Western Wyoming repeats as NJCAA Men’s national champions, Iowa Central takes second
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Western Wyoming repeated as team champions at the NJCAA Men’s National Championships on Saturday.Western Wyoming had one individual champion, Cody Phelps (133), and finished with seven All-Americans.
Phelps was dominant in his finals, scoring a 17-4 major decision over Cesar Avelar of Clackamas.
Western Wyoming finished with 161 points, with runner-up Iowa Central at 139.5 points and third-place Pratt with 134.5 points. Clackamas was fourth with 134 points and Iowa Western finished fifth with 123.5 points.
Repeating as national champions were Matt Sarbo of Iowa Central (149) and Aziz Fayzullaev of Northwest (184). Fayzullaev won at 174 pounds last year. Sarbo beat Jaden Two Lance of Carl Albert State, 10-4 in the finals, while Fayzullaev stopped Darion Johnson of Western Wyoming, 7-3 in the finals.
Joining Sarbo as a champion for Iowa Central was Darnai Heard (157), who pinned Kristopher Ketchum of Nassau in 1:11 in the finals.
Two other teams finished with two champions, Clackamas and Iowa Western. Clackamas champions were Ane'e Vigil (125) and Austin Raby (165). Iowa Western champions were CJ Carter (285) and Malachi Bordovsky (141).
The other individual champions were Otgonbayar Batsuuri of Northwest Kansas (174) and Kaden Glass of Pratt (197).
Claiming the Div. III title for non-scholarship schools was Rochester, which placed eighth in the tournament with 86 points, the top scorer among Div. III schools.
NJCAA MEN'S NATIONALS
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 1-2
125
1st Ane'e Vigil (Clackamas D1) DEC Bridger Ricks (Western Wyoming D1), 4-2
3rd Anthony Schickel (Triton D1) TF Kaden Spragis (Pratt D1), 16-0 3:49
5th Joseph Petrone (Nassau D3) F Elijah Cater (North Idaho D1), 6:36
7th Isaac Gibbs (Indian Hills D1) DEC Mikey Doerr (Southwestern Oregon D1), 12-6
133
1st Cody Phelps (Western Wyoming D1) MD Cesar Avelar (Clackamas D1), 17-4
3rd Jordan Oehme (Southeast D1) DEC Paul Ruff (Iowa Western D1), 6-1
5th Arojae Hart (Indian Hills D1) DEC Cooper Evans (Carl Albert State D1), 5-4
7th Corban Zugelder (Labette D1) DQ Ayden Rader (Iowa Lakes D1), 6:29
141
1st Malachi Bordovsky (Iowa Western D1) DEC Easton Taylor (Pratt D1), 2-1
3rd River Wardle (Western Wyoming D1) MD Isaac Church (Niacc D1), 15-6
5th Cole Holien (Ridgewater D3) F Ely Olberding (Southeast D1), 0:34
7th Jazen Brown (Labette D1) FOR Brian Vargas (Bergen D3), 0-0
149
1st Matt Sarbo (Iowa Central D1) DEC Jaden Two lance (Carl Albert State D1), 10-4
3rd Cordell White (Niacc D1) F Cohen Wiste (Rochester D3), 1:25
5th Reggie Raiz (Clackamas D1) MD Gabe Maki (Pratt D1), 17-7
7th Caeleb Ishmael (Southwestern Michigan D1) DEC Jermiah Zuniga (North Idaho D1), 9-3
157
1st Darnai Heard (Iowa Central D1) F Kristopher Ketchum (Nassau D3), 1:11
3rd Porter Craig (North Idaho D1) DEC Chris Lopez (Western Wyoming D1), 6-3
5th Ayden Kingery (Indian Hills D1) F Noah Smith (Carl Albert State D1), 3:00
7th Josh Hannan (Clackamas D1) F Kace Cook (Niagara D3), 5:41
165
1st Austin Raby (Clackamas D1) DEC Cayleb Atkins (Pratt D1), 9-6
3rd Leo Tukhlynovych (Rochester D3) TF Orrin Jackson (Northwest D1), 19-2 2:43
5th Chance Davis (Cowley College D1) TF Jayden Luttrell (Western Wyoming D1), 16-0 2:54
7th Michael Myers (Iowa Central D1) F Cole Price (Iowa Western D1), 4:33
174
1st Otgonbayar Batsuuri (Northwest Kansas D1) F Isaac White (Southeast D1), 2:48
3rd Lawrence Rosario (Iowa Central D1) TF Conan Northwind (North Idaho D1), 18-3 7:00
5th Paul Ortiz (Clackamas D1) TF Jaquan East (Indian Hills D1), 18-3 6:07
7th Paul Kadlec (Joliet Junior D3) F Garrett Davis (Labette D1), 2:04
184
1st Aziz Fayzullaev (Northwest D1) DEC Darion Johnson (Western Wyoming D1), 7-3
3rd Blake Jouret (Pratt D1) DEC Lazaro Crespo (Northwest Kansas D1), 7-2
5th Antony Tuttle (Rochester D3) MD Brent Greenfield (Ellsworth D1), 9-0
7th Noah Poe-hatten (North Idaho D1) DEC Chandler Thompson (Snow D1), 7-4
197
1st Kaden Glass (Pratt D1) DEC Luke Macdonald (Iowa Western D1), 4-2
3rd Connor Lorden (Harper D3) DEC Bradley Whitright (North Idaho D1), 8-5 SV
5th Ghee Rachal (Triton D1) DEC Matthew Marcum (Labette D1), 11-9
7th Joseph Lewis (Iowa Central D1) TF Asaiah Kamplain (Clackamas D1), 18-3 6:40
285
1st CJ Carter (Iowa Western D1) DEC Cody Pinkerton (Northwest D1), 5-3
3rd Dmarian Lopez (Western Wyoming D1) DEC Rylee Creasey (Snow D1), 5-1
5th Andreas Barnett (Minnesota North-Itasca D3) DEC Tucker Hugg (Ridgewater D3), 7-4
7th Dj Moehring (Iowa Central D1) F John Bray (Northeast Oklahoma D1), 2:56
Men’s Final Team Standings
1 Western Wyoming D1 161
2 Iowa Central D1 139.5
3 Pratt D1 134.5
4 Clackamas D1 134
5 Iowa Western D1 123.5
6 North Idaho D1 110
7 Indian Hills D1 92.5
8 Rochester D3 86
9 Northwest D1 82.5
10 Southeast D1 75.5
11 Labette D1 74
12 Carl Albert State D1
13 Northwest Kansas D1
14 Niacc D1 66.5
15 Nassau D3 64
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