
Three from @MizzouWrestling Earn Tournament Titles at Missouri Valley Open
2/4/2019 10:43:00 AM | Wrestling
Severado, DiBlasi and Mocco claim titles at Missouri Valley Open
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling's starters were off last weekend, but its non-starters participated in the Missouri Valley Open Saturday (Feb. 2) and turned in plenty of impressive performances. Three freshman grapplers earned first-place finishes at their respective weight classes: Cevion Severado (125), Weston DiBlasi (133) and Peyton Mocco (165). Below is a complete breakdown of all the Tiger wrestlers who competed. All wrestlers were competing unattached, with the exception of HWT Jacob Bohlken.
Missouri Valley Open 125 - Cevion Severado – First Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Severado received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Severado received a bye () (Bye)
- Quarterfinal - Severado won by decision over Jacob Ayers (Unattached) (Dec 7-5)
- Semifinal - Severado won by medical forfeit over Dack Punke (Missouri) (MFF)
- 1st Place Match - Severado won by fall over Robert Rosser (Missouri Valley) (Fall 4:33)
Missouri Valley Open 133 - Weston DiBlasi – First Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - DiBlasi received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - DiBlasi won by tech fall over Derek Heil (Lindenwood (Mo.)) (TF 19-2)
- Quarterfinal - DiBlasi won by fall over Kolby Smith (Maryville) (Fall 6:38)
- Semifinal - DiBlasi won by decision over Dequarius Millett (Missouri Valley) (Dec 13-7)
- 1st Place Match - DiBlasi won by decision over Corey Muniz (River Valley Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-2)
Missouri Valley Open 141 - Malik Johnson – Third Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Johnson (Missouri) won by major decision over Lucas Bernal (SIU Edwardsville) (Maj 14-6)
- Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Voiles (Emmanuel) won by fall over Johnson (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 2 - Johnson received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 - Johnson won by major decision over Drake Winder (Westminster) (Maj 15-6)
- Cons. Round 4 - Johnson won by fall over Kirkland Crocker (William Penn (Iowa)) (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 5 - Johnson won by fall over Tyshon Cannon (William Penn (Iowa)) (Fall 2:17)
- Cons. Semi - Johnson won by injury default over Blaine Martinez (Lindenwood (Mo.)) (Inj. 0:00)
- 3rd Place Match - Johnson won by fall over Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) (Fall 0:00)
Missouri Valley Open 149 - Sam Ritchie – Sixth Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Ritchie received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Ritchie won in overtime over Blake Pursel (Benedictine College) (OT 8-6)
- Quarterfinal - Ritchie won by major decision over Ben Freese (William Penn (Iowa)) (Maj 13-0)
- Semifinal - Sean Sax (Westminster) won by fall over Ritchie (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Semi - Joe Eads (William Penn (Iowa)) won by fall over Ritchie (Fall 0:00)
- 5th Place Match - Dalton Flint (Emmanuel) won by forfeit over Ritchie (FF)
Missouri Valley Open 157 - Derek McDaniel – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - McDaniel won by major decision over Julian Barros (Missouri Valley) (Maj 15-4)
- Champ. Round 2 - Anthony Michaels (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by fall over McDaniel (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 2 - McDaniel received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 - McDaniel won by decision over Russell Miller (Dec 6-2)
- Cons. Round 4 - Kevin Almond (Emmanuel) won by decision over McDaniel (Dec 3-2)
Missouri Valley Open 165 - Martell Boone – Third Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Boone won by decision over Devon Byrd (Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)) (Dec 10-4)
- Champ. Round 2 - Johnny Hopper (William Penn (Iowa)) won by fall over Boone (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 2 - Boone received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 - Boone won by fall over Zackary Suniga (Ottawa University) (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 4 - Boone won by fall over Briar Dittmer (Unattached) (Fall 0:00)
- Cons. Round 5 - Boone won by major decision over Johnny Hopper (William Penn (Iowa)) (Maj 11-1)
- Cons. Semi - Boone won by forfeit over Aldon Isenberg (Ottawa University) (FF)
- 3rd Place Match - Boone won by fall over William Seibert (Missouri Valley) (Fall 0:00)
Missouri Valley Open 165 - Peyton Mocco – First Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Mocco received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Mocco won by fall over Logan Baird (Ottawa University) (Fall 0:00)
- Quarterfinal - Mocco won by fall over Bret Heil (Maryville) (Fall 0:00)
- Semifinal - Mocco won by medical forfeit over Aldon Isenberg (Ottawa University) (MFF)
- 1st Place Match - Mocco won by fall over Ezequiel Rubio (Missouri Valley) (Fall 0:00)
Missouri Valley Open 184 - Cordell Duhart – Third Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Duhart received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Duhart won by decision over Miguel Baray (Unattached) (Dec 4-0)
- Quarterfinal - Joey Williams (Maryville) won by decision over Duhart (Dec 9-8)
- Cons. Round 4 - Duhart won by tech fall over Nathaniel Burlage (Missouri Valley) (TF 15-0)
- Cons. Round 5 - Duhart won by decision over Miguel Baray (Unattached) (Dec 8-1)
- Cons. Semi - Duhart won by fall over Caleb Knobel (Maryville) (Fall 0:00)
- 3rd Place Match - Duhart won by decision over Zach Hazen (Westminster) (Dec 9-2)
Missouri Valley Open 285 - Jacob Bohlken – Second Place – Attached
- Champ. Round 1 - Bohlken received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Bohlken won by fall over Joshua Isaac (Missouri Valley) (Fall 0:00)
- Quarterfinal - Bohlken won by decision over Tommy Helton (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 5-3)
- Semifinal - Bohlken won in double overtime over Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley) (2-OT 8-3)
- 1st Place Match - Bohlken and Austin Myers (Missouri) (DFF)
Missouri Valley Open 285 - Austin Myers – Second Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 - Myers received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Myers won by decision over Lavonte Purdue (Missouri Valley) (Dec 3-1)
- Quarterfinal - Myers won by fall over Nathaniel Connelly (Unattached) (Fall 0:00)
- Semifinal - Myers won by tech fall over Deryl VanNostrand (Westminster) (TF 16-0)
- 1st Place Match - Jacob Bohlken (Missouri) and Myers (DFF)
Missouri Valley Open 285 - Rodrigo Diaz – Fourth Place – Unattached
- Champ. Round 1 – Diaz won by major decision over Chad Plaisted (University of Saint Mary) (Maj 13-5)
- Champ. Round 2 - Diaz won by fall over Dalton Sikes (Ottawa University) (Fall 0:00)
- Quarterfinal - Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley) won by major decision over Diaz (Missouri) (Maj 12-4)
- Cons. Round 4 - Diaz won by major decision over Jonathon Morris (Missouri Valley) (Maj 14-6)
- Cons. Round 5 - Diaz won by decision over Tommy Helton (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 6-3)
- Cons. Semi - Diaz won by tech fall over Deryl VanNostrand (Westminster) (TF 19-3)
- 3rd Place Match - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) won by forfeit over Diaz (FF)
















