Journeymen Wrestling has brought together quite a field for this year’s version of the National Collegiate Duals - which will take place Dec 20-21 in the panhandle of Florida. We are going to take a quick look at the field in 4 different stories over the course of this week. The teams are broken down into two pools and then within each pool 3 teams in a group each. The pools will not have a crossover - which means no Penn State vs. Iowa matchup, but that isn’t surprising given that the two teams will have their dual in January. This is an unbelievable opportunity to watch some of the best college wrestlers in the nation compete over 2 days.

The Schedule:

How to Watch:

There are two ways to watch the event. First, if you are close - you can get tickets at Journeymen. Monday is going to be a banger with 12 duals featuring many of the best teams in the country. Day 2 (Tuesday) will be a crossover within the pools - so if Penn State wins the Blue Pool “A” and Arizona State wins the Blue Pool “B” then that will be the final on Tuesday evening. Can’t make it to northwest Florida? You can also watch it live on Rokfin. Simply click the picture above.

What to Watch Day 1 - Blue Pool “A”:

Can you get 3 better duals than Northern Iowa vs. #11 Cornell, Northern Iowa vs. #2 Penn State, and #2 Penn State vs. #11 Cornell? Those rankings are Intermat’s dual team rankings. We begin with UNI vs. Cornell at 9 am and proceed with the other duals on this side.

Here are 5 matches within this pool I am interested in catching:

• #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) vs. #5 Vito Arajau (Cornell)

  • I don’t know if these two have crossed paths in folkstyle, but their freestyle bouts from a couple of years ago were awesome. and I’d expect a same level of on your feet magic in this matchup.

• #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) vs. #23 Beau Bartlett (Penn State)

  • Diakomihalis in the man … Bartlett had a stellar prep career and had made the transition to Penn State fairly seamlessly. Old vs. New. Interested to see how close Bartlett is to the top dog at 149.

• #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) vs. #4 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)

  • Re-match of last year’s NCAA semifinals that Brooks won 6-4. Expect fireworks.

• #10 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) vs. #24 Austin Yant (Northern Iowa)

  • Ramirez is a Florida kid that made his way up north a few years ago - first to Blair and now onto Cornell. He is ranked #10 and has his sights set on making the podium. Yant is one of the UNI team captains this season and is a 2021 NCAA Qualifier. Lots of hype on Ramirez - Yant will give him all he can handle.

• #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #11 Chris Foca (Cornell)

  • Starocci is the defending NCAA Champ and is unbelievable. If there is one person that you should watch compete - in-person it is Starocci. Foca is on the verge of breaking into the top 10 - a win over the defending champ would be huge for his resume.

#DirtySouth Connections

These are the starting lineups based on wrestling thus far tis season … but that doesn’t mean that the coaches won’t look to get some others on their rosters involved in these duals. Below are some wrestlers with Southeast connections that you could see.

• Northern Iowa has quite a pipeline to the Southeast - it would be great to see any of these young men compete:

  • Kyle Gollhofer (GA) at 125

  • Julian Farber (GA) at 133

  • Ethan Basile (FL) at 141

  • RJ Weston (GA) at 157

• Penn State has no wrestlers with a SE connection on their roster.

• Cornell has two former Florida hammers on their roster:

  • Jake Brindley (FL) at 157

  • Julian Ramirez (FL) at 165

College

• Lander wrestling has five wrestlers nationally ranked in recent InterMat rankings - including two Floridians in Elijah Lusk and Darius Parker.

• Clay Lautt named ACC Wrestler of the Week - North Carolina Tar Heel Clay Lautt was named ACC Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday afternoon following a perfect dual week. He's the second-straight UNC wrestler this season to bring home the award.

On tap tonight:

• King at Allen, 5:00 PM

• Coker at Mount Olive, 6:00 PM

• St. Andrews at Emory & Henry, 7:00 PM

• Emmanuel at Lander, 7:00 PM

Alabama Team Rankings

Georgia Team Rankings

College Action:

• Trojans Collect Four Impressive Bout Wins in Tight 25-18 Loss to Drexel - The Trojans won four bouts at their home opener this afternoon in an exciting match, dropping a close dual against Drexel 25-18 yet showing noticeable improvement from their last outing just two weeks ago.

