In an event featuring more than 100 nationally-ranked wrestlers and well over 300 entries, the Super 32 was worth the price of admission, giving us upsets, exciting matches, breakout performances, and finals matchups featuring some of the top young women in the country. The event took place on October 15-16 at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. In the end, 11 young women stood proud, boasting Super 32 titles at the prestigious high school event that launched a girls division in 2017. 

Top seeds and Fargo stars performed as expected at many weights, like U15 national champion Morgan Turner winning the title at 97 pounds, two-time Fargo champion Paige Morales getting hers at 108, Fargo champ Alex Szkotnicki taking it at 115, West Virginia’s third-ranked Alicen Dillard winning it at 130, Michigan’s second-ranked Amarisa Manuel earning the top spot at 172, and Tennessee’s #4 Ella Murphey winning the 195-pound title.

But there were upsets, too. Massive ones.

At 103, second-seeded Julianna Ocampo of Indiana took out U17 World silver medalist Gabriella Gomez. At 123, Maryland’s #5-seeded Taina Fernandez took down both the #1 and #2 seeds. At 139, #4 seed Savannah Gomez of California defeated Fargo champ and #1 nationally-ranked Janida Garcia by fall in the finals. At 160, #2 seed Piper Fowler of Tennessee defeated top-ranked Mishell Rebisch of Michigan, who doubled up this past summer in Fargo. 

In the team race, Pennsylvania nipped California 28-25. Illinois was third with 22, followed by Tennessee with 19 and Maryland with 16. Interesting to see Tennessee cracking the top five among teams we’re used to seeing in there.

Here’s a quick look at each weight:

97 pounds

It was U15 national champion Morgan Turner of Illinois over 16U Fargo champion Rianne Murphy of Indiana in the finals. When it was all over, these two gave us the match of the tournament, a 10-10 barn-burning back-and-forth win for Turner.

Finishers

1. Morgan Turner (IL)

2. Rianne Murphy (IN)

3. Caley Graber (MN)

4. Katey Valdez (CO)

5. Madison Nieuwenhuis (MI)

6. Jeulenea Khang (NC)

103 pounds

It’s not just that Ocampo won, it’s how she won. After building a 9-0 lead in the finals over U17 World silver medalist Gabriella Gomez, Ocampo secured the fall and the title. The fifth-ranked sophomore has been making waves since entering the high school scene. We were all clued in when she gave U20 World silver medalist Audrey Jimenez a tight match earlier this year. Now this. Stay tuned on Ocampo and her budding career.

Finishers

1. Julianna Ocampo (IN)

2. Gabriella Gomez (IL)

3. Emma Bacon (PA)

4. Leeana Mercado (NJ)

5. Harlee Hiller (IL)

6. Taylor Whiting (WI)

108 pounds

Second seed Paige Morales, who doubled up at Fargo in the summer of 2021 and was ranked #3 nationally coming into the event, is back in the national spotlight, winning the 108-pound title at Super 32. The bracket had some drama in it on the top side as #4 seed Anaya Falcon of California upset #1 seed Clare Booe, who won a Fargo title last summer by a 9-7 score. No huge surprise here as Booe took a loss to Falcon last May at U17 Women’s Nationals, though it was still a top seed going down. With the win, Falcon set up an all-California final, and it was Morales with the win by first-period fall. This was a rematch of the third-place match at U17 Women’s Nationals in 2021, which Morales won by technical superiority.  

Finishers

1. Paige Morales (CA)

2. Anaya Falcon (CA)

3. Clare Booe (PA)

4. Reanah Utterback (IA)

5. Lexia Schechterly (PA)

6. Mariah Dillard (TX)

115 pounds

This bracket was nuts. It would have to be considered the toughest and deepest weight at the tournament, featuring Fargo champs seeded at #1, #2 and #3. As more evidence of the depth, two-time Super 32 champ Jaclyn Dehney from New Hampshire was seeded #5 and didn’t even place. 16U Fargo champ Molly Allen, seeded #3, didn’t either. That said, both Dehney and Allen did make the top eight, normally an All-American finish, but Super only places out to the top six in the girls division. Top-seeded Ava Ward, a 2021 Cadet World bronze medalist and 2022 16U Fargo champ, fell to fifth. Not a bad finish, but with her resume, still a little surprising. Meanwhile, California’s #9-seeded Kiely Tabaldo, who was a 16U Fargo runner-up last year, pulverized the topside of this bracket. She upset Ward by fall in quarters and then upset #4 Karlee Brooks 5-1 in the semis before losing 10-0 to Alex Szkotnicki in finals. Szkotnicki was the best wrestler all day, securing a fall, two technical falls, and a 5-1 win over eventual sixth place finisher Virginia Foard en route to her title.

One shocking upset on the backside was when eventual third place finisher Alexis Montes of Texas, the #6 seed, got a quick fall over Ward. Ward got in on a deep double and a takedown seemed imminent, but Montes stubbornly kept a whizzer in, boosted her hips, and caught Ward in a tight hold on her back and that was it. In the end, you’ve got to appreciate all these top girls willing to put themselves out there against an elite field.

