Takedown Report

High School News (2021)- {National} # 21

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Blog # 3025 (11/26/21) Big backlog of wrestling news to share which has been caused by moving to a new home in the country. Thus the following are the completion of coverage looking back at last season. Final Rankings and results of national tournaments in the summer are included. A link to results to tournaments long ago are included with the Fargo histories and the Pre-season national Super 32 which was held in North Carolina.
Contact us at the Editor’s office at martinkfleming@gmail.com Keep on wrestling!
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1 } – WIN’s Final 2020-21 High School Rankings
The following are the final WIN Magazine/Spartan Combat 2020-21 High School Rankings. Since these rankings are an extension of the school year just completed, wrestlers are still listed at the weight class and at the school at which they competed last season. Weight classes and schools will be reset when the pre-season rankings for the 2021-22 school year are released in October. Commitments are from TheOpenMat.com. … rest of story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2021/08/31/wins-final-2020-21-high-school-rankings/?mc_cid=ec459aa678&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wins-final-2020-21-high-school-rankings

2 } – MICHIGAN’S ALEX FACUNDO NAMED NATIONAL WINNER OF DAVE SCHULTZ HIGH SCHOOL EXCELLENCE AWARD
STILLWATER, Okla. – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced that Alex Facundo of Davison, Michigan, is the 2021 national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award (DSHSEA). “I am honored to have been chosen as the 2021 national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award,” said Facundo. “I have the deepest respect and admiration for Dave Schultz, who achieved so much, both on and off the mat. To have my name spoken in the same breath as Dave Schultz is truly amazing. “To have my name on the same list as past winners like 2021 Olympic champ David Taylor is incredible,” he added. “I will continue to have the same passion and commitment to ‘the world’s greatest sport’ known to mankind – Wrestling. I hope I can inspire youth and give them hope that they too can achieve great things if they put their soul into whatever they choose to do in LIFE. I will continue to chase excellence. Again I am humbled and truly grateful for the recognition.”
… rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/August/10/Alex-Facundo-wins-Dave-Schultz-HS-Excellence-Award?mc_cid=3e9037a901&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

And PICKLO, FACUNDO, VAN NESS, MCCRARY, FIGUEROA ARE DAVE SCHULTZ HIGH SCHOOL EXCELLENCE AWARD REGIONAL WINNERS
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced the regional winners of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award (DSHSEA).  The DSHSEA was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1997 and as a member of the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.  The award recognizes and celebrates the nation’s most outstanding high school senior male wrestlers for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship, and community service. … rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/July/27/NWHOF-Dave-Schultz-Regional-Winners?mc_cid=56e3c2ba9d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

3 } – 2021 USMC JUNIOR & 16U NATIONALS SMASHES PARTICIPATION RECORD WITH COMBINED 5,900 ENTRIES IN SIX TOURNAMENTS
During the same year that USA Wrestling celebrated its 50th Junior Nationals, the combined U.S. Marine Corps Junior and 16U Nationals set a new record with a total of 5,900 entries across its six tournaments. This was an increase of 526 athletes over the previous record set during the 2019 event held in Fargo, which had 5,374 wrestlers. This continued the upward trend, going back to 2018 which had 4,999 athletes. This was achieved in spite of the challenges faced by the wrestling community during the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down the sport for a considerable time starting in March 2020. The breakdown of participants in the individual tournaments were:
• Junior Men’s Freestyle Nationals – 1,584
• Junior Greco-Roman Nationals – 1,044
• Junior Women’s Freestyle Nationals – 663
• 16U Men’s Freestyle Nationals – 1,317
• 16U Greco-Roman Nationals – 943
• 16U Women’s Freestyle Nationals – 349
… rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/July/23/Junior-16-U-Nationals-smashes-record?mc_cid=608eaeea75&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

4 } – Fargo2021 Finals Twitter Notes & Stats
Facts, stats and figures dropped on Twitter by Jason Bryant during the Fargo finals in each division. Follow @jasonmbryant for the live feed or come here for updated nuggets periodically during the finals. 

