Zach Vesta picks up a win!!

I just noticed this match on the schedule:

Cadet 119 Round 4 (Bout 1156) - Critter Witte (Delaware) vs. Brandon Charbonneau (Kansas)

... I guess as long as the Critter made weight, Brandon has to wrestle ... it!

Here's a link to watch Chase Nelson's post championship interview.

http://wrestling.flocasts.org/videos/cov...et-145-gr-champ

WOW ... and the Critter was a beast ... pinned Charby in the second period.

DeShazer logs another win!

Ryne Cokeley wins the 1st, 7-1. He repeats and wins the next, 7-1!

Bryce Hood goes 3-periods with a foe from Pennsylvania ... Bryce loses the third and suffers his second loss.

It is another win for Parker Madl!!

Garrett Jones takes a second loss.

Jason Seibel lost his next match by pinfall ... that is Jason's first loss in Freestyle.

Nick Pursel won the 1st period, 4-3. He won the next, 6-0!

Patrick Cervantes wins a 3-period match!!

Wow I just checked out the Cadet 119 bracket. The wrestler that beat DeShazer in the grec finals (Aaron Runzo fo Virginia) went 1-2 in freestlye and is out of the tourney.

Is this kid just a greco kid or did he just get a tough draw?

Joshua Bush lost the 1st period, 1-7. In the second, he was pinned.

Leo Beck lost his second bout.

In my estimation ... Daniel would beat Runzo 7, maybe 8 times out of 10. The two cautions Daniel picked up were the deciding factor in the outcome!

But 119 is loaded ... Charby can attest to that! From what I've been told there were 66 entries for Greco and 97 entries for Freestyle.

I agree with your prediction on the 7 or 8 out of 10. I was just wondering. Wow 97 kids in one weight class thats huge.

John Denner is leading the first period 5-0 ... he picks up another point and wins the 1st. In the 2nd, Denner takes a 3-0 lead ... Big John scores the fall and advances!!

Jesse Austin suffers his second loss.

Tommy Williams takes his second loss.

Cadet 98 Round 4 (Bout 1399 Mat 6) - Brendan Walsh (Ohio) vs. Zack Vesta (Kansas)
Cadet 125 Round 5 (Bout 1464 Mat 3) - Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) vs. Joe Schumacher (N Dakota)
Cadet 130 Round 4 (Bout 1474 Mat 20) - Cole Hayes (Tennessee) vs. Parker Madl (Kansas)
Cadet 140 Round 4 (Bout 1499) - Connor Williamson (Missouri) vs. Patrick Cervantes (Kansas)
Cadet 140 Round 4 (Bout 1506) - Jason Seibel (Kansas) vs. Seth Thomas (Oregon)
Cadet 145 Round 4 (Bout 1520) - Chase Nelson (Kansas) vs. Taylor Jackson (Florida)
Cadet 152 Round 4 (Bout 1531) - Devin Aguirre (Oklahoma) vs. Nick Pursel (Kansas)
Cadet 285 Round 3 (Bout 1592) - John Denner (Kansas) vs. Ruben Herrera (California

Ryne Cokeley had a solid, workman-like, win!

Jason Seibel suffers his second loss in this tourney. Jason though, made a fairly good accounting for himself!

Zach Vesta "wrestled his best match of the day," according to Coach Peterman ... in winning 1-0, 2-1!

Patrick Cervantes scores with 2 seconds left to tie the match and win the period! In the second, Patrick takes a 2-0 lead ... he wins the period by pin! Cervantes made a huge sacrifice and reduced his weight for this tournament ... he's looked great ... and is the surprise of Team Kansas!

Chase Nelson, to nobodies surprise, picks up another win!

It took Parker a little while to get on-track but he does, winning 2-5,6-0,6-0!

Nick Pursel takes his first loss ... by fall.

John Denner loses the first period ... in the second period, he suffers a fall ... John takes his second loss.

