ILLINI FARGO CENTRAL

Because Fargo is so big, this post will mostly deal with Junior division wrestlers from ILLINOIS with a special emphasis on ILLINI recruits. We will be watching and cheering on the 16U field from our great state, of course, but most of the coverage will deal with the older boys. Your time will come, little ones! 

We will update with important ILLINOIS stories and videos. Below you will find the latest statistics from Fargo, how ILLINI recruits did in their match ups so far, schedules for Junior and 16U division Freestyle, a bracket link, streaming information, and a list of registered ILLINOIS Junior athletes.

UPDATES

KANNON WEBSTER and BRAEDEN SCOLES are Fargo National Champions! Kannon even paid homage to Zane Richards with a Lezginka dance off the mat. CHRIS MOORE is a Fargo National Runner-up! The ILLINI recruits continued their domination of the tournament. 

Webster was a 7-4 winner in the Finals over Cross Wasilewski of (Delbarton) New Jersey. 

Scoles was a 9-4 winner over William Henckel of (Blair) New Jersey. 

And Chris Moore dropped his finals match with Noah Mulvaney and finished with the title of Fargo Finalist. 

Your ILLINI recruits who wrestled in the Fargo finals:

In the semifinals, Webster needed a clutch step-out point to beat Joy of Ohio 2-1. Scoles beat Ethan Birden, an Ironman runner-up and Ohio State commit from Ohio, by the score of 11-3. Moore defeated Pennsylvania state champ Holden Garcia in a tough man contest 12-7. Here are highlights:

Another Junior who won a National Championship for ILLINOIS was Rocco Hayes, who is also known as "The Bottleroccot" or "Tornado in a Jar." Congratulations to him!

ILLINOIS JUNIORS STILL IN THE MIX

The last Championship bracket round and the last two Consolation bracket rounds were pretty disastrous for ILLINOIS. Currently, the Juniors sit in a tie for 7th place with 21 points. 

Wisconsin is the surprise leader with 49 points followed by a four-way tie at 42 between Iowa, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. Then, you have California with 28 points. 

You may recall that we predicted that Wisconsin would wrestle ILLINOIS in the National Duals final, but they crapped the bed at the last minute. Can they maintain a lead? 

ILLINOIS has 13 wrestlers still alive in the competition, which is third most behind Pennsylvania's 21 and California's 16. The problem is that the states at the very top of the list have six or seven still on the front side of their brackets. 

ILLINOIS only has 3. 

ILLINI fans can be heartened by the fact that their recruits Webster, Scoles, Moore and Baysingar have done really well. In fact, it would've been a Fargo disaster if they hadn't shown up. 

SEMIFINALS

100 Rocco Hayes; 145 Kannon Webster; 160 Braeden Scoles (WI); 170 Chris Moore

CONSOLATION BLOOD ROUND

120 Mendoza, Flores; 138 William Baysingar; 145 Noah Tapia; 152 Denny; 170 Kelly; 220 Nosler; 285 Ivanisevic, Barnhart, Schmitt

ROUND OF 16 ILLINOIS JUNIOR NUMBERS

The State of ILLINOIS has 12 left in the Championship bracket in the round of 16. There are 17 from the Land of Lincoln in the Consolation bracket. That means there a 29 left fighting for state pride and their Fargo dreams. Good luck! 

100 - Hayes, Championship; Sikorsky, Consolation

106 - Akers, Championship; Garbis, Consolation

113 - Ducato, Championship

120 - Mendoza, Championship; Davis, Vasquez, Flores, Consolation

126 - Odiotti, Championship; Shipp, Consolation

132 - ZERO

138 - Baysingar, Championship

145 - Webster, Tapia, Championship

152 - Denny, Robinson, Serio, Consolation

160 - Scoles (Wi), Championship; Enright, Consolation

170 - Moore, Championship; Kelly, Consolation

182 - Kubas, Consolation

195 - Lesher, Championship, Phelan, Consolation

220 - Nosler, Championship, Wenzel, Tovar, Caraway, Consolation

285 - Ivanisevic, Championship, Barnhart, Consolation

Of note, Davis and Vasquez will meet in the next round. Again, Fargo has pitted Brother against Brother. 

ALL STATE OF ILLINOIS WRESTLERS

The State of ILLINOIS, the greatest and strongest state in the Union, has a total of 32 wrestlers remaining in the Championship brackets for Juniors. Another 34 wrestlers are still alive in the Consolations. Only one weight (160) has no representative in the Championship bracket. 

In the next round, there are two instances in which a pair of ILLINOIS wrestlers have to wrestle each other. 

Brother against Brother. 