Thursday, July 22
16U Greco-Roman
Haakon Peterson of Wisconsin avenges the loss from the men’s freestyle final to win the 16U Greco-Roman title at 88 pounds. Peterson wins the state’s 27th title in the division, which is sixth all-time.

Idaho has 7 All-Americans, the most in 16U Greco-Roman in state history and three finalists is the most in state history as well. 
Mack Mauger doubles up in Fargo and takes home a triple crown with the 6-0 win in the finals at 94 pounds. Mauger wins the state’s 10th ever 16U Greco-Roman title. 
Layne Kleimann wins Utah’s 16th all-time 16U Greco-Roman national title with a dominant tech in the finals at 100 pounds. … rest of story at https://rokfin.com/article/5237/Fargo2021-Finals-Twitter-Notes–Stats?mc_cid=fd10261731&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

5 } – Super 32
Completed, Oct 23-24 
Here’s how to watch the 2021 Super 32 broadcast on FloWrestling. The 2021 Super 32 broadcast starts on Oct 23, 2021 and runs until Oct 25, 2021. Stream or cast from your desktop, mobile or TV. Now available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV. Don’t forget to download the FloSports app on iOS or Android! If you can’t watch live, catch up with the replays! Video footage from the event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloWrestling subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription. … rest of story at https://www.flowrestling.org/results/7182889-2021-super-32/30336

6 } – Fargo Junior Champs from the Last Ten Years
We are just over a week from the Junior and 16U National Championships, otherwise simply known as “Fargo”. Before we get into any previews for the 2021 action, take a look at the Junior national champions from the last ten tournaments. Of course, there was no tournament in 2020.
… rest of story and chart at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/24744?mc_cid=9b69983a38&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

7 } – What’s your state’s Fargo Legacy?
When wrestlers step on the mats at the Fargodome in July of 2021, it will mark the 50th USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle championships. The event, started in 1971, has blossomed into a monstrosity of 23-24 mats, six divisions and thousands of competitors. Each state has its own legacy. There are numbers statistically, but what are some of the notable achievements from each state? All this information is gathered and presented from Mat Talk Online’s Fargo Almanac, which can be purchased at www.fargoalmanac.com for $20.
Patreon contributors and Rokfin subscribers can get a state-by-state breakdown featuring some of the top news, notes and nuggets when it comes to Fargo. … rest of story at https://www.mattalkonline.com/blog/what-is-your-states-fargo-legacy/?mc_cid=4c85391443&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

8 } – For Chertow Camps, it’s all about teaching the kids
By Mike Finn & Pat McDonald
For three decades Ken Chertow has had one mission: Train kids for life through the sport of wrestling. The former Olympian and three-time All-American at Penn State has been running clinics and camps since his time in Happy Valley. Since his early days, Chertow has created one of the most well-respected camps in the country … and he’s still going strong. “I started doing camps when I was in college. I was running day camps when I was in my late teens going to Penn State,” said Chertow, who coached in the Big Ten following his collegiate career.  “When I finished at Penn State, I immediately started my overnight camp and during those six years of college coaching at Ohio State (and) Penn State, I was building my camps up, so by the mid-90s my camp was over 1,000 children coming and basically I was working full time for college coaching and just part time doing camps.”
Chertow decided to walk away from college coaching and focus on helping younger wrestlers. … rest of story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2021/06/02/for-chertow-camps-its-all-about-teaching-the-kids/?mc_cid=2fffafa367&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-chertow-camps-its-all-about-teaching-the-kids

9} – SIX WIN COVETED TRIPLE CROWN WITH FREESTYLE NATIONAL TITLES AT KIDS NATIONALS ON SATURDAY
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – When it was all over, there were six talented wrestlers who walked away with coveted USA Wrestling Triple Crowns, after winning the freestyle competition at the Kids Nationals on Saturday. An athlete wins the Triple Crown if he claims USA Wrestling national titles in folkstyle, Greco-Roman and freestyle in the same year. The age divisions eligible for the Triple Crown this weekend were 10U, 12U and 14U.