• Tar Heels drop two on the road - The 14th-ranked North Carolina wrestling team lost two road duals against Big Ten foes No. 19 Wisconsin and No. 15 Rutgers. The Tar Heels began their day in Newark with a 20-16 lost No. 19 Wisconsin before dropping a 28-9 match to No. 15 Rutgers.

• Limestone downs Allen - Following a one-week hiatus, the Limestone University men's wrestling team returned to the mats on Sunday afternoon and proceeded to take down the Allen University Yellow Jackets by the final of 37-9 in a non-conference dual inside the Timken Center.

• Nine Panthers Earn Harold Nichlos Titles including 2 former Georgia hammers in Julian Farber and RJ Weston - Nine UNI wrestlers won a title at the Cyclone Open today.
  
  UNI had 26 Panthers competing, and 23 found a place on the podium. The team tallied 13 falls and five tech falls.
  
  Winning titles for UNI:

  • Julian Farber – 133 pounds

  • Cael Happel – 141 pounds

  • Derek Holschlag – 157 pounds

  • Pat Schoenfelder – 174 pounds

  • Parker Keckeisen – 184 pounds

  • Noah Glaser – 197 pounds

  • RJ Weston – 157 pounds (freshman/sophomore division)

  • Jared Simma – 174 pounds (freshman / sophomore division)

  • Adam Ahrendsen – 197 pounds (freshman / sophomore division)

• Nine Quakers earn National Rankings including 2 from the Sunshine State - Anthony Artalona and Ben Goldin.

College Action on Deck … no SE duals are scheduled until Wednesday.

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SE High School Action from Friday and Saturday:

Trojan War Invitational at North Hall

Boys Champions

• 106 Zachary Chitwood (Habersham Central)

• 113 Nathaphong Jujaloen (Greenbrier)

• 120 Kieron McCormack (Buford)

• 126 Ethan Ross (Dacula)

• 132 Dawson Thompson (North Hall)

• 138 Brian Le (Gainesville)

• 145 Boston McDermott (Greenbrier)

• 152 Mario Bolivar (Gainesville)

• 160 Seth Larson (Flowery Branch)

• 170 Zeke Harris (North Hall)

• 182 Hunter Adams (North Hall)

• 195 Colby Watson (Habersham Central)

• 220 Trenton O'kelly (White County)

• 285 Kamden Merritt (Gainesville)

Girls Champions

• 102 Jordan Epstein (Greenbrier)

• 112 Sierra Williamson (Greenbrier)

• 122 Arrie Battle (Jordan)

• 132 Makayla Bachelor (Mount de Sales)

• 142 ZaNiyah Davis (Jordan)

• 152 Arieanna Bacon (Greenbrier)

• 162 Sidney Sullens (White County)

• 172 Litzy Solo (Johnson)

• 197 Brooke Kennedy (Union County)

• 225 Antonia Martinez (Johnson)

Archer Thanksgiving Invitational

Team Scores:

1. Sequoyah 215.5

2. Archer 184.5

3. Buford 176.0

4. Mt. Pisgah 141.0

5. Marietta 136.5

6. Newnan 126.5

7. South Paulding 114.5

8. Lumpkin County 91.0

9. Pace Academy 87.5

10. Hampton 75.0

Placement Matches:

106

• 1st Place Match - Conner Doherty (Mt. Pisgah) 13-2 won by fall over Max Hennebaul (Archer) 2-1 (Fall 1:52)

• 3rd Place Match - Dej-Ann Angus (Hampton) 7-2 won by fall over Bradley Betsill (Newnan) 10-5 (Fall 2:32)

• 5th Place Match - Brendan Clark (Chattahoochee) 2-2 won by fall over Austin Whitely (Sequoyah) 7-7 (Fall 0:50)

• 7th Place Match - Anwar Khaalik (Collins Hill) 2-2 won by fall over Tristan Jordan (Evans) 0-5 (Fall 0:16)

113

• 1st Place Match - Rylan Ibold (Buford) 7-0 won by fall over Kyron Guidry (Marietta) 2-1 (Fall 2:51)

• 3rd Place Match - Michael `Hunter` Morris (South Paulding) 7-2 won by fall over Andrew Malooley (Collins Hill) 2-2 (Fall 1:15)

