ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals wind down to medal hopefuls; Junior Greco boasts five unde
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
07/24/2005
The second day of competition came to a conclusion at the ASICS/Vaughan Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals in Fargo, N.D., with all of the weight classes reduced to only a few medal contenders, with action at the FargoDome on Sunday, July 24. The four returning Cadet National Greco-Roman champions are still alive in the competition. Eric Grajales of Florida has a 5-0 record at 98 pounds, with two pins, two technical falls and a 10-7 win over Ian Paddock of New York. Brian Owen of Washington has seven straight wins at 112 pounds in this event, including three technical falls and four decisions. Owen's closest bout was a 14-8 win over Matt Bonson of Pennsylvania in the sixth round. Luke Rebertus of Maryland qualified for the three-athlete round-robin at 160 pounds, with a 5-1 record for the tournament. Rebertus lost a 5-1 decision earlier to Tito Pica of California, who remains undefeated and needs one more win to secure a spot in the finals. Returning champion Deron Winn of Missouri was dominant at 189 pounds, with four straight technical falls, and then a bye through the five rounds at his division. Many of the pools in the Cadet tournament are down to the four athletes who have qualified to be All-Americans. The action on Monday morning will complete the pool competitions, and set up the medal match finals, which are set for 3:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon. A list of competitors still alive in the Cadet Championships is at the end of this story. The Junior division held its second session of competition, and the field was reduced considerably in most of the weight classes. One of last year's Junior double champions, Brent Metcalf of Michigan, continued unbeaten with victories in the second session. Metcalfe scored a 13-2 technical fall over Andrew Bradley of Delaware, a 13-0 technical fall over Ty Reagan of Arizona and a 10-0 technical fall over Calvin Miller of California. Four other returning Junior National Greco-Roman champions also continued in the draw without a loss Matt McNaughton of Illinois at 112 pounds won his match for the session, a 12-0 technical fall over Noah Grovenstein of Wyoming, but had a tight third-round match, beating James Nicholson of Iowa, 11-8. At 130 pounds, Jayson Ness of Minnesota won his bouts for the second session, a 10-0 technical fall over Jared Nelson of Colorado and then pinned Jake Thompson of Idaho in 2:28. Brett Robbins of Illinois, a returning champion at 140 pounds, won his bout for the session, a 1:05 pin over Ryan Smith of Ohio Returning champion Kyle Bounds of Washington, competing at 160 pounds, claimed a 10-0 technical fall over Jason Logan of Texas and a 10-0 technical fall over Jonathan Ruiz of Florida and a 13-0 technical fall over Devin Jurczak of Michigan. Two of the nation's top high school women wrestlers entered the Greco-Roman division this year and were competing without a loss after the first session: Deanna Rix of Maine at 130 pounds and Nicole Woody of Maryland at 98 pounds. Both were winners of the ASICS/Vaughan Junior Girls Nationals last summer in Fargo, and chose to enter the boys Greco-Roman division. Deanna Rix of Maine lost her first match of the tournament at 130 pounds in the third round, where she was defeated by Gus Lee of North Dakota, 3-0. She lost her match by default in her next match from