Illinois won Pool A and then downed Oklahoma Red, New Jersey, Iowa, and finally Pennsylvania Blue 39-38 to claim the Schoolboy Greco title.

Already know the team results? Jump down to the bottom as we highlight some individuals that had a great 2 days in Greco.

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SE teams congregated in Pool C - with the exception of Florida which was in Pool D. Interested in the brackets from Pool A and Pool B? Visit the trackwrestling page.

Tennessee downed Georgia 46-36 and Alabama fell to Iowa 67-10 all on the bottom side of the C bracket. Tennessee and Georgia traded wins for the first 7 matches before Tennessee went on a 5-0 run to put the dual out of reach. Georgia rebounded by downing Alabama 56-25 before losing to California 61-17. Georgia finished their day 2-2 with a win over Nebraska. Alabama got in th win column with a 57-24 win over Michigan Blue for 7th.

Tennessee lost to Iowa, beat Nebraska and then fell to California 60-20 to finish the day 2-2 and 4th (to put them into the Bronze/Copper Pool).

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Florida came in as the top seed in Pool D, but dropped a very close 36-36 dual to Maryland I nthe opening round. Maryland really took control of the dual from 92-106 - winning all 4 matches and getting 17 points vs. Florida’s 1 (for those of you unfamiliar - if a losing wrestler scores - his team gets a point if the match is decided by a tech fall or decision … thus the 1 point earned by Tyler Gray at 97).

Florida rebounded and won a hard fought match vs. Pennsylvania Red 37-36. Landen Holley came up big for the Sunshine state at 130 with his fall of Deshonn Valentine to secure the win. Pennsylvania, like Maryland, took control from 92 to 119 lbs and that would prove to be a challenging spot in the lineup for Florida throughout Greco. They lost to Indiana Gold 49-33 and beat Oklahoma Blue 48-34 to finish 5th.

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Day 2

Illinois, PA Blue, Minnesota Red, Iowa, New Jersey, Utah, Michigan Blue, and Oklahoma Red battled it out in the Gold/Silver Pool.

Tennessee was the only SE team to make it to the Bronze/Copper Pool (one below All American Status). Tennessee took some lumps on day 2 - losing to Indiana Gold 43-35, Ohio Gray 51-31, Wisconsin 53-28 and Maryland 48-24. Tennessee still had some outstanding individual performances, but struggled to pull together a team win on day 2.

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Florida and Georgia dominated the Red/Blue Pool - each won all 3 of their duals as they met in the finals for the last match of Greco for each team.

Florida pulled it off with a 42-36 win. Florida won the final 4 weights (all by tech fall) and came back from a 34-26 deficit to get the dub. Everett Stephens, Uy’Kwon Wimberly, William Buckley, and Lincoln Sledzianowski sealed it for the boys from the Sunshine State.

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Alabama finished their Greco tournament in the Green/Yellow Pool where they went 2-2 with wins over Colorado Blue and Michigan Red and losses to New York and Indiana Blue.

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Five on the Rise from Cadet Greco

It should be noted that not all results in the duals are created equal. Because who you face on the second day depends entirely on how well your team wrestles in Day 1. So there are wrestlers with losses that make the list and others that went unbeaten that may not make the list. It is the nature of the beast as it relates to duals.

Also the difference between being a first-year or a second-year cadet is huge. I don’t know which “year schoolboy” each of the wrestlers are … but if any of the below are 1st-year schoolboys - you better lookout for next year.

These are the 5 that jumped off the screen … but the “other” listed below also had an outstanding two days of Greco:

• 71 - Everett Stephens (Florida) - 8-0 with 3 forfeits, but dominated at 71 lbs. - only giving up 3 points the entire tournament. Didn’t get to see him vs. Collins of Minnesota or Sontaz of New Jersey, but still Stephens looked great in the matches he had.

• 87 - Lincoln Sledzianowski (Florida) - 8-0 including a really good win over Evan Sanati of Virginia. Had 6 tech falls and a fall (plus the decision win over Sanati).

• 97 - Nathaniel Boger (Tennessee) - 7-1 with his only loss coming in a 21-16 barnburner with Jayden Rinken of Iowa. Really good win over Elijah Almarinez of California and dominated the rest of the field.

• 106/110 - Zac Bosken (Tennessee) - Split time between 106 and 110 and finished 6-1. Looked to get matched up with the best from the other squad and really battled through some wins and his only loss (which was to Declan Koch 3-2 of Wisconsin). Really nice win over Wyatt Sandoval of California 2-1 and Khimari Manns of Ohio.

