VIRGINIA Challenge presents...
2001 AAU MIDDLE SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
OF FOLKSTYLE WRESTLING
March 10-11, 2001  Virginia Beach, VA

5TH/6TH GRADE DIVISION
65
Championship
Connor McDonald (Delaware) maj. dec. Dan Kelly (New Jersey) 8-0.
3rd Place
Samuel Spradlin (Georgia) dec. Denny Herndon (Virginia) 5-0.
5th Place
Andrew Williams (Virginia) dec. Johnny Martin (Pennsylvania) 7-4.
7th Place
Taylor Ulm (New Jersey) dec. Marty Carlson (Virginia).

70
Championship
Matthew Bogusz (New Jersey) dec. Andrew Lanham (Georgia) 2-0.
3rd Place
Sean Bilodean (Massachussetts) dec. Zack Craighton (Delaware) 4-2.
5th Place
Mark Derkas (Virginia) dec. Ricky Anderson (Virginia) 4-2.
7th Place
Chris Hurlbert (Virginia) dec. Mike Ramanella (Connecticut) 7-0. 

75
Championship
Alex Meade (Delaware) tech fall Phillip Atkins (Virginia) 16-1.
3rd Place
Grant Paswell (New York) pin Rylah Fields (Ohio) :49.
5th Place
Barrett St. George (Connecticut) pin Carson Fields (Georgia) :14
7th Place
Jerile Garrett (New Jersey) maj. dec. Preston Kick (Maryland) 10-0.

80
Championship
Tommy Abbott (Delaware) pin Greg Todd (Virginia) 1:17.
3rd Place
Isaiah Sheppard (Virginia) dec. Collin Dozier (Virginia) 3-2.
5th Place
Cory Vernon (New Jersey) dec. Jared King (Virginia) 6-4, OT.
7th Place
Douglas Sharp (New Jersey) dec. Drew Matthews (Virginia) 5-0.

85
Championship
Eli Novvell (Delaware) dec. Tim Darling (New Jersey) 6-4.
3rd Place
Dave Seildenberg (New Jersey) dec. Brandon Hazel (Delaware) 6-4, OT.
5th Place
Gregg Martino (Virginia) dec. Stephan Malbon (Virginia)  1-0. 
7th Place
Barney Wainwright (Florida) dec. Nick Jehoich (Virginia) 11-4.

90
Championship
John Mangini (New Jersey) dec. Frank Mulinaro (New Jersey) 4-0.
3rd Place
Andy Olsen (Georgia) dec. Germane Lindsey (Ohio) 4-2.
5th Place
Kyle Pelchy (Virginia) dec. Dan Marcocci (Pennsylvania) 4-0.
7th Place
Daniel Holbert (North Carolina) dec. Kaleb Smith (Virginia) 10-4.

95
Championship
Scott Davis (Pennsylvania) dec. Luke Rebertus (Maryland) 6-4.
3rd Place
Ryland Geiger (Virginia) dec. Kenneth Monarque (New Jersey) 8-4.
5th Place
Cory Grizzard (Georgia) maj. dec. Samuel Rakes (Virginia) 13-5.
7th Place
Jordan Ellis (North Carolina)/Nick Gregorious (North Carolina).

100
Championship
Eric Medina (New Jersey) maj. dec. Junior Pearman (Virginia) 14-0.
3rd Place
M. DeLaurentis (Pennsylvania) dec. Tim Ngo (Pennsylvania) 6-1.
5th Place
Austin Ollis (South Carolina) pin Nick Roselund (Connecticut) 1:43.
7th Place
Zachary Ulm (New Jersey) dec. Bruce Nelson (Virginia).

105
Championship
Jesse Robbins (Florida) maj. dec. Josh McCowan (Virginia) 17-4. 
3rd Place
Jeff Crawford (Virginia) pin Joel May (Virginia) :59. 
5th Place
Zach Aardah (Virginia) dec. Adam Bulles (Virginia) 8-6, OT.
7th Place
Tanner Trotter (Virginia) 

112
Championship
Daniel Newsome (North Carolina) dec. James Dollaway (New York) 2-1.
3rd Place
Dennis Cocciolone (Ohio) dec. Adam Henig (New Jersey) 3-1.
5th Place
Justin Starling (Florida) dec. Jacobi Fenner (Virginia) 7-6.
7th Place
Ricky Flood (Virginia) dec. Ryan Parrish (Rhode Island) 1-1, OT Rideout.

119
Championship
Jared Platt (New Jersey) pin Hunter Cox (Virginia) 1:40.
3rd Place
Ajay Merrick (Virginia) pin Brandon Gillespie (Virginia) 2:26.
5th Place
Craig McLellan (Virginia) pin Robert Yates (Virginia) :49.

125
Championship
Kyle Hertz (Delaware) def. Nicholas McCleaf (New Jersey).
3rd Place
Joshua Lee (Virginia) def. Harrison Rounds (Virginia).