• 5th Place Match - Jaidon Caddell (Chattahoochee) 5-2 won by fall over Zach Stearns (Archer) 2-3 (Fall 2:57)

• 7th Place Match - Duane Goodrich (Sequoyah) 8-6 won by fall over Colin Eddy (Newnan) 8-6 (Fall 1:18)

120

• 1st Place Match - Maddox McArthur (Buford) 14-0 won by tech fall over KENLY EAVENSON (Franklin County) 3-1 (TF-1.5 4:22 (18-3))

• 3rd Place Match - Durben Carpenter (Chattahoochee) 4-1 won by tech fall over Cristian Sampson (Eagles Landing) 15-5 (TF-1.5 3:17 (15-0))

• 5th Place Match - Jud Farmer (Johnson ) 3-2 won by forfeit over Jake Labasi (Sequoyah) 4-4 (For.)

• 7th Place Match - Micheal Medrala (Collins Hill) 8-2 won by major decision over MJ Maze (Archer) 3-2 (MD 12-2)

126

• 1st Place Match - Drew Gorman (Buford) 16-0 won by tech fall over Kerwin Martinez (Lumpkin County) 3-1 (TF-1.5 2:16 (16-1))

• 3rd Place Match - Tony Ceriani (South Paulding) 4-1 won by decision over Mason Hillegas (Newnan) 5-4 (Dec 2-1)

• 5th Place Match - Ben Schiffer (Pace Academy) 18-3 won by tech fall over Tyler Bush (Evans) 1-3 (TF-1.5 5:09 (16-1))

• 7th Place Match - HUNTER PAGE (Franklin County) 3-1 won by fall over Christian Williams (Archer) 3-2 (Fall 1:52)

132

• 1st Place Match - Tyler Henley (Buford) 15-0 won by fall over Lucas Morrison (Newnan) 10-3 (Fall 5:03)

• 3rd Place Match - Peter Gunter (Sequoyah) 12-2 won by fall over Austin Marshall (Lumpkin County) 3-2 (Fall 1:44)

• 5th Place Match - Markus Stearns (Archer) 3-2 won by forfeit over Brady Nardella (Mt. Pisgah) 10-6 (For.)

• 7th Place Match - Kaleb Cooper (South Paulding) 4-1 won by fall over Knox Renfroe (Hampton) 4-6 (Fall 1:45)

138

• 1st Place Match - Marley Washington (Mt. Pisgah) 14-2 won by decision over Hudson Andrews (Sequoyah) 9-3 (Dec 8-4)

• 3rd Place Match - Sawyer Strack (Marietta) 3-1 won by fall over Nic Waugh (Archer) 3-2 (Fall 3:30)

• 5th Place Match - TJ Payne (Lumpkin County) 3-2 won by fall over Henry Lee-Rueul Powell (South Paulding) 1-3 (Fall 5:27)

• 7th Place Match - Parker Pratt (Johns Creek) 6-4 won by fall over Matthew Canavan (Buford) 5-2 (Fall 2:24)

145

• 1st Place Match - Memphis Pitts (South Paulding) 3-0 won by fall over Dylan Hayes (South Paulding) 2-1 (Fall 0:39)

• 3rd Place Match - Jonah Holmes (Lumpkin County) 3-1 won by major decision over Christopher Williams (Hampton) 3-2 (MD 16-7)

• 5th Place Match - Brenson Shaw (Newnan) 5-7 won by fall over Riddoc Steed (Collins Hill) 1-3 (Fall 1:16)

• 7th Place Match - Bradley Dickerson (Evans) 1-4 won by fall over Parsa Bahreinian (Johns Creek) 1-7 (Fall 0:37)

152

• 1st Place Match - Avant Stephenson (Marietta) 4-0 won by decision over Sam Howe (Pace Academy) 17-1 (Dec 9-3)

• 3rd Place Match - Greyson Ellerbee (South Paulding) 4-1 won by decision over Aidan Merriman (Sequoyah) 7-5 (Dec 6-5)

• 5th Place Match - Wilder Davis (Franklin County) 3-2 won by tech fall over Mohammed Muzammil (Johns Creek) 2-7 (TF-1.5 4:41 (19-3))

