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Julian Parker and Benjamin Tocco battle on the mat.

Naples' Julian Parker and Hohenfels' Benjamin Tocco try to gain leverage during a 138-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

High school

WRESTLING

DODEA-Europe Championships

Friday at Wiesbaden, Germany

Boys

ROUNDS FOUR AND FIVE

106 pounds

Pool A

Leonardo Vega Figueroa (Alconbury) tech. Jacob Paholio (Stuttgart) 22-3; Jaden Dean (Kaiserslautern) dec. Inapu Terlaje (Rota) 7-3; Terlaje dec. Vega Figueroa 6-5; Dean pin. Noah Schermund (Ram) 0:26.

Pool B

Devin McGlothlin (SHAPE) pin. Caleb Steinfels (Kais) 3:38; Levi Lesher (Ramstein) pin. Connor Irlam (Wiesbaden) 1:38; McGlothlin pin. Ayden Taylor (Rota) 3:06; Steinfels pin. Irlam 2:37.

113

Pool A

Reilly Tobias (SHA) tech. Fox Everett (Ansbach) 18-0; Ethan Holdren (Ram) dec. Tobias 7-2;

Pool B

Ali Valdez (Naples) pin. Thomas Barcroft (Ram) 4:34;

120

Pool A

Cael Rowley (Vilseck) pin. Jason Burke (Hohenfels) 0:56; Matthew Iglesias Rodriguez (Rota) pin. Elijah Gabriel Mayor (Kais) 1:53; Julius Kelly (Ram) dec. Nephi Phillips (Wies) 11-6; Rowley tech. Iglesias Rodriguez; Kelly pin. Burke 5:59; Mayor dec. Phillips 13-8.

Pool B

Omar Ortiz Santiago (Stuttgart) maj. dec. Andrew Barbee (Alconbury) 14-3; Ulysses Sanner (Ram) pin. Brett Woodward (Vic) 1:16; Jayden Tyler Cruz (Vilseck) pin. Adrian Perez (Aviano) 0:56; Ortiz Santiago dec. Sanner 6-5; Barbee pin. Perez 1:38; Cruz pin. Woodward 0:29.

126

Pool A

Kyler Mukai (Vic) pin. Gabriel Hujo (Stut) 5:11; Joshua Kim (Kais) tech. Christopher Herrera (AFNORTH) 21-5; Alejandro Rios Cuellar (Wies) pin. Christopher De La Torre (Ram) 2:31; Kim tech. Mukai 19-3; Rios Cuellar tech. Hujo 15-0; Herrera pin. De La Torre 1:57.

Pool B

Elijah Jaden Koo (Rota) dec. Jonathan Gonzalez (Nap) 25-18; Aiden Walser (Vil) pin. Julien Paucar (Ram) 2:56; Edison Vega Figueroa (Alc) pin. Xavier Roy Bautista (Lakenheath) 4:48; Walser pin. Koo 1:20; Bautista pin. Gonzalez 2:18; Paucar tech. Vega Figueroa 20-3;

132

Pool A

Christian Dey (Lake) won by default over Logan Conrad (AFN); Samuel Johnson (Stut) pin. Gavin Steve Tweet (Ram) 3:22; Devlin Platt (Vic) won by default over Conrad.

Pool B

Liam Dokos (Vic) tech. Miguel Palmero Fabra (SHA) 25-6; Omar Cortes (Kais) pin. Nile Smith (Stut) 1:49; Dokos maj. dec. Greene 11-2; Cortes tech. Palmero Fabra 19-4.

138

Pool A

Benjamin Tocco (Hoh) pin. Landyn Krimpelman (Kais) 2:35; Julian Parker (Nap) decc. Jonathan Herrera (AFN) 19-12; Camren Carlson (Ram) pin. Maximiliano Bacilio (Ans) 1:18; Parker maj. dec. Tocco 13-5; Carlson dec. Krimpelman 7-5; Herrera pin. Bacilio 0:54.

Pool B

Rucell-Primo Phillip (Stut) tech. Deshaun Bowie (Nap) 16-0; Darien Bidlack (Ram) maj. dec. John Bart (Stut) 11-0; Noah Blas (Kais) dec. Leo McFarland (Rota) 22-20; Phillip tech. Bidlack 16-1; McFarland pin. Bowie 2:33; Blas dec. Bart 21-16.