130
Championship
Nicholas Munday (West Virginia) def. Morgan Owen (Virginia).
3rd Place
Joel Bridger (Virginia) def. Mark Politz (West Virginia).
5th Place
Robert Snyder (Virginia)

135
Championship
Jared Corbett (Virginia) pin Brian McGriff (Virginia) :51

140
Championship
Aaron Sandel (Pennsylvania) pin Bryan Keyser (Pennsylvania) :23.
3rd Place
Kevin Holroyd (Virginia) pin Sean Quintana (Virginia) 2:30.
5th Place
Jarrett Holden (Virginia) pin Kevin Miller (West Virginia) 2:32.

145
Championship
Keith Whitehurst (Virginia) pin Grant Martin (Virginia) :27.

160
Championship
Larry Bruner (Ohio) def. Jimmy Ilardi (Virginia).
3rd Place
Logan Cox (North Carolina)
 7TH/8TH GRADE DIVISION
65
Championship
Jayce Jackson (North Carolina) def. Ryan Lucas (New York)
3rd Place
David Haight (Georgia) def. Justin Wallace (Virginia)
5th Place
Geoffrey Acosta (Virginia)

70
Championship
Ian Moser (Delaware) dec. Brett Collins (Virginia) 5-5, OT Rideout.
3rd Place
Chris Battaglia (New Jersey) tech fall Kevin Hill (Virginia) 15-0.
5th Place
Sean Katz (Virginia) pin Sean Taggert (Connecticut) 1:47.

75
Championship
Louis Ruggiello (New Jersey) dec. Walker Faison (Virginia) 4-2.
3rd Place
Alex Cournoyer (Connecticut) dec. Robert Stanley (North Carolina) 5-0.
5th Place
Scott Seifert (Pennsylvania) pin Andre Bland (Virginia) 2:59.
7th Place
Kenny Fratus (Connecticut) dec. J.D. Hinkle (Virginia) 8-6, OT.

80
Championship
Lewis Baker (Pennsylvania) dec. Patrick McCaffrey (Pennsylvania) 7-5.
3rd Place
Derrick Sharp (New Jersey) dec. Nick Sojourner (Ohio) 2-0.
5th Place
Jacob Stanley (West Virginia) dec. Evan Martin (Virginia) 6-1.
7th Place
Charlie Wilson (Virginia) dec. Joshua White (Virginia) 10-7.

85
Championship
Mark Armstrong (New Jersey) dec. Matt Rosen (Virginia) 9-3.
3rd Place
Todd Smoot (Virginia) dec. Adam Pittman (Virginia) 6-2.
5th Place
Kyle Ruff (Virginia) dec. Jordan Burroughs (New Jersey) 7-2.
7th Place
Nathaniel Barbee (Virginia) dec. Daniel Anthony (Virginia) 3-0.

90
Championship
Nick Weaver (New Jersey) dec. Seth Ciasulli (Pennsylvania) 5-0.
3rd Place
Aaron Kelly (West Virginia) dec. Tyler Thurgood (New Jersey) 8-4.
5th Place
Stephen Valastro (New York) dec. Randall Hemmingway (Wyoming) 7-5.
7th Place
Daniel Parker (Virginia) dec. Billy Hassen (Pennsylvania) 6-2.

95
Championship
Nate Nowroth (Pennsylvania) dec. Mike Powers (Connecticut) 7-2.
3rd Place
Brett McCurdy (Pennsylvania) dec. Brian McNitt (Georgia) 2-0.
5th Place
Andrew Bradley (Delaware) pin Chad Porter (West Virginia) :30.
7th Place
Voris Tejeda (New Jersey) dec. Mike McGill (Maryland) 9-4, OT.

100
Championship
Matt Myerr (Maryland) dec. Zane Cunco (Pennsylvania) 2-2 OT Rideout.
3rd Place
Manny Carpin (Pennsylvania) dec. Casey Staylor (Virginia) 3-2.
5th Place
Brian Tracy (New Jersey) dec. Chris Kelly (New Jersey) 5-0.
7th Place
Michael Pegliabizzi (Delaware) dec. Scott Waters (Virginia) 7-6.

105
Championship
Bubba Jenkins (Virginia) dec. Matt Gravitt (Texas) 8-2.
3rd Place
Bryan Lenhardt (Virginia) dec. Matt Stump (Virginia) 2-0.
5th Place
Kevin Diaz (New Mexico) dec. Joey Russo (Virginia) 9-7, OT.
7th Place
Zack Taylor (New Jersey) pin Ryan Amorosso (Virginia) 1:55.