Cadet 98 Round 5 (Bout 1618 Mat 18) - Zack Vesta (Kansas) vs. Valyen Rauser (Montana)
Cadet 119 Round 6 (Bout 1640 Mat 14) - Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) vs. Johnni Dijulius (Ohio)
Cadet 130 Round 5 (Bout 1664) - Parker Madl (Kansas) vs. Pete Baldwin (Florida)
Cadet 140 Round 5 (Bout 1681) - Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) vs. Tyler Lusht (N York)
Cadet 145 Round 5 (Bout 1695) - Chase Nelson (Kansas) vs. Tyler Dunne (N York)
Cadet 152 Round 5 (Bout 1701) - Bryce Hammond (California) vs. Nick Pursel (Kansas)

DeShazer takes a turn ... he is battling a foe from Ohio ... after 2-minutes the match is scoreless ... Daniel wins the flip ... Daniel quickly scores from the Freestyle clinch.

In the second ... Daniel scores on the duck-under ... and quickly takes a 5-0 lead on turns ... one last duck and Daniel wins!

Vesta loses by tech fall.

Cervantes continues to impress ... he wins another!

Chase found himself in an early hole but battled back for the pin!

Nick Pursel suffers his second loss.

Parker Madl won another to remain ... undefeated!

Cadet-119 - Daniel Deshazer's place is unknown.
Match #1 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) over Blake Hataway (Tennessee) Fall 6-0,0:15
Match #2 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) over Ty Lydic (Pennsylvania) Dec 2-3,4-0,1-0
Match #3 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) over Lajames Buchanan (Virginia) Dec 4-0,7-0
Match #4 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) over Travis Rife (Michigan) Dec 2-0,7-0
Match #5 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) received a bye.
Match #6 Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) over Johnni Dijulius (Ohio) Dec 1-0,6-0

Cadet-125 - Ryne Cokeley's place is unknown.
Match #1 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) over Alan Alvarez (Florida) Dec 6-0,7-2
Match #2 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) over Brock Brown (Utah) Fall 1-0,0:37
Match #3 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) over A.J. Zemke (Wisconsin) Dec 6-0,1-0
Match #4 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) over Tj Peretti (Washington) TF 7-1,7-1
Match #5 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) over Joe Schumacher (N Dakota) Dec 2-1,7-2
Match #6 Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) received a bye.

Cadet-130 - Parker Madl's place is unknown.
Match #1 Parker Madl (Kansas) over Jake Beichner (N York) Dec 7-1,2-0
Match #2 Parker Madl (Kansas) over Michael Shaughnessy (N Jersey) Dec 2-1,6-0
Match #3 Parker Madl (Kansas) over Tony Lovejoy (Indiana) Dec 2-1,8-2
Match #4 Parker Madl (Kansas) over Cole Hayes (Tennessee) TF 2-5,6-0,6-0
Match #5 Parker Madl (Kansas) over Pete Baldwin (Florida) Dec 3-0,4-2

Cadet-140 - Patrick Cervantes's place is unknown.
Match #1 Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) over Bo Schlosser (Illinois) Fall 3-1,1:46
Match #2 Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) over Zack Rogers (N Mexico) TF 7-0,7-1
Match #3 Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) over Scott Bosak (Pennsylvania) Dec 0-1,2-2,2-0
Match #4 Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) over Connor Williamson (Missouri) Fall 1-1,1:21
Match #5 Patrick Cervantes (Kansas) over Tyler Lusht (N York) Dec 1-0,2-0

Cadet-145 - Chase Nelson's place is unknown.
Match #1 Chase Nelson (Kansas) over David Soltisz (Michigan) Fall 0:48
Match #2 Chase Nelson (Kansas) over Jesse Docken (S Dakota) Fall 1:01
Match #3 Chase Nelson (Kansas) received a bye.
Match #4 Chase Nelson (Kansas) over Taylor Jackson (Florida) Fall 8-0,0:35
Match #5 Chase Nelson (Kansas) over Tyler Dunne (N York) Fall 1:50

Upcoming matches ... tomorrow!

