Middle School Duals

Friday we leave for Iowa for Middle School National Duals. We will leave from the Topeka Plaza Hotel in Topeka at 11:00 for Iowa.

The Capital Plaza is located at 1717 SW Topeka Blvd. This is the hotel next to the Expo Center where kids state wrestling is held.

The wrestlers will need to come into the Capital Plaza and check out gear in the Amber Room. We will be set up to hand out gear and finish up any paper work that needs to be done at 9:00 on Friday. Please try to be at the Capital Plaza by no later that 10:30. We have another group leave from here at about the same time We will hand out van assignment at that time also. We will be taking a trailer behind one of the vans for the wrestler’s bags. They may bring up to two bags with them. They will need to have a singlet to weigh in with at Simpson College on Friday, so they will need to have access to it without getting into the trailer. Most kids will put their wrestling bag in the van that they will be traveling and the other in the trailer.

They must make weight!!!!!

After weigh in they will go to the Adventureland Resort in Altoona, IA. They will be giving their room assignment at that time. They will be on their own for the evening meal both Friday and Saturday They will have a team meeting at some time Friday evening to go over what the coaches need to go over and to get the time they will leaving on Saturday morning.

We will have breakfast for them each morning in the lobby of the resort. Wrestling will start at 8:00 each morning. We will need to be there in time for warm up both days.

They will wrestle 5 match on Saturday and 3 on Sunday. After they have finished wrestling each day, they will need to report to the van driver that they are assigned. If your wrestler is leaving with you at any time you (the Parent) need to let the van driver know. We do not what to leave anyone behind.

They will be leaving after the last dual on Sunday and heading back to Topeka. They will more than likely stop and to something to eat on the way home. They will come back to the Capital Plaza Sunday evening. They should be in Topeka between 6 and 7 that evening. Please make sure that someone is to pick them up,

This is an awesome event!

GO KANSAS!!!

Take no prisoners (unless there is torture worked into the plan). Just kidding. Best of luck to all Team Kansas wrestlers. You will all come home with proud memories that will last a lifetime.

Good luck to all the wrestlers at Middle School Duals in Iowa!!!!!!!! We'll be cheering you on back home in Kansas. Any updates would be appreciated. Will be cheering for one of our local Lawrence boys Alan Clothier too! Be tough buddy!

Kick ass Team Kansas!!!!!

Any word from Iowa?

Team 1 Marines are 3-0 today. Pitched a shutout last dual against Montana 114-0.

Team 3 is 2 & 2 with 1 left.
Lost to MO by 2.

Got a report that Team 1 is 5-0. Gold Bracket for them tomorrow

Team 2 went 3-2

Kansas marines win first dual against Montana and loses 2nd to Iowa black. In for 3rd in gold bracket against Minnesota.

Early tied 9-9.

Marines are in a dog fight against Minnesota elite for 3rdtrailing 19-12 thru weight 125.

Marines fall to Minnesota for 50-27. Way to compete guys 4th ain't to shabby for this shark tank.

Team finish
4th; 19th; 20th; 26th of 38 teams.

Great job Team Kansas wrestlers!

Driving back from duals. Would appreciate any known updates on Alan Clothier. He was slammed illegally and I believe went to hospital. Please send prayers his way.

Hey Pat,

Got ur message. I spoke to Al's mom Becky and he's ok other then a killer headache. They just checked out of the hospital and will be headed back to Lawrence in the morning. Sounds like it was quite a battle with Minnesota.

Good job Team Kansas and all the boys that battled it out this weekend. The toughness you showed will help you tremendously as you move on to high school.

So happy to hear that Alan is doing okay! Glad someone had posted prayer request earlier. God is great!

As a parent, I wanted to thank the people that put together this whole event. I especially wanted to say thank you to Coach Budke and Vinderlindon(? Spelling) for the patience and respect that they showed to team four(Army). Not once did I see you get down on anyone. Personally I know that my son did not perform completely to his potential and he never felt blamed that he mostly contributed negative points to the team.