• 7th Place Match - Corbin Kumor (Lumpkin County) 4-1 won by fall over Steven Fallon (Chattahoochee) 3-4 (Fall 0:56)

160

• 1st Place Match - Tyler Nelson (Mt. Pisgah) 13-1 won by decision over Florin Myndresku (Archer) 3-1 (Dec 6-4)

• 3rd Place Match - Charlie Throne (Sequoyah) 8-3 won by decision over Grayson Santee (Buford) 12-5 (Dec 8-4)

• 5th Place Match - Jon Peralta (Marietta) 3-2 won by fall over Austin Evans (Lumpkin County) 2-3 (Fall 4:28)

• 7th Place Match - Henry Leusink (Pace Academy) 19-1 won by fall over Brandon Cooper (Evans) 2-2 (Fall 0:24)

170

• 1st Place Match - Joey Bertrand (Mt. Pisgah) 12-2 won by major decision over Isaiah Skinner (Apalachee) 3-1 (MD 10-1)

• 3rd Place Match - Talen Thompson (Buford) 14-3 won by fall over Ryan Throne (Sequoyah) 8-4 (Fall 3:09)

• 5th Place Match - Ely Earley (Marietta) 3-2 won by tech fall over Jude Black (Pace Academy) 14-6 (TF-1.5 6:00 (16-1))

• 7th Place Match - Gray Butler (Chattahoochee) 6-2 won by fall over Joshua Mojica-Smith (Evans) 7-3 (Fall 3:06)

182

• 1st Place Match - Josh Lange (Mt. Pisgah) 11-3 won by decision over Dominic Martinez (Archer) 3-1 (Dec 8-6)

• 3rd Place Match - Kemar Plummer (Sequoyah) 12-1 won by decision over Alex Mathias (Pace Academy) 16-4 (Dec 9-4)

• 5th Place Match - Arian Mazloom (Marietta) 3-2 won by decision over Will Moore (Pace Academy) 13-6 (Dec 7-5)

• 7th Place Match - Ben Martin (Buford) 6-3 won by tech fall over Landon Toth (Newnan) 8-8 (TF-1.5 6:00 (19-4))

195

• 1st Place Match - Tayo Ogundele (Sequoyah) 9-2 won by fall over Brady Simms (Franklin County) 3-1 (Fall 3:50)

• 3rd Place Match - Alex Glymph (Marietta) 3-1 won by fall over Harold Sisya (Archer) 2-2 (Fall 1:51)

• 5th Place Match - Michael Bailey (Hampton) 7-5 won by fall over Garrett Spence (Buford) 1-7 (Fall 1:31)

• 7th Place Match - John Jira (Apalachee) 2-1 won by major decision over Matthew Morris (Newnan) 3-9 (MD 11-3)

220

• 1st Place Match - Logan Webster (Sequoyah) 12-0 won by fall over Avant Jackson (Collins Hill) 5-2 (Fall 4:27)

• 3rd Place Match - Alex Mincey (Archer) 4-1 won by decision over Ashton Heflin (Newnan) 2-2 (Dec 4-3)

• 5th Place Match - Nile Bennett (Pace Academy) 6-2 won by fall over Justin Busby (Hampton) 6-5 (Fall 0:40)

• 7th Place Match - Kameron Tyson (Eagles Landing) 7-7 won by fall over Bryan Ayala (Marietta) 2-3 (Fall 1:09)

285

• 1st Place Match - Sam Rwibuka (Archer) 3-0 won by decision over Jahlil McKenney (Eagles Landing) 9-2 (Dec 4-3)

• 3rd Place Match - Izaiah Sanders (Sequoyah) 9-5 won by decision over Myles London (Newnan) 6-6 (Dec 4-2)

• 5th Place Match - Guillermo Rosales (Johnson ) 2-2 won by fall over Sam Yerta (South Paulding) 2-3 (Fall 1:51)

• 7th Place Match - Mauricio Zaragoza (Johnson ) 2-1 won by fall over Jayden Johnson (Apalachee) 1-2 (Fall 2:28)

Individual Rankings:

• Alabama 7A Rankings

• Alabama 5A-6A Rankings

• Alabama 1A-4A Rankings

• North Carolina 4A Rankings

• North Carolina 3A Rankings

• North Carolina 2A Rankings

• North Carolina 1A Rankings