Cadet 119 Round 7 (Bout ?) - Daniel Deshazer (Kansas) vs. Jesse Delgado (California)
Cadet 125 Round 7 (Bout ?) - Ryne Cokeley (Kansas) vs. Kris Newport (Oregon)
Cadet 130 Round 6 (Bout ?) - Parker Madl (Kansas) vs. Nathan Burak (Colorado)
Cadet 145 Round 6 (Bout ?) - Chase Nelson (Kansas) vs. Sean Mcmurray (Indiana)

I am assuming Cervantes will have a bye!

Randy,
Thanks for all your hardwork. I have sent an email to two sports writers in Wichita hoping to gain some more exposure for the Kansas guys. I would urge others to do the same (your local paper or news media)and include a link to this site so that the writers could follow along. Kansas is having great success and needs to strike while the iron is hot. Even though I'm not coaching in my new state (yet), I'm saddened that I have only 2 athletes from SC to follow in this event. Checking in on Kansas keeps the fire burning. Keep up the great work team Kansas!

Thanks ... yes we need to promote wrestling every chance we get. We also need to celebrate our successes!

Junior Freestyle starts in about an hour!!

I'd also like to thank Randy for his contributions in posting these updates. This morning, during one of the (way too many) meetings held up here, we were reminded that this is the 16th year that the Junior/Cadet National Championships have been held in Fargo. Included with our state's delegation at this event are some people who I believe have been here every one of those 16 years, and should receive acknowledgement. First are Chuck and Cherie Elvin - Cherie is here working as a pairings official and Chuck is here in his capacity as the assistant director of the Junior Council and board member of USA Wrestling. When the nationals were moved to Fargo, Chuck was the state chairman for Kansas.

Also included in this list are coach Dennis Charbonneau and mat official Mark Anderson, with coach Scott Rieck coming in close behind them. By comparison, I'm a newby on the block, experiencing my eleventh trip up here. Seven years ago I enticed Randy Hinderliter into coming with me to experience the event and, although he had to leave early that year, managed to thoroughly hook him - something that I'm sure is greatly appreciated by everyone following his reports.

Here is a complete list of this year's Kansas delegation, all of whom are working hard and representing your state well. If you know any of these individuals I would ask that you thank them for the work they do on behalf of our state and its athletes:

Junior Coaches:
Mike Garcia
Scott Rieck
Austin DeVoe
Jarrett Edison

Cadet Coaches:
Tom Peterman
Dennis Charbonneau
Russ Hermreck
Mike Church
Matt Jobe

Pairings Officials:
Cherie Elvin
Marcie Altman
Cindy Shavlik

Mat Officials:
Mark Anderson
Charles Knox
Drew Anderson

Other Delegates:
Chuck Elvin
Mike Juby
Randy Hinderliter

I want to take this moment to point out the efforts of a few others who do Kansas proud! That being our mat officials and our pairing officials.

Across the way beside Mat 1, our Mark Anderson is conducting a rules clinic. We are fortunate to have Mark. He is one of the fixtures at the National level competitions and Inter-Nationally he is becoming a key component.

Charlie Knox has been coming to Fargo for several years. His enthusiasm is contagious! Perhaps his greater asset to Team Kansas is as a club coach!!

Also filling the bill as a coach who officiate is Drew Anderson. Drew is a fantastic young man who is impacting the State and National scene.

Our pairing officials at Fargo are Marcie Altman, Cindy Shavlik and Cherie Elvin. Clearly, between those three, they help insure this tourney runs smooth!

Last but certainly now least is Chuck Elvin! As you know Chuck represents the needs of Kansas, sitting on several boards and committees' within USA Wrestling. And if those duties aren't enough, he is a constant fixture matside ... being a fan of Kansas wrestling and showing his support!!

There have been others in the past and hopefully there will be others in the future!