Western Wyoming leads close NJCAA Men’s Nationals; Iowa Central tops Women’s Invitational by one point

NJCAA Men's Wrestling Championships Schedule

NJCAA brackets

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The team races are still very much in play after day one at the NJCAA National Championships on Friday.

Defending champion Western Wyoming leads the NJCAA Men’s Nationals with 103 points, slightly ahead of Iowa Central with 97.5 points in second. Pratt is in third with 93 points, with Clackamas and North Idaho tied in fourth at 91 points.

Western Wyoming has four wrestlers in the semifinals, with three left in the consolation rounds. Semifinalists for Western Wyoming are Bridger Ricks (125), Cody Phelps (133), Darion Johnson (184) and Dmarian Lopez (285)

Iowa Central has three semifinalists and three in consolations.  Iowa Central’s semifinalists are Matt Sarbo (149), Darnai Heard (157) and Lawrence Rosario (174).

Pratt has the most semifinalists with five, but only one in the consolations. Pratt’s semifinalists are Easton Taylor (141), Gabe Maki (149), Cayleb Atkins (165), Blake Jouret (184) and Kaden Glass (197) .

Clackamas has four finalists and three in consolations. North Idaho has three in the semifinals and three in the consolations. Saturday morning will be huge in determining whether there will be much separation between these top teams.

Two returning national champions are in the semifinals, Matt Sarbo of Iowa Central (149) and Aziz Fayzullaev of Northwest (184). Fayzullaev won at 174 pounds last year.

In the NJCAA Women’s Invitational, Iowa Central, with 126.5 points, has a one point lead over returning national champion Indian Hills, with 125.5 points. Umpqua is in third with 113.5, followed by fourth place Iowa Western with 93.5 points and fifth place Snow with 88.5 points.

It will be very difficult for Iowa Central to hold onto its lead, since they have many fewer wrestlers competing on Saturday than Indian Hills. Iowa Central has seven in the semifinals and three in the consolation rounds, while Indian Hills has 14 in the semifinals and 2 in the consolation rounds.

All three of Indian Hills returning NJCAA individual national champions are in the semifinals, Dutchess King (101), Shammilka Miranda Diaz (116), and Eliana Bommarito (235). Bommarito was Outstanding Wrestler last year.

Other returning champions in the semifinals are Alexis Miller of Carl Albert State (109), Victoriana Kim of Southwestern Oregon (123), Ferny Hernandez of Iowa Western (155) and Zoey Smalley of Umpqua (170). Smalley won her title last year at 143 pounds.

NJCAA MEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Council Bluffs, Iowa

Men’s semifinals pairings

125

Ane'e Vigil (Clackamas D1) vs. Elijah Cater (North Idaho D1)

Anthony Schickel (Triton D1) vs. Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming D1)

133

Cesar Avelar (Clackamas D1) vs. Cooper Evans (Carl Albert State D1)

Paul Ruff (Iowa Western D1) vs. Cody Phelps (Western Wyoming D1)

141

Easton Taylor (Pratt D1) vs. Isaac Church (Niacc D1)

Cole Holien (Ridgewater D3) vs. Malachi Bordovsky (Iowa Western D1)

149

Matt Sarbo (Iowa Central D1) vs. Gabe Maki (Pratt D1)

Reggie Raiz (Clackamas D1) vs. Jaden Two Lance (Carl Albert State D1)

157

Kristopher Ketchum (Nassau D3) vs. Porter Craig (North Idaho D1)

Ayden Kingery (Indian Hills D1) vs. Darnai Heard (Iowa Central D1)

165

Austin Raby (Clackamas D1) vs. Chance Davis (Cowley College D1)

Cayleb Atkins (Pratt D1) vs. Orrin Jackson (Northwest D1)

174

Otgonbayar Batsuuri (Northwest Kansas D1) vs. Lawrence Rosario (Iowa Central D1)

Conan Northwind (North Idaho D1) vs. Isaac White (Southeast D1)

184

Aziz Fayzullaev (Northwest D1) vs. Blake Jouret (Pratt D1)

Lazaro Crespo (Northwest Kansas D1) vs. Darion Johnson (Western Wyoming D1)

