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Lakenheath's Casey Fairchild, top, puts the pressure on Aviano's Joseph Rivera in a 285-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Fairchild won the match.

Lakenheath's Casey Fairchild, top, puts the pressure on Aviano's Joseph Rivera in a 285-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Fairchild won the match. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Lakenheath's Casey Fairchild, top, puts the pressure on Aviano's Joseph Rivera in a 285-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Fairchild won the match.

Lakenheath's Casey Fairchild, top, puts the pressure on Aviano's Joseph Rivera in a 285-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Fairchild won the match. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Kaiserslautern's Dante Rincon, bottom, struggles to get out of the grip of Rota's Thomas Jordan in a 152-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Jordan won the match.

Kaiserslautern's Dante Rincon, bottom, struggles to get out of the grip of Rota's Thomas Jordan in a 152-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Jordan won the match. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Vicenza's Canaan York, top, looks to the referee for a decision in his 145-pound weight class win against Canyon LaClair of Brussels on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Vicenza's Canaan York, top, looks to the referee for a decision in his 145-pound weight class win against Canyon LaClair of Brussels on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Stanley Cruz of Ramstein looks at his coach as he wrestles Aviano's Kyle Kochan in a 120-pound bout on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Cruz won the match.

Stanley Cruz of Ramstein looks at his coach as he wrestles Aviano's Kyle Kochan in a 120-pound bout on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Cruz won the match. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Bitburg's Kurt Nacionales, top, wraps up Seamus Wade of Naples in a 113-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Nacionales won the match.

Bitburg's Kurt Nacionales, top, wraps up Seamus Wade of Naples in a 113-pound match on opening day of the DODDS-Europe wrestling championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Nacionales won the match. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

DODDS European Wrestling Tournament Friday at Wiesbaden, GermanyRound 1 (pool action) 106 pounds - David Kingery (Ram) pin Alec Williams (Nap) 4:45, Joshua Garcia (Ram) pin Chase Richardson (Vil) 1:19, Brandon Lovett (Lake) pin Dalton Parker (Kais) 1:43, Joey Wood (Alc) def. Jaxon Bartlett (Patch) 9-2113 -Kaleb Hoopes (Ram) pin Joshua Clamage (Vil) 2:14, Kurt Nacionales (Bit) def. Seamus Wade (Nap) 14-13, Aydan Huezo (Vil) pin Bailey Kling (Wies) 4:59, Carlos Ulep (SHAPE) pin Matthew Williams (Nap) 1:33120 - Stanley Cruz (Ram) def. Kyle Kochan (Avi) 3:22, Donavan Glasow (Vil) def. Christian Sculley (Bru) 9-0, Michael Holliday (Baum) def. Joshua Lopez (Lake) 11-3, Christopher Matzke (Patch) def. Kyle Kochan (Avi) 1:32, Stanley Cruz (Ram) def. Michael Holliday (Baum) 7-5, Joshua Lopez (Lake) def. Donavan Glasgow (Vil) 10-2126 - Evan Heryford (Kais) def. Jacob Nantz (Hoh) 12-6, David Crouch (BFA) def. Mohamed Toure (Bru) 14-8, Mikhael Ragay (Vil) pin Garrett Dean (Ram) 3:00, Joshua Badillo (Vic) def. Evan Mackie (Kais) 7-5132 - Preston Booth (Lake) pin Ian Colbert (Hoh) 3:50, Johnathan Brabazon (Patch) pin Dylan Finlay (Vil) 3:47, Reynaldo Bolanos (Kais) def. Kristian Manibusan (Lake) 3-2, Isaiah Phillips (Patch) pin Jordan Hoffman (Nap) 3:01, Brandon Beaumont (Bit) def. Justus Tiffany (Ram) 0:27, Terence Wilson (Baum) pin Alonte Folks (Vic) 3:34138 - Jared Ferguson-Lugrain (Patch) pin Mateo Lovato (Ram) 3:27, Eduardo Castaneda (Vil) pin Presley Peters (Rota) 5:06, Shawn McElwee (Avi) def. Zackary Adamson (Lake) 8-4, Thaniel Hrushka (Kais) def. Malik Shoemaker (Lake) 15-6145 - Andrew Sizemore (Nap) def. Montgomery Smith (Wies) 8-7, Emilio Medina (Lake) def. Elijah Phillips (Patch) 10-4, Brandon Vanderlaan (Patch) def. John Gilbert (AOSR) by forfeit, Cristian Rivera-Nales (Ram) def. Austin Weatherspoon (Vil) 6-3, Lawrence Abbott (Kais) pin Josh Wegner (BFA) 3:55 Canaan York (Vic) pin Canyon LaClair (Bru) 1:39152 - Andres Rios (Ram) pin Jonathon Velasquez (Patch) 1:32, Manny Gambera (Avi) pin. Justin Hebert (Kais) 1:19, Matthew Hall (Wies) def. Marcus Dudley (Hoh) 2-0, Thomas Jordan (Rota) pin Dante Rincon (Kais) 2:25160 - Santos Figueroa (Nap) def. Thomas Wilby (Ram) 8-7, Alfred Freed (Wies) def. Jacob Shuey (Vil) 10-2, Chad Chason (Ram) def. Malik Jefferson (Hoh) 10-5, Matthew Okoniewski (Lake) def. Kevin Wentland (Patch) 9-6, Marshall Perfetti (Vic) pin Niklas Steinbrunner (Lake) 1:02, David Heryford (Kais) pin Torin Dennison (Vic) 4:15170 - Richard Heiges (Wies) pin John Blake (Bit) 3:53, Caleb Hood (Nap) pin Jesus Sarabia-Pacheco (AFN) 3:06, Seth Shields (Vic) pin Trevor Roderick-Wood (Lake) 4:20, Patty Brown (Ram) pin Ryan Van Horn (Lake) 2:28182 -Leomaris Deraney (Vil) pin Timothy Makee (Patch) 0:56, Dillon Thompson (Ram) pin Emil Jurgens (AOSR) 3:18195 - Mason Dean (Ram) pin Phillip Davis (Hoh) 3:36, Nathan Cairns (Nap) pin Michael Griffin (Kais) 0:42, Corbin Coffman (Hoh) def. Byron Wilson (Ram) 9-8220 - Andrew Tiedke (Wies) pin Clayton Artese (Ram) 1:38, Colten Menges (Lak) pin. Caleb Bunte (Nap) 1:30285 - Casey Fairchild (Lake) pin Joseph Rivera (Avi) 2:29, Brian Mogavero (Patch) pin David Hemphill (Wies) 2:06, Erik Gerena (Ram) pin Landon Weddle (Kais) 5:30

