Behind The Scenes At Fargo

There is so much going on in Fargo that one person can’t possible take in everything that goes over the course of several days at the Freestyle National Tournament, especially when you’re trying to focus on Cadets and Juniors for both boys and girls. And, even all of the things that I saw, I didn’t…

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Baker Claims Third Title To Lead Junior Girls

FARGO, N.D. – Vayle Baker is experienced enough to know not to panic when she was put on the shot clock in the 117-pound finals of the Girls Junior National Freestyle Tournament on Wednesday. Instead, she stayed with her game plan against Phoenix Dubose of Washington. A few seconds after giving up a point for…

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Seymour Leads Three Cadet Champs As PA Finishes Third

FARGO, N.D. – Greco-Roman might not be Sheldon Seymour’s favorite style of wrestling, but when he won a stop sign in it, he wasn’t about to complain. Seymour captured the 106-pound title at the Cadet National Greco-Roman Tournament on Thursday – the first of three championships for Team Pennsylvania, which finished third in the team…

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Fischer Lands Junior Title To Lead Team PA

FARGO, N.D. – Joey Fischer has been hungry for the past four months – and not just because of the weight he needed to cut to wrestle 100 pounds at the Junior National Freestyle Tournament. Fischer, who will be a sophomore at South Park High School, said not medaling at the PIAA 2A tournament in…

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Stout, Manville Take Different Paths To Fargo Titles

FARGO, N.D. – Carson Manville and Luke Stout both come from strong wrestling backgrounds, but they’re different in many ways. The one common bond? They each won Cadet National Freestyle Tournament championships on Monday as Team Pennsylvania captured the team title. Manville, who won freestyle and Greco-Roman titles for Minnesota last year before his family…

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Manville, Stout Lead Cadets To Team Championship

FARGO, N.D. – Winning a team title at the Cadet Freestyle National Tournament is very difficult – as evidenced by the fact that only five states have done it in the event’s 33-year history. Doing it without two of your top team members? That’s nearly unheard of. That’s exactly what Team Pennsylvania did on Monday.…

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Starocci Leads Quartet Into Junior Semifinals At Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – So far, so good as Carter Starocci makes the jump from Cadets to Juniors. The Erie Cathedral Prep rising senior advanced to the 170-pound semifinals and locked up his status as an All-American at the Junior Freestyle National Tournament on Monday, to join Pennsylvania teammates Joey Fischer (100) pounds), Jackson Henson (132)…

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Cadets Lock Up Fargo Team Title

FARGO, N.D. – The medal round won’t begin until 2 p.m. Eastern, but Pennsylvania has already locked up the team title at the Cadet Freestyle National Tournament. Four Team PA wrestlers will wrestle on the main stage in the final round while 10 others will be wrestling in the placement rounds. Carson Manville (145 pounds),…

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