Out of 108 high school Texas boys wrestling Eli Sheeren, John Richardson, and Chase Parham were the lone placers at Pre Season Nationals. Some of the guys went 0-2 losing heart breakers by 1 or in SV. Some of the guys wrestled as many as 6 matches and didn’t even get to the blood round. This tournament is always deep with wrestlers in every bracket and this was a light year due to the Covid where PSN was limiting the entries to only 725 per division. Sheeren and Richardson was both in the 11th-12th grade division. The 9th-10th grade boys were blanked on placing.
It took Richardson 8 matches in the 11th-12th grade division to get to his 5th place finish. Richardson stated out with a bye followed by 2 wins to reach the quarter finals where he dropped his first match to a Wisconsin State Champ Aiden Vandenbush 12-3. Richardson reeled off 2 more wins on the consolation side making it to the consolation semi finals before dropping his next match in a 5-0 decision putting him into the 5th place match where Richardson prevailed with a narrow 1-0 decision to take 5th place bettering his 4-2 performance in 2019.
Eli Sheeren’s @ 195 11th-12th grade division road wasn’t as long but arguably a little tougher due to every match was a state placer of some sorts. The first one being a freestyle champ from Colorado. The 2nd wrestler Sheeren won by a fall before his 3rd match with another Colorado State Placer in Baumgartner where Sheeren squeaked out the 3-1 victory to reach the semi finals. There Sheeren defeated the North Dakota State runner up Nathan Schauer by a 7-0 decision to reach the finals. In the finals Sheeren matched up with an Illinois State Champ Joey Braunagel where he lost a close 5-3 decision to take 2nd place.
Chase Parham got him an 8th place finish as well going 3-2 on the day at 195lb 11th-12th grade.
Complete Mens PSN Results
Below is the wrestler count per division
