2023 Super 32 Boys Returning Champions

Super 32 Boys Returning Champions Export XLSExport CSV First Last State Weight School State Finish Super 32 Finish anthony knox NJ 120 St John Vianney 1 1 Benjamin Davino IL 132 St Charles East 1 1 Bo Bassett PA 132 Bishop McCort 1 Jude Correa NH 215 Wyoming Seminary 1 1 Christian Castillo AZ 120 Valiant College prep 1 LaDarion Lockett OK 157 Stillwater High School 1 1 Parker Ferrell VA 285 Christiansburg High School 1 1 PJ Duke NY 150 Minisink Valley 1 1 BACK TO HUB

2023 Super 32 Girls Returning Champions

Super 32 Girls Returning Champions Export XLSExport CSV First Last State Grade Weight Fargo Super 32 Jaclyn Bouzakis PA 9th 95 2 1 Taina Fernandez MD 9th 132 1 Nebi Tsarni MD 12th 148 1 1 Amarisa Manuel MI 12th 175 6 1 Ella Murphey TN 12th 175 7 1 1 BACK TO HUB

2023 Super 32 New Jersey Entries

Super 32 New Jersey Wrestlers Export XLSExport CSV First Last Weight School State Finish Super 32 Finish Jack Abramson 106 Pingry JULIAN ARANGO 106 ST JOES HS METUCHEN Ryan Haynes 106 St Joseph’s regional Montvale nj Jake Holly 106 Pope John Eddie Hufnagel 106 Paramus Catholic Michael Lamb 106 Haddonfield Cameron Sontz 106 Delbarton Mikey Bautista 113 St. Joe’s Regional High School Salvatore Borrometi 113 Saint Peter’s Prep High school 3 Anthony DiAndrea 113 Watchung Hills 7 Dominic DiGiacomo 113 Camden Catholic Matthew Gould 113 St. John Vianney 8 PAUL KENNY 113 CBA Jake Talarico 113 Saint Peters Prep Jersey City NJ 8 Amari Vann 113 Delsea Regional High School Aidan Yarussi 113 North Hunterdon Elijah Bayne 120 Rumson Fair Haven HS 1 Anthony Borrometi 120 Saint Peter’s Prep High School Nick DiFrancescantonio 120 Hanover Park Rafe Fonte 120 Wmm Tyeler Hagensen 120 Mount olive Matteo Littman 120 Pingry Ryan McKenna 120 Dumont High School Noah Michaels 120 Red Bank Catholic 1 Jaden Perez 120 Delaware Valley High School Devin Ryan 120 New Milford High School 6 Blaise Verdino 120 Delsea Regional Kurt Wehner 120 Donovan Catholic 5 Jaton Wellington 120 Toms River High School East Ryan DeGeorge 126 Delbarton jacob Inserra 126 rednose wrestling school Aaron Menickella 126 St Marks High School 3 Matthew Mertz 126 Dumont High School Patrick OKeefe 126 SJVHS 8 8 Sawyer Ostroff 126 Donovan Catholic Vincent Paino 126 St Joseph Regional High School 5 Cole Rose 126 Princeton High School Gino Schinina 126 St. Peters prep 7 Attila Vigilante 126 Southern Regional Zachary Beadling 132 St. Joseph’s Met Adan Cedeno 132 Pascack Valley High School Nate Keller 132 Immaculata Joseph Petriello 132 Dumont High School Chase Quenault 132 Delbarton Matthew Roche 132 Delaware Valley Regional 8 Sowzrawca Tsay 132 Wayne hills highschool Jackson Weller 132 Delran High School Sonny Amato 138 Rumson Fair Haven AJ Falcone 138 Christian Brothers Academy Noah Fontana 138 Mainland Regional Chase Hansen 138 Lower cape may 7 August Katz 138 Columbia High School Noah Kochman 138 Bergen Catholic High School Noah Kochman 138 Bergen Catholic High School Lucas Lapinski 138 cherokee Blase Mele 138 Princeton High School Jack Myers 138 Morristown High School 3 Logan Sichelstiel 138 Paulsboro High School Luca Stefanelli 138 Delbarton Jackson Young 138 Camden Catholic High School 7 Jake Zaltsman 138 St John Vianney High School Antonio Cedeno 144 Rednose Robert Connelley 144 Red bank Catholic Jonathan Fuller 144 St Peter’s Prep 5 Luke Geleta 144 Phillipsburg HS 6 August Hibler 144 NJ Justin Holly 144 Pope John Trevor Jones 144 Delbarton School Dezmond Lenaghan 144 Saint John vianney Jax Obe 144 Montgomery High School Joey Rondinelli 144 Don Bosco Prep Logan Rozynski 144 Blair Academy 1 Nicholas Villani 144 Bernardsville high school Michael Williams 144 Highland Regional Brandon Dean 150 West Morris Central 6 Donovan DiStefano 150 Wall Jamar Dixon Jr. 150 Delsea Regional 7 Ryan Ford 150 Bergen Catholic 4 Gabriel Logan 150 Delbarton Joey Ortega 150 Yale Street Nick Campagna 157 Christian Brothers Academy 8 Frank DiBella 157 St Joseph Regional 4 cristian Gioia 157 Govenor Livingston Matt Henrich 157 Southern 1 Max Nevlin 157 Saint Peter’s Prep Tyler Whitford 157 St. Joseph HS, Metuchen Hayden Hochstrasser 165 Southern Regional 8 Alessio Perentin 165 Delbarton 1 7 Joey Ruiz 165 St. Peters Prep Anthony Verdi 165 Saint Peter’s Prep Logan Wiecoreck 165 Voorhees gary williams 165 mainland regional Louie Cerchio 175 Delbarton 1 4 Michael Fuccilli 175 Don Bosco Prep John Quinonez 175 Paramus Catholic High School 6 Frank Romeo 175 Red Bank Catholic Conor Delaney 190 RFH JP Hangey 190 Cherokee HS Vincenzo Lavalle 190 Hanover Park 3 8 Harvey Ludington IV 190 Brick Memorial High School 2 Elbrus Majagah 190 Delbarton Daniel Rella 190 Paramus Catholic 4 Pantaleo Varga 190 Bergen Catholic Brian Christie 215 St. Joe’s Anthony Harris 215 St. Peter’s Prep 2 Adam Mashfej 215 Wayne hills high school Aidan Schlett 215 St Josephs Regional 6 4 Hudson Skove 215 Rumson Fair Haven HS 1 Mateo Vinciguerra 215 Woodstown High School Rocco Dellagatta 285 St. Joes Montvale NJ 4 Matt Jones 285 Hillsborough 1 2 3 Sometimes the entries on this site really baffle me. We know Anthony Knox is the top seed at 120. He’s a past Super 32 champion, a 2-time NJ state champion, and last year’s runner-up here at 113. Yet, he’s not in this table because when you sort by state, he disappears but when you sort by Super 32 finish, he shows up. Anyway, he’s clearly the leader of the Garden State contingent heading south next week. His top challenger figures to be last year’s 106 champ, Christian Castillo. After Knox, there’s a lot of talent from this state who should be highly competitive and in the title mix.  Delbarton High alone has the 2 seed at 165 and the top seed at 175. That’s Alessio Perentin and Louie Cerchio respectively. State champ Henrich is certainly a top contender but the top of 157 is as studly as it gets. He should still fair well. Most people know Harvey Ludington and how dominant he can be, he’ll have a chance to announce himself even louder against the 190 field that is premier. And finally, we always have to mention the world champ Paul Kenny. A favorite to pick up state title #1 this season, he’s certainly expected to reach the finals. I’ll have a more in depth preview of New Jersey later. BACK TO HUB

