As reported by USA Wrestling, Jeremiah Moody and Anthony Cassioppi both won gold in Fortaleza, Brazil while kicking ass in the Junior Pan Am Championships. The overachieving Cassioppi actually took home a pair of shiny gold pieces. The freestyle team alone traveled back stateside with nine golds, but it was almost only eight, before Moody staged a comeback victory.
The spotlight match goes to Moody, a Hawkeye junior. He blitzed his way to the 74 kg championship round but soon found himself down 0-8 right out of the gate thanks to some smooth ankle-picks, high crotches and leg laces by Canada’s Ty Bridgwater.