14 athletes take 1-0 lead in their best-of-three series during exciting session 1 at Final X New York

Helen Maroulis competition portrait from the 2021 World Championships. By Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors

Wrap story to come shortly

BEAT THE STREETS NEW YORK

At New York, N.Y., June 8


77 kg GR - Kamal Bey (Army WCAP) vs. Britton Holmes (Army WCAP)

Bout One – Bey pin Holmes, 5:12

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


72 kg WFS - Amit Elor (NYC RTC/TMWC) vs. Skylar Grote (Beaver Dam RTC/NYAC)

Bout One – Elor tech. fall Grote, 10-0, 5:17

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


65 kg MFS - Yianni Diakomihalis (Spartan Combat/TMWC) vs. Evan Henderson (Ohio RTC/TMWC)

Bout One – Diakomihalis dec. Henderson, 11-9

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 4 – 87 kg GR - Alan Vera (NYAC) vs. Timothy Young (Illinois)

Bout One – Vera pin Young, 1:00

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 5 – 125 kg MFS - Nick Gwiazdowski (Spartan Combat RTC/TMWC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Gopher WC - RTC)

Bout One – Gwiazdowski dec. Zillmer, 5-0

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 6 - 67 kg GR - Alejandro Sancho (Army WCAP) vs. Alston Nutter (Sunkist Kids)

Bout One – Sancho dec. Nutter, 10-9

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


53 kg W - Dominique Parrish (Sunkist Kids) dec. Felicity Taylor (Bearcat RTC/TMWC)

Bout One – Parrish dec. Taylor, 7-2

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


60 kg GR - Ildar Hafizov (Army WCAP) va. Dalton Roberts (Army WCAP)

Bout One – Hafizov dec. Roberts, 11-7

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 10 - 97 kg GR – G’Angelo Hancock (Sunkist Kids) vs. Braxton Amos (Wisconain RTC/Sunkist Kids)

Bout One – Hancock tech. fall Amos, 8-0, 2:06

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 11 - 50 kg WFS – Sarah Hildebrandt (USOPTC/NYAC) vs. Alyssa Lampe (Sunkist Kids)

Bout One – Hildebrandt tech fall Lampe, 10-0, 1:31

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 12 - 74 kg MFS – Kyle Dake (Spartan Combat RTC/TMWC) vs. Jason Nolf (NLWC/TMWC)

Bout One – Dale dec. Nolf, 4-2

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 13 - 57 kg WFS – Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids) vs. Alexandra Hedrick (USOPTC/TMWC)

Bout One – Maroulis tech. fall Hedrick, 10-0, 2:59

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 14 – 79 kg MFS – Jordan Burroughs (Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids) vs. Chance Marsteller (TMWC)

Bout One – Burroughs dec. Marsteller, 4-0

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session


Bout 15 – 86 kg MFS – David Taylor (NLWC/TMWC) vs. Zahid Valencia (Sunkist Kids)

Bout One – Taylor dec. Valencia, 4-2

Bout Two – at 6:00 p.m. CT session

Bout Three (if necessary) in 6:00 p.m. session