2023 Super 32 Pennsylvania Entries

Super 32 Pennsylvania Wrestlers Export XLSExport CSV First Last Weight School State Finish Super 32 Finish Ethan Aftewicz 106 Wyoming Seminary 2 Joe Bachmann 106 Faith Christian Academy Cameron Baker 106 BURRELL 4 Thuner Beard 106 Central Dauphin Dominic Deputy 106 Chestnut Ridge 2 Nico Kapusta 106 Hempfield Area High School Connor LaGier 106 Montoursville Area High School Colby Martinelli 106 Pennridge 3 Kavin Muyleart 106 Wyoming Seminary 1 Brayden Sigle 106 Downingtown West Max Tancini 106 Perk Valley 6 Mason Whitney 106 Abington Heights Samuel Wolford 106 Northern Lebanon High School William Yordy 106 Gettysburg Jack Baron 113 Germantown Academy Riley Bernash 113 Ygwc/HH Aristotelis Bobotas 113 Montoursville High School matt dailey 113 Wyoming Seminary Reef Dillard 113 Bethlehem Catholic Blake Haines 113 Gettysburg Philip Montes 113 Cumberland Valley Davis Motyka 113 Wyoming Seminary 1 Davis Motyka 113 Wyoming Seminary 1 Anthony Mucci 113 Derry Area 3 Easton Mull 113 Chestnut Ridge Brock Rothermel 113 Line Mountain Aaron Seidel 113 Northern Lebanon 1 3 Landon Sidun 113 Norwin Chase Sigle 113 Downingtown west Ayden Smith 113 Notre Dame Green Pond High School 1 Gage Swank 113 Muncy 8 Braiden Weaver 113 Altoona 5 Tyson Cook 120 West Scranton High School Nathan Desmond 120 Wyoming Seminary 1 5 Keanu Dillard 120 Bethlehem Catholic 1 Nico Fanella 120 Indiana 4 Louie Gill 120 Reynolds 1 6 Myles Grossman 120 Gettysburg 7 Caiden Harbert 120 West Allegheny Ty Kapusta 120 Franklin Regional 7 Andrew Messner 120 Berks Catholic Ryan Mitchell 120 St. Joes regional 3 Greyson Music 120 Bishop Mcdevitt Jackson Orrell 120 Red Lion Alex Reed 120 Shikellamy Connor Smith 120 Seneca Valley 8 McKaden Speece 120 Wilson West Lawn Gus Stedeford 120 North Allegheny School District Cael Yanek 120 Moon Chris Dennis 126 Central Bucks West 6 Jax Forrest 126 Bishop McCort 3 Wyatt Fry 126 Wyoming Seminary 2 Lucas Fye 126 Bald Eagle Area 5 Kainan Holmes 126 Gettysburg 8 ned kauffman 126 Trinity High School Seth Miller 126 Bethel Park Nikolaus Oneill 126 Malvern Prep 2 Jared Popson 126 Brookville Area High School Eren Sement 126 Council Rock North High School 3 Parker Sentipal 126 Burgettstown Area High School 5 Antonio Thornton 126 Brookville High School Colton Wade 126 Sullivan County High School 7 Mason Wright 126 Beth-Center Mason Ziegler 126 Quakertown 2 Matthew Almedina 132 Mid Valley Bo Bassett 132 Bishop McCort 1 Jacob Braun 132 Greater Latrobe High School Cole Byler 132 Pequea Valley Dominic Ferraro 132 Pine-Richland Jimmy Garcia 132 Wilson 8 Brandt Harer 132 Montgomery 2 Pierce Kane 132 Council Rock North Connor Killion 132 Cumberland Valley HS Robert Leeds 132 Germantown Academy 5 Jonny O’Brien 132 Faith Christian Academy Kai Vielma 132 Connellsville Blake Boyer 138 Kennett Hayden Coy 138 Penn-Trafford HIgh School Reid Grossman 138 Gettysburg 8 steven harris 138 con well Egan 8 Sam Herring 138 Bishop McCort 8 Mason Horwat 138 Derry Cole Householder 138 Brookville 7 Luke Knox 138 