On Saturday morning, May the 24th, one of the largest wrestling dual meet tournaments in the nation, the NHSCA National Duals, began in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Two days later, on Monday afternoon, two teams were left standing to determine the champion, top-seeded Team Shutt Van Hoven and the number five seed, Quest School of Wrestling Gold.
Van Hoven was a conglomerate of national wrestlers from various locales, while Quest School is a squad comprised mostly of Pennsylvanians. Despite Quest School pulling off five upsets and winning more matches by bonus points (three to two for VH), they would fall by one-point to Van Hoven, 27-26, when they lost the heavyweight bout.
South Dakota’s Micah Hach, who is ranked 13th at 285 pounds in the latest rankings from High School on SI, played the role of hero for Van Hoven when he blanked Colin Whyte, 5-0. Whyte is unranked but downed Honorable Mention Maximus Forrester of Indiana during the pool rounds…