Wrestling Rings in 2024 at Southern Scuffle

NORMAN — No. 19 Oklahoma wrestling will open the new year at the Southern Scuffle on January 1-2, presented by Compound Sportswear. The Sooners make their first trip to the scuffle, with the two-day event taking place inside the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Twenty teams are competing in the annual tournament, which began in 2003. Oklahoma leads the field with 10 wrestlers in the top-6 spots of their brackets, followed by No. 22 Indiana with eight and Army with five. The Sooners have four No. 1 seeds while No. 18 Stanford has three.

The Southern Scuffle will have live streaming both days on FloWrestling. The scuffle will also have live results through FloArena.

Oklahoma Entries (Rankings by Flo/InterMat)
	No. 19 Oklahoma
Weight	Wrestler	Record
125	No. 32/NR Conrad Hendriksen	7-4
133	Jace Koelzer Gabe Vidlak	8-5 2-2
141	Carter Schmidt Kaden Smith	2-2 2-3
157	John Wiley Jared Hill	4-8 6-3
165	No. 21/17 Cael Carlson Mannix Morgan	8-5 3-3
174	No. 24/30 Tate Picklo Gerrit Nijenhuis	8-4 4-4
184	No. 31/31 Giuseppe Hoose	7-5
197	No. 3/2 Stephen Buchanan	11-0
HWT	No. 17/15 Josh Heindselman Juan Mora	10-3 0-2

SCUFFLE PRE-SEEDS

125
1. Nico Provo, Stanford
2. Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado
3. Brayden Palmer, Chattanooga
4. Ethan Berginc, Army
5. Conrad Hendriksen, Oklahoma
6. Drew West, Gardner Webb

133
1. Nasir Bailey, Little Rock
2. Tyler Knox, Stanford
3. Kurt Phipps, Bucknell
4. Dom Serrano, Northern Colorado
5. Braden Basile, Army
6. Jace Koelzer, Oklahoma

141
1. Dan Fongaro, Indiana
2. Jason Miranda, Stanford
3. Jordan Soriano, Drexel
4. Isaiah Powe, Chattanooga
5. Kaden Keiser, Appalachian State
6. Cole Rhemrev, Indiana

149
1. Jaden Abas, Stanford
2. Noah Castillo, Chattanooga
3. Graham Rooks, Indiana
4. Cody Bond, Appalachian State
5. Jeffrey Boyd, Citadel
6. Jeremiah Price, Appalachian State

157
1. Daniel Cardenas, Stanford
2. Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado
3. Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Clarion
4. Nate Lukez, Army
5. Landen Johnson, North Dakota State
6. Jared Hill, Oklahoma

165
1. Cael Carlson, Oklahoma
2. Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell
3. Hunter Garvin, Stanford
4. Baylor Fernandes, Northern Colorado
5. Cody Walsh, Drexel
6. Tyler Lillaed, Indiana

174
1. DJ Washington, Indiana
2. Ben Pasiuk, Army
3. Lorenzo Norman, Stanford
4. Tate Picklo, Oklahoma
5. Gavin Sax, North Dakota State
6. Gerrit Nijenhuis, Oklahoma

184
1. Giuseppe Hoose, Oklahoma
2. Roman Rogotzke, Indiana
3. Cameron Pine, Clarion
4. Jha'Quan Anderson, Gardner Webb
5. Jack Darrah, Stanford
6. Mikey Bartush, Bucknell

197
1. Stephen Buchanan, Oklahoma
2. Nick Stemmet, Stanford
3. Kyle Haas, Oklahoma State
4. Gabe Sollars, Indiana
5. David Harper, Chattanooga
6. Logan Deacetis, Bucknell

285
1. Josh Heindselman, Oklahoma
2. Josiah Hill, Little Rock
3. Dorian Crosby, Bucknell
4. Lucas Stoddard, Army
5. Nick Willham, Indiana
6. Juan Mora, Oklahoma

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (NWCA COACHES POLL RANKINGS)

App State (No. 24)
Army
Bloomsburg
Brown
Bucknell
Cal State Bakersfield
Chattanooga
The Citadel
Clarion
Davidson
Drexel
Duke
Gardner-Webb
Indiana (No. 22)
Little Rock
North Dakota State
Northern Colorado
Oklahoma (No. 19)
Oklahoma State* (No. 9)
Stanford (No. 18)
*Partial Teams

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Jan. 1
8 am: Doors open
9 am: Matches begin
6:30 pm: Quarterfinals

Jan. 2
9 am: Doors open
10 am: Matches begin
12 pm: Semifinals
6 pm: Finals

UP NEXT

The Sooners travel to Hampton, Va., to participate in the Virginia Duals on Jan. 12-13, in what will be the 43rd edition of the dual-meet style tournament that features two collegiate and three high school divisions.