When:  Dec. 29 & 30, 2011

Where:  Fargo, ND

• FARGODOME
  1800 N. University Drive
  Fargo, ND 58102

What:  Individual Tournament

The Rumble on the Red has 19 mats running continuously for 2 days and hosting over 1300 Varsity/JV wrestlers and 300+ youth wrestlers.   The Rumble on the Red is again teaming up with Minnesota State University Moorhead Wrestling, West Fargo High School, and the Metro Tournament Committee to promote, sanction and host this event.

2011 Rumble on the Red Resources:

Rumble on the Red  -  Tournament Website

Rumble on the Red  (Varsity)  -  Brackets

Rumble on the Red  (JV)  -  Brackets

December 27, 2011

• Dunkirk Dual Meet Invitational     —–     Silver Creek, NY
  Long Island Challenge     —–     Farmingville, NY
  Uplift HS Hoilday Tournament     —–     Chicago, IL
  Path of Champions     —–     Lemoore, CA
  Toledo Youth Holiday Novice Tourny     —–     Toledo, OH
  Waverly-Shell Rock Little GoHawk Tourney     —–     Waverly, IA
  Wild West Wrestling Tournament     —–     Iowa City, IA

December 28th, 2011

• Lorain Holiday Classic     —–     Lorain, OH
  Mid-States 2011     —–     Whitewater, WI
  Northern Badger Wrestling Classic     —–     River Falss, WI
  Northern Exposure     —–     Merrill, WI
  Tiger Holiday Classic     —–     Chapel Hill, NC
  Zac Jarzynka Memorial Ironman X     —–     Oviedo, FL
  Belle Plaine Holiday Tournament     —–     Belle Plaine, IA
  Dennis Deliddo Holiday Classic     —–     Lemoore, CA
  Dixie Nats Minion Dual Team Chps     —–     Atlanta, GA
  Elkhorn`s Beginner Tournament     —–     Elkhorn, WI
  Toledo Youth Holiday Hammer Tournament     —–     Toledo, OH

December 29th, 2011

• 2011 Deep South Bayou Duals     —–     Baton Rouge, LA
  51st William `Red` Schmidtt Holiday     —–     Granite City, IL
  Bi-State Classic     —–     La Crosse, WI
  Heart of Dixie Classic     —–     Vestavia Hills, AL
  Joe Davidson Memorial Duals     —–     Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
  Kinloch Classic Holiday Tourney     —–     Springfield, MO
  Oshkosh Lourdes OTW Classic 2011     —–     Oshkosh, WI
  Rumble on the Red – JV     —–     Fargo, ND
  Rumble on the Red – Varsity     —–     Fargo, ND
  Woodford County Invitational     —–     Versailles, KY
  2011 Giant Super 16     —–     Indianapolis, IN
  Benton Community Junior Bobcat     —–     Van Horne , IA
  Cavalier Classic     —–     Fairfax, VA
  Creighton Prep JV Invite     —–     Omaha, NE
  Dixie Nationals (America Crown)     —–     Atlanta, GA
  Dixie Nationals Rookie Division     —–     Atlanta, GA
  Eau Claire Holiday Tournament     —–     Eau Claire, WI

December 30th, 2011

• SLWC Winter Camp & Takedown Tournament     —–     Elkhorn, WI
  The Clash X     —–     Rochester, MN
  Jefferson New Years Classic     —–     Jefferson, GA
  Moody Blue Devils Invitational     —–     Moody, AL
  Tour Of Iowa – Osage     —–     Osage, IA

December 31st, 2011

• 11th Annual Adam Cox Memorial     —–     Norwood, OH
  2011 HWP Tri-State Nationals     —–     Sioux City, IA
  BWC K-6 Challenge     —–     Waunakee, WI
  Denny Sechrest`s Good Guys Tournament     —–     Sycamore, IL
  Johnson County Kids Classic Open/Novice     —–     Olathe, KS
  ORWAY State Championships     —–     LaGrande, OR
  Pope Kim Andrews Classic     —–     Marietta, GA
  Redbird `Coach Hackett` Memorial Classic     —–     Darlington, WI
  Reser Founders Cup     —–     Scappoose, OR
  Rockford Bad Boys Invitational     —–     Rockford, IL
  Rossville Holiday Classic     —–     Rossville, KS
  SEK Jr. Comets Invitational     —–     Chanute, KS
  Skagit Valley Yellow Jackets Holiday     —–     Burlington, WA
  South Milwaukee Open     —–     South Milwaukee, WI
  Who`s Bad? National Classic     —–     Pueblo, CO
  Who`s Bad? National Classic (Rookie)     —–     Pueblo, CO
  Wolves WC IBC Classiv VI     —–     Crystal Lake, IL

January 1st, 2012

• Southern Scuffle     —–     Chattanooga, TN
• Commerce Beginners Tournament     —–     Commerce, GA
• Kennesaw Mountain New Years Beginners     —–     Kennesaw, GA
• Pueblo Brawl     —–     Pueblo, CO

* For Brackets, Information & Results – Go to www.trackwrestling.com and find your event.

November 7th, 2011

• Fennimore Middle Takedown Tournament        —–         Fennimore, WI

November 8th, 2011

• The Crusade        —–         Hockessin, DE

November 11th, 2011

• NYAC Holiday International Open      —–         New York, NY
• Riverdale MS Tournament        —–        Muscoda, WI

November 12th, 2011

• CK Border Wars National Championships     —–         Battle Creek, MI
• 1st Olympian-ppwl        —–         Castle Rock, CO
• 2011 Cowboy Open        —–         Laramie, WY
• Bison Open        —–         Fargo, ND
• Lakeland College Muskie Tough Invite        —–         Plymouth, WI
• Layton Little League Tournament        —–         Layton, UT
• Luther College Open        —–         Decorah, IA
• Lynnwood Wrestling Clubs Kickoff Classic        —–         Seattle, WA
• Mayhem in Memphis        —–         Memphis, TN
• Michigan State Open        —–         East Lansing, MI
• Mount Union Invitational        —–         Alliance, OH
• North Idaho Panhandle Championships        —–         Sandpoint, ID
• North Sevier Jr High/Little League Tourn        —–         Salina, UT
• Ola Mustang Open        —–         McDonough, GA
• Oregon Challenge Kick-off (McMinnville)        —–         McMinnville, OR
• Spartan Folkstyle Challenge        —–         Spokane, WA
• St. Clair County Showdown        —–         Odenville, AL
• Takedown Sportswear Preseason Open        —–         Suwanee, GA
• Tournament For Heroe’s        —–         Gresham, OR
• Wasatch Youth-Jr. High Tournament        —–         Heber City, UT

November 13th, 2011

• Cyclone Open        —–         Ames, IA
• Making a Difference – Lakeland College        —–         Plymouth, WI
• NC State Open        —–         Raleigh, NC
• VSWC 3rd Annual Wrestling Tournament        —–         Vinton, IA
• WGWC 2nd Annual Takedown King Tournament        —–         Gig Harbor , WA

For Brackets, Information & Results – Go to www.trackwrestling.com and find your event.

He was determined to change that and change it he did as he took fifth place in the 135-pound weight class at this year’s championships.

“It meant a lot especially after last year when I didn’t place,” Rodrigues said. “It was a great accomplishment. To do that out of 100 kids from all 50 states, in a huge arena like the Fargodome, and to go 9-1 is a pretty good result.”

Rodrigues says he attributes his success to devoting his time to the style of wrestling that the championships require.

“It’s a different style of wrestling than high school,” Rodrigues said. “It’s an Olympic style, it’s a freestyle of wrestling. Last year was my first year of doing that and I wasn’t really ready for it. This year I dedicated myself to it right after the high-school season to wrestling freestyle full-time with Max Askren and it was great. It was 100 times better this year than last year.”

Askren was a national champion at Missouri and training with someone of that ilk helped Rodrigues immensely. What also helped was being able to work-out with another Section 1 stud, Brian Realbuto from Somers.