• 165 - Michael Mocco (Florida) - 8-0 with some really good wins including a 4-3 decision of Rojas of Indiana and a 13-8 decision of McMullen of Pennsylvania.

Others of note:

• 71 - Noah Watkins (Tennessee) - 6-2 - wrestled Gavin Pongsai of California tough in one of the losses. Nice wins over Alex Huddleston of Indiana and Manz of Iowa.

• 77 - Cooper McArthur (Georgia) - good tournament for Cooper finishing 6-2 with losses to Wimberly (Florida) and Ota (Texas Gold). Was really impressed with his 12-0 tech fall of Cordero of Tennessee.

• 77 - Will Atkinson (Alabama) - stepped up and competed at 83 for 5 matches. Finished 5-2 in Greco with both losses coming up at 82 vs Crosson of Iowa and a criteria loss to Merli of New York. Really good win over Quigley of Michigan Red (also up at 83).

• 77 - Uy’Kwon Wimberly (Florida) - 4-4, but a great win over McArthur of Georgia. Interested in scoring? Go watch the barnburner between Skin and Wimberly - Wimberly came out on the losing end, but it was fun to watch.

• 83 - William Buckley (Florida) - 6-2 and it was the close matches that really stood out … lost to Carlie of Maryland 8-5, but beat Meink of Nebraska 4-3 and Rankin of Virginia 7-4.

• 92 - William Phillips (Tennessee) - 4-0 and split time with Kellen Sanders. Really good wins over both Sievers of Georgia and Henderson of Indiana.

• 97/102 - Isaac Hoshide (Georgia) - love when wrestlers step up for their team and that’s what Isaac did in duals vs. Idaho and Oklahoma Blue … wrestled up at 102 and got two wins (10-7 and 6-2).

• 106/110 - Kiowa Vines (Alabama) - 5-1 wrestling at 106 and 110. Stepped up and took only loss in Greco to Quinonez of Colorado at 110. Looked superb at 106 including a good win over Braden Broderick of Michigan.

• 110 - Andres Digrigoli (Florida) - 7-1 in Greco with several hard fought decision wins that helped Florida win the Red Pool. Only loss was to Reagan Milheim of Pennsylvania.

• 114 - Phillip Jax (Georgia) - 5-3 in Greco with a 9-9 loss on criteria to Bradley Williams of Alabama. Jax had some nice wins over Judah Heeg and Findley Smout.

• 114 - Bradley Williams (Alabama) - outstanding tournament for Williams - finished 6-1 with his only loss coming to a very good Ybarra of Colorado. Had a nice hard fought win over Jax of Georgia - otherwise dominated at 114.

• 125 - Micah Wittenberg (Florida) - 7-1 in Greco with a close 9-8 loss to Lucas Boe of Indiana as his only loss of the tournament. Beat a good David Jewell of Georgia 8-6 … otherwise had tech falls, falls, and a forfeit.

• 130/136 - Gavin Isaacs (Florida) - 7-0 with 2 forfeits. Dominant at both 130 and 136. - yielding just 4 points in the tournament. Certainly made a case for the 5 on the rise by wrestling up at 136 despite weighing in at 130.

• 136 - Moose Bringer (Georgia) - 6-2 in Greco, but it was his win over Reza of California on criteria and his close loss to Huber of Texas that stood out.

• 149 - Matthew VanWettering (Georgia) - 6-2 and looked great in wins over Picallo (Florida) and Russell of Oklahoma.

• 149 - Cy Fowler (Tennessee) - 6-2 (5-2 with a forfeit). Absolutely dominant in his 5 wins. Loss two tough matches to Rodrigues of Maryland and Uyemura of California. There was some excellent competition at 149 and Fowler was right in the middle of it.

• 187/250 - Alexander Smith (Florida) - 7-1 with 3 forfeits - only loss came on a DQ to Romo of Kansas.

• 250 - Sebastian Garcia (Georgia) - finished unbeaten at 8-0 (with 3 forfeits). Garcia had a superb 3-1 win over Ceja of California

Here is the breakdown from the 16U (Cadet) Greco National Duals that took place over 2 days in Westfield, Indiana. A breakdown of the 14U (Schoolboys) will be coming later today/tomorrow. And then we will get the Freestyle portion posted.

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Not to bury the lead with results and other information … but the takeaway from the 2 days of action was that the Florida Cadets just missed making the All American in Greco and finished on top of the Bronze/Copper Pool. Georgia Blue finished 7th in the Bronze/Copper pool in Greco. Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia Red all had good individual performances, but struggled overall to make the top pools as a team.

