{"id":394014,"date":"2024-05-15T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394014"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:04:35","slug":"usa-today-high-school-sports-awards-unveils-boys-wrestler-of-the-year-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394014","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY High School Sports Awards unveils Boys Wrestler of the Year nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next up on the mat are 25 talented wrestlers who make up\u00a0the 2023-24 ALL-USA TODAY HSSA roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Each will now have the chance to be named the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsawards.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">USA TODAY High School Sports Awards<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Boys Wrestler of the Year in August.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ahead of the highly anticipated awards show\u00a0showcasing\u00a0athletes from 35 different high school sports, here is the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/highschool\/sports-awards\/2024\/05\/09\/2023-24-usa-today-high-school-sports-awards-boys-wrestling\/73631542007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ALL-USA TODAY HSSA Boys Wrestling Team<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A massive congratulations to each of these talented athletes\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101523335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101523335\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101523335\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/USATSI_20092517-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-101523335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Bend West junior Cole Mirasola raises two fingers after repeating as a state champion, this time at the 285 weight class after winning last year at 195.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Sawyer Bartelt<\/strong>, 215, South Dade High School (Florida) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Bo Bassett<\/strong>, 138, Bishop McCort High School (Pennsylvania) \u2014 SO<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Ethan Birden<\/strong>, 160, Dublin Coffman High School (Ohio) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Marcus Blaze<\/strong>, 126, Perrysburg High School (Ohio) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Ben Davino<\/strong>, 132, Sr. Charles East High School (Illinois) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>PJ Duke<\/strong>, 160, Minisink Valley High School (New York) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Angelo Ferrari<\/strong>, 175, Melissa High School (Texas) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Jax Forrest<\/strong>, 126, Bishop McCort High School (Pennsylvania) \u2014 SO<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Koy Hopke<\/strong>, 285, Amery High School (Wisconsin) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Dillan Johnson<\/strong>, 285, Joliet Catholic Academy (Illinois) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Anthony Knox<\/strong>, 120, Saint John Vianney High School (New Jersey) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Rune Lawrence<\/strong>, 195, Frazier High School (Pennsylvania) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>LaDarion Lockett<\/strong>, 152, Stillwater High School (Oklahoma) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Brock Mantanona<\/strong>, 152, Palm Desert High School (California) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Seth Mendoza<\/strong>, 126, Mt. Carmel High School (Illinois) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Cody Merrill<\/strong>, 285, Gilroy High School (California) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Connor Mirasola<\/strong>, 195, West High School (Wisconsin) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Cole Mirasola<\/strong>, 220, West High School (Wisconsin) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Kollin Rath<\/strong>, 145, Bethlehem Catholic High School (Pennsylvania) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Landon Robideau<\/strong>, 150, St. Michael-Albertville High School (Minnesota) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Navarro Schunke<\/strong>, 285, Brandon Valley High School (South Dakota) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Luke Simcox<\/strong>, 144, Central Mountain High School (Pennsylvania) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Aeoden Sinclair<\/strong>, 195, Milton High School (Wisconsin) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Gage Wright<\/strong>, 175, Parkersburg South High School (West Virginia) \u2014 SR<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Daniel Zepeda<\/strong>, 138, Gilroy High School (California) \u2014 JR<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>From the HSSA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Nominees for both the <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsawards.usatoday.com\/#locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regional <\/a>and <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsawards.usatoday.com\/#nominees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national <\/a>programs are posted as they are selected. Regional nominees represent the best in their respective areas, while national nominees are\u00a0 recognized as the top high school athletes nationwide. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsawards.usatoday.com\/rhodeisland#footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up<\/a> for email updates for your region or nationally to keep up with nominee selections, the awards\u00a0programs\u00a0and special announcements.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow our main <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/pg\/highschoolsportsawards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hssportsawards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X<\/a>, <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/highschoolsportsawards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@highschoolsportsawards?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TikTok<\/a> and <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@highschoolsportsawards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Threads<\/a> pages for more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>High school stars on the wrestling mat from the 2023-24 season<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":394016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=394014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394025,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394014\/revisions\/394025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/394016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=394014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=394014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=394014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}