CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Division of Police, the United States Marshals Service, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested 33 people in the Northeast, Ohio area, Thursday as part of “Operation Smoke and Mirrors.”

The arrests came after an investigation that started in the fall of 2025 by the Cartel, Gang, Narcotics, and Laundering Task Force, Cleveland Police’s Second District Vice Unit, and the Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) initiative, which focused on the distribution of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood.

The operation netted 252 grams of cocaine, 250 grams of fentanyl, 250 grams of methamphetamine, 50 grams of MDMA(ecstasy), and multiple guns.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office was able to indict 40 people as a result of the investigation.

“Operation Smoke & Mirrors underscores the power of collaboration and intelligence-driven policing in dismantling dangerous criminal networks across our region,” said Mayor Justin M. Bibb. “I commend the dedicated members of the Cleveland Division of Police, along with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, for their exceptional work in bringing these individuals to justice and protecting our residents from violent offenders who threaten the stability of our communities.”

“This operation reflects our Division’s ongoing commitment to working diligently and collaboratively to address serious threats to our community,” said Chief Dorothy Todd. “We are grateful for the coordinated efforts of the Cleveland Division of Police and our law enforcement partners in identifying and investigating criminal activity. Together, we remain dedicated to ensuring accountability and maintaining the safety of those we serve.”

The 33 people were arrested in several cities throughout Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland, Bedford Heights, Euclid, Maple Heights, and Dayton.

The investigation remains ongoing, and more arrests are possible, according to a press release from the Cleveland Division of Police.

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285 pounds: 

All six of the former All-Americans won their first-round matches early at 285 pounds: 

• Iowa State’s No. 1 Yonger Bastida teched No. 32 Emmanuel Ulrich of American, 22-5
• No. 2 Isaac Trumble of NC State beat No. 31 Brenan Morgan of Virginia, 16-3
• No. 3 Taye Ghadiali of Michigan beat No. 30 Jack Forbes of Virginia, 17-2
• No. 4 AJ Ferrari of Nebraska beat No. 29 Luke Rasmuseen of South Dakota State, 17-2
• No. 5 Nick Feldman of Ohio State beat No. 28 Jarrett Stoner of Missouri, 5-4
• No. 8 Ben Kueter of Iowa beat No. 25 Alex Semeneko of Brown, 2-0 

No. 21 Juan Mora of Oklahoma picked off the first upset of the weight when he beat No. 12 Braxton Amos of Wisconsin 4-3. He’ll have Feldman next. No. 20 Dayton Pitzer of Pitt joined him on the upset winners list with his 3-2 victory over No. 13 Spencer Lanosga of Navy. No. 27 Hunter Catka of Rutgers rounded out the upset winners with his 6-3 victory against No. 6 Nathan Taylor. Pitzer will have Ferrari in the second round while Catka will wrestle No. 11 Devon Dawson of NIU who beat No. 22 Trevor Tinker of Cal Poly 7-4 to advance. 

Virginia Tech’s No. 16 Jimmy Mullen and No. 15 Brady Colbert of Army will both have All-Americans in the next round after Mullen beat No. 17 Vincent Mueller of Columbia 13-10 and Colbert beat No. 18 Christian Carroll 5-1. Mullen will now face Bastida while Colbert will wrestle Trumble.

Penn State’s No. 12 Cole Mirasola and Minnesota’s No. 14 Koy Hopke will also have an All-American in the next round in No. 8 Kueter and No. 3 Ghadali after Mirasola beat No. 24 Connor Barket of Duke 13-7 and Hopke beat No. 19 Nate Schon of Drexel 11-7. 

No. 7 Konner Doucet of Oklahoma State and No. 10 David Szuba of Arizona State round out the winners of the first round. Doucet beat No. 26 Luke Luffman of Illinois 2-1, and Szuba beat No. 23 Stephan Monchery of App State, 11-1. 

197 pounds: 

No. 17 Dillon Bechtold of Bucknell earned the first win at the weight in the first round when he beat No. 16 Branson John of Maryland 4-1. He’ll have No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State next who teched No. 32 Blake Schaffer of Kent State 20-4. 

Wyoming All-American No. 5 Joey Novak is into the second round on his quest for another podium finish. He beat No. 28 Kael Wisler of Michigan State by fall at 4:43 to advance. Novak will have No. 21 Rune Lawrence of West Virginia after Lawrence upset No. 12 Luke Geog of Ohio State 9-6. 