“I got to train with Brian Realbuto a lot, who ended up winning the tournament,” Rodrigues said. “Everything was great.”

Realbuto wound up winning his weight class at 145-pounds in the championships that took place July 15-23.

“I have known Brian since I was a little kid, in second grade,” Rodrigues said. “Ever since, we have been great friends. He is one of the toughest wrestlers and hardest workers out there. It was great to see him win. It made me feel good to see one of my friends accomplish what he did.”

Rodrigues will now be wrestling at Rutgers University, where he has been working out since July 1.

“I have been going against guys 21, 22 years-old,” Rodrigues said. “I even went up against assistant coach John Leonardis, who was a three-year varsity wrestler at Lehigh University. It’s a completely different level. Guys are bigger, stronger, faster, better. It’s something that takes a lot of time and even more commitment than high school. I have to work even harder now if I want to be successful at the next level.”

For Article by Mike Sabini, Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch

Along with 39 other Pennsylvania wrestlers, Keck traveled to Fargo, N.D., on July 18-19 to participate in the ASICS/Vaughan Cadet National Championships and left with a second-place silver medal at 125 pounds and is considered to be an All-American in Greco-Roman style wrestling.

The Pennsylvania Cadet Team had 14 total All-Americans placing and captured the National Team Title in Greco-Roman.

Keck went 6-0 on the first day of competition before winning two more matches the second day to advance to the finals inside the Fargo Dome against Jon Jay Chavez of California.

In the 125-pound finals, Keck and Chavez went scoreless through 90 seconds in the first period before going to the “clinch” – with one wrestle standing and the other on the mat – as it is called in Greco-Roman wrestling. Keck failed to turn Chavez over for the pin, which awarded the California grappler a point to win the first period 1-0.

Chavez gained momentum in the second period and had Keck reeling as he attempted to knock the Bulldog out of bounds to earn another point, ultimately winning the match by a 1-0, 1-0 decision.

“I tried defending it and he countered it,” Keck said. “He took me down, so he was up 1-0 and we went to the clinch after that. I was on bottom that time and I defended for 30 seconds, but he still won because he had that initial first point. That match easily could have gone either way.”

Keck was one of six Pennsylvania wrestlers on the team to advance to the finals in their respective weight classes. He said Greco-Roman helps improve his skills during the off-season from high school wrestling because some rules are different and it helps hones specific moves and poise on the mat.

After joining his Pennsylvania teammates for a weeklong training camp at University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, the team took a coach bus across the country to arrive at the Fargo Dome, a large indoor football field at North Dakota State University.

“It was tough,” Keck said of the experience. “It was a huge arena. It was just overwhelming. The competition was tough. These were some of the best kids in the nation wrestling there. I didn’t really expect to go as far as I did. I was the underdog; I wasn’t even expected to place out there. I just kept confident, acted like I had nothing to lose and proved to everyone what I could do.”

Keck qualified for nationals by placing second in the 130-pound weight class at PAWF States in May. He also went on to wrestle at the Northeast Regionals at East Stroudsburg, earning top honors as the champion at 130 pounds against grapplers from Maine, Massachusetts and New York.

Keck, who has been working with the same Greco-Roman coach from the past four years, Gino Frank from Mechanicsburg, has attended practice twice a week in Gettysburg and Chambersburg with his older brother Colten Keck, who won his 100th match as a Bulldog during his senior season at Big Spring, since the high school wrestling season ended.

Reflecting on the experience at nationals, Keck says he feels more confident in his abilities as he enters his junior season wrestling for coach Kemal Pegram.

“I feel like I did my best, just the set up that they had there – with only one mat running, the finals, all the attention on you – I think that got to me, but overall I think I did my best,” said Keck, who also earned funded access to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado as a reward for his performance in Fargo. “I’m definitely more confident in myself and I believe I can go far if I have the right mindset. I’m sure (my coaches) are proud of me and what I did out in North Dakota.”

Two years ago, Keck also qualified for another national team that competed in team-style duals in Indianapolis, Ind., he said.

Keck wished to thank his sponsors for making the trip to North Dakota possible, including Newville Wrestling Association, Funk’s Well Drilling, Blue Mountain Excavation, Graham Medical Clinic, Newville Auto Service, Turner Hydraulics and Lowell and Virginia Hassinger. It was their monetary donations that made his trip possible.

The six other Pennsylvania wrestlers who made it to the finals were Darian Cruz (105), Chance Marstellar (152), Eric Morris (160), Ray O’Donnell (171) and Jovon Reyes (189).

For Complete article and Results by C.J. Lovelace, The Shippensburg News-Chronicle

It could’ve been Jacob Falk’s nickname.

The recent West Jordan graduate had quite a knack for being runner-up in every big wrestling tournament. His freshman year: second place in cadet nationals. His sophomore and junior year: second place in state.

“I guess a lot of people call it the curse — taking second all the time,” Falk says. “It happened a lot.”

But 2011 represented a turning point for Falk. He would not be second to anyone anymore.

The UVU-bound wrestler had a title sweep this year, taking a state title, a Greco-Roman World Duals title and a junior national Greco-Roman title at 145 pounds in a matter of months. The national title — the crown jewel of his prep wrestling accomplishments — capped what had been a career of “almost” moments.

Getting over the “curse” was not easy. Blessed with quickness and learned in technical skill, Falk had the tools physically to dominate. It took a little longer for his mind to catch up with his body.

“He’s always been a hard worker who doesn’t like to lose,” West Jordan coach Gabe Vigil says. “I know no one likes to lose, but he takes it harder than other people. Mentally, he had to start winning more, and I thought the confidence would come along. That’s what happened.”

A few solid tournament results built up some swagger for Falk. Headed into the state tournament, he was feeling as strong as he ever had.

And it was no contest. Falk dominated the 145-pound field, scoring three pins on his way to the finals. In the championship, Falk notched a 17-5 major decision over Jared Taylor of Davis. The second-best was now at the top of his class, fulfilling his promise at last.

“He had a growth spurt in high school, so he started smaller,” Vigil says. “He’s quicker than most kids he wrestles, and he has a really good build for wrestling. Where he really succeeds is when he’s on top, he always scores points. He never gets turned.”

Falk maintained that reputation throughout the summer, even after coming off knee surgery. After winning his class in the World Duals, Falk was prepared for nationals in Fargo, N.D., last month.

It had been a frustrating past for Falk in the national tournament. After his runner-up finish as a freshman, he placed third as a sophomore and didn’t place at all as a junior.

He trained four times a day in the week leading up to the tournament, lifting, running and drilling until his brain felt like mush. There were plenty of times Falk questioned his desire to keep up the exhausting regimen.

“It just sucked,” Falk says. “I was just dead tired. But during the tournament, I felt like I knew what I had to do in every situation.”

As it turned out, Falk did have an answer for every situation. He cruised through his matches, winning 10 in only two days. In the Greco-Roman junior finals, he came up against Oliver Pierce of Texas, a previous champion.

For Complete Article by Kyle Goon, The Salt Lake Tribune

When it was all said and done, none of them achieved the success that Apple Valley High School wrestler Gannon Volk achieved.

Volk captured Cadet National freestyle and Greco-Roman titles at 91 pounds. In April, he won the Cadet Nationals Folkstyle title in Cedar Falls, IA, to win the coveted USA Wrestling Triple Crown in the Cadet division, meaning he won national titles in all three styles of wrestling.

Folkstyle is the style in which American youth and high school wrestlers compete. Freestyle is a more open style, while Greco-Roman involves only upper-body moves. Freestyle and Greco-Roman are styles used throughout the world and in international and Olympic competition.

Volk was the only wrestler in the nation to achieve the feat this year; in the history of USA Wrestling, only 10 wrestlers have achieved triple-crown status.

