Nine of the top twelve tournament teams in class A are in the Metro conference, including 2 of the top 4 teams. The 16-teams battle for the dual title today, then wrestle in the individual tournament on Saturday.
1st Round Matchups:
#1 Millard South vs #16 Omaha Northwest
Top Potential Matchup:
152- #1 Connor Olin (MS) vs #4 Kylan Byars (ONW)
#8 Omaha Bryan vs #9 Omaha North
Top Potential Matchup:
126- unranked Dae’Kwon Seavers (ON) vs unranked Gavin Howard (OB)
#5 Omaha Burke vs #12 Omaha Benson
Top Potential Matchup:
120- unranked Dion Bonam vs unranked Curtez Riley (OBE)
#4 Papio South vs #13 Millard North
Top Potential Matchup:
160- #1 DJ Coleman (MN) vs #5 Conner Willey (PS)
#3 Millard West vs #14 Creighton Prep
Top Potential Matchups:
220- #4 Alex Dukart (MW) vs #5 Jackson Hasz (CP)
285- unranked Derek Bithell (MW) vs unranked Garett Rollag (CP)
#6 Papillion-La Vista vs #11 Bellevue West
Top Potential Matchup:
132- unranked Oscar Baird (BW) vs #5 Rhett Dasher (PLV)
#7 Omaha Central vs #10 Omaha Westside
Top Potential Matchups:
106- #4 Emilio Haynes (OC) vs unranked Michael Colling (OW)
152- #2 Dax Galloway (OC) vs #3 Josh Jansa (OW)
#2 Bellevue East vs #15 Omaha South
No expected matchups between ranked opponents
For this preview’s sake, we’ll assume that the higher seeded team wins each matchup of each round.
Quarterfinal Round
#1 Millard South vs #8 Omaha Bryan
Top Potential Matchups:
106- #1 Blake Jackson (MS) vs unranked Ladamien Sturdivant (OB)
120- #5 Austin Coufal(MS) vs #6 Aweys Salat (OB)
126- #1 Creighton Baughman(MS) vs unranked Gavin Howard (OB)
#2 Bellevue East vs #7 Omaha Central
Top Potential Matchup:
152- unranked Tyler Nawrocki (BE) vs #2 Dax Galloway (OC)
#3 Millard West vs #6 Papillion-La Vista
Top Potential Matchups:
113- #5 Cole Zebley (MW) vs #3 Nolan Niemiec (PLV)
120- #2 Jack Huffman (MW) vs #3 Reid Dasher (PLV)
126- #6 Camden Russell (MW) vs unranked Ben Hallett (PLV)
132- unranked Levi May (MW) vs #5 Rhett Dasher (PLV)
#4 Omaha Burke vs #5 Papillion-La Vista South
Top Potential Matchups:
106- unranked Jakason Burks (OB) vs #5 Gabe Durden (PLVS)
145- #1 James Burks (OB) vs #3 Josh Benak (PLVS)
195- unranked Dylan Sales (OB) vs unranked John Hamilton (PLVS)
Semifinal Round
#1 Millard South vs #4 Omaha Burke
Top Potential Matchups:
106- #1 Blake Jackson (MS) vs unranked Jakason Burks (OB)
120- #5 Austin Coufal (MS) vs unranked Dion Bonam (OB)
145- #4 Austin McDonald (MS) vs #1 James Burks (OB)
182- #6 Doug Weidner (MS) vs unranked Dillyn Miller (OB)
#2 Bellevue East vs #3 Millard West
Top Potential Matchups:
113- unranked Doug Cheek (BE) vs #5 Cole Zebley (MW)
132- #4 Jakody Rezac (BE) vs unranked Levi May (MW)
285- #4 Joel Anstine (BE) vs Derek Bithell (MW)