Junior Duals Recap

Photo: WKBW Buffalo

Junior Duals wrapped up today where the Evil Empire brought a squad to Milwaukee. Fielding a team with four forfeits (100, 113, 120, 175) makes it difficult to achieve collective success as a team, but there many wrestlers that finished with great records. We've put together a list of team results, individual results, and notable wins achieved by each wrestler this weekend. The countdown to Fargo begins!

FREESTYLE DUAL RESULTS

DAY 1 | 3-2 DUAL RECORD, 7TH IN POOL D
New York 39, Michigan Red 21
Illinois 61, New York 9
New York 41, Texas 30
Colorado 37, New York 31
New York 35, Pennsylvania Blue 30

DAY 2 | 2-2 DUAL RECORD, 5TH IN GREEN/YELLOW POOL, 29TH OVERALL
Arizona 33*, New York 33 (AZ win on criteria)
New York 34, Kentucky 27
Kansas Red 42, New York 25
New York*, Pennsylvania Blue (NY wins by forfeit)

FREESTYLE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

106 LBS - Will Clanton, 2-6
126 LBS - Brayden Kellison, 3-0
Notable Wins: Gavin Culloty (MI D1 State 5th), Deacon Cano (KY State 6th)
126 LBS - Cooper Merli, 3-2
Notable Wins: Bryson Rockers (KS 4A State Champ), Brock Santa Maria (AZ D2 State 2nd)
132 LBS - Finnegan O'Brien, 6-2
Notable Wins: Vince Jasinski (IL 3A State 4th), Travis Long (CO 4A State 3rd), Che Jenkins (AZ D1 State 2nd)
138 LBS - Louden Elliott, 3-5
Notable Wins: Rasler Warner (MI D2 State 2nd), Pablo Aguilar (TX 6A SQ), Blake Murdock (KY SQ)
144 LBS - Phillip Provenzano, 3-5
Notable Wins: Eben Abdo (MI D1 State 4th), Chase Yancey (TX 5A State 2nd)
150 LBS - Jacob McVige, 5-3
Notable Wins: Gavin Bodnar (MI D4 State 8th), Adam Angulo (AZ D1 State 3rd), Kaygen Roberts (KY State 2nd), Donald Jackson (KS 6A State 6th)
157 LBS - Griffin LaPlante, 8-0
Notable Wins: Justus Heeg (IL 2A State Champ, #4 nationally at 150 lbs, #3 recruit in c/o 2028), Brandon Dean (CO 4A State Champ, #233 recruit c/o 2025), Van Wirtz (MI D3 State 4th), Daniel Acosta (TX 5A State 3rd), Cole Albert (Nat Preps 5th), Barrett Harris (AZ D4 State 3rd), Isaac Johns (KY State Champ), Jace Grizzle (KS 1A State 2nd)
175 LBS - Liam English, 6-2
Notable Wins: Elias Koonce (CO 4A State 3rd), Jaelyn Sides (KS 5A State 5th)
190 LBS - Tavio Hoose, 6-2
Notable Wins: Brock McKnight (TX 5A State 5th), Emerson Claeys (CO 5A State 3rd), Hunter Snyder (PA AAA State 3rd), Logan Zebrowski (AZ D3 State 4th), Elijah Mathis (KS 5A State 2nd)
215 LBS - Zach Caldwell, 4-4
Notable Wins: Noah Austin (CO 4A State 5th), Joseph Figueroa (AZ D3 State 4th)
285 LBS - Chris Belmonte, 7-1
Notable Wins: Isaiah Taylor (Nat Preps 7th, #20 nationally at 285 lbs, #237 recruit c/o 2026), Xander Rose (CO 5A State 3rd), Preston Shorter (AZ D1 State 4th), Tracer Murdock (KS 4A State 4th)