Perkiomen Valley High School Seamus Mack 138 Hempfield High School 6 Nadav Nafshi 138 Harriton High School Dalton Perry 138 Central mountain 1 4 Blake Reihner 138 Trinity 5 Luke Simcox 138 Central Mountain 1 8 Dominic Vogel 138 Cumberland Valley Gavin Badger 144 Lancaster Catholic HS Anthony Cummons 144 Manheim township high school Hunter Delaney 144 Sun Valley Blake Hostetter 144 Oxford Area High School Ryan Lawler 144 Bishop McDevitt 4 Pierson Manville 144 State College Area High School 2 Reagan Milheim 144 Warrior Run 2 Melvin Miller 144 Bishop McCort Robert Pavlek 144 The Hill School 3 Kollin Rath 144 Bethlehem Catholic 1 3 Griffin Walizer 144 Central Mountain High School 5 Logan Baker 150 Somerset Ryan Barone 150 Fishburne Military School 3 Vince Bouzakis 150 Wyoming Seminary 1 2 Brandon Byrd 150 Cathedral Prep Jonah Erdely 150 Frazier High School Julian Everitt 150 Pittston Area High School 6 cody hamilton 150 grove city 8 Jayden Imler 150 Chestnut Ridge Nicholas Jones 150 West Allegheny High School Gabe Lilly 150 Beaver Falls Duke Martin 150 Honesdale High School Damon Michaels 150 Elizabeth forward Cameron Milheim 150 Warrior Run 2 Charlie Scanlan 150 Bethlehem Catholic Caden Shearer 150 Gettysburg High School Max Stein 150 Faith Christian Academy 6 Travis Stipetich 150 North Allegheny Lonzy Vielma 150 Connellsville Ian Vitalo 150 Schuylkill Valley Conner Harer 157 Montgomery 1 3 Bode Marlow 157 TJ High School Robert Martucci 157 Cathedral Prep Jesse Scott 157 Emmaus High School Luke Sipes 157 Altoona Area High School 7 Gage Wentzel 157 Montoursville Area High School 5 Jacob Bacon 165 X-Calibur James DeLuise 165 Bethlehem Catholic HS Ryan Garvick 165 Central Dauphin 2 Sam Gautreau 165 Owen j Roberts 4 Nicholas Kunstek 165 Pottsville Isaac Lacinski 165 Burrell High School Owen McMullen 165 Bishop McCort Bodie Morgan 165 Trinity Shawn Taylor 165 West Allegheny 2 Jackson Angelo 175 Frazier Colby Celuck 175 West Scranton Brian Chamnberlain 175 Malvern Prep 1 Duncan Christensen 175 Malvern Preparatory Blaise Eidle 175 Wilson Dom Federici 175 Wyoming Seminary 1 5 Talan Hogan 175 Pennridge 6 Carmine Lenzi 175 Berks Catholic Jaxon Townsend 175 Gettysburg HS Braedon Welsh 175 Fort Cherry 4 Connor Wetzel 175 Shikellamy Anthony Bruscino 190 Cumberland Valley High School Nate Campbell 190 Norwin Tucker Hogan 190 Daniel Boone 1 Rune Lawrence 190 Frazier 1 3 Caleb Marzolino 190 Abington Heights HighSchool 8 Jesse Rappazzo 190 Red Lion Senior High School 5 Anthony Salvini 190 Fort Cherry Dillon Bechtold 215 Owen J Roberts 2 Jake Conroy 215 Ringgold Dean Bechtold 285 Owen J Roberts 6 Ben Lloyd 285 Mt. Lebanon High School 1 2 3 4 13 previous medalists, including last year’s 113 champion, Bo Bassett, lead the way for the Keystone State. Bassett entered last year as the 2 seed and was able to get some revenge in the finals in a dominating performance. This year he’s the 3 seed in what is probably the toughest top 3 of any weight here.  Among the rest of the previous medalists, Bassett’s teammate, Jax Forrest is a

