5 Michigan Cadets undefeated after 1st day of Freestyle

Fargo Coverage Section

7/22 - After the first day of freestyle wrestling here
in Fargo, 10 Michigan Cadets still remain in the
tournament, 5 of whom who have yet to lose.

Taylor Massa, fresh off his Greco title two days ago,
got off to a fast start with three falls and two techinical
falls.  Of Massa's dominant wins include a :39 fall
over Chase Sanchez of Kansas, who was a greco
all-american two days ago.

Also dominant in day 1 was Greco runner-up Ben
Whitford, who went 6-0 and had only one match go
three periods at 112lbs.

Jacob Schmitt scored the biggest win of the day as
he recorded a technical fall over Colton Howell of
Missouri, who won the 91lb Greco National Title two
days ago and beat Schmitt to win his pool.

After Howell scored 5 quick points in the opening 15
seconds of the 1st period,  Schmitt battled back,
scoring 11 unanswered points to win the first period.

Schmitt then won the 2nd period 7-1 to score a tech-fall over the Greco National Champion.  He is now 3-0 heading into tommorow.

Returning Cadet Freestyle All-American Jordan Thomas of Greenville started off slow with a three period nail biter win in his first match, but picked up steam from there on with a technical fall, a first period fall, and a shutout win to move on to the 2nd day with a 4-0 record at 160lbs.

DCC state champ and FILA Cadet All-American Alec Mooradian started off undefeated as well, going 4-0 at 119lbs.

Division 2 state runner-up Jordan Wohlfert suffered his 1st loss in the 3rd round when he was caught for a defensive fall by Brady Massaro of Maryland who stepped over his gut wrench, however, he battled back with two big wins, including a three period war over Cadet Folkstyle All-American Gabe Moreno of Iowa to remain alive.

Greco All-American Alex Calandrino started off the day with 4 wins before falling to Greco Champ Tyler Fraley of New Jersey.  He is now 4-1 at 105lbs heading into tommorow.

Travis Curley (140), Adam Coon (189), and Jim Walsh (285) also advanced to the second day with one loss.

Cadet freestyle action will resume tommorow afternoon at 3:30pm CST.  The Junior Freestyle Tournament will get underway tommorow morning at 9:30am.




Michigan's Cadet Freestyle Match Results
Cadet-91 - Jacob Schmitt's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jacob Schmitt (Michigan) over Leif Dominguez (California) Dec 6-0,3-4,5-0
Match #2 Jacob Schmitt (Michigan) over Ryan Doak (Missouri) Fall 0:08
Match #3 Jacob Schmitt (Michigan) over Colton Howell (Missouri) TF 11-5,7-1

Cadet-98 - Isaac Jewel's place is unknown.
Match #1 Stirland Zollinger (Idaho) over Isaac Jewel (Michigan) Fall 1:07
Match #2 Isaac Jewel (Michigan) over Thomas Kilbane (Ohio) Dec 6-0,7-2
Match #3 Nick Roberts (Pennsylvania) over Isaac Jewel (Michigan) TF 7-0,7-0

Cadet-105 - Alex Calandrino's place is unknown.
Match #1 Alex Calandrino (Michigan) over Brady Webb (Wisconsin) TF 8-1,7-0
Match #2 Alex Calandrino (Michigan) over Daniel Page (Washington) Fall 6-0,0:28
Match #3 Alex Calandrino (Michigan) over Lupe Florez (California) Dec 8-5,7-0
Match #4 Alex Calandrino (Michigan) over Jordan Wigger (S Carolina) ID
Match #5 Tyler Fraley (N Jersey) over Alex Calandrino (Michigan) Dec 3-1,5-2

Cadet-105 - Brant Schafer's place is unknown.
Match #1 Brant Schafer (Michigan) over Bobby Mason (Ohio) Fall 0:45
Match #2 Brant Schafer (Michigan) over Cody Bertram (Wisconsin) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Kyle Ayersman (Indiana) over Brant Schafer (Michigan) Dec 0-3,3-3,1-0
Match #4 Joey Dance (Virginia) over Brant Schafer (Michigan) Dec 8-2,2-1

