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Utah’s Matt Findlay staged a huge sec- ond-period rally to down Pennsylvania’s Brock Zacherl by an 18-8 technical fall in the 138 finals. New Jersey’s Myles Martin looked impressive in earning a quick 10-0 tech over Ohio’s Andrew Kowal in the 182 title bout.
Iowa’s Marcus Harrington powered to a 6-2 win over Oklahoma’s Andrew Dixon in the 220 finals.
Cadet freestyle Two wrestlers from neighboring north-
ern states earned back-to-back USA Wrestling Cadet Triple Crowns. Wisconsin’s Beau Breske (170 pounds) and Minnesota’s Keegan Moore (182) won coveted Triple Crowns after they captured Cadet Nationals freestyle cham- pionships at the Fargo Dome.
The powerful Breske downed explosive Kamal Bey of Illinois 9-6 in the finals in a rematch of the Cadet Nationals Greco finals.
“I really haven’t had a battle like that in a long time,” said Breske, who won a Schoolboy Triple Crown in 2011. “It really means a lot when you have to work for something rather than have it handed to you. The Triple Crown means a lot to me.”
Moore took charge early in earning a 7- 0 win over Utah’s Wyatt Koelling in anoth- er rematch of the Cadet Nationals Greco finals. Moore outscored his five Cadet Nationals freestyle opponents by a com- bined 52-0 in Fargo.
“This gives me great confidence, know- ing the best guys in the country can’t score on me,” Moore said. “Now I want to make a World Team.”
Breske and Moore captured Cadet Nationals titles in Folkstyle and Greco- Roman earlier this year. Indiana’s Nick Lee earned a quick 11-0 technical fall over Jaime Hernandez of Illinois in the 132 finals. Lee was named Outstanding Wrestler. Indiana’s Chad Red scored two-second period takedowns and then held off California’s Jaden Enriquez in the final seconds to prevail 4-3 in the 126-pound finals. Enriquez was bidding to win a Cadet Triple Crown.
2014 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals cham- pion Paul Konrath of Indiana topped 2014 Cadet Nationals Greco champion Ian Timmins of Nevada 8-2 in the 106 finals. Illinois repeated as Cadet Nationals freestyle team champions with 88 points. Pennsylvania was second with 58 points and Ohio third with 51 points. 2014 Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman champion Austin Gomez of Illinois pow-
USA Wrestling Cadet Triple Crown winners Beau Breske of Wisconsin (right) and Keegan Moore of Minnesota. John Sachs photo.
ered past 2014 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Ben Freeman of Michigan 11-0 in the 113 finals.
Dylan Duncan of Illinois started strong en route to a 12-4 win over Yianni Diakomihallis of New York in the 120 finals.
California’s Nicolas Aguilar became a double Fargo champion after downing Ohio’s Dylan D’Emillo by a 13-0 technical fall in the 94-pound finals. Arizona’s Roman Bravo-Young will fly back home with a pair of stop-sign shaped plaques after defeating Pennsylvania’s Max Murin 9-0 in the 100- pound finals. Missouri’s Ethan Karsten also complet- ed a Fargo double by cruising past Shayne Oster of Illinois 10-0 in the 138 finals.
New Jersey’s Brandon Dallavia, who has spent time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, defeated 2014 Cadet Nationals Greco champion Owen Webster of Minnesota 11-7 in the 160 finals.
2014 Cadet Nationals Greco champion
Matt Stencel of Ohio added a Cadet Nationals freestyle crown by downing 2014 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Kobe Woods of Indiana 13-4 in the 195 finals.
2014 Cadet World Team member Jared
Verkleeren of Pennsylvania won by a quick 10-0 technical fall over 2014 Cadet Nationals Greco champion Matthew Park
of Idaho in the 145 finals. Iowa’s Gannon Gremmel broke a 6-6 tie late in the match to edge Michigan’s Luke Ready 8-7 in the 220 finals. Gremmel won Cadet Folkstyle Nationals titles in 2013 and 2014. Oregon’s Osawaru Odighizuwa held off Hunter Mullins of Washington 3-2 in the heavyweight finals. Colorado’s Malik Heinselman (88 pounds) earned a 16-6 technical fall over Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Jason Holmes of Arizona. Washington’s Trey Meyer pulled out an exciting 9-7 victory over Missouri’s Johnny Blankenship in the 152 finals. Junior women’s freestyle
Five days after winning a Cadet World title, Hawaii’s Teshya Alo rolled past 2012 Cadet World silver medalist Kayla Miracle of Indiana by a 10-0 technical fall in the Junior Nationals women’s freestyle finals. Alo repeated as Junior Nationals cham-
pion. Alo was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. “Kayla’s really aggressive,” Alo said.
“She’s very tough. I’m very glad I got a chance to wrestle her. She’s really good. I came here to have fun and I did. I want to win the Olympics in wrestling.” California repeated as team champion
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