Fargo blog (2025)

19th July 2025

Preston Burroughs places fourth at Fargo

For his first act as a Fargo All-American, Preston Burroughs sprung a cartwheel into a backflip on the Fargodome’s featured stage.
The 165-pounder went 5-2 to earn fourth place in the 16U men’s Greco-Roman tournament. He secured three technical falls to reach the quarterfinals, a 14-9 decision in the quarters, and a pin in his consi-semi.
“It feels amazing,” Burroughs said. “I’ve wanted to place at Fargo ever since eighth grade, first time I heard about the tournament. It’s an unreal place. I didn’t really think I could.”

18th July 2025

Junior men's Greco-Roman update through three rounds

For the second time in under a week, Alex Bajoras and Myles Burroughs have reached the second day of a tournament at Fargo.
Bajoras, who placed sixth last year in Greco-Roman, earned a pin and two technical falls to advance in the consolation ladder. He said the wrestling style is similar to how he often wrestles as a heavyweight.
“It’s so much [about] who’s the stronger and tougher guy,” Bajoras said. “When I go out there, I’m used to wrestling [Chelmsford’s Thomas Brown]. I’m used to wrestling good competition, so these matches where it comes down to who’s stronger, I just am.”

18th July 2025

16U men's Greco-Roman update through 3 rounds

For every move by his opponents, Preston Burroughs had an answer.
With two technical falls, the 165-pounder is flying into the second day of the 16U Greco-Roman tournament at Fargo nationals. It had been a while since he wrestled this style, but that didn’t show.
“I was just looking to come out here and do whatever I want,” he said. “I didn’t really have a strategy. I’m just going with the flow.”

16th July 2025

Isaac Novod leads Team Massachusetts freestyle men in wins

Win after win, Isaac Novod bulldozed his way through the consolation bracket.
Though he ended up one match shy of placing, the 126-pounder from Medford racked up a team-high seven wins at the Fargodome.
“I trained for this,” said the rising junior at Belmont Hill. “I trained my cardio a lot, so I just kept going and took the loss lightly. I kept my head in the game and didn’t worry about it, didn’t worry about how many matches I needed to win, just my next match.”

15th July 2025

Junior men's freestyle update through 4 rounds

As the last minute ticked away, Julian Rios made sure the lead he built was just enough.
The 113-pounder from Lowell scored a takedown, rolled Analu Woode (Hawaii) for more points, and built up an early lead.
Though he allowed two takedowns in the last minute to tie, Rios knew he had the criteria advantage, and held on with an 8-8 result. The rising senior at Phillips Andover will wrestle on the third day at Fargo for the first time.

15th July 2025

16U men's freestyle update through 4 rounds

On the heels of a tough loss, Preston Burroughs seized his very next opportunity.
The 165-pounder saw an opening and pounced, pinning Arizona’s Ryland Moss in 49 seconds. It was a bright spot to end the day where the rest of the 16U men on Team Massachusetts bowed out.
It’s also the first time Burroughs will wrestle on the third day of the tournament at Fargo.

14th July 2025

Junior men's freestyle update through 2 rounds

Combining to earn eight technical falls and a decision, five Team Massachusetts junior men’s wrestlers made it through to the round of 32.
The lone decision of the top side wrestlers saw Declan Bligh (165 pounds) rebound from a 0-3 start to win 14-5, a point shy of a tech fall over New Jersey’s Barry Norman Jr.
Julian Rios (113) spent a total of 2:29 on the mat, not allowing a point to either opponent on the first day. Ryan Meier joins Bligh as 165-pounders to stay in the winners’ bracket into Tuesday.

14th July 2025

16U men's freestyle update through 2 rounds

Nearly 12 hours passed from when the first matches were underway at the Fargodome before Preston Burroughs took to the mat.
It didn’t bother him.
The 165-pounder completed the technical fall in two minutes flat, joining Johnny Woodall (106 pounds) as the two 16U men to reach the second day of the tournament still top side.

13th July 2025

Corynne McNulty wins third place at Fargo

Her back to the mat while trying for her final turn, Corynne McNulty thought about trying to get back to her feet. Instead, she put her energy into completing that move.
Because she knew this was her match.
After a run of intense rounds, Corynne McNulty put away her 130-pound third place bout in 42 seconds, earning a 10-0 technical fall over Ohio’s Abigail Mozden and giving Team Massachusetts a placer in the women’s tournaments at Fargo nationals.

13th July 2025

Men's Fargo Preview

With 20 wrestlers providing points in the junior men’s freestyle category, Team Massachusetts vaulted to 16th place (32 points) in the U.S. Marine Corps Nationals tournament last year.
The performance, highlighted by Elliott Humphries earning second place at 165 pounds and Matthew Botello finishing fourth at 132, is something coach Matt Dehney said was “special” and “will be hard to match.”
Humphries returns at 175 this year for his final high school contest after that inspirational run. Though he does not base expectations on previous tournaments, he leads a group looking to prove Massachusetts can be formidable again.

12th July 2025

Junior women's freestyle update through 4 rounds

Two bouts. Two minutes and two seconds on the mat.
With a technical fall and a pin, Livi Polansky (95 pounds) reached the quarterfinals (to continue Sunday) starting at 10 a.m. eastern, looking for her first placement at Fargo nationals.
"It's amazing," she said, "Especially going into quarters. I dropped a weight class this year, because I was thinking the 100-pound girls are cutting down to 100, and it's only a five-pound step for me.

12th July 2025

16U women's freestyle update through 4 rounds

Kate Osakwe waited all day for her first matchup at the Fargodome, and couldn't come away with the win.
She didn't let it faze her.
The 207-pounder from Boston wrapped herself around Ohio’s Hailey Oloshove-Burle to record a pin in half a minute.

11th July 2025

Women's Fargo Preview

A championship run without an opponent reaching the second period, Skylar Hattendorf’s 2022 triumph burst open the door by winning the Commonwealth's first Fargo junior national title.
Jackie Dehney (Pelham, N.H.) and Samantha Bertini (Ludlow) followed Hattendorf (Hooksett, N.H.) by winning junior national titles in 2023 and 2024, respectively, to make it a hat trick for the Bay State.