Already know the team results? Jump down to the bottom of each section as we highlight some individuals that had a great 2 days (each style) of wrestling.

Let’s Start the Breakdown with a look at Greco …. Day 1 Pool Action

Florida lost their opening match to Minnesota Blue (the overall eventual Champs), but rebounded with wins over Indiana Blue, Oklahoma Red, and Iowa (39-38 in a match that came down to a Sawyer Bartelt win) to take 3rd. Because Pennsylvania Blue lost to Minnesota in the finals … Florida had a shot at true second, but lost a close one to PA 42-31. As a result they would move to the Bronze/Copper Pool.

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Illinois downed Indiana Gold to win Pool B … Georgia Red finished with losses to Minnesota Red, Texas Red, and Michigan Blue to take 8th. Alabama lost to Indiana Gold 48-24, but got a nice win over Michigan Blue 49-24 in the consis. Alabama then lost to Minnesota Red and Texas Red to finish 6th.

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Tennessee suffered two very close losses - 40-35 to Missouri and 35-34 to Pennsylvania Red to fall to the 7th/8th place match in Pool C. They easily beat Delaware, but would be relegated to the Red Pool for Day 2. Oklahoma Blue finished 1st with Idaho 2nd.

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Georgia Blue received a by into the semis where they got the top seed California - losing 53-22 to the team that would eventually take first in the Pool (and 3rd overall). Georgia rebounded with a 65-16 win over Texas Blue and a 55-16 hammering of Nebraska 55-16 to take 3rd. Georgia lost a tough 45-30 match to Wisconsin for true second. Georgia joined Florida in the Bronze/Copper Pool for Day 2.

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Day 2:

Minnesota Blue would end up taking the title with wins over Indiana Gold, Idaho, California (53-18) and Oklahoma Blue 48-26. In fact - Florida gave Minnesota Blue their toughest match of the tournament (minus the final vs. Oklahoma).

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Florida took care of business going 4-0 on the day … wins over Kansas Red (48-32), Colorado (42-33), and Georgia (47-30) as well as New Jersey (52-25) to finish 9th overall - one spot from All American. Georgia finished the tournament with losses to Colorado, Kansas Red, and Florida before downing Nebraska to finish 7th in the pool.

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Oklahoma Red won the Yellow pool over Texas Red …

Tennessee finished up the Greco part of the duals red hot with wins over Texas Blue, Indiana Blue, Michigan Blue before downing Alabama 37-30 to take the top spot in the Red Pool. Alabama also finished well - suffering their only loss of Day 2 to Tennessee.

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Georgia Red - which had several forfeits throughout their lineup - finished the tournament 5th in the Green Pool - getting their lone dual win over Michigan Red 44-18.

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Five on the Rise from Cadet Greco

It should be noted that not all results in the duals are created equal. Because who you face on the second day depends entirely on how well your team wrestles in Day 1. So there are wrestlers with losses that make the list and others that went unbeaten that may not make the list. It is the nature of the beast as it relates to duals.

Also the difference between being a first-year or a second-year cadet is huge. I don’t know which “year cadet” each of the wrestlers are … but if any of the below are 1st-year cadets - you better lookout for next year.

These are the 5 that jumped off the screen … but the “other” listed below also had an outstanding two days of Greco:

• 120 - Casen Roark (Tennessee) - Tough to pick between Roak, Sturgill, Desselle, and Mason Jakob. All four were unbeaten. Roark gets the nod here with two very good wins over Hudson Waldrop and Vincent Echavarry. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to see Roark or his teammates against some of the best because Tennessee lost their first two matches. Don’t get me wrong - wins over Echavarry and Waldrop are outstanding, but we would have liked to have seen Roark vs. Kilkeary (who beat Heap on criteria).

• 170 - Brian Burburija (Florida) - Burburija was simply superb this weekend in Greco. He finished 9-0 with a nice 15-7 win over Cole Han-Lindemyer of Minnesota along with tech falls of Hoke Poe-Hogan of Georgia and Harvey Ludington of New Jersey. It was his 10-0 tech of Braden Brown of Oklahoma that was really impressive. We didn’t get to see him vs. David Malin of Wisconsin, but that match is likely to happen in the next month.

• 182 - Omaury Alvarez (Georgia) - 8-0 splitting time between 182 and 195. 5 tech falls, 2 falls, and a forfeit. Only downside was we didn’t get to see Omaury vs. Smith of Utah or Schoppe of New Jersey (we didn’t even get to see him vs. Roos of Iowa or Shupp of Pennsylvania). When we did get to watch Omaury wrestle - he was outstanding, but he didn’t get the bigger names that he will likely need to beat to take home a stop sign from Fargo.

