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Hernandez is Outstanding Wrestler in tough High School Grade 9-10 division at Brian Keck Preseason Nationals

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Keyan Hernandez of Montana receives the Outstanding Wrestler Award in the High School Grade 9-10 division at the Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals from USA Wrestling Board member Rob Cate. Photo by Richard Razo.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Keyan Hernandez of the Team Champs WC of Montana was named Outstanding Wrestler after winning the 106-pound weight class in the High School Grade 9-10 division at the USA Wrestling Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals on Saturday.

Hernandez was impressive in his 8-0 major decision shutout of Zane Donley of Threestyle Wrestling of Oklahoma in the finals. Donley, who was honorable mention in the recent FloWrestling national rankings, was among the many tough opponents in this loaded weight class.

The tournament was packed with talent from across the nation, with many of the most respected wrestling clubs entered. Two of these clubs, the Sebolt Wrestling Academy of Iowa and Izzy Style Wrestling of Illinois, had a pair of champions in the High School Grade 9-10 division.

The champions from the Sebolt Wrestling Academy were Carter Pearson (100) and Reid Spurley (113).

Person powered to a 10-4 decision over Lawson Eller of the Pinnacle WC of Minnesota for the title. Spurley, who is currently in the FloWrestling national rankings as honorable mention, defeated Caio Aron of the Boneyard Wrestling Academy of Texas, 6-2 in the finals.

The champions from Izzy Style Wrestling were Collin Carrigan (152) and Noah Wenzel (195).

Carrigan secured a 10-2 major decision over Anthony Rinehart of the Contenders Wrestling Academy of Indiana in the finals. Wenzel emerged with a 3-1 decision in the finals over Connor Bercume of Michigan. Wenzel was a 2021 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals champion in the 16U division.

The champion at 170 pounds, Aeoden Sinclair, Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country of Wisconsin, added a Preseason Nationals title in folkstyle to his U15 National titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman from earlier this year. Sinclair scored a 9-1 major decision over Noah Torgerson of the Pinnacle WC of Minnesota in the finals. Sinclair was second in the Grade 9-10 division at the 2020 Brian Keck Preseason Nationals.

Securing the 126-pound title was Alex Braun of the Minnesota Elite Wrestling Club. Braun, who is ranked nationally by FloWrestling as honorable mention. Braun beat Joseph Simon of BullTrained Wrestling of Missouri in the finals, 4-2.

Other individual champions were Jackson Young of New Jersey (120), Tyler Guerra of SPAR Wrestling Academy of Illinois (132), Smokey McClure of Ascend Wrestling Academy of Washington (138), Jayden Colon of Stampede WC of Illinois (145), Talon McCollum of Husky WC of Oklahoma (160) and Cole Han-Lindemyer of Pinnacle WC of Minnesota (182).

Two weight classes, which featured round robin competition, was completed in the Friday session, with Vanden Hoffman of the Wrestling Factory in Wisconsin (220) and Logan Buchanan of the Newton Wrestling Club in Kansas (285) getting the titles.

USA WRESTLING BRIAN KECK MEMORIAL PRESEASON NATIONALS
At Des Moines, Iowa, October 30

High School Grade 9-10 results


100 pounds
1st Place Match - Carter Pearson (Sebolt Wrestling Academy-IA) won by decision over Lawson Eller (Pinnacle Wrestling Club-MN) (Dec 10-4)
3rd Place Match - Brayden Teunissen (Illinois) won by decision over Adam Mattin (Foxfire Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-4)
5th Place Match - Kody Tanimoto (Spartan Mat Club) won by decision over Easton Broxterman (Topeka Blue Thunder Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-1)
7th Place Match - Isaac Ekdahl (The Wrestling Factory) won in sudden victory - 1 over Ayden Bollinger (Central Indiana Academy Of Wrestling) (SV-1 3-1)

106 pounds
1st Place Match - Keyan Hernandez (Team Champs Wrestling Club-MT) won by major decision over Zane Donley (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma-OK) (Maj 8-0)
3rd Place Match - Gabriel Ramirez (Aces Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Timothy Koester (Agoge Wrestling Club) (Dec 2-0)
5th Place Match - Johnny Green (Arsenal Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Dru Ayala (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) (FF)
7th Place Match - Cole Evans (Perrysburg Wrestling Club) won by decision over Deven Casey (Izzy Style Wrestling) (Dec 2-1)

