happens. Last year, at Blair (which you can read about here https://tkdwnmedia.com/sem-at-blair-dual-recap/) Wyoming Seminary entered as a slight favorite and the home Buccaneers came away with the win. And they did it by flipping 2 previous head to head results, and then a huge win by pin by Logan Rozynski which absolutely changed the course of the evening for good. So what will it take this go round, in their rival’s home gym? A little bit of the same and even more. This Wyoming Seminary team is something a little different. Even when compared to the most recent powerhouse Blair teams, this Blue Knight line up finished in the top 5 all time in Ironman points, Ironman finalists, and more. But the quality of this Blair squad might be sliding under the radar somewhat. Every single weight in this dual features at least one ranked wrestler. Five matches will pit two against each other. Owing to very similar schedules, we do get some early season results between some of them and that gives a little picture of what to expect. At 106 Regan currently holds the 1-0 advantage over Anello. But we’ve seen with Cam Sontz someone get revenge against Regan this season. Anello could do the same. At the same time, Anello is a freshman stepping into the enemy’s lair so to speak and I have to side with the Blue Knight. That first match up was 4-3 in the Ironman semifinals so should be close either way. 113 is another solid one – Motyka won Ironman. Batista didn’t place there but he’s been steadily climbing since. Maybe he’s been working toward this moment. There’s no recent history between these two but there is a relatively recent match up for Batista with Nikos Fillipos. He’s behind Motyka on the B team. That’s no knock on him or Batista, he’s also really good. But it is simply to say the reasonable expectation is a Motyka controlled win. If this were at Blair I might give more thought to the upset. On paper, 120 should be the best individual match up of the evening. The issue with paper is that that’s not where wrestling happens. That’s ok because even on the mat, I have this as the best match of the dual. Once Anthony Knox moved up to 126, and DeLuca took over the top spot at this weight, there have been fewer more dominant #1’s in the country. He’s the Buccaneers top dog and will have to come through here for any chance of the team upset. Could Desmond win this one? His first Blair Sem rodeo? In his new home? Sure could. And whatever happens here, we might be in for a huge Big 10 rivalry with DeLuca heading to Iowa and Desmond going to PSU. For now, I give the edge to Leo but it’ll be close. 126 is one of the weights where the Blue Knights dominate and should separate on the scoreboard. There might not be two kids anywhere in the country who have wrestled each other more than Botello and Lopes. However, ironically, they haven’t met yet this
Pablo’s Blue Ribbon Battle For The Belt Preview
5 things to know about the 2024 Battle for the Belt Tournament (Temecula Valley) For nearly 15 years the Battle for the Belt tournament hosted by Temecula Valley High has been one of the premier high school wrestling tournaments in Southern California. The 2024 edition will be no different and will feature some of the top talent across California. This juggernaut of a tournament is not for the faint of heart, hosting wrestling powerhouses from all over the state. Over 50 teams, 20 state placers, and over 500 wrestlers will show up between Jan. 12-13, with hopes of donning the UFC-style gold belt, given to the winner in each weight class. Here are five things to know about the Battle for the Belt tournament. Three-Peat for Poway? The No. 1 ranked team in California, Poway High will be aiming to win a third consecutive Battle for the Belt team title after winning the 2023 and 2022 editions. COVID-19 caused California to shut down which meant CIF canceled the 2020-2021 season and no tournament was competed that year. The mean