Madison’s wrestling team dominated the 2025 Hubbard Invitational over the weekend, placing 17 of 20 wrestlers among the top six.
The Blue Streaks cruised to the team championship with 270 points, well ahead of second-place Canfield, which finished with 202.
“I thought we should do pretty well, but anytime you get five champs and have a bunch of your younger guys place at a varsity tournament, it’s always a happy surprise,” said Madison coach Andrew Tomaso. “It was good to get all of our boys matches down there. It’s the beginning part of the season, so it’s good to kind of see how they’re doing and where we’re at.”
Madison won five individual championships, including a murderer’s row from 120-132 pounds.
Jordan McCullough won the 120-pound title, Tommy Beaver claimed the 126-pound championship, and JJ Henton won at 132 pounds.
“They’re all solid guys,” Tomaso said of his three straight champs. “We’re kind of figuring out what weight everyone is going to be at and stuff like that. We should be pretty solid there this year. We’ve been a little weaker the past couple of years in our lower weights, and I think once we get everything figured out, hopefully, our lower weights and upper weights will be the nucleus of the team.”
Henton’s win at 132 was particularly impressive.
“Being a freshman, you don’t always know how they’re going to do, especially that he’s only a second-year wrestler,” Tomaso said. “Getting to that weight and being able to wrestle and still win the tournament in a pretty dominating fashion was good. I thought he could win it, but I didn’t think he was going to roll through everyone.”
Madison’s dominance continued in the upper weights as Chase White won the 215-pound championship and Cameron Mullin topped the podium at 285.
The Blue Streaks have plenty of depth in those weight classes as Brody Finch and Jacob White placed third and sixth, respectively, at 285.
“We have two freshmen there, and one will probably make 215 later this year because he’s a small heavyweight,” Tomaso said. “We should be able to fill those spots, hopefully, for the next couple of years.”
Madison’s Kiaden Ruscin (113) and Josh White (190) finished as the runners-up in their respective weight classes, and Justin Phillips (120) and Vincente Navarro (157) placed third. Atilio Porcello (144) and Bobby Wyant (165) finished fourth.
The Blue Streaks also placed Leonard Lucaj (5th, 126), Marcos Pinon (5th, 132), and Domenic Gephart (5th, 150).
Lutheran West had one champion in 150-pounder Wes Larson. The Longhorns also placed David Candelaria (6th, 138), Matt Kovar (6th, 175), and Devin Talton (3rd, 215).
Orange’s Henry Jais finished fourth at 113, and Drew Moderick placed fourth at 138.
