Western Wyoming wins first NJCAA championship
2023 NJCAA Nationals – Men’s
March 3-4 • Council Bluffs, Iowa
Team Standings
| Pl. | School (State) | Points |
| 1. | Western Wyoming | 134 |
| 2. | Pratt (Kan.) | 112.5 |
| 3. | Iowa Western | 106.5 |
| 4. | Northeast Oklahoma | 94 |
| 5. | North Idaho | 93 |
| 6. | Northwest Kansas Tech | 92 |
| 7. | Iowa Central | 84.5 |
| 8. | Nassau (N.Y.) | 83.5 |
| 9. | Indian Hills (Iowa) | 79 |
| 10. | Northwest College (Wyom.) | 74.5 |
| 11. | Clackamas (Ore.) | 67.5 |
| 12. | Rochester (Minn.) | 60.5 |
| 13. | Triton (Ill.) | 56.5 |
| 14. | Carl Albert State (Okla.) | 51 |
| 15. | Ellsworth (Iowa) | 47.5 |
| 16. | Harper (Illinois) | 44.5 |
| 17. | Ridgewater (Minn.) | 39.5 |
| 18. | Cloud County (Kan.) | 39 |
| 19. | NIACC (Iowa) | 38.5 |
| 20. | Cowley College (Kan.) | 36 |
| 21. | Northeastern (Neb.) | 31.5 |
| 22. | Snow (Utah) | 30.5 |
| 23. | Camden County (N.J.) | 28.5 |
| 24. | Labette (Kan.) | 24 |
| 25. | Itasca (Minn.) | 21.5 |
| 26. | Southwestern Oregon | 21 |
| 27. | Lackawanna (Pa.) | 17.5 |
| 28. | Bryant and Stratton (Wisc.) | 16.5 |
| 29. | Joliet (Ill.) | 15.5 |
| 30. | Southwestern Michigan | 12.5 |
| 31. | Muskegon (Mich.) | 11 |
| 32. | Otero (Colo.) | 10 |
| 33. | St Clair (Mich.) | 8.5 |
| 34. | Bergen (N.J.) | 7.5 |
| 35. | Southwest Viriginia | 6.5 |
| 36. | Henry Ford (Mich.) | 6 |
| 36. | Mott (Mich.) | 6 |
| 36. | Niagara (N.Y.) | 6 |
| 39. | Colby (Kan.) | 4.5 |
| 39. | Iowa Lakes | 4.5 |
| 41. | Garrett (Md.) | 4 |
| 41. | Patrick & Henry Va. | 4 |
| 43. | Barton (Kan.) | 3.5 |
| 43. | Jamestown (N.Y.) | 3.5 |
| 45. | Middlesex (Mass.) | 3 |
| 45. | Morton (Ill.) | 3 |
| 45. | Rowan (N.C.) | 3 |
| 48. | Neosho County (Kan.) | 2.5 |
| 49. | Union (N.J) | 1.5 |
| 50. | Northland (Minn.) | 1 |
| 51. | Umpqua (Ore.) | 0.5 |
| 52. | Ancilla (Ind.) | 0 |
| 52. | Southwest Virginia | 0 |
| 52. | Sussex County (N.J.) | 0 |
| 52. | Thaddeus Stevens (Pa.) | 0 |
Individual Placement Matches
125 pounds
1st – Jett Strickenberger (Northwest Kansas Tech) dec. Jakason Burks (Iowa Western), 7-6 TB2
3rd – Cruz Aguilar (NIACC) dec. Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming), 13-10
5th – Anthony Schickel (Triton) dec. Kevin Lopez (Nassau), 5-1
7th – Riley Bettich (Indian Hills) dec. Luqman Masud (Joliet), 10-5 TB2
133 pounds
1st – Thaddeus Long (Carl Albert State) pinned Jason Henschel (Pratt), 3:33
3rd – Cody Phelps (Western Wyoming) dec. Elon Rodriguez (Triton), 8-7
5th – Braydon Mogle (Northeastern) dec. Mauro Michel (Southwestern Oregon), 9-2
7th – Tuvsin Zunnbayan (Harper) dec. Paul Ruff (Iowa Western), 5-4
141 pounds
1st – Brant Porter (North Idaho) dec. Easton Taylor (Pratt), 4-2
3rd – Matthew Lewis (Indian Hills) dec. Joseph Mecham (Western Wyoming), 4-1
5th– Boburjon Birdiyorov (Northwest College) pinned Malachi Bordovsky (Iowa Western), 1:26
7th – Cole Holien (Ridgewater) major dec. Jager Kwiatkowski (Henry Ford), 14-6
149 pounds
1st – Matt Sarbo (Iowa Central) pinned Dylan Brown (Northeast Oklahoma), 6:03
3rd – Kris Ketchum (Nassau) pinned Chris Lopez (Western Wyoming), 4:54
5th – Brayden Lowry (Northwest College) pinned Kanaipono Tapia (North Idaho), 2:55
7th – David Platt (Itasca) dec. Jalin Conner (Bryant and Stratton), 14-11
157 pounds
1st – Fabian Padilla (Iowa Western) dec. Benjamen Mitchell (North Idaho), 5-4
3rd – Adam Busiello (Nassau) pinned Bryce Boumans (Northwest Kansas Tech), 1:08
5th – Jayden Luttrell (Western Wyoming) dec. Richard Mack (Northeast Oklahoma), 10-4
7th – Weston Milnes (Indian Hills) major dec. Connor Svantner (Triton), 13-5
165 pounds
1st – Steele Starren (Clackamas) dec. Khayitov Mirzo (Ellsworth), 4-3
3rd – Cayleb Atkins (Pratt) dec. Ledger Petracek (North Idaho), 4-2
5th – Cole Price (Iowa Western) pinned Justice Compton (Northeast Oklahoma), 2:14
7th – Wilhem Yasseri (Ridgewater) pinned Joseph Russo (Nassau), 1:02
174 pounds
1st – Aziz Fayzullaev (Northwest College) dec. Jake Stiles (Harper), 6-4 SV
3rd – Melton Powe (Cowley College) pinned Christian Smoot (Western Wyoming), 1:22
5th – Christian Robinson (Pratt) dec. Tucker Naccarato (Northeastern), 2-0
7th – Austin Raby (Clackamas) major dec. Walker Ingham (Rochester), 13-3
184 pounds
1st – Jameel Coles (Northwest Kansas Tech) dec. Darion Johnson (Western Wyoming), 1-0
3rd – Ein Carlos (Niacc) dec. Antony Tuttle (Rochester), 6-2
5th – Jackson White (Northeast Oklahoma) won by medical forfeit over Hayes Dalton (Snow)
7th – Brent Greenfield (Ellsworth) pinned Wyatt Powell (Cloud County), 3:58
197 pounds
1st – Brett Mower (Iowa Western) dec. Ibrahim Ameer (Cloud County), 10-9
3rd – Michael Gasper (Clackamas) dec. John Lovett (Iowa Central), 6-1
5th – Jayshon Hines (Northwest Kansas Tech) dec. Talmage Carman (Western Wyoming), 3-1 SV
7th – Hunter Hall (Carl Albert State) won by forfeit over Austin Suess (Southwest Virginia)
Heavyweight
1st – Kale Schrader (Northeast Oklahoma) pinned Kawaun Deboe (Indian Hills), 2:57
3rd – Devon Dawson (Pratt) pinned Shane Whitney (Camden County), 1:43
5th – Cody Pinkerton (Northwest College) pinned Hugo Harp (Iowa Central), 6:09
7th – Micah Lieberman (Labette) pinned Nate Beberg (Rochester), 2:42