I also want to say that I have never seen such a showing of Sportsmanship and great character than I did over the weekend with Team Army. These boys fought for every win and loss in every dual. Win or lose they got up, shook hands and there were no meltdowns. Very admirable.

Both my boys hope to attend next year. Thanks again to all.

Great job Middle Schooler's!

All four teams look like they battled!!

Thank you to all the coaches that helped out this weekend and made it fun for the boys. What a great team experience.

Glad to hear that Alan is doing better. We were worried.

This was an awesome experience for my son. Can't wait to come back next year.

We had a great time and was extremely proud of all the teams. There was a ton of action everywhere you looked. Nate, said that he had a good time and enjoyed how the teams pulled together and cheered each other on. He wanted to thank the coaches for working with him and keeping everyone on track.

Nate Fowler had a good weekend. 7 first period pins and 1 second period pin for an 8-0 weekend. Super proud of him and we hope to able to go again next year when he is an 8th grader.

The Middle School Duals were awesome this year. I just wanted to thank James Cook for organizing this for all the young men that got to go. There are many more people behind the scenes also that made it happen and thanks to you too. Coaching the Marines along with Johnny Moses, Carlos Prieto and Travis Phippen was a great experience. We were able to get to know these super tough wrestlers and it will be fun watching them during their high school careers. All four teams had a great time and many memories and friends were made this weekend. Thanks to all!!

I def agree it's nice to see all the KS kids band together and cheer each other on. A special thanks to all the coaches, and the Delforge family for recording and takin Cameron w them to eat Fri nite b4 I got there, thanks a million, it was a great time

This was my 4th year helping with this event and coaching Team Kansas, I've always enjoyed and enjoy seeing the boys move into High School and watching them succeed! Congrats to all the boys that competed, I felt you represented our State and the Military Services, whose names we competed under, very well!

Thanks so much Coach Gonzales and the other coaches, you guys did a great job with all of the boys! thanks so much for your time

Is there anywhere that we can find individual results or detailed team results...was this on track or ???

I'm working on getting the individuals rerults.

The results from the Kansas Air Force are listed below. It was a pleasure to have a front row seat while these young men competed. This tournament really tests wrestlers, it is tough to comeback after tough matches-especially losses, and do it again and again, ready or not. I witnessed a lot of gut checks, and this will make all of Team Kansas better. Thank you wrestlers (ALL OF TEAM KANSAS) for representing your state so well, not only on the mat, but off the mat as well. I had two coaches from another state and a referee tell me that they “have a lot of respect for Kansas wrestling, etc. etc.” Gotta love hearing that! Also it was great meeting and working with the other coaches, great bunch of guys.
I don’t have the team scores in front of me, I will try and update later:
Air Force won big over Lake Catholic Gray (Ohio); Lost by 2 to Missouri Tigers; Lost pretty bad to Montana grizzlies; won big over South Dakota aau; won big over North Dakota Stripes; won very close over Colorado Blue; won very close over South Dakota Blue team; lost by 7 to Ohio Vengence in the finals of the bronze bracket. 4 duels that were tight!!! In the semi’s verses South Dakota blue, our mat was surrounded by people watching as it was back and forth, we were ahead by 2 coming down to Jacob Green sealing the deal with the big win, two very active heavy weights getting after it, fun stuff!!
75 Holden Butler 5-3
80 Bryce Erickson 5-3
85 Brock Budke 4-4
90 Tyler Price 6-2 (6 pins)
95 Case Pemberton 5-3
100 Gary Joint 5-3
105 Cale Rogers/Conner Rychlec (Cale was injured after 3rd match, tried to comeback , Conner gave great effort, real close twice, 0-8 combined at this weight)
110 Macoy Rains 2-6
115 Daniel Butler 2-6
120 Tanner Brown 7-1
125 Chase Prester 5-3
130 Alec Castillo 6-2
135 Carter Wessling 5-3
140 Colter Stoll 5-3
145 Easton Ryser 5-3
152 Lucas McMichael 5-3
160 Nick Kirmer 4-4
171 Austin Hart 5-3
189 Gage Clark 4-4
250 Jacob Green 6-2
Alternates
Tristan Porsch 7-0
Trent Miles 3-3
Seth Sanford 2-6

