Fargo Discussion

[Reymundo]

Ross got his teeth knocked out at junior duals. That's why he's wearing the mask.

I forgot about the kick to the mouth. Upon closer review, it does look like more than just headgear. Glad it’s not a concussion.

 

[Reymundo]

Mickel also made it to the semis. Those two could meet in finals. Rematch of state.

Mickel DSQ his semifinal match. Had to weigh in with 2 lb allowance.

 

[Spicolli]

16U consis - win here and AA

94 Hayden Schwab (Iowa) VFA Brayden Wenrich (Pennsylvania), 8-0 1:54
94 Nico Desalvo (Iowa) DSQ Peyton Van hoven (Virginia)
100 Gavin Landers (Iowa) VSU Braedyn Tammarine (Ohio), 11-0 3:08
100 Mac Crosson (Iowa) VSU1 Liam Collins (Minnesota), 12-2 3:46
106 Brett Swenson (Minnesota) VPO1 Isaac Wignall (Iowa), 6-3 - eliminated
160 Lincoln Jipp (Iowa) VFA Cael Weidemoyer (Pennsylvania), 4-3 2:00
170 Christopher Maloney (Ohio) VSU Broedy Collins hendricks (Iowa), 10-0 3:08 - eliminated
182 Brayden Koester (Iowa) VPO1 Anthony Kroninger (Ohio), 10-8
220James Bechter (Ohio) VPO1 Ashton Honnold (Iowa), 10-4 - eliminated
285Zayne Candelaria (Arizona) VFA Trent Warner (Iowa), 7-0 3:56 - eliminated

106 Grey Burnett (Ohio) VSU Rocco Cassioppi (Illinois), 10-0 2:52

Consis 4: lose and your 7th/8th
88 Landon Thoennes (Minnesota) VPO Ethan Humphrey (Iowa), 7-0
94 Hayden Schwab (Iowa) VPO1 Jose Cordero (Tennessee), 12-9
94 Nico Desalvo (Iowa) VPO1 Christopher Swann (Georgia), 11-2
100 Mac Crosson (Iowa) VPO1 Jordan Segal (New Jersey), 4-2
100 Caden Correll (Illinois) VPO1 Gavin Landers (Iowa), 5-2
160 Jackson Barron (Minnesota) VPO1 Lincoln Jipp (Iowa), 9-6

Consi Semi:
94 Hayden Schwab (Iowa) VPO1 Cason Craft (Oklahoma), 4-3
94 Nico Desalvo (Iowa) VPO Emilio Albanese (Pennsylvania), 4-0
10 0Mac Crosson (Iowa) VPO1 Cameron Sontz (New Jersey), 8-2
145 Gabriel Logan (New Jersey) VPO1 Nolan Fellers (Iowa), 10-9

195Jaxon Penovich (Illinois) DSQ Denarii Mickel (Iowa)

 

[Spicolli]

JR semis:
106 Tyler Harper (Iowa) VFA Nathan Rioux (Indiana), 6-4 4:21
113 Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania) VPO1 Dru Ayala (Iowa), 7-4
113 Christopher Kiser (Oklahoma) VPO1 Jake Knight (Iowa), 10-4

120Beric Jordan (Oklahoma) VPO1 Isaiah Cortez (California), 6-6

132Kale Petersen (Iowa) VPO1 Dalton Perry (Pennsylvania), 9-6
138Ryder Block (Iowa) VPO1 Landon Robideau (Minnesota), 6-3

Consi Semi:
113 Mack Mauger (Idaho) VPO1 Dru Ayala (Iowa), 9-5
113 Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) VSU1 Jake Knight (Iowa), 14-4 4:55
Ayala vs Knight for 5th

 

[burk11]

... Pierce, Fox, Pearson, Youngblut, Miller, Rinken, Riggins.
These young men all have bright futures. Fargo is no joke. I had all these guys penciled in as AAs. ...

Ditto that bro! "Fargo is no joke"! Fargo not a place for the feint-of-heart.

 

[Inspiteofourselves]

Ditto that bro! "Fargo is no joke"! Fargo not a place for the feint-of-heart.

add Collins-Hendricks to the list I thought would AA. He just lost in the blood round

 

[IAChief32]

Kale Petersen with a win over Perry after taking the lead late. His gas tank is real nice. Block wins a methodical match. TJ Koester wins a fun match with lots of scoring.
Landon Sidun=Next PA Ace.

 

[Inspiteofourselves]

Mickel DSQ his semifinal match. Had to weigh in with 2 lb allowance.

He got DQ'd because he didn't weigh in? or he missed weight?

