Seth Duckworth
The Brian Keck Memorial Preseason National Tournament took place this weekend in Iowa. The event was split into two divisions, 9th-10th grade and 11th-12th grade.
A number of Oklahoman’s competed here and eight walked away with All-American finishes and two with National Titles.
Going into Saturday night there were four Oklahomans with a shot at the title. Zane Donley, who was a Fargo champ this summer was taking on Keyan Hernandez of Montana at 106. Talon McCollom had Henry Reilly of Nebraska, Bam West had Michael Bobola of Massachusetts, and Payton Thomas had Connor Havill of Ohio.
McCollom came knocked off Reilly 5-3 and Thomas beat Havill 4-1.
Other placers and the results of their medal matches are listed below.
9-10th Grade Division
106 pounds
1st Place Match – Keyan Hernandez (Team Champs Wrestling Club-MT) won by major decision over Zane Donley (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma-OK) (Maj 8-0)
132 pounds
5th Place Match – Cory Velasquez (Team Tulsa Wrestling Club) won in the ultimate tie breaker over Kane Naaktgeboren (Big Game Wrestling Club) (UTB 2-1)
7th Place Match – Marshall Geckler (Ohio) won by decision over Miles Velasquez (Team Tulsa Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-2)
160 pounds
1st Place Match – Talon McCollom (Husky Wrestling Club-OK) won by decision over Henry Reilly (Powerhouse Wrestling Club-NE) (Dec 5-3)
11-12th Grade Division
113 pounds
7th Place Match – Aden Sanders (Oklahoma) won by decision over Zion Mares (Pueblo County Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-0)
132 pounds
5th Place Match – Kaden Smith (Tough N Technical Wrestling Club (TNTWC)) won by decision over Mason Sells (Blackman High School Wrestling) (Dec 2-0)
152 pounds
1st Place Match – Michael Bobola (Massachusetts) won by decision over Bam West (Oklahoma Regional Training Center) (Dec 4-3)
182 pounds
1st Place Match – Payton Thomas (OKRTC) won by decision over Connor Havill (Ohio) (Dec 4-1)
