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was important for me to not get out of position.” Two other wrestlers – California’s Jaden Enriquez (126) and Minnesota’s Keegan Moore (182) – also won Cadet Nationals Greco titles to move within one step of earning Triple Crowns. Enriquez took control early in defeating Arizona’s Quentin Hovis 6-2 in the finals. “I’m working on staying in good position
and staying strong,” Enriquez said. “I’ve been training harder and it’s made me better.”
Moore started strong before holding off
Utah’s Wyatt Koelling 6-5 in the finals. “I just had to keep wrestling,” Moore said. “If I would’ve stopped, he would’ve scored. It’s that simple. He pushed me to my limit and I passed.”
Illinois repeated as team champion with 101 points.
Austin Gomez of Illinois repeated as Cadet Nationals champion, rallying from an early deficit before defeating Iowa’s Bryce West by an 18-8 technical fall in the 113 finals.
“He came out really strong in the first period,” Gomez said. “I just had to stay calm and keep wrestling. All the guys on our team worked real hard. It was nice to win the team title again.” Illinois wrestler Trey Keeley started quickly en route to earning a wild 12-8 win over Minnesota’s Patrick McKee in the first finals bout at 88 pounds. California’s Nicolas Aguilar broke out to an early four-point lead on his way to downing Utah’s Brandon Meikel 7-2 in the finals at 94 pounds. Ohio’s Matt Stencel executed a head- lock in the matches opening seconds and eventually secured the fall over Michigan’s Wyatt Hardin in the 195 finals. Ohio heavyweight Kevin Vough con- trolled Oregon’s Osawaru Odighizuwa 8-1 in the 285 title bout. Coltan Williams of Texas downed North Carolina’s Wilson Smith 8-5 in the 120 finals Nevada’s Ian Timmons rallied from an early 5-2 deficit before taking a big lead and eventually pinning Iowa’s Drew West in the 106 finals. Arizona’s Roman Bravo-Young led 4-3 before headlocking and pinning Michigan’s Dominic Lajoie late in the sec- ond period in the finals at 100 pounds. Minnesota’s Jake Allar trailed 12-7 late in the match before throwing and pinning Idaho’s Jaron Chavez in the 132 finals. Minnesota’s Owen Webster used a punishing attack to down Ohio’s James Handwerk by technical fall in the 160 finals.
Idaho’s Matt Park recorded a quick 57-
New Jersey’s Mason Manville won a Junior Nationals freestyle title just a few days after he won a FILA Cadet World freestyle title. John Sachs photo.
second pin over Logan Gruszka of Illinois in the 145 finals. Missouri’s Ethan Karsten came out strong in defeating Wisconsin’s Devin Bahr 8-3 in the 138 finals. Oregon’s Riley Jaramillo rolled to an
11-0 first-period technical fall over Iowa’s Anthony Sherry in the 152 finals. Hometown boy Brandon Metz of North
Dakota overcame an early 4-0 deficit, pin- ning Allen Stallings of Illinois in the sec- ond period of the 220 finals. Cadet women’s freestyle
Michigan’s Kenya Spencer repeated as women’s champion at Cadet Nationals. Spencer downed returning champion
Taylor Rosario of Texas 9-2 in the finals at 172 pounds.
“It was definitely harder to win this
year,” Spencer said. “She won it last year, so it was a huge win for me.” Colorado’s Ashlynn Ortega was named
Outstanding Wrestler after winning by technical fall over Kayla Marano of Oklahoma in her finals match at 132. “This was a huge opportunity for me to accomplish my goals,” Ortega said. “There are so many great wrestlers here and it was huge for me to win this.” California won its third straight Cadet women’s team title. Idaho’s Cierra Foster pinned Brittany Bates of Texas in the finals at 124. South Dakota won its first national title when Ronna Heaton earned a 10-0 tech- nical fall over California’s Annastassia Ramirez at 108. Washington’s Sierra Joner pinned teammate Tommie Mosteller in the finals
at 115. New York’s Alexis Bleau held off Pennsylvania’s Mariah Harris 4-3 in the finals at 154.
Naomi Chavez of Texas overcame an early deficit to pin Brooke Thurber of Wisconsin in the finals at 95. Georgia earned its first championship when Hailey Horton pinned Jocelyn Murphy of Illinois in the finals at 101. California’s Nonie Reyes-Small rallied late in the match to outlast Desiree Giamarusti of Illinois 7-6 in the 143 finals. Washington’s Emily Huerta rolled to the title at 198 pounds, winning the round- robin competition in that division. Jayda Bordeaux of Texas won the title at 88. Junior women’s duals
It all came down to the final match at the Junior Women’s Freestyle Duals. And Washington’s Hailey Huerta delivered. Huerta downed California’s Marina Briceno 9-4 at 130 pounds to lift Washington to a dramatic 32-27 win in the gold-medal dual. Washington won its first team title. “We had a very intensive wrestling camp and the girls trained extremely hard,” Washington coach Merle Crockett said. “They were a real good group to coach. They listened and they learned as they went through this tournament. The girls did an awesome job.”
Alyssa Gonzalez earned a key win by fall at 125 to pull California within 29-26 entering the night’s final bout. Huerta then followed with her clutch
victory, using a strong second period to send Washington to the championship.
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