“The nation’s best high school wrestlers put it on the line in Fargo,” said Andrew Hipps. “It’s a grind. … Champions have to win 10 or more matches over three days. The arena is filled with college wrestling coaches who are looking to land recruits, so it’s a great opportunity for high school wrestlers to get noticed by college coaches.”

Volk was losing 2-0 to Miquel Silva of Plainfield, IL, in his final match, but picked up the pin and the win in the first period.

“Volk has … a never-say-die attitude,” Hipps said. “He is a mat rat who loves to compete, and competes virtually everywhere. He has improved tremendously in the last year.”

Volk was happy that hard work paid off.

“I’ve been training hard and in the room practicing a lot,” said Volk, 15, who went 38-0 and won a ninth-grade state championship last year. He’ll challenge to compete in the 106-pound weight class on the Apple Valley Eagles varsity wrestling team this coming season as a sophomore.

“I went into the tournament hoping to do my best,” he said. “As I kept winning it was in the back of my head that I could win it all, but I tried not to think about that and instead focus on each match.”

Another Apple Valley wrestler, Seth Gross, claimed a freestyle national title at 112 pounds. Gross took third in state last year as a freshman on the Apple Valley team that won a state championship and was named the No. 1 team in the nation. He too, won by pin.

“Both Gannon and Seth have paid their dues,” said Apple Valley wrestling head coach Jim Jackson. “They’ve trained 11 months a year for quite awhile now. They certainly earned it. The sky is the limit for them.”

Hipps said Gross’s performance in Fargo should give him a lot of confidence going forward because he placed ahead of some very accomplished wrestlers.

“Gross has a lot of tools,” said Hipps. “His length causes fits for his opponents. Seth Gross is a name people will be hearing a lot in the coming years.”

Three other Apple Valley wrestlers earned All-American status, which means they finished in the top eight in their respective weight class.

Matt Kelliher, who will wrestle at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next year and was this year’s Mr. Minnesota of wrestling, finished fourth in 135. Brandon Kingsley, who will be a senior at Apple Valley High School next year and has verbally committed to wrestle at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, finished fourth at 140. Steve Keogh, a Minnesota recruit, finished fifth in freestyle at 160 and Jake Waste, who won a state title for Apple Valley last year and will wrestle at the University of Buffalo next year, finished second in Greco-Roman competition at 189.

Other Apple Valley wrestlers who competed include Maolu Woiwor, Dylan Bethke, Daniel Woiwor, Ben Sullivan and Corbin Farrell.

As for Volk, he still has some competition left. He is one of two Minnesotans heading to Colorado Springs, CO, to train at the Olympic Training Center, and then he will be off to Hungary for the World Cadet Championships next month.

“It’s a great opportunity to keep wrestling and to compete against wrestlers from throughout the world, it should be fun,” said Volk.

For Complete Article by Matt Krumrie, Apple Valley Patch

“Last year I was confident I was going to win it, but I ended up falling short,” Brunson said. “This year I knew it was possible, but I tried to focus on being more humble. One match at a time, and I was not concerned about winning, but wrestling my best.”

Brunson won 11 matches during three days to win the 152-pound title at the national freestyle championships in Fargo, N.D., on Saturday.

“It was pretty spectacular,” Churchill coach Scott Kearney said. “This has been part of the process for him and goal of his since he was a little kid. This is the tournament that defines his high school career.”

Brunson is a three-time state wrestling champion who has a chance next year as a senior to become the 21st four-time champion in state history and the first from the Midwestern League. Kearney said that Brunson is only the ninth wrestler from Oregon to win a title at Junior Nationals.

“It feels great and I am real pleased with it, but after all is said and done I look forward to still competing,” Brunson said. “Competing in college and trying to win NCAA titles, things like that. So this is a steppingstone.”

Brunson will have his pick of colleges and said he is still narrowing his choices but hopes to decide by November.

“Before this tournament he was getting a lot of attention from colleges across the country,” Kearney said. “Coaches were coming up there and saying, ‘you won’t have to pay to go to college.’”

Brunson faced Edwin Cooper, a runner-up last year who just graduated from high school in Illinois, in the final, and Cooper won the first period 4-0 in the best-of-three format.

Kearney noted that Cooper had obviously scouted Brunson, so he had to alter his attack.

“You don’t want to lose 4-0 in the first period, but Zac has been there before,” Kearney said. “He’s a cool customer, so I wasn’t worried although I was concerned.”

Brunson won the second period 1-0 and then clinched the title by winning the third 6-0.

“I try to wrestle 20 seconds at a time, so once the first period was over I tried not to think about it,” Brunson said. “The second round comes, and it is a new match for me. Just go out and score points and win the round and not worry about what happened earlier or later.”

Brunson failed to place at the tournament last year.

“After losing last year it was eating at me the whole year wanting to win this,” Brunson said.

Brunson wrestled nearly four matches per day against foes from across the country, including some who were a year ahead of him in school.

“The competition was unbelievable,’ Brunson said. “I wrestled four or five returning All-Americans and four kids I wrestled were state champions. You can’t understand how difficult the tournament is until you have wrestled in it. Not just physically, but mentally it wears on you. The whole time you have to be focused, and when you have a chance to recover physically and mentally, you have to take it. If you focus on the whole 11 matches it will tear you apart.”

For Complete Article by Steve Mims, The Register-Guard

And he had been.

For the third time this year, Moody walked onto the mat with an opportunity to capture a Junior Nationals championship.

And for the third time, he had his hand raised in victory.

Moody downed Illinois teammate Tommy Pawelski 6-3, 5-1 to win the Junior Nationals freestyle title at 98 pounds on Saturday morning in the FargoDome. Moody had lost to Pawleski in the Illinois state freestyle tournament.

“It was important. It feels great to win this,” Moody said of the Triple Crown. “I worked so hard this past year to make up for what I didn’t do last year. We had wrestled each other before, and I knew his strengths and weaknesses. I just went out there and capitalized on all of them.”

Moody won a Junior Nationals title in Folkstyle this past April in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He captured a Junior Nationals Greco-Roman crown on Tuesday.

Moody becomes the third Junior to capture a USA Wrestling Triple Crown. He joins Montana’s Jade Rauser (2009) and Michigan’s Freddie Rodriguez (2010). Juniors became eligible to win the Triple Crown in 2007.

Moody’s Illinois teammate, Jahwon Akui, fell just short of winning a Junior Triple Crown. Akui, the Outstanding Wrestler in the Junior Greco-Roman tournament on Tuesday, fell to Wisconsin’s Devin Peterson in the 189 freestyle finals. Peterson won the first period 7-0 before recording a fall just before time ran out in the second period.

Peterson, a 2009 Triple Crown winner in Cadets, won a Junior Greco title earlier in the week. Peterson now has five Fargo titles. He also won a Junior Nationals Greco crown in 2010. He also won a Cadet Nationals Folkstyle title in Iowa in 2009.

Akui, an Iowa Central recruit, bumped up to 189 for the freestyle event after winning a Junior Greco title at 171.

Wisconsin’s Alex Dieringer repeated as a Junior Nationals freestyle champion after sweeping Oklahoma’s Zac Skates 4-0, 4-0 in the 160 finals. Dieringer, an Oklahoma State recruit, won a Junior Nationals Greco-Roman title here on Tuesday.

Dieringer was named Outstanding Wrestler in the freestyle tournament. He moved up a weight class in freestyle after winning a Junior Nationals Greco title at 152 earlier in the week.

“The competition is unbelievable. The best wrestlers in the country are here,” Dieringer said. “Being here is an honor. All the years here, I have gone up in weight in freestyle. It was a little different here this time. Once you get to the bigger guys, they are a whole lot stronger. I guess my strength was enough.”

ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year Morgan McIntosh of California (215) repeated as Junior freestyle champion. The powerful McIntosh, a Penn State recruit, beat Iowa’s Blaize Cabell 5-0, 5-0 in the finals.