Finishers

1. Alexandra Szkotnicki (MD)

2. Kiely Tabaldo (CA)

3. Alexis Montes (TX)

4. Karlee Brooks (AZ)

5. Ava Ward (MO)

6. Virginia Foard (PA)

123 pounds

Fifth-seeded Taina Fernandez pulled off a shocking series of upsets, starting with #1 seeded Cadence Diduch 11-0 in semis and then Carley Ceshker 11-0 in finals. That’s dominant wins over a Fargo champ and a Fargo runner-up. Who is this kid? She came into Super 32 ranked #10 nationally, having taken third at this event last year and winning U15 Nationals this year. Keep your eye on Fernandez, who is now a title contender whenever she’s entered in a national tournament.

Finishers

1. Taina Fernandez (MD)

2. Carley Ceshker (WI)

3. Cadence Diduch (IL)

4. Carissa Qureshi (CA)

5. Bella Williams (OK)

6. Savannah Witt (PA)

130 pounds

After West Virginia’s unseeded Violette Lasure upset the #2 seed Josie Davis in the first round, #7 seed Lilly Luft took over the bottom side of the bracket, beating Lasure and then #3 seed Zoe Griffith 6-3 to make the finals. But in the end it was Texas’ Alicen Dillard who vindicated her #1 seed with a 6-4 win over Luft to win the Super 32 crown.

Finishers

1. Alicen Dillard (TX)

2. Lilly Luft (IA)

3. Piper Cadden (AZ)

4. Kylie Rule (WI)

5. Taylor Colangelo (AZ)

6. Zoe Griffith (NY)

139 pounds

In this weight class, #1 seed Sydney Perry, ranked #1 nationally at 144 after winning Fargo this past summer, was taken out in the quarters by #9 seed Cloe Charlesworth. Then #4 seed Savannah Gomez took over the topside of the bracket, defeating Charlesworth 6-3 in the semis, and then took down Junior Fargo champ, #1 Janida Garcia by fall in finals. Gomez was a 2021 Fargo champ and 2022 California state champ. Perry came back to take third.

Finishers

1. Savannah Gomez (CA)

2. Janida Garcia (CO)

3. Sydney Perry (IL)

4. Charlotte Gilfoil (PA)

5. Cloe Charlesworth (VA)

6. Netavia Wickson (IL)

148 pounds

After a breakout Fargo performance where she upset the #1 seed and took 2nd in the 16U division, Iowa’s Skylar Slade continued to turn heads at Super 32, defeating 16U Fargo champion Sarah Henckel 6-4 in the semis and #3 seed Maggie Graham by fall in the finals. Graham upset #2 seed Nebi Tsarni 8-6 in the semis.

Finishers

1. Skylar Slade (IA)

2. Maggie Graham (TN)

3. Nebi Tsarni (MD)

4. Sarah Henckel (CT)

5. Genevieve An (GA)

6. Raegan Snider (PA)

160 pounds

Tennessee’s #2-seeded Piper Fowler took second and fifth at Fargo last summer in the 164-pound 16U and Junior divisions, respectively. At Super 32, she faced off with #1 seed Mishell Rebisch in the finals, who had doubled up in Fargo, winning the 16U and Junior divisions a weight below Fowler at 152. In Greensboro, it was Fowler pulling the upset with a convincing 11-4 win in the finals.

Finishers

1. Piper Fowler (TN)

2. Mishell Rebisch (MI)

3. Stella Steigler (PA)

4. Emily Brown (PA)

5. Maddie Hayden (MI)

6. Alison Evans (CO)

172 pounds

Top seed Amarisa Manuel held serve, wrestling to her seed with a finals victory over #3 seed Alyssa Favara, securing a first-period fall. In fact, Manuel dominated her way to the title, going 11-0 in the quarters, 11-0 in the semis, and as mentioned earned a fall in the finals to reach the top of the podium. She was ranked #2 in the nation at 164 coming into Super 32 and was the highest ranked wrestler at this weight. In fact, Manuel beat Piper Fowler, the Super 32 champ this year at 160, twice at Women’s Nationals last year. She looks like someone college coaches will be standing in line to talk to.

Finishers

1. Amarisa Manuel (MI)

2. Alyssa Favara (PA)

3. Caitlyn Flaherty (TX)

4. Kaylie Hall (WV)

5. Alexandria Alli (OH)

6. Jannell Avila (IA)

195 pounds

The champ at this weight, Tennessee’s Ella Murphey, was ranked #4 in the nation coming into Super 32, earning her way to the title with three falls, including one in the finals over New York’s Sophie Pollack. Even with every match ending in early termination, it wasn’t easy and almost didn’t happen. Murphey needed last-second heroics in her opening match of the tournament when she faced Georgia’s Jayde Massa, who ended up in third. Massa built up a 6-2 lead late in the second period, when Murphey hit a headlock with 17 seconds left to secure the dramatic fall and win. From there, she cruised to the title with two first-period falls without giving up another point.

Finishers

1. Ella Murphey (TN)

2. Sophie Pollack (NY)

3. Jayde Massa (GA)

4. Phoebe Melvin (GA)

5. Diamond Young (TN)

6. Reagan Smith (NC)

Replays of Super 32 matches can be seen on FloWrestling.