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Junior Greco Notes
By Jason Bryant & Pat Tocci
Moen-Humphrey a dandy
Returning Cadet Greco champion T.J. Moen trailed Indiana's Reece Humphrey 7-1 before two front-headlock rolls narrowed the score to 7-5 at the end of the first period. Humphrey, who has dominated his pool, went up 8-5 with a takedown early on in the second period. Moen tied it with a three-point headlock with 1:08 left. After a restart at :59, Humphrey scored a takedown at 15 second to go and escaped with a 9-8 victory.
Brandon staying undefeated in its drive for five
Brandon (Fla.) High School is staying alive to have five finalists in the Junior Greco Championships. Franklin Gomez moved a step closer to a championship with a tough 6-1 win over Corey Fish of Washington. Gomez controlled the match from the top position with a tight gut wrench and had qualified for Tuesday afternoon's final. Marco Toledo, the least known of the Brandon contingent, won a tight 3-overtime match over Scott Glasser of North Dakota. Toledo scored all of his points of the clinch including the two-point winner in the extra time.
Update 11:24: Franklin Gomez has advanced to the finals at 119 and Marco Toledo are in the finals. Toledo will meet Matt Dragon of Pennsylvania in the finals. Rocky Cozart, David Craig and Cesar Grajales all made the finals as well.
Sunshine state spectacular
It's not just Brandon that's carrying the state of Florida, Oviedo's Jesse Robbins has made the final at 160 and will face Cozart. It will be one of the few times wrestling fans will get to see the rare Brandon vs. Oviedo matchup between two of the state's top wrestling programs. Robbins is rising junior at 3A Oviedo while Cozart is bound for Michigan State and is a three-time state champion for the 2A Eagles.
Frey continues to roll
Adam Frey of Pennsylvania continues to roll with a tech fall this morning over Anthony Piasecki of Florida in the first period. Frey has scored all falls and tech falls. Frey is in the finals at 130.
Frey and Gomez representing different teams than their high school states
Frey wrestled his high school career at Blair Academy. Frey, who is from the Pittsburgh area is representing his home state of Pennsylvania. Gomez, wrestled his high school career at Brandon in Florida and St. Augustine's in New Jersey, is representing Puerto Rico.
105 Pool A up for grabs
Connor McDonald of Delaware started the morning session undefeated in his pool but Donte Butler of Missouri quickly changed that by scoring a tech fall over McDonald 10-0. Butler hit several throws off McDonald’s aggression. Jeremiah Barkac of Maine also stayed alive in the pool scoring a tech fall over Marco Estrada of California.
Update 11:24: Kellen Aura of California survived a late comeback from Connor McDonald of Delaware to advance to the finals. Aura won the pool on the strength of his win earlier in the competition over Donte Butler. Butler finished second in the pool after defeating Barkac 13-3. Barkac will wrestle for fifth place.
Boris moves into the finals
Boris Novachkov of California became his states first finalist after scoring a tech fall over Jaes Jones of Utah at 98. Novachkov will meet Jake Quinten of Pennsylvania in the finals.
Robbins advances to defend title
Brent Robbins of Illinois advanced to the finals at 140lbs to defend his title.
189 Final Set
Louis Caputo of Missouri with his tech fall over Cory Reitmeier of Ohio advanced to the finals where he will face Trevor Perry of Michigan. Perry won his pool after each of the wrestlers in the round robin had defeated each other and all three wrestlers had the same amount of technical points. Perry had scored the most bout points to win his pool.
Connecticut gets itself a junior finalist
Joey Martin of Connecticut became the first "reported" junior finalist from his state. Martin hooked up in a wild match with Cameron Drye of North Carolina. Martin rallied from a 7-3 deficit to take the lead and score a fall over Drye. Martin will meet Gomez of Puerto Rico in the finals. Mike Powers made the finals last year as a Cadet representing Connecticut.
Mustari rallies to meet Kyler at 112
Northern Colorado signee Tony Mustari had to survive a 5-1 deficit to Zachary Sanders of Minnesota to win 8-5. Mustari scored his seven points in the second period to win. Mustari won his pool and will meet Kyler in the finals. ... Kyler, of Pennsylvania, rallied from his second loss to advance to the finals at 112. Kyler scored a tech fall over Ian Aguire 10-0.
All-Idaho at 125
Josh Strait has been on the podium in Fargo before, but Shawn Jones is wrestling for All-American honors for the first time on the Junior level. It wasn't easy for Jones, who found himself tied at 11 at the end of the first period in his round-robin match against New York's Chris Iorio. Jones ended up winning 16-12 to reach the final. Ironic thing is, Jones was a state champion at 3A Snake River High School while Strait was third at 3A Marsh Valley. They didn't meet in the state tournament and each will be looking for bragging rights in Idaho.
Updated 11:45 a.m. CDT.
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