Jason Powell of Midwest City, Okla., T.J. Hill of Farmington, Mo., Leroy Vega of Valparaiso, Ind., Justin Ruiz of Salt Lake City, Utah and Garrett Lowney of Appleton, Wis. each claimed double titles at the 1997 John Vaughan/Asics Junior Freestyle National Wrestling Championships in Fargo, N.D., on Saturday, July 26. 
 The 27th annual John Vaughan/Asics Tiger Junior Nationals, which featured the best high school age wrestlers in the nation, were held alongside the 13th annual HEALTHSOUTH Cadet Nationals for the second straight year making it the largest amateur wrestling tournament in the world with 3,642 combined entries. 
 Powell, the 1996 Cadet Nationals freestyle champion at 88 pounds, claimed the 98 pound Junior Nationals freestyle title with a 6-0 decision over Rocco Mansuetto of Middletown, N.Y. to secure his double title. Powell also claimed a double title at the 1997 Southern Plains Junior Regionals earlier this year. 
 Hill, a 1996 Junior Nationals double champion, won his second straight double championship with a 10-0 victory in 3:28 over Dean Martinez of Park Ridge, Ill at 105.5 pounds. The Junior Nationals title was his fourth straight and fifth overall. Hill, a member of the 1997 U.S. Junior World Team,only allowed four total points through both competitions. Hill now has a total of nine USA Wrestling age-group titles. 
 Vega, the Outstanding Wrestler in the Greco-Roman tournament, scored a 13-9 decision over Witt Durden of Dublin, Ga. to win the 114.5 pound title and his first double title.  
 Ruiz, the 1997 Espoir Greco-Roman Nationals champion, added a Junior Nationals double title at 191.5 pounds with a 6-2 decision over Dan Stine of Queensbury, N.Y.  Ruiz, a 1996 Junior Greco-Roman Nationals runner-up, will represent the U.S. at the 1997 Junior World Championships in August. 
 Lowney, the defending Junior Nationals freestyle champion at 191.5 pounds, closed out the week with 10-0 technical fall over John Lockhart of Mahomet, Ill. to secure a double title in the 220 pound finals.  
 Sonny Marchette at 143 pounds and Joe Heskett at 154 pounds both representing Ohio picked up their first Junior National freestyle championship. 
 Marchette, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, claimed the national championship with a 5-1 victory over Joe Carr of Lexington, Ky.  
 Heskett, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, earned his first national title with a 13-7 decision over Brian Burrows of Jeanette, Pa.  Heskett finished third in last year's freestyle competition. 
 Other athletes earning Junior National freestyle titles for the first time were Matt Holman of Choctaw, Okla., Jared Frayer of Clearwater, Fla., Cael Sanderson of Heber City, Utah, Damion Hahn of Lakewood, N.J. and Luke Owens of Grundy, Va.  
 Holman claimed the 123 pound national title with a 9-1 decision over Eric Larkin of Vail, Ariz. 
 Frayer, a four-time Junior Nationals All-American and a three-time Cadet All-American, pinned Mike Zadick of Great Falls, Mont. in just 0:55 to win the 132 pound title. Frayer, who was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament, prevented Zadick from claiming his second consecutive double title.  
 Sanderson, who placed third in the Junior Greco-Roman Nationals earlier this week, won the national title with a 3-1victory over Matt Kraft of Lakefield, Minn. at 165 pounds.  
 Hahn, who placed fourth at the 1997 Espoir Nationals, won the title with a 6-4 overtime victory over Tom Grossman of Irving, Tx. at 178 pounds. 
 Owens, who placed second in the Greco-Roman Nationals on Tuesday, won the 275 pound championship with a 6-3 decision over Dustin Darveaux of Pipestone, Minn. 
 Shane Roller of Bixby, Okla. won the Most Falls Award with six pins in 13:48 competing at 132 pounds. 
 1997 John Vaughan/Asics Tiger Junior National Freestyle Championships 
 All-American Results 
 Saturday, July 26 - Fargo, N.D. 
 98 lbs. 
 1st - Jason Powell, Midwest City, Okla. dec. Rocco Mansuetto, Middletown, N.Y. , 6-0 ; 3rd - Matthew Davis, Corvallis, Mont. pin Chad Carlile, Liberal, Kan., 1:39; 5th - Leon Ngchee, Kenner, La. dec. Danny Arriaga, Chino, Calif., 8-3; 7th - Jason Harless, Bonanza, Ore. pin Keith Pickel, Greenfield Park, N.Y., 2:26 
 105.5 lbs. 
 1st - T.J. Hill, Farmington, Mo. won by tech. fall over Dean Martinez, Ill., 10-0, 3:28;  3rd - Zachary Roberson, Overland Park, Kan. dec. Tommy Hoang, Cushing, Okla., 12-4; 5th - Brian Watson, Canby, Ore. dec. A.J. Grant, Clarkston, Mich., 7-5;  7th -  Dan Lilledahl, St. Louis, Mo. dec. Kelly Madden, Pekin, Ill., 6-1 
 114.5 lbs. 
