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Pennsylvania Chicken Tenders beat Minnesota, 50-29, to win Schoolboy Greco-Roman Duals
6/12/2004
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling

Winning seven of the last nine matches in the championship round, the Pennsylvania Chicken Tenders defeated Minnesota, 50-29, to claim the team title at the National Schoolboy Greco-Roman Duals, held in Indianapolis, Ind.

A total of 24 teams entered this dual meet competition, representing their USA Wrestling state associations. Schoolboys are age 13-14. Many of the best youth wrestlers in the nation participated in this competition.

Scoring pins for Pennsylvania in the finals match were Matt Prestafilipo (70), Matt Myers (75), Paul Snyder (225) and Sam Brownlee (250). Five Pennsylvania wrestlers also won by technical fall.

Minnesota kept the score close, trailing 21-20 after the 115-pound match, then Pennsylvania dominated the upper weight classes.

Overall, the Pennsylvania Chicken Tenders won nine dual meets in the competition. They advanced to the finals by winning the Red Pool, with wins over Michigan Blue, Ohio and Indiana Gold. Minnesota won the Blue Pool, with wins over Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington.

Claiming third place was Wisconsin, with a 45-33 win over Indiana Gold. Washington captured fifth place, stiopping Ohio by a 49-27 margin. Michigan Blue finished seventh, stopping Illinois by a 48-29 score.

In the consolation bracket, which featured the teams that did not advance from the preliminaries into the pool round, the winner was Kansas, which stopped Indiana Blue 46-32.