Emilio will be wrestling for 5th later today!

Millsap's loss knocked him out.

Butler up later this morning!

There are 1,064 wrestlers entered in the Junior Nationals freestyle tournament, an increase of 16 from last year.

There were 4,152 total entries in the eight-day ASICS/Vaughan Junior and Cadet Nationals, an increase of 182 from last year. The numbers in all seven tournaments went up this year in Fargo.

That was strange ... a temporary but complete power outage in the dome!!

Junior 285 Round 6 (Bout 8947 M 2) - Nathan Butler (Kansas) vs. Jesse Webb (Alabama

Match #6 Nathan Butler (Kansas) over Jesse Webb (Alabama) Dec 4-0

... that's it for a few hours!

Nathan has won his pool and will be wrestling in the Junior National heavyweight championship title match. The final match of the tournament! His opponent is undetermined at this point, but will almost certainly be Adam Coon of Michigan. This will be a tough match, but what else would you expect for the national title?

(sorry, had some connection problems)

I'm now at the Cadet Finals where Emilio will be competing in about 45 minutes or so!

As Mike reported, Nathan Butler has earned his way into the Championship match! The Junior finals begin at 10 am tomorrow!

Cadet 195 Finals (Bout 6960 M 3) - Emilio Fowler (Kansas) vs. Brian Barnes (Oregon)

This is a bit misleading, that was my thought when I heard them announce these numbers over the PA. There were 1007 Cadet FS wrestlers and 1062 (according to trackwrestling)Junior FS wrestlers. Most of these wrestlers were in Greco or should I say nearly all Greco wrestlers compete in FS too. Either way your information counts most competitors twice. So roughly 2100 DIFFERENT competitors in the four main events of the week. Just offering some clarity.

86 Cadet Women FS
225 Junior Women FS

The seventh event being Women's duals so that would not add any additional wrestlers to the count either. So a total of 2400-2500 different wrestlers were in Fargo competing this week.

Emilio Fowler is a Cadet double All-American!! He placed 5th in Freestyle defeating Barnes of Oregon!

Add Emilio Fowler to the list of those you have doubled up in Fargo!!

Cadet-94 - Riley Alderman's place is unknown.
Match #1 Riley Alderman (Kansas) over Ross Rayfield (Ohio) TF 12-2
Match #2 Jet Tryon (Missouri) over Riley Alderman (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #3 Kordell Rush (Pennsylvania) over Riley Alderman (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-113 - Thomas Lisher's place is unknown.
Match #1 Thomas Lisher (Kansas) over Owen Rill (Maryland) TF 12-2
Match #2 Thomas Lisher (Kansas) over Jackson Marchant (Arkansas) TF 15-5
Match #3 Ted Rico (Arizona) over Thomas Lisher (Kansas) TF 11-0
Match #4 Jake Newhouse (Ohio) over Thomas Lisher (Kansas) TF 11-0

Cadet-113 - Tate Carney's place is unknown.
Match #1 Ryan Leisure (Iowa) over Tate Carney (Kansas) TF 14-4
Match #2 Tate Carney (Kansas) over Caleb Voss (Minnesota) TF 11-0
Match #3 Tate Carney (Kansas) over Alexander Kline (Maryland) TF 10-0
Match #4 Eric Hong (Pennsylvania) over Tate Carney (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-113 - Jacob Bonham's place is unknown.
Match #1 Taylor Ortz (Pennsylvania) over Jacob Bonham (Kansas) TF 14-3
Match #2 Jacob Bonham (Kansas) over Cody Reynolds (Arkansas) Fall 0:33
Match #3 Aaron Klauder (Washington) over Jacob Bonham (Kansas) TF 15-5

Cadet-120 - DJ Ballard's place is unknown.
Match #1 DJ Ballard (Kansas) over Kyle Carey (Wyoming) Fall 4:52
Match #2 DJ Ballard (Kansas) over Austin Smith (Maryland) Dec 14-8
Match #3 Mavrick Alexander (Missouri) over DJ Ballard (Kansas) Dec 9-8
Match #4 Gabriel Townsell (Illinois) over DJ Ballard (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-120 - Tristan Porsch's place is unknown.
Match #1 Tristan Porsch (Kansas) over Brycen Swan (Oklahoma) Fall 1:10
Match #2 Christian Bahl (Minnesota) over Tristan Porsch (Kansas) TF 11-0
Match #3 Matt McKinney (Indiana) over Tristan Porsch (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-120 - Christian Bowen's place is unknown.
Match #1 Christian Bowen (Kansas) over Dylan Gregerson (Utah) Fall 0:27
Match #2 Christian Bowen (Kansas) over Brandon Kile (Nebraska) Fall 2:31
Match #3 Matthew Noble (New Jersey) over Christian Bowen (Kansas) Fall 1:19
Match #4 CJ Red (Indiana) over Christian Bowen (Kansas) Dec 6-4

Cadet-120 - Mason Wallace's place is unknown.
Match #1 Mason Wallace (Kansas) over Jackson Wilson (Utah) TF 15-5
Match #2 Mason Wallace (Kansas) over Dylan Duffalo (Montana) TF 14-3
Match #3 Wilson Smith (North Carolina) over Mason Wallace (Kansas) Fall 2:51
Match #4 Mason Wallace (Kansas) over Charles McNeal (Missouri) TF 14-3
Match #5 Quinn Devaney (Maryland) over Mason Wallace (Kansas) TF 11-0

Cadet-126 - Tyler Norton's place is unknown.
Match #1 Zachary Ritchie (Alaska) over Tyler Norton (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Nico O`Dor (Ohio) over Tyler Norton (Kansas) Dec 12-4

