Super 32 Challenge Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

Please use this thread for discussions in advance, during, and after the Super 32 Challenge for matches that take in the competition. It takes place on 10/15 & 10/16, at Greensboro, NC. Between the Phillies, PSU - Michigan, and the Eagles, as well as other things on my schedule, I won't be able to provide much (if any) coverage of the tournament.

I believe PSU commits Cael Nasdeo, Braeden Davis, and Dalton Perry are competing in the event. I haven't found the brackets, so I can't check if any other commits will be at the event.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

The brackets are posted in FloArena:

FLOARENA

arena.flowrestling.org

 

[Tom McAndrew]

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/8104605-complete-super-32-preview-predictions

 

[Tom McAndrew]

It appears that:
- Cael Nasdeo is seeded 14th @ 120
- Braeden Davis is seeded 5th @ 126
- Dalton Perry is seeded 8th @ 132

Others of interest:
- Bo Bassett is seeded #2 @ 113
- Pierson Manville is seeded #3 @ 138

I have no idea why other PSU verbals are not entered. Josh Barr and Rocco Welsh have been going at it at top tournaments for a few years, but while Rocco is entered @ 170, Josh is not. I'm pretty sure Tyler Kasak was at last year's Super 32, but he doesn't appear to be entered this year. Etc.

120 lbs. is crazy in terms of how deep the field is. 126 is also pretty deep. 138 has a lot of the top-ranked guys.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Some results:

120:
R128: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Jack Dragoumanos (MA), 2-0
R64: #13 Cael Nasdeo TFed Billy Townson (CA), 16-0 @ 2:52
R32: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Zach Stewart (IL), 5-2
R16: #13 Cael Nasdeo fell to #4 Jake Crapps (GA), 7-0
Consolation R16#2: #13 Cael Nasdeo MAJored Brady Roark (MO), 10-0 (it may have been 10-0 when he got the pin)
Consolation R8#1: #13 Cael Nasdeo will face #12 Marcello Milani (MI)

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis will face Tahir Parkins (PA)

I couldn't locate Dalton Perry in the brackets (he might be there -- I didn't have a lot of time to look)

I'm not sure if the above #XX are the seeds or their Flo rankings.

 

[WV lion]

Some results:

120:
R128: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Jack Dragoumanos (MA), 2-0
R64: #13 Cael Nasdeo TFed Billy Townson (CA), 16-0 @ 2:52
R32: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Zach Stewart (IL), 5-2
R16: #13 Cael Nasdeo fell to #4 Jake Crapps (GA), 7-0
Consolation R16#2: #13 Cael Nasdeo MAJored Brady Roark (MO), 10-0 (it may have been 10-0 when he got the pin)
Consolation R8#1: #13 Cael Nasdeo will face #12 Max Elton (NJ)

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis will face Tahir Parkins (PA)

I couldn't locate Dalton Perry in the brackets (he might be there -- I didn't have a lot of time to look)

I'm not sure if the above #XX are the seeds or their Flo rankings.

Some results:

120:
R128: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Jack Dragoumanos (MA), 2-0
R64: #13 Cael Nasdeo TFed Billy Townson (CA), 16-0 @ 2:52
R32: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Zach Stewart (IL), 5-2
R16: #13 Cael Nasdeo fell to #4 Jake Crapps (GA), 7-0
Consolation R16#2: #13 Cael Nasdeo MAJored Brady Roark (MO), 10-0 (it may have been 10-0 when he got the pin)
Consolation R8#1: #13 Cael Nasdeo will face #12 Max Elton (NJ)

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis will face Tahir Parkins (PA)

I couldn't locate Dalton Perry in the brackets (he might be there -- I didn't have a lot of time to look)

I'm not sure if the above #XX are the seeds or their Flo rankings.

