March–August 2026

Delaware’s Off-Season Folkstyle Focus

Wrestle Delaware Mid-Summer Wrestling Recap | March–August 2026

The DIAA season ended months ago. Delaware wrestling didn’t.

From NHSCA and MAWA to Summer Nationals, Bison Duals and Chocolate Town, Delaware wrestlers spent the spring and summer chasing national competition, All-American finishes and some big wins.

Here are some of the performances that stood out.

NHSCA Nationals

Caravel’s Natalie Radecki made a run all the way to the 107-pound championship match, finishing as the national runner-up after wins over Josie Wilson (Kansas) and Khiry Reese (North Carolina).

On the boys’ side:

• Austin Guerrieri (Cape Henlopen) — 7–2 at 126
• Dominic Lucian (Salesianum) — 6–2 at 126
• Luca Seramone (DMA) — 6–2 at 106
• Ryan Farissier (Milford) — 5–2
• Gabe Campanelli (Salesianum) — 5–3 at 120, 8th place and NHSCA All-American

At NHSCA National Duals, Autumn Littleton (Milford) went a perfect 6–0, while Guerrieri and Jamen Haliburton (Smyrna) each went 5–1.

MAWA

Delaware came home with six MAWA Southern Region champions:

• Liam Cannon (DMA) — 100
• Gemma Hatchell (Caravel) — 125
• Ellie St. Jean (Milford) — 140
• Mark Everitt (Sussex Central) — 140
• Ryan Collingsworth (Milford) — 220
• Masyn McIntyre (Delmar) — 285

Cannon beat St. Georges’ Luis Gonzalez 4–0 for his title, while Everitt defeated Smyrna’s Colton Price 3–0 in the semifinals.

Eastern Nationals finalists from Delaware included Hatchell, Andrew Amalfitano, Zipporah Lewis, Santino Sianni, Layla Jones and McIntyre.

Campanelli does it again

Two All-American finishes this off-season: NHSCA Nationals, 8th at 120. Summer Nationals HS Open, champion at 130.

Salesianum’s Gabe Campanelli went 4–0 and won the Summer Nationals High School Open at 130, beating Maryland 2A/1A state champion Canaan Cornish (Parkside) 5–1 in the final.

Combined with his eighth-place NHSCA finish, that’s two All-American finishes this off-season. Campanelli keeps finding his way onto the podium by pulling out the wins that matter most.

Haliburton stays busy

Smyrna’s Jamen Haliburton may be Delaware’s most active wrestler this off-season.

He went 7–0 at Summer Nationals 15U Duals, finished second in the 15U Open at 125, and then won the Chocolate Town Open at 120.

At Bison Duals, Haliburton added wins over Pennsylvania state qualifier Luke Gray and New Jersey state qualifier Matthew Pagan.

Spence wins Chocolate Town

