Season Preview: 6A Boys

2026 appears to be the next chapter of the ongoing battle between Stillwater and Edmond North to rule Class 6A wrestling, with Bixby and Broken Arrow also looking to make some noise this year.  Stillwater, winner of four of the last five team titles, is once again loaded with two returning state champions, three runners-up, two state placers, and four junior high state placers.  Edmond North counters with three state champions, two runners-up, two state placers, two state qualifiers and a junior high state champion that was a Fargo double All-American.  

There are ten returning or past state champions in Class 6A this year with two winning titles in Utah.  Winning Oklahoma state titles last year were Turner Ross (Edmond North), Ignacio Villasenor (Stillwater), Thomas Verrette (Edmond North), Jesse Justice (Bixby), Jake Miller (Broken Arrow), and Jaedan Adams (Stillwater).  Edmond North’s Joseph Jeter won a state title in 2024.  Israel Borge (Bixby) won a state title in Utah last year and his brother Zion won a Utah state title in 2024.  Julio Aguirre (Stillwater) won a state title in Kansas in 2023. 

Eight wrestlers won All-American honors at Fargo, including three national champions.  Turner Ross (Edmond North) won a Junior freestyle title, with Van Smith (Mustang) and Thomas Verrette (Edmond North) winning Junior Greco titles.  Edmond North’s Rhodes Molenda earned double All-American honors in 16U, with a runner-up finish in Greco and 4^th place finish in freestyle.  Broken Arrow’s Jake Miller earned All-American honors with a 3^rd place finish in the Junior freestyle tournament.  Edmond North’s Will Deutschlander earned All-American honors with a 5^th place finish in the Junior Greco Tournament.  In the 16U Greco Tournament, Broken Arrow’s Diesel Pederson placed 5^th and Griffin Sensintaffar (Stillwater) placed 8^th. 

With the recent signing day, many of the top wrestlers have chosen where they will continue their education and wrestling.  Known signees and commitments are listed below.

• Israel Borge (Bixby) committed to Iowa
• Zion Borge (Bixby) signed with Mizzouri
• Isaiah Jones (Bixby) signed with Arkansas Little Rock
• Jake Miller (Broken Arrow) signed with Iowa State
• Thomas Verrette (Edmond North) signed with Cornell
• Joseph Jeter (Edmond North) signed with Cornell
• Will Deutschlander (Edmond North) signed with OU
• Turner Ross (Edmond North) committed to Illinois
• Eric Casula (Stillwater) signed with OU
• Luke Hamiti (Stillwater) signed with OSU
• Ignacio Villasenor (Stillwater) committed to OSU 

Edmond North’s Turner Ross registered three tech falls to win the 106 lb. state title last year.  Ross, a Minnesota state champion as a freshman, went 36-2 last year and enters his junior season with an 84-3 career record.  The national title won by Ross this past summer was his third All-American finish at Fargo.  

Stillwater’s Ignacio Villasenor won the 113 lb. state title with all bonus point wins to finish the season with a 32-1 record.  Villasenor, a Colorado state champion in 2024, enters his junior year with an 82-2 career record.  Villasenor, a 2023 U17 World bronze medalist is ranked by FloWrestling as the #4 recruit in the class of 2027. 

Edmond North’s Thomas Verrette rolled to the 138 lb. state title with a fall, tech fall, and 12-3 major decision in the finals.  Verrette, a Cornell signee, will be going for his fourth state title as he won state titles in Colorado in 2023 and 2024.  Verrette, 40-3 last year, enters his senior season with a 112-16 career record.  Verrette’s Fargo national title put him in a very exclusive group as he is now a 3X Greco champion and 5X All-American.

Jesse Justice won two state titles for Sperry, before moving to Bixby this year.  Justice, only a junior, went 35-2 last year and has a 73-8 career record.

Broken Arrow’s Jake Miller enters his senior season as a 2X state champion and 3X state placer.  Miller won a state title as a freshman at Blackwell and placed 3^rd for Broken Arrow in his sophomore year.  Miller, an Iowa State signee, won the 144 lb. state title last year to cap a 38-4 season.  Miller, a 4X Fargo All-American, carries a 109-17 career record into his final season.

Stillwater’s Jaedan Adams started on the path to join his brother Ladarion Lockett as a 4X state champion by winning the 150 lb. state title last year.  Adams, a 2X junior high state champion, ended last season with a 30-1 record.

Edmond North’s Joseph Jeter won a state title in 2024 and is a 3X state placer.  Jeter placed 3^rd as a freshman and was a state runner-up last year.  Jeter went 35-3 last year and enters his senior season with a 106-12 career record.  The Cornell signee was a double Fargo All-American in 2023 and in 2024 was the U17 Greco national champion and placed 5^th at the World Championships.

Julio Aguirre won a 2023 Kansas state title and earned runner-up finishes in Oklahoma the past two years.  Aguirre, 29-6 last season, enters his senior season with a 67-20 career record.

Brothers Curtis (Zion) and Israel Borge won state titles in Utah before moving to Bixby this year.  Zion, a Missouri signee, won the 2024 state title and was runner-up in 2025.  Israel, a junior committed to Iowa, rolled to the 2025 Utah state title with all tech falls. Israel was a NHSCA national champion and Super 32 runner-up with a big semifinal win over Pennsylvania’s highly regarded Freddy Bachmann (ranked #1 in the class of 2028). 

There are 11 returning state runners-up.  Bixby’s Isaiah Jones is a 2X runner-up.  Jones, an Arkansas Little Rock signee, is a 3X Fargo All-American, including two runner-up finishes. Broken Arrow junior Rudy Rojas and Stillwater’s Julio Aguirre are 2X runners-up.  Stillwater’s Eric Casula is a 3X placer with a runner-up finish last year.  Griffin Sensintaffar, now competing for Stillwater, was a runner-up for Sand Springs.  Other runners-up are Garrison Sartain (Edmond North), Will Deutschlander (Edmond North), Joseph Jeter (Edmond North), Destry Lujan (Yukon), and Kaden Stitt (Choctaw).  Mustang’s Van Smith a 2X Fargo All-American and 2025 Fargo champion was a 2024 state runner-up.

RETURNING AND PAST STATE CHAMPIONS AND STATE PLACERS

Records from State Tournament brackets / SQ = State Qualifier / WI = Lost wrestle-in match at State