Top-25 Wins Propel Brooker to 3rd Place at Southern Scuffle

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Recording the first two top-25 wins of his career as part of a 5-1 weekend, App State Wrestling's Tomas Brooker posted a third-place finish at 184 pounds as the Southern Scuffle concluded Sunday.
 
Brooker won a 5-2 decision against No. 23 Jaden Bullock from Virginia Tech on Saturday night to reach the semifinal round and ended the tournament with a 7-2 decision against No. 20 Christian Hansen from Cornell in the third-place match.
 
The Mountaineers had five wrestlers reach the second day of competition, as Aldo Hernandez (141 pounds), Kai O'Dell (157), Colt Campbell (174) and Logan Eller (197) all finished among the final 12 in their brackets.
 
On the strength of a takedown late in the second period Saturday, Brooker beat Bullock to improve to 3-0 and give App State its first Scuffle semifinalist since 2022. Penn State's Asher Cunningham won by fall in the semifinal matchup, but Brooker bounced back by recording a takedown in each period of an 11-2 major decision against Chattanooga's Landon Jones.
 
That result put Brooker in the third-place match against Hansen, and Brooker broke a 1-all tie on a takedown with 52 seconds remaining. Hansen recorded an escape 18 seconds later and tried desperately for a late takedown, but Brooker capitalized on an opening and added another takedown with four seconds left.
 
Hernandez joined Brooker as a quarterfinalist and went 2-2 in Chattanooga, highlighted by a 6-3 decision against Virginia's Kyren Butler prior to a 4-1 quarterfinal loss to No. 14 Tom Crook, a Virginia Tech standout who broke the tie on a takedown with 15 seconds left.
 
In between an opening-round loss and final-12 loss against a pair of ranked opponents, O'Dell won four consecutive matches. Campbell's 4-2 mark included an 8-6 victory in which he overcame a 6-4 deficit on a takedown with eight seconds remaining in an 8-6 decision Cortilius Vann.
 
Eller had a 3-1 record with two pins before he lost 4-1 in overtime on a Sudden Victory takedown from No. 19 Payton Thomas of Navy. Hunter Adams, another 197-pounder, also won multiple matches in Chattanooga.
 
App State finished with 41 team points, good for 17th in a field that includes wrestlers from 28 teams. Penn State led the way with 143.5 points.
 
The 2025-26 season is presented by Hungry Howie's and Penn Station. The Mountaineers open their SoCon schedule Thursday at Presbyterian.
 

App State Entries
125: Cooper Foster
	Spencer Von Savoye, Duke	W, MD	12-1
	#25 Bridger Ricks, Utah Valley	L, Dec	6-3
	Tyler Washburn, The Citadel	L, Dec	8--7
125: Colby McBride
	Travis Clawson, Clarion	L, Dec	2-1
	Tyler Washburn, The Citadel	L, Dec	4-2
141: Aldo Hernandez
	Ramone Salazar, Northern Colorado	W, Dec	8-1
	Kyren Butler, Virginia	W, Dec	6-3
	#14 Tom Crook, Virginia Tech	L, Dec	4-1
	Conor Collins, Army	L, Dec	5-2
141: Joe Fongaro
	#25 Haiden Drury, Utah Valley	L, Dec	9-2
	Michael Olson, North Dakota State	L, Dec	4-1 (SV)
149: Brayden Fahrbach
	#25 Wynton Denkins, Virginia	L, MD	15-6
	Emilio Trujillo, Northern Colorado	L, Dec	4-2
157: Jeremiah Price
	Kaden Milheim, American	W, MD	13-4
	Daniel Zepeda, NC State	L, Dec	7-3
	Brogan Tucker, NC State	L, Dec	10-7
157: Kai O'Dell
	#32 Colt Washleski, Virginia	L, Dec	8-2
	Logan Fite, Duke	W, Dec	8-2
	Darius Marines, Michigan State	W, Dec	9-4
	Ethan Mojena, Brown	W, Dec	4-2
	#19 Jaivon Jones, Little Rock	L, Dec	6-1
165: Caleb Cady
	#22 Gunner Filipowicz, Army	L, Fall	3:43
	Bryce Griffin, Davidson	L, MD	12-1
165: Nick Grizales
	#31 Sean Seefeldt, Penn	L, TF	20-5
	Aurelius Dunbar, Duke	W, MF
	Mason Reinche, Chattanooga	L, Dec	7-4
165: Noah Gonzalez
	Killan Schultz, Northern Colorado	L, MD	8-0
	Brandon Jacoby, Presbyterian	W, Fall	2:40
	Jadyn Johnson, Little Rock	L, Dec	14-13
174: Colt Campbell
	Taye Wilson, Little Rock	W, Dec	11-7
	Cortilius Vann, Morgan State	W, Dec	8-6
	Max Magayna, North Dakota State	L, Fall	1:15
	Marc Koch, Davidson	W, Dec	2-0
	Owen Hendricks, The Citadel	W, Dec	5-2
	Liam Carlin, Penn	L, Dec	4-2
174: Joe Zovistoski
	Patrick Cutchember, Clarion	W, Dec	9-2
	#24 Aidan Wallace, Duke	L, Dec	5-0
	Cortilius Vann, Morgan State	L, Dec	6-3
184: Tomas Brooker (3rd)
	David Hussey, Duke	W, TF	18-2
	Dave Barrett, Army	W, MF
	#23 Jaden Bullock, Virginia Tech	W, Dec	4-2
	Asher Cunningham, Penn State	L, Fall	4:36
	Landon Jones, Chattanooga	W, MD	11-2
	#20 Christian Hansen, Cornell	W, Dec	7-2
197: Logan Eller
	Zahir McLean-Felix, Cornell	W, MD	13-1
	Kael Wisler, Michigan State	L, Fall	3:20
	Hunter Adams, App State	W, Fall	0:51
	Tyler Perry, Northern Colorado	W, Fall	2:38
	#19 Payton Thomas, Navy	L, Dec	4-1 (SV)
197: Gunnar Pool
	Martin Cosgrove, Penn	L, TF	15-0
	Zahir McLean-Felix, Cornell	W, Dec	5-1
	Kennedy Wyatt, Bellarmine	L, Dec	10-4
197: Hunter Adams
	#17 Branson John, Maryland	L, TF	17-2
	Logan Webster, Chattnooga	W, Fall	5:36
	Thad Huff, Bellarmine	W, Dec	8-5
	Logan Eller, App State	L, Fall	0:51
Hwt: Stephan Monchery
	Emannuel Ulrich, American	L, Dec	4-1 (SV)
	Jay Henderson, Cornell	L, Dec	11-4