All of the ILLINI recruits are still wrestling in Fargo. Here is the list of all ILLINOIS Juniors still in the game. ILLINI recruits and commits are in bold:

100 lbs Round of 32: Hayes, Sikorsky

106 lbs Round of 32: Garbis, Akers, Lowitzki

   106 Consolations: Henry

113 lbs Round of 32: Ducato

   113 Consolations: Gentsch, Vesey

120 lbs Round of 32: Vasquez, Mendoza, Flores, Pigoni

   120 Consolations: Davis, Garcia, Ruzic, Phelps

126 lbs Round of 32: Shipp, Odiotti

   126 Consolations: Nelson, Palzet

132 lbs Round of 32: Bissey

   132 Consolations: Albino, Parisi, Jennings

138 lbs Round of 32: Baysingar

   138 Consolations: Wright, Martinez

145 lbs Round of 32: Webster, Tapia

   145 Consolations: Guerra

152 lbs Round of 32: Fetterolf

   152 Consolations: Denny, Robinson, Andrews, Serio, Mayora

160 lbs Round of 32: Scoles (Wis.)

   160 Consolations: Perez, Garelli, Robinson, Enright

170 lbs Round of 32: Moore, Uppinghouse

   170 Consolations: Luce, Corral, Kelly

182 lbs Round of 32: Jens, Newbold, Al Obaidi, Kubas

   182 Consolations: Samuels, Miller

195 lbs Round of 32: Lesher, Phelan, Hoffer

   195 Consolations: Herbert, Matulenko

220 lbs Round of 32: Wenzel, Nosler, Tovar

   220 Consolations: Smith, Caraway

285 lbs Round of 32: Barnhart, Ivanisevic, Schmitt

   285 Consolations: Surratt

INDIVIDUAL WRESTLER UPDATES

Kannon Webster beat the tough state champ from Utah by tech, winning 10-0. Poor Colton Theobald didn't stand a chance! At least he can tell his grandkids that he did as well against Kannon as the national champions of Chile, Peru and Canada. Webster's next match will be in the round of 64 against Cullen of New York. There is no match # for it yet. 

Next up for Kannon was Kieran Cullen of New York. The kid from Washington High School walked threw him as well. Here's the proof:

Kannon deserves to wrestle in front of better cameras and on top of less ugly mats. The mat you see in the video looks like it belongs in a basement unless the Wife says, "No. That thing has got to go!"

Kannon moves into the round of 16 with another tech fall, this was a 14-4 win over Krejsa of Indiana. 

Kannon is into the quarters with a 5-0 win over Hibler of New Jersey. New Jersey liked to grab hands and not much else. Webster is still unscored-upon. In the next round, he faces another Indiana wrestler, Christopher Coates, a Purdue recruit. 

Braeden Scoles had the 11-0 tech fall of the Missouri state champion Brandon Strick. He then faced Cobb of Idaho (who had a first-round bye) in the round of 128. It was match #4424 in your program. 

Scoles beat Cobb 10-0 and is in the round of 64 against Wood of Ohio. Here's the video that proves Braeden beat that Cobb kid. (Child Advisory for violence): 

Braeden Scoles is into the quarters as well. He has destroyed everybody in the bracket so far. The latest was Dailey of Pennsylvania by tech fall 14-4. So, he gave up a few points, buster, he has still teched or pinned everybody. He faces Thomas of Michigan next. 

Wyatt Medlin had a tough Iowa kid named Wild in the first round. Medlin wore him down and won a three-two decision with a last :30 takedown--a beautiful single that he used to expose the awful kid from the Hawkeye state. 

In the next round, the round of 64, Wyatt and his Ohio opponent were scoreless when the ILLINI-adjacent needed an injury timeout. Heard the ref say, "We need the bucket," which seems like a lot of blood. Kannon and a lot of ILLINOIS wrestlers watching the match. Wyatt would drop the match after all the exasperation from multiple blood timeouts. 

But Wyatt Medlin is back!

He finished off Morgan of Michigan with a 14-3 tech fall. He was especially adroit at grabbing the single, fighting through the whizzer into the seat belt position, and then elevating the leg onto his, before a deadly finish. Who taught him that?

Day two of Fargo starts with Wyatt Medlin beating Markley of Kansas by an 11-0 tech fall. He will wrestle Spaulding of New Jersey in match #2224. 

He beats Spaulding in a tough match 7-6. He'll have the winner of Webb of Oklahoma or Wirnsberger of Pennsylvania. Here's photo proof of the New Jersey win: 

William Baysingar took care of a Nevada state champion by way of tech fall. Will showed that poor soul how good leverage beats bad leverage. He also made very smart and veteran moves on the mat. The tech fall looked a little something like this:

In the next round, Baysingar followed up with another tech fall. This one was by the score of 11-0, and he beat Chanden Reid of Utah. Will will have Isaiah Powe of Alabama in the round of 32. They recently met at National duals, with the future ILLINI coming away with a 16-6 tech fall. 