197

Luke Macdonald (Iowa Western D1) vs. Ghee Rachal (Triton D1)

Matthew Marcum (Labette D1) vs. Kaden Glass (Pratt D1)

285

Dmarian Lopez (Western Wyoming D1) vs. Cj Carter (Iowa Western D1)

Tucker Hugg (Ridgewater D3) vs. Cody Pinkerton (Northwest D1)

Men’s quarterfinals results

125

Ane'e Vigil (Clackamas D1) tech fall Mikey Doerr (Southwestern Oregon D1), 17-2 2:17

Elijah Cater (North Idaho D1) pin Joseph Petrone (Nassau D3), 2:04

Anthony Schickel (Triton D1) maj dec. Kaden Spragis (Pratt D1), 11-3

Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming D1) pin Isaac Gibbs (Indian Hills D1), 5:01

133

Cesar Avelar (Clackamas D1) pin Caleb Peralta (Nassau D3), 6:25

Cooper Evans (Carl Albert State D1) dec. Arojae Hart (Indian Hills D1), 7-3

Paul Ruff (Iowa Western D1) dec. Jordan Oehme (Southeast D1), 6-3

Cody Phelps (Western Wyoming D1) tech fall Tyson Wilson (Rochester D3), 17-2 4:58

141

Easton Taylor (Pratt D1) maj. dec. Jazen Brown (Labette D1), 15-2

Isaac Church (Niacc D1) dec. Hunter Bidelman (North Idaho D1), 4-2

Cole Holien (Ridgewater D3) tech fall Brian Vargas (Bergen D3), 18-3 6:49

Malachi Bordovsky (Iowa Western D1) pin Ely Olberding (Southeast D1), 4:07

149

Matt Sarbo (Iowa Central D1) pin Caleb Nadig (Northwest D1), 2:08

Gabe Maki (Pratt D1) dec. Elijah Reece (Northeast Oklahoma D1), 15-10

Reggie Raiz (Clackamas D1) dec. Jermiah Zuniga (North Idaho D1), 1-0

Jaden Two lance (Carl Albert State D1) maj dec. Cohen Wiste (Rochester D3), 14-6

157

Kristopher Ketchum (Nassau D3) pin Josh Hannan (Clackamas D1), 2:56

Porter Craig (North Idaho D1) pin Chris Lopez (Western Wyoming D1), 4:38

Ayden Kingery (Indian Hills D1) pin Taedon Nichols (Ridgewater D3), 6:05

Darnai Heard (Iowa Central D1) tech fall Noah Smith (Carl Albert State D1), 17-2 6:28

165

Austin Raby (Clackamas D1) tech fall Michael Myers (Iowa Central D1), 16-1 3:31

Chance Davis (Cowley College D1) tech fall Jayden Luttrell (Western Wyoming D1), 17-2 5:12

Cayleb Atkins (Pratt D1) maj dec. Leo Tukhlynovych (Rochester D3), 13-3

Orrin Jackson (Northwest D1) pin Cole Price (Iowa Western D1), 6:56

174

Otgonbayar Batsuuri (Northwest Kansas D1) tech fall Garrett Davis (Labette D1), 19-3 6:33