• 195 - Sawyer Bartelt (Florida) - 9-0 at 195/220. Stepped in a big way time and again for Florida. The moment was never too big and he came through for the team on more than one occasion. Anyone that beats Sonny Sasso 5-0 has to be among the favorites heading into Fargo.

• 220 - William Caneer (Alabama) - finished unbeaten (8-0 with 7 tech falls and a 13-9 decision win over Henry of Indiana). Unfortunately we didn’t get to see how Caneer matched up with Bartelt, Alvarez, Agresti, or Sonny Sasso. Still going unbeaten is a major accomplishment and should put him on the “watch list” for Fargo.

Others to keep an eye heading into Fargo:

• 100 - Fredrick Mitchum (Florida) - 8-1 and was key to Florida hanging tough with Minnesota and beating Colorado. Wins over Lyden and Declan Strait pop out - but needs to be closer with wrestlers like Graff of Iowa if he wants to make the podium in Fargo.

• 100 - Mason Jakob (Tennessee) - 7-0 (6-0 with a forfeit). Wins over Cale Tucker and Malachi Stratton. Didn’t get to see Jakob vs. Kleimann or Mauger - which would have been interesting. But Jakob used the opportunity to sharpen his skills and will be on the radar heading into Fargo.

• 106 - Brodie Christmas (Alabama) - 5-2 (4-2 with a forfeit) - must find a way to beat the likes of Tishner if Brodie is going to make the podium in Fargo.

• 106 - Christian Fretwell (Florida) - 7-2 (6-2 with a forfeit). Wrestled Ambrose of Minnesota tough, but the bar is Sam Herring if you want to be on the podium in Fargo (which was Fretwell’s only other loss).

• 106 - Jack Anderson (Tennessee) - finished 4-3, but had a huge win over Brodie Christmas to help lead Tennessee to first in the Red Pool.

• 113 - Will Anderson (Alabama) - 6-2 (5-2 with a forfeit) - lost a close one to Milano of Michigan otherwise was close to making the top 5. Needs to find a way to match Laudenbach of Minnesota if he wants to take home a stop sign from Fargo.

• 120 - Anderson Heap (Florida) - 8-1 (6-1 with 2 forfeits) - only loss to Vincent Kilkeary (one of the top 120’s in the country) …. losing 7-7 on criteria. Heap is a good example of someone that could make the 5 above. His wins over Reece of Colorado and Casella of Kansas show he is ready to make a run for a stop sign in Fargo.

• 126 - Logan Paradice (Georgia) - 5-3 (4-3 with a forfeit). Wrestled well in a very tough weight … lost a close one to Alarcon of Colorado, but will need to be more in the matches with the likes of Guffey and Koenig if Logan wants to make the podium in Fargo.

• 126 - Hunter Sturgill (Tennessee) - Sturgill looks like a lock to make a run in Fargo. This weekend didn’t provide the matchup we wanted (vs. Alarcon, Robideau, Koenig, etc.) but wins over Magro, Jones, etc. did nothing to make us think he won’t be in the hunt in July.

• 132 - Landon Desselle (Tennessee) - 6-0 … but similar situation as his unbeaten Tennessee teammates. Good wins over Graham and McClain, but we didn’t get to see Desselle vs. Smith, Root or Faglioni.

• 132 - Cade Parent (Georgia) - 5-3 (4-3 with a forfeit) … similar to his teammate Paradice. Good wrestling in a very tough weight.

• 138 - Brandon Cody (Florida) - 6-3 … beat wrestlers that you’d expect, but lost to Perentin New Jersey, Hanson of Minnesota, and Searcy of Indiana in matches that weren’t that close. Cody is on track to be in the hunt in Fargo, but will need to up the game if he wants to make the podium in Dakota.

• 152 - Dominic Bambinelli (Georgia) - 7-1. Bambinelli is right there. Lost a close one to Khosravy of California 4-3. Didn’t get to see Bambinelli vs. Strick, Ferrari or Baker. That would give everyone a good idea if he is likely to make a run for a stop sign or not. Still 7-1 over some very competition.

• 160 - Cordell White (Florida) - 8-1 with his only loss coming to Travis Smith of Minnesota. White wrestled extremely well and should be on every 160’s radar heading into Fargo … he’s not likely to win it, but he’s good enough to make the podium and knock some hammers off along the way.

• 182 - Will Conlon (Alabama) - 4-1 with a loss to Schreiber of Tennessee. Won close matches and lost a close match.

