2008 Junior National Duals Greco-Roman All Tournament Team

July 4th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in National News, Summer Wrestling No Comments »

98 pounds
Jake Bellis of Illinois went 7-0
Jacoby Bergeron of Minnesota 1 went 6-0

105 pounds
Brandon Nelson of Indiana went 6-0
Brian St. James of Georgia went 6-0
Max Nowry of Illinois went 6-0

112 pounds
Kent Williams of Illinois went 6-0

125 pounds
George Ivanov of Iowa went 6-0
Jimmy Chase of Illinois went 6-0

130 pounds
Ian Paddock of New York went 7-0
Justin Lavalle of Minnesota 1 went 6-0

135 pounds
NONE

140 pounds
Carson Fields of Georgia went 6-0

145 pounds
Bobby Barney of Texas went 7-0
Carson Fields of Georgia went 6-0


2008 Cadet National Duals Greco-Roman All Tournament Team

June 29th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in Summer Wrestling No Comments »

84 Results
Nick Roberts of Pennsylvania Black went 9-0
Zach Howell of Delaware went 6-0

91 Results
Zach Abkemeier of Oklahoma went 6-0
Kaleb Lemaire of Delaware went 6-0

98 Results
Conner Mullins of Indiana went 10-0
Mark Grey of New Jersey went 9-0

105 Results
Cody Brewer of Missouri went 9-0
Nick Babcock of Colorado went 7-0

112 Results
Rossi Bruno of Florida went 9-0
Sean Dolan of Delaware went 6-0

119 Results
Jesse Thielke of Wisconsin went 9-0
Shane Thomas of Oklahoma went 6-0

125 Results
Ryne Cokeley of Kansas went 8-0
Travis Himmelman of Colorado went 7-0


2008 Cadet National Duals Freestyle All Tournament Team

June 29th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in Summer Wrestling No Comments »

The 2008 Cadet National Duals Freestyle All Tournament Team:

84 lbs.
Nick Roberts of Pennsylvania A went 10-0

91 lbs.
Josh Walker of Oklahoma 1 went 10-0
Cory Clark of Iowa went 8-0
Zack Abkemeier of Oklahoma 2 went 6-0

98 lbs.
Davey Dolan of Oklahoma 1 went 10-0
Conner Mullins of Indiana went 9-0

105 lbs.
Cody Brewer of Missouri 1 went 10-0
Eddie Klimara of Illinois went 10-0

112 lbs.
Chase Ferman of Oklahoma 1 went 10-0
Devin Carter of Virginia went 7-0


2008 Cadet & Junior Freestyle/Greco-Roman Nationals (Fargo) Preview

June 27th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in HS Wrestling Blog, Summer Wrestling No Comments »

Held July 19-26 at the Dome, one of high school wrestling’s shrines, perhaps 3,000 wrestlers of high school age will compete on as many as 24 mats to get the best competition possible anywhere.

What five states will be the most impressive (in alphabetical order)?


2008 Cadet National Duals Start Today

June 26th, 2008 HS Wrestling Posted in HS Wrestling Blog, National News, Summer Wrestling No Comments »

The Cadet National Duals of Freestyle & Greco-Roman wrestling begin today in Kansas City, Mo and will be held June 26-29 at the KCI Expo Center.

State-level teams will compete in dual meet action in both Olympic styles of the sport, freestyle and Greco-Roman. Cadets are athletes who are 15 and 16 years old.

The Greco-Roman competition will be held on Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27.

In Greco-Roman, Illinois claimed the team title last year, after stopping Minnesota by a 46-27 finals score in the championship dual.

The freestyle competition will be held Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29