Vote: Who should be SBLive's Lower Weight National Wrestler of the Week (3/5/2024)?
It's time once again for you to help us decide who is SBLive Sports National High School Lower Weight Wrestler of the Week.
Below are the details on the candidates we have selected for your consideration. Share this post with your friends, family, teammates and classmates and encourage everyone to support the wrestler they find most deserving. You can vote as often as you like and the winner will be announced in next week's poll. Voting ends on Sunday, March 10th at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific).
Congratulations to last week's winner: Brock Weiss of Jersey Shore (Pennsylvania).
Here are this week's nominees:
Cameron Sontz (Delbarton, NJ) 106 – Sontz, a freshman ranked fourth in the country, won his first state championship with a 9-1 major decision over Southern Regional’s Anthony Mason. To reach that final, Sontz avenged a loss to No. 3 Killian Colucci (Christian Brothers) from the state duals.
Tyeler Hagensen (Mt. Olive, NJ) 113 – Hagensen is unranked in the nation and picked off World Champion and No. 3 Paul Kenny of Christian Brothers, 4-3, in the semis, en route to winning the state crown with a 5-2 win over Johnathon McGinty (St. Joseph Regional) in the finals.
Liston Seibert (Massillon Perry, OH) 113 – Seibert is ranked 24th nationally and faced off with No. 14 Rylan Seacrist (Brecksville) in the DI Hoover District Finals, where he pulled off the upset, 3-2.
Ethan Timar (St. Edward, OH) 113 – Timar is the No. 13 guy at 113lbs and toed the line with No. 6 Grey Burnett (Perrysburg) in the finals of the DI Perrysburg District Tournament and came out ahead of his foe, 6-5.
Santino Sloboda (Butler, PA) 114 – No. 19 Sloboda shocked the wrestling world with a huge upset of No. 1 Landon Sidun of Norwin in the AAA Southwest Regional finals, 5-4.
Anthony Knox (St. John Vianney, NJ) 120 – Knox is the nation’s top 120lber and locked own his third state title in three trips to Boardwalk Hall as the junior handed Donovan Catholic’s Kurt Wehner a 15-8 loss.
Luke Koenen (Wayzata, MN) 121 – Koenen, an honorable mention wrestler at 120lbs, defeated Lawson Eller of New Prague 10-5 for the AAA state crown. Eller downed honorable mention Blake Beissel (Hastings), 4-2 in OT, in the semis.
Chris Vargo (Bentworth, PA) 127 – No. 17 Vargo’s surprising win over No. 2 Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort) may have been the most unlikely outcome of the entire week given Forrest’s previous accomplishments, both nationally and internationally, including wins over collegiate wrestlers this year.
Caedyn Ricciardi (St. Peter’s Prep, NJ) 138 – Ricciardi, who is No. 12 in the country, authored a mild upset of No. 9 Jayden James of Delbarton in the state finals, 5-2. Giving James his first loss of the season on the grandest stage.
Kaden Nicolas (Becker, MN) 139 – Nicolas is not in our national rankings but did his best to change that in the AA state finals with a 5-4 win over No. 7 Jack Nelson (Mound-Westonka).
