Oklahoma Raging Inferno beats Minnesota Maroon, 45-11, to win Junior National Freestyle Duals

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
07/02/2000


Oklahoma Raging Inferno defeated Minnesota Maroon, 35-11, to claim the team title at the 2000 Junior National Freestyle Duals, held in Oklahoma City, Okla. July 1-2.     It was the fifth straight year that a team from Oklahoma has won the freestyle tournament at the National Duals.    California Grizzly placed third, with a 24-23 victory over Ohio Blue. Team New Jersey captured fifth place, stopping Kansas Gold, 26-25. Oklahoma Heat placed seventh, behind a 31-18 victory over Ohio White.   The consolation bracket champion was the Wisconsin Ring Warriors, who stopped Minnesota Gold 30-18 in the consolation finals.     JUNIOR NATIONAL FREESTYLE DUALS at Oklahoma City, Okla., July 1-2     Finals round     1st place match - Oklahoma Raging Inferno 35, Minnesota Maroon 11    98 - Brandon Tucker (OK) won by tech. fall over Kent Nathe (MN), 11-0, 3:53; 105.5 - Derrick Fleenor (OK) pin Neil Wasmund (MN), 3:43; 114.5 - Josh Hooker (OK) dec. Jeff Pfaffinger (MN), 10-8, ot; 123 - Jimmy Lewis (OK) dec. Matt Shankey (MN), 4-1; 132 - Teyon Ware (OK) pin Jamell Tidwell (MN), 1:28; 143 - Mike Verdeja (MN) dec. Clay Chambers (OK), 7-0; 154 - Nate Baker (MN) dec. Brian Hinson (OK), 5-3; 165 - Wes Roberts (OK) won by tech. fall over Ryan Flahery (MN), 11-0, 0:56; 178 - Tommy Evans (OK) dec. Matt Herman (MN), 5-2; 191.5 - Matt Madden (OK) dec. Nick Zajac (MN), 4-1; 220 - Mike Little (OK) dec. Max Lossen (MN), 3-0; 275 - Neil Phillips (OK) dec. Travis Altrens (MN), 3-1    3rd place match - California Grizzly 25, Ohio Blue 23    98 - Gerrard Conteras (CA) dec. Josh Zupancic (OH), 6-3; 105.5 - Nate Kenjorsky (OH) dec. Anthony Rodriguez (CA), 9-3; 114.5 - Joe Espinoza (CA) won by forfeit; 123 - Mike Simpson (CA) won by forfeit; 132 - Mark Jayne (OH) won by tech. fall over Thomas Vargas (OH), 10-0 2:57; 143 - Migual Gutierrez (CA) pin Matt McIntire (MN), 0:27; 154 - Ryan Bertin (OH) dec. Ken Cook (CA), 7-4; 165 - Chris Penalton (CA) pin Anthony Stevens (OH), 0:29; 178 - Jeff Clemons (OH) pin Ryan Halsey (CA); 191.5 - Alex Lammers (OH) won by inj. dft. over Landon Seefelt (CA), 2:53; 220 - Cliff Hummer (OH) won by inj. dft. over Jordon Everett (CA), 2:13; 275 - Dan Howe (CA) won by forfeit     5th place match - Team New Jersey 26, Kansas Gold 25    98 - Patrick Berger (NJ) won by tech. fall over Travis Allen (KS), 10-0, 1:34; 105.5 - Luke Metzler (KS) pin Anthony Duncan (NJ), 5:13; 114.5 - Shawn Bunch (KS) dec. Matt Valenti (NJ), 9-4; 123 - Cory Cooperman (NJ) won by tech. fall over Dusty May (KS), 17-6 5:15; 132 - Dusty Spaulding (KS) won by forfeit; 143 - Joe Johnson (KS) dec. Doug Withstandley (NJ), 10-5; 154 - Lace Esposito (NJ) dec. Jacob Klien (KS), 8-7; 165 - Shawn Silvas (KS) won by tech. fall over Dave Amerman (NJ), 11-0 1:22; 178 - Curt Freeman (KS) dec. Rudy Medini (NJ), 7-3; 191.5 - Kurt Backes (NJ) won by tech. fall over Justin Stevens (KS), 13-3 3:24; 220 - Woodley Muord (NJ) won by tech. fall over Ian Bork (KS), 14-4, 5:03; 275 - Steven Mocco (NJ) dec. Jeremiah Beltran (KS), 10-0, 4:13    7th place match - Oklahoma Heat 31. Ohio White 18    98 - Jeff