Oklahoma high school wrestlers turned in outstanding performances competing in three collegiate tournaments over the weekend with Kody Routledge, Devon Miller and Isaiah Jones winning tournament titles, Bella Williams earning a runner-up finish, Ishmael Guerrero and Eric Casula placing 3rd and Jake Goodin placing 6th.
Led by tournament champions Kody Routledge and Devon Miller, six Edmond North wrestlers competed in the Younes Hospitality Open in Kearney, Nebraska.
Routledge, an OSU signee, competing in the Elite Division, had all bonus point victories on his way to the 165 lbs title. Routledge opened with a 14-3 maj. dec. win, followed by a 22-5 tech fall, 0:48 second fall in the semifinals and a 16-6 maj. dec. win in the finals over Nebraska-Kearney’s Trenton Munoz. Munoz was a 2022 NAIA national runner-up for Hastings College.
Miller opened with a 17-0 tech fall win and recorded six wins on the day to take the 125 lb. Amateur (collegiate freshmen and sophomores) title. Competing in a 54 man bracket, Miller won the title with a 7-3 finals win over Western Wyoming’s Sefton Douglass.
Competing in a bracket with 66 wrestlers, Edmond North’s Bella Williams earned a runner-up finish at the Missouri Valley Open in Marshall, MO. Williams picked up five wins on the day, including three 10-0 tech fall wins and a 13-4 semifinal win over University of Iowa’s Emily Frost. Frost won 23 matches last year and was nationally ranked throughout the year.
Bixby junior Isaiah Jones captured the 125 lb. amateur title at the Kaufman Brand Bayly UCM Open by going 4-0 with two falls including a fall in just 0:22 in the finals against Maryville’s Diego Barajas.
Stillwater’s Ishmael Guerrero won four matches, including two 16-0 tech fall wins to place 3rd at 157 lbs. in the Elite Division of the tournament. Guerrero’s only loss was to 2022 DII All-American John Ridle from Central Missouri. Ridle placed 4th at the 2022 DII national tournament and ended the season with a 27-5 record.
Stillwater junior Eric Casula had two tech falls out of his four wins to earn a 3rd place finish in the 125 lb. Amateur Division at the Kaufman Brand Open. Casula’s only loss was a 5-1 semifinal loss to Bixby’s Isaiah Jones.
All of the wrestlers competing in the tournaments, competed unattached.
Younes Hospitality Open
November 23, 2024
Site: Kearney, NE
Elite 165 Kody Routledge – 1st Place
Champ. Round 2 – Kody Routledge won by maj. dec. over Kilian Schultz (Northern Colorado) (Maj 14-3)
Quarterfinal – Kody Routledge won by tech fall over Seamus Casey (Wyoming) (TF 22-5)
Semifinal – Kody Routledge won by fall over Marcus Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) (Fall 0:48)
1st Place Match – Kody Routledge won by maj. dec. over Trenton Munoz (Nebraska-Kearney) (Maj 16-6)
Amateur 125 Devon Miller – 1st Place
Champ. Round 1 – Devon Miller won by tech fall over Calex Banta (Briar Cliff (Iowa)) (TF 17-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Devon Miller won by decision over Brandon Board (Augustana (SD)) (Dec 7-6)
Champ. Round 3 – Devon Miller won by decision over Jaymeson Vander Velde (Iowa Western College) (Dec 10-4)
Quarterfinal – Devon Miller won by decision over Tucker Bowen (Wyoming) (Dec 4-2)
Semifinal – Devon Miller won by decision over Zane Donley (Pratt Community College) (Dec 7-3)
1st Place Match – Devon Miller won by decision over Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming College) (Dec 7-3)
Amateur 125 Jake Goodin – 6th Place
Champ. Round 1 – Jake Goodin won by fall over Adrian Trujillo (Northwest College) (Fall 1:36)
Champ. Round 2 – Jake Goodin won by fall over Barrett Stickelman (York (Neb.) (Fall 1:20)
Champ. Round 3 – Jake Goodin won by maj. dec. over Alexander Sweeney (Colorado School of Mines) (Maj 19-11)
Quarterfinal – Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming College) won by fall over Jake Goodin (Fall 1:14)