2023 Super 32 California Entries

Super 32 California Wrestlers Export XLSExport CSV First Last Weight School State Place Super 32 Place Jack Baker 106 Granada High School Anthony Garza 106 Clovis High School Alex Portugal 106 Elk Grove High School Thunder Lewis 113 Clovis high school 4 Carlos Melgoza III 113 Kingsburg High School Issac Torres 113 St John Bosco Paulo Valdez 113 Hesperia High School 6 Sean Willcox 113 St. John Bosco 7 Rocklin Zinkin 113 Buchanan 2 Slater Hicks 120 St. John Bosco Jason Mcdonald 120 Lemoore High Ronnie Ramirez 120 Walnut 1 Antonio Rodriguez 120 Los Gatos High School 2 Antonio Rodriguez 120 Los Gatos High School 2 Michael Romero 120 St. John Bosco HS 1 5 Edwin Sierra 120 Poway 5 Jadyn Wren 120 San Joaquin Memorial Ivan Arias 126 Buchanan High School Ashton Besmer 126 Buchanan High School Jayden Dela Rosa 126 Burbank Christian Garcia 126 Walnut Highsxchool Zaydrien Hernandez 126 St John Bosco Kyle Holtberg 126 St. Mary’s High School Leo Maestas 126 Clovis West Josiah Sandoval 126 Elk Grove high school Billy Townson 126 Poway High School 4 NIKADE ZINKIN 126 CLOVIS HIGH SCHOOL 3 Nicholas Bulanin 132 Elk Grove High School Jesse Grajeda 132 St John Bosco 5 4 RJ Villegas 132 Rancho Bernardo High School Curtis Bartley 138 Del Norte high School Gavin Bauder 138 Buchanan 2 Timothy Fitzgerald 138 San Joaquin memorial Tigran Greyan 138 Saint John Bosco High School Paul Kelly 138 Poway 3 Timothy Murabito 138 Los Gatos Joseph Toscano 138 Buchanan 2 Alek VanBebber 138 Kingsburg high school Jacob Bell 144 Etiwanda High School Jesus Loreto 144 Kingsburg Miguel Estrada 150 Frontier HS 1 Ethan Parco 150 Los Gatos Highschool 5 Joseph Antonio 157 Saint John Bosco 4 Andrew Barbosa 157 Palm desert high school 6 dylan pile 157 Los Gatos High School 4 Jayson Victoria 157 granada hs Branson John 165 Buchanan Khale McDonnell 165 Fountain Valley High School Jonathan Rocha 165 Buchanan High School 6 Larry Borelli 175 Los Banos High School Levi Bussey 175 Granite Bay High school MAX MCWILLIAMS 175 Calvary Chapel 7 Angelo Posada 175 Poway High 2 ben bomberger 190 poway Brokton Borelli 190 Los Banos High School William Dawson 190 Granada High School 4 Ryland Whitworth 190 Fountain valley 5 nicholas sahakian 285 st john bosco 1 7 1 2 For people out there who think California gets overlooked nationally, this is an interesting field to help make their case. There’s not very many with past Super 32 success. In fact, only Nick Sahakian and Jesse Grajeda (both from St John Bosco) have placed previously. Sahakian is my most intriguing as he’s up at heavyweight and gets the top seed. I think he has a great chance to reach the finals but it’s set up for him to meet CA state champion, Daniel Herrera, in the semis (Herrera now in Iowa). Grajeda is a freshman, one of the best in the state of CA and a live dog in the hunt but his weight might be the toughest of all of them, especially the top 3. We’re talking world champions, multiple Super 32 champions from last year. It’s a minefield out here. After them, I’m looking at Paul Kelly from Poway and Joe Toscano from Buchanan as party crashers. Now, Kelly is seeded to place. And he’s going to get plenty of chances to stake his claim nationally. Toscano is up a few weight classes. He’s been entering events at 150 and winning. He’s one of the quintessential overlooked CA kids when people talk about that. He’s settling into 138 here and I think could ultimately finish higher than Kelly. Perhaps they meet up. If the 16 seed holds up, he’ll get the top seed, Landon Robideau early. That’s a huge test. One of the deepest weights in the state is 150 and we see some of that here. Estrada and Parco both have a chance to finish on the podium.  If you want a way off the radar dark horse, Brokton Borelli is that guy.  I’ll have a more in depth CA preview where I’ll get more into some of these others and their chances, etc. BACK TO HUB

