The Clash National High School Wrestling Duals, Rochester, Minnesota:
Clash National Duals results (Vacaville)
Today Vacaville finished the Clash National Duals by winning the
division 4 pool, finishing 13th overall and 3-0 on day two of the tournament.
Among the highlights include a 36-24 win over the #1 team from Missouri, Kearney High School,
to win the pool, ranked 33 nationally by Intermat. Other dual scores include:
Vacaville 44 Owatonna MN 18
Vacaville 29 Kasson Mantorville MN 35 (#17 Intermat)
Vacaville 30 Pope GA 33 (#50 Intermat)
Vacaville 47 Collins Hill GA 17
Vacaville 54 Jefferson GA 22
The team finished 4-2 overall, with a 13-2 record so far this season. The dual meet win over Jefferson, GA, was the 200th dual win for Coaches Wight and Birch, who are now 201-46 in eight seasons.
Senior Kasey Klaus was selected for the All Tournament team at 120 lbs. - a weight class that also featured the #1 wrestler in the nation, Tommy Thorn of St. Michael Albertville. Klaus did not surrender a single point the entire tournament, and pinned Kearney's defending state champion and All American Seth Brayfield. Klaus finished 20-4 in his four trips to Minnesota, including going 12-0 the last two seasons. He will join his brother Kody on the list of Most Wins at the Clash, who was also 20-4 and a two time All Tourney team member.
Finishing 6-0 with Klaus was senior Chris Lai, who was honored as part of the tournaments All Academic Team. Jeramy Sweany, Danny Delgado, Zack Dawson, and Cameron Bailey all finished 5-1. Steven Gomez and Zach Crane both bounced back from tough first days to win all three matches the second day. Sweany's lone loss was to Broc Berge of Kasson Mantorville, ranked #1 in the nation by WIN magazine, and an Iowa committment. Jeramy lost 6-4 in Overtime.