Stanford has SHOWN UP this morning. Cardinal upperweight No. 9 Angelo Posada advances with a 4-3 win over No. 24 Brock Zurawski of Rider. He’ll have No. 25 Evan Bates of Missouri who upset No. 8 DJ Parker of Oklahoma 4-3 in the first round.

Ohio picks up another second-round wrestler in No. 19 Zayne Lehman who beat No. 14 Gabe Sollars 6-4. He’ll have two-time All-American No. 3 Stephen Little of Little Rock next now that Little beat No. 30 Kade Rule of UT-Chattanooga 10-3. 

No. 29 Colton Hawks of Arizona State picked up the biggest upset of the day when he stopped No. 4 Sonny Sasso of Virginia Tech 12-8. He’ll now meet All-American No. 13 Bennett Berge of South Dakota State who beat No. 20 Wyatt Ingham of Wisconsin 8-5 in the opening round. 

All-Americans No. 11 Camden McDanel of Nebraska and No. 10 Mac Stout of Pitt advance after wins over No. 22 Devin Wasley of North Dakota State and No. 23 Mikey Squires of Binghamton by scores of 7-2 and 5-2 respectively.

McDanel will now have No. 6 Justin Rademacher of Oregon State who won a gutsy 2-1 match over No. 27 Gabe Arnold of Iowa on one second of riding time. Arnold chose down first and escaped in four seconds. Rademacher one-upped the Hawkeye by escaping during his ride-out period in three seconds. That confident, bold decision paid off for the Beaver. 

Stout will have No. 7 Cody Merrill of Oklahoma State who beat No. 26 Ben Vanadia of Purdue 5-2. 

No. 2 Rocky Elam of Iowa State survives a tough No. 31 Kael Bennie to move on with a 9-3 win. Elam will now wrestle No. 15 Remy Cotton of Michigan State who beat No. 18 Andrew Reall of Brown 4-2. 

184 pounds:

No.1 Rocco Welsh gives Penn State an eighth athlete in the second round with his 19-4 tech fall over No. 32 Caleb Uhlenhopp of Utah Valley. Welsh will take on No. 16 Rylan Rogers of Lehigh who beat No. 17 Ian Bush of West Virginia 8-7 in the first round. 

All-American and Big Ten finalist No. 3 Max McEnelly of Minnesota advances with a 22-6 win over No. 30 Tyler Bienus of Bucknell. He’ll face Virginia Tech’s No. 14 Jaden Bullock who battled No. 19 Jared McGill of Edinboro to a 6-5 tie-breaker win.

No. 9 Chris Moore of Illinois moves on after beating No. 24 Joe Curtis of Columbia 11-2. He’ll have Nebraska All-American No. 8 Silas Allred next who beat No. 25 Malachi DuVall of George Mason 3-1. 

No. 4 James Conway gives Franklin & Marshall its first second-round athlete after he beat No. 29 Nick Fine of Northern Iowa 4-1. 

No. 20 Brian Soldano of Oklahoma pulls off an upset 4-1 against No. 13 Isaac Dean of Iowa State. He’ll have Conway next. 

No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair of Missouri advances to the second round after a dominant 22-6 performance against No. 31 Mahonri Rushton of Northern Colorado. Sinclair will now see No. 15 Ohio wrestler Sal Perrine who beat No. 18 Jake Dailey of North Carolina 9-3. 

Ohio State’s No. 12 Dylan Fishback survives a tough No. 21 Tomas Brooker of App State 8-6. He’ll now see a familiar opponent in No. 5 Brock Mantanona of Michigan who beat No. 28 Abraham Wojcikiewsicz of Stanford 14-9. 

Wyoming advances a wrestler into the second round as No. 6 Eddie Neitenback beats No. 27 Aidan Brenot of North Dakota State 14-1. His next opponent will be No. 22 Zack Ryder of Oklahoma State who secured an overtime takedown against No. 11 Shane Cartagenda-Walsh for the 4-1 upset win. 

Iowa’s Angelo Ferrari, who came into this tournament as the No. 7 seed after placing eighth at Big Tens, beat No. 26 Chase Kranitz of Pittsburgh 10-0 and will now face EIWA champion and No. 10 Caleb Campos of American who beat No. 23 Ceasar Garza of Cal Poly 4-1. 

174 pounds:

Penn State’s No. 1 Levi Haines also stays perfect on the year with a fall over Grant O’Dell at 1:33. He’ll now face Columbia’s No. 16 Nick Fine who beat No. 17 Jared Simma of Northern Iowa 3-2.