an injury she received in that match. Nicole Woody of Maryland at 98 pounds, after winning an opening match, was defeated in the second round in a 10-0 technical fall to Zach Pope of Ohio. Complete brackets in each weight class can be found posted in the special section on TheMat.com at: http://themat.com/specialevents/2005/fargo/default.asp ATHLETE REMAINING IN CADET GRECO-ROMAN AA = Past All-American 84 lbs. A pool AA Alex Kostenborder OR Erik Thomas TX Cody Libengood OH Wade Adams MN 84 lbs. B pool AA Andrew Long IA Kerry Sanders WA Greg Packham RI Danny Zilberberg MN 91 lbs. A pool Robert Gribshaw PA Austin Moog OK Tyler Cox WY David Klingsheim CA Daniel Osterman MI 91 lbs. B pool AA David Taylor OH BJ Futrell IL AA Grant Sutter WI Kyler Killian PA Paul Hancock MI 98 lbs. A pool Jake Love MT Shane Leister PA National Champion Eric Grajales FL Ian Paddock NY Cole Von Ohlen MN 98 lbs. B pool Heath Jackson OK Eric Luna OR AA Nathan Furches NJ 4th - Seth Moe WI 105 lbs. A pool AA Bo Touris OH Sam Spradlin GA Jeremy Sandoval TX AA Tyler Gateman WA 105 lbs. B pool Riley Adamson NM Chad Mitchell GA Tyler Clark IL Brian Stephens OH 112 lbs. A pool Chase Smith WA AA Ryan Fields OH AA Nikko Triggas CA AA Max Ortega NM or Malachi Root WI 112 lbs. B pool National champion Brian Owen WA Paul Garza AZ Bo Beckman UT AA Aaron Ely KS 119 lbs. A pool Tyler Holloway MO Trenton Washington NE Josh Roberts ND Matt Noblet KS Shakendrick Sanders FL 119 lbs. B pool Ben Provisor WI Jason Chamberlain UT AA Michael Mangrum WA 4th - Nick Turpin GA 125 lbs. A pool Rodrigo Baez FL Avery Garner ID Michael Robinson PA AA DeVaughan Perkins NE 125 lbs. B pool Jaron Hathaway ID AA Dak Adamson NM Brandon Bucher PA Derek Ellis CA 130 lbs. A pool Donnie Vinson NY Jacob Deitschler MN AA Dylan Joiner MO 4th - Trevor Melde NJ 130 lbs. B pool Travis Rutt MN TJ Hepburn CT Aldon Isenberg KS Robert Hunter CA 135 lbs. A pool AA Jake Salazar UT AA Joe Grygelko MN Trent Weatherman IA 4th - Josh Roosa PA 135 lbs. B pool AA Shane Nay MO Robert Robinson PA Zac Cibula WI 4th - Derek Koehn KS 140 lbs. A pool Thomas Windom OH AA Vince Ramos IL Luke Mellmer ND Ethan Smith UT 140 lbs. B pool Dillon Evans PA Kendall Vogel WI Alec Ortiz OR 4th - Eric Cubberly OH 145 lbs. A pool Matt Mauseth MN AA Josh Stalcup OR George Bancroft FL Brad Sweet WA John Velieri NY 145 lbs. B pool Erin Civan MD AA Brent Haynes MO Noah Hatten WA Mikey Swigart CO 152 lbs. A pool AA Cody Brown WY Shane Onufer WA Romero Cotton KS Michael Chaires NY 152 lbs. B pool Micah Sohl WA AA Chris Hacker OK AA Grant Gambrall IA 4th - Jake Bohn MI 160 lbs. A pool Gavin Carlson AK Kirk Smith ID AA Torrey Line MN 4th - Scott Harvey NY 160 lbs. B pool Tito Pica CA National Champion Luke Rebertus MD Clarence Neely MO 4th - Clete Hanson WA 171 lbs. A pool AA Chris McNeil OK Shane Nolan PA Nathan Schiedel NY Adam Buck WA 171 lbs. B pool Anthony Salerno FL Zachary Benzio PA Richard Lopez OK Robert Prigmore TX Ryan Smith CA Josh Johns OK 189 lbs. A pool Jozel Musial ID Benji Martin WA Patrick Mahan MN Daniel Canfield OH Marcel Dubose MI 189 lbs. B pool TJ Hawkins KS Brian Roddy OH Patrick Daddino NY National Champion Deron Winn MO Josh Miller WA 215 lbs. A pool Tyrell Fortune OR Jake Kleush WI Olney Snyder OH Rickey Barrett IL or Tyson Yoder OK 215 lbs. B pool Eric Thompson IA Atticus Disney KS DJ Bruce IL Dom Bradley MO 275 lbs. A pool Jason Trice MI Stephen Andrus KS Ivan Muller LA Zack Rey NJ 275 lbs. B pool Matt Fairbrother UT David Lembas IL AA Myles Caragein PA Andrew Peralta MN