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The Super 32 semifinals are set, and the #1 seeds are perfect: all 14 won their quarterfinals and are two wins from a belt. Defending champs Melvin Miller (165) and Justus Heeg (175) and 2024 champ Kooper Deputy (113) are all still alive. The #2 and #3 lines weren't as lucky. #2 Slater Hicks, #2 Lazarus McEwen and #2 Gabriel Ballard all lost in the quarters, and #3 Turner Ross was pinned. Here's every semifinal.
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106
- #1 Luke Loren (CA) vs. #21 Max Lindquist (MO)
- #11 Derik Kiefer (GA) vs. #2 Nelson Villafane III (PA)
Lindquist, who pinned #5 Knox Ayala on Day 1, beat #4 Cyrus Millage 4-2. Villafane teched #7 Marcarlo Mannello 23-7.
113
- #1 Kooper Deputy (PA) vs. #13 Jax Vang (CA)
- #6 Connor Maddox (IN) vs. #7 Caleb Noble (IL)
Maddox pinned #3 Turner Ross, an Illinois commit, in 3:25, so the bottom half is guaranteed a finalist seeded #6 or lower. Vang, who beat #4 Spencer Lee on Day 1, added #5 Michael Bernabe 6-3. Noble pinned #15 Nathan Schuman in 1:18.
120
- #1 Cameron Sontz (NJ) vs. #4 Chase Karenbauer (PA)
- #3 Anthony Garza (CA) vs. #10 Aiden Garcia (CA)
Garcia beat #2 Lazarus McEwen 7-1 and gets an all-California semifinal with Garza, the Illinois commit.
126
- #1 Hayden Schwab (IA) vs. #4 Miklo Hernandez (MN)
- #3 Mateo Gallegos (PA) vs. #2 Justin Farnsworth (PA)
The top four seeds held. Hernandez needed sudden victory to get past unseeded Nathan Reynolds 4-1, and Gallegos beat #6 Case Bell 3-2 in ultimate tiebreaker. Farnsworth, a Rutgers commit, pinned #10 Kash Larkin. Gallegos vs. Farnsworth is an all-Pennsylvania semifinal.
132
- #1 Israel Borge (MO) vs. #21 Reef Dillard (PA)
- #3 Paul Ruiz (CA) vs. #7 Alex Marchetti (PA)
Marchetti beat #2 Slater Hicks, an Oklahoma commit, 1-0. Dillard keeps rolling after knocking out #5 Angel Cejudo on Day 1, beating #13 Owen Marshall 7-0. Borge, an Iowa commit, shut out Aidan Yarussi 4-0.
138
- #1 Dean Anderson (AZ) vs. #4 Austin Ellis (UT)
- #3 Dawson Youngblut (IA) vs. #2 Dale Corbin (PA)
Chalk, apart from #4 Ellis edging #5 Shamus Regan 3-2. Schaefer's run ended against Anderson, a Northern Iowa commit, 7-1. Youngblut, an Iowa commit, beat unseeded Jack Simpson 8-3.
144
- #1 Matthew O'Neill (PA) vs. #12 Jensen Boyd (IN)
- #3 Braylon Reynolds (IN) vs. #2 Jovani Solis (FL)
Boyd took out a second top-five seed, beating #4 Gavin Landers, a Northern Iowa commit, 4-1 after knocking off #5 Joshua Kerr on Day 1. Solis survived Arizona State commit Konner Larkin 4-3.
150
- #1 Jason Dube (OH) vs. #5 Arseni Kikiniou (CA)
- #3 Peyton Hornsby (IN) vs. #7 Greyson Music (PA)
Music, a Stanford commit, beat #2 Gabriel Ballard 9-7. Kikiniou, a Cornell commit, beat Purdue commit Grayson Fuchs 5-1 and gets Dube next. Hornsby pinned #11 Jaimon Mogard in 3:09.
157
- #1 Mac Crosson (IA) vs. #5 Aiden Arnett (IL)
- #14 Chris Arreola (CA) vs. #2 Camryn Howard (NY)
Arreola, who beat #3 Jesse Grajeda on Day 1, added #6 Dominic Way 4-2. Arnett pinned #4 Lincoln Robideau in 3:17. Crosson is a Nebraska commit.
165
- #1 Melvin Miller (PA) vs. #5 Landen McDowell (MO)
- #3 Harrison Murdock (GA) vs. #2 Matthew Staples (IN)
Miller, the defending champ, teched #9 Collin Hamm 16-1. Staples teched Pitt commit Mason Horwat 21-2, and McDowell edged #4 Thunder Page 5-4.
175
- #1 Justus Heeg (IL) vs. #4 Maximus Fortier (WV)
- #6 Kobe Cunanan (AZ) vs. #2 Lucas Boe (FL)
Heeg, the other defending champ, ended Brock Frable's run with a pin in 1:08. Cunanan beat #3 Joel Welch 2-0.
190
- #1 Tanner Hodgins (NJ) vs. #4 Mason Savidan (CA)
- #3 Ryder Schulte (AZ) vs. #2 Mario Hutcherson (PA)
The top four seeds are all here. Savidan needed sudden victory to beat #5 Kyle Gallo 4-1. Hodgins is an Oklahoma State commit.
215
- #1 Maximus Konopka (CT) vs. #4 Decker Bechtold (PA)
- #3 Peter Mocco (FL) vs. #2 Ladd Holman (UT)
The top four seeds made it here too. Konopka teched #8 Cody Savage 18-1, and Holman, an Oklahoma State commit, teched #10 Dominic Darch 15-0. Mocco won the all-Florida quarterfinal with #6 Colton Bell 3-2.
285
- #1 Carter Brown (MO) vs. #4 Kendahl Hoare (PA)
- #3 Matthew Cooley (CA) vs. #2 Satoshi Davis (NV)
Brown, an NC State commit, beat #8 Andrew Arroyo 10-0. Hoare beat #12 John Montgomery 10-2. Cooley won the all-California quarterfinal with #6 Adan Castillo 5-3, and Davis teched #7 Sammy Seja Jr. 20-5.
By the Numbers
- 14 of 14 #1 seeds in the semifinals
- Lowest seeds left on the championship side: #21 Max Lindquist (106) and #21 Reef Dillard (132)
- No unseeded wrestler made the semifinals. All six unseeded quarterfinalists lost.
- Schools with two semifinalists: St. John Bosco, Wyoming Seminary, Buchanan, Don Bosco and DuBois
- Iowa commits Israel Borge and Dawson Youngblut and Oklahoma State commits Tanner Hodgins and Ladd Holman are all two wins from a title.
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