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Mills downs top seed Munaretto, six returning champs advance to U20 freestyle quarters in Las Vegas

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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling

Antonio Mills celebrates his win over two-time age-group World champion Domenic Munaretto at 57 kg.

Antonio Mills celebrates his win over two-time age-group World champion Domenic Munaretto at 57 kg.

LAS VEGAS – Six returning champions in the U20 men’s freestyle division remain in the hunt for repeat bids following Saturday’s action at the 2025 CLAW U.S. Open Championships. The U20 men whittled brackets down to the quarterfinals at The Expo at World Market Center.


Two-time U17 World champion and No. 1 seed at 57 kg Domenic Munaretto of Illinois was upset in the round-of-32 by Georgia native Antonio Mills in emphatic fashion, 13-0. Mills followed with a 12-1 technical fall over Koufax Christensen to advance to the quarterfinals. Munaretto was the lone No. 1 seed to go down on Saturday.


Defending champions in the division include 2024 U20 World medalists Bo Bassett (65 kg), PJ Duke (70 kg) and Ladarion Lockett (74 kg), 2023 U20 World medalist Camden McDanel (97 kg), 2024 U20 World Team member Connor Mirasola (92 kg) and Aeoden Sinclair (86 kg), who was the 92 kg runner-up in the Senior men’s freestyle division on Saturday. The six-pack scored bonus point wins in all but one match during the preliminary rounds.


Bassett, Duke, Lockett and Mirasola were members of last year’s U20 World Team, as was 2024 U20 World bronze medalist Justin Rademacher. The Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC product and No. 1 seed at 97 kg won his only bout of the day 10-0 to set up a quarterfinal against 2024 U20 Greco-Roman World Team member Soren Herzog.


2024 U17 World champion Michael Mocco went 2-0 with two shutout technical falls at 125 kg. The heavyweight quarterfinals are littered with talent, including the likes of 2022 U17 World champion Koy Hopke, 2024 U17 Freestyle Nationals champion Dreshaun Ross and returning U20 finalist Cole Mirasola.


Other notable quarterfinalists include 2022 U17 World champion Joseph Sealey at 74 kg, 2023 U17 World bronze Brock Mantanona at 79 kg and 2022 U17 World bronze Max McEnelly at 86 kg.


The U20 men’s freestyle competition resumes at 10 a.m. (PT) on Sunday morning with the quarterfinals, followed directly by the semifinals. The championship finals are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. (PT). A detailed schedule for the 2025 CLAW U.S. Open Championships is available at usawrestlingevents.com.


All the action from Las Vegas will be broadcast live on FloWrestling. Brackets and match-by-match results are available through USA Bracketing, USA Wrestling’s new best-in-class event management software.


A complete list of quarterfinals pairings in the U20 men’s freestyle division can be found below.

2025 CLAW U.S. Open Championships #

April 26, The Expo at World Market Center, Las Vegas, Nevada #


U20 Men’s Freestyle #

Quarterfinal Matchups #
57 kg #

Antonio Mills (Roundtree Wrestling Academy) vs. Evan Sanati (Integrity WC)

Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania RTC) vs. Christian Castillo (Cyclone RTC)

Anthony Knox (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Blake Beissel (Minnesota RTC)

Ronnie Ramirez (Pounders WC) vs. Mack Mauger (Tiger Style WC)


61 kg #

Elijah Cortez (Gilroy) vs. Timothy Koester (Big Game WC)

Kellen Wolbert (Askren Wrestling Academy) vs. Sam Herring (Young Guns WC)

Aaron Seidel (Steller Trained Wrestling) vs. Manuel Saldate (Gold Rush Wrestling)

Kyler Larkin (Valiant) vs. Isaiah Cortez (Daniel Cormier WC)


65 kg #

Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort) vs. Eren Sement (Steller Trained Wrestling)

Daniel Zepeda (Gilroy) vs. Luke Stanich (Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC)

Alex Braun (Oklahoma RTC) vs. Drew Gorman (Teknique Wrestling)

Ryan Kennedy (Spire Academy) vs. Pierson Manville (Atreus WC)


70 kg #

Melvin Miller (Bishop McCort) vs. Cross Wasilewski (Pennsylvania RTC)

Jaxon Joy (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Vince Bouzakis (Team Greco)

PJ Duke (KDTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Collin Gaj (Steller Trained Wrestling)

Clayton Jones (Michigan WC) vs. Landon Robideau (Cowboy RTC)


74 kg #

Ladarion Lockett (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Boeden Greenley (Bison WC)

Daniel Heiser (Askren Wrestling Academy) vs. Dominic Bambinelli (RWA)

Joseph Sealey (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Chase Van Hoven (Legacy Dragons Wrestling)

Benjamin Weader (Integrity WC) vs. Zach Hanson (Minnesota)


79 kg #

Brock Mantanona (Cliff Keen WC) vs. Omaury Alvarez (Level Up Wrestling Center)

Louie Cerchio (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Mario Carini (Poway)

Collin Carrigan (Tar Heel WC) vs. Travis Grace (Daniel Cormier WC)

Waylon Cressell (Warren Wrestling Academy) vs. William Henckel (Blairstown WC)


86 kg #

Aeoden Sinclair (Tiger Style WC) vs. Jack Lesher (Cavalier WC)

Carson Thomas (Indiana RTC) vs. Nicholas Fox (Panther WC-RTC)

Max McEnelly (Minnesota RTC) vs. De'Alcapon Veazy (Black Fox Wrestling Academy)

Jake Dailey (Tar Heel WC) vs. Adam Waters (Steller Trained Wrestling)


92 kg #

Connor Mirasola (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Carson Gooley (Southern Oregon RTC)

Sonny Sasso (Southeast RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Angelo Posada (Poway RTC)

Cody Merrill (Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Tucker Hogan (Mat-Town USA)

Mason Ellis (Pennsylvania) vs. Karson Tompkins (Texas)


97 kg #

Justin Rademacher (Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC) vs. Soren Herzog (Colorado)

Kingston Daniells Silva (Edge Wrestling) vs. Cade Ziola (MWC Wrestling Academy)

Aiden Cooley (Best Trained Wrestling) vs. Quinlan Morgan (Jackrabbit WC)

Lusiano Lopez (Peninsula WC) vs. Camden McDanel (Nebraska Wrestling Training Center)


125 kg #

Michael Mocco (ATT/Mocco Wrestling Academy) vs. Rocco Dellagatta (New York AC)

Jay Henderson (Spartan Combat RTC Titan Mercury WC) vs. Cole Mirasola (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Dreshaun Ross (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) vs. Richard Thomas (Oklahoma RTC)

Coby Merrill (John W. North High School) vs. Koy Hopke (Minnesota RTC)

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