Round 2 (pool action) 106 -- Garcia (Ram) pin Gerber (Wies) 4:29, Markley (Vil) pin Bartlett (Patch) 2:29, Wood (Alc) pin Parker (Kais) 2:50, Williams (Nap) pin Richardson (Vil) 1:31.113 -- Hoopes (Ram) tech-fall Nacionales (Bit) 4:00, Dixon (Patch) pin Wade (Naples) 2:43, Williams (Nap) pin Kling (Wies) 1:46, Doerfer (AFN) pin Ulep (SHAPE) 3:27.126 -- Crouch (BFA) pin Ford (Ram) 5:26, Bolduc (Patch) pin Badillo (Vic) 1:59, Toure (Bru) def. Nantz (Hoh) 8-6, Dean (Ram) def. Mackie (Kais) 4-2.132 -- Manibusan (Lake) def. Brabazon (Patch) 9-8, Phillips (Patch) pin Wilson (Baum) 3:53, Booth (Lake) def. Bolanos (Kais) 7-4; Colbert (Hoh) def. Finlay (Vil) 5-1, Beaumont (Bit) pin Folks (Vic) 0:36, Hoffman (Nap) pin Tiffany (Ram) 0:59.138 -- Call (Patch) pin Hrushka (Kais) 0:14, Castaneda (Vil) def. Fisher (Nap) 7-6, McElwee (Avi) pin Shoemaker (Lake) 4:41, Lovato (Ram) pin Peters (Rota) 2:21.145 -- Abbott (Kais) pin LaClair (Bru) 5:10, Sizemore (Nap) by forfeit over Gilbert (AOSR), Medina (Lake) def. Vanderlaan (Patch) 12-6, Wegner (BFA) pin Weatherspoon (VIL) 3:58, Phillips (Patch) def. Smith (Wies) 7-4, Rivera-Nales (Ram) def. York (Vic) 4-3.152 -- Lopez (Lake) def. Jordan (Rota) 7-0, Dudley (Hoh) pin Rincon (Kais) 2:17, Gamboa (Avi) pin Velasquez (Patch) 3:46, Maldonado (Vic) pin Hebert (Kais) 1:08.160 -- Dennison (Vic) pin Wentland (Patch) 0:43; Figueroa (Nap) maj. dec. Jefferson (Hoh) 14-3, Perfetti (Vic) pin Heryford (Kais) 2:44; Chason (Ram) def. Freed (WIES) by default, Wilby (Ram) tech-fall Shuey (Vil) 3:38, Okoniewski (Lake) pin Steinbrunner (Lake) 1:50.170 -- Brown (Vil) def. Hood (Nap) 7-3, Lemon (Kais) pin Van Horn (Lake) 0:29, Shields (Vic) pin Brown (Ram) 5:48, Heiges (Wies) pin Sarabia-Pacheco (AFN) 2:52.182 -- Gauff (Kais) pin Johnston (Vic) 0:49; Dufresne (Alc) pin Wiles (Kais) 1:25.195 -- Dufresne (Alc) pin Coffman (Hoh) 0:45; Spencer (Patch) pin Buzbee (Wies) 0:29; Griffin (Kais) pin Wilson (Ram) 3:01.220 -- Lunasin (Wies) pin Gillette (Kais) 1:22; Gibson (Hoh) pin Hartley (Alc) 0:54.285 -- Mogavero (Patch) pin Weddle (Kais) 1:36, Gerena (Ram) pin Rivera (Avi) 0:21, Fairchild (Lake) pin Hemphill (Wies) 2:39.