2023 Super 32 Maryland and Virginia Entries

Super 32 Maryland Wrestlers Export XLSExport CSV First Last Weight School State Place Landen Vercoe 106 Huntingtown high Tye Bellarin 113 Red Lion Christian Academy 2 Austin Wood 113 St. Mary’s Ryken 2 Nathaniel Wilhelm 113 Northern Garrett High School 3 Tyler Garvin 113 Rising Sun 1 Evan Owen 120 South Carroll 2 Brian Davis 126 Calvert High School 3 Tyler Wood 126 St. Mary’s Ryken 2 Tanner Halling 126 St Mary’s Ryken 2 Stephen Exum 126 Eleanor Roosevelt High School Bryan Santangelo II 126 Mount Saint Joseph 4 Carter Nogle 132 Mount Saint Joseph 1 Judah Aybar 138 Loyola Blakefield 3 Evan Boblits 138 St Mary’s Ryken 2 Blake Ashley 144 Huntingtown 4 Calvin Kraisser 144 Centennial High School 1 Benjamin Smith 157 Crown Point 1 Mekhi Neal 157 St Mary’s Ryken 1 Ayden Paulay 165 Baltimore Polytechnic Instituite Charlie Trenkamp 190 Churchill HS 6 Gabriel Smith 215 Gilman School 3 Jamil Morrow 215 Bowie High School 3 Bryce Phillips 215 Mount Saint Joseph 1 Maryland is rarely a state deep with top end talent on a national level, but the state has produced some of our most prominent amateur wrestlers in recent memory. Kyle Snyder. Aaron Brooks. Meyer Shapiro. And there are some in this mix that should finish the weekend with a winning record, possibly placing and maybe more. Leading the way is St Mary’s Ryken senior Mekhi Neal. He’s spent the last month running into a PA state champ and top 15 kid, and beating him multiple times. He’s always tough and I think the best pound for pound in the state. His biggest issue here is that his weight has two world medalists and #1 in the country Joe Sealey. Sealey has been upset at big events before, including last year’s Super 32, but when he’s on, he’s really impossible to beat at this level. After Neal, I’d probably go with Garvin as the next biggest challenger in his weight. Coming out of the Stellar Trained room, the Rising Sun senior was a strong competitor last year making a quarterfinals run before falling to Seth Mendoza and ultimately not placing. It could be a similar run this year, perhaps it’s even better. He will be vying for another state title next March before heading down to College Park and the Terps, but before then I’m sure he’d love to show out in Greensboro. Next on our radar are Gaels teammates from Mount St Joseph, Carter Nogle at 132 and Bryce Phillips at 215. Long shots to place, I think 3-2 or 4-2 tournament performances would be more than respectable. In terms of possible darkhorses and athletes who could pull an upset or two, Judah Aybar is the one left to mention.  I’d say everyone else is fighting a real steep uphill battle but crazier things have happened and my forecasting is certainly not cemented. Hope everyone on this list does what they set out to do and considers it a worthy weekend of tough competition. Super 32 Virginia Wrestlers Export XLSExport CSV First Last School State Place Super 32 Place Cooper Brandt 106 Wilson Memorial High School 3 Jayden Egan 106 Ocean Lakes High School Kameron Harrell 106 Poquoson 3 Luke Houchins 106 Benedicine College Preparatory 4 Ryan O’Keefe 106 Patrick Henry High School Michael Santos 106 Chantilly High School 1 Emmons Tewalt 106 Hanover High School Emmons Tewalt 106 Hanover High School Royce Wetzler 106 Cosby High School Darin Witcher 106 William Byrd High School 2 Christopher Castillo 113 Ocean Lakes High School Ezekiel Keel 113 Chantilly 1 Waylon Rogers 113 Orange County High School 1 James Ruehl 113 Poquoson High School 5 Aidan Shufelt 113 Independence HS 3 Jameson Burns 120 Benedictine College Prep Josh Conza 120 Floyd E. Kellam Highschool 8 Gilbert Cooper 120 St. Christopher’s School Tyler Dekraker 120 Home School 1 4 Jaxson Guinn 120 Chilhowie high School 3 Gabe Malarney 120 North Stafford High School Max Mooney 120 James wood High School 5 Benjamin Owens 120 Hanover High School Justin Porter 120 Heritage High School 4 Evan Sanati 120 Brentsville District High School 3 Jack Sawyer 120 Great Bridge High School 3 Samuel Stamper 120 New Kent High School 5 Jacob Stewart 120 Peninsula Catholic 2 Cole Butler 126 Western Branch High Elijah Cramer 126 Cosby High School 1 Nate Foldes 126 Benedictine College Prep Kyle Gibson 126 New Kent High School 1 Jared Goodson 126 Poquoson High School 1 Miles Hinson 126 St. Christopher’s 4 Dylan Lamar 126 Heritage high school 5 Colin Martin 126 Staunton river high school 1 Camden Murray 126 Woodgrove Noah Nininger 126 Staunton River high school 1 7 Hayato Otero 126 Landstown High School 3 Drew Roggie 126 St Christopher 1 Canaan Spears 126 Union 1 Conner Walck 126 Cape Henry Collegiate 3 Nate Widener 126 Chilhowie High school 3 Benjamin Aguilar 132 Brook Point 5 Brodie Altman 132 Kellam High School 3 Brycen Arbogast 132 Benedictine College Prep 1 Adam Ayala 132 New Kent High School Adam Ayala 132 New Kent High School Paul Chapman 132 Ocean Lakes Highschool Tristan Corbin 132 Robinson Secondary 1 Brady Hand 132 Christiansburg 1 Braden Henderson 132 Blacksburg High School 4 Bryan Johnson 132 Broad Run High School 3 Thomas Montgomery 132 Peninsula Catholic 2 Ben Rubin 132 Thomas Jefferson HSST 2 Elijah Smoot 132 Eastern View High School 3 Lewis Summers 132 Midlothian High School Luke Wells 132 Powhatan HS 2 Geoffrey Whelan 132 Mountain View High School 4 Reed Booth 138 Poquoson 3 Jonre Fisher 138 Brooke Point High School Benjamin Fox 138 Deep Run Carter Harris 138 Battlefield High School Adonis Iparraguirre 138 Chantilly highschool Evan Mefford 138 Christiansburg High School 3 Myrin Nixon 138 Great Bridge High 1 Caiden Saavedra 138 Staunton River High School 2 Mustafa Safi 138 Deep Run High School Chase Van Hoven 138 Brooke Point 1 Cole Wilson 138 Stone Bridge HS 3 Landon Yoder 138 Fort defiance Matthew Arndt 144 Battlefield HS 5 Noah Bentley 144