This year’s Triple Crown winners at the Kids level are:
Caleb Noble of Wisconsin (14U, 71)
Domenic Munaretto of Illinois (14U, 83)
Aaron Stewart of Illinois (14U, 114)
Bradley Rodriguez-Little of Minnesota (14U, 136)
Casen Becker of Colorado (10U, 67)
Jaden Washington of Illinois (10U, 71)

At 14U, Noble scored a 10-0 technical fall over Cruzer Dominguez of Nebraska in the finals. Munaretto secured a 5-2 win over Julian Rios of Massachusetts to secure his victory. 
… rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/June/26/Kids-Nationals-Freestyle-wrap-Six-Triple-Crown-winners?mc_cid=95cb484a12&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

10 } – York-Adams League wrestler takes Cadet national title, earns berth in world championships
A York-Adams League wrestler is a national champion.
Biglerville High School’s Levi Haines won the 71-kilogram (157-pound) freestyle class at the United World Wrestling Cadet Nationals in Wisconsin on Sunday.
The championship earned Haines a berth on the United States national team that will compete in the Cadet World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in July.
The Cadet Division features wrestlers born from 2004 through 2006. In the championship finals, Haines won the best-of-three contest over Iowa’s Aiden Riggins. … rest of story at https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/26/york-adams-wrestler-take-cadet-national-title-earns-world-berth/7380460002/?mc_cid=33a8cd508f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

11 } – Klessinger: Here’s how you can put negative thoughts aside and focus on winning
By John Klessinger
I have had a glimpse of carefree wrestling when competing. The time in a match when you are not concerned about winning or losing. As weird as it seems, time kind of slows down. You are hyper-alert, you react without thinking, and overly calm. I remember a few matches when it happened.

I remember back to my junior year in high school in the consolation finals
of the Lititz Lions Holiday Tournament.
I was the top seed and lost in the semi- finals. I came back through the wrestle backs possessed. I wrestled better in the wrestlebacks even though I was angry and disappointed. I didn’t care if I won or lost. I just wrestled. Nothing I did was conscious. Everything seemed automatic. In the third-place match, I pinned a good kid in the second period with seemingly little effort.

In my sophomore year in the sectional tournament, I was also the top seed and lost in the semis. In the third- and fourth- place match, I scored a major decision. The following week in the District III tournament, that same wrestler I majored went on to place fourth in the district. I lost my first match and was eliminated from the competition.
Or at the state tournament my senior year, I lost again in the semis. … rest of story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2021/09/15/20755/?mc_cid=453734be32&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20755

12 } – 2021 USA WRESTLING BRIAN KECK MEMORIAL PRESEASON NATIONALS TO FEATURE 38 RETURNING CHAMPIONS
We reviewed the nearly 2,700 entries in this weekend’s USA Wrestling Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals to create this list of returning champions. The competition, which includes 10 age divisions, will be held at Hyvee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, October 29-31.

In all, there are 38 different returning champions, including one who won two titles last season.

Last year’s breakout youth star was Caley Graber of Minnesota, who won both the boys and the girls Middle School divisions. She is back competing in both events again at the Middle School level.

The division with the most returning champions from last year’s division is the High School Girls division, 

… rest of story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/October/26/Returning-champions-for-Preseason-Nationals?mc_cid=949a24ee69&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

And BRIAN KECK MEMORIAL PRESEASON NATIONALS FIELD IS TALENTED;
One of the nation’s most prestigious events each fall is the USA Wrestling Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals, set for Hyvee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, October 29-31. This year’s event is shaping up to once again be highly competitive in all of the age divisions. The Boys High School Grade 11-12 division has already sold out. However, spots are available in all of the other age divisions, with many filling up fast. If you are looking for a great competition to get the new season started, come join us in Des Moines.

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