Lawrence Rosario (Iowa Central D1) dec. Paul Ortiz (Clackamas D1), 5-2

Conan Northwind (North Idaho D1) dec. Aiden Cohen (Harper D3), 8-2

Isaac White (Southeast D1) pin Drew Withington (Pratt D1), 1:52

184

Aziz Fayzullaev (Northwest D1) pin Jessey Colas (Niacc D1), 2:13

Blake Jouret (Pratt D1) dec Antony Tuttle (Rochester D3), 7-5

Lazaro Crespo (Northwest Kansas D1) pin Trystin Irvin (Iowa Central D1), 4:47

Darion Johnson (Western Wyoming D1) maj dec. Chandler Thompson (Snow D1), 10-0

197

Luke Macdonald (Iowa Western D1) maj dec. Joseph Lewis (Iowa Central D1), 15-3

Ghee Rachal (Triton D1) dec. Geoffrey Freeman (Northeast Oklahoma D1), 11-10

Matthew Marcum (Labette D1) pin Isaac Pearce (Minnesota North-Itasca D3), 3:45

Kaden Glass (Pratt D1) dec. Wesley Reeves (Western Wyoming D1), 5-1

285

Dmarian Lopez (Western Wyoming D1) F John Bray (Northeast Oklahoma D1), 3:22

Cj Carter (Iowa Western D1) MD Rylee Creasey (Snow D1), 12-4

Tucker Hugg (Ridgewater D3) DEC Dj Moehring (Iowa Central D1), 5-4

Cody Pinkerton (Northwest D1) F Shane Edwards (Southwestern Michigan D1), 2:57

Team standings after day one

1             Western Wyoming D1, 103            

2             Iowa Central D1, 97.5

3             Pratt D1, 93

4             Clackamas, 91    

4             North Idaho D1, 91

6             Iowa Western D1,              86

7             Indian Hills D1, 79.5        

8             Labette D1, 68    

9             Carl Albert State D1, 57.5 2

10           Northwest D1, 57

NJCAA WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Council Bluffs, Iowa

Women's semifinals pairings

101

Mia Siqueiros (Iowa Western) vs. Calli Connally (Carl Albert State)

Emma Lewis (Iowa Central) vs. Dutchess King (Indian Hills)

109

Alexis Miller (Carl Albert State) vs. Rachel Jones (Snow)

Madison Leverknight (Indian Hills) vs. Javanica Mickens (Indian Hills)

116

Flavia Nagatani (Iowa Western) vs. Samantha Dimilia (Nassau)

Rodiat Adeduntan (Iowa Central) vs. Shammilka Miranda Diaz (Indian Hills)

123

Victoriana Kim (Southwestern Oregon) vs. Kailyn Younger (Iowa Central)

Aniyah Dinwiddie (Iowa Central) vs. Angelica Vicente Gonzalez (Indian Hills)

130

Zainab Ibrahim (Umpqua) vs Ruth Jimenez Batista (Indian Hills)

Amaria Ridgner (Indian Hills) vs. Bronwyn Brenneman (Iowa Central)

136

Corrie Williams (Snow) vs. Tarnpreet Saroya (Umpqua)

Eden Smith (Indian Hills) vs. Malia Kehne (Carl Albert State)

143

Tarleen Saroya (Umpqua) vs. Eve Herlyn (Southeast)

Kylie Hulse (Carl Albert State) vs. Abigail Trayhorn (Snow)

155

Ferny Hernandez (Iowa Western) vs. Aliana Barnoski (Carl Albert State)

Genesis Gilmore (Indian Hills) vs. Angella Van Valkenburg (Snow)

170

Zoey Smalley (Umpqua) vs. Destiny Ware (Umpqua)

Yaracely Saenz (Indian Hills) vs. Briana Araujo Batista (Iowa Central)

191

Tiffany White (Indian Hills) vs. Taylor Knox (Southwestern Oregon)

Isabella Canada (Iowa Central) vs. Kharisma Graham (Indian Hills)

235

Eliana Bommarito (Indian Hills) vs. Faith Wooley (Umpqua)

Karla Padilla Zepeda (Indian Hills) vs. Breanna Salgado (Iowa Western)

Women's quarterfinals results

101

Mia Siqueiros (Iowa Western) pin Sandra Gutierrez (Southeast), 1:26

Calli Connally (Carl Albert State) tech fall Jennifer Thomas (Snow), 10-0 2:08

Emma Lewis (Iowa Central) tech fall Melonie Barillas (Ellsworth), 13-2 0:49

Dutchess King (Indian Hills) tech fall Myah Rausch (Iowa Central), 10-0 1:14

109

Alexis Miller (Carl Albert State) tech fall Nadiya Trujillo (Trinidad ), 10-0 0:35

Rachel Jones (Snow) tech fall Evelyn Simon (Morton), 10-0 1:45

Madison Leverknight (Indian Hills) pin Dianna Pineda (Iowa Central),  4:13

Javanica Mickens (Indian Hills) pin Nia Perez (Umpqua), 0:30

116

Flavia Nagatani (Iowa Western) pin Giana Roskam (Trinidad ), 0:43

Samantha Dimilia (Nassau) pin Abigail Butts (Carl Albert State), 2:54

Rodiat Adeduntan (Iowa Central) tech fall Kaylee Campbell (Carl Albert State), 10-0 1:01