2023/2024 California Wrestling Returning State Champions

Last Season’s CA State Champions Returning This Season 113: Ronnie Ramirez (Walnut) – Junior 120: Isaiah Cortez (Gilroy) – Junior 126: Elijah Cortez (Gilroy) – Junior 132: Daniel Zepeda (Gilroy) – Juior 145: Miguel Estrada (Frontier) – Senior 195: Robert Platt (Poway) – Senior 220: Nick Sahakian (St John Bosco) – Junior 285: Daniel Herrera (Ames) – Senior* Out of 14 champions last season, 6 were seniors, which means 8 will be back this Fall and Winter. Among the list, there are a couple notable updates to make note of. First, Palm Desert’s stud heavyweight, national top 15, Daniel Herrera will be wrestling for Iowa State after he graduates. So it looks like he’s made an early acclimation move where he’ll be finishing his HS career in Iowa. So, technically he is returning, however it won’t be in the Golden State. Robert Platt didn’t make as big a move, but the SD Section senior will be donning the green P for the Poway Titans to close out his career. The remaining 6 will all be back for their respective teams. That means Gilroy will have 3 returning state champions. This might mean Gilroy is set to make a run at the state team title, which has been in the clutches of Buchanan for about a decade. That’s another article for a later date. As for the 6 graduating champions, 5 of those weights the runner up returns. I think we’re in for some really quality battles throughout the season.

Alessio Perentin Commits To Cornell

Alessio Perentin Commits To Cornell Delbarton standout, Alessio Perentin, has committed to Cornell University to continue his wrestling career once he’s done with high school. The announcement comes before Perentin’s junior season, putting to bed any possible question or uncertainty for his two remaining seasons. The choice of school came down to a final 3 of Cornell, Princeton, and Virginia Tech. I spoke to him after the announcement where he described the family feel of the team, the program’s analytic approach to training, and the relationship with head coach Mike Grey as reasons for his choice. Mike Grey himself is a Delbarton legend – picking up 4 New Jersey state titles. So it was always a possibility Perentin would head up to Ithaca. Add in the recent commitments from teammates Simon Ruiz and Louie Cerchio, and we have a real Delbarton to Cornell pipeline flowing at the moment. Heading into this season, Perentin has one state title to his name (2023) as well as a 4th place finish (2022). He still has some unfinished business, having yet to win a Super 32 title and other big national events that he wants to capture. The odds suggest he finishes with 2 more state titles before that 165 spot for Cornell for years. Big things building for Grey and Cornell and kids like Perentin just keep the engine running.

