Tournament recap · The Madison DQ® Open · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026
Host Madison 212 Edges Mentor as Edwards Jr. Goes 9-for-9 on Pins
MADISON, Ohio (Nov. 8) — Host Madison 212 won the team title at Sunday's Madison DQ® Open, holding off Mentor 365.5 to 341.5 in a two-team race. Madison 212 crowned eight champions and put 32 wrestlers on the podium. Mentor won nine titles, the most of any club, and Wattsburg Wrestling Club was a distant third.
Bad Karma's Justin Edwards Jr. was the individual story again. He won all nine of his matches by fall, taking the Open 10U Group 3 and Open 12U Group 1 titles.
Standouts
Justin Edwards Jr., Bad Karma. Edwards pinned all nine of his opponents, including a 13-second fall. He beat Chardon's Jaxon Vencl, the 2026 state runner-up, on his way to the Open 10U Group 3 title. He is now 38-5 this season with 29 pins and has won seven brackets.
Aria Osborne, Chippewa. The three-time girls state champion went 3-0 with three pins to win Girls HS Group 2.
Anthony Miklos, Mentor. Open 12U Group 5 was the deepest group of the day, and Miklos won it without a loss. The 2025 novice state champion finished ahead of state placer Mason Sinkovic and teammate Michael Zorichak, and had a 10-second pin, the second-fastest of the day.
Travis Chapman, Unaffiliated. Chapman went 5-0 to win Open HS Group 1, his third title of the fall after Stow and Rootstown. He is 20-2 this season.
Rowin Gallo, Straw Hat Kids. Gallo won Open 8U Group 4 at 4-0, finishing ahead of Rootstown champion Charlie Jackson. It is his fourth title of the fall, and he is 22-5 with 20 pins this season. Straw Hat Kids teammate Payne Gallo won Rookie 6U Group 5.
Frankie Cook, Neighborhood. Cook went 4-0 in Open 10U Group 5 and is now 11-0 this season with titles at Boardman, Canfield and Madison. Neighborhood went 8-0 as a team, and Ryker Cook added the Open 8U Group 3A title.
Mysta Brunson, MLK Vipers. The Hall of Famer went 3-0 to win Open 12U Group 3, with Stow champion Jack McCall second.
Chase Nichols, Riverside Youth Wrestling Club. Nichols won two Open 10U brackets, Groups 7 and 8. In Group 7 he finished ahead of Canfield champion Rocco Tabor, who won Rookie 10U Group 4.
Hometown stars. Madison 212's Vanessa Navarro had six pins, second only to Edwards. She won Open 12U Group 8 and placed second in Girls MS. Teammate Aiden Daughters went 5-0 to win Open MS Group 4, and Hall of Famer Brady Gephart won Open HS Group 6.
Fastest fall. Madison 212's Myzaiah Wareh recorded a seven-second pin, the fastest of the day.
Team Race
Madison 212 won on depth: eight champions, 10 runners-up and 32 placers in all. Mentor crowned the most champions with nine and finished 24 points back. Neighborhood (8-0) went unbeaten as a team, and Bad Karma went 10-1.
| Place | Team | Points | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison 212 | 365.5 | 8 |
| 2 | Mentor | 341.5 | 9 |
| 3 | Wattsburg Wrestling Club | 159.5 | 2 |
| 4 | Chardon Hilltoppers | 150 | 3 |
| 5 | Lake Catholic | 140 | 4 |
| 6 | Riverside Youth Wrestling Club | 124 | 4 |
| 7 | Riverside High School | 122.5 | 1 |
| 8 | Harvey High School | 118.5 | 3 |
| 9 | Berkshire | 101 | 3 |
| 10 | West Geauga | 75.5 | 0 |
By the Numbers
52 teams and 64 brackets
398 matches wrestled
24 points between Madison 212 and Mentor
9 wins and 9 pins for Justin Edwards Jr., both the most of the day
0:07, Myzaiah Wareh's fall and the fastest of the day
Up Next
The nearest stop is the Andrew Bearden Memorial Open at Chardon High School on Sunday, Nov. 15. Madison hosts again on Sunday, Dec. 27, for the Madison Battle for the Belt. Series leaderboards are updated weekly at ohioquest.com.
