NHSCA High School Nationals - Senior Preview
NHSCA’s kicks off this Friday with Session 1 getting started at 745 am. Over the three days, wrestlers from across the nation will work their way through the brackets and All Americans and NHSCA Champs will be crowned on Sunday. Wrestlers are separated into their year in High School … so Senior 113’s will wrestle other Senior 113’s - no Junior, Sophomores, or Freshmen will be in the bracket.
Below is a look at each weight in the the Senior division. You can catch all of the action this weekend on flowrestling. Keep in mind - this is who was registered as of Monday of this week … names get added, dropped, and weights change - so take what you see with a grain of salt. Because there are so many entrants … I gave a short “who to watch” for each weight. Doesn’t mean each will place or that someone else won’t win it … these are just some of the names I will be watching this weekend (alphabetical order by last name). I chose names out of the SE because they “popped off the page” for me … meaning I have seen them compete at Super 32, Fargo, or somewhere else.
113 (18 registered)
Who to Watch:
Aidan Fincher (GA)
Dom Flatt (PA)
Conner Hueck (FL)
James Levy (SC)
Marlon Yarbrough (OH)
120 (42 registered)
Who to Watch:
Brayden Abell (CA)
Chris Albo (FL)
Dylan Lauriano (LA)
Spencer Moore (KY)
Nico Provo (CT)
Daniel Uhorchuk (TN)
Really good weight class with nationally ranked Spencer Moore and Nico Provo, as well as Daniel Uhorchuk and California’s Brayden Abell.
126 (45 registered)
Who to Watch:
Carter Bailey (CA)
Jackson Bradford (TN)
Jacob Dease (AL)
James Joplin (NC)
Josh Koderhandt (IL)
Chase Liardi (NY)
Sebastian Melguizo (FL)
Josh Noble (GA)
Really good group from the SE join hammers Carter Bailey, Josh Koderhandt, and Chase Liardi.
132 (45 registered)
Who to Watch:
Kyren Butler (OH)
Jude Camacho (TX)
Jager Eisch (WI)
Tucker Kinsaul (GA)
Richard Treanor (NC)
Jack Whitmire (GA)
It looks like Eisch is the only nationally-ranked wrestler in the group, but keep an eye on Treanor, Butler, and a tough Jude Camacho.
138 (51 registered)
Who to Watch:
Kaleb Clark (GA)
Dayne Dalrymple (TN)
Riley Edwards (NC)
Maney Havis (AL)
Jaekus Hines (FL)
Rudy Lopez (CO)
Matt Lucas (CT)
Don’t be surprised to see an all SE final at 138.
145 (55 registered)
Who to Watch:
Bryce Dauphin (OK)
Cade Lucio (CA)
Nathan Higley (PA)
Justin Mastroianni (CT)
Brent McNichols (FL)
Hunter Noland (GA)
Have seen both Dauphin and Mastroianni in person … add in Higley and Lucio and it will be interesting to see how Noland and McNichols work through the bracket.
152 (44 registered)
Who to Watch:
John Altieri (PA)
Evan Anthony (TN)
Kaleb Burgess (NY)
Darian Estevez (FL)
George Honiotes (GA)
Will Miller (AL)
Myles Griffin (FL)
Andrew Trahan (LA)
Really good weight class that includes PA’s John Altieri. Estevez has looked outstanding this season and will certainly make a run for he top step.
160 (40 registered)
Who to Watch:
Jesse Alvarado (VA)
Chandler Amaker (SC)
Oren Bost (NC)
Dylan Kohn (FL)
Cody Rice (FL)
Names that stood out the most were all from the SE (yeah we will lump VA’s Alvarado in the SE as well).
170 (47 registered)
Who to Watch:
Dalton Battle (GA)
David Bertrand (GA)
Nolan Craine (KS)
Nicholas Fine (RI)
Tyler Joseph (NY)
Josh Swan (FL)
Lance Urbas (PA)
182 (30 registered)
Who to Watch:
Colt Barley (PA)
Gaven Bell (NY)
Lucas Cochran (UT)
Aaron Cramer (IL)
CJ Glaropoulos (MA)
Theo Sewell (TN)
Ethan Sutton (TN)
Aiden Warren (IN)
195 (33 registered)
Who to Watch:
Jonathan Chesser (GA)
Ryan Cody (FL)
Holden Cypher (NC)
Jack Forbes (CO)
Levi Kluttz (NC)
Conor Maslanek (NH)
Isaiah Reinert (PA)
220 (22 registered)
Who to Watch:
Ryan Catka (PA)
Mason Cover (OH)
Kodie Hughes Hightower (SC)
Tristan Middlebrook (FL)
Nikolas Mishka (IL)
Garrett Sumner (GA)
285 (30 registered)
Who to Watch:
Jacob Christensen (CA)
Steven Culberson (OK)
Tristen Kemp (MA)
Triston Norris (NC)
Jagger Schack (MN)
Zachary Schraeder (CO)
James Zogg (AL)
Norris has been working to get bigger and fill out that heavyweight role in college … this might be the first time we see him up at 285 vs. some top Seniors from around the country.