• 285 - Caleb Rodriguez (Florida) - 6-3. Lost to some hammers, but also had some very good wins. Rodriguez was an important piece of the puzzle for Florida and there is no way they finish 9th without him. Still … he is close to making a run in Fargo, but needs to be more in matches like vs. Wyatt Smith and Sebastian Lopez if he wants to be on the podium.

There were a few others that wrestled hard and did well vs. the competition, but the level wasn’t nearly what they can expect to see in Fargo. It will be interesting to see which Cadets use this experience as a springboard to winning some tough matches in late July.

Simple results - lots of nuance lost in just the reporting of results. Will provide greater detail once we actually wrap-up the Greco and move onto Freestyle.

The bets example of what am I talking about is Anderson Heap of Florida . Heap’s name won’t show up below - he went 4-1 with his only loss coming to #1 Vincent Kilkeary of Pennsylvania on criteria (after wrestling 5 tough matches). But too little time to dig into that at the moment. Expect that level of analysis once we get the final breakdown.

Still good day for both Georgia and Florida Cadets … were in the hunt for All American pool status and came up just short. Tennessee Cadets lost two very close matches and fell all the way to 7th in their pool. We could see a Florida vs. Georgia schoolboy matchup tomorrow which will be fun, but Tennessee will finish above all others in the SE at schoolboys after making the Bronze/Copper Pool.

14U (Schoolboys) Greco

Pool C

• Tennessee finishes 4th (2-2 on the day)

  • Beat Georgia 46-36

  • Lost to Iowa 63-15

  • Beat Nebraska 51-30

  • Lost to Claifornia 60-20

• Georgia finishes 5th (2-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Tennessee 46-36

  • Beat Alabama 56-25

  • Lost to California 61-17

  • Beat Nebraska 55-25

• Alabama finishes 7th (1-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Iowa 67-10

  • Lost to Georgia 56-25

  • Beat Michigan Red 57-24

Pool D

• Florida finishes 5th (2-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Maryland 36-36

  • Beat Pennsylvania Red 37-36

  • Lost to Indiana Gold 49-33

  • Beat Oklahoma Blue 48-34

Unbeaten Individuals after Day 1

• 71 - Everett Stephens (Florida)

• 77 - Cooper McArthur (Georgia)

• 87 - Lincoln Sledzianowski (Florida)

• 92 - William Phillips (Tennessee)

• 106 - Kiowa Vines (Alabama)

• 106/110 - Zac Bosken (Tennessee)

• 114 - Bradley Williams (Alabama)

• 130/136 - Gavin Isaacs (Florida)

• 136 - Moose Bringer (Georgia)

• 165 - Michael Mocco (Florida)

• 187 - Alexander Smith (Florida)

• 250 - Sebastian Garcia (Georgia)

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16U (Cadets) Greco

Pool A

• Florida finishes 3rd (3-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Minnesota Blue 53-25

  • Beat Indiana Blue 52-26

  • Beat Oklahoma Red 52-24

  • Beat Iowa 39-38

  • Lost to Pennsylvania Blue 42-31 for true second

Pool B

• Alabama finishes 6th (1-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Indiana Gold 48-24

  • Beat Michigan Blue 49-24

  • Lost to Texas Red 40-37

• Georgia Red finishes 8th (0-3 on the day)

  • Lost to Minnesota Red 66-11

  • Lost to Texas Red 66-10

  • Lost to Michigan Blue 50-13

Pool C

• Tennessee finishes 7th (1-2 on the day)

  • Lost to Missouri 40-35

  • Lost to Pennsylvania Red 35-34

  • Beat Delaware 47-19

Pool D

• Georgia Blue finishes 3rd (2-2 on the day)

  • Lost to California 53-22

  • Beat Texas Blue 65-16

  • Beat Nebraska 55-15

  • Lost to Wisconsin 45-30 for true second

Unbeaten Individuals after Day 1

• 100 - Mason Jakob (Tennessee)

• 120 - Casen Roark (Tennessee)

• 126 - Hunter Surgill (Tennessee)

• 132 - Landon Desselle (Tennessee)

• 138 - Connor Payne (Tennessee)

• 145 - Latrell Schafer (Georgia)

• 160 - Tyler Secoy (Georgia)

• 170 - Brian Burburija (Florida)

• 182 - William Conlon (Alabama)

• 182 - Landon Williams (Tennessee)

• 182 - Ian Osbourn (Alabama)

• 182/195 - Omaury Alvarez (Georgia)

• 195 - Sawyer Bartelt (Florida)

• 195/220 - William Caneer (Alabama)