Division Champions
| Division | Champion | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookie 6U · Group 1 | Ashton Harrah | Mentor | 2-1 |
| Rookie 6U · Group 2 | Jesse Randles | Berkshire | 3-0 |
| Rookie 6U · Group 3 | Franco Mormile | Lake Catholic | 3-0 |
| Rookie 6U · Group 4 | Kash Kelleher | Mentor | 2-0 |
| Rookie 6U · Group 5 | Payne Gallo | Straw Hat Kids | 2-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 1 | Kasen Osborne | Donahue Wrestling Academy | 3-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 2 | Greyson Harvey | Riverside Youth Wrestling Club | 4-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 2 | Jude Giancola | Mentor | 3-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 3 | Cade Castaneda | Lake Catholic | 4-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 4 | Isaac Finney | Lancaster Wrestling Club | 3-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 5 | Charlie Jackson | Riverside High School | 3-0 |
| Rookie 8U · Group 6/7 | Kain Molina | Brookfield Warriors | 2-0 |
| Rookie 10U · Group 2 | Nathan Hoffmann | Chardon Hilltoppers | 2-0 |
| Rookie 10U · Group 3 | Jaxon Kelleher | Mentor | 3-0 |
| Rookie 10U · Group 4 | Rocco Tabor | Titans Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Rookie 10U · Group 5 | Julian Hall | Ashtabula Panthers | 2-0 |
| Rookie 10U · Group 6 | James Resk | Madison 212 | 2-0 |
| Rookie 12U · Group 3 | Linus Starke | Chardon Hilltoppers | 4-0 |
| Rookie 12U · Group 4 | Jack Gierke | Chardon Hilltoppers | 2-0 |
| Open 8U · Group 1 | Nolan Harrah | Mentor | 4-0 |
| Open 8U · Group 2 | Payton O'Bryan Jr. | Mentor | 3-0 |
| Open 8U · Group 3A | Ryker Cook | Neighborhood | 4-0 |
| Open 8U · Group 3B | Carlo Artino | Lake Catholic | 3-0 |
| Open 8U · Group 4 | Rowin Gallo | Straw Hat Kids | 4-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 1 | Tyronn Calhoun | Beat The Streets Cleveland | 2-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 2 | Sulayman Mumin | Bomber Wrestling Club | 4-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 3 | Justin Edwards Jr. | Bad Karma | 4-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 4 | Shane Williams Jr. | MLK Vipers | 3-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 5 | Frankie Cook | Neighborhood | 4-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 6 | Aleksander Gibbs | Kirtland | 3-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 7 | Chase Nichols | Riverside Youth Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Open 10U · Group 8 | Chase Nichols | Riverside Youth Wrestling Club | 2-1 |
| Open 12U · Group 1 | Justin Edwards Jr. | Bad Karma | 5-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 2 | Monty Henton | Madison 212 | 3-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 3 | Mysta Brunson | MLK Vipers | 3-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 4 | Keelan Santos | Mentor | 3-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 5 | Anthony Miklos | Mentor | 5-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 6 | Abraham Kirk | Mentor | 3-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 7 | Jacob McLaughlin | Madison 212 | 2-0 |
| Open 12U · Group 8 | Vanessa Navarro | Madison 212 | 2-0 |
| Open MS · Group 1 | Cain Hyde | Geneva | 2-0 |
| Open MS · Group 2 | Matthew Dominish | Perry High School | 3-0 |
| Open MS · Group 3 | Jake Donnelly | Grand Island Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Open MS · Group 4 | Aiden Daughters | Madison 212 | 5-0 |
| Open MS · Group 5 | Ganon Roberts | Gold Schopp | 3-0 |
| Open MS · Group 6 | Robert Searcy | Harvey High School | 2-0 |
| Open MS · Group 7 | Zayden Wick | Savage Warriors | 2-0 |
| Open MS · Group 8 | Desmond Stewart Jr. | Beat The Streets Cleveland | 2-0 |
| Open HS · Group 1 | Travis Chapman | Unaffiliated | 5-0 |
| Open HS · Group 2 | Rylin Davis | Harvey High School | 3-0 |
| Open HS · Group 3 | Jayden Farren | Harvey High School | 3-0 |
| Open HS · Group 4 | Kostandin Laska | Lakewood | 3-0 |
| Open HS · Group 5 | William Robertson | Madison 212 | 2-0 |
| Open HS · Group 6 | Brady Gephart | Madison 212 | 2-0 |
| Girls 8U · Group 2 | Sophia Haslett | Riverside Youth Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Girls 8U · Group 3 | Harper Knowles-Rice | Wattsburg Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Girls 12U · Group 1 | Daniela Horgan | Lake Catholic | 2-0 |
| Girls 12U · Group 2 | Aleyah Grazier | Wattsburg Wrestling Club | 2-0 |
| Girls 12U · Group 3 | Collena Sabol | Ringgold Youth Wrestling | 1-1 |
| Girls MS · Group 1 | Hudson Geiss | Berkshire | 2-0 |
| Girls MS · Group 4 | Kora Phifer | Berkshire | 5-0 |
| Girls HS · Group 1 | Dahlia Magda | Madison 212 | 3-0 |
| Girls HS · Group 2 | Aria Osborne | Chippewa | 3-0 |
| Girls HS · Group 3 | Cailee Bennett | CBWC | 3-0 |
| Girls HS · Group 4 | Madison Hedge | Perry High School | 3-0 |