Cons. Round 6 – Jake Goodin won by no contest over Adonias Cantu (Colorado Mesa University) (NC)
Cons. Round 7 – Jake Goodin won by no contest over Hunter Jacobsen (Chadron State) (NC)
Cons. Semi – Zane Donley (Pratt Community College) won by medical forfeit over Jake Goodin (MFFL)
5th Place Match – Tucker Bowen (Wyoming) won by medical forfeit over Jake Goodin (MFF)
Amateur 133 Brooks McCollom
Champ. Round 1 – John Kenney (Fort Hays Tech Northwest) won by decision over Brooks McCollom (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Brenyn Delano (Nebraska-Kearney) won by tech fall over Brooks McCollom (TF 19-4)
Amateur 141 Max McDaniel
Champ. Round 1 – Tyler Hamm (Colorado State University – Pueblo) won by decision over Max McDaniel (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Max McDaniel won by fall over Tucker Ninete (Wayne State) (Fall 0:53)
Cons. Round 2 – Dylan Enriquez (Rochester Community & Tech. College) won by maj. dec. over Max McDaniel (Maj 12-4)
Amateur 149 Will Deutschlander
Champ. Round 1 – Shawn Bamba (Cowley) won by decision over Will Deutschlander (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Will Deutschlander won by tech fall over Fernando Dominguez (TF 19-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Alex Mentzer (Augustana (SD)) won by fall over Will Deutschlander (Fall 1:15)
2024 Missouri Valley Open
November 23, 2024
Site: Marshall, MO
Womens 131 Bella Williams – 2nd Place
Champ. Round 2 – Bella Williams won by tech fall over Avery Mohr (Iowa Central Community College) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 – Bella Williams won by tech fall over Devin Patton (William Penn University) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 4 – Bella Williams won by decision over Alexandra Baudhuin (Iowa) (Dec 4-1)
Quarterfinal – Bella Williams won by tech fall over Talia Lee (Lindenwood University) (TF 10-0)
Semifinal – Bella Williams won by decision over Emily Frost (Iowa) (Dec 13-4)
1st Place Match – Alexandra Szkotnicki (McKendree University) won by decision over Bella Williams (Dec 4-1)
Womens 124 Dru Turner
Champ. Round 1 – Peyton Hand (Ottawa University) won by fall over Dru Turner (Fall 1:20)
Cons. Round 1 – Julia Donnelly (Grand View) won by fall over Dru Turner (Fall 5:16)
2024 Kaufman Brand Bayly UCM Open
November 24, 2024
Site: Warrensburg, MO
Elite 157 Ishmael Guerrero – 3rd Place
Champ. Round 1 – Ishmael Guerrero won by tech fall over Michael Roberts (Westminster) (TF 16-0)
Quarterfinal – Ishmael Guerrero won by decision over PJ Murphy (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 7-3)
Semifinal – John Ridle (University of Central Missouri) won by tech fall over Ishmael Guerrero (TF 16-0)
Cons. Semi – Ishmael Guerrero won by disqualification over Michael Roberts (Westminster) (DQ)
3rd Place Match – Ishmael Guerrero won by decision over Conner Johnston (University of Central Missouri) (Dec 10-8)
Amateur 125 Isaiah Jones – 1st Place
Champ. Round 2 – Isaiah Jones won by fall over Adrian Jimenez (Missouri Valley) (Fall 1:35)
Quarterfinal – Isaiah Jones won by decision over Deion Johnson (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 5-0)
Semifinal – Isaiah Jones won by decision over Eric Casula (Dec 5-1)
1st Place Match – Isaiah Jones won by fall over Diego Barajas (Maryville) (Fall 0:22)
Amateur 125 Eric Casula – 3rd Place
Champ. Round 2 – Eric Casula won by tech fall over Caden Betz (Carl Albert) (TF 16-1)
Quarterfinal – Eric Casula won by decision over Brian Farley (Quincy) (Dec 6-3)
Semifinal – Isaiah Jones won by decision over Eric Casula (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Semi – Eric Casula won by tech fall over Anthony Piaia (Ottawa) (TF 20-3)
3rd Place Match – Eric Casula won by decision over Deion Johnson (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 2-1)