“I talked to the coaches, and they wanted me to focus on getting better and not worry about my weight,” McIntosh said. “I want to get used to the bigger, stronger guys. There was a difference. A lot of these guys were 10-15 pounds bigger than me. It was a good experience for me. I tried to stay with what I do. I tried to be quicker on my feet, get on low shots and not get underneath these big guys.”

“I wanted to come here to help the California team. I love being here. I like being on the big stage in front of everyone.”

Illinois won the team title with Iowa second and Wisconsin third.

Matt Garelli of Illinois repeated as Junior Nationals freestyle champion after earning a tough three-period win over California’s Johson Mai. Garelli won 3-3, 7-0, 3-3 in the 105 finals.

Junior Greco-Roman champion Ben Whitford of Michigan completed a Fargo double after winning the freestyle finals at 135. He swept Ohio’s Ty Davis 7-0, 2-0 in the finals.

Whitford won a freestyle title in Fargo for the third straight year after claiming Cadet Nationals crowns here in 2009 and 2010. He has now won five titles in Fargo. He also won a Cadet Greco title in 2010.

Past FILA Cadet Nationals champion Jason Tsirtsis of Indiana topped 2011 Junior Nationals Folkstyle champion Jake Short of Minnesota 1-0, 1-0 in the Junior Nationals freestyle finals at 140.

Florida’s Pat Downey capped an impressive tournament by downing Washington’s Jordan Rogers, a double Cadet Nationals champion in 2010, in the Junior freestyle finals at 171. Downey rallied past Rogers 1-1, 3-1, 3-0.

Past Cadet and FILA Cadet Nationals champion Thomas Gilman of Nebraska capped a superb tournament by winning the title at 119. Gilman swept Hawaii’s David Terao 4-1, 2-1 in the finals.

Gilman, whose stock as a top college recruit went up considerably in the past two days, will compete in the FILA Cadet World Championships next month in Hungary.

Virginia’s Joey Dance continued his run of success in Fargo by winning the 125 freestyle title. Dance beat Washington’s Joey Palmer 3-0, 0-1, 2-1 in the finals. Dance won a Cadet Nationals freestyle title in 2009.

Past Cadet Nationals champion Connor Medbery of Colorado became a Junior Nationals champion when he downed Iowa’s Cody Krumwiede 3-1, 2-0 in the 285 finals. Medbery is a Wisconsin recruit. Krumwiede won a Junior Nationals Folkstyle title in April.

Zane Richards of Illinois capped a superb week by topping Virginia’s Brandon Jeske 2-1, 2-0 in the 130 finals. Richards placed second in Greco-Roman earlier in the week. Richards won Cadet Nationals here in Greco in 2009 and 2010.

Past FILA Cadet Nationals champion Nathan Tomasello of Ohio defeated Indiana’s Jarred Brooks 5-1, 0-4, 4-1 in the 112 finals.

New York’s Brian Realbuto delivered one of the most dramatic wins of the night when he rallied past Brian Murphy of Illinois in the 145 finals. Realbuto dropped the first period, but came back to score a pin with one second left in the second period to prevail.

Oregon’s Zach Brunson dropped the first period, but regrouped to down Edwin Cooper of Illinois 0-4, 1-0, 6-0 in the 152 finals. Brunson was second in FILA Junior Nationals this year and third in the FILA Junior World Team Trials.

The eight-day Junior and Cadet Nationals concluded on Saturday.

98 POUNDS
Nkosi Moody (Illinois) dec. Tommy Pawelski (Illinois), 6-3, 5-1

105 POUNDS
Matt Garelli (Illinois) dec. Johnson Mai (California), 3-3, 7-0, 3-3

112 POUNDS
Nathan Tomasello (Ohio) dec. Jarred Brooks (Indiana), 5-1, 0-4, 4-1

119 POUNDS
Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) dec. David Terao (Hawaii), 4-1, 2-1

125 POUNDS
Joey Dance (Virginia) dec. Joey Palmer (Washington), 3-0, 0-1, 2-1

130 POUNDS
Zane Richards (Illinois) dec. Brandon Jeske (Virginia), 2-1, 2-0

135 POUNDS
Ben Whitford (Michigan) dec. Ty Davis (Ohio), 7-0, 2-0

140 POUNDS
Jason Tsirtsis (Indiana) dec. Jake Short (Minnesota), 1-0, 1-0

145 POUNDS
Brian Realbuto (New York) pinned Brian Murphy (Illinois), 0-1, 1:59

152 POUNDS
Zach Brunson (Oregon) dec. Edwin Cooper (Illinois), 0-4, 1-0, 6-0

160 POUNDS
Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) dec. Zac Skates (Oklahoma) 4-0, 4-0

171 POUNDS
Pat Downey (Florida) dec. Jordan Rogers (Washington), 1-1, 3-1, 3-0

189 POUNDS
Devin Peterson (Wisconsin) pinned Jahwon Akui (Illinois), 7-0, 1:59

215 POUNDS
Morgan McIntosh (California) dec. Blaize Cabell (Iowa), 5-0, 5-0

285 POUNDS
Connor Medbery (Colorado) dec. Cody Krumwiede (Iowa), 3-1, 2-0

And shortly after his historic win, he was wearing a Triple Crown T-shirt to prove it.

Volk captured a Triple Crown in dramatic fashion when he notched a first-period fall to win a Cadet Nationals freestyle title on Friday afternoon at the FargoDome.

Volk was the lone wrestler to accomplish the impressive Triple Crown feat as 17 Cadet Nationals freestyle champions were crowned in Fargo. Volk earlier won Cadet Nationals titles in Folkstyle and Greco-Roman.

“It means a lot,” Volk said. “This is the first year I’ve won Folkstyle Nationals and this is the first year I’ve won this, too. It took a lot of training throughout the year. I’ve been training non-stop since last September.”

Volk trailed 2-0 early in his 91-pound finals bout against Miguel Silva of Illinois before locking Silva in a near-side cradle and recording the pin with seven seconds left in the first period.

“I was just trying to get the points to win the period and the pin just came,” Volk said. “I was just trying to get the takedown, but I tried to get the pin once I got him on his back. I had one other match in the tournament where I had to come back and win. It feels good to come back and win like this in the finals.”

Oregon’s Ronnie Bresser fell just short in his bid for a Triple Crown after dropping a decision to Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Tommy Thorn of Minnesota in the 105 finals. Thorn won the match 7-0, 3-1.

Bresser bumped up to 105 for freestyle after capturing Cadet Folkstyle and Greco titles at 98.

Volk and Bresser won Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman titles on Monday. They both captured Cadet Nationals Folkstyle titles earlier this year in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Illinois won the team title with Pennsylvania finishing second and Minnesota third.

Pennsylvania’s Chance Marsteller (152) repeated as Cadet Nationals freestyle champion after making quick work of Kelian Torres of Oklahoma 6-0, 7-0 in the finals.

Marsteller, who just turned 16, recently spent time training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He won Cadet Nationals in Greco earlier this week.

“This will be my last time in Fargo,” Marsteller said. “Next year, I want to wrestle in the Olympic Trials. I want to go back to the Olympic Training Center and see what I can do.”

2010 Cadet Triple Crown winner Mitch Sliga of Indiana (189) became a Fargo double champion for the second straight year when he downed Jordan Ellingwood of Illinois 4-0, 1-0 in the freestyle finals. Sliga won his second straight Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman title on Monday.

2011 Cadet Nationals Folkstyle champion Jabari Moody of Illinois dropped the first period before coming back to record a second-period fall over Pennsylvania’s Luke Karam in the 84 finals. Moody placed second in the Cadet Greco competition on Monday.

Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Zach Beard of Oklahoma captured a Cadet Nationals freestyle title when he swept Iowa’s Dustin Fuller 6-0, 7-0 in the 160 finals.

Cadet Nationals Greco champion Sam Stoll of Minnesota added a Cadet Nationals freestyle title when he swept Chet Spears of Oregon 4-3, 4-2 in the 285 finals.