Didn't see Dalton Perry listed as a PA entrant

 

[Tom McAndrew]

120:
R128: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Jack Dragoumanos (MA), 2-0
R64: #13 Cael Nasdeo TFed Billy Townson (CA), 16-0 @ 2:52
R32: #13 Cael Nasdeo DEC Zach Stewart (IL), 5-2
R16: #13 Cael Nasdeo fell to #4 Jake Crapps (GA), 7-0
Consolation R16#2: #13 Cael Nasdeo MAJored Brady Roark (MO), 10-0 (it may have been 10-0 when he got the pin)
Consolation R8#1: #13 Cael Nasdeo was pinned by #12 Marcello Milani (MI) @ 2:43

 

[Tom McAndrew]

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis DEC Tahir Parkins (PA), 5-1
Semis: #4 Braeden Davis will face #1 Benjamin Davino (IL)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

120 lbs. is crazy in terms of how deep the field is.

Case in point, U-17 World silver medalist, Jax Forest (Bishop McCort) got pinned in the quarters by #8 Jordyn Raney (KY) (the kid that had an amazing Fargo tournament) @ 3:13.

 

[Wrestler2u]

Case in point, U-17 World silver medalist, Jax Forest (Bishop McCort) got pinned in the quarters by #8 Jordyn Raney (KY) (the kid that had an amazing Fargo tournament) @ 3:13.

There are Raney twin brothers from central Kentucky (Union HS I believe). One of them recently beat Bo Basset

 

[Tom McAndrew]

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis DEC Tahir Parkins (PA), 5-1
Semis: #4 Braeden Davis lost to #1 Benjamin Davino (IL), 4-3
Consolation Semis: #4 Braden Davis will face #6 Max Gallagher (NY)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis DEC Tahir Parkins (PA), 5-1
Semis: #4 Braeden Davis lost to #1 Benjamin Davino (IL), 4-3
Consolation Semis: #4 Braeden Davis DEC #6 Max Gallagher (NY), 3-2
3rd Place Match: #4 Braeden Davis DEC #3 Aden Valencia (CA), 2-1, UTB

I believe that Braeden and Valencia each had just an escape in regulation, but Braeden had a rideout in the UTB for the win (not certain; didn't see the match).

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Case in point, U-17 World silver medalist, Jax Forest (Bishop McCort) got pinned in the quarters by #8 Jordyn Raney (KY) (the kid that had an amazing Fargo tournament) @ 3:13.

To update @ 120, Luke Lilledahl (also a silver medalist at World U-17) won, Jordyn Raney (KY) took 2nd, Jax Forrest (PA) took 3rd, Marcello Milani (MI) took 4th, and Vinny Kilkeary (PA) took 5th. A really stacked bracket.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

There are Raney twin brothers from central Kentucky (Union HS I believe). One of them recently beat Bo Basset

And speaking of the phenom from Bishop McCort, he won Super 32 @ 113. He was seeded #2, and defeated #1 seed Anthony Knox (NJ) in the final, 10-5.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

An interesting look at how Super 32 competitors that are verballed to a college did in the competition. Some props to Michigan, as they had 3 guys at Super 32 finish 1st, 1 finish 2nd, and 1 finish 6th.

Results for Committed Recruits at the 2022 Super 32

intermatwrestle.com

 

[5q]

Michigan. 3 first places.

 

[LB99]

126:
R128: #4 Braeden Davis pinned River Smith (VA) @ 0:34
R64: #4 Braeden Davis TFed Colin Kacena (FL), 17-2, @ 4:54
R32: #4 Braeden Davis MAJored Matthes McAfee (WV), 9-0
R16: #4 Braeden Davis TFed #13 Elias Navida (CA), 15-0, @ 4:09
Quarters: #4 Braeden Davis DEC Tahir Parkins (PA), 5-1
Semis: #4 Braeden Davis lost to #1 Benjamin Davino (IL), 4-3
Consolation Semis: #4 Braeden Davis DEC #6 Max Gallagher (NY), 3-2
3rd Place Match: #4 Braeden Davis DEC #3 Aden Valencia (CA), 2-1, UTB

I believe that Braeden and Valencia each had just an escape in regulation, but Braeden had a rideout in the UTB for the win (not certain; didn't see the match).

Not a bad tournament for Davis. Losing to Davino by 1 is nothing to hang your head about. If Cael’s recruiting history bears out here, this kid has a really high ceiling and is just starting to hit his potential.