144

Pool A

Hayden Schmall (Nap) pin. Jacob Leas Cruz (Stut) 2:36; Jacob Stuhler (Alc) tech. Sage Kleisner (Wies) 15-0; Stuhler dec. Schmall 13-6; Ethan Chanthavilay (Ram) dec. Kleisner 14-10.

Pool B

Talon Keeton (Ram) tech. Leland Colangan (Rota) 20-5; Preston Schneiders (Stut) pin. Arel Duron-Sanchez (Vic) 1:05; Davyn Jerald Meno (Kais) tech. Aleksander Weimar (Ans) 23-5; Schneiders pin. Colangan 3:17; Meno tech. Keeton 20-2; Weimar pin. Duron-Sanchez 3:28.

150

Pool A

Justin Cooper (Kais) dec. Austin Anderson (Vic) 14-9; Andrew Pickel (Vil) pin. Christopher Young (Kais) 3:11; Anderson dec. Pickel 10-7; Parvin dec. Cooper 7-4.

Pool B

Aiden Cruz (Rota) maj. dec. Joseph Jaindl (Rota) 10-0; Rhys Barlow (Ram) pin. Josiah Tovar (Stut) 1:33; Laydon Munoz (Wies) pin. Ethan Darnell (Black Forest) 0:33; Barlow pin. Cruz 2:50; Jaindl pin. Munoz 5:53; Tovar pin. Darnell 1:39.

157

Pool A

Dane Westberry (Stut) pin. James Chen (Stut) 1:00; Michael Mclothin (SHA) pin. Shadrach David Dimacutac (Kais) 3:04; Westberry won by default over Brady Price (Nap); Chen pin. Dimacutac 5:02; McGlothlin won by default over Grimm.

Pool B

Logan Goff (Rota) pin. Cooper McCann (Vic) 3:09; Ryan Cassem (Ram) pin. Logan Ranger (AFN) 1:10; Wyatt Massey (Wies) pin. Caiden Roche (Sig) 1:41; Casemy pin. Goff 1:25; Massey tech. McCann 19-2; Roche pin. Ranger 2:27.

165

Pool A

Matthew Mihalyi (Lake) pin. William Smith (SHA) 5:56; Xavier Schumacher (Ram) won by default over Nathan Arreuguin (Ans); Schumacher tech. Smith 19-2; Templeton won by default over Arreguin.

Pool B

Drew Varholy (Ram) pin. Cole Root (Rota) 0:49; Kai Lewis (Stut) pin. Andre Sunia (Avi) 2:44; Liam Kennington (SHA) pin. Isaac Farrer (Spangdahlem) 1:39; Sunia maj. dec. Varholy 16-3; Kennington wy default over Root; Lewis pin. Farrer 1:36.

175

Pool A

Curz Cottingham (Avi) pin. Andrew Luce (Lake) 1:31; Noah Filmore (Ram) pin. Thomas Flynn (Alc) 1:01; Ethan Long (Stut) tech. Ross Souder (Kais) 19-3; Cottingham tech. Filmore 16-1; Long dec. Luce 7-3; Flynn won by default over Souder.

Pool B

Aden Lafontaine (Nap) dec. Zachary Patterson (Stut) 13-6; Rutger Nelsen (Ram) pin. Cael Trotter (Lake) 0:37; River Foulks (SHA) pin. Lafontaine 2:46; Nelsen dec. Patterson 9-3.

190

Pool A

Sawyer Nelsen (Ram) pin. Matthew Thompson (Stut) 1:20; Hayden Waller (Stut) pin. Nathan Deich (Wies) 1:30; Nelsen pin. Waller 1:11; Thompson pin. Patrick Ralston (Nap) 2:11.

Pool B

Tyler Mellon (Avi) pin. Wesson Roney (Lake) 4:46; Tristan Herno (SHA) pin. Moses Miranda (Ram) 1:30; Mellon pin. LeRoy 2:57; Roney pin. Miranda 2:29.

215

Pool A

Hans van de Mortel (Nap) pin. Anders Olsen (Kais) 0:55; Jessiah Cruz (Lake) pin. Mathew Cardoso (BFA) 1:21; van de Mortel pin. Pasvenskas 1:06; Cardoso pin. Olsen 3:48.