113 pounds
1st Place Match - Reid Spurley (Sebolt Wrestling Academy-WI) won by decision over Caio Aron (Boneyard Wrestling Academy-TX) (Dec 6-2)
3rd Place Match - Easton Doster (Madman Wrestling Academy) won in sudden victory - 1 over Lincoln Gregersen (Pomona Elite (PWCC)) (SV-1 3-1)
5th Place Match - Porter Matecki (Missouri) won by decision over Miles Anderson (MWC Wrestling Academy) (Dec 5-0)
7th Place Match - Drew Hansen (Michigan) won by decision over Evan Gosz (Illinois) (Dec 4-3)

120 pounds
1st Place Match - Jackson Young (New Jersey) won by decision over Justin Gates (Team Donahoe) (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match - Colin Kacena (Central Florida Wrestling Academy @LHP (Lake Highland Prep)) won by decision over Blake Allen (The Best Wrestler) (Dec 5-3)
5th Place Match - Carson Bissey (Illinois) won by decision over Tyson Peach (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 1-0)
7th Place Match - Joshua Vazquez (Izzy Style Wrestling) won by decision over Carson Exferd (Team Idaho Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-1)

126 pounds
1st Place Match - Alex Braun (MN Elite Wrestling Club-MN) won by decision over Joseph Simon (BullTrained Wrestling-MO) (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match - Logan Fowler (Higher Calling Wrestling Club) won by decision over Matthew Randolph (Minnesota) (Dec 5-1)
5th Place Match - Koy Davidson (Sebolt Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Lucas Peters (Team Nazar Training Center) (Dec 6-2)
7th Place Match - Antonino Walker (Pennsylvania) won by decision over Daniel Aranda (DeKalb Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-0)

132 pounds
1st Place Match - Tyler Guerra (SPAR Wrestling Academy-IL) won by decision over Tucker Cell (Abilene Kids Wrestling Club-KS) (Dec 4-0)
3rd Place Match - Landon Desselle (Spartan Wrestling Club) won by decision over Peyton Cox (Illinois) (Dec 5-0)
5th Place Match - Cory Velasquez (Team Tulsa Wrestling Club) won in the ultimate tie breaker over Kane Naaktgeboren (Big Game Wrestling Club) (UTB 2-1)
7th Place Match - Marshall Geckler (Ohio) won by decision over Miles Velasquez (Team Tulsa Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-2)

138 pounds
1st Place Match - Smokey McClure (Ascend Wrestling Academy-WA) won by decision over Gabriel Bouyssou (Mayo Quanchi Wrestling Club-RI) (Dec 10-5)
3rd Place Match - Jeremy Ginter (Foxfire Wrestling Club) won by decision over Casper Stewart (New York) (Dec 6-0)
5th Place Match - Mitchell Younger (Ohio) won by decision over Jackson Potts (Deschutes Mat Club) (Dec 6-0)
7th Place Match - Brody Hart (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Jake Stoffel (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) (Dec 3-2)

145 pounds
1st Place Match - Jayden Colon (Stampede Wrestling Club-IL) won by decision over Bryce Griffin (Combative Sports Athletic Center-IL) (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match - Tyler Eise (Colorado) won by decision over Samuel Richardson (Hillsboro Wrestling Club) (Dec 2-1)
5th Place Match - Kohen Horvath (Ohio) won by decision over Jacob Schmadeke (Arizona) (Dec 1-0)
7th Place Match - Luca Felix (West Virginia) won by decision over Bas Diaz (Iowa) (Dec 6-2)

152 pounds
1st Place Match - Collin Carrigan (Izzy Style Wrestling-IL) won by major decision over Anthony Rinehart (Contenders Wrestling Academy-IN) (Maj 10-2)
3rd Place Match - Kendrick Hodge (Project Grapple) won in sudden victory - 1 over Ryker Fullmer (Upper Valley Aces) (SV-1 4-2)
5th Place Match - Bradee Dwinell (Minnesota) won by fall over Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin) (Fall 1:22)
7th Place Match - Caleb Caldwell (Terminator Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Patrick Brackett (Mile High Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-0)

