The world’s largest wrestling meet will take place next week in Fargo, North Dakota. This event will feature over 2000 entries in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling amongst the Cadet and Junior age divisions. The event will also feature the Junior Women’s freestyle division. The host for the event will be North Dakota State University and wrestling will take place in the Fargodome. Wrestling will take place on 24 mats laid across the dome’s indoor football field. Good luck to all of the Indiana wrestlers participating.
Indiana Participants
| Dylan | Petro | Both | 91 | Brown County |
| Max | Buckley | Freestyle | 98 | Valparaiso |
| Forrest | Glogouski | Freestyle | 105 | Fairfield |
| Terrance | Kennedy | Freestyle | 105 | Floyd Central |
| Kyle | Ayersman | Freestyle | 112 | Lake Central |
| Devin | Broukal | Freestyle | 112 | Owen Valley |
| Kyle | Jolas | Greco | 112 | Huntington North |
| Paul | Petrov | Freestyle | 112 | Hanover Central |
| Marshall | Holwager | Greco | 119 | Jennings County |
| Mathew | Mastison | Both | 119 | Evansville Harrison |
| Kayne | Pike | Freestyle | 119 | Bloomington South |
| Alex | Sparks | Freestyle | 119 | Lawrence North |
| Aaron | Madison | Both | 125 | West Lafayette??? |
| Neal | Molloy | Freestyle | 125 | Danville |
| Nathan | Epler | Both | 130 | Greenwood |
| Brian | Harvey | Freestyle | 130 | Cathedral |
| Tre’ | Marler | Freestyle | 130 | New Albany |
| Keenan | Ward | Greco | 130 | New Albany |
| Cody | Handley | Freestyle | 135 | Northeastern |
| Austin | Rose | Freestyle | 135 | Mount Vernon |
| Jared | Lawson | Freestyle | 140 | Frankfort |
| Trevor | Manspeaker | Freestyle | 140 | Penn |
| Gavin | Miller | Freestyle | 140 | South Bend Adams |
| Zach | Adams | Both | 145 | Madison |
| Matt | Irick | Both | 152 | Hamilton Southeastern |
| Charlie | Orzeske | Freestyle | 152 | North Central |
| Austin | Neibarger | Freestyle | 160 | Cathedral |
| Evan | Collins | Greco | 171 | Mater Dei |
| Tony | Jehn | Both | 171 | Beech Grove |
| Dalton | Halbig | Both | 189 | Princeton |
| Mitch | Sliga | Both | 189 | Fishers |
| Jordan | Naughton | Both | 285 | Perry Meridian |
Wrestlers to Watch
Mitch Sliga will be wrestling both style and attempting to become Indiana’s first Cadet Triple Crown winner. Sliga already has Triple Crown titles as a Novice in 2007 and as a Midget in 2005. Earlier this spring he won the USAW Folkstyle Nationals with only one match going three periods. During the IHSAA season Sliga placed third in the state as a freshman. The past two seasons Sliga has not lost at the prestigious Schoolboy Duals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Neal Molloy is also coming off of a USAW Folkstyle Nationals title and will be participating in freestyle only. During the IHSAA season Molloy qualified for state at 119lbs.
State runner-up Paul Petrov will look to make an impact on the national scene wrestling at 112lbs.
State champion Kyle Ayersman will also be wrestling at 112lbs for Team Indiana. Ayersman has had national success before, winning three matches at Fargo last year and has placed three times at Folkstyle Nationals.
Other wrestlers that highlight the Cadet roster are a pair of Cathedral wrestlers Brian Harvey(6th at 112lbs wrestling 130lbs) and Austin Neibarger(8th at 152lbs wrestling 160lbs).