 1st - Leroy Vega, Valperaiso, Ind. dec. Witt Durden, Dublin, Ga., 13-9; 3rd - Bo Maynes, Salina, Kan. dec. Kenny Cox, Eugene, Ore., 5-1; 5th - Ryan Lewis, Vernal, Utah, dec. Justin Bravo, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11-9; 7th - Nathan Martinez, Aurora, Ill. dec. Jeff Ratliff, Marion, Ohio, 10-9 
 123 lbs. 
 1st - Matt Holman, Choctaw, Okla. dec. Eric Larkin, Vail, Ariz., 9-1; 3rd - Jesse West, Iowa City, Iowa dec. Steven Bradley, Beech Grove, Ind., 4-3; 5th - John Giacche, Hemington, N.J. dec. Brandon Anderson, Loa, Utah, 7-1; 7th - Frank Palumbo, Dix Hills, N.Y. dec. Chris Jenson, Tahlequat, Okla., 16-5  
 132 lbs. 
 1st - Jared Frayer, Clearwater, Fla. pin Mike Zadick, Great Falls, Mont, 0:55.; 3rd - Ty Reynolds, Jamestown, N.C. dec. Chad Erikson, Apple Valley, Minn., 13-10; 5th - Scott Owen, Carlsbad, N.M. dec. Brian Smiley, Plainfield, Ind., 9-7; 7th - Tom Waldron, Williamsport, Pa. dec. Billy Smith, New Alexandria, Pa., 6-4 
 143 lbs. 
 1st - Sonny Marchette, Canal Fulton, Ohio dec.  Joe Carr, Lexington, Ky., 5-1; 3rd - Jamarr Billman, Easton, Pa. pin Tony Morgan, Stillwater, Okla., 1:17; 5th - Ty Morgan, New Carlisle, Ohio dec. Collin Robertson, Springville, Utah, 6-3; 7th - Jimmy Hawthorne, Blairstown, N.J. dec. Travis Johnson, Boring, Ore., 5-3  
 154 lbs. 
 1st - Joe Heskett, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio dec. Brian Burrows, Jeannette, Pa., 13-7; 3rd - Griff Powell, Wesley Hills, N.Y. dec. Luke Becker, Cainbridge, Minn., 5-3;  5th - Donny Pritzlaff, Lyndhurst, N.J. dec. Rob Waller, Latrobe, Pa., 8-7 ot; 7th - Nathan Lawrenz, Herrington, Kan. dec. Terry Parham, Pacific Junction, Iowa,6-2  
 165 lbs. 
 1st - Cael Sanderson, Heber City, Utah dec. Matt Kraft, Lakefield, Minn., 3-1; 3rd - Rick Springman, Norristown, Pa. dec. Ty Wilcox, Fountain Valley, Calif., 7-5; 5th - Nathan Coy, Oregon City, Ore. dec. Jeff Stewart, Apple Valley, Minn., 5-3; 7th -  Zach Stalder, Omaha, Neb.dec. Joel Walker, Columbus, Ohio, 6-3 
 178 lbs. 
 1st - Damion Hahn, Lakewood, N.J. dec. Tom Grossman, Irving, Tx., 6-4, 6:21 ot; 3rd - Chris Luciano, Northampton, Pa. won by tech. fall over Scott Kaufman, Emmetsburg, Iowa, 11-0; 5th - Scott Owen, Carlsbad, N.M. dec. Michael Bigrigg, Santa Ana, Calif., 7-0; 7th - Scott Coleman, Manhattan, Kan. dec. Rowdy Lundegreen, Amarillo, Tx., 7-6 ot 
 191.5 lbs. 
 1st - Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah dec. Dan Stine, Queensbury, N.Y., 6-2; 3rd - Jeff Knupp, Akron, Ohio dec. Brad Lynde, Rockton, Ill., 9-8; 5th - Lee Hiltner, Belgrade, Minn. dec. Nick Preston, Columbus, Ohio, 5-2; 7th -  Kevin Herron, Imperial, Mo. dec. Travis Kraft, Bismarck, N.D., 9-7 ot 
 220 lbs. 
 1st - Garrett Lowney, Appleton, Wis. won by tech. fall John Lockhart, Mahomet, Ill., 10-0, 3:16; 3rd - Brad Steele, St. James, Minn. dec. Daniel Cormier, Lafayette, La., 9-8; 5th - Geoffrey McIntosh, Atlanta, N.Y. won by inj. dft. over Kevin Shippos, Baldwin, N.Y.;  7th -  Viktor Sveda, Peninsula, Ohio pin Philip Alejandrino, Chino, Calif., 1:10 
 275 lbs. 
 1st - Luke Owens, Grundy, Va. dec. Dustin Darveaux, Pipestone, Minn., 6-3; 3rd -  Jake Vercelli, Minooka, Ill. won by tech. fall over Andy Bowlby, Newberg, Ore., 11-0;  5th - Matt Brink, Muskegon, Mich. pin Chad Johnson, Presho, S.D., 3:55; 7th - Keith Bell, Newport News, Va. pin Dave Neumyer, Port Washington, Wis., 0:12  
 Outstanding Wrestler Award: Jared Frayer, Clearwater, Fla. at 132 pounds 
 Most Falls Award: Shane Roller, Bixby, at 154 pounds, 6 pins in 13:48