Cadet-105 - Joseph Golani's place is unknown.
Match #1 Trey Andrews (Arizona) over Joseph Golani (Michigan) Fall 2-0,1:19
Match #2 Andrew Brehm (Pennsylvania) over Joseph Golani (Michigan) Fall 5-1,2-8,1:49

Cadet-105 - Chris Carroll's place is unknown.
Match #1 Bryce Evans (Washington) over Chris Carroll (Michigan) Dec 9-2,2-7,4-1
Match #2 Jesse Harlan (California) over Chris Carroll (Michigan) Dec 5-1,5-0

Cadet-112 - Ben Whitford's place is unknown.
Match #1 Ben Whitford (Michigan) over Zachary Spencer (Virginia) Fall 7-0,0:16
Match #2 Ben Whitford (Michigan) over Cody Kievman (Pennsylvania) Fall 1:29
Match #3 Ben Whitford (Michigan) over Cullen Smith (Illinois) Fall 6-0,1:01
Match #4 Ben Whitford (Michigan) over Ryan Rodorigo (Washington) Dec 7-1,4-3

Cadet-119 - Camryn Jackson's place is unknown.
Match #1 Davey Dolan (Oklahoma) over Camryn Jackson (Michigan) Dec 6-0,2-1
Match #2 Eddie Klimara (Illinois) over Camryn Jackson (Michigan) Fall 6-0,1:17

Cadet-119 - Isaiah Schaub's place is unknown.
Match #1 Isaiah Schaub (Michigan) over Riley Hunsicker (Kansas) Dec 7-5,6-0
Match #2 Kevin Norstrem (Florida) over Isaiah Schaub (Michigan) TF 7-0,10-3
Match #3 Isaiah Schaub (Michigan) over Jess Williams (N York) Dec 4-1,5-4
Match #4 Isaiah Schaub (Michigan) over Jess Clapier (Utah) Dec 3-0,5-1

Cadet-119 - Alec Mooradian's place is unknown.
Match #1 Alec Mooradian (Michigan) over Joey Ramirez (California) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #2 Alec Mooradian (Michigan) over Mike Simeon (Minnesota) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Alec Mooradian (Michigan) over Jonathan Peterson (Kansas) Dec 3-0,6-0
Match #4 Alec Mooradian (Michigan) over Danny Sabatello (Illinois) Dec 1-0,0-2,3-3
Match #5 Alec Mooradian (Michigan) received a bye.

Cadet-135 - Payne Hayden's place is unknown.
Match #1 Payne Hayden (Michigan) over Matt Rattay (Indiana) Dec 2-1,6-0
Match #2 Eleazar Deluca (Oregon) over Payne Hayden (Michigan) Dec 1-0,3-2

Cadet-140 - Jordan Wohlfert's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan) over Mike Beckwith (N York) Fall 7-0,0:26
Match #2 Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan) over Austin Dewey (Idaho) TF 6-0,7-1
Match #3 Brady Massaro (Maryland) over Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan) Fall 0-6,1:15
Match #4 Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan) over Joshua Clark (Virginia) Dec 1-0,3-2
Match #5 Jordan Wohlfert (Michigan) over Gabriel Moreno (Iowa) Dec 1-6,5-3,7-3

Cadet-140 - Travis Curley's place is unknown.
Match #1 Burke Paddock (N York) over Travis Curley (Michigan) Dec 0-1,7-3,3-0
Match #2 Travis Curley (Michigan) over Hayden Applebee (Oklahoma) Dec 4-1,2-3,6-0
Match #3 Travis Curley (Michigan) over Jacob Hollenbeck (Washington) Dec 6-0,4-3
Match #4 Travis Curley (Michigan) received a bye.
Match #5 Travis Curley (Michigan) over Devan Price (Ohio) Fall 0-8,5-2,1:15

