The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) and the Delaware Wrestling  Alliance (DWA) hosted the second annual Brute U.S. High School Open and  Scholastic Duals on April 4-6. This showcase event brings together the  nations top underclassman dual meet tournament with a national open  tournament.    The Brute U.S. Open, which is a USA Wrestling sanctioned event, is quickly  becoming one of the nation's premier open tournaments. This year saw the  event grow in numbers as over 400 wrestlers from 25 states competed in the  event. While the numbers for the event grew so did the talent level as  evidenced by the number of State Champions, place winners and high school  All-Americans in the field. Many of the weight classes featured multiple  State Champions and All-Americans.    Tim Harner from Norristown, PA was named the tournament outstanding wrestler  after capturing the 117 lbs. title.  Harner had two technical falls and two  pins including a fall in 5:42 over Michael Anderson of Pennsylvania in the  finals.  He also scored a 1-1 tb decision over one of the top ranked 112lbs  sophomores in the nation, Jordan Friskhorn of Virginia, in the semifinals.    Chris Kasten of Indiana earned the most falls in the least amount of time  award. Kasten, who lost his first round match, won six matches in the  consolation round to finish third.  He scored falls in five of those matches  in a total time of 7:58 to garner the award.    Individual Brute U.S. Open champions included:  At 108 lbs., Cadet National  Champion Michael Grey defeated Maryland State Champion Andrew Gold 8-3.  At  124 lbs., National Prep runner up Brett McCurdy from Pennsylvania defeated  John Taylor of Virginia in the finals 8-1.    At 130 lbs., New York State place finisher Joe Whitaker defeated Brendan  Beasley of Virginia 5-2 in the finals. At 135 lbs., four-time New York state  place finisher Stephen Sutton defeated New Jersey State runner-up Jarred  Mercado 5-1.  At 140 lbs., Samuel Alverenga of Virginia won 12-0 in the finals  over Tyree Walton of Nevada.    In one of the best bouts of the finals, Virginia State place winner Chris  Brown defeated Pennsylvania State Champion Scott Rendos 3-1 sv at 145 lbs.  At  152lbs., Dan Geib of Pennsylvania was victorious with a fall in 5:44 over  two-time Virginia State Champion Hunter Davenport. The nation's top ranked  junior at 152 lbs., Seth Garvin, was the 157 lbs. champion with a 10-5 win over  Alton Lucas of New York in the finals.    Georgia State Champion Justin Otis won the 165 lbs. title with a 9-0 win over  Pennsylvania state place finisher Brad Herman.  Matt Riddle of New York was  crowned 176 lbs. champion with a fall in 3:26 over Vermont State Champion  Justin Fitzsimmons. In a battle of State Champions at 194 lbs., two-time  Virginia State Champion, Patrick Bond won a 5-3 decision over Heath  Vandenventer of Indiana.    Rounding out the 2003 champions were Pennsylvania state place finisher  Adam Parcell who won 3-3 tb over Delaware State Champion Bryan Willis at  220 lbs. At 285lbs, Alabama State runner-up Andre Moulty scored a come-from-behind pin over Dennis Landlot of New Jersey in 3:40.    The top eight place winners in each weight class are designated Brute U.S.  High School Open All-Americans.    The Brute Scholastic Duals portion of the event was one of the best ever  with 21 state teams competing in dual competition.  The talent at the 2003  Scholastic Duals featured 55 state champions, 90 state finalists and 190  state place winners.  States that were represented included: Colorado,  Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,  Virginia, Delaware, Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, plus two teams comprised from  New England.    Pennsylvania Lightning dominated the team competition to win the event for  the second year.  The Lightning defeated New Jersey Red 34-15 in the  finals.  Pennsylvania advanced to the finals with a 52-17 win over New York  Gold while New Jersey defeated Illinois 47-12.  New York went on to defeat  Illinois 41-21 for third.    Colorado finished in fifth place with a 36-20 win over Virginia Blue while  Pennsylvania Thunder finished in seventh place with a 36-24 win over New  England Thunder.    The outstanding wrestler of the Brute Scholastic Duals was Trevor Chinn of  New York.  Chinn had four major decisions, a technical fall, a fall and one  regular decision.  He paced New York to a third place team finish.  Team  Colorado earned the sportsmanship award, which is voted upon by the coaches.    The Brute Scholastic Showcase also drew a large number of college coaches  who were in attendance to see many of the nation*s top scholastic wrestlers.    For complete brackets for the Brute U.S. Open, results of the Brute Scholastic Duals and more information on the National Wrestling Coaches Association, please  visit www.nwcaonline.com.