California’s Aaron Pico became a Fargo double champion after downing Oklahoma’s Gary Wayne Harding 4-0, 8-2 in the 119 finals. Pico won a Cadet Nationals Greco title on Monday.

Idaho’s Hayden Tuma looked dominant in sweeping Colorado’s Geo Martinez 6-0, 6-0 in the 130 finals. Tuma earlier placed second in the Cadet Nationals Greco tournament after winning a Cadet Greco title in 2010.

Indiana’s Stevan Micic earned the crown at 98 after sweeping Ohio’s Austin Assad 6-0, 4-3 in the finals. Minnesota’s Seth Gross swept Wisconsin’s Andrew Crone 5-2, 6-2 to take home the championship plaque at 112.

Ohio’s Edgar Bright rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat Oklahoma’s Jonce Blaylock 6-3, 3-0 in the 125 finals. Missouri’s Grant Leeth came out strong in the first period and rallied in the second to down Virginia’s Jake Bass 5-0, 3-2 in the 135 finals.

Collin Holler of Illinois captured the 140 title by gaining a second-period fall over Nebraska’s Kenny Martin. New Jersey’s Dylan Milonas capped a superb tournament by posting a 1-1, 7-0 win over Nebraska’s JaVaughn Perkins in the 145 finals.

Ricky Robertson of Illinois took the 171 title by defeating North Carolina’s Parker Vonegidy 5-3, 2-1.

Maryland’s Kyle Snyder downed South Dakota’s Nathan Rotert 2-0, 2-1 in the 215 finals. Snyder placed second in the Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman.

This is Day 7 of 8 at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior and Cadet Nationals, which are being held on 23 mats at the FargoDome on the campus of North Dakota State University. Cadets feature the nation’s top 15-16 year olds.

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84 POUNDS
Jabari Moody (Illinois) pinned Luke Karam (Pennsylvania), 3-3, 0:41

91 POUNDS
Gannon Volk (Minnesota) pinned Miguel Silva (Illinois), 1:53

98 POUNDS
Stevan Micic (Indiana) dec. Austin Assad (Ohio), 6-0, 4-3

105 POUNDS
Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) dec. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon), 7-0, 3-1

112 POUNDS
Seth Gross (Minnesota) dec. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 5-2, 6-2

119 POUNDS
Aaron Pico (California) dec. Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma), 4-0, 8-2

125 POUNDS
Edgar Bright (Ohio) dec. Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma), 6-3, 3-0

130 POUNDS
Hayden Tuma (Idaho) dec. Geo Martinez (Colorado), 6-0, 6-0

135 POUNDS
Grant Leeth (Missouri) dec. Jack Bass (Virginia), 5-0, 3-2

140 POUNDS
Colin Holler (Illinois) pinned Kenny Martin (Nebraska), 6-0, 1:09

145 POUNDS
Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) dec. JaVaughn Perkins (Nebraska), 1-1, 7-0

152 POUNDS
Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) dec. Kelian Torres (Oklahoma), 6-0, 7-0

160 POUNDS
Zach Beard (Oklahoma) dec. Dustin Fuller (Iowa), 6-0, 7-0

171 POUNDS
Ricky Robertson (Illinois) dec. Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina), 5-3, 2-1

189 POUNDS
Mitch Sliga (Indiana) dec. Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois), 4-0, 1-0

215 POUNDS
Kyle Snyder (Maryland) dec. Nathan Rotert (South Dakota), 2-0, 2-1

285 POUNDS
Sam Stoll (Minnesota) dec. Chet Spears (Oregon), 4-3, 4-2

And he had been.

For the third time this year, Moody walked onto the mat with an opportunity to capture a Junior Nationals championship.

And for the third time, he had his hand raised in victory.

Moody downed Illinois teammate Tommy Pawelski 6-3, 5-1 to win the Junior Nationals freestyle title at 98 pounds on Saturday morning in the FargoDome. Moody had lost to Pawleski in the Illinois state freestyle tournament.

“It was important. It feels great to win this,” Moody said of the Triple Crown. “I worked so hard this past year to make up for what I didn’t do last year. We had wrestled each other before, and I knew his strengths and weaknesses. I just went out there and capitalized on all of them.”

Moody won a Junior Nationals title in Folkstyle this past April in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He captured a Junior Nationals Greco-Roman crown on Tuesday.

Moody becomes the third Junior to capture a USA Wrestling Triple Crown. He joins Montana’s Jade Rauser (2009) and Michigan’s Freddie Rodriguez (2010). Juniors became eligible to win the Triple Crown in 2007.

Moody’s Illinois teammate, Jahwon Akui, fell just short of winning a Junior Triple Crown. Akui, the Outstanding Wrestler in the Junior Greco-Roman tournament on Tuesday, fell to Wisconsin’s Devin Peterson in the 189 freestyle finals. Peterson won the first period 7-0 before recording a fall just before time ran out in the second period.

Peterson, a 2009 Triple Crown winner in Cadets, won a Junior Greco title earlier in the week. Peterson now has five Fargo titles. He also won a Junior Nationals Greco crown in 2010. He also won a Cadet Nationals Folkstyle title in Iowa in 2009.

Akui, an Iowa Central recruit, bumped up to 189 for the freestyle event after winning a Junior Greco title at 171.

Wisconsin’s Alex Dieringer repeated as a Junior Nationals freestyle champion after sweeping Oklahoma’s Zac Skates 4-0, 4-0 in the 160 finals. Dieringer, an Oklahoma State recruit, won a Junior Nationals Greco-Roman title here on Tuesday.

Dieringer was named Outstanding Wrestler in the freestyle tournament. He moved up a weight class in freestyle after winning a Junior Nationals Greco title at 152 earlier in the week.

“The competition is unbelievable. The best wrestlers in the country are here,” Dieringer said. “Being here is an honor. All the years here, I have gone up in weight in freestyle. It was a little different here this time. Once you get to the bigger guys, they are a whole lot stronger. I guess my strength was enough.”

ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year Morgan McIntosh of California (215) repeated as Junior freestyle champion. The powerful McIntosh, a Penn State recruit, beat Iowa’s Blaize Cabell 5-0, 5-0 in the finals.

“I talked to the coaches, and they wanted me to focus on getting better and not worry about my weight,” McIntosh said. “I want to get used to the bigger, stronger guys. There was a difference. A lot of these guys were 10-15 pounds bigger than me. It was a good experience for me. I tried to stay with what I do. I tried to be quicker on my feet, get on low shots and not get underneath these big guys.”

“I wanted to come here to help the California team. I love being here. I like being on the big stage in front of everyone.”

Illinois won the team title with Iowa second and Wisconsin third.

Matt Garelli of Illinois repeated as Junior Nationals freestyle champion after earning a tough three-period win over California’s Johson Mai. Garelli won 3-3, 7-0, 3-3 in the 105 finals.

Junior Greco-Roman champion Ben Whitford of Michigan completed a Fargo double after winning the freestyle finals at 135. He swept Ohio’s Ty Davis 7-0, 2-0 in the finals.

Whitford won a freestyle title in Fargo for the third straight year after claiming Cadet Nationals crowns here in 2009 and 2010. He has now won five titles in Fargo. He also won a Cadet Greco title in 2010.

Past FILA Cadet Nationals champion Jason Tsirtsis of Indiana topped 2011 Junior Nationals Folkstyle champion Jake Short of Minnesota 1-0, 1-0 in the Junior Nationals freestyle finals at 140.

Florida’s Pat Downey capped an impressive tournament by downing Washington’s Jordan Rogers, a double Cadet Nationals champion in 2010, in the Junior freestyle finals at 171. Downey rallied past Rogers 1-1, 3-1, 3-0.

Past Cadet and FILA Cadet Nationals champion Thomas Gilman of Nebraska capped a superb tournament by winning the title at 119. Gilman swept Hawaii’s David Terao 4-1, 2-1 in the finals.