Pool B

Christopher Farrington (Ram) pin. Samuel Elliott (Ram) 1:36; Daniel Alcivar (Nap) pin. Caden Sieche (SHA) 1:55; Elliott tech. Alcivar 21-3.

285

Pool A

Trevor Jones (Ram) pin. Kiriel Dulin (Spang) 1:56; Daniel Garin (Wies) pin. Rogan Ivey (BFA) 1:36; Garin pin. Jones 1:29; Ivey pin. Houser 2:12.

Pool B

Johnathan Mihalyi (Lake) pin. Shane Nowak (Rota) 2:58; Matthew Deich (Wies) pin. Xavier Crowson (Nap) 0:16; Linus Soto (Stut) pin. Thomas Hickox (SHA) 0:46; Mihalyi pin. Crowson 1:46; Soto pin. Nowak 1:16; Deich pin. Hickox 1:16.

SEMIFINALS

106

Dean pin. McGlothlin 1:20; Lesher pin. Terlaje 0:17.

113

Holdren pin. Barcroft 1:11; Tobias pin. Valdez 1:30.

120

Rowley pin. Sanner 1:26; Iglesias Rodriguez pin. Ortiz Santiago 1:18.

126

Kim maj. dec. Paucar 15-4; Rios-Cuellar pin. Walser 2:40.

132

Greene dec. Johnson 12-6; Dokos pin. Dey 3:49.

138

Parker pin. Bowie 4:17; Phillip pin. Tocco 1:52.

144

Stuhler pin. Schneiders 0:57; Schmall maj. dec. Meno 14-5.

150

Parvin dec. Cruz 2-1; Barlow pin. Cooper 1:01.

157

Westberry pin. Cassem 1:06; Chen pin. Massey 5:43.

165

Schumacher dec. Sunia 12-7; Lewis tech. Mihalyi 15-0.

175

Cottingham pin. Nelsen 0:35; Filmore pin. Foulks 4:58.

190

Roney pin. Nelsen 4:36; Mellon tech. Waller 19-4.

215

Van de Mortel pin. Elliott 0:46; Farrington dec. Cruz 6-3.

285

Garin pin. Deich 1:01; Soto pin. Jones 0:54.

Ryan Parvin controls his foe.

Ramstein's Ryan Parvin controls Justin Cooper during a 150-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Nate Greene tries to break free.

Ramstein's Nate Greene tries to break free from Vicenza's Liam Dokos during a 132-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Sammy Johnson holds onto his opponent.

Stuttgart's Sammy Johnson holds onto Lakenheath's Christian Dey during a 132-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Girls

ROUNDS FOUR AND FIVE

105

Pool A

Akira Terlaje (Rota) pin. Hadley Schwamburger (Ram) 1:57; Lilianna Greene (Ram) pin. Terlaje 1:16.

Pool B

Alyssa Meas (Baumholder) pin. Cameo Doblack (Sig) 3:00; Elia Guerrero (SHA) pin. Meas 5:26.

114

Pool A

Ileana Rodriguez (Hoh) pin. Carmen Lima (Wies) 2:34; Yamitlernys Silva Vasquez (Vic) won by disqualification over Natalie Brooks (Rota); Hall pin. Rodriguez 1:51; Lima pin. Silva Vasquez 1:48.

Pool B

Dylan Hurd (SHA) pin. Isabella Rodriguez (Stut) 3:09; Ariel Macias (Rota) pin. Lily Quigley (Alc) 3:54.

120

Pool A

Oriana Jacobs (Nap) pin. Janelle Tovar (Stut) 1:24; Luiza-Maria Chesaru (SHA) won by default over Jeanette Bryant-Soto (Lake); Athena Quiroz (Rota) pin. Tovar 1:25; Jacobs won by default over Bryant-Soto.

Pool B

Lesley Marie Galbraith (Lake) pin. Cora Cancel (Stut) 1:11; Madeline Moga (Ram) pin. Lene Schaumburger (SHA) 0:27; Moga pin. Cancel 0:25; Victoria Calleja (Sig) pin. Galbraith 5:26.

126

Pool A

Lilya Park (Vil) pin. Rizza Bejar (Rota) 2:49; Alejandra Sanner (Ram) pin. Charlotte Fontaine (Ram) 0:26; Sanner pin. Bejar 2:31; Fontaine pin. Marcy Daniels (AFN) 1:33.