green machine is riding high after winning the always-tough Doc Buchanan tournament and finishing 3rd at the National Wrestling HOF duals behind Wyoming Seminary (Pennsylvania) and Edmond Noth (Oklahoma). Return of Battle for the Belt champ Griffin Rial Griffin Rial of Pine Creek (Colorado) energized the crowd by winning his weight class last year over Abraham Cline of Granite Hills via a 3-2 decision. Rial upset three wrestlers at 106 pounds to find himself at the top of the podium. He was named the lower-weight outstanding wrestler of the Battle for Belt for his efforts. Rial went on to place third respectively at the Colorado State Tournament and earned his second All-American honors at the prestigious Fargo tournament in North Dakota. 6 champions return to claim a second tournament title A total of 6 wrestlers who claimed a title in 2023 will return seeking a second tournament title. Two-time Fargo All-American and 2023 lower weights OW, Griffin Rial of Pine Creek (Colorado) is up at 120 pounds. Other returning champions include Billy Townson of Poway (126), Paul Kelly of Poway (114), Laird Root of Poway (157), Thomas Sandoval of Vacaville (190), and Michael Murillo of Bakersfield at 215 pounds. Is Miguel Estrada of Frontier attending? The last time Estrada competed was in March when he won his second consecutive CIF state title. Since then, Estrada has not stepped on a mat and competed for Frontier High. A University of Iowa recruit, Estrada, was second in this event after taking a loss to Poway’s Laird Root, 4-2. Up 3-2, Root was able to get the takedown and rode Estrada for over a minute to get the win. Estrada returned the favor by beating Root 4-2 in overtime in the finals of the state tournament. Fans would love to get to see a third Estrada and Root match this weekend. Let’s hope Estrada is healthy and ready to get back on the mats. Top competition expected in Temecula Fans can expect to see some highly-ranked wrestlers from across the area this weekend. Some of the wrestlers ranked in the top five of the state by The California Wrestler scheduled to compete include – Henry Aslikyan (Birmingham), Abraham Cline (Granite Hills), Edwin Sierra (Poway), Billy Townson (Poway), Victor Alexand Gutierrez (Central Catholic), Braden Priest (Bakersfield), Laird Root (Poway), Collin Guffey (Granite Hills), Angelo Posada (Poway), Eugenio Franco (Corona Del Mar), Michael Murillo (Bakersfield), and Adan Farha of Poway.
Crown Point at Mt Carmel Dual Preview
Crown Point at Mt Carmel Export XLSExport CSV Weight Crown Point Mt Carmel Winner Team Points Running Team Score Predicted Final Score 106 Teigan Newell Kavel Moore Moore Mt Carmel 3 MC 3 Mt Carmel 31 113 Gavin Lewis Justin Williamson Lewis Crown Point 3 CP 3 Crown Point 23 120 Gavin Jendreas Jaxon Jorgensen Jendreas Crown Point 3 CP 6 126 LT Hawkins Seth Mendoza Mendoza Mt Carmel 4 MC 7 132 Sontonio Sessa Evan Stanley Stanley Mt Carmel 3 MC 10 138 Clinton Shepherd Damian Resendez Shepherd Crown Point 4 CP 10 144 Jacob Jones Jairo Acuna Acuna Mt Carmel 3 MC 13 150 Kaptur Nowaczyk Liam Kelly Kelly Mt Carmel 3 MC 16 157 Griffin Van Tichelt Edmund Enright Enright Mt Carmel 6 MC 22 165 Anthony Rinehart Michael Baca Rinehart Crown Point 4 CP 14 175 Aidan White Colin Kelly Kelly Mt Carmel 6 MC 28 190 Austin Reading Rylan Breen Breen Mt Carmel 3 MC 31 215 Will Clark William Jacobson Clark Crown Point 6 CP 20 285 Paul Clark Alex Poholik Clark Crown Point 3 CP 23 This week, a pair of top 20ish teams from neighboring states square off. That is the host Mt Carmel Caravan, the top team in Illinois, and the Crown Point Bulldogs, the top team in Indiana (based on the recent head to head win over Brownsburg). The teams are pretty familiar rivals with the Bulldogs currently enjoying a 2 match winning streak. While I think the Caravan flip that script on Friday, it’s going to be another barn burner and worth the price of admission. This match up gives us a handful of