Gilman, whose stock as a top college recruit went up considerably in the past two days, will compete in the FILA Cadet World Championships next month in Hungary.

Virginia’s Joey Dance continued his run of success in Fargo by winning the 125 freestyle title. Dance beat Washington’s Joey Palmer 3-0, 0-1, 2-1 in the finals. Dance won a Cadet Nationals freestyle title in 2009.

Past Cadet Nationals champion Connor Medbery of Colorado became a Junior Nationals champion when he downed Iowa’s Cody Krumwiede 3-1, 2-0 in the 285 finals. Medbery is a Wisconsin recruit. Krumwiede won a Junior Nationals Folkstyle title in April.

Zane Richards of Illinois capped a superb week by topping Virginia’s Brandon Jeske 2-1, 2-0 in the 130 finals. Richards placed second in Greco-Roman earlier in the week. Richards won Cadet Nationals here in Greco in 2009 and 2010.

Past FILA Cadet Nationals champion Nathan Tomasello of Ohio defeated Indiana’s Jarred Brooks 5-1, 0-4, 4-1 in the 112 finals.

New York’s Brian Realbuto delivered one of the most dramatic wins of the night when he rallied past Brian Murphy of Illinois in the 145 finals. Realbuto dropped the first period, but came back to score a pin with one second left in the second period to prevail.

Oregon’s Zach Brunson dropped the first period, but regrouped to down Edwin Cooper of Illinois 0-4, 1-0, 6-0 in the 152 finals. Brunson was second in FILA Junior Nationals this year and third in the FILA Junior World Team Trials.

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And shortly after his historic win, he was wearing a Triple Crown T-shirt to prove it.

Volk captured a Triple Crown in dramatic fashion when he notched a first-period fall to win a Cadet Nationals freestyle title on Friday afternoon at the FargoDome.

Volk was the lone wrestler to accomplish the impressive Triple Crown feat as 17 Cadet Nationals freestyle champions were crowned in Fargo. Volk earlier won Cadet Nationals titles in Folkstyle and Greco-Roman.

“It means a lot,” Volk said. “This is the first year I’ve won Folkstyle Nationals and this is the first year I’ve won this, too. It took a lot of training throughout the year. I’ve been training non-stop since last September.”

Volk trailed 2-0 early in his 91-pound finals bout against Miguel Silva of Illinois before locking Silva in a near-side cradle and recording the pin with seven seconds left in the first period.

“I was just trying to get the points to win the period and the pin just came,” Volk said. “I was just trying to get the takedown, but I tried to get the pin once I got him on his back. I had one other match in the tournament where I had to come back and win. It feels good to come back and win like this in the finals.”

Oregon’s Ronnie Bresser fell just short in his bid for a Triple Crown after dropping a decision to Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Tommy Thorn of Minnesota in the 105 finals. Thorn won the match 7-0, 3-1.

Bresser bumped up to 105 for freestyle after capturing Cadet Folkstyle and Greco titles at 98.

Volk and Bresser won Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman titles on Monday. They both captured Cadet Nationals Folkstyle titles earlier this year in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Illinois won the team title with Pennsylvania finishing second and Minnesota third.

Pennsylvania’s Chance Marsteller (152) repeated as Cadet Nationals freestyle champion after making quick work of Kelian Torres of Oklahoma 6-0, 7-0 in the finals.

Marsteller, who just turned 16, recently spent time training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He won Cadet Nationals in Greco earlier this week.

“This will be my last time in Fargo,” Marsteller said. “Next year, I want to wrestle in the Olympic Trials. I want to go back to the Olympic Training Center and see what I can do.”

2010 Cadet Triple Crown winner Mitch Sliga of Indiana (189) became a Fargo double champion for the second straight year when he downed Jordan Ellingwood of Illinois 4-0, 1-0 in the freestyle finals. Sliga won his second straight Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman title on Monday.

2011 Cadet Nationals Folkstyle champion Jabari Moody of Illinois dropped the first period before coming back to record a second-period fall over Pennsylvania’s Luke Karam in the 84 finals. Moody placed second in the Cadet Greco competition on Monday.

Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Zach Beard of Oklahoma captured a Cadet Nationals freestyle title when he swept Iowa’s Dustin Fuller 6-0, 7-0 in the 160 finals.

Cadet Nationals Greco champion Sam Stoll of Minnesota added a Cadet Nationals freestyle title when he swept Chet Spears of Oregon 4-3, 4-2 in the 285 finals.

California’s Aaron Pico became a Fargo double champion after downing Oklahoma’s Gary Wayne Harding 4-0, 8-2 in the 119 finals. Pico won a Cadet Nationals Greco title on Monday.

Idaho’s Hayden Tuma looked dominant in sweeping Colorado’s Geo Martinez 6-0, 6-0 in the 130 finals. Tuma earlier placed second in the Cadet Nationals Greco tournament after winning a Cadet Greco title in 2010.

Indiana’s Stevan Micic earned the crown at 98 after sweeping Ohio’s Austin Assad 6-0, 4-3 in the finals. Minnesota’s Seth Gross swept Wisconsin’s Andrew Crone 5-2, 6-2 to take home the championship plaque at 112.

Ohio’s Edgar Bright rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat Oklahoma’s Jonce Blaylock 6-3, 3-0 in the 125 finals. Missouri’s Grant Leeth came out strong in the first period and rallied in the second to down Virginia’s Jake Bass 5-0, 3-2 in the 135 finals.

Collin Holler of Illinois captured the 140 title by gaining a second-period fall over Nebraska’s Kenny Martin. New Jersey’s Dylan Milonas capped a superb tournament by posting a 1-1, 7-0 win over Nebraska’s JaVaughn Perkins in the 145 finals.

Ricky Robertson of Illinois took the 171 title by defeating North Carolina’s Parker Vonegidy 5-3, 2-1.

Maryland’s Kyle Snyder downed South Dakota’s Nathan Rotert 2-0, 2-1 in the 215 finals. Snyder placed second in the Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman.

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And one to go.

That’s where Minnesota’s Gannon Volk and Oregon’s Ronnie Bresser now stand after earning stop-sign shaped plaques for winning Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman championships on Monday afternoon at the FargoDome.

Volk and Bresser moved one step away from winning coveted USA Wrestling Triple Crowns. They both captured Cadet Nationals Folkstyle titles earlier this year in Cedar Falls, Iowa. They will each need to win a freestyle title later this week in Fargo to capture a Triple Crown.

Volk swept Isaac Jimenez of Texas 1-0, 6-0 in the finals at 91 pounds.

“Some people think Greco’s not as important as the other styles, but I like it a lot,” Volk said. “I like all the styles of wrestling. They’re all kind of equal to me.”

Bresser fell behind early before downing North Dakota’s Tommy Walton 6-2, 3-0 in the finals at 98. Bresser won Cadet Nationals in freestyle last year.

“I’ve put a lot into my training and having this Greco title was real important to me,” Bresser said. “I still have to work for that freestyle title.”

California’s Elijah Davis was named Outstanding Wrestler in the tournament. Davis came back to land a spot in the finals despite losing a match earlier in the tournament by fall.

Davis knocked off returning champion Hayden Tuma of Idaho 2-0, 3-0 in the finals at 130. Tuma was a champion at 119 last year.

“When I was on top, I knew I could turn him,” Davis said. “I had to turn him. I believed I could do it.”

Pennsylvania won the team title with California finishing second and Illinois taking third.

2010 Cadet Triple Crown winner Mitch Sliga of Indiana (189) won his second straight Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman title after defeating Pennsylvania’s Javon Reyes 1-0, 7-0 in the finals.

Sliga is looking to repeat his Fargo double in Greco and freestyle from last year. He placed fourth in Cadet Folkstyle Nationals earlier this year.

New Jersey’s Joseph McKenna of New Jersey (112) repeated as a Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman champion. McKenna swept Minnesota’s Tristan Manderfeld 7-0, 1-0 in the finals. McKenna won the title at 98 last year.