Round 3 (pool action) 106 -- Markley (Vil) pin Parker (Kais) 2:38, Lovett (Lake) def. Wood (Alc) 5-0, Williams (Nap) pin Gerber (Wies) 1:39, Kingery (Ram) pin Richardson (Vil) 1:28.113 -- Doerfer (AFN) pin Kling (Wies) 1:49, Nacionales (Bit) pin Clamage (Vil) 1:35, Huezo (Vil) pin Williams (Nap) 1:38, Hoopes (Ram) def. Dixon (Patch) 14-8.120 -- Glasgow (Vil) def. Cruz (Ram) 7-4, Holliday (Baum) pin Kochan (Avi) 3:23, Matzke (Patch) pin Sculley (Bru) 1:12.126 – Bolduc (Patch) pin Dean (Ram) 1:47, Nantz (Hoh) pin Ford (Ram) 3:53, Heryford (Kais) pin Toure (Bru) 1:37, Ragay (Vil) def. Mackie (Kais) 11-5.132 -- Manibusan (Lake) def. Finlay (Vil) 13-7, Brabazon (Patch) pin Booth (Lake) 3:14, Hoffman (Nap) pin Wilson (Baum) 1:39, Folks (Vic) def. Tiffany (Ram) 9-8, Bolanos (Kais) pin Colbert (Hoh) 2:32, Beaumont (Bit) pin Phillips (Patch) 1:38.138 -- Adamson (Lake) pin Shoemaker (Lake) 0:31, Ferguson-LuGrain (Patch) pin Peters (Rota) 1:47, Fisher (Nap) pin Lovato (Ram) 1:44, Call (Patch) pin McElwee (Avi) 0:43.145 -- Abbott (Kais) def. Rivera-Nales (Ram) 7-6, Weatherspoon (Vil) def. York (Vic) 8-2, Wegner (BFA) maj. dec. LaClair (Bru) 16-5, Smith (Wies) by forfeit over Gilbert (AOSR), Phillips (Patch) pin Vanderlaan (Patch) 5:39, Medina (Lake) def. Sizemore (Nap) 6-0.152 -- Dudley (Hoh) def. Lopez (Lake) 5-3, Hall (Wies) pin Rincon (Kais) 1:49, Maldonado (Vic) pin Velasquez (Patch) 1:02, Rios (Ram) maj. dec. Gamboa (Avi) 20-12.160 -- Perfetti (Vic) maj. dec. Wentland (Patch) 12-2, Chason (Ram) pin Shuey (Vil) 1:32, Heryford (Kais) pin Steinbrunner (Lake) 0:38, Okoniewski (Lake) pin Dennison (Vic) 2:26, Figueroa (Nap) by forfeit over Freed (Wies), Wilby (Ram) pin Jefferson (Hoh) 3:44.170 -- Brown (Vil) def. Heiges (Wies) 7-4, Lemon (KAIS) def. Shields (Vic) 3-0, Roderick-Wood (Lake) pin Brown (Ram) 1:32, Blake (Bit) pin Sarabia-Pacheco (AFN) 1:37.182 -- Dufresne (Alc) pin Deraney (Vil) 1:37, Gauff (Kais) pin Thompson (Ram) 1:16.195 -- Cairns (Nap) pin Wilson (Ram) 0:56, Dufresne (Alc) pin Griffin (Kais) 1:31, Spencer (Patch) pin Davis (Hoh) (0:32.220 -- Gibson (Hoh) pin Tiedke (Wies) 0:59, Lunasin (Wies) pin Bunte (Nap) 0:54.285 -- Fairchild (Lake) pin Gerena (Ram) 5:31, Mogavero (Patch) pin Rivera (Avi) 0:34, Weddle (Kais) pin Hemphill (Wies) 3:11.