ranked wrestlers, spread out in a way that should lend itself to a highly competitive and entertaining affair. Mt Carmel has 3 individuals ranked in our top 25. Crown Point currently has 2 ranked wrestlers but after that group, there are 3 more who have spent time ranked and currently sit just outside the top 25. So if you were to rank all 28 wrestlers 1-28, Mt Carmel has 1, 2, and 3 but Crown Point has 4-8. In a dual, since any individual – no matter how elite – can only get a max 6 points, Crown Point should end up with the point advantage through those 7 weights – but it will be close. What this means, then, is that the final outcome will be determined by the other 7 weights where there is more opportunity for home team energy flipping toss ups, or maybe guys that are not ranked or on that radar but still solid when compared to their opponent here, you just don’t know how someone will step up here when looking back through their season performance. But when we do look at these remaining match ups, a lot seem to favor the Caravan. In fact, I have it 5-2 in the match advantage for the home team. The 2 Gavins should be solid for the Bulldogs, perhaps even to the point of bonus. And it’s bonus they will need. Because Mt Carmel is a decent favorite at 150 and 190 – where bonus is on the table for them. And I would say if there are any pure toss ups we side with the home team. We always do. And that could be the difference. As we sit here now, I have Mt Carmel with an 8-6 match advantage. I have 3 of the 8 wins being with bonus and for Crown Point I have 3 of their 6 of similar dominance. The gap isn’t big at all, as you would expect with teams this close. All the visitor would have to do here is get 2 Clark pins (instead of the 1 I’m predicting) and a Newell win at 106. Just those 2 differences earn a 9 point swing, I’m predicting an 8 point Mt Carmel win, do the math. All of a sudden it’s 29-28. Absolutely doable. Best Individual Matches: From a national perspective, 126 comes the closest to having 2 ranked wrestlers facing off. However, I wouldn’t necessarily call this the best match of the evening. Seth Mendoza is top 5 while Hawkins is currently #28 and has been as high as #23. I think we’re looking at Mendoza by major here. So for a more “toss up”, highly competitive, match, I would look at heavyweight and/or 190. Match That Could Turn The Dual: 106 is the sneaky good, highly competitive match up that I favor the home kid but if it went the other way, which is absolutely a possibility, things start to get even more interesting.
Christian Brothers vs Southern Regional
Southern Regional at Christian Brothers Academy Export XLSExport CSV Weight Southern Regional Christian Brothers Winner Team Points Running Team Score Final Score 106 Anthony Mason Killian Coluccio Colluccio CBA 3 CBA 3 Southern 32 113 Cash McVey Paul Kenny Kenny CBA 6 CBA 9 CBA 25 120 Jacob Chambers Justin Repetti Repetti CBA 3 CBA 12 126 Attila Vigilante Robert Duffy Duffy CBA 4 CBA 16 132 Scottie Sari William Sakoutis Sari Southern 3 Southern 3 138 Bryce Manera AJ Falcone Falcone CBA 3 CBA 19 144 Wyatt Stout Alex Nini Nini CBA 3 CBA 22 150 Tyler Chase Tyler Venet Venet CBA 3 CBA 25 157 Matt Henrich James Jakub Henrich Southern 4 Southern 7 165 Hayden Hochstrasser Brendan Boyer Hochstrasser Southern 4 Southern 11 175 Mitch Bivona Nicolas Moyoli Bivona Southern 3 Southern 14 190 Bradford Birch Parker Hughes Birch Southern 6 Southern 20 215 Collin French John Grippo French Southern 6 Southern 26 285 Caleb Counts – Counts Southern 6 Southern 32 From a New Jersey perspective, this is probably one of the biggest duals in the NJSIAA all season. I couldn’t imagine many more better top to bottom. Of course Delbarton vs St Joe’s Regional but they don’t wrestle during the season. So, I’m sure some folks in the state can point to the better ones elsewhere but this is about as good as a high school in-season dual gets. From my national