Ohio State All-American No. 4 Carson Kharchla is into the second round with an 8-3 win over N. 29 Avery Bassett of Lock Haven. Kharchla will have No. 20 Daschle Lamer of Oregon State who beat No. 13 Carter Baer 2-0. 

Iowa also advanced its All-American at the weight as last years fourth-place finisher No. 5 Patrick Kennedy topped No. 28 Holden Garcia of Princeton 8-2. Kennedy will now have No. 12 Carter Schubert of Oklahoma who beat No. 21 Lenny Pinto, a 2025 Blood Round finisher, 5-4. 

The Cowboys of Oklahoma State once again stay perfect as No. 8 Alex Facundo beats No. 25 Sergio Desiante of Virginia Tech 12-6. Facundo will face No. 9 Beau Mantanona of Michigan after Mantanona beat Garrett Thompson of Ohio 7-3. 

George Mason earns an upset win from No. 19 Logan Messer over No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens of South Dakota State 6-3. Messer will have All-American Chris Minto next following Minto’s 20-4 win over No. 30 Riley Davis of Wyoming. 

In a tournament where the race of a team trophy could come down to a single match, Iowa State’s No. 11 MJ Gaitan did the Cyclones a huge favor with his fall against No. 22 Brody Baumman of Purdue at 2:41. He’ll have All-American No. 6 Matty Singleton who survived overtime against No. 27 Collin Carrigan of North Carolina with a 2-1 win.

Missouri’s No. 7 Cam Steed moves forward in the championship bracket after a 16-1 win over No. 26 Derek Gilcher of Indiana. His next opponent will be No. 10 Myles Takats of Bucknell who beat No. 23 Luca Augustine of Pittsburgh 6-4. 

No. 2 Simon Ruiz of Cornell advances in the championship bracket with a 17-2 win over No. 31 Cael Valencia of Arizona State. Ruiz will now face No. 15 Danny Wask of Navy who All-American’d at this tournament last year and beat No. 18 Colin Kelly of Illinois 7-3 to advance. 

165 pounds:

Penn State’s No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink continues his undefeated season with 100% bonus with a win over No. 32 Cody Walsh of Drexel 21-5. Mesenbrink will face No. 16 Paddy Gallagher after Gallagher beat No. 17 Braeden Scoles of Illinois 13-4. 

Fellow returning NCAA finalist No. 3 Michael Caliendo advances after pinning No. 30 Thomas Snipes of The Citadel at 2:43. Caliendo’s next opponent will be No. 19 Noah Mulvaney of Bucknell who beat No. 14 Andrew Barbosa of Rutgers 8-2.

North Carolina advances No. 9 Bryce Hepner into the second round after Hepner topped No. 24 Sean Seefeldt of Penn 11-4. His opponent will be No. 8 Matty Bianchi of Little Rock who survived a 7-5 sudden victory battle against No. 25 Mac Church of Virginia Tech. Bianchi was the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year but needed a wild card to earn his spot in the tournament, despite earning All-American honors at this event last year.

Oklahoma State keeps its streak of winners alive as freshman No. 5 LaDarion Lockett tops No. 28 Cody Goebel of Wisconsin 9-2. He’ll have No. 12 Cesar Alvan of Columbia who beat No. 21 Brock Woodcock of SIU Edwardsville 12-2.

No. 13 Andrew Sparks gives the Gophers a win with his victory over No. 20 Ty Whalen of Princeton 10-1. Sparks will now take on No. 4 Nicco Ruiz of Arizona State who beat No. 29 Ryan Burgos of Edinboro 17-5. 

Northern Iowa’s No. 11 Ryder Downey advances to the second round with a 9-4 win over No. 22 Matthew Olguin of Oregon State. He’ll have No. 27 EJ Parco of Stanford next who picked up one the biggest upsets of the morning with an 8-7 win over No. 6 LJ Araujo.  

NC State advances another athlete into the second round as No. 10 Will Denny earned a win over No. 23 Chris Earnest of Kent State 13-1. He’ll now wrestle No. 7 Max Brignola who beat No. 26 Tyler Lillard of Indiana 3-2. 

Survive and advance! Mad Max wins 2-2, tb on rt. On to the round of 16. pic.twitter.com/22RMnb9AXv

— Lehigh Men’s Wrestling (@LehighMWREST) March 19, 2026

No. 15 Connor Euton of Iowa State and No. 2 Joey Blaze of Purdue round out the opening bout winners at 165 pounds with wins over No. 18 Gunner Filipowicz 17-2 and No. 31 Jared Keslar of Pitt 5-0 respectively. 