Round (pool action) 106 -- Kingery (Ram) pin Garcia (Ram) 0:28, Gerber (Wies) pin Richardson (Vil) 1:40, Lovett (Lake) pin Bartlett (Patch) 5:45, Markley (Vil) pin Wood (Alc) 5:35.113 -- Dixon (Patch) pin Nacionales (Bit) 1:17, Clamage (Vil) tech-fall Wade (Nap) 5:30, Huezo (Vil) pin Ulep (SHAPE) 2:48, Doerfer (AFN) pin Williams (Nap) 0:30.120 -- Holliday (Baum) maj. dec. Glasgow (Vil) 16-0, Matzke (Patch) pin Lopez (Lake) 1:47, Cruz (Ram) pin Sculley (Bru) 1:33.126 -- Heryford (Kais) def. Crouch (BFA) 8-2, Ragay (Vil) def. Badillo (Vic) 9-5, Bolduc (Patch) pin Mackie (Kais) 1:07, Toure (Bru) pin Ford (Ram) 3:54.132 -- Folks (Vic) def. Hoffman (Nap) 4-3, Beaumont (Bit) pin Wilson (Baum) 1:59, Manibusan (Lake) def. Colbert (Hoh) 7-5, Brabazon (Patch) pin Bolanos (Kais) 2:35, Booth (Lake) tech-fall Finlay (Vil) 4:40,Phillips (Patch) pin Tiffany (Ram) 4:15.138 -- Adamson (Lake) pin Hrushka (Kais) 3:41, Fisher (Nap) tech-fall Peters (Rota) 4:26, Call (Patch) pin Shoemaker (Lake) 1:05, Ferguson-LuGrain (Patch) def. Castaneda (Vil) 12-7.145 -- Abbott (Kais) maj. dec. York (Vic) 13-3, Medina (Lake) by forfeit over Gilbert (AOSR), Weatherspoon (Vil) def. LaClair (Bru) 7-2, Rivera-Nales (Ram) maj. dec. Wegner (BFA) 13-2, Smith (Wies) def. Vanderlaan (Patch) 8-4, Sizemore (Naples) def. Phillips (Patch) 4-2.152 -- Rios (Ram) pin Hebert (Kais) 4:12, Hall (Wies) tech-fall Jordan (Rota) 15-0, Rincon (Kais) def. Lopez (Lake) 6-4; Maldonado (Vic) pin Gamboa (Avi) 3:14.160 -- Perfetti (Vic) pin Dennison (Vic) 0:37, Wilby (Ram) def. Chason (Ram) 6-5, Wentland (Patch) pin Steinbrunner (Lake) 1:17, Okoniewski (Lake) def. Heryford (Kais) 7-2, Jefferson (Hoh) by forfeit over Freed (Wies), Figueroa (Nap) pin Shuey (Vil) 2:22.170 -- Blake (Bit) pin Hood (Nap) 1:06, Lemon (Kais) pin Brown (Ram) 0:39, Brown (Vil) pin Sarabia-Pacheco (AFN) 2:33, Roderick-Wood (Lake) pin Van Horn (Lake) 0:25.182 -- Makee (Patch) pin Wiles (Kais) 5:00, Jurgens (AOSR) maj. dec. Johnston (Vic) 19-7.195 -- Dean (Ram) pin Buzbee (Wies) 0:36, Cairns (Nap) pin Coffman (Hoh) 1:03, Dufresne (Alc) pin Wilson (Ram) 0:51220 -- Artese (Ram) pin Hartley (Alc) 2:42, Menges (Lake) pin Gillette (Kais) 0:22.285 -- Rivera (Avi) pin Hemphill (Wies) 0:51, Mogavero (Patch) def. Gerena (Ram) 12-8, Fairchild (Lake) pin Weddle (Kais) 3:43.

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