2017 UWW Cadet and University Nationals

Most Intriguing Potential Cadet Freestyle Matches

Most Intriguing Potential Cadet Freestyle Matches

The cadets are all weighed in and there are going to be some fireworks out the gate. We've taken a look at the brackets and found some early round matches that will surely be action packed.

Jun 3, 2017 by Ryan Holmes
Most Intriguing Potential Cadet Freestyle Matches
Lights, camera, action. It's time to enter the land of the leg grabbers.

The cadets are all weighed in and there are going to be some fireworks out the gate. We've taken a look at the brackets and found some early round matches that will surely be action packed. 

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50kg
I like this weight a lot. Trevor Mastrogiovanni could have an interesting path, He can meet returning placer Andrew Chambal in the round of 16 followed by Julian Tagg in the quarters. Also, Anthony Clark and Sam Latona will be probably one of the best matchups to go down in this bracket.


54kg
Talk about a good one early on with a pair of FloNational finalists in Ben Kamali and Jakob Camacho hitting in the second round. The match that I'm really looking forward to could be coming in the quarters with Brody Teske meeting Robert Howard. 


58kg
Here we will get a pair of second round matches that will be very intriguing. Carson Manville and Josh Saunders are two very talented youngsters who could meet in the second round. Both these guys have been wrestling against a lot of high level guys in their short careers, but now we will get to see how they match up against one another. Also, Bryce Andonian and Jesse Vasquez are headed for each other in this round as well. Jordan Decatur could have a nice test against Andrew Alirez in the quarters here as well.


63kg
Last year in Fargo Jacori Teemer and Mason Philips met in the finals, here they will each face some young and talented guys early on. Phillips, who just claimed a spot on the Cadet Greco World team, will face Victor Voinovich while Teemer will have Kevon Davenport. Davenport reminds me of Teemer and that's more of a reason that I like this match. Voinovich has been a round and competed plenty. I'm not sure he's ready for the Fargo runner-up, but he will compete.


69kg
There are three matches here that you should keep a close eye on. In the second round, Connor Brady and Matt Grippi can meet. Brady recently defeated Cameron Amine, who can have a young and tough Carter Starocci in the round of 16. Lastly, i think this is a sneaky match to keep an eye on is Peyton Robb vs Caleb Hetrick. I've got a feeling it's going to be a good match in the first round.


76kg
Gerrit Nijenhuis is young and scrappy. Michael O'Malley will be looking to contain his scrappy style when they meet in the second round. A possible quarterfinal between Josh Stillings (my dark horse in this brackets) vs Patrick Kennedy is another great one to keep an eye on here as well. Lastly, this will be super intriguing. Julian Ramirez and Edmond Ruth will have a round of 16 meeting and the winner will most likely see returning Cadet World Bronze medalist Travis Wittlake. This will be a good path to follow.


85kg
Lucas Davidson and Charlie Cadell will be a good bout to watch for here in the round of 16 as well as FloNational champ Gavin Hoffman vs Tyler Barnes coming in the quarters.