157 pounds:

No. 1 PJ Duke does PJ Duke things in the opening period of his opening match at NCAAs, pinning No. 33 Yiannis Charles of Morgan State. 

PJ Duke with the FALL at 1:55 in his first NCAA tourney match!#PSUwr pic.twitter.com/ePFhGQ1Um6

— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 19, 2026

Duke will now have No. 17 Luke Mechler of Wisconsin who upset No. 16 Cael Swensen of South Dakota State 2-1 with riding time. 

The Ohio State Buckeyes push another athlete into the second round as No. 8 Brandon Cannon, who has been ranked as high as No. 1 this year, tops No. 25 Mason Shrader of Central Michigan 9-4. Cannon will take on All-American No. 9 Daniel Cardenas of Stanford who topped No. 24 Jaivon Jones of Little Rock 7-2. 

Another athlete who spent some time in the No. 1 spot in the rankings this year, No. 11 Ty Waters of West Virginia also won his opening match, beating No. 22 Colton Washlewski of Virginia by fall at the 2:30 mark. He’ll have Ivy League champion No. 6 Jude Swisher next who beat No. 27 Dylan Evans of Pittsburgh 8-2.

The Cowboys remain perfect through 157 pounds as No. 5 Landon Robideau beat No. 28 All-American Gavin Drexler of North Dakota State 5-1. He’ll now face No. 21 Charlie Millard of Minnesota who upset All-American No. 12 Vinny Zerban of Iowa State 12-6.

Harvard’s No 20 Jimmy Harrington also advanced to the second round after an upset, topping No. 13 Derek Raike of Ohio 4-1.  Harrington will now have Big 12 champion No. 4 Kaleb Larkin who beat No. 29 Bryce Lowery of Indiana 14-5. 

Virginia Tech keeps rolling as No. 14 Ethen Miller advances with a 2-0 win over No. 19 Kai Owen of Columbia. Miller will have two-time All-American and 2026 Ivy League runner-up No. 3 Meyer Shapiro of Cornell next. Shapiro beat No. 30 Laird Root of North Carolina 14-0 to advance. 

Lehigh puts another athlete in the championship bracket as No. 10 Logan Rozynski of Lehigh beat No. 23 Kaleb Burgess of Buffalo 6-1. Rozynski will face No. 7 Kannon Webster of Illinois after Webster beat No. 26 Jonathan Ley of Navy 6-2. 

Michigan’s wild man No. 15 Cameron Catrabone takes the 5-0 win over No. 18 DJ McGee of George Mason. 

157: Catrabone earns a 5-0 decision over George Mason’s McGee in his NCAA debut. Scored on a single leg late in the second, then rode out the period and all of the third. pic.twitter.com/LcSNXL8BOk

— Michigan Wrestling (@umichwrestling) March 19, 2026

Catrabone will now face returning NCAA champion No. 2 Antrell Taylor who teched No. 31 Garrett McChesney of Edinboro to advance to the second round himself. 

149 pounds:

All-American No. 16 Jacob Frost gives the Iowa State Cyclones big team points with a fall over No. 17 Lucas Kapusta of Lock Haven in the opening round. His next opponent will be Penn State’s No. 1 Shayne Van Ness who teched No. 33 Austin McBurney of Brown 19-4. 

All-American No. 8 Casey Swiderski of Oklahoma State advances with a win over No. 25 Michael Gioffre of Illinois 7-2 on his quest for another podium finish and a team trophy for the Cowboys. He’ll have fellow transfer No. 9 David Evans of Utah Valley after Evans, formerly of Penn State, beat No. 24 Andrew Clark of Rutgers 11-5. 

The Wolfpack put another athlete in the championship round as No. 5 Koy Buesgens beat No. 28 Kade Brown of Pittsburgh 4-0. The Terps have their second championship round athlete in No. 12 Carter Young who beat No. 21 Gabe Willochell of Wyoming 16-12. Young and Buesgens will battle next. 

ACC Champion No. 4 Collin Gaj of Virginia Tech topped No. 29 Kaden Cassidy of George Mason 9-4. Gaj will meet No. 20 Chance Lamer who pulled off the first upset at the weight with a 4-1 win over No. 13 Joe Zargo of Wisconsin. 

All-American No. 11 Lachlan McNeil of Michigan advances into the second round with a 13-3 major decision over No. 22 Eli Rivera of Princeton. McNeil will have No. 6 Caleb Tyus of SIU Edwardsville who beat No. 27 Andre Gonzales of Cal Poly 5-1. 

