Oklahoma Wrestlers Shine with Nine All-American Finishes at Super 32 Challenge

Nine Oklahoma wrestlers jump started their season over the weekend by earning All-American honors at the ultra-tough Super 32 Challenge.  Taking place in Greensboro, NC, 32 Oklahoma high school wrestlers were part of the over 2200 high school entries. Past champions of this prestigious tournament include David Taylor, Kyle Dake, Spencer Lee, and 26 other future NCAA champions.  

 On the boys side, Ignacio Villasenor and Aydan Thomas both placed 5^th, with Turner Ross placing 6^th and Beau Hickman and Ethan Teague earning 8^th place finishes.  The girls tournament was a freestyle tournament, with Taylor Ellis Hishaw and Kinslee Collier placing 6^th and Alexandria Skidmore and Emery Turner placing 8^th.

Stillwater’s 2X state champion Aydan Thomas had an impressive tournament, winning eight matches, to earn a 5^th place finish at 120 lbs.  Included in the wins for the 16^th seed Thomas, were wins over 2X Texas state champion Michael Ruiz , 7^th seed Brock Rothermel (PA) and then finishing with bang, in earning a come from behind 7-5 win over number two seed Gauge Botero (PA).  Thomas trailed late in the match when he escaped and scored the winning takedown to earn the big win.  

Ignacio Villasenor followed up his impressive win in the recent Who’s #1 with a 5^th place finish at 113 lbs.  Villasenor opened the tournament with five straight wins, including two tech falls and a major decision win.  Villasenor dropped his next two, but rebounded to take a 13-2 major decision win over Dunia Sibomana (NY) to earn the 5^th place finish.  Villasenor, a Colorado state champion last year, will be competing at Stillwater this year.

Tuner Ross won five straight matches, including three wins by tech fall to move into the semifinals, before dropping his last three matches to finish 6^th at 106 lbs.  Ross, a 2X Faro All-American for Minnesota (2^nd in 2023 and 3^rd in 2024), will be competing at Edmond North this year. 

Tuttle 3X state champion Beau Hickman earned six wins, including two major decision wins to earn an 8^th place All-American finish at 150 lbs.  At 175 lbs., 2X state champion and 3X finalist Ethan Teague earned five wins, including a tech fall and major decision to join Hickman as an 8^th place All-American finisher.  

Stillwater’s Stockton Allen fell in the blood round, but had a very impressive run, opening the tournament with five straight first period falls.  Allen had falls in 0:58, 0:46, 0:27, 1:02, 1:14 before dropping matches to the eventual 3^rd and 4^th place finishers.  

Husky Wrestling Club’s Taylor Ellis Hishaw opened the tournament with three straight wins, including an impressive 11-10 win over Fargo national champion Samantha Sachs before being derailed in the semifinals.  Against Sachs, Ellis Hishaw trailed late in the match when she score three points in the finals 20 seconds to pull out the thrilling win.  Ellis Hishaw injury defaulted her last two matches to take the 6^th place finish at 132 lbs.

Fargo All-American and fellow Husky Wrestling Club member Kinslee Collier earned three wins before injury defaulting her last two matches to take the 6^th place finish at 200 lbs.  

8^th grader Alexandria Skidmore (Husky Wrestling Club) lost her opening match, but rebounded with three straight wins, including a fall and tech fall win, to earn an 8^th place All-American finish at 100 lbs.  McAlester’s Emery Turner had two tech fall wins before injury defaulting her last match to take 8^th place at 200 lbs.

OKLAHOMA PLACERS

High School Boys

113 Ignacio Villasenor – 5^th 

120 Aydan Thomas – 5^th 

106 Turner Ross – 6^th 

150 Beau Hickman – 8^th 

175 Ethan Teague – 8^th 

High School Girls

132 Taylor Ellis Hishaw – 6^th (3-1, 1 TF) 

200 Kinslee Collier – 6^th 

100 Alexandria Skidmore – 8^th 

200 Emery Turner – 8^th 

OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS – BOYS 

106 Turner Ross – 6^th Place (5-3, 3 TF)

106 Cason Craft (5-2, 1 TF, 1 MD)  

113 Ignacio Villasenor – 5^th Place (6-2, 2 TF, 2 MD) 

120 Aydan Thomas – 5^th Place (8-2, 1 TF, 1 MD)

126 Devin Miller (5-2, 2 MD) 

126 Gerald Harris III (2-2, 1 MD)

132 Stockton Allen (5-2, 5 Falls) 

132 Julio Aguirre (1-2, 1 TF)

138 Thomas Verrette (4-2, 1 Fall, 2 MD)

144 Will Deutschlander (3-2, 1 MD)

150 Beau Hickman – 8^th Place (6-3, 2 MD)

150 Hayze Ivey (3-2, 1 Fall, 1 MD)

165 Trae Rios (4-2, 2 MD) 

175 Ethan Teague – 8^th Place (5-2, 1 TF, 1 MD) 

175 James Elliott (1-2, 1 MD)

175 Jaxon Trotter (2-2, 2 Falls)

190 Cole Olguin (1-2)

OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS – GIRLS 

100 Alexandria Skidmore – 8^th Place (3-3, 1 Fall, 1 TF)

100 Bristol Norris (0-2)

112 Addison Morse (1-2, 1 Fall) 

112 Brooklyn Church (0-2)

112 Sasha Williams (1-2, 1 TF)

118 Victorya Cox (0-2) 

124 Hannah Lopez (2-2, 1 TF)

132 Taylor Ellis Hishaw – 6^th Place (3-1, 1 TF) 

138 Clover Williams (3-2, 1 Fall, 1 TF)

148 Ezmerelda Fuller (1-2, 1 Fall) 

160 Mya Dobrinski (1-2, 1 Fall) 

175 Brooklyn McKinney (0-2)

200 Emery Turner – 8^th Place (2-2, 2 TF) 

200 Kinslee Collier – 6^th (3-1) 

200 Paige Wainscott (1-2, 1 Fall)