perspective, CBA leads by a slight margin with 3 ranked in the top 25 compared to Southern’s 2. And adding to that perspective, the best match of the dual looks to be 106. Now, Coluccio and Mason have wrestled once – at Powerade – where Coluccio won. That was 3-0 in the quarterfinals and we favor him again but that could flip tonight. Definitely one to watch. Paul Kenny was our #1 at 113 until Powerade where he finished 3rd. His loss came in the semifinals and he’s won his last 5 matches since then: 2 in those consolations and 3 in dual meets. The toughest of those was Salvatore Borrometi in the St Peter’s dual. I expect him to dominate this one in front of his home fans but I suppose less than a fall is on the table. Alex Nini is someone I’m really high on, and I give him the edge here of course, but people within the state could tell you this is anything but a walk in the park with Stout. He’s top 3 or so in the state and definitely on the outer edge of the top 25. Definitely another one to check out. Henrich has been between 150 and 157. Wherever he is, he’s among the very best in the state. In fact, his only losses on the season have been to two out of state top 10 kids at 152. Here at 157, I expect a very commanding win for him. So when it comes to the national landscape, CBA would be expected to win 3 of the 4 matches. And while these are the bouts that have my attention, there are many more with big Garden State implications. I’ll do my best to go through them as well as I can. Let’s start by saying this dual is likely going to look and feel like 2 duals. Especially if they start at 106. I have CBA favored in 4 of the first 7 matches and winning 2 additional. 120 is maybe even slight edge to the visitor, but this ain’t my first rodeo (not even my 100th) and I’ve seen plenty of matches like this go to the home kid. Especially coming off what should be back to back wins for the home team and the gym has that electric feeling. Then I have Falcone winning what should be the single biggest toss up of the night. Again, owing to the home side. If this were at Southern, I go Manera. I may be right and I may be wrong, we won’t know for another couple hours. What I do know is that the CBA line up is strongest from 106 to 150. And that’s where most of their wins will come from. In fact, that’s where I have all of their wins coming from because once they get to 157, Southern goes back to back with two of its best wrestlers. Then the momentum starts to go the other way and 175 should be closer but still have to like the Rams here. Then the final 3 weights include a forfeit at the end and leading up to that, 2 heavier weights that Southern is pretty strongly favored in. These are the kind of weights where any sort of difference generally leads to pins. So, I have them as pins for Southern. Those 12 points loom large in the team score and the 2nd one pushes them one point above with the forfeit left. That’s where it’s locked up. If the CBA big guys can keep it to decisions that would be huge for the Colts prospects. Of course, pulling out any of the other weights would be just as key. And the great thing about this sport is that even the most predictable has a way of surprising us. The dual will be streamed on the CBA Network and I look forward to some high quality middle of the season New Jersey wrestling.
National High School Ranked Wrestler Weekend Roundup 1/8
Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Weekend Recap Doc B, Cheesehead, and Geary headlined a busy weekend around the country. The biggest development was at heavyweight at Cheesehead. Dillan Johnson avenged his loss to Cole Mirasola and followed that up with a win over Koy Hopke. 106 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Joe Bachmann Faith Christian PA Rage In The Cage 4-0 2 Dom Deputy Chestnut Ridge PA Laurel Highlands 1st Place 3 Cameron Sontz Delbarton NJ Catholic School Duals 1-0 4 Shamus Regan Wyoming Seminary Preps Bissell – 5 Rocco Cassioppi Honenegah IL Dakota Dual unk 6 Caleb Noble Warren IL Cheesehead 1st Place 7 Vincenzo Anello Blair Preps RWC Duals 2-0 8 Rocco Hayes Sandburg IL Oswego Mega Quad ? 9 Killian Coluccio Christian Brothers NJ Catholic School Duals 3-0 10 Liam McGettigan Gilman Preps Bissel 4-0 11 Hayden Schwab Don Bosco IA Bobcat Jerry 1st Place 12 Turner Ross Simley MN Cheesehead 2nd Place DeSalvo 13 Sam Wolford Northern Lebanon PA Duals 2-0 14 Allen Woo Montini IL Joliet West Quad – 15 Tanner Tran Father Ryan TN Johnny Drennan – 16 Alex Diaz Council Rock North PA CRS Dual; Rock Yard Duals 2-0 17 Ayden Dodd Perrysburg OH Perrysburg 2nd Place B. Bickerton 18 Charles Esposito St Joe’s Regional NJ Don Bosco Dual win 19 Timmy Mazur St Edward OH Doc B 6th Place J. Maestas Kikiniou; Woodward; J. Maestas 20 Jarrett Smith Lowell MI – 21 Gabe Swann Central GA GA Grappler Duals 0-1 Clarke 22 Nico DeSalvo Southeast Polk IA Cheesehead 3rd Place Ross 23 Anthony Mason Southern Regional NJ Mt Olive Tri Duals 1-0 24 Aiden Ohl Ontario OH JC Gorman 2nd Place Bauer 25 Jensen Boyd Delta IN Team State Duals 3-0 113 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Dom Munaretto St Charles East IL Cheesehead 1st Place 2 Landon Sidun Norwin PA – 3 Ayden Smith Notre Dame-Green Pond PA Palmerton Dual win 4 Paul Kenny Christian Brothers NJ Catholic School Duals 3-0 5 Davis Motyka Wyoming Seminary Preps Bissell – 6 JoJo Uhorchuk Signal Mountain TN Hurricane Duals 3-0 7 Ignacio Villasenor Pomona CO Doc B 1st Place (106) Garza; Kikiniou 8 Grey Burnett Perrysburg OH Perrysburg 1st Place Mattin 9 Haakon Peterson Dodgeville WI Sauk Prairie 1st Place (126) 10 Nicholas Garcia Marmion Academy IL – 11 Rocklin Zinkin Buchanan CA Doc B 3rd Place Timar Sierra 12 Ezekiel Witt Manhattan KS Dodge City 1st Place 13 Abram Cline Granite Hills CA Doc B dnp Timar; M. Murillo 14 Tyler Harper Norwalk IA Norwalk Duals 3-0 15 Gabe Ballard Northampton PA Parkland Winter Duals 1-0 16 Mike Batista Blair Preps RWC Duals 3-0 Rankin 17 Will Detar Trinity PA – 18 Edwin Sierra Poway CA Doc B 2nd Place Zinkin Ramirez 19 Aydan Thomas Stillwater OK Geary 2nd Place Skidmore Ruiz 20 Revin Dickman Brownsburg IN Team State Duals 3-0 21 Kole Davidheiser Faith Christian PA Rage In The Cage – 22 Ethan Timar St Edward OH Doc B 4th Place Cline; Willcox Ramirez; Zinkin 23 Raekwon Shabazz Middletown CT The Clash 6-0 24 Cooper Foster Avery County NC Bill Brimer 1st Place 25 Braiden Weaver Altoona PA Huntingdon Dual win 120 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Leo DeLuca Blair Preps RWC Duals 2-0 Castillo 2 Beric Jordan Noble OK – 3 Nate Desmond Wyoming Seminary Preps Bissell – 4 Aaron Seidel North Lebanon PA Duals 1-0 5 Ronnie Ramirez Walnut CA Doc B 1st Place (113) Timar; Sierra 6 Chris Kiser Ponca City OK Larry Wilkey – 7 Dan Jones Delbarton NJ Catholic School Duals 2-0 8 Louie Gill Reynolds PA Border Wars 1-0 9 Porter Matecki Whitfield MO Geary – 10 Karson Brown St Edward OH Doc B 3rd Place I. Jones; Carrillo M. Mendoza 11 Isaiah Quintero El Dorado CA Doc B 1st Place M. Mendoza; Carlson 12 Ethan Rivera Lake Highland Prep Preps – 13 Moses Mendoza Gilroy CA Doc B 2nd Place Mauger; Brown Quintero 14 Hunter Taylor Liberty MO – 15 Titan Friederichs Watertown Mayer MN Duals no matches 16 Devon Miller Edmond North OK Geary 1st Place 17 Israel Borge Westlake UT Richardson Memorial 1st Place (126) 18 Lukas Littleton Mascaro Malvern Prep Preps Rock Yard Duals – 19 Co’Ji Campbell Kenosha St Joseph’s WI West Allis Rumble 1st Place 20 Dru Ayala Fort Dodge IA Jack Mendenhall 1st Place 21 Carter Pearson Southeast Polk IA Cheesehead 1st Place Koenen 22 Keanu Dillard Bethlehem Catholic PA – 23 Nick Sorrow Hudson MI DCC Invitational 2nd Place Gant Abbey 24 Mason Jakob Dobyns Bennett TN Bill Brimer – 25 Isaiah Harrison Mountain View CO Gary Daum 1st Place (113) 126 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 Luke Lilledahl Wyoming Seminary Preps