 

[Spicolli]

16 U Semis:
SEMIS

106Bruno Cassioppi (Illinois) VFA Wyatt Lees (Michigan), 6-5 4:00

126Timothy Koester (Iowa) VPO1 Travis Cardenas (Arizona), 12-8
145Daniel Heiser (Wisconsin) VSU1 Nolan Fellers (Iowa), 15-5 3:06
152Kyler Knaack (Iowa) VPO1 Nicholas Singer (Pennsylvania), 5-4
195Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) VSU David Calkins (California), 10-0 0:48
195Jake Conroy (Pennsylvania) DSQ Denarii Mickel (Iowa)
285Cooper Martinson (Iowa) VFA Milan Colvin (Kansas), 7-6 3:56

 

[IAChief32]

Kyler Knaack beats Singer of PA to make the finals.

 

[HawkFan1986]

Kale Petersen with a win over Perry after taking the lead late. His gas tank is real nice. Block wins a methodical match. Tim Koester wins a fun match with lots of scoring.
Landon Sidun=Next PA Ace.

Peterson gets better every time she be seen him. I hear he’s a bit of a “spaz” that’s all wrestle all the time. Sounds like someone this board loves that graduated a year or so ago. I know he came in a little undervalued but I think we might have a gem on our hands with Kale.

 

[SPOONER]

Just to show you how tough this tournament is. Here is a list of Iowa guys who didn't reach the podium in 16U Freestyle.
Pierce, Fox, Pearson, Youngblut, Miller, Rinken, Riggins.
These young men all have bright futures. Fargo is no joke. I had all these guys penciled in as AAs. Would I be surprised if a couple 2,3, or even 4 didn't AA, No. But I am surprised all 7 did not. I hope they wrestle greco and bring home some hardware!

I would argue that another issue is a factor here: from a national standpoint some of them just aren’t as good as thought of or hyped. Good for Iowa but nationally they might not quite measure up. Fargo is still the best tourney there is, and prestigious, but even at that it isn’t as good as it might have been years ago.

 

[Sdwrestler_20]

Conner Mirsola has been tearing through the competition at 195. The fact that Gabe Arnold beat him at 182 less than a calendar year ago makes me feel even better about Gabe's future. He is going to be a stud.

 

[Spicolli]

Consi Semi:
113 Mack Mauger (Idaho) VPO1 Dru Ayala (Iowa), 9-5
113 Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) VSU1 Jake Knight (Iowa), 14-4 4:55
Ayala vs Knight for 5th

 

[12tdsaw]

peterson showed a lot of heart in that semi match and i agree about knack pretty solid.

 

[so cal hawkfan]

He got DQ'd because he didn't weigh in? or he missed weight?

He missed weight cause he went to DQ.

 

[so cal hawkfan]

I would argue that another issue is a factor here: from a national standpoint some of them just aren’t as good as thought of or hyped. Good for Iowa but nationally they might not quite measure up. Fargo is still the best tourney there is, and prestigious, but even at that it isn’t as good as it might have been years ago.

Not wrong. Most of the top guys used to enter it back in the day. Most of the weights have a load of talented kids, but some of the weights have maybe 1 or 2 of the top guys in the country. Plenty of top kids that have already committed aren’t there.

 

[Spicolli]

Final Sessions:

16U:
126Leo Maestas (California) VFA Timothy Koester (Iowa), 8-0 2:25
152Kyler Knaack (Iowa) VPO1 Grayson Woodcock (Ohio), 9-2
195Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) VSU1 Jake Conroy (Pennsylvania), 16-4 2:07
285Jacob Levy (Georgia) VPO1 Cooper Martinson (Iowa), 15-9

3rd:
94 Nico Desalvo (Iowa) VPO1 Hayden Schwab (Iowa), 6-4
100 Case Bell (Indiana) VPO1 Mac Crosson (Iowa), 3-1

5th:
145 Nolan Fellers (Iowa) VFO Jason Kwaak (New York), 0-0
182 Preston Marchesseault (Rhode Island) VPO1 Brayden Koester (Iowa), 8-1
195 Tyson Martin (Wisconsin) DSQ Denarii Mickel (Iowa)

7th
88 Vincent Demarco (Illinois) VSU Ethan Humphrey (Iowa), 11-0 0:47
100 Gavin Landers (Iowa) VPO1 Jordan Segal (New Jersey), 8-2
160 Nash Banko (Wisconsin) VSU1 Lincoln Jipp (Iowa), 12-1 1:56

JRs:
106 Haakon Peterson (Wisconsin) VPO1 Tyler Harper (Iowa), 6-4
132 Kyler Larkin (Arizona) VPO Kale Petersen (Iowa), 8-0
138 Ryder Block (Iowa) VSU Daniel Zepeda (California), 10-0 1:19
182 Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa) VPO1 Orlando Cruz (Indiana), 10-4

3rd:

5th
113 Jake Knight (Iowa) VPO1 Dru Ayala (Iowa), 8-3

7th:
170 Nicholas Fox (Iowa) VPO1 Angelo Posada (California), 8-2

 

[funnyfletcher]

Block with a tech to win another stop sign!

