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Daniel Herrera, who won back-to-back state wrestling titles, will finish high school in Iowa

Herrera intends to play football and wrestle near the Ames, Iowa campus of Iowa State University, where he has committed to be a dual-sport athlete.
State wrestling champion Daniel Herrera committed to wrestle and play football at Iowa State University last October. Now, before he has even begun his senior year of high school, Herrera is packing his things and heading to Iowa.
Herrera, who won back-to-back California state wrestling titles in the heavyweight division, will not return to Palm Desert High School for his senior year.
Instead, he is moving to Iowa, where he’ll live in an apartment near the Iowa State campus in Ames. Herrera said that he intends to play football and wrestle for one more year in high school before enrolling at ISU.
“I’m still planning on doing both sports out there,” said Herrera, who was The Desert Sun’s male athlete of the year for the 2021-22 school year. Herrera will make the move to the Midwest in early August.

Herrera was the kind of physical force that only comes through the Coachella Valley every few decades. Though there have been other elite athletes from the desert over the years, there has never been someone as physically dominant on both the football field and the wrestling mat.
The 6-foot-3, 265-pound Herrera never lost a wrestling match during his three years wrestling in high school and was a three-time all-league first team performer playing on the defensive line for Palm Desert, a school that won three league titles in Herrera’s three seasons. Herrera was the Desert Empire League’s defensive player of the year in 2022. … rest of story at Desertsun.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling

June 15, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

TRUE THIRD PLACE MATCHES DETERMINED NO. 3 ATHLETES FOR 2023-24 SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM

NEWARK, N.J—The true third place matches that decided the No. 3 athlete on the 2023-24 Senior National Team at specific weight classes took place prior to Final X at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The top three in each weight class earn stipend support and a chance to win bonus funds, based upon performance, as well as receive access to international tours and National Team training camps.
The Greco-Roman action started with Randon Miranda of Rise RTC and Dylan Koontz of Dubuque RTC and Titan Mercury Wrestling Club at 60 kg. Miranda earned the victory by 7-0 decision, as all seven points were scored in the first period of action.
Sammy Jones, of Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, won the true third place match at 63 kg over Dylan Gregerson of Brunson UVRTC. Jones, a senior world team member in 2022, defeated Gregerson by 12-2 technical fall.
At 72 kg, Noah Wachsmuth of New York Athletic Club was the true third place champion with his 16-8 technical fall win over Michael Hooker of Army WCAP. Wachsmuth picked up an 8-4 lead through the first period of action. In the second period, Hooker tied the match at eight points apiece, but Wachsmuth responded with eight points for the late technical fall.
The bout at 77 kg saw RaVaughn Perkins of New York Athletic Club defeat Payton Jacobson of Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club by 3-1 decision. Perkins was a past senior world team member and faced Jacobson, who earned a spot on the U23 Greco-Roman national team at U23 Nationals June 2. … rest of story at … Teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/June/10/True-Third-Matches

June 15, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment