Today marks the 6^th day in Budapest for the Cadet World Championships. Yesterday was a big day for USA wrestling and there will be an article on that, but the Greco-Roman team looks to capture that momentum.

Today is the first set of finals and Medal Matches for Greco-Roman and Team USA will have 3 wrestlers competing for medals. They will be Otto Black at 48 KG who is competing for Bronze, Cory Land at 55 KG who will be competing for Gold, and at 110 KG James Mullen will be wrestling in the repechage round to earn a spot into the Bronze medal match.

Today’s medal matchups:

48 KG Bronze – Otto Black (USA) vs Faraim Mustafyev (Azerbaijan)

55 KG Gold – Cory Land (USA) vs Valerii Mangutov (Russia)

110 KG Bronze – James Mullen (USA) vs Artur Sarkisjan (Czech Republic)

Now for today’s new weights, 45 KG, 51 KG, 60 KG, 71 KG, 92 KG will get started today wrestling through the Semi-finals.

45 KG

A familiar face will take the mat for Team USA and that will be PA native Bo Bassett who has became a wrestling celebrity as of late. Bassett is coming off of a Freestyle World Title that he won on Wednesday. For how he qualified for the Greco-Roman team, Bassett beat 16U two-way Fargo champion Mack Mauger fairly soundly. Bassett will take on Ruslan Lukiaev of Russia in the Qualification Round.

51 KG

For the US, Kaedyn Williams of PA will be on the mat. In Cadet Nationals Williams beat recent 16U Fargo All American Treygen Morin and beat him in 2 of 3 matches. Williams will take on Abolfazl Ahmad Shahrakiniya of Iran in the Qualification Round.

60 KG

Up to 60 KG now where Brock Bobzien of California will be on the mat. At Cadet Nationals Bovzien dominated his way through his bracket to the finals where he took on Ayson Rice and won 2 straight matches. Bobzien will take on Bagdat Sabaz of Kazakhstan in the Qualification Round.

71 KG

Now to 71 KG where Braden Stauffenberg of Illinois will take the mat. Stauffenberg at Cadet Nationals earned his spot by beating Malachi Rider in 2 straight matches. Stauffenberg will very taking on Ruslan Nurullayev of Azerbaijan in the Round of 16.

92 KG

Finally for today Nathaniel Wemstrom from Illinois will be on the mat for Team USA. Wemstrom at Cadet Nationals took on Connor Barket in the finals where he won 2 straight matches to earn his world Team spot. Wemstrom will be taking in Rasmus Liisma of Estonia in the Round of 16.

Action kicks off at the usual 5:30 AM on flowrestling and full Team USA Greco-Roman Results can be found here (Greco-Roman Results and Matchups). Make sure to check back on that link as I will be updating Team USA results as the tournament goes on.

Today is day 5 of the Cadet World Championships and it marks the start of the Men’s Greco-Roman tournament and the end of the Women’s Freestyle tournament.

For the Women’s side it wraps up today with repechage matches this morning and the finals later today. For Team USA 3 in the finals and 1 in the repechage. At 46 KG, Ava Ward has Ukraine’s Zadvorna in the repechage match to get to the bronze medal match. Then later in the finals at 40 KG Erica Pastoriza will be taking on Romanian Voiculescu. Then at 53 KG, Katie Gomez will be taking on the Russian Khramenkova. Finally for the USA at 69 KG, Amit Elor will be taking on Siedykh from Ukraine. The finals will be at 12:00 PM on flowrestling .

Now to Greco-Roman:

Today the Cadets will be wrestling Greco-Roman at 48 KG, 55 KG, 65 KG, 80 KG, 110 KG.

48 KG

For Team USA we will see Otto Black from Colorado. Black actually beat a Freestyle Team member in Luke Lilledahl in the Cadet Nationals Semi-Finals. Black in the finals actually lost to Aden Valencia in the finals but Valencia opted to wrestle at Fargo so it’s next man up. Black will take on Yuri Karapetyan from Armenia in the Round of 16.

55 KG

Now up to 55 KG where Cory Land from Alabama. Land was on the 2019 Cadet World team and took 8^th in the World Championships. Cory Land had some big wins at Cadet Nationals beating 16U Fargo runner up Kamdyn Williams and winning 2 straight in the finals to earn his spot. Land will be taking on Berati Inac of Turkey in the Round of 16.

65 KG

Jadon Skellenger from Idaho will be on the mat at 65 KG for Team USA. Skellinger earned his spot by beating Joel Adams in 2 straight matches to get to Budapest. Skellenger will be taking on Rokas Cepauskas of Lithuania in the Qualification Round this morning.

80 KG

Ryder Rogotzke from Minnesota will be on the mat for Team USA. Rogotzke dominated his bracket at Cadet Nationals where he did not stay on the mat for the full time in any of his matches. Rogotzke beat Antony Tuttle in 2 straight matches to earn his spot. Rogotzke will be taking on Mihael Salajec of Crotia in the Round of 16.

110 KG

Finally for today we will see Jim Mullen from New Jersey. Just like Bo Bassett tomorrow, Mullen made both the Cadet Freestyle and Cadet Greco-Roman and will compete in both. Mullen advanced through his Cadet Nationals bracket and was a Cadet World finalist on the Freestyle side just a couple days ago an took Silver. He will be facing Nikita Ovsjanikov from Germany in the Round of 16.

The action kicks off at 5:30 AM again, over on flowrestling .

Wednesday saw the end of the Men’s Freestyle tournament at the Cadet World Championships and what a fun tournament it was.

The USA had one of its best overall team performance in recent years taking 2^nd as a team and finally beating Russia. India outlasted the United States and won by 4 points to take 1^st place. The United States had 2 world champions, 3 world silver medalists and 1 Bronze medalist. In total the US was in half of the tournaments finals and some members of the team had completely dominated their weights.

Let’s breakdown how each weight went for Team USA.

45 KG

I think that this was an eye opening performance that USA wrestling and its fans were looking for at Cadet World’s and it came from 14 year old Bo Bassett from Pennsylvania. Oh and for my PA High School Wrestling fans reading this get used to his name because he’s going to Bishop McCort. Bassett, who will be wrestling in Greco-Roman in just a couple of days, wrestled 4 matches and they didn’t go the distance. Bassett took on Khelaia in his first match and it was entertaining. Bassett was the aggressor and all the points were scored off of counters by Khelaia. Then Bassett scored rattled off 10 straight points and picked up the fall after that. In his second match he took on Isparov of Azerbaijan and it went a lot like the first with Bassett getting the second period fall after trailing at a point. In the Semi-Finals Bassett teched Iskandarov of Uzbekistan. Iskandarov opened up with a takedown but then it was all Bassett. Bassett had 2 4 point moves and a couple takedown in less than a minute to earn the tech fall in 1:25 by a score of 13-2. The finals for Bassett was the exclamation point as he took on the Russian Ashinov. Bassett again was the aggressor and gave up an early takedown but then it was all Bassett. Bassett rattled off 3 takedown and a brutal arm bar to a half and put Ashinov right on his back to earn Gold.

48 KG

Here we saw the United States, second medal of 6 as Luke Lilledahl took home silver. Lilledahl went 3-1 in the tournament before losing in the finals to Aman from India. Lilledahl first took out a Russian in his opening match as he collected an early lead and held on for a 9-7 victory. In his Quarterfinal match he cruised through taking an early lead and stuck with it winning 8-1. He then advanced to the Semi’s taking on Aitanov from Kazakhstan. This was a tough match as Lilledahl fell behind early 3-0 but rattled off 2 takedown including a takedown with 25 seconds left to advance to the finals. Aman mostly controlled this bout but at a point it was 3-2 before Aman took Lilledahl late in the 2^nd period to seal the deal.

51 KG

Nate Jesuroga is our third medalist as he took home the Bronze Medal. Jesuroga opened his first match against Dogan from Turkey where Jesuroga took an early lead. Headed to the final minute Dogan was leading on criteria so it was on Jesuroga to be the aggressor and he did just that. Jesuroga got a takedown in the last 7 seconds to move onto the Quarters. Then in the Quarters he ran into Jumanazarov of Uzbekistan who had his number. It was a second period tech fall. With Jumanazarov making it to the finals so Jesuroga got a second chance in the repechage. Jesuroga won by forfeit in his first match and faced Buniatyan from Armenia. Buniatyan took the lead early but then late in the first period Jesuroga took charge and didn’t look back. Jesuroga took the Bronze Medal match 6-2.

55 KG

This weight was fairly deep and Spencer Moore got up against a good wrestler in his first match. Moore took on Avetisyan of Armenia in his first and only match of the tournament and failed to score. Avetisyan was in control first most of the matchup but it was only 2-0 with 30 seconds left. With Mpore fighting for a takedown his aggressiveness didn’t pay off with Avetisyan getting a takedown and exposure to make it 6-0 and end Moore’s tournament.

60 KG

60 KG saw another early exit as Beau Mantanona lost his first match as he took on Ibrahimov of Azerbaijan. At the end of the first period Ibrahimov took a 2-0 lead and took a 4-0 lead into the final minute of the second period. Mantanona scored 2 push outs and it was 4-2 with 10 seconds left and Ibrahimov scored another 2 at the end of the match and took the bout 6-2.

65 KG

At 65 KG we have our second Cadet World Champion in Meyer Shapiro as he was in control in most of his matches. He recorded 2 falls and a tech fall on his way to gold. Shapiro recorded his first fall in his first match against Yusov of Ukraine. It took Shapiro 1:40 to pin Yusov as he got a takedown right to Yusov’s back and it was all over. Then in the Quarters he took on Zaverbekov from Russia and if we are honest, this should’ve been the matchup for the finals. Shapiro jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead and it looked like a rout but Zavurbekov scored 2 takedown and it was 5-4 At the end of the first period. Zavurbekov then took a 6-5 lead 20 seconds into the second period and held that lead until the last 30 seconds as Shapiro got a takedown and 1 to win 8-6. In the Semi-Finals Shapiro teched Novruzov of Azerbaijan 10-0 in the first period. The dominance continued in the finals but there was a hiccup. Gogritchiani of Georgia was his opponent and 30 seconds into the second period he took a 4-1 lead with a takedown to Shapiro’s back. Shortly after Shapiro rattled off 7 unanswered points and in the final seconds got the fall.

71 KG

Levi Haines only had two matches in this tourney and he went 1-1. Haines in his first match took on Karimov of Uzbekistan and it started out with Karimov taking a 4-0 lead 30 seconds into the bout but with 2 seconds to go Haines got a takedown to the back and tied it up 4-4 and lead by criteria into the break. Haines took that momentum into the second period and led 10-4 before he picked up his fall 54 seconds into the second period. In Haines last match he took on Dogan from Turkey. At the break Dogan had the lead on a push out. Haines got a push out point of his own and it was 1-1 till it hit the 44 second mark when Haines got 2 for exposure but Dogan quickly got 2 exposure for himself and it was 3-3 with Dogan winning by criteria and to seal it Dogan got a step out point with 7 seconds left to end Haines tournament, 4-3.

80 KG

The fourth United States finalist came at this weight and that was James Rowley. Rowley took on the Russian Malachdibirov in his first match and Rowley fell behind early trailing 6-0 before Rowley took down Malachdibirov with 8 seconds left in the first period. A minute into the second period Rowley recorded a takedown and 25 seconds later Rowley got a 4 point move and it was 8-6. After some last ditch attempts from Malachdibirov, Rowley scored 2 with 2 seconds left and took the match 10-6. Rowley took on Mamrosh of yUkraine in the Quarters where he jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first period. Then 30 seconds into the second period Rowley extended his lead to 8-2 and held on despite some great effort from Mamrosh and advance to the Semi’s winning 8-6. Now to the Semi’s where Rowley took on Niccolini of Italy and this was actually tight headed into the break with Rowley leading 2-0. Rowley then opened the floodgates scoring the next 10 out of 12 points and advance to the finals with a 12-2 tech fall. Rowley faced a red hot Jaglan from India in the finals. This was a very competitive match and the outcome was determined by 4 push out points all for Jaglan as Jaglan took the gold 4-0.

