Keiser wrestling continued their hot start to the 2024-25 season today with a seventh overall placing at the Battle in the Blue Grass. The Seahawks had a season-high five wrestlers finish the day in the top ten, and won 14 total matches totaling 55 team points.
Joseph Keeler
Championship Round 1: No. 15 Allen Calderon (Indiana Tech) won by tech fall over
Joseph Keeler (16-0)
Consolation Round 2: Trevor Hisey (Indiana Tech) won by fall over
Joseph Keeler (1:27)
Trevon Hawkins-Robertson
Championship Round 1: No.12 Chandlar Akins (Cumberlands, Ky.) won by tech fall over
Trevon Hawkins-Robertson (16-0)
Consolation Round 2: Landon Bertsch (Marian) won by tech fall over
Trevon Hawkins-Robertson (15-0)
Joaquin Tanabe
Championship Round 1: Joaquin Tanabe won by tech fall over Conner Thurston (York) (17-1)
Quarterfinal: No. 3 Jace Luchau (Cumberlands, Ky) won by fall over
Joaquin Tanabe (4:19)
Consolation Round 2: Zach Wilson (Marian) won by decision over
Joaquin Tanabe (18-12)
Phillip Antico
Championship Round 1: No. 11
Avant Stepherson (Life) won by tech fall over
Phillip Antico (20-3)
Consolation Round 1: Scott Fitts (Indiana Tech) won by tech fall over
Phillip Antico (15-0)
Joshua Grant
Championship Round 2: Joshua Grant won by tech fall over Daven Hames (Waldorf) (18-0)
Quarterfinal: Austin Paradise (Life) won by injury default over
Joshua Grant
Consolation Round 4: Landon Buchanan (Indiana Tech) won by medical forfeit over
Joshua Grant
Miguel Hernandez
Championship Round 2: Braden Getz (Marian) won by fall over
Miguel Hernandez (3:24)
Consolation Round 3: Miguel Hernandez won by tech fall over Slade Dias (St. Ambrose) (16-0)
Consolation Round 4: Miguel Hernandez won by decision over Mitchell Freeman (Rio Grande) (8-6)
Consolation Round 5: Miguel Hernandez won by major decision over Shemar Barthelus (St. Thomas) (12-0)
Consolation Semifinal: Weston Melvin (Cumberlands, Ky.) won by decision over
Miguel Hernandez (3-0)
5th Place Match: Miguel Hernandez won by tech fall over Jaydon Dungan (York) (20-4)
Shane Brakke
Championship Round 1: TJ Huber (Cumberlands Ky.) won by tech fall over
Shane Brakke (20-2)
Consolation Round 1: Caleb Davis (York) won by major decision over
Shane Brakke (12-0)
Viliam Piekh
Championship Round 1: No. 1 Jesse Perez (Life) won by tech fall over
Viliam Piekh (20-3)
Consolation Round 2: Viliam Piekh won by medical forfeit over Jairo Caceres (St. Thomas)
Consolation Round 3: Dayton Fraser (York) won by fall over
Viliam Piekh (6:09)
Seventh Place Match: Kayden White (St. Ambrose) won by tech fall over
Viliam Piekh (1:07)
Jett McCauley
Quarterfinal: Jett McCauley won by fall over Dakota Johnson (St. Andrews) (3:55)
Semifinal: Clay Guenin (Marian) won by fall over
Jett McCauley (4:11)
Consolation Semifinal: Jett McCauley, won by tech fall over Ryan Sirico, (Keiser) (17-2)
Third Place Match: Jett McCauley won by major decision over Blaine Kubasta (Indiana Tech) (28-15)
Ryan Sirico
Quarterfinal: Greyson Stephens (Cumberlands, Ky.) won by fall over Ryan Sirico (2:41)
Consolation Round 1: Ryan Sirico won by medical forfeit over Tanner Hawkins (York)
Consolation Semifinal: Jett McCauley (Keiser) won by tech fall over Ryan Sirico (17-2)
Fifth Place Match: Dylan Meiners (St. Ambrose) won by major decision over Ryan Sirico (13-1)
Kei'Sun Sanders
Championship Round 1: Nate Glass (Life) won by tech fall over
Kei'Sun Sanders (17-1)
Consolation Round 2: Kei'Sun Sanders won by tech fall over Michael Peneski (Rio Grande) (16-0)
Consolation Round 3: Ty Cobb (Lourdes) won by decision over
Kei'Sun Sanders (6-1)
Consolation Semifinal: Kei'Sun Sanders won by tiebreaker over Abe Preston (Andrew College), TB 2-1
Seventh Place Match: Michael Yerian (Marian) won by fall over
Kei'Sun Sanders (5:51)
The Seahawks will be in action in 2025 at the Huntingdon Open in Montgomery Ala. on January 4.
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