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Editor-In-Chief LANNY BRYANT Order of Merit WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE National Wrestling Hall of Fame AAU National Wrestling Hall of Fame LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Managing Editor CODY BRYANT 2017 Wrestling USA Magazine All-American Teams Assistant Editor By Dan Fickel, National Editor ANN BRYANT National Editor ne of our favorite features of the year is the annual Wrestling USA Magazine’s All- DAN FICKEL American Teams. Each year we are proud to recognize the top high school seniors in National Photographer the country. There are 13 “Dream Teamers”, 13 “Academic Teamers”, 96 other All- G WYATT SCHULTZ Americans, and 120 Honorable Mention All-American selections. Forty-nine states are Contributing Editor represented from the numerous nominations received. BILL WELKER The 2017 Dream Team is a tremendously decorated one, comprised of four-time state Ochampions Daton Fix (132) of Oklahoma, Vito Arujau (138) of New York, Yianni Diakomihalis (145) Design & Art Director CODY BRYANT of New York, and Brady Berge (160) of Minnesota, three-time state champions Spencer Lee (126) of Administrative Assistants Pennsylvania, Cameron Coy (152) of Pennsylvania, Louie DePrez (182) of New York, Jacob Warner LANANN BRYANT (195) of Illinois, and Trent Hillger (285) of Michigan, two-time state champions Joey Harrison (113) of CODI JEAN BRYANT Nebraska, Michael McGee (120) of Illinois, and Michael Labriola (170) of Pennsylvania, and two-time SHANNON (BRYANT) WOLFE National Prep champion Chase Singletary (220) of New Jersey. Singletary also won two state titles in GINGER FLOWERS Florida while in seventh and eighth grade. The 13 members of the team represent 41 state or nation- Advertising/Promotion al prep titles and 2,511 match victories. They average an overall win-loss record of 193-9. Warner CODY BRYANT leads in G.P.A. with a 4.15, followed by Fix with a 4.1 and Hillger with a 3.962. Berge leads the team with 279 career wins, while Hillger has the most career falls with 168. Fix heads the team with a 100% National Office winning percentage, followed by Arujau at 99.53, Lee at 99.31 and Diakomihalis at 98.77. Lee secured 107 Apple House Lane two Junior World Freestyle Championship titles, while Diakomihalis captured two Cadet World Missoula, MT 59802 Freestyle Championship crowns. Lee, Labriola, Warner, and Singletary won titles at the prestigious (406) 360-9421 Walsh Ironman Tournament. Fix captured a title at the highly-regarded Junior National Freestyle [email protected] Championships and was also victorious at the esteemed Cadet National Freestyle Championships, Wrestling USA (ISSN) 0199-6258 along with Arujau and Warner. Lee, Arujau, Diakomihalis, Berge, and DePrez claimed first-place Wrestling USA Magazine, Inc. is published ten honors at the always-tough Super 32 Challenge Tournament. times yearly as follows: September, Fall Buyer’s The highly-accomplished Academic Team features four-time state champions Connor Brown (120) Guide, October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May. of Missouri, Dalton Young (138) of Washington, Ben Freeman (145) of Michigan, Hunter Willits (152) Editorial Office: 107 Apple House Lane, of Colorado, Layne Van Anrooy (160) of Oregon, Kaleb Romero (170) of Ohio, Ashton Seely (195) of Missoula, MT, 59802, (406) 360-9421. Utah, and Haydn Maley (220) of Oregon, three-time state champions Jake Ferri (113) of All contributions are welcome. Please enclose postage Massachusetts, Drew Mattin (126) of Ohio, Tucker Sjomeling (132) of Minnesota, and Bryce Rogers with manuscripts, illustrations and photographs (182) of Florida, and two-time National Prep champion Seth Janney (285) of Pennsylvania. The thir- submitted if they are to be returned. We assume no teen members of the team have an astounding 3.9 average G.P.A. and an average win-loss record of responsibility for unsolicited materials. All rights, 181-10. Young leads the team with a 100% winning percentage, followed by Freeman at 99.39%, in letters and photos sent to Wrestling USA,will be Romero at 98.54%, and Brown at 97.19%. Seely accumulated the most career victories with 211 and treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and Romero recorded the most career falls with 125. Sjomeling leads in G.P.A. with a brilliant 4.21, fol- copyright purposes. They are subject to Wrestling lowed by Romero at 4.17, Willits at 4.1 and Young and Janney both at 4.0. Rogers was victorious at USA’s unrestricted right to edit and to comment the Super 32 Challenge Tournament and was also champion at the highly-acclaimed National High editorially. Printed in USA; entire contents © 2017 School Championships, along with Mattin, Willits, and Van Anrooy. Maley seized top honors at the Wrestling USA; reprinting in whole or in part is forbidden except by written permission of publisher. Junior National Greco-Roman Championships, while Mattin and Seely were place-winners at the Subscriptions: One year (10 issues) $35 in United prestigious Junior National Freestyle Championships. Young was runner-up at the Junior National States and Possessions. All other countries $60 in Greco-Roman Championships and Freeman took second at the super-competitive Cadet National US currency or international money order. Send to: Freestyle Championships. Subscription Department, Wrestling USA Magazine, Unfortunately, we did not receive nominations for some deserving young men. We also received 107 Apple House Lane, Missoula, MT 59802. some incomplete nominations that lacked necessary information and/or quality photos and received Send National Record Proposals: some nominations well past the April 1st deadline. Cody Bryant, 107 Apple House Ln., Missoula, MT 59802 Eight factors were considered in determining the All-American Teams. 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LII, NO. 10 THE NATIONAL VOICE OF HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LETTER FROM THE EDITOR SPORTSWRITER-OF-THE-YEAR 3 By Dan Fickel, National Editor 24 Brant Parsons Orlando Sentinel NCAA DIVISION I WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Orlando, Florida 6 Penn State Ties Record With Five Champions By Cody Bryant DREAM TEAM CLASSIC 26 Team Illinois Finishes Strong, But Comes Up NCAA DIVISION II WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Short 29-20 8 Notre Dame (Ohio) Wins Nationals Championships By Cody Bryant By NCAA ALL-CLASS RANKINGS NCAA DIVISION III WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 28 2017 Best All-Class Final Rankings 10 DeVos National Champion, Wartburg Wins 13th Title By Dan Fickel, National Editor By Jim Nelson HIGH SCHOOL TEAM RANKINGS NAIA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 33 Top 50 High School Teams 12 Grand View Wins Sixth-Straight National Championship By Stuart Mahler By Alan Grosbach STATE AWARDS MASTER-OF-WRESTLING 34 2017 State Person-of-the-Year Awards 14 Lanny Bryant Missoula, Montana MAN-OF-THE-YEAR 15 Zain Retherford Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania COACH-OF-THE-YEAR 16 Victor Balmeceda South Dade High School Homestead, Florida 17 2017 ALL-AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTION ASSISTANT COACH-OF-THE-YEAR 22 Jeff Becker Eden Prairie High School Eden Prairie, Minnesota MANAGER-OF-THE-YEAR 23 Naomi Daugherty Creekview High School Canton, Georgia 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship Final 149 lbs. Zain Retherford (Penn State) working to finish a single leg on Lavion Mayes (Missouri). Retherford would win by technical fall 18-2 for his second NCAA title. Photo by Johnnie Johnson. page 4 May 30, 2017 - Wrestling U.S.A. Magazine WrestlingUSA FullAD 9-2015_Layout 1 9/15/15 1:30 PM Page 1 NCAA Wrestling Championships Penn State Ties Record With Five Champions By Cody Bryant he Penn State wrestling team cruised for the second year in year with four technical falls and a pin in his semi-final match. a row by sending five wrestlers to the championship finals at Retherford was named the 2017 NCAA Championship Outstanding the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis. This Wrestler for his effort. The junior was also honored for his season time winning all five matches, Penn State tied a record set long dominance as the 2017 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestlers. He twice by Iowa in 1986 and 1997 and Oklahoma State in 2005.