Super 32 Update
Chittum, Singleton, and Horne Claim Super 32 Titles
The SE put 5 in the Super 32 Boys High School Finals and came away with 3 belts. Cody Chittum got the ball rolling with a nice 10-5 win over Jackson Arrington of Pennsylvania at 145 and then the Georgia duo of Matthew Singleton and Chase Horne each finished things off with wins at 170 and 285.
Georgia’s Jake Crapps has a great run to the finals at 113 before coming up just short to Missouri’s Luke Lilledahl and Alabama’s Cory Land dropped his finals match to New York’s PJ Duke at 126. From there the SE turned to Chittum who used a pair of 2nd period takedowns to take control of the match and ended up winning 10-5. Top seed Matthew Singleton took on #2 seed Rocco Welsh at 170 in a match that featured two 2020 Super 32 runners-up. Singleton got a takedown with about 40 seconds left in the first to take a 2-0 lead, Arrington took neutral to start the 2nd and no points were scored. Singleton chose down in the 3rd and got a quick escape to take the 3-0 lead and the win. 2x Super 32 Runner-up Chase Horne wouldn’t be denied a third time … He got taken down about 20 seconds in, but then immediately got a reversal and a turn before getting the fall of KJ Miley of Missouri at 1:08.
The SE had 3 in the consi finals - 2 at 138 with Nini and Crook. This time Lake Highland Prep’s Danny Nini got the win (he had lost to Crook earlier in the tournament) with a 3-2 decision. LHP teammate Jonathan Ley lost his 3rd place match to Oklahoma’s Angelo Ferrari 3-2 and finished 4th at 152. The SE put another 3 in the top 6 as Kilic was 6th at 152, Gunner Filipowicz was 6th at 160, and Gunnar Garriques was 6th at 220 (Garriques is listed as Illinois in the bracket, but wrestles at Baylor). Five more (making it 16 total) made the podium ... Florida’s Eligh Rivera was 7th at 132, Brendon Abdon was 8th at 152, and Mikey Tal-Shahar was 8th at 195; Georgia’s Cole Cochran was 8th at 160 and North Carolina’s Carson Floyd was 7th at 220.
A complete recap of all of the Super 32 action will be posted in SEWrestle+ in the next few days. Several wrestlers had a great tournament and established themselves as ones to watch in the coming year.
Look for pics in the coming days as well on the pics page.
Rees, Yearby, and Fowler come up just short
The SE put 3 girls in the finals, but none was able to punch their way through and claim a belt. Florida’s Kailey Rees came from the #7 seed through the bottom side of the bracket to make the finals - she then fell in her finals match to #1 seed SaVannah Cosme of Colorado at 130. Tennessee’s Piper Fowler came in unseeded at 148 and took care of business on the bottom side of the 148 lb. bracket - downing #3 seed Nebi Tsarni, #6 seed Amarisa Manuel, and #2 seed Maddie Kubicki before losing to the top seed Reese Larramendy (PA) 4-3 in the finals. South Carolina’s Dasia Yearby downed #3 seed Trinity Monaghan before losing to the #1 seed Alivia White of Washington 10-4 in the finals.
The SE put 5 in the consi finals … Florida’s Mary Manis finished 4th at 97, Juliana Diaz was 4th at 115, Jada Llamido was 3rd at 139; Tennessee’s Ella Murphey was 3rd at 195 and Alabama’s Kalee Holder was 3rd at 160. The SE also put 5 in the 5th place matches (making it 13 girls placing top 6 at Super 32 from the SE). Florida’s Kealonie Vega was 6th at 97, Tennessee’s Maggie Graham was 5th at 148, South Carolina’s Bella Hoffman was 6th at 115; Georgia’s May Prado and Amariah Marenco were 6th at 130 and 195 respectively.
Some tough brackets - we will breakdown all of the SE action in SEWrestle+ in the coming days. I took some pics of the girls on Sunday - whatever I have will be posted in the nent day or two.