Davis (OK) pin Paul Felton (OH), 5:04; 105.5 - Leo Bugaj (OK) won by tech. fall over Andre McClain (OH), 11-0 2:22; 114.5 - Daniel Green (OK) dec. Mark Moos (OH), 12-7; 123 - Johnny Cortez (OK) won by tech. fall over Drew Opfer (OH), 10-0, 3:53; 132 - Brian Dixon (OK) won by forfeit; 143 - Bob Lyons (OH) pin Charles Jones (OK), 2:46; 154 - Scott Roth (OK) won by tech. fall over Adam Colver (OH), 11-0, 4:13; 165 - Greg Hallaton won by tech. fall over David McIntosh (OK), 10-0 5:15; 178 - Brent Parkey (OK) dec. Nick Morrison (OH), 10-4; 191.5 - Andy Rios (OH) won by tech. fall over Blake Christianson (OK), 12-2 4:28; 220 - Karl Person (OK) won by disq. over Matt Koz (OH), 4:29; 275 - Chris Finn (OK) pin Ray Griffin (OH), 3:21    Consolation Bracket finals - Wisconsin Ring Warriors 30, Minnesota Gold 18    98 - Willy Holst (WI) won by tech. fall over Mike Anderson (MN), 11-0 2:10; 105.5 - Luke Smith (WI)  pin Clint Campbell (MN), 2:28; 114.5 - Jafari Vanier (MN) dec. Nicholas Conklin (WI), 8-0; 123 - Chris Essig (MN) dec. Nick Bottcher (WI), 5-2; 132 - Nick Kirk (MN) dec. Ben Askren (WI), 4-3; 143 - Joe Henning (WI) pin Ty Eustice (MN), 2:50; 154 - Kelly Flarety (MN) won by tech. fall over Jake Plaman (WI), 10-0 1:20; 165 - Chad Steldt (WI) won by tech. fall over Adam Haake (MN), 12-2 3:51; 178 - Brady Reinke (WI) won by tech. fall over Alex Lossen (MN), 11-0 1:37; 191.5 - Karl Knothe (MN) pin Seth Strickland (WI), 2:51; 220 - Nathaniel Muckerheide (WI) pin Peter Kuisle (MN), 1:47; 275 - Devin Kraege (WI) won by inj. dft. over Nate Kuisle (MN)      CHAMPIONSHIP POOL COMPETITION     Red Pool Results     Oklahoma Raging Inferno 41, Kansas Gold 6     California Grizzly 28, Oklahoma Heat 23     Oklahoma Raging Inferno 48, Oklahoma Heat 0     California Grizzly 26, Kansas Gold 23     Oklahoma Raging Inferno 29, California Grizzly 21     Blue Pool Results     Minnesota Maroon 30, Team New Jersey 21     Ohio Blue 33, Ohio White 14     Minnesota Maroon 39, Ohio White 13     Ohio Blue 25, Team New Jersey 24     Minnesota Maroon 27, Ohio Blue 23     Team New Jersey 26, Ohio White 22     1st place match - Oklahoma Raging Inferno 35, Minnesota Maroon 11     3rd place match - California Grizzly 24, Ohio Blue 23     5th place match - Team New Jersey 26, Kansas Gold 25     7th place match - Oklahoma Heat 31, Ohio White 18     CONSOLATION BRACKET MATCHES     Round 1     Colorado Gold 35, Missouri Team Central 9     Wisconsin Ring Warriors 37, Team New York 12     Illinois 36, California Golden Bears 12     Oklahoma Spontaneous Combustion 32, Kansas Sunflower 19     Indiana Gold 48, Team Iowa 0     Minnesota Gold 29, Colorado Silver 20     North Dakota Swank 29, Team Florida 21     Missouri Gold Finger 28, Nebraska Red 21     Round 2     Wisconsin Ring Warriors 31, Colorado Gold 21     Illinois 31, Oklahoma Spontaneous Combustion 17     Minnesota Gold 26, Indiana Gold 23     North Dakota Swank 32, Missouri Gold Finger 19     Semifinals     Wisconsin Ring Warriors 27, Illinois 25     Minnesota Gold 36, North Dakota Swank 11     Finals     Wisconsin Ring Warriors 30, Minnesota Gold 18     For complete results of every match, visit the Oklahoma High School Wrestling web page at http://okwrestle.com/steph/natduals.htm