Leimana Fager of Utah hand raise in victory at the 2025 Air Force Special Warfare Junior Folkstyle Nationals.
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Junior Boys semifinals are set at the 2025 Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Nationals after an energetic day of wrestling at MidAmerican Energy Complex RecPlex, the new host venue of USA Wrestling’s premier folkstyle event.
Five athletes in the Junior Boys division are still in the running for repeat bids—Cason Craft of Oklahoma, Caleb Noble of Illinois, Geronimo Rivera of Utah, Taye Wilson of Kansas and Leimana Fager of Utah.
Craft and Noble have looked head and shoulders above the field on Friday and appear on a collision course to meet in the 113-pound finals. Craft posted a 2-0 record with a technical fall and major decision to his credit. Noble won each of his three matches by fall with his longest bout lasting 2:49.
Rivera went 4-0 on the day with three bonus-point wins, plus a 10-3 decision over Colorado’s Nick Dardanes in the quarterfinals, at 138 pounds. Up next is Arizona’s Dean Anderson in the semifinal round.
It was two pins and two technical falls for Wilson, who dominated the 165-pound bracket to this point. He is the on-paper favorite in his semifinal against Iowa’s Xayvion Anderson. The big news at 165 was past USA Wrestling Triple Crown winner and three-time Iowa state champion Kyler Knaack falling in the quarters to Florida’s Claudio Torres in sudden victory.
Fager bagged the fastest pin of the day, a 16-second inside trip finish on Indiana’s Daniel Jones in round one, before stopping Carter Green of Kansas, 7-1, in the 215-pound quarters.
Six of last year’s 16U national champions bumped up to the Junior level and remain undefeated—Tyler Sweet of California, Gavin Landers of Iowa, Steel Meyers of Texas, Aaron Stewart of Illinois, Deacon Moran of Missouri and Jonathan Rulo of Illinois.
Returning champion and Outstanding Wrestler Dorian Olivarez of Texas was upended in the 144-pound quarters by Jayce Paridon of Florida in sudden victory, 2-1. Another notable upset came at heavyweight with Wisconsin’s Nehemiah Lendobeja defeating 2024 U17 World Team member Trayvn Boger of Utah, 4-1, in overtime.
The Junior Boys tournament continues at 9 a.m. (CT) on Saturday with the championship semifinals, followed by the medal matches at 11 a.m. Visit usawrestlingevents.com for a complete schedule of events for every division.
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Brackets and updated match-by-match results will be available through USA Bracketing.
2025 USA Wrestling Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals #
March 14-16, MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, West Des Moines, Iowa #
Junior Boys Results #
Semifinal Matchups #
106 pounds #
Julian Bigueur (CA) vs. Johnny Behm (ID)
Aiden Sweat (MT) vs. Wyatt Cox (IN)
113 pounds #
Caleb Noble (IL) vs. Drew Dawson (OR)
Cason Craft (OK) vs. Drake VomBaur (CO)
120 pounds #
Peyton Schoettle (IN) vs. Kiyan Simon (AL)
Roman Luttrell (NM) vs. Nicolas Enzminger (ND)
126 pounds #
Blake Getz (IN) vs. Gage Spurgeon (IA)
Lander Bosh (UT) vs. Gavin Landers (IA)
132 pounds #
Daniel Guerrero (AZ) vs. Rider Seguine (ID)
Jace Hedeman (IA) vs. Che Jenkins (AZ)
138 pounds #
Geronimo Rivera (UT) vs. Dean Anderson (AZ)
Christian Jelle (MN) vs. Chris Lalonde (CO)
144 pounds #
Jake Miller (OK) vs. Jayce Paridon (FL)
Edward Sheeran (CA) vs. Hunter Stevens (WI)
150 pounds #
Gabriel Gallardo (AZ) vs. Legend Ellis (OK)
Sergio Vega (AZ) vs. William Alt (WY)
157 pounds #
Austin Paris (UT) vs. Gavin Regis (UT)
Jozeph Valenzuela Smith (AZ) vs. Frank Tagoe (IL)
165 pounds #
Xayvion Anderson (IA) vs. Taye Wilson (KS)
Steel Meyers (TX) vs. Claudio Torres (FL)
175 pounds #
Aaron Stewart (IL) vs. Levi Dicugno (WA)
Eli Leonard (WI) vs. Xavier Smith (IN)
