Mills, Tovar, and Reel earn 16U Double Champ at Southeast Region

Ariah Mills, Jovanni Tovar, and Dylan Reel each claimed double titles this past weekend in Atlanta. Mills (Georgia) dominated the 88 lb. brackets … wrestling a total of 46 seconds in Greco with 2 technical superior decisions and wracking up 32 points (to ZERO) to claim the Freestyle title. Mills enters the summer as one of the best 16U’s in the country and has to be one of the SE’s best shot to claim a stop sign in Fargo. Tover (Florida) was equally as impressive up at 113. He put up 37 points on his way to the Greco title while yielding just 3 points. In Freestyle, Tovar pitched 3 shutouts (10 or 11 technical superior decisions) and beat Alabama hammer David Hill by fall (leading 10-4 in the quarters. We have Reel listed as Georgia, but he is among the new crew headed to Baylor in the fall (Team Georgia or Team Tennessee this summer?). Reel was just as dominant as his fellow double champs … posting 3 falls in Greco with 2 superior decisions and 2 falls in Freestyle including a fall of Logan Rawlinson in the 175 lb. final.

There were single champs for the SE in each style and some outstanding wrestling. 132 was the deepest bracket in my opinion and featured some outstanding matchups with Josiah Boyden (Georgia), Jovani Solis (Florida), Legend Ellis (Oklahoma), AJ DeLaCruz (South Carolina), and others. Each of the SE states had a lot of success and if they can encourage these hammers to make the trip to Fargo … the Southeast should have a productive week in North Dakota later this summer.