The 2026 Junior Boys Freestyle Nationals is complete.
Texas closes out with 3 All-Americans, all in the 16U division. The junior boys have been alternating placing years in freestyle since 2019, and this is the year for none. The 16U boys have only missed 4 years not having a placer going clear back to the year 2000. Greco Roman should present more.
Juniors Boys
132lbs-Charlie Trujillo through his 4 matches on the championship side only gave up 6 points in his 2 techfalls and a fall before getting techfalled himself in the round of 16. Trujillo was the only junior wrestler to win his last match of day 2 on the consolation side to stay alive for day 3. In the consolation sub quarters Trujillo couldn’t quite get through losing 10-8 decision keeping him 2 wins away from All-American.
132lbs-Charlie Trullio a graduated senior going to Brown University is a 3x, 3rd place state finisher and 4x state qualifier from Vandegrift High School in Austin.
16U Boys
The 16U boys, all state champs in their freshman year. Mason Millsaps of Conroe Woodlands College Park, and Maddox Fields and Vinny Ferrari both of Melissa High School
Below we go through day 3.
126lbs-Mason Milsaps through 4 matches into the quarter finals has only given up 1 point on his way to 4 tech falls and didn’t wrestle past the first period until his round of 16. In the quarterfinals Milsaps was up against a Pennsylvania wrestler in Arthur Reyes, a freshman himself. Milsaps kept it close in the first period but gets techfalled right at the end of the 2nd period.
Milsaps on the consolation side now needs one more win to All-American. Not only does he get 1 more win, Milsaps gets 3 more wins not giving up put 1 point to make the 3rdf place match where he got a chance to redeem the earlier loss to Reyes. This time the score was a lot closer with Milsaps having to settle for 4th place.
Fun Fact, Vinny Ferrari beat Reyes at Preseason Nationals in the Championship match in TB 9-4 to win 1st place at 132lbs.
138lbs-Maddox Fields had only given up 2 points until his round of 16 loss of an 8-3 decision in his first 4 matches. On the consolation side Fields got the win by decision. In the consolation sub quarters Field’s got another win by decision, then yet another by decision to make All-American. Fields then lost his metal rounds match in a 6-4 decision to wrestle for 7th place where he met up with the California wrestler Gullien Holguin, who beat him in the round of 16 in the 8-3 decision. This time the score was closer, but Holguin gives Field another loss and Fields must settle for 8th place.
144lbs-Vinny Ferrari through 4 matches into the quarterfinals has only given up 2 points in his 4 tech falls. In the quarter finals up against an Ohio wrestler, a freshman Gavin Cantera who placed 2nd at state. Ferrari gets a 10-5 decision to secure his All-American statis and put him into the semifinals. Ferrari was up against another freshman #2 seed Jeremiah Hayes of Illinois who was looking for a triple crown. Ferrari doing the same as Cantera wins 10-5 by decision to put himself in the finals for the large stop sign.
In the championship match Ferrari would meet Reece Movahead of Pennsylvania. Movahead scores first with a takedown and that was how the first period ended. Ferrari gives up another takedown to start the 2nd period and that’s how the match ends with Ferrari settling for 2nd place.
Below is the complete Junior boys win/lose results
Weight Name W/L
106 Deshaun Lebron 0-2
113 Zaiden Hernandez 0-2
113 Hector Ortiz 1-2
113 Fernado Morales 0-2
113 William Yoshida 2-2
120 Pierce Ritchey 0-2
120 Pedro Gutierrez 1-2
120 Kai Makridakis 1-2
126 Macauley Fuld 0-2
126 Masakiyo Joe 1-2
126 James Murray 1-2
126 Oliver Pulliam 4-2
132 Charles Trujillo 4-2
132 Santiago Garcia 3-2
132 Leslie Hall 0-2
138 Braiden Bartlett 2-2
138 Cael Brubaker 0-2
138 Jacob Woehr 2-2
144 Landon Song 0-2
144 Ronan Montes 0-2
144 Aiden Stephenson 1-2
144 Tyler Yancy 3-2
150 Kiron Neves 1-2
150 Timothy Fitzgerald 2-2
150 Hunter Gordon 3-2
150 Hunter Anderson 0-2
150 Henry Haufrect 2-2
157 Drezdyn Ballard 2-2
157 Jayden Cardona 2-2
157 Micah McCaskill 3-2
157 Cruz Morales 3-2
157 Daniel Acosta 3-2
165 Keith Remington 2-2
165 Michael Castillo 1-2
165 Alken Maxutov 1-2
165 Jet Rank 0-2
175 Jett Fanucchi 0-2
175 Miles Martinez 0-2
175 Jared Remington 3-2
190 Sean Perez jr 5-2
190 Cody Savage 3-2
190 Austin Turner 1-2
285 Grant Bahnsen 4-2
285 Damian Bodiu 2-2
Below is the complete 16U Boys win/lose results.
Weight Name W/L
88 Elijah Allen 1-2
94 Tyree Williams 1-2
100 Hunter Lugo 2-2
106 Yaziel Navarro 0-2
106 Ioannis Kypriotakis 0-2
106 Kemuel Mungin 0-2
106 Hayden Bessette 0-2
113 Fernado Jimeno 3-2
113 Felix Morales 1-2
113 Jose Diaz Jr 1-2
113 Brady Knadler 1-2
120 Jaxon Kraemer 3-2
120 Bryce Van Lavoie 2-2
120 CJ Reyes 1-2
120 Mason Gibson 1-2
126 Behzod Rakhmatov 4-2
126 Henry Evans 2-2
126 Mason Milsaps 7-2 4th place
132 Kenneth Barnes 3-2
132 Alex Choo 4-2
132 Mason Colon 0-2
138 Tyson Crowsey 2-2
138 Maddox Fields 7-3 8th place
138 Leonaides Lopez 2-2
138 Liam Bentley 1-2
144 Vincent Ferrari 6-1 2nd place
144 Sigmar Solaas 3-2
144 Joshua Brooks 1-2
144 Jacob Gutknecht 0-2
150 Benjamin Iturrino 1-2
150 Anson Lastinger 3-2
150 Dominic Conteras 2-2
150 Andrew Kamins 1-2
157 Devlon Childress Jr 1-2
157 James Caden Grace 0-2
157 Cohen Olsen 3-2
157 Adrian Prieto 1-2
165 Holden Jacobs 3-2
165 Grady Kelts 3-2
165 Marcos Zellers 0-2
175 Harvey Mills 2-2
190 Arian Cardenas 1-2
215 Brazos Allen 1-2
215 Sebastian Alvaerez 0-2
285 Christian Gallo 0-2
285 Max Pierce 1-2