AJ Ferrari To Join Brothers In Iowa

Does AJ Ferrari Join Brothers In Iowa? Once upon a time one of the most promising young wrestlers at the high school level entered college with a ton of hype and lofty expectations. And then he won the 197 pound national title as a true freshman, living up to that hype.  And then his career seemed to be derailed. A sexual battery charge, conflicts between his younger brother and other teammates, he was dismissed from the Oklahoma State team, and it just seemed like a cloud hung over his future. Uncertainty was an understatement. Would he ever compete again at the collegiate level? Would a program welcome him into the fold to finish his career with them? We really didn’t know. Especially with a court case looming. Well, that case has been dismissed. The charges have been dropped. And that cloud is starting to disappear. When you factor in that his middle brother committed to Iowa, and then his youngest brother committed to Iowa, it seems inevitable that AJ will follow suit.   So what would the Hawkeyes be getting in AJ Ferrari? A former NCAA champ. One of the best athletes at the upper weights. A combination of strength and speed that has been unmatched at every level he’s wrestled at. An immediate title contender. And perhaps someone even more motivated to put all this controversy behind him and show people around the country, that once again, he’s not to be played with. There’s no concrete announcement about his plans. Not about Iowa nor about the weight he would plan on going. Heck, I don’t know if he’s even officially announced an intention to wrestle this year. I assume so, and that should come soon with the season fast approaching. If he does, and does head to Iowa City, he will definitely help keep the Hawkeyes up in that top 2-3 spot as the biggest challenger to Penn State. Still don’t know if anyone is a real challenger to the Nittany Lions but someone has to be 2nd and for a minute it looked like Iowa may be in for a long season by their standards.  With news of reduced punishment for the gambling stuff and this possible Ferrari infusion, the needle is at least pointing up for the Black and Yellow.    

2023 PA POWER MAIN CARD RESULTS

2023 PA POWER MAIN CARD RESULTS MAIN CARD 132 Aiden Grogg (Saucon Valley) over Chris Dennis (Central Bucks West) Dec. 5-2 109 Alex Diaz (Council Rock North) over Eli Herring (Bishop McCort) Dec. 6-4 142 Seamus Mack (Hempfield Area) over Steven Harris (Conwell Egan) Maj. 14-4 162 Gunnar Myers (Waullenpaupack) over Luke Sipes (Altoona) Dec. 3-1 123 Logan Stewart (Reynolds) over Jack Baron (Germantown Academy) Dec. 6-2 157 Gage Wentzel (Montoursville) over Ty Morrison (West Perry) Dec. 10-8 150 Eli Carr (Hempfield Area) over Mason Wagner (Faith Christian Academy) Dec. 2-1 190 Tucker Hogan (Daniel Boone) over Caleb Close (Bald Eagle) Maj. 11-2 125 Nico Fanella (Indiana Area) over Connor Smith (Seneca Valley) Dec. 7-2 170 Ryan Garvick (Central Dauphin) over Bodie Morgan (Trinity) Dec. 8-2 118 Braiden Weaver (Altoona) over Austin Carfley (Bishop McCort) Maj. 8-0 144 Blake Reihner (Trinity) over Griffin Walizer (Central Mountain) Dec. 3-2 165 Jake Dailey (Sem) over Sam Gautreau (Owen J Roberts) Dec. 3-1 193 Nick Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep) over Dante Burns (Conwell Egan) Dec. 5-0 117 Joe Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy) over Max Tancini (Perkiomen Valley) Fall 3:59 235 Calvin Lachman (Quakertown) over Brody Kline (Brooks Catholic) Dec. 3-2 120 Matt O’Neill (Malvern Prep) over Brock Rothermel (Line Mountain) Dec. 7-0 135 Sam Herring (Bishop McCort) over Andrew Bini (Canon-McMillan) Dec. 5-0 152 Melvin Miller (Bishop McCort) over Chase Hontz (Faith Christian Academy) Dec. 5-2 132 Tahir Parkins (Nazareth) over Mason Ziegler (Quakertown) Dec. 3-0 157 Devon Magro (Bishop McCort) over Ryan Lawler (Bishop McDevitt) Maj. 9-0 133 Brandt Harer (Montgomery) over Nik O’Neill (Malvern Prep) Dec. 5-0 215 Dillon Bechtold (Owen J Roberts) over Brenan Morgan (Central Valley) 8-5 132 Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort) over Eren Sement (Council Rock North) Maj. 15-1 162 Connor Harer (Montgomery) over Collin Gaj (Quakertown) Maj. 11-2 More News

Meet Todd Wightman

Based in Western PA. Right in the heart of WPIAL country, Todd brings an insider’s view from the country’s epicenter  of wrestling. He’s excited to build on the TKDWN tradition of starting with the story first. The athletes, the coaches, their families and supporters, there is no shortage of stories to tell. And Todd will bring his unique perspective to help us continue to deliver top notch content for the world’s greatest sport!