92 KG

Future Minnesota Gopher Gavin Nelson wrestled for team USA at 92 KG. Nelson took on Alhefeiti of UAE in the finals and there isn’t much to say because it only lasted 20 seconds. Nelson got a quick takedown and put Alhefeiti on his back and Nelson won by fall in 20 seconds. Next up was Tripon of Romania in the Quarters and not a lot was done here. Nelson got 2 push out points in this one to advance to the Semis. In the Semi-Finals, Nelson ran into Russian Dzhioev and it was all Dzhioev in this one. Nelson lost the Semi-Final match 8-0 and head to the Bronze Medal match. Nelson again ran into a tough match in Kurugliyev of Kazakhstan and it was all Kurugliyev in this winning 4-0.

110 KG

The final wrestler for the US was Jim Mullen and was another finalist for Team USA. Mullen’s first match was against Sahil of India and it came down to criteria. It started out all Mullen as he took an 8-1 lead into the second period. Sahil scored 7 straight points but it wasn’t enough to win on criteria so Mullen moves on. Next up was Gellen from Hubgaryand this was all Mullen. Mullen advances to the Semi-Finals with a 6-1 win. In the Semis Mullen faced Kussainov from Kazakhstan and went mostly like his Quarterfinal match. Mullen held a 1-0 lead into the second period and scored 6 in the second period and surrendered 1 point late to go to the finals winning 7-1. Mullen in the finals took on Masoumi Valadi of Iran and he was on fire. 8 points were scored by Masoumi Valadi in the first 30 seconds and all was needed was a takedown and got that with 25 Seco ds left in the first period to take the gold.

Here we are at Day 4 of the Cadet World Championships and its all Women’s Freestyle today. So what are we going to see today?

Well today is the first round of finals and Medal Matches for 43 KG, 49 KG, 57 KG, 65 KG, and 73 KG with the United States have 4 wrestlers still alive to compete for Bronze. The 2 already in the Bronze Medal match is Audrey Jimenez at 49 KG and Lillian Freitas at 73 KG. There are two in the repechage and that is Angelina Dill at 43 KG and Savannah Cosme at 57 KG. The repechage matches will be first thing in the morning and then the Medal Matches will be at 12:00 PM

The next wave of Women’s Freestyle matches will take place today starting at 5:30 AM with 40 KG, 46 KG, 53 KG, 61 KG, 69 KG wrestling through the Semi-finals today. Here is who is competing for Team USA today:

40 KG

At 40 KG, Arizona native Erica Pastoriza will be taking the mat for Team USA. Pastoriza took on Gigi Bragg in the Cadet Nationals finals beating her in 2 straight matches to earn her spot. She will be facing Aizhan Muratbay from Kazakstan in the Quarterfinals.

46 KG

Up a couple weights, Team USA will be sending out Missouri native Ava Ward. At Cadet Nationals she took on Rianne Murphy and needed all 3 matches in the finals to earn her spot, which shows how tough the weight is domestically. Ward will take on Bulgarian Yana Tsvetelinova Dimitrova in the Qualification Round.

53 KG

California native Katie Gomez will be the 53 KG representative for Team USA. Gomez had a dominating Cadet Nationals tournament picking up 6 tech falls in 7 matches that included 2 of those tech falls in the finals against Jaclyn Deheny. Gomez will take on Gerda Terek from Hungary in the Qualification Round.

61 KG

This right here could be our best weight on the Women’s side with Illinois native Korina Blades. Just like Gomez, Blades dominated her weight at Cadet Nationals 5 tech falls and 1 fall in 7 matches which included 2 tech falls in the finals against Marissa Jimenez. Blades will take on Emilia Mathilde Hartmann from Austria in the first of 2 Qualification Rounds.

69 KG

Finally for today we have another California native Amit Elor taking the mat for Team USA. Elora also dominated her weight at Cadet Nationals picking up 4 falls and 2 tech falls in 6 matches which included 2 falls in the finals against Maggie Graham with the two matches combining to only take 45 seconds out of the possible 8 minutes, yeah dominant. She will take on Barbara Abigel Sere from Romania in the Quarterfinals.

As the same as yesterday all of these matches can be watched on flowrestling and if you want yesterday’s results for the women’s side, you can find them here: WFS Day 3 Results and for the men’s side here: MFS Final Results