Rodriguez cruises to Junior Greco National Title
Massa, Calandrino, Gonzales finish as All-Americans
7/19 - Heading into this weekend it was commonly said that Freddie
Rodriguez had won just about everything, however, the Holt sophomore
had yet to win a National Title in Fargo. Until now.
Rodriguez used a mean gut wrench to score a 6-0, 7-0 technical fall over
Vinnny Moita of California in the 105lb National Finals. Rodriguez, who
was double all-american in 2009 including a runner-up finish in freestyle,
is back and better than ever after sitting out of Fargo last year. He is now
one step closer to the coveted USAW Triple Crown as he won the Folkstyle
National Title earlier this spring and now with his Greco title, a Freestyle
win later this week would complete the sweep.
Two-time Fargo double champ Taylor Massa suffered his first career loss
on the FargoDome floor today when he was caught in a headlock by Andy
McCulley of Wyoming. Massa won the 1st period 7-1 before finding
himself on the wrong end of a left-handed headlock. Massa lost again
in the 3rd place match to Joey Moorhouse of Illinois to finish 4th.
Alex Calandrino of Howell repeated his Greco All-American performance from a year ago as the sophomore finished 7th at 112lbs with a big win over #10 nationally ranked Cory Clark of Iowa in the finals.
Holly junior Esteben Gonzales rounded out Michigan's All-Americans as the 3x all-stater finished 8th at 119lbs.
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Wrestling will resume tommorow morning with Cadet Freestyle action and the Juniors will be back on the mats Thursday morning for Freestyle.
Michigan Junior Greco Results
Junior-105 - Freddie Rodriguez's place is 1st.
Match #1 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Mitch Heap (Wyoming) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #2 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Jacob McCarthy (Montana) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Antonio Taylor (Illinois) Dec 6-0,1-0
Match #4 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Manny Marin (California) TF 3-6,9-3,7-0
Match #5 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Javier Guillen (Arizona) TF 6-0,7-1
Match #6 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Bobby Nachreiner (Wisconsin) TF 7-0,8-0
Match #7 Freddie Rodriguez (Michigan) over Vinny Moita (California) TF 6-0,7-0
Junior-112 - Alex Calendrino's place is 7th.
Match #1 Alex Calendrino (Michigan) over Marcus Windsor (Ohio) Fall 8-0,0:24
Match #2 Alex Calendrino (Michigan) over Chandler Gordon (Kansas) Fall 0:48
Match #3 Alex Calendrino (Michigan) over Bryce Weatherstom (Montana) TF 9-2,6-0
Match #4 Nahshon Garrett (California) over Alex Calendrino (Michigan) TF 6-0,8-0
Match #5 Alex Calendrino (Michigan) over Curtis Lampert (Nevada) Fall 0:41
Match #6 Ryan McQuade (Wisconsin) over Alex Calendrino (Michigan) Dec 4-0,6-0
Match #7 Alex Calendrino (Michigan) over Cory Clark (Iowa) Dec 6-1,5-4
Junior-119 - Justin Gehringer's place is unknown.
Match #1 Nick Harrison (Illinois) over Justin Gehringer (Michigan) Fall 1:06
Match #2 Zach Vesta (Kansas) over Justin Gehringer (Michigan) Fall 1:57
Junior-119 - Esteban Gonzales's place is 8th.
Match #1 Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) over Tyler Powers (North Carolina) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) over Taylor Hallberg (Iowa) Fall 0:50
Match #3 Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) received a bye.
Match #4 Courtland Hacker (Colorado) over Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) Fall 1:10
Match #5 Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) over Stephen Smith (Maryland) Dec 7-0,5-0
Match #6 Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) over Prentice Thomas (Illinois) Dec 0-5,4-0,3-3
Match #7 Hayden Zillmer (Minnesota) over Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) Dec 1-0,2-0
Match #8 Nick Harrison (Illinois) over Esteban Gonzales (Michigan) TF 8-0,6-0
Junior-125 - Andrew Nold's place is unknown.
Match #1 Mark Grey (New Jersey) over Andrew Nold (Michigan) Dec 3-0,9-0
Match #2 Phillip Kail (Pennsylvania) over Andrew Nold (Michigan) Dec 1-0,3-7,5-1
Junior-130 - Cameron Jackson's place is unknown.
Match #1 Cameron Jackson (Michigan) over Keegan Einerson (Wisconsin) Dec 2-0,7-0
Match #2 Cameron Jackson (Michigan) over Dryden Dennis (Florida) Dec 2-0,5-0
Match #3 Cameron Jackson (Michigan) over Geofrey Bostany (Alabama) Dec 1-0,6-1
Match #4 Ronnie Garbinsky (Pennsylvania) over Cameron Jackson (Michigan) Fall 3-1,1:12
Match #5 Cameron Jackson (Michigan) over Kory Jauch (Illinois) Dec 2-0,3-0
Match #6 Eric Mateo (Missouri) over Cameron Jackson (Michigan) Dec 3-0,1-0
Junior-135 - B J Gott's place is unknown.
Match #1 Adam Aslam (California) over B J Gott (Michigan) Dec 2-1,6-0
Match #2 B J Gott (Michigan) over Braden Krellwitz (Oregon) Fall 3-5,3-3,1:10
Match #3 B J Gott (Michigan) over Jair Crosson (Pennsylvania) TF 10-3,0-6,10-3
Match #4 B J Gott (Michigan) over Dustin Vielhauer (Kansas) Dec 1-0,1-7,7-0
Match #5 Kade Moss (Utah) over B J Gott (Michigan) TF 7-0,7-1
Junior-140 - Brian Gibbs's place is unknown.
