2023 Fargo Results – Oklahoma Women’s Teams

Led by NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Bella Williams (Edmond North) and Lynn Horn (Blanchard), the Oklahoma U16 Women’s team turned in a stellar performance at “Fargo”, officially known as the 2023 US Marine Corps 16U & Junior National Tournament.   In addition to Williams and Horn, Harrah’s Addie Morse (4^th), Edmond North’s Alexandria Ray (5^th) and Bixby’s Millie Azlin (6^th) all earned All-American honors to boost the team to a best-ever 3^rd place finish in the team race.  Oklahoma added a sixth All-American as Westmoore’s Aubrianna Smith earned All-American honors with an 8^th place finish in the Junior Women’s Tournament.

In the most prestigious tournament of the year, Bella Williams dominated the field to not only claim the national title but was also awarded the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament Award for her incredible performance.  Williams outscored her first five opponents 53-1 to advance to the finals.  In the finals, Williams led 3-1 after the first period and broke away early in the final period, scoring six quick points to claim the title and the coveted stop sign with a 9-3 win over Nebraska’s Kaylyn Harrill.  Williams was a double All-American last year, with 3^rd place finishes in both the U16 and Junior Tournaments. 

Lynn Horn made it two champions in a row for Oklahoma as she was equally impressive in winning the 127 lb. national title.  Horn rolled into the finals with four falls (including falls in :22 and :49) and a 14-2 tech fall win.  The tech fall win came over California’s Samantha Sachs (ranked 14^th in the nation) and the :49 fall was over Oregon’s Bailey Chafin (ranked 12^th in the nation).  Horn saved the best for last, as she faced returning national runner-up Carley Ceshker from Wisconsin in the finals.  Ceshker, ranked 3^rd in the nation and 25^th in the national Pound-for-Pound (P-4-P) rankings, led 3-0 with under a minute to go.  Horn, who came into the tournament, ranked 20^th in the nation, was not to be denied as she rallied with the final three points to win by criteria to claim the national title and her own stop sign in her first trip to Fargo.

Addie Morse had four wins including a fall and two shut out wins to earn a 4^th place All-American finish at 100 lbs.  In the consolation semifinals, Morse scored three points in the final 20 seconds to pull out a 3-2 win to advance to the consolation finals.  Oklahoma earned two All-American honors at 164 lbs. as Alexandria Ray placed 5^th and Millie Azlin placed 6^th.  Ray had four wins in the tournament, including winning her first three matches by outscoring her opponents 20-2 in advancing to the semi-finals.  Azlin opened the tournament with four straight falls, before dropping a match to eventual champion Piper Fowler from Tennessee (ranked 13^th in P-4-P rankings).  Aubrianna Smith won five matches with one fall and two tech fall wins to earn an 8^th place All-American finish at 127 lbs.  In a high scoring match, Smith fell behind 10-4 before hitting a 5-point throw midway through the final period and then scored five more points in the final 20 seconds to win a wild 20-18 match over Nebraska’s Regan Rosseter. 

The 3^rd place team finish continued the vast improvement of the Oklahoma Women’s teams on the national scene.  In 2021, the team placed 29^th, improving to 14^th last year and the big jump to 3^rd this year.  The tournament not only saw the best performance by an Oklahoma Women’s U16 team, but it also saw the continued increase in the number of Fargo qualifiers.  In 2021 Oklahoma sent 33 wrestlers (21 Junior and 15 U16), and 47 competed last year (22 Juniors and 25 U16).  With 26 Juniors and 36 U16, this year’s team had 62 make the trip to Fargo!  Listed below are all the Fargo participants. 

ALL-AMERICANS

	16U Women – Freestyle
122	Bella Williams	1st
127	Lynn Horn	1st
100	Addie Morse	4th
164	Alexandria Ray	5th
164	Millie Azlin	6th

                Junior Women – Freestyle

127

Aubrianna Smith

8th

16U Women – 3^rd Place (78 Points) / 36 entries          Junior Women – 31^st Place (2 Points) / 26 entries

Wt.	Name	Record	Place		Wt.	Name	Record	Place
94	Halle Wassenberg	1-2			100	Katelynn Widner	0-2
100	Addie Morse	4-2	4th		106	Emma Wissman	2-2
100	Mallory Hernandez	0-2			106	Addison Polk	1-2
106	Jadyn Roller	3-2			106	Destiny Jones	1-2
106	Lily Land	2-2			112	Mariah Robbins	2-2
106	Kyrian Perez	0-2			112	Charisma Meeks	0-2
112	Kyrstan Perez	2-2			112	Shae Salinas	0-2
112	Suzannah Gray	0-2			112	Skylar Gragg	0-2
117	Aiyana Perkins	3-2			117	Madison Roe	1-2
117	Dru Turner	2-2			117	Abigail Butts	0-2
117	Cashlie Bowman	1-2			122	Trinity Rakestraw	1-2
117	Kristen DeLaRosa	0-2			122	Annabell Chase	0-2
122	Bella Williams	6-0	1st		122	Laila Mirza	0-2
122	Laura Mullin	2-2			127	Aubrianna Smith	5-3	8th
122	Abbigail O’Kelly	0-2			127	Kurstin Howell	2-2
122	Brooklynn Huggins	0-2			127	Ashtyn Sagely	1-2
127	Lynn Horn	6-0	1st		132	Shelby Kemp	2-2
127	Angelina Bezner	0-2			132	Kaylee Campbell	1-2
132	Jay’la Ford	1-2			138	Josaline Blevins	3-2
132	Millie Bradley	1-2			138	Trysten Rittberger	0-2
132	Kendra Perrien	0-2			144	Corin Lowe	1-2
138	Makaylee Cannon	4-2			152	Kaylee Davis	4-2
138	Aubrey Brown	2-2			164	Kylea Birdsong	2-2
138	Macy Gorczynski	1-2			180	Ashley Maldonado	2-2
144	Adrianna Chronister	3-2			180	Siara Arrington	2-2
144	Ryleigh Lefkowitz	3-2			180	Symphony Veloz	2-2
144	Maggie Beaird	2-2
152	Makenna Howell	2-2
152	Carli Antonelli	1-2
152	Jessica Fullbright	1-2
152	Madilynn Ingram	0-2
164	Alexandria Ray	4-2	5th
164	Millie Azlin	4-3	6th
180	Emery Turner	3-2
180	Brooklynn Latham	0-2
200	Aubrey Bolton	0-2