190 pounds #
Cooper Reves (KS) vs. Delton Kaufmann (AZ)
Deacon Moran (MO) vs. Seth Martin (ID)
215 pounds #
Jean Ngoma (IA) vs. Elijah Schunke (SD)
Carter Brown (MO) vs. Leimana Fager (UT)
285 pounds #
Nehemiah Lendobeja (WI) vs. Zayne Candelaria (AZ)
Kaydon Williams (UT) vs. Jonathan Rulo (IL)
Quarterfinal Results #
106 pounds #
Julian Bigueur (CA) fall Michael Kowalski (UT), 1:25
Johnny Behm (ID) maj. dec. Cooper Green (AZ), 8-0
Aiden Sweat (MT) tech. fall Rave Morby (UT), 17-0
Wyatt Cox (IN) dec. Matthew Deutch (IL), 5-3
113 pounds #
Caleb Noble (IL) fall Joseph Hamilton (IN), 2:49
Drew Dawson (OR) dec. Preston Morrison (IL), 6-2
Cason Craft (OK) maj. dec. Khel Lipumano (AZ), 13-0
Drake VomBaur (CO) dec. Daniel Goodwin (IL), 4-1
120 pounds #
Peyton Schoettle (IN) dec. Josiah Neri (NM), 5-2
Kiyan Simon (AL) maj. dec. Sawyer Anderson (ID), 14-5
Roman Luttrell (NM) dec. Ethan Sharp (UT), 12-5
Nicolas Enzminger (ND) dec. Zaiyahn Ornelas (NE), 8-5
126 pounds #
Blake Getz (IN) dec. Logan Schad (WI), 7-2
Gage Spurgeon (IA) dec. Saxton Scott (ID), 4-1
Lander Bosh (UT) maj. dec. Tanner Telford (UT), 10-1
Gavin Landers (IA) dec. Nolan Brown (MT), 4-0
132 pounds #
Daniel Guerrero (AZ) maj. dec. Talon Belding (NE), 12-0
Rider Seguine (ID) dec. Roany Proffit (WY), 10-3
Jace Hedeman (IA) maj. dec. Caeleb Hutchinson (KS), 10-1
Che Jenkins (AZ) dec. Caleb McElroy (CA), 7-4
138 pounds #
Geronimo Rivera (UT) dec. Nick Dardanes (CO), 10-3
Dean Anderson (AZ) dec. Kameron Luif (IL), 5-3
Christian Jelle (MN) tech. fall Camron Duffield (MO), 19-4
Chris Lalonde (CO) dec. Makael Aguayo (MT), 4-1 SV
144 pounds #
Jake Miller (OK) maj. dec. Gunner Butt (IN), 10-1
Jayce Paridon (FL) dec. Dorian Olivarez (TX), 2-1 SV
Edward Sheeran (CA) dec. Torin Kuokkanen (WI), 6-4
Hunter Stevens (WI) tech. fall Isaac Lomas (IA), 16-0
150 pounds #
Gabriel Gallardo (AZ) maj. dec. Colin Weiss (MO), 10-1
Legend Ellis (OK) dec. Thomas Belding (OR), 8-5
Sergio Vega (AZ) tech. fall Jason Worthley (UT), 19-3
William Alt (WY) tech. fall Tensei Thompson (ID), 21-6
157 pounds #
Austin Paris (UT) maj. dec. Boden White (IA), 17-4
Gavin Regis (UT) dec. Mason Schrempp (SD), 14-12
Jozeph Valenzuela Smith (AZ) tech. fall Jonathon Lara-Inagaki (UT), 18-3
Frank Tagoe (IL) dec. Jacob Hiland (IA), 8-1
165 pounds #
Xayvion Anderson (IA) dec. Griffin Van Tichelt (IN), 2-1
Taye Wilson (KS) tech. fall Adam Hageman (KS), 20-4
Steel Meyers (TX) tech. fall Jacob Weaver (IN), 16-0
Claudio Torres (FL) dec. Kyler Knaack (IA), 4-1 SV
175 pounds #
Aaron Stewart (IL) maj. dec. Isaiah Guerrero (WI), 16-2
Levi Dicugno (WA) fall Benjamin Clark (IN), 1:46
Eli Leonard (WI) fall Noah Sandlin (CA), 1:15
Xavier Smith (IN) dec. Matthew Gazda (AZ), 4-2
190 pounds #
Cooper Reves (KS) fall Carter Vannest (CA), 0:54
Delton Kaufmann (AZ) maj. dec. Maverick Albrecht (UT), 15-2
Deacon Moran (MO) tech. fall Lucas Nance (IL), 17-0
Seth Martin (ID) dec. Elijah Hawes (UT), 3-2 TB
215 pounds #
Jean Ngoma (IA) dec. Eli Roiko (MN), 10-4
Elijah Schunke (SD) tech. fall McGregor Miller (ID), 23-7
Carter Brown (MO) tech. fall Layne O'Neil (MI), 17-2
Leimana Fager (UT) dec. Carter Green (KS), 7-1
285 pounds #
Nehemiah Lendobeja (WI) dec. Trayvn Boger (UT), 4-1 SV
Zayne Candelaria (AZ) dec. Keagyn Linden (NE), 11-9
Kaydon Williams (UT) tech. fall Cade Okeson (ND), 18-3
Jonathan Rulo (IL) dec. Samuel Stockton (CO), 8-4
Round Robin Bracket Results #
100 pounds (5-person bracket) #
R1 – William Alves (MT) tech. fall Grady Swalberg (UT), 17-1
R1 – Tyler Sweet (CA) tech. fall DeVaughn Miller (AL), 19-2
R2 – Tyler Sweet (CA) maj. dec. Jackson Thorn (MN), 10-0
R2 – William Alves (MT) fall DeVaughn Miller (AL), 1:52
R3 – Jackson Thorn (MN) tech. fall DeVaughn Miller (AL), 17-0
R3 – Tyler Sweet (CA) fall Grady Swalberg (UT), 2:45
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