Match #1 Brian Gibbs (Michigan) over Mike Jarnot (Minnesota) Fall 0-2,3-0,1:29
Match #2 Brian Gibbs (Michigan) over Sam McCauley (North Carolina) Fall 7-0,0:48
Match #3 Dillon Cowan (Illinois) over Brian Gibbs (Michigan) TF 7-1,7-0
Match #4 Alex Dieringer (Wisconsin) over Brian Gibbs (Michigan) TF 6-0,6-0
Junior-140 - Jesse Armstrong's place is unknown.
Match #1 Luke Belair (Minnesota) over Jesse Armstrong (Michigan) Dec 1-0,0-6,6-0
Match #2 Jesse Armstrong (Michigan) over Tanner Tyler (Oregon) Dec 0-5,7-0,3-3
Match #3 Bradley Little (Kansas) over Jesse Armstrong (Michigan) Fall 9-3,0:13
Junior-145 - Nick Bohn's place is unknown.
Match #1 Clark Glass (Florida) over Nick Bohn (Michigan) Dec 2-0,1-0
Match #2 Nick Bohn (Michigan) over Andy Walton (North Dakota) Fall 7-0,1:39
Match #3 Nick Bohn (Michigan) over Nick Skudrna (Maryland) Dec 7-3,7-4
Match #4 Jake Long (Minnesota) over Nick Bohn (Michigan) Dec 5-5,3-6,3-2
Junior-145 - Terner Gott's place is unknown.
Match #1 Michael Alpert (Florida) over Terner Gott (Michigan) Dec 0-2,1-0,1-0
Match #2 Chris Castillo (Washington) over Terner Gott (Michigan) Dec 1-0,1-0
Junior-145 - Ben Ralston's place is unknown.
Match #1 Ben Ralston (Michigan) over Timothy Hanlin (Minnesota) Fall 0-1,6-0,0:56
Match #2 Kasey Einerson (Wisconsin) over Ben Ralston (Michigan) Fall 6-3,0:52
Match #3 Ben Ralston (Michigan) over Drake Meska (Indiana) Dec 0-1,7-0,1-0
Match #4 Steven Hernandez (Nevada) over Ben Ralston (Michigan) Fall 7-0,0:19
Junior-152 - Taylor Massa's place is 4th.
Match #1 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Levi Duvall (Florida) TF 7-1,6-0
Match #2 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Anthony Pace (Illinois) Dec 6-1,3-0
Match #3 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Kyle Ash (Oklahoma) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #4 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Raider Lofthouse (Utah) Dec 3-0,6-0
Match #5 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Matt Hickman (California) Dec 2-3,1-1,6-0
Match #6 Andy McCulley (Wyoming) over Taylor Massa (Michigan) Fall 1-7,0:26
Match #7 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Robert Pickrell (Colorado) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #8 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Zak Benitz (Wisconsin) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #9 Taylor Massa (Michigan) received a bye.
Match #10 Taylor Massa (Michigan) over Justin Koethe (Iowa) Dec 2-1,8-0
Match #11 Andy McCulley (Wyoming) over Taylor Massa (Michigan) Fall 1-7,0:26
Junior-160 - Devin Scheick's place is unknown.
Match #1 Nick Larson (Wisconsin) over Devin Scheick (Michigan) Fall 3-1,1:24
Match #2 Seth Thomas (Oregon) over Devin Scheick (Michigan) Fall 3-1,1:48
Junior-171 - Mike Curby's place is unknown.
Match #1 Mike Curby (Michigan) over Paul Wisloski (Pennsylvania) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #2 Mike Curby (Michigan) over Shawn Seppala (Wyoming) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #3 Mike Curby (Michigan) over Steve Conn (Washington) TF 6-0,7-0
Match #4 Mike Curby (Michigan) over Coty Brock (Oklahoma) Fall 0:18
Match #5 Jeremy Fahler (Illinois) over Mike Curby (Michigan) Dec 1-0,0-2,1-0
Match #6 Eric Hensel (Minnesota) over Mike Curby (Michigan) Dec 6-0,2-2
Junior-189 - Chris Heald's place is unknown.
Match #1 John Gusewelle (Minnesota) over Chris Heald (Michigan) Dec 1-0,3-1
Match #2 Chris Heald (Michigan) over Russell Stinson (Washington) Dec 4-0,0-3,2-0
Match #3 Zach Merrill (California) over Chris Heald (Michigan) Dec 2-0,0-1,1-0
Junior-189 - Anthony Abro's place is unknown.
Match #1 William George (New Jersey) over Anthony Abro (Michigan) Dec 6-0,4-0
Match #2 Anthony Abro (Michigan) over Justyn Headley (Oregon) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Cody Johnston (Missouri) over Anthony Abro (Michigan) TF 6-0,6-0
Junior-285 - Nathan Spieth's place is unknown.
Match #1 Donnie Longendyke (Minnesota) over Nathan Spieth (Michigan) TF 7-0,7-0
Match #2 Nathan Spieth (Michigan) over Nick Nusekabel (Ohio) Fall 0:26
Match #3 Casey Gushleff (Illinois) over Nathan Spieth (Michigan) Fall 1-0,1:19
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