Bissell – 2 Jax Forrest Bishop McCort PA Laurel Highlands 1st Place 3 Anthony Knox St John Vianney NJ Shore Conference 1st Place 4 Isaiah Cortez Gilroy CA Doc B 1st Place Zinkin; Rivera; Zuniga 5 Seth Mendoza Mt Carmel IL – 6 JJ McComas Stillwater OK Geary 1st Place (132) 7 Gage Walker Bixby OK Doc B 3rd Place Zinkin 8 Jayden Raney Union County KY Johnny Drennan 1st Place 9 Jackson Blum Lowell MI – 10 Mack Mauger Blackfoot ID Doc B 7th Place (120) A. Rodriguez; Huerta Mendoza; Carrillo 11 Isaiah Schaefer Mater Dei IN Team State Duals 3-0 12 JJ Peace Cane Bay SC Rock Hill 2nd Place Stinson 13 Antonio Mills Mill Creek GA Doc B 14 Mason Ziegler Quakertown PA Parkland Winter Duals 3-0 15 Eren Sement Council Rock North PA CRS Dual; Rock Yard Duals 2-1 Mutarelli 16 Sebastian DeGennaro Jensen Beach FL Cradle Cancer – 17 Jake Crapps Cass GA Region 7 5A Duals – 18 Manuel Saldate SLAM Academy NV Doc B 3rd Place (132) Kleimann Grajeda 19 Colin Martin Staunton River VA Old Dominion Cup Quad 20 Andrew Binni Canon-McMillan PA Tricada
2024 Cheesehead Ranked Wrestlers By Weight Class
2024 Cheesehead Ranked Wrestlers By Weight The field is led by most of th best Wisconsin teams, obviously, plus a couple Illinois squads, and some others – even Ponderosa from Colorado is making the trip. I have highlighted the ranked wrestlers in each weight class. Even with Doc B going this weekend there are some names here, and potential matches, that will be among the best all season. In particular, this is the best heavyweight bracket of any in-season tournament. There are also so many guys in that next 25 range that I’ll be really interested to see how they do and who among them moves up. Ranked Wrestlers By Weight Class: 106 #6 Noble, Caleb Warren Township High School 9 #12 Ross, Turner Simley 9 #20 DeSalvo, Nico Southeast Polk 9 113 #1 Munaretto, Dom St. Charles East 10 120 #21 Pearson, Carter Southeast Polk 11 132 #1 Davino, Ben St. Charles East 12 #11 Swensen, Logan Wayzata 12 #13 (138) Wolbert, Kellen Oconomowoc 10 #22 Peters, Lucas Kaukauna High School 12 138 #10 Guerra, Tyler St. Charles East 12 #18 Anderson, Miles Millard South 12 150 #9 Duchateau, Wyatt Arrowhead Union 12 #24 Heiser, Danny Evansville 11 157 #2 Millard, Charlie Homestead 12 #8 Stewart, Aaron Warren Township High School 10 175 #3 Eise, Tyler Ponderosa 11 190 #2 Mirasola, Connor West Bend West 12 #13 Han-Lindemyer, Cole Farmington 12 #21 Ingham, Wyatt Amery 12 215 #17 Olin, Caeden Millard South 12 285 #2 Hopke, Koy Amery 12 #3 Mirasola, Cole West Bend West 12 #4 Johnson, Dillan Joliet Catholic 12
2024 Doc B Preview
Flip through the brackets below for my predictions from the Round of 16 through the finals: Top Teams #4 Poway Ranked Wrestlers: 113 #18 Edwin Sierra 138 #3 Paul Kelly 150 #10 Laird Root 175 #16 Angelo Posada 215 #14 Robert Platt #5 St Edward Ranked Wrestlers: 106 #19 Timmy Mazur 113 #22 Ethan Timar 120 #10 Karson Brown 175 #19 Ty Miller 190 #10 JR Miller #10 Buchanan Ranked Wrestlers: 113 #11 Rocklin Zinkin 144 #6 Joseph Toscano 157 #4 Leo Contino #11 Gilroy Ranked Wrestlers: 120 #13 Moses Mendoza 126 #4 Isaiah Cortez 132 #3 Elijah Cortez 150 #13 Daniel Zepeda 285 #1 Cody Merrill #12 St John Bosco Ranked Wrestlers: 157 #6 Grigor Cholakyan 165 #4 Joseph Antonio 285 #9 Nick Sahakian #16 Bixby Ranked Wrestlers: 126 #7 Gage Walker 144 #7 Jace Roller 157 #12 Ishmael Guerrero 165 #9 Clayton Giddens #21 Clovis Ranked Wrestlers None; a handful on the cusp; highest would be 126 Nikade Zinkin #28 Bakersfield Ranked Wrestlers 215 #24 Mike Murrillo #35 Pomona Ranked Wrestlers: 113 #7 Ignacio Villasenor #39 Buford Ranked Wrestlers: 138 #4 Drew Gorman #49 Layton None; highest is 126 Geronimo Rivera who just beat top 5 Isaiah Cortez in a dual and will be ranked in the next update barring a catastrophic Doc B. Deepest Weights 157 has 6 ranked wrestlers, including 2 in the top 6, and another honorable mention. The weight is also deep in terms of the CA state title competition. 