Cadet-140 - Kevin Beazley's place is unknown.
Match #1 Kevin Beazley (Michigan) over Jacob Denman (Ohio) Dec 4-0,7-0
Match #2 Kevin Beazley (Michigan) over Michael Nerdahl (Minnesota) Fall 0:37
Match #3 Hector Mandera (Oregon) over Kevin Beazley (Michigan) Dec 2-0,2-0
Match #4 Brian Brill (Pennsylvania) over Kevin Beazley (Michigan) Dec 8-2,1-7,5-0

Cadet-152 - Taylor Massa's place is unknown.
Match #1 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Justin Sitch (Washington) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Dominic Scarberry (Ohio) Fall 8-0,0:38
Match #3 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Wayne Specht (Indiana) Fall 0:14
Match #4 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Chase Sanchez (Kansas) Fall 0:39
Match #5 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Adam Fierro (California) TF 6-0,6-0

Cadet-152 - Trevor Dunham's place is unknown.
Match #1 Devon Range (Ohio) over Trevor Dunham (Michigan) Fall 5-0,0:27
Match #2 Trevor Dunham (Michigan) over Cody Urrutia (California) Fall 6-0,1:47
Match #3 Sam Son (Kansas) over Trevor Dunham (Michigan) Dec 4-0,2-1

Cadet-160 - Jordan Thomas's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jordan Thomas (Michigan) over Johnny Peregrina (Idaho) Dec 3-0,3-3,2-0
Match #2 Jordan Thomas (Michigan) over Larry Watson (Wisconsin) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Jordan Thomas (Michigan) over Stevin Urban (Oregon) Fall 0:26
Match #4 Jordan Thomas (Michigan) received a bye.
Match #5 Jordan Thomas (Michigan) over Cory Campbell (Ohio) Dec 5-0,6-0

Cadet-160 - Seth Hanton's place is unknown.
Match #1 Austin Gabel (Colorado) over Seth Hanton (Michigan) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Seth Hanton (Michigan) over Evan Rosborough (Ohio) Fall 7-0,0:35
Match #3 Jeff Koepke (Illinois) over Seth Hanton (Michigan) Dec 6-1,6-3

Cadet-189 - Adam Coon's place is unknown.
Match #1 Adam Coon (Michigan) over Nick Lovejoy (Missouri) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Adam Coon (Michigan) over Reid Simpson (Alabama) Fall 1:22
Match #3 Michael Kroells (Minnesota) over Adam Coon (Michigan) Dec 1-0,1-1
Match #4 Adam Coon (Michigan) over Nathan Silvus (Ohio) Fall 7-0,0:59

Cadet-189 - Anthony Abro's place is unknown.
Match #1 Anthony Abro (Michigan) over Gannon Del Fierro (California) Dec 3-0,5-0
Match #2 John Hatch (Oregon) over Anthony Abro (Michigan) Fall 6-0,1:02
Match #3 Bruce McWilliams (Iowa) over Anthony Abro (Michigan) TF 6-0,6-0

Cadet-285 - Jim Walsh's place is unknown.
Match #1 Jim Walsh (Michigan) over Ben Lanier (Georgia) Fall 2-0,0:27
Match #2 Jim Walsh (Michigan) over Jeremy Brazil (Illinois) Dec 3-0,2-3,1-0
Match #3 Kabe Fluaitt (Washington) over Jim Walsh (Michigan) Dec 1-0,2-0

Cadet-285 - Devin Pommerenke's place is unknown.
Match #1 Donny Longendyke (Minnesota) over Devin Pommerenke (Michigan) Dec 7-0,3-2
Match #2 Zack Corl (Pennsylvania) over Devin Pommerenke (Michigan) Fall 1:43


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Ben Whitford is currently 6-0 as he looks to make a repeat run to the 112lb Cadet Finals after finishing 2nd in Greco-Roman two days ago