2015 Cadet Nationals freestyle finals highlights
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The following are highlights of the 17 freestyle championships matches that capped off the 2015 Cadet Nationals, July 24, in Fargo, N.D. In the above photo, Dylan D’Emilio (right) scored a takedown to jump to a 4-0 lead over Travis Ford-Melton in the 100-pound championship match. (Photo by Wyatt Schultz)
88 pounds
Mosha Schwartz (Colorado) dec. Ridge Lovett (Idaho), 11-8 — Schwartz trailed 8-6 before he turned a second takedown into a leg lace with 1:15 left to win the championship. Lovett had rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first period with a pair of takedowns in the first period, and then built an 8-6 lead off a low-level headlock with 1:40 left.
94 pounds
Malik Heinselman (Colorado) dec. Rayvon Foley (Michigan), 6-2 — Heinselman, who is on the Cadet World team, took 5-2 lead into the second, then gave Colorado and the Sons of Thunder club a second straight Cadet freestyle title by holding off the late-charging Foley. Heinselman also won a Greco championship earlier in the week.
100 pounds
Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio) dec. Travis Ford-Melton (Illinois), 5-4 — D’Emilio led 4-0 — off a takedown in both the first and second periods — but then held off Ford whose first takedown with 28 seconds left nearly put the Ohio wrestler on his back. Ford added a second takedown in the closing seconds.
106 pounds
Jordan Decatur (Ohio) dec. Billy Simpson (Oklahoma), 14-8 — Decatur built up an 8-1 lead with about a minute left with a pair of takedowns and two gut wrench moves; then built the lead to 14-5 off a double leg with exposure points. Simpson scored a pair of takedowns, the second coming with 1:15 left to cut margin to 14-7.
113 pounds
Roman Bravo-Young (Arizona) dec. Matthew Parker (Pennsylvania), 11-4 — After a video review changed an 8-0 first period lead into just a 4-2 margin, the Arizona star earned two quick points off a scramble early in the second period.
120 pounds
Nick Raimo (New Jersey) dec. Alex Thomsen (Iowa), 15-13 — After Thomsen scored a tripod gut wrench early in the second period to tie the match 10-10, Raimo responded with a four-point headlock to lead 14-0 at the 1:11 mark. Thomsen battled back again to cut the margin to 14-13 and nearly scored a two-point gut wrench at the buzzer before a video review overturned the move and gave Raimo the title.
126 pounds
Vitali Arujau (New York) won by tech. fall over Anthony Madrigal (Illinois), 11-0 — Arujua, whose father was a World freestyle champ for the Soviet Union, led 6-0 after 26 seconds, then ended the match with a two-point gut.
132 pounds
Sam Sasso (Pennsylvania) dec. Brock Hardy (Utah), 4-1 — Sasso, who finished fifth in Greco, scored all his points in the first period with a second takedown coming off a fireman’s carry with one minute left.
138 pounds
Joe Lee (Indiana) won by tech. fall over Shane Griffith (New Jersey), 10-0 — Lee led 4-0 before a double leg with exposure doubled his lead with 38 seconds left in the first period before he ended the bout with another turn at the 30-second mark.
145 pounds
Anthony Artalona (Florida) dec. Jaryn Curry (Oklahoma), 11-4 — Curry used a first-period takedown and gut wrench to lead 4-0 before Artalona responded to take a 6-4 lead with 1:30 left in the first frame.
152 pounds
Trevell Timmons (Illinois) won by tech. fall over Giullian Nakamatsu (Nevada), 16-6 — Timmons fell behind 4-0 before he eventually tied the match 6-6 with 35 seconds left in the frame, then used a high-crotch for a takedown at the buzzer in the first. But it was a bodylock with two minutes left that helped him build a 12-6 lead.
160 pounds
Ryan Karoly (New Jersey) dec. Marcus Coleman (Iowa), 9-6 — Karoly broke open a 6-6 deadlock with 1:37 left off a takedown and pushout. This came after Coleman led 6-2 in the first period.
170 pounds
Jacob Warner (Illinois) won by tech. fall over Jack Jessen (Illinois), 15-4 — In this battle of Illinois preps, Warner clinched the technical fall when he scored a fourth takedown and gut wrench early in the second period.
182 pounds
Jacob Raschka (Wisconsin) dec. Brandon Whitman (Michigan), 6-5 — Raschka, coached by Ben Askren, battled back from a 5-0 first period lead, when he scored three second-period takedowns off a low double, scramble and ankle pick.
195 pounds
Jake Boyd (Missouri) dec. Ian Malesiewski (Pennsylvania), 9-2 — A bodylock seven seconds in the second period helped Boyd build a 6-0 lead before he added a pushout and takedown to lead 9-0.
220 pounds
Gable Steveson (Minnesota) won by tech. fall over Cohlton Schultz (Colorado), 14-4 — The bout ended with three seconds left in the first period when Steveson score a four-pointer with 24 seconds left.
285 pounds
Nicholas Boykin (Tennessee) won by tech. fall over Zach Muller (Illinois), 10-0 — Boykin’s second takedown — off a bodylock with 28 seconds left — helped him build a 4-0 lead before the Tennessean added a second-period takedown and two straight gut wrenches.