All-American No. 7 Ethan Stiles of Ohio State advances to the second round after a win over No. 26 Anderson Heap of Davidson 10-2. Stiles’ next opponent is No. 10 Aden Valencia who topped No. 23 Max Peterson of North Dakota State 18-6. 

Penn advances another athlete in No. 3 Cross Wasilewski who beat No. 30 Dylan Layton of Rider 12-1. 

149 | The kid gets the major 😤

#3 Wasilewski gets our first MD of the day over #30 Layton (Rider), 12-1!#TheBuild x #FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/yaOPmJbcaW

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— Penn Wrestling (@PennWrestling) March 19, 2026

Wasilewski will face No. 14 Caleb Rathjen of Northern Iowa who beat No. 19 Brock Herman of Little Rock 3-1. 

Iowa has advanced all four of its wrestlers so far, as No. 15 Ryder Block punches his ticket to the second round with a win over No. 18 Eugene Harney of Morgan State 11-2. Block will have his hands full next with No. 2 Jaxon Joy of Cornell who teched No. 31 Ryan Michaels of Edinboro 16-1. 

141 pounds:

No. 17 Caedyn Ricciardi of Navy picks up an upset over No. 16 All-American Ryan Jack of NC State, 4-1. His prize is a shot against the two-time NCAA champion No. 1 Jesse Mendez of Ohio State who majored No. 33 Aldo Hernandez of App State 12-3. 

All-American No. 8 Vance Vombaur of Minnesota advances in the championship bracket with a 14-2 win over No. 25 Tom Crook of Virginia Tech. Crook is one of ten Hokies in this tournament and the first to lose in this opening round. Vombaur will have Oregon State’s No. 24 Nash Singleton of Oregon State next who upset No. 9 Joey Oliveri of Rutgers 2-1 to earn a match in the second round. 

Lehigh’s No. 5 Luke Stanich continues his undefeated redshirt sophomore season with a 21-6 technical fall win over No. 28 Pierson Manville of Arizona State. He’ll have No. 21 Tyler Wells of Oklahoma after Wells upset No. 12 Luke Simcox of North Carolina 3-2. 

2025 Big Ten champion and NCAA finalist No. 3 Brock Hardy is moving on in the championship bracket after teching No. 30 Darius Lemus of Maryland 18-1. His next opponent will be Penn State All-American No. 14 Braeden Davis who beat No. 19 Haiden Drury of Utah Valley 2-0. 

No. 13 Wyatt Henson of Lock Haven will advance in the championship bracket to take on No. 4 All-American Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State after Henson beat No. 20 Julian Tagg of South Dakota State 11-2 and Echemendia topped No. 29 Jordan Titus of West Virginia 5-1. 

No. 10 Jack Consiglio of Stanford brings the Cardinal fan base to their feet with a 9-5 win over No. 23 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell. He’ll have Iowa All-American and Big Ten bronze medalist No. 7 Nasir Bailey of Iowa who beat No. 26 Braeden Basile of Army 14-3. 

Oklahoma State is 3-for-3 in the first round so far as No. 2 Sergio Vega advances over No. 31 Billy DeKraker of Northwestern 6-0. He’ll have No. 15 Eli Griffin of Rider who beat No. 16 Carter Nogle of Air Force 7-4. 

Two-time All-American No. 11 CJ Composto is moving off after a gutsy 2-0 win over No. 22 Lorenzo Frezza. His next opponent will be No. 6 Vince Cornella of Cornell who beat No. 27 Gable Porter of Virginia 8-0. 

133 pounds:

No. 8 Markel Baker of Northern Illinois picked up the first win in the championship round at 133 pounds when he beat No. 25 Will Betancourt of Rider 8-1. He’ll have No. 9 Dominick Serrano of Northern Colorado next following Serrano’s 16-14 barn-burner win against the always dangerous Blake Boarmann who upset 2025 NCAA champion Lucas Byrd in the Big Ten tournament. 

Big 12 finalist No. 5 Kyler Larkin of Arizona State advances in the championship bracket to take on No. 12 Evan Mougalian of Penn after Larkin topped No. 28 Garrett Grice of Iowa State 13-0 and  Mougalian beat No. 21 Sean Spidle of Northwestern 8-1.

