Schriever and DeVos win Greco-Roman National Titles

The Asics – USA Wrestling Kids Greco-Roman National tournament was today in Wisconsin and a pair of Iowa middle school wrestlers were able to capture national titles in the Greco-Roman championships. It is the second leg of the Triple Crown, as both Cullan Schriever (77) and Cade DeVos (105) won folkstyle national titles earlier this year, and now can add Greco titles to their already impressive resumes.

Schriever was extremely impressive as he won three of his first four matches by technical fall, with the fourth win still being a dominant 10-4 win. His finals match was closer than some may have expected. Schriever jumped out to a 6-0 first period lead on Paxton Creese, before the Minnesota wrestler came back with six straight to tie it. Schriever was able to get another takedown to go up 8-6 for the win.

Schriever is ranked #12 in Flowrestling’s middle school big board, and just last month was named to the Schoolboy All-Tournament team at the National Duals after he went 16-0 combined in freestyle and Greco-Roman. The crazy stat of that terrific performance was that of his 16 wins, 15 of those were technical falls.

After winning a folkstyle national title at 98 pounds, DeVos bumped to 105 for the freestyle and Greco-Roman legs of the Crown. On paper repeating looked to be a big challenge, as another folkstyle national champion Jon Bailey was in his bracket, but DeVos still prevailed 6-0 in his finals to complete the second leg.

DeVos is ranked #36 by Flowrestling, and as mentioned was one of Iowa’s top wrestlers at the Schoolboy Duals where he went 15-1 on the week, and 8-0 in freestyle. Up next for both of the Iowans is the freestyle tournament which will start tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM.

Iowa also had 5 other Greco-Roman champions in Blake Fox (Bantam 55), Dreshaun Ross (Bantam 75+), Anders Kittelson (Intermediate 60), Kale Petersen (Intermediate 65), and Daniel Max Magayna (Intermediate 87)

Bantam 55 – Blake Fox’s place is 1st and has scored 38.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Blake Fox (Iowa) won by fall over Tyler Wenzel (Wyoming) (Fall 1:09)
Quarterfinal – Blake Fox (Iowa) won by fall over Peyton Logan (Kentucky) (Fall 1:23)
Semifinal – Blake Fox (Iowa) won by tech fall over Wyatt Lewis (Oregon) (TF 16-6)
1st Place Match – Blake Fox (Iowa) won by tech fall over James Hemmila (Illinois) (TF 20-10)

Bantam 75+ – Dreshaun Ross’s place is 1st and has scored 18.50 team points.
Round 1 – Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) won by tech fall over Adonis Bonar (Nebraska) (TF 13-2)
Round 2 – Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) won by fall over Jake Merchlewitz (Minnesota) (Fall 0:30)
Round 3 – Dreshaun Ross (Iowa) won by fall over Zander Glazebrook (Iowa) (Fall 0:15)

Intermediate 60 – Anders Kittelson’s place is 1st and has scored 32.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Anders Kittelson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Anders Kittelson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Kason McGill (Oklahoma) (TF 10-0)
Quarterfinal – Anders Kittelson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Michael DiBenedetto (Illinois) (TF 11-0)
Semifinal – Anders Kittelson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Octavius Jackson (Florida) (TF 10-0)
1st Place Match – Anders Kittelson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Everest Sutton (Oregon) (TF 10-0)

Intermediate 65 – Kale Petersen’s place is 1st and has scored 37.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by tech fall over D `mitri Alarcon (Colorado) (TF 12-0)
Quarterfinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by tech fall over John Allen (Michigan) (TF 10-0)
Semifinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by fall over Alexander Marre (Illinois) (Fall 1:12)
1st Place Match – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by tech fall over Lars Michaelson (Washington) (TF 14-2)

Intermediate 87 – Daniel Max Magayna’s place is 1st and has scored 25.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Daniel Max Magayna (Iowa) won by fall over Pierce Probasco (Kansas) (Fall 1:02)
Semifinal – Daniel Max Magayna (Iowa) won by fall over Joshua Meehl (North Dakota) (Fall 0:25)
1st Place Match – Daniel Max Magayna (Iowa) won by tech fall over Justin Rademacher (Oregon) (TF 12-2)

Schoolboy 77 – Cullan Schriever’s place is 1st and has scored 28.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Cullan Schriever (Iowa) won by tech fall over Gary Steen (Pennsylvania) (TF 11-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Cullan Schriever (Iowa) won by tech fall over Trent Carpenter (Wisconsin) (TF 10-0)
Quarterfinal – Cullan Schriever (Iowa) won by decision over Jacob Rundell (Illinois) (Dec 10-4)
Semifinal – Cullan Schriever (Iowa) won by tech fall over Parker Decker (Texas) (TF 10-0)
1st Place Match – Cullan Schriever (Iowa) won by decision over Paxton Creese (Minnesota) (Dec 8-6)

Schoolboy 105 – Cade DeVos’s place is 1st and has scored 25.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Cade DeVos (Iowa) won by decision over Trey Hardy (Colorado) (Dec 10-4)
Champ. Round 2 – Cade DeVos (Iowa) won by tech fall over Cole Kapplinger (Minnesota) (TF 10-0)
Quarterfinal – Cade DeVos (Iowa) won by decision over Joey Bianchi (Wisconsin) (Dec 6-2)
Semifinal – Cade DeVos (Iowa) won by decision over Alexander Mosconi (Indiana) (Dec 6-2)
1st Place Match – Cade DeVos (Iowa) won by decision over Drew Eller (Colorado) (Dec 6-0)