160 pounds
1st Place Match - Talon McCollom (Husky Wrestling Club-OK) won by decision over Henry Reilly (Powerhouse Wrestling Club-NE) (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match - Gunner Cramblett (Ohio) won by decision over Tyler Secoy (Icon Wrestling) (Dec 3-2)
5th Place Match - Toren Vandenbush (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country) won by decision over Kriecg Roe (Georgia) (Dec 5-1)
7th Place Match - Owen Uppinghouse (Illinois) won by decision over Elijah Penton (Florida) (Dec 2-1)

170 pounds
1st Place Match - Aeoden Sinclair (Askren Wrestling Academy Lake Country-WI) won by major decision over Noah Torgerson (Pinnacle Wrestling Club-MN) (Maj 9-1)
3rd Place Match - Marco Christiansen (Pinnacle Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jake Stacey (Next Level Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-0)
5th Place Match - Kaiden Kintner (Takedown Express Wrestling Club) won by decision over Omer Barak (SWAT (Sheldon Wrestling Academy Training)) (Dec 6-2)
7th Place Match - Ibraheem Ahmed (Texas) won by decision over Liam Byrne (Mountain View High School Wrestling) (Dec 4-3)

182 pounds
1st Place Match - Cole Han-Lindemyer (Pinnacle Wrestling Club-MN) won by decision over Noah Blair (Nebraska) (Dec 7-1)
3rd Place Match - Ronan Wunsch (Maize Wrestling Club) won by fall over Luke Tucholski (Burnett trained) (Fall 1:42)
5th Place Match - Brody Sampson (Iowa) won by decision over Parker Noem (Black Hills Stampede Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)
7th Place Match - Sam Andres (Nebraska) won by fall over Jackson Shramek (LaCrosse Area Wrestlers) (Fall 1:03)

195 pounds
1st Place Match - Noah Wenzel (Izzy Style Wrestling-IL) won by decision over Connor Bercume (Michigan) (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match - Eugenio Franco (California) won by fall over Zakery Wrobel (Wisconsin) (Fall 1:29)
5th Place Match - Patrick Moore (Freedom High School Wrestling) won by fall over Grant Schwerdtfeger (Nebraska) (Fall 1:17)
7th Place Match - Luke Garcia (Texas)

220 pounds
1st Place - Vanden Hoffman of Wrestling Factory - WI
2nd Place - Brady Davis of Big Game Wrestling Club
3rd Place - Micah Hach of South Dakota
4th Place - Beminjam Helminski of Wisconsin
Vanden Hoffman (Wrestling Factory) won by decision over Micah Hach (South Dakota) (Dec 4-3)
Brady Davis (Big Game Wrestling Club) won by fall over Beminjam Helminski (Wisconsin) (Fall 1:10)
Vanden Hoffman (Wrestling Factory) won by decision over Brady Davis (Big Game Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-2)
Micah Hach (South Dakota) won by major decision over Beminjam Helminski (Wisconsin) (Maj 15-2)
Vanden Hoffman (Wrestling Factory) won by medical forfeit over Beminjam Helminski (Wisconsin) (MFF)
Brady Davis (Big Game Wrestling Club) won by decision over Micah Hach (South Dakota) (Dec 4-2)

285 pounds
1st Place - Logan Buchanan of Newton Wrestling Club - KS
2nd Place - Aiden McFadden of Iowa
3rd Place - Cooper Martinson of Iron Rams Wrestling Club
4th Place - Andrew Dunn of Ohio
Logan Buchanan (Newton Wrestling Club) won by fall over Andrew Dunn (Ohio) (Fall 0:35)
Aiden McFadden (Iowa) won by decision over Cooper Martinson (Iron Rams Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-2)
Logan Buchanan (Newton Wrestling Club) won by decision over Aiden McFadden (Iowa) (Dec 6-0)
Cooper Martinson (Iron Rams Wrestling Club) won by fall over Andrew Dunn (Ohio) (Fall 0:18)
Logan Buchanan (Newton Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cooper Martinson (Iron Rams Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:13)
Aiden McFadden (Iowa) won by fall over Andrew Dunn (Ohio) (Fall 1:23)

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