No. 20 Julian Farber picks up the third upset of the morning with his 5-4 win over All-American Jacob Van Dee of Nebraska, igniting a cheer from the Panther faithful. He’ll have freshman sensation No. 4 Aaron Seidel after Seidel teched No. 29 Luke Willochell of Wyoming 17-2. 

No. 17 TK Davis of Gardner-Webb gives the Bulldog an athlete in the second round after he beat No. 16 All-American Zan Fugitt of Wisconsin, 4-1. He’ll face Jax Forrest next after the freshman phenom teched No. 33 Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma in the first period. 

133 | JAX BY FALLLLLL

Jax’s NCAA tourney debut ends in 1:59#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/qHSuUzlcLH

— OSU Cowboy Wrestling (@CowboyWrestling) March 19, 2026

No. 3 Marcus Blaze, a Big Ten finalist, advances in into the second round of his first NCAA tournament following a 17-2 win over No. 30 Gabe Whisenhunt of Oregon State. He’ll have No. 19 Gage Walker of Missouri next who upset No. 14 Ethan Berginc of Army.

NCAA champion No. 7 Lucas Byrd of Illinois tops All-American No. 26 Dylan Shawver of Rutgers 11-7 as he continues his quest to defend his title. He’ll have fellow Big Ten foe No. 23 Braxton Brown after Brown beat a tough Maximillian Leete of American 4-2 who just won his first EIWA title. 

Iowa’s two-time NCAA finalist No. 6 Drake Ayala advances to the second round after he beat No. 27 Marcel Lopez of SIU Edwardsville 11-1. He’ll have No. 11 Tyler Ferrara of Cornell now that Ferrara has beaten No. 22 Zach Redding of NC State 6-2. 

Stanford All-American No. 15 Tyler Knox advances in the championship bracket with a 10-3 win over No. 18 Gunner Andrick of West Virginia. Knox’s reward will be Big Ten champion No. 2 Ben Davino of Ohio State who teched No. 31 Gable Strickland 17-2. 

125 pounds: 

No. 17 Jett Strickenberger of West Virginia avenges a loss from earlier this season to No. 17 Ezekiel Witt of North Dakota State 13-5. Witt previously beat Strickenberger twice in the Big 12 tournament. This time is all Strickenberger as the Mountaineer advances to face No. 1 Luke Lilledahl after Lilledahl beat No. 32 Mack Mauger of Missouri 11-2. 

No. 8 Dean Peterson of Iowa beats No. 25 Kael Lauridsen of Nebraska 9-1 to give the Hawks the first win of the morning. The Black and Gold faithful are here in full force and gave Peterson, a former Blood Round finisher, a big round of applause after his victory. He’ll have Oregon State’s No. 9 Maximo Renteria of Oregon State next after Renteria beat No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers 8-7. 

No. 5 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State, a 2025 NCAA finalist at the weight, won his opening bout against No. 28 Andrew Binni of Navy 11-2. He’ll have a rematch with NCAA champion No. 12 Vincent Robinson in the next round following Robinson’s 5-1 win over No. 21 Conrad Hendricksen of Oklahoma. Robinson is 3-0 against Spratley so far in their careers. 

No. 13 Stevo Poulin, a 2025 All-American for Northern Colorado who is now wrestling for Iowa State beat fellow transferNo. 20 Deigo Sotelo of Michigan (formerly of Harvard) 10-6. He’ll have All-American No. 4 Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh next following Seymour’s 14-1 dominant performance over No. 29 Tyler Chappell of Pittsburgh.

No. 3 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State advances in the championship bracket of 125 pounds following a 9-5 win over No. 30 Sulayman Bah of Columia. He’ll have No. 14 Jacob Moran of Indiana next. Moran just beat No. 19 Kysen Terkunia of North Carolina 4-2. 

No. 11 Tyler Klinsky of Rider is moving on after teching No. 23 Davis Motyka of Penn 19-3. He’ll have All-American and Big Ten finalist No. 6 Jore Volk of Minnesota after Volk beat No. 27 Brady Roark of South Dakota State 8-2. 

No. 18 Spencer Moore earns a takedown in sudden victory against No. 15 Koda Holeman for the first second in the championship round, 4-1. Moore will two-time All-American No. 2 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech after Ventresca survived a tough and scrappy No. 31 Desmond Pleasant of Drexel, 8-6. 

No. 7 Nico Provo of Stanford is moving on after a win over No. 26 Cooper Flynn of UT-Chattanooga, 8-2. He has No. 10 Marc Anthony McGowan of Princeton next after McGowan beat No. 23 Nicolar Rivera of Wisconsin, 16-2.