Photo: Levi Ventura
The Super 32 finals are set. After going 14 for 14 in the quarterfinals, the #1 seeds took their first losses in the semifinals: Hayden Schwab (126), defending champ Justus Heeg (175), Jason Dube (150) and Carter Brown (285) all fell a win short of the final. Ten #1 seeds are still wrestling for a belt. Here's every final, with what to know about each one.
Follow the finals live on our Super 32 hub, which updates as each belt is handed out.
The Finals
- 106: #1 Luke Loren (CA) vs. #2 Nelson Villafane (PA)
- 113: #1 Kooper Deputy (PA) vs. #7 Caleb Noble (IL)
- 120: #1 Cameron Sontz (NJ) vs. #3 Anthony Garza (CA)
- 126: #4 Miklo Hernandez (MN) vs. #3 Mateo Gallegos (PA)
- 132: #1 Israel Borge (MO) vs. #3 Paul Ruiz (CA)
- 138: #1 Dean Anderson (AZ) vs. #3 Dawson Youngblut (IA)
- 144: #1 Matthew O'Neill (PA) vs. #2 Jovani Solis (FL)
- 150: #5 Arseni Kikiniou (CA) vs. #3 Peyton Hornsby (IN)
- 157: #1 Mac Crosson (IA) vs. #2 Camryn Howard (NY)
- 165: #1 Melvin Miller (PA) vs. #2 Matthew Staples (IN)
- 175: #4 Maximus Fortier (WV) vs. #2 Lucas Boe (FL)
- 190: #1 Tanner Hodgins (NJ) vs. #2 Mario Hutcherson (PA)
- 215: #1 Maximus Konopka (CT) vs. #2 Ladd Holman (UT)
- 285: #4 Kendahl Hoare (PA) vs. #2 Satoshi Davis (NV)
How the Semifinals Went
- 126: Hernandez beat #1 Hayden Schwab 8-5 for the first loss by a #1 seed all weekend, and Gallegos pinned #2 Justin Farnsworth at 5:59. It's the only final with neither a #1 nor a #2 seed.
- 175: Fortier beat defending champ Justus Heeg 8-6. Boe beat #6 Kobe Cunanan 4-1.
- 150: Kikiniou beat #1 Jason Dube 3-2 in tiebreaker, and Hornsby beat Stanford commit Greyson Music 7-5.
- 285: Hoare beat #1 Carter Brown 7-2, and Davis beat #3 Matthew Cooley 5-2.
- 138: Youngblut edged #2 Dale Corbin 2-1 in tiebreaker, and Anderson beat #4 Austin Ellis 11-5.
- 113: Noble teched #6 Connor Maddox, and Deputy held off #13 Jax Vang 4-3.
- Also: Villafane teched #11 Derik Kiefer 21-5 in 2:42, Miller beat #5 Landen McDowell 19-9, Konopka beat #4 Decker Bechtold 11-0, Holman, an Oklahoma State commit, beat #3 Peter Mocco, and Staples beat #3 Harrison Murdock 8-5 in sudden victory.
Finals to Watch
- 138, Iowa vs. Northern Iowa: Anderson is a Northern Iowa commit, and Youngblut is an Iowa commit. They finished 4th and 6th here last year.
- 165, Miller goes for two: The No. 1 senior on the MatScouts big board and a Virginia Tech commit, Miller won Super 32 last year after placing 3rd in 2024.
- 113, Deputy goes for his second title: He won in 2024 and was runner-up last year.
- 132, Borge's second shot: The Iowa commit was runner-up here last year and meets Buchanan's Paul Ruiz, last year's 5th-place finisher.
- 285, Hoare's second shot: Hoare was also runner-up last year and got back to the final by beating the #1 seed.
- 106, #1 vs. #2: Loren placed 4th here last year and meets Villafane, who teched his way through the semis.
By the Numbers
- 10 #1 seeds in the finals, after all 14 reached the semis
- #7 Caleb Noble (113) is the lowest seed in the finals
- DuBois (PA) is the only school with two finalists: Mateo Gallegos (126) and Kendahl Hoare (285)
- Cornell has two commits in the finals: Arseni Kikiniou (150) and Lucas Boe (175), who placed 3rd here last year
- Other commits in the finals: Israel Borge and Dawson Youngblut (Iowa), Dean Anderson (Northern Iowa), Anthony Garza (Illinois), Mac Crosson (Nebraska), Melvin Miller (Virginia Tech), and Tanner Hodgins and Ladd Holman (Oklahoma State)
Every top-seed upset is on the live tracker. Watch the finals on FloWrestling, and subscribe on YouTube for our full Super 32 breakdown on Basch & The Brain.