Cadet-126 - Doug Newcomb's place is unknown.
Match #1 Andres Gandara (Arizona) over Doug Newcomb (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Doug Newcomb (Kansas) over Mario Peregrina (Idaho) Fall 3:00
Match #3 Marty Margolis (Maryland) over Doug Newcomb (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-126 - Griffin Bossingham's place is unknown.
Match #1 Matthew Pool (Arizona) over Griffin Bossingham (Kansas) Fall 2:37
Match #2 Griffin Bossingham (Kansas) over Paul Hutton (Maryland) Fall 2:06
Match #3 Griffin Bossingham (Kansas) over Logan Erdman (Kentucky) Dec 21-13
Match #4 Jordan McGonigle (Pennsylvania) over Griffin Bossingham (Kansas) TF 18-8

Cadet-126 - Cody McDonald's place is unknown.
Match #1 Harold Miguel Torres (Puerto Rico) over Cody McDonald (Kansas) Fall 0:45
Match #2 Brady Ford (New Jersey) over Cody McDonald (Kansas) Dec 14-13

Cadet-132 - Blake Stovall's place is unknown.
Match #1 Blake Stovall (Kansas) over Creed Lumpp (Virginia) TF 11-0
Match #2 Blake Stovall (Kansas) over Matthew Rustad (Minnesota) TF 13-2
Match #3 Blake Stovall (Kansas) over Michael Peters (Illinois) Fall 5:38
Match #4 Jake Hartman (Pennsylvania) over Blake Stovall (Kansas) Dec 12-9
Match #5 Sam Morina (New Jersey) over Blake Stovall (Kansas) Fall 1:23

Cadet-132 - Iverson Robb's place is unknown.
Match #1 Joey Santos (Washington) over Iverson Robb (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Evan Eldred (Indiana) over Iverson Robb (Kansas) TF 11-0

Cadet-138 - Pierce Holyfield's place is unknown.
Match #1 Kaleb Young (Pennsylvania) over Pierce Holyfield (Kansas) TF 11-0
Match #2 Jesse Jefferies (Missouri) over Pierce Holyfield (Kansas) TF 11-0

Cadet-138 - Connor Penka's place is unknown.
Match #1 Wyatt Wyckoff (California) over Connor Penka (Kansas) Fall 0:58
Match #2 Keegan McCormick (Missouri) over Connor Penka (Kansas) TF 12-0

Cadet-145 - Keaton Barnes's place is unknown.
Match #1 Daniel Terronez (Illinois) over Keaton Barnes (Kansas) TF 11-1
Match #2 Kiyanu Baker (Minnesota) over Keaton Barnes (Kansas) TF 11-1

Cadet-170 - Peyton Bendure's place is unknown.
Match #1 Beau Breske (Wisconsin) over Peyton Bendure (Kansas) TF 10-0
Match #2 Clark Woodward (Oregon) over Peyton Bendure (Kansas) Fall 2:13

Cadet-170 - Nathan Mikoleit's place is unknown.
Match #1 Tyler Selemaea (Missouri) over Nathan Mikoleit (Kansas) TF 12-2
Match #2 Tristen Tonte (Indiana) over Nathan Mikoleit (Kansas) TF 10-0

Cadet-195 - Emilio Fowler's place is 5th.
Match #1 Tevis Bartlett (Wyoming) over Emilio Fowler (Kansas) Dec 12-10
Match #2 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Nick McShea (New York) TF 14-4
Match #3 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Jerek Cropper (Ohio) TF 10-0
Match #4 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Michael Rogers (Pennsylvania) Dec 22-18
Match #5 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Randy Scott (Indiana) Fall 1:46
Match #6 Matthew Correnti (New Jersey) over Emilio Fowler (Kansas) Dec 13-11
Match #7 Emilio Fowler (Kansas) over Brian Barnes (Oregon) Fall 2:34

Cadet-220 - Sage Eckman's place is unknown.
Match #1 Sage Eckman (Kansas) over Christan Dischler (Wisconsin) TF 12-1
Match #2 David Padilla (California) over Sage Eckman (Kansas) Fall 2:03
Match #3 Shane Coombs (Colorado) over Sage Eckman (Kansas) Dec 16-8

Yes, I agree but regardless, the numbers were up slightly in all segments!

We found a Ford vehicle key in the dorms. No one still here on our team has claimed the key, so if you were in Fargo with the team and are missing a key, send me an email (mikejuby@usawks.com).

At the JR's National Championships where Nathan Butler of Leavenworth, KS will be competing for a National title soon!!

Over 7,700 matches were held this week!!

It's Time!!

Junior 285 Finals (Bout 9085 M 1) - Adam Coon (Michigan) vs. Nathan Butler (Kansas)

1st period ... Coon counters for 2 locks up the ankle lace and it is over quickly ... 4 laces in a row ... and it is the 2nd straight Triple Crown for Adam Coon.

I am sure it wasn't what Nathan Butler wanted but he will always be a runnerup in the Junior Nationals!

More than that, Nathan cements himself as being a top drawer young man! He will not allow his wrestling accomplishments to define him. He is outstanding young man and his future is bright!!

Nathan Butler is an All-American!!

That's it from Fargo 2013!!

Back home! I arrived in Ottawa about 1:20 am on Sunday!

A few thoughts!

As always, to our graduated seniors! You each have represented Kansas well. You each have been members of Team Kansas and have accomplished greatness ... alone and as a Team!

While you may not wear a Team Kansas singlet again, always know that we are here to support you! Whether you are wrestling in College or getting on with your life in some other way, you will carry on with pride!