Powe will almost always attack his opponent's right leg. Will did a great job in their match with his hand-fighting and his underhooks. That limited Powe's ability to hit his sweep single. Here's video of the match (Flo sub required). 

Will began his day two of Fargo with a superb win over Powe. He limited the Alabamian's attacks and hit his own offense, including a gut wrench. His revenge match with Omar Ayoub of Ohio is next.

William lost to Ayoub and is in the consolation bracket now. But he just now teched his first opponent on the backside 10-0. The poor soul was Buttler from Indiana. 

Anthony "Joey" Ruzic, an ILLINOIS Wrestling commit, is again "wrestling up" in that he's a rising Senior at Auburn High School, but is wrestling the older crowd in the Junior division. After a tough first-round loss, he's here putting a tech on the Oregon kid:

Ruzic continued his march to Fargo glory with an 11-0 tech fall over Strait of Colorado, the Austin DeSanto of the Rockies. Super leg attacks! 

Joey Ruzic's Fargo came to an end against Desmond of Pennsylvania. Not before Ruzic had a mouthful of blood and some coaching from Zane Richards and Bryan Medlin:

He'll have his revenge in Junior Greco against the older kids. 

Chris Moore took care of business in the first round with a pinfall of a Missouri state champion. Also, the eternal question was answered: Should you go Greco with the Greco Guy?  

Answer: No. 

Here is the video proof:

In the next round, he faced Riggin Boger--not making this up--from Utah. The Ute has a 73-0 record on Trackwrestling and won a state title and a freestyle state title this year in the Beehive State. Those things mean nothing to Chris Moore, who finished him off in 4:32 in a 14-1 tech fall. I guess Mr. Boger's record is now 74-1. 

In the round of 32, Chris Moore became "Mr. Clutch." He scored with :04 left on Iowa state champ and UNI recruit Nick Fox, then held on to win the video challenge. That made it 6-4 for the pride of McHenry! Truly relentless attacks made the difference here. He has Michaelson of Washington in the round of 16. 

Chris Moore ruined the Fargo dreams of Michaelson of Washington. He's into the quarters! He faces Queen of New Jersey. Queen is the #2 seed, but Chris can beat him. 

FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS

BRAEDEN SCOLES

160 (Wisconsin)

Braeden is the #1 seed at his weight, and will start in the *gulp* round of 256 against Braxton Strick of Missouri, a four-time placer and one-time state champion. Strick is headed to SIU-E for college. Note that I write *gulp* when talking about these large brackets, but the ILLINI recruits are used to this. Scoles' first match is #4020 for home viewers. 

KANNON WEBSTER 

145 (ILLINOIS)

Kannon has a bye in the *gulp* round of 256. In the next round, the round of 128, he will meet Colton Theobald of Utah, a one-time state champion in the five-class system that the Beehive state uses. Webster is the #1 seed, and it appears that Ryder Block has fled the weight to wrestle at 138. Smart move. Kannon's first match is #4302 for those watching at home. 

CHRIS MOORE

170 (ILLINOIS)

Moore gets a bye into the round of 128, where he is slated to meet Elijah Sanders of Missouri. Sanders is a two-time placer one-time state champ, with that championship coming last season at 157. This will be match #4539 for those tracking and watching at home. 

WILL BAYSINGAR

138 (ILLINOIS)

Our favorite Mt. Prospect wrestler (okay, a tie with Matt Wroblewski) also has a bye in the round of 256, and will meet up with Dominic Ruiz of Nevada in the round of 128. This is match #4277. From what I gather, Ruiz is a one-time state champ in a five-class system. Will is on course for a revenge match in the round of 16 with Ohio's Omar Ayoub. 

ANTHONY "JOEY" RUZIC

120 (ILLINOIS)

In the 120 pound division, they start out *phew* with the round of 128. Ruzic is wrestling in the Junior division, again challenging himself against older wrestlers. His opponent in that round is Jermaine Peace, a two-time state champion in the five-class South Carolina system. Peace won his first state title at 113, with this last year's coming at 120. This is match #4103 for those viewing at home.