Pennsylvania’s Chance Marsteller (152) completed a dominating two days by downing Nevada’s Ryder Newman 1-0, 7-0 in the finals. Marsteller hit a succession of turns to put the match away in the second period.

Marsteller won Cadet Nationals in freestyle last year and placed fourth in Greco.

Pennsylvania’s Darian Cruz capped a superb tournament by sweeping Idaho’s Michael Cook 4-0, 7-0 in the finals at 105.

Pennsylvania’s Eric Morris won the title at 160 by defeating Ricky Robertson of Illinois 3-0, 1-0. Pennsylvania’s Raymond O’Donnell followed at 171 by topping New Jersey’s Jadaen Bernstein 1-0, 3-0.

California put together an amazing run by winning four straight titles at 119, 125, 130 and 135.

California’s Aaron Pico won the 119-pound title after taking two straight periods from Oregon’s Colton Schilling 5-1, 1-0. California’s Jon Jay Chavez followed by downing Pennsylvania’s Wyatt Keck 1-0, 1-0 in the finals at 125.

Rich Martinez won an all-California final at 135 when he outlasted Mike Longo 3-0, 1-2, 1-0 to earn the title.

Oregon’s Cody Jackson rallied to win the title at 84 to start the finals. Jackson dropped the first period 4-3, but quickly regroup to earn a second-period fall over Jabari Moody of Illinois. Moody won Cadet Folkstyle Nationals earlier this year.

Iowa’s Peter Nagy won the 140 crown by sweeping Michigan’s Logan Marcicki 1-0, 2-0 in the finals. Nagy is a foreign exchange student from Hungary.

Washington’s Chandler Rogers continued his run of success in USA Wrestling events after winning the title at 145. Rogers topped Utah’s Kimball Bastian 2-0, 2-1 in the finals. Rogers won Schoolboy Nationals in Greco-Roman and freestyle in 2010.

Rogers is the younger brother of Jordan Rogers, a Cadet Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle last year.

Missouri’s J’den Cox edged Maryland’s Kyle Snyder 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 to win the title at 215.

Minnesota’s Sam Stoll won the 285 crown after downing Michael Johnson of Illinois 1-0, 0-1, 4-0.

This is Day 3 of 8 at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior and Cadet Nationals, which are being held on 23 mats at the FargoDome on the campus of North Dakota State University. Cadets feature the nation’s top 15-16 year olds.

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Medbery fell 1-0, 2-0 to Parker Betts of Minnesota in the heavyweight championship, with both periods being decided in the final 30 seconds.

“I can’t complain,” Medbery said. “Making it to the finals is a good accomplishment. You always want more, but it was great to make it to the finals.”

On their feet, neither wrestler could get any offense going at any point through the match. Betts won the first period on a defensive point, then in the reverse situation in the second, was able to turn Medbery with a gut wrench, exposing his shoulders briefly to earn a 2-0 victory. At the end of 90 seconds, one wrestler automatically goes in the defensive position.

“Greco can be like that,” Medbery said. “Sometimes you just have to wait it out for 90 seconds and see who can get position. (In the second period), I was trying to see if he’d lose his grip, but he had it pretty tight right off. The first time I was able to fight it off, but the second time he got a good roll.”

It is the fourth year in a row Medbery has earned All-American status in Greco-Roman, taking second in 2008 as a Cadet, then finishing third in 2009 and eighth last year as a junior. The first two placings came at 215 pounds. It wasn’t a bad finish for a guy who doesn’t practice Greco very much (he ventured a couple of practices heading in), and it still marked a vast move up the standings from last year, his first major tournament as a heavyweight wrestler. He also figures this was his last go-round with the style.

Medbery headed into the tournament coming off a phenomenal senior year at Loveland High School, winning his third straight 5A state championship (the first two at 215 pounds) and backing that with the heavyweight title at the National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals title in Virginia Beach, Vir., in April. All that came wrestling the collegiate style, and Medbery likes the challenge of a different approach. In Greco, wrestlers cannot attack the legs, something Medbery is very adept at doing.

“Greco is mostly upper body, so it plays into some guys strengths and takes away one of mine,” he said. “I like to shoot and work the corners, so it limits my offense.”

Signed to wrestle at Wisconsin this year, Medbery opened the tournament with seven victories, three coming by pin. He isn’t done in Fargo, with the start of the freestyle competition beginning on Thursday. He placed seventh in that discipline last year, beating Betts in the placement match. He figures a runner-up finish will only push him harder the rest of the week.

“It’s kind of fuel to the fire,” he said. “I really wanted to win both Greco and freestyle, but I didn’t quite reach that goal. It will make me focus more on freestyle. I’ll just try to get a lot of rest (today), get a light workout in and get ready to go.”

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Not all was lost for Team Georgia, however, as Harris County’s Tyler Denova was an All-American after placing fifth in the cadet division at 189 pounds.

Denova won four of his first five matches to reach the championship rounds. His only loss in regulation was to Mitch Sliga of Indiana. Denova received a bye after losing to Matthew Hopkins of Washington in their first round championship match.

Another loss to Sliga moved Denova into the fifth-place match where he pinned Montana’s Jake Leinwand in 33 seconds.

“Tyler’s an all-around great kid who works hard in the room,” Team Georgia board member Danny Lutz said. “He’s relentless on the mat and keeps attacking. He absolutely deserved All-American, which I know is a big thrill for his brother.”

Tyler’s brother, Joey, is a former Team Georgia wrestler who was a Greco-Roman junior All-American last year. Joey currently trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Michigan and is helping coach Team Georgia at nationals this week.

“Tyler has an opportunity now to be a double All-American,” Lutz said. “It could be a big week for him if things go right.”

Danny’s son, Etowah standout Jeremiah Lutz, had a strong showing in the 145-pound Greco-Roman junior division, but he fell short of All-America honors. Lutz lost his first match of the tournament by fall, but then won his next three to remain in contention.

Unfortunately, Lutz dropped his final regulation match to Virginia’s Blake Roulo via technical fall, coming up just short of the championship rounds.

“Losing the first match always stinks,” the elder Lutz said. “Things are really tough on you after that. We didn’t see the Jeremiah we all know in that match, but we saw the guy we expected to see after that.

“Then, he hit a really good kid from Virginia that we knew would be tough for him and that turned out to be the case.”

Jeremiah recorded the best record among the local wrestlers at 3-2. Creekview’s John Edwards was 2-2 at 130 pounds in the cadet division, while his Grizzly teammates Cullen Castle (cadet) and Joe Hulen (junior) each finished 1-2. Cherokee’s Brady Sandercock (cadet) finished 0-2.

“I think our cadets, and all of our young kids, wrestled well,” Danny Lutz said. “They learned a lot about what it takes to win here.

“Cullen is young and a little inexperienced, but we’re impressed with him coming here and winning a match.”

Edwards got off to a good start with consecutive wins, but back-to-back losses left him on the outside looking in.

“We thought John would place the way he started out and then boom, boom,” Lutz said. “A lot of times it’s the luck of the draw.”

Castle went 1-2, winning his second match of the day, while Hulen won his first before dropping his next two. Sandercock didn’t fare well.

This year’s recipients are Morgan McIntosh of California for boys and Jenna Burkert of New York for girls.

McIntosh, a 2010 ASICS Junior Nationals champion, won three California state high school titles for Calvary Chapel High School. He was named the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner on the national level by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, based upon athletic and academic achievement and community service.

McIntosh is expected to compete this week at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior Nationals in freestyle. He will attend Penn State in the fall.

Burkert was fourth at the 2011 U.S. Senior Open, and was a member of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games team. She won the FILA Junior Nationals title this spring and qualified for the Junior World Team at the Body Bar Nationals.

Burkett attended Marquette High School in Michigan, where she is a member of the U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) program.

Burkett will not be competing this week at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior Nationals, as she is in her final week of training for the Junior World Championships which take place next week in Bucharest, Hungary.

Burkert becomes only the second girl to win the award twice, joining California’s Tatiana Padilla who was honored in 2007 and 2008. No boy has ever won this award twice.

The program began in 1986, when California’s Laurence Jackson was named as the first ASICS High School Boys Wrestler of the Year. With the growth of women’s wrestling, the first ASICS Girls High School Wrestler of the Year was recognized in 2001, with Toccara Montgomery of Ohio receiving the award.

Looking back over the history of the program, the winners have gone on to achieve great things at the higher levels of wrestling.

Olympic champion Henry Cejudo of Colorado was the 2006 boys winner. Others who have made Olympic teams for the United States include boys recipients Oscar Wood of Oregon, Cary Kolat of Pennsylvania, Joe Williams of Illinois and Steve Mocco of New Jersey and girls Toccara Montgomery of Ohio and Ali Bernard of Minnesota.

World medalists who are past winners include girls Montgomery and Padilla, plus boys Kolat and Williams.

Wrestlers who have won multiple NCAA Div. I titles included Kolat, Williams, Mocco and Damion Hahn of New Jersey. Others won an NCAA Div. I title were Alan Fried of Ohio, Jesse Jantzen of New York, Zach Esposito of New Jersey, Dustin Schlatter of Ohio and Troy Nickerson of New York.

Future winners of this award may be competing this weekend in Fargo. A large majority of past winners have either won titles here or have been multiple All-Americans on the Junior or Cadet levels.

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“It means a lot to wrestle for them,” Moody said. “A lot of great wrestlers have come through there, like (Olympian) T.C. Dantzler and (NCAA champion) Tony Davis. I’m just glad to be a part of it and continue the tradition.”

Moody is doing exactly that after he swept Nebraska’s Dante Rodriguez 4-0, 6-0 in the Junior Nationals Greco-Roman 98-pound finals on Tuesday afternoon.

Moody was one of 15 champions crowned on Tuesday at the Fargo Dome.

Moody won the Junior Folkstyle Nationals earlier this year and remains alive to win a USA Wrestling Triple Crown. He will need to win a Junior freestyle title later this week to complete the rare triple.

“Winning the Triple Crown is very important to me,” Moody said. “Last year I wasn’t able to do it. This year I’m coming after it. I’ve put in so much work that it would just mean so much to me.”

Three wrestlers repeated as Junior Nationals Greco champions. They included Missouri’s Colton Howell (112 pounds), Florida’s Rossi Bruno (125) and Wisconsin’s Devin Peterson (189)

Howell swept Iowa’s Phillip Laux 1-0, 3-0 to win his second straight Junior Greco title.

“Freestyle and Folkstyle is not my thing,” Howell said. “Greco is where I’m comfortable and where I’m at my best. It really fits well with my style of wrestling.”

Bruno, a four-time state high school champion, won Junior Greco at 125 for the second straight year. Bruno edged 2010 Cadet Nationals Greco champion Zane Richards of Illinois 3-0, 0-1, 1-0.

Peterson downed Minnesota’s Jake Waste 5-0, 1-0 in a battle of 2009 Cadet Triple Crown champions.

Illinois’ Jahwon Akui (171), a past Cadet Nationals double champion, struck gold again in North Dakota when he downed Michigan’s Kevin Beazley 1-0, 1-0. Akui, an Iowa Central recruit, placed third in Junior Greco in 2010.

Akui was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

Illinois won the team title with Florida finishing second.

Florida’s Isaiah Varona knocked off returning champion Tyler Fraley of New Jersey 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 to win the title at 119.

Following Bruno’s win at 125, Florida made it three in a row when Kevin Norstrem swept Jacob Velarde of Washington 3-0, 1-0 in the 130 finals.

Florida added a fourth title when Geordan Speiller defeated Iowa’s Alex Meyer 3-0, 3-1 in the 160 finals. Meyer won Junior Folkstyle Nationals earlier this year.

Michigan’s Ben Whitford continued his run of Fargo success by taking two straight from Oklahoma’s Chase Ferman 9-2, 7-0 in the 135 finals. Whitford won Cadet Nationals titles in Greco and freestyle in 2010.

Michigan’s Adam Coon won the title at 215 after scoring a second-period pin over Florida’s Lee Wildes. Coon won a Cadet Nationals Greco title in 2010.

North Dakota’s Joe Schumacher delivered in his home state by downing Idaho’s Casey George 2-0, 1-0 in the 140 finals.

California’s Johnson Mai won the crown at 105 after rallying past Wisconsin’s Bobby Nachreiner 2-5, 3-2, 3-0.

Utah’s Jacob Falk swept Oliver Pierce of Texas 2-1, 1-0 in the 145 finals.

Wisconsin’s Alex Dieringer (152), an Oklahoma State recruit, swept Florida’s Clark Glass 2-0, 1-0 in the finals. Dieringer placed third in Greco here last year before winning a Junior freestyle championship.

Minnesota’s Parker Betts capped the session by defeating Colorado’s Connor Medbery 1-0, 2-0 in the 285 finals. Betts is the brother of 2009 World Team member Chas Betts.

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Several West River wrestlers are set to take part in the ASICS/Vaughan Junior and Cadet National Championships in Fargo, N.D., beginning Friday. The tournament brings together the best high school wrestlers from around the nation to compete in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling tournaments.

“We have 19 wrestlers taking part this year, which is on the upper end of average,” USA Wrestling state chairman Ray Ringstmeyer said. “Our results have improved greatly since I have been here starting seven years ago. Last year, we walked away with three guys that placed which was great.”

Rapid City Central’s Aero Amo is back in Fargo for the second year and hoping to build off the experience he gained from last year.

“This time around I will know how tough the competition is,” he said. “Last year, I didn’t overlook the tournament, but I didn’t think it would be as high-caliber of a tournament as it is.”

Like most top wrestlers, Amo has spent his summer wrestling at various tournaments and camps that he thinks will benefit him.

“I have been training a lot harder this year,” he said.

Amo, who will wrestle at 160 or 171 pounds, said a large amount of the work he has been putting in this summer has not focused on the physical aspect of the sport.

“The most improvement for me has come mental-wise, and realizing with my training that you can always do more,” he said.

Spearfish’s Nate Rotert has already enjoyed a successful summer, winning a national title at the National High School Coaches Association National Wrestling Championship in Virginia Beach, Va., and completing a successful first attempt at freestyle wrestling in Oklahoma last month, but Fargo is just another challenge.

“Honestly, I don’t have too much pressure or expectations,” he said. “After Oklahoma, I am wrestling up to 220 (pounds) so I want to get a feel for that.

“I am pretty confident, but I also know this is the toughest tournament in the nation by far. I am just hoping to place.”

Sturgis’ Morgan Engbrecht, a two-time South Dakota state champion, has made trips to Waterloo, Iowa and Oklahoma for tournaments this summer and has made several trips to Sioux Falls for training sessions.

Making his third trip to Fargo, Engbrecht said he is a fan of freestyle wrestling, which differs from the high school folkstyle season.

“I like it because it breaks it up, because wrestling is one big season,” he said.

Engbrecht, who will wrestle at 119, is focusing on placing after beating some wrestlers who placed during last year’s tournament and narrowly losing to the fifth-place wrestler.

“I just want to get some quality matches,” he said.

“A lot of it depends on the draw and you just never know because you can go one-two-out if you don’t get a very good draw,” Ringstmeyer said.

July 13th, 2011

• Down Under Duals     —-     Brisbane, AUS

July 15th, 2011

• Munster Summer Wrestling Series #3   —-     Munster, IN

July 16th, 2011

• 2011 USAW Cadet Women Freestyle Nationals     —-     Fargo, ND
• Subway WA Games:  Jiu-Jitsu  (CANCELED)      —-     Tacoma, WA
• Subway Washington Games IV     —-      Tacoma, WA

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