Marines Win Lose
75 Cody Phippen 6 2
80 Dylan Gowin 5 3
85 Paul Stuart 7 1
90 Tyler Flood 7 1
95 Michael Prieto 7 1
100 Alex Cavanaugh 6 2
105 Christian Bowen 5 3
110 Cole Moses 4 4
115 Cody Liles 5 3
120 Brett Moon 7 1
125 Blake Stovall 7 1
130 Hunter Howerton6 2
135 Isaac Luellen 6 2
140 Garret Dunlap 4 4
145 Dalton Peters 6 2
152 Alan Clothier8 0
160 Jack Helvey 3 5
171 Diego Maravilla5 3
189 Noah Ornelas 7 1
250 Jason Zook 6 2

Any records for the other 2 teams?

Here's a link:

http://aauwrestling.net/Results/NationalResults/MiddleSchoolNationalDuals.aspx

Got it Thanks

Be somewhat skeptical of the records on the links. For example we ended up moving kids around on some of the Kansas teams and they are not reflected correctly on the results link. They have some of the kids wrestling with the wrong team and the wrong records to go along with them.

Shawn Budke

Is anyone else having issues opening the link on the AAU website?

Kansas Army (Team #4) Results:

Round #1 lost to Missouri Storm 3-103
Round #2 won over Wyoming Silver 57-34
Round #3 lost to South Carolina Palmetto 41-45 (heartbreaker)
Round #4 lost to Wyoming Gold 37-54
Round #5 lost to Nebraska Elite 6-78

Sunday Copper Bracket
Round #1 won over Pennsylvania Black Knights 68-25
Semis won over South Dakota AAU 49-42
Championship lost to South Carolina Palmetto 34-50 to take 2nd!


OFFICIAL Individual Results:
75# Trevor Casteel 3 wins/5 losses
80# Brody Roberson 4/4
85# Zack Tucker 1/7
90# Jack Maki 8/0
95# Anthony Scantlin 6/2
100# Dylon Niswonger 0/7
105# David Hileman 3/5
110# Sam Elliott 1/7
115# Jesse Nunez 4/4
120# Elijan Hill 7/1
125# Kyler Mick 3/5
130# Alec Pierson 2/6
135# Alex Smith 1/7
140# Ronny Hester 2/6
145# Gavin Lively 5/3
152# Kyle True 4/4
160# Peyton Bendure 4/4
171# Sam Linder 1/7
189# Nathan Vander Linden 5/3
250# Dustin Lister 2/8
** Looked at online results and they wrong in several areas. We kept a scorebook for each dual and each match result. Thanks to Coach Casteel!

Great Group of young men that were very coachable and developed into a real team over the 2 days!! They were proud to be "KANSAS STRONG!" I also had a chance to work with Shawn Budke and Corey Casteel as coaches. Two great guys to coach with over the two days and 170+ matches we had in 8 duals! It was an honor to work with coaches that have the Character & Integrity to develop young men into Champions on the Mat & in Life!! We also had a great group of parents that were constantly helping and supporting not only their wrestlers, but all the Kansas Army wrestlers. They kept score, timed, were towel tappers, were getting water and nutrition for the guys, and much more. Thank you parents for making this great trip possible for your kids!! It will pay dividends for years to come!

Finally, thanks to James Cook for organizing this event!! Many, many hours involved!! We greatly appreciated the Niswonger Family, Dwight Lister and the other Parents that helped organized breakfast, lunch and snacks throughout both days!! Also, to the drivers, room supervisors, table workers, coaches, and many more that helped in everyway possible!! It was a proud weekend to be with Team Kansas!!

Proud to be Kansas Strong - The Team #4 Army Breakout for each dual!
Doug Vander Linden
Burlington Wrestling