 

[Reymundo]

Block wins 17-5 but I’ll be surprised if the knee makes it through the tournament.

Never mind. The knee held up.

 

[Libertylover]

A sprain is having something torn.

A sprain is an over stretched ligament, which causes some degree of partial tear, usually very small and easy to recover from. A strain is the same thing, but involving a tendon or muscle. Partially torn muscle can also be caused by a hard contraction. I’ll stop there.

 

[IAChief32]

Kyler Knaack wins 9-2. Normally, I would worry about a kid who doesn't move his feet a lot but he is fairly explosive and guys just can't seem to get to his legs a lot. I do think they got the cutback call wrong...it was a sweet move by the other guy on Knaack's single but it was close.

 

[IAChief32]

Another kid to throw $$$ at is Melvin Miller. Younger version of Aaron Brooks.

 

[Libertylover]

Another kid to throw $$$ at is Melvin Miller. Younger version of Aaron Brooks.

Where is he from? What age?

 

[Lambertt]

A sprain is an over stretched ligament, which causes some degree of partial tear, usually very small and easy to recover from. A strain is the same thing, but involving a tendon or muscle. Partially torn muscle can also be caused by a hard contraction. I’ll stop there.

Thank you.

 

[HawkFan1986]

Kyler Knaack wins 9-2. Normally, I would worry about a kid who doesn't move his feet a lot but he is fairly explosive and guys just can't seem to get to his legs a lot. I do think they got the cutback call wrong...it was a sweet move by the other guy on Knaack's single but it was close.

Great tournament. I would not have guessed a stop sign was in his immediate future watching him sporadically this past year. Will be interesting to see how he progresses.

 

[IAChief32]

In other news, Mike Mocco has been arrested by Fargo police for attempted murder. Damn that kid is good.

 

[JBJRFL]

In other news, Mike Mocco has been arrested by Fargo police for attempted murder. Damn that kid is good.

You are correct. I watched the finals match too.

 

[JBJRFL]

Dreshaun Ross looked really good.

 

[IAChief32]

Dreshaun Ross looked really good.

Wish they would have painted Skull and Cross bones on his mask. Kid makes it look too easy.

 

[west2east]

Where is he from? What age?

Bishop mccort PA freshman. Cousin of the Gibsons I believe.
EDIT They're brothers not cousins. Bassetts are cousins of theirs

 

[IAChief32]

Bishop mccort PA freshman. Cousin of the Gibsons I believe

Are they going to ever let those kids wrestle at PA State?

 

[west2east]

Are they going to ever let those kids wrestle at PA State?

Actually he's Gibsons brother. After I wrote that I was like wait a min

 

[Sdwrestler_20]

Bishop mccort PA freshman. Cousin of the Gibsons I believe

Really tough kid. Probably pump the brakes on the Aaron Brooks 2.0 comp for now though haha.

 

[west2east]

Are they going to ever let those kids wrestle at PA State?

They may earn a spot. Not sure Cael let's anyone wrestle lol best man up. I know what you meant man gonna be tough getting in that line up for Eric . I have a feeling Mason will find away

 

[Sdwrestler_20]

They may earn a spot. Not sure Cael let's anyone wrestle lol best man up. I know what you meant man gonna be tough getting in that line up for Eric . I have a feeling Mason will find away

I think he meant let the Bishop McCort kids wrestle at state

 

[west2east]

I think he meant let the Bishop McCort kids wrestle at state

That's been decided they're in this coming year. Lol I read that as Penn st 😂🤣🤷

 

[Libertylover]

Really tough kid. Probably pump the brakes on the Aaron Brooks 2.0 comp for now though haha.

If he’s that good and from PA, he will commit to Cael soon😉

 

[SPOONER]

Great tournament. I would not have guessed a stop sign was in his immediate future watching him sporadically this past year. Will be interesting to see how he progresses.

What was his competition like? This kid has been wrestling nationally since he could walk. Would be surprising if he suddenly took a big step forward. But not impossible.

 

[Sdwrestler_20]

Leo DeLuca looked very good in a really tough field. Hawks should be all over him. JR 120