Pool B

Madison Biggs (Nap) pin. Jayiah Church (Nap) 1:15; Aaliyah Lott (Baum) tech. Malwina Soja (Sig) 16-0; Kendall Cancel (Stut) pin. Church 2:41; Lott pin. Biggs 2:15.

132

Pool A

Julianne Maruska (Rota) pin. Teresa Martin (Alc) 1:06; Lucy Cox (Ram) won by default over Sophie Colalongo (SHA).

Pool B

Kanani Gonzalez (Stut) pin. Janiya Smith (Kais) 0:50; Illyana Ruano (Nap) pin. Lily Farrington (Ram) 2:41.

138

Pool A

Ava Fontaine (Ram) pin. Lilliana Cohen (Stut) 1:05; Cohen pin. Avery Haithcoat (Avi) 0:27; Fontaine pin. Isabel Ramirez-Ortiz (Kais) 5:15.

Pool B

Andrea Kontri (SHA) won by default over Gabriella Baltazar (Kais); Shayla Hill (Ram) pin. Cloe Sutherland (Ans) 1:47; Hill pin Kontri 1:51; Ayanna Tennial (Vil) won by default over Baltazar.

145

Pool A

Elizabeth Wood (Wies) dec. Julia Moran (Stut) 12-6; Kyleigh Duboise (Ram) pin. Alyssa McDorman (Nap) 2:45; Allie Torgesen (Vic) tech. Wood 18-2; Moran pin. McDorman 3:10.

Pool B

Addison Culak (Alc) pin. Brianna Thomasson (Vil) 0:39; Lydia Cox (Ram) pin. Thomasson 0:16.

152

Pool A

Natalia Trejosamador (Stut) pin. Isabella Smith (Kais) 3:21; Alexis Farmakis (Stut) pin. Charidee Seymore (Vil) 2:46; Kaelyn Ronnau (Kais) pin. Leona Smith (Ram) 0:33; Trejosamador tech. Seymour 21-6; I.Smith won by default over Terra Love (Sig); Farmakis maj. dec. L.Smith 16-5; L.Smith tech. Trejosamador 18-3; Seymour pin. Love 2:46; Ronnau pin. Farmakis 0:11; I.Smith dec. Farmakis 13-6; Ronnau pin. Seymour 0:14.

165

Pool A

Samia Calloway (Wies) pin. Devri Deakin 0:51; Calloway pin. Brylee Reber (Rota) 1:55.

185

Pool A

Audrey Addo (Nap) pin. Liuana Ioane (SHA) 3:42; Jyllian Russell (Wies) pin. Gracey Graham (Rota) 1:03; Aurora Amato (Ram) pin. Kacy Doskey (Ram) 1:16; Russell maj. dec. Addo 21-13; Amato pin. Ioane 1:28; Graham pin. Doskey 0:37.

SEMIFINALS

105

Greene pin. Guerrero 0:19; Stubbs pin. Terlaje 3:40.

114

Hall pin. Quigley 1:52; Macias maj. dec. Rodriguez 13-1.

120

Quiroz pin. Calleja 1:38; Moga pin. Jacobs 0:46.

126

Sanner pin. Lott 1:35; Cancel pin. Fontaine 3:06.

132

Cox pin. Gonzalez 5:14; Ruano won by default over Colalongo.

138

Kontri pin. Fontaine 4:11; Hill pin. Cohen 5:40.

145

Torgesen pin. Culak 4:47; Cox pin. Wood 2:55.

152

Ronnau pin. I.Smith 0:19; L.Smith tech. Trejosamador 18-1.

165

Calloway pin. Reber 1:58; Elliott pin. Deakin 5:45.

185

Russell dec. Addo 11-5; Amato pin. Graham 0:57.

Aalyiah Lott and Madison Biggs battle on the mat.

Baumholder's Aaliyah Lott and Naples' Madison Biggs grapple during a 126-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Athena Quiroz goes for the pin.

Rota's Athena Quiroz pins Stuttgart's Janelle Tovar during a 120-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Allie Torgesen grapples Elizabeth Wood.

Vicenza's Allie Torgesen grasps Wiesbaden's Elizabeth Wood during a 145-pound round-robin match at the 2026 DODEA European wrestling championships on Feb. 6, 2026, at Wiesbaden Sports and Fitness Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

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