Shammilka Miranda diaz (Indian Hills) tech. fall Citori Bosserman (Northwest Kansas), 10-0 2:04

123

Victoriana Kim (Southwestern Oregon) pin Madelyn Plotz (Iowa Western), 0:47

Kailyn Younger (Iowa Central) dec. Chanelle Alburg (Carl Albert State), 8-0

Aniyah Dinwiddie (Iowa Central) pin Valentina Martinez (Snow), 2:48

Angelica Vicente Gonzalez (Indian Hills) tech fall Rachel Dismuke (Carl Albert State), 13-3 6:00

130

Zainab Ibrahim (Umpqua) pin Talia Lee (Southeast), 1:09

Ruth Jimenez Batista (Indian Hills) dec. Anna Sondall (Iowa Central), 12-3

Amaria Ridgner (Indian Hills) tech fall Isabel Jues (Iowa Lakes), 10-0 1:47

Bronwyn Brenneman (Iowa Central) tech fall Sophie Barnes (Iowa Western), 10-0 4:03

136

Corrie Williams (Snow) pin Dakota Whitman (Iowa Central), 2:11

Tarnpreet Saroya (Umpqua) tech fall Alexis Ross (Iowa Central), 10-0 1:20

Eden Smith (Indian Hills) pin Annabel Garcia (Umpqua), 0:37

Malia Kehne (Carl Albert State) tech fall Avery Shinkle (Umpqua), 10-0 2:32

143

Tarleen Saroya (Umpqua) tech fall Celeste Cubillo (Iowa Western), 12-2 5:04

Eve Herlyn (Southeast) tech fall Arionna Beatty (Northland), 11-1 1:28

Kylie Hulse (Carl Albert State) tech fall  Princess Altsisi (Iowa Central), 13-2 5:02

Abigail Trayhorn (Snow) pin Kammie Schanz (Iowa Central), 2:50

155

Ferny Hernandez (Iowa Western) tech fall Olivia Fausnaugh (Iowa Central), 10-0 1:12

Aliana Barnoski (Carl Albert State) tech fall Jazmine Garcia (Indian Hills), 10-0 1:26

Genesis Gilmore (Indian Hills) pin Jennifer De la torre (Umpqua), 10-0 1:12

Angella Van valkenburg (Snow) pin Ja'nya Banks (Indian Hills), 7-0 4:16

170

Zoey Smalley (Umpqua) pin Yohaly Quinones (Iowa Western), 2:07

Destiny Ware (Umpqua) pin Jocelyn Ambriz (Southeast), 1:31

Yaracely Saenz (Indian Hills) pin Tanihya Wilson (Indian Hills), 1:41

Briana Araujo Batista (Iowa Central) tech fall Chontel Griffin (Indian Hills), 12-1 2:27

191

Tiffany White (Indian Hills) pin Gracie Orr (Ellsworth), 4:48

Taylor Knox (Southwestern Oregon) pin Destinee Harris (Umpqua), 1:57

Isabella Canada (Iowa Central) pin  Norma Alejandro (Indian Hills), 1:49

Kharisma Graham (Indian Hills) dec. Angelique Trueblood (Umpqua), 10-8

235

Eliana Bommarito (Indian Hills) inj. dft Destinee Thomas (Niacc), 0:01

Faith Wooley (Umpqua) pin  Kiara Boldridge (Southeast),  1:51

Karla Padilla Zepeda (Indian Hills) tech fall Alaina Jackson (Iowa Western), 12-2 4:05

Breanna Salgado (Iowa Western) pin Rose Rother (Iowa Central), 1:48

Women’s standings after day one

1             Iowa Central        126.5

2             Indian Hills          125.5    

3             Umpqua 113.5    

4             Iowa Western      93.5      

5             Snow     88.5      

6             Carl Albert State 85.5      

7             Southeast             64.5      

8             Southwestern Oregon        43          

9             Morton  26          

10           Niacc     19.5