Pictured: 2021 Men's Junior Fargo Nationals Finalist Christian Carroll (Indiana/220 pounds). Photo: Josh Conklin Photos.
Courtesy of Joe Wedra, Special to TheMat.com.
FARGO, N.D. — Tuesday’s 2021 Junior Nationals men’s freestyle finals pairings are officially set after semifinal action wrapped up at the FargoDome on Monday. The session will feature 22 wrestlers ranked in FloWrestling’s national rankings. Illinois, Iowa and Michigan all have four wrestlers in the championship finals.
Finals pairings
100: Nate Smith (Indiana) vs. Zane Donley (Oklahoma)
106: Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) vs. Hunter Taylor (Missouri)
113: #4 (at 106) Braeden Davis (Michigan) vs. #11 Benjamin Aranda (Illinois)
120: #12 Kannon Webster (Illinois) vs. Yusief Lillie (Washington)
126: #2 Drake Ayala (Iowa) vs. #12 Sergio Lemley (Indiana)
132: #13 Emilio Ysaguirre Jr. (Arizona) vs. Nasir Bailey (Illinois)
138: #15 Tagen Jamison (Texas) vs. #7 Casey Swiderski (Michigan)
145: #4 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) vs. #3 Jordan Williams (Oklahoma)
152: #3 Caleb Henson (Georgia) vs. Daniel Wask (New Jersey)
160: #9 Joshua Barr (Michigan) vs. #10 Aiden Riggins (Iowa)
170: #14 Brayden Thompson (Illinois) vs. #4 (at 182) Manny Rojas (Michigan)
182: #9 Thomas Stewart (Maryland) vs. #3 Brian Soldano (New Jersey)
195: #8 Dylan Fishback (Ohio) vs. #5 Seth Shumate (Ohio)
220: #11 Ben Kueter (Iowa) vs. #3 (at 195) Christian Carroll (Indiana)
285: #1 Chase Horne (Georgia) vs. Ben Kawczynski (Wisconsin)
Semifinal results
100 pounds
Nate Smith (Indiana) dec. Treshaun Tecson (Oklahoma), 7-6
Zane Donley (Oklahoma) tech Hank Kriegler (Nebraska), 10-0 0:38
106 pounds
Brandon Morvari (Minnesota) dec. Wyatt Skebba (Wisconsin), 5-0
Hunter Taylor (Missouri) dec. Christian Forbes (Oklahoma), 5-2
113 pounds
Braeden Davis (Michigan) tech. Codie Cuerbo (Ohio), 12-2 3:53
Benjamin Aranda (Illinois) tech. Alan Koehler (Minnesota), 12-2 2:49
120 pounds
Kannon Webster (Illinois) tech Jett Strickenberger (Colorado), 13-2 3:45
Yusief Lillie (Washington) tech Grigor Cholakyan (California), 5-1
126 pounds
Drake Ayala (Iowa) tech Vincent Robinson (Illinois), 10-0 2:29
Sergio Lemley (Indiana) fall Jore Volk (Minnesota), 7-4 5:25
132 pounds
Emilio Ysaguirre, Jr. (Arizona) dec. Garrett Grice (Nebraska), 3-2
Nasir Bailey (Illinois) dec. Zeke Seltzer (Indiana), 8-5
138 pounds
Tagen Jamison (Texas) tech Kimo Leia (California), 13-2 4:22
Casey Swiderski (Michigan) dec Ty Whalen (New Jersey), 10-4
145 pounds
Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) tech Nicco Ruiz (California), 10-0 3:18
Jordan Williams (Oklahoma) dec. Matthew Bianchi (Wisconsin), 14-9
152 pounds
Caleb Henson (Georgia) dec. Cael Swensen (Minnesota), 6-3
Daniel Wask (New Jersey) dec. Erik Gibson (Pennsylvania), 12-8
160 pounds
Joshua Barr (Michigan) tech Braeden Scoles (Wisconsin), 13-2 5:05
Aiden Riggins (Iowa) tech Antrell Taylor (Nebraska), 19-6 3:03
170 pounds
Brayden Thompson (Illinois) dec. Luke Geog (Ohio), 4-2
Manuel Rojas (Michigan) tech Brody Baumann (Indiana), 15-5 5:41
182 pounds
Thomas Stewart (Maryland) dec Hayden Walters (Oregon), 4-1
Brian Soldano (New Jersey) tech Bennett Berge (Minnesota), 10-0 4:25
195 pounds
Dylan Fishback (Ohio) dec. Caden Rogers (Pennsylvania), 14-7
Seth Shumate (Ohio) dec. Kolby Franklin (Pennsylvania), 10-10 criteria
220 pounds
Ben Kueter (Iowa) tech Martin Cosgrove (New Jersey), 11-0 5:22
Christian Carroll (Indiana) tech Noah Pettigrew (Georgia), 10-0 2:04
285 pounds
Ben Kawczynski (Wisconsin) tech Jamikael Lytle (California), 13-2 4:44
Chase Horne (Georgia) tech Charles Crews iii (Pennsylvania), 11-0 3:20
CURRENT TEAM STANDINGS
1 - Illinois - 109
2 - Pennsylvania - 95
3 - Wisconsin - 93
4 - Iowa - 91
5 - Michigan - 86
6 - Indiana - 83
7 - Ohio - 77
8 - Minnesota - 70
9 (tied) - New Jersey and Oklahoma - 66
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