SCHEDULE

MONDAY, July 17

Session VI -
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM 

 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship (2 Rds) and Consolation (1 Rd) 

 

 

Session VII -
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM 
 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship (3 Rds ) and Consolation (3 Rds ) 

TUESDAY, July 18

Session VIII –

9:00 AM to 12:30 PM 

 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship (1 Rd) and Consolations (2 Rds) 

 

 

Session IX -
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM  

 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Championship & Quarterfinals (2 Rds) and Consolation (3 Rds)

WEDNESDAY, July 19

Session X -
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM 

 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Semifinals, Consolation (3 Rds), and Consolation Semifinals

 

 

Session XI -
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM  

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  3rd-8th Medal Matches  

 

 

Session XII –
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM  

 

16U/JR Boys Freestyle:  Parade of Champions and Championship Finals  

STREAMING

FloWrestling has the rights to Fargo, and that means a subscription streaming service. You can access the stream when live at the front page of FloWrestling.com. 

BRACKETS

You can find brackets at FloArena. Here is a link. 

ILLINOIS JUNIOR FREESTYLE ATHLETES

NOTE: ILLINI recruits and commits are in bold. Rankings are by FloWrestling. 

JR Freestyle 100 lbs - Austin Phelps, Illinois

JR Freestyle 100 lbs - Samuel Sikorsky, Illinois

JR Freestyle 100 lbs - Rocco Hayes, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - Ian Akers, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - Maddox Garbis, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - Diondre Henry, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - Grayson Kongkaeow, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - Jake Lowitzki, Illinois

JR Freestyle 106 lbs - John Sheehy, Illinois

JR Freestyle 113 lbs - #9 Seth Mendoza, Illinois

JR Freestyle 113 lbs - Dominic Ducato, Illinois

JR Freestyle 113 lbs - Cole Gentsch, Illinois

JR Freestyle 113 lbs - Joseph Sikorsky, Illinois

JR Freestyle 113 lbs - Truth Vesey, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Theodore Flores, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Inocencio Garcia, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Brady Phelps, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Donny Pigoni, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Joshua Vazquez, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Drew Davis, Illinois

JR Freestyle 120 lbs - Anthony Ruzic, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Steven Kaszuba, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Emmett Nelson, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Jack Palzet, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Gauge Shipp, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Liam Zimmerman, Illinois

JR Freestyle 126 lbs - Massey Odiotti, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - #2 Nasir Bailey, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Edgar Albino, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Carson Bissey, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Keygan Jennings, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Zachary Parisi, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Jordan Rasof, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Olin Walker, Illinois

JR Freestyle 132 lbs - Tyson Zvonar, Illinois

JR Freestyle 138 lbs - #18 Will Baysingar, Illinois

JR Freestyle 138 lbs - HM Peyton Cox, Illinois

JR Freestyle 138 lbs - Sean Larkin, Illinois

JR Freestyle 138 lbs - Mark Martinez, Illinois

JR Freestyle 138 lbs - James Wright, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - #2 Kannon Webster, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - HM Tyler Guerra, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - Mekhi Cave, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - Evan Onstad, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - Omar Samayoa, Illinois

JR Freestyle 145 lbs - Noah Manuel Tapia, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - HM David Mayora, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - HM Jaydon Robinson, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - Cael Andrews, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - William Denny, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - Kaden Fetterolf, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - Dominic Serio, Illinois

JR Freestyle 152 lbs - Alexander Weldon, Illinois

JR Freestyle 160 lbs - Edmund Enright, Illinois

JR Freestyle 160 lbs - Gunnar Garelli, Illinois

JR Freestyle 160 lbs - Harrison Konder, Illinois

JR Freestyle 160 lbs - Lane Robinson, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - HM Colin Kelly, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - HM Chris Moore, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - Maxwell Corral, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - Patrick Downing, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - Jacob Luce, Illinois

JR Freestyle 170 lbs - Owen Uppinghouse, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Sedeeq Al Obaidi, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Matthew Jens, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Matthew Kubas, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Bryor Newbold, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Amare Overton, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - Gabino Perez, Illinois

JR Freestyle 182 lbs - RJ Samuels, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Aaron Cramer, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Evan Grazzini, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Quinn Herbert, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Jack Lesher, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Cole Matulenko, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Owen McGrory, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Conor Phelan, Illinois

JR Freestyle 195 lbs - Jimmy Amatore, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - HM Nick Nosler, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Cooper Caraway, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Gable Carrick, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Samuel Costello, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Justin Hoffer, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Isaak Smith, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Leonardo Tovar, Illinois

JR Freestyle 220 lbs - Noah Wenzel, Illinois

JR Freestyle 285 lbs - HM Marko Ivanisevic, Illinois

JR Freestyle 285 lbs - Jackson Barnhart, Illinois

JR Freestyle 285 lbs - Noah Gomez, Illinois

JR Freestyle 285 lbs - Wyatt Schmitt, Illinois

JR Freestyle 285 lbs - Aiden Surratt, Illinois