Volk, Bresser one win away from Triple Crown after reaching Cadet Nationals freestyle finals

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Craig Sesker (USA Wrestling)
07/22/2011


Missouri’s J’den Cox battles during the Cadet Nationals freestyle tournament on Friday. John Sachs photo.

FARGO, N.D. – Two wrestlers will have opportunities to win prestigious USA Wrestling Triple Crowns in the Cadet division.

Minnesota’s Gannon Volk and Oregon’s Ronnie Bresser reached the finals of the Cadet Nationals freestyle competition on Friday morning at the FargoDome.

Volk will battle Miguel Silva of Illinois in the finals at 91 pounds.

Bresser rebounded from a loss earlier in the tournament to make the finals at 105. Bresser will battle Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion Tommy Thorn of Minnesota in the finals.

The Cadet finals are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.

Volk and Bresser are two-thirds of the way to history after each won Cadet Nationals Folkstyle and Greco-Roman title this year. 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.

2010 Cadet Triple Crown winner Mitch Sliga of Indiana (189) remained on track to be a double winner in Fargo again this year. Sliga, who won his second straight Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman title on Monday, has earned a spot in the freestyle finals.

Pennsylvania’s Chance Marsteller (152) also earned a spot in the freestyle finals. He is seeking his second straight title in that division. He won Cadet Nationals in Greco earlier this week.

2011 Cadet Nationals Folkstyle champion Jabari Moody of Illinois reached the freestyle finals at 84. Moody placed second in the Cadet Greco competition on Monday.

Cadet Folkstyle champions Zach Beard of Oklahoma (160) also will wrestle for the title on Friday afternoon. Cadet Nationals Greco champions Aaron Pico of California (119) and Sam Stoll of Minnesota (285) have advanced to the Cadet freestyle finals.

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.

CADET NATIONALS FREESTYLE FINALS MATCHUPS

84 POUNDS
Jabari Moody (Illinois) vs. Luke Karam (Pennsylvania)

91 POUNDS
Gannon Volk (Minnesota) vs. Miguel Silva (Illinois)

98 POUNDS
Stevan Micic (Indiana) vs. Austin Assad (Ohio)

105 POUNDS
Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) vs. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon)

112 POUNDS
Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) vs. Seth Gross (Minnesota)

119 POUNDS
Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma) vs. Aaron Pico (California)

125 POUNDS
Edgar Bright (Ohio) vs. Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma)

130 POUNDS
Hayden Tuma (Idaho) vs. Geo Martinez (Colorado)

135 POUNDS
Grant Leeth (Missouri) vs. Jack Bass (Virginia)

140 POUNDS
Kenny Martin (Nebraska) vs. Colin Holler (Illinois)

145 POUNDS
Dylan Milonas (New Jersey) vs. JaVaughn Perkins (Nebraska)

152 POUNDS
Chance Marsteller (Pennsylvania) vs. Kelian Torres (Oklahoma)

160 POUNDS
Dustin Fuller (Iowa) vs. Zach Beard (Oklahoma)

171 POUNDS
Ricky Robertson (Illinois) vs. Parker Vonegidy (North Carolina)

189 POUNDS
Mitch Sliga (Indiana) vs. Jordan Ellingwood (Illinois)

215 POUNDS
Nathan Rotert (South Dakota) vs. Kyle Snyder (Maryland)

285 POUNDS
Chet Spears (Oregon) vs. Sam Stoll (Minnesota)