112
Championship
Clint Collins (Pennsylvania) dec. Bobby Shea (New Jersey) 7-0.
3rd Place
Archie McConnell (Pennsylvania) dec. Justin Fraga (Florida) 12-0.
5th Place
Jonathan Troutman (North Carolina) dec. Vincent Provost (Massachussets) 8-6, OT.
7th Place
Josh Lilly (Georgia) default Frank Irwin (New Jersey).

119
Championship
Jordan Nettuno (New Jersey) dec. Shawn Smith (West Virginia) 3-2.
3rd Place
Eddie Sawyer (North Carolina) dec. Preston Shauver (Pennsylvania) 9-5.
5th Place
Wesley Walker (Georgia) pin Bryce Hoffman (Wyoming) 1:38.
7th Place
Matt Wolfe (Virginia) dec. Duder Edmunds (Virginia) 6-1.

125
Championship
Joey Knox (Georgia) dec. Randy Moore (New Jersey) 8-2.
3rd Place
Brian Fletcher (Delaware) dec. Bobby Hopkins (Delaware) 4-1.
5th Place
Chris Brown (Virginia) maj. dec. Nick Buck (Virginia) 9-0.
7th Place
Joe Millett (New York) disqualification.

130
Championship
Phillip Black (New Jersey) dec. Michael Huffman (Georgia) 8-5.
3rd Place
Richard Dandariki (Delaware) dec. Kit Moore (Virginia) 4-2.
5th Place
Jimmy Penley (Virginia) dec. Billy Jones (Virginia) 8-1.
7th Place
John Barney (Virginia) pin Sam Fyock (Pennsylvania) 1:59.

135
Championship
Mitch Smith (West Virginia) dec. T.H. Leet (Georgia) 2-1.
3rd Place
Chris Reynolds (Pennsylvania) dec. Justin Illian (Delaware) 7-0.
5th Place
Micah Whitcomb (Nevada) maj. dec. Marcus Norfleet (Virginia) 14-4.
7th Place
Zack Lovett (Virginia) dec. Hakeem Shareef (Virginia) 8-7.

140
Championship
Ricky Scott (New York) dec. Caleb Sparkman (Virginia) 4-2, OT.
3rd Place
Hudson Taylor (New Jersey) pin Robbie Dippolito (New Jersey) 2:48.
5th Place
Shawn Kavasevicz (Connecticut) dec. Victor Alveranga (New Mexico) 6-5.
7th Place
Cole Weis (Virginia) forfeit Adam Rappaport (Virginia). 

145
Championship
Nick Bell (Virginia) dec. Kyle Elgert (Virginia) 1-0.
3rd Place
Alex Segal (Pennsylvania) dec. Anthony Miranda (New Jersey) 4-3.
5th Place
Ryan Godec (Pennsylvania) pin Eric Gooch (Virginia) 1:46.
7th Place
Keith Whitehurst (Virginia) pin Kevin Bright (North Carolina) 1:52.

152
Championship
Nick Guida (New Jersey) maj. dec. Vincent Jones (New Jersey) 12-1.
3rd Place
Jeremiah Clapp (Georgia) dec. Eddie Bordas (New York) 3-1.
5th Place
Luke Buddles (Virginia) dec. Stuart May (Virginia) 7-0.
7th Place
Joey Middleton (Virginia) inj. def. Daniel Sedlock (North Carolina).

160
Championship
Ian McCleaf (New Jersey) pin Brian Martin (Virginia) 3:58.
3rd Place
Kyle Childress (New Jersey) pin Cory Ballance (North Carolina) 2:18.
5th Place
William Sargent (Pennsylvania) pin Kyle Weible (North Carolina) :57.
7th Place
Adam Jurkowski (Virginia) dec. Larry Bruener (Ohio) 5-1.

171
Championship
Patrick Bond (Virginia) maj. dec. Paul Zemantik (New Jersey) 9-1.
3rd Place
Steven Bilbrough (Delaware) dec. Ken Basnight (Virginia) 8-1.
5th Place
Taylor McNamera (Virginia) dec. Zack Wagner (Connecticut) 5-2.
7th Place
Carl Marrow (North Carolina) forfeit Daryl Marshall (Virginia).

189
Championship
Brent Jones (Virginia) pin Daniel Villareal (North Carolina) 2:55.
3rd Place
John Hairston (Virginia) pin Brendan Herling (Connecticut) 2:58.
5th Place
Blake Contine (North Carolina) dec. Joey Ratti (North Carolina) 5-5 OT Rideout.
7th Place
Kenneth Mann (Missouri) pin Charles Austin (Virginia) :32.

HWT
Championship
Matt Lee (Virginia) dec. Fred Harris (North Carolina) 4-0.
3rd Place
Claude Crane (Virginia) pin Steve Young (North Carolina) :53
5th Place
Colby Campbell (Virginia) pin Robert Nixon (Virginia) 1:18.
7th Place
Justin Brooks (Virginia) dec. Lamar Tynes (Virginia) 4-3.