113 has 5 ranked wrestlers, including a CA state champion and last year’s 2 and 3 who wrestled what seemed like a dozen times last year. There’s even some outside of this group who could surprise. 120 has 4 in the top 25 plus 3 honorable mentions who have spent a couple weeks each ranked as well. The 4 at the top aren’t in that top 5 range at the moment, but could be. As it stands, they’re all right around top 10. Should make for some really close battles. 138 has fewer total from the top 25 but it includes 3 in the top 10. Plus there’s an honorable mention as well. There’s a bit of separation between this group, and the rest of the 16 seeds, (and the overall bracket), but the top here is perhaps the most competitive. 165 looks a lot like 138 with 3 in the top 10. The difference is that I think there are more potential landmines from outside this group who could surprise someone. In the end, you have to give the nod to 157 for the sheer number. But there are quite a few weights that should provide plenty of drama and elite wrestling. Returning Champs Rocklin Zinkin (Buchanan) Moses Mendoza (Gilroy) Isaiah Cortez (Gilroy) Joseph Toscano (Buchanan) Brock Mantanona (Palm Desert) EJ Parco (Los Gatos) Mantanona and Parco are in the same bracket this year. Most Anticipated Matches Ronnie Ramirez vs Rocklin Zinkin CA state champ at 113 vs the 1 seed from 106 who is now #1 at 113. Moses Mendoza vs any of the rest of the top guys but Karson Brown specifically Mendoza didn’t compete through the post season. Want to see him against top 10 national competition. Jace Roller after HOF Duals Coming off injury rehab, want to see how he looks against a new crop of top 10 guys. Brock Mantanona vs Daniel Zepeda Two CA state champions, Zepeda last season, Brock the year before. Considered 2 of the best pound for pound in the state. Daniel Zepeda vs EJ Parco Before we get the Manantona match, we need to see how Zepeda bounces back from a loss to Parco. Leo Contino vs Grigor Cholakyan Could very well be the CA state finals. Contino has had a lot more recent experience against the nation’s best. Collin Guffey vs Joseph Antonio No one from CA has upped their stock more than Antonio after Super 32. This is the current 1 and 2 in the state. Sonny Kling vs any nationally ranked wrestlers My ranking of him compared to others nationally is a bit different. I think he opens eyes this weekend but now we get to see it. Cody Merrill vs Nick Sahakian With Merrill up at heavyweight that changes things for the field. Sahakian is his biggest competition between 215 and 285 so we’ll see how that goes. Toughest Draws For 1 Seeds Only having access to the top 16 per weight, we have to limit this to the round of 16 and after. Of course there could be someone lurking out there in the round of 64 or 32 that I don’t know about but aside from that, we still get some idea about the difficulty of a draw early on this weekend. Right away, we’re looking at 190. Borelli surprised folks at Super 32. Picked up a top 20 win. Left the weekend ranked himself. I felt last year was an opportunity to breakthrough for him. I think this year is only better. This is a dangerous round of 16 opponent for top seed JR Miller. After 190, at 132 Josh Requena is a bonafide upset alert for anyone. He hasn’t yet put it together in the biggest moments, but he has a collection of nice wins scattered through his resume that if Cortez is sleeping, could be more trouble than expected. Moving to the quarterfinals, where we look at the possible 8 or 9 seeds, at 120 Isaiah Jones has been ranked and still sits on the edge of it. He has a win over a consensus top 10 opponent in Chris Kiser, showing the ability to win over top level kids already. At 126, Ashton Besmer has already beat the 3 seed, Zinkin, this season. He held his own at the HOF Duals. A big test for the top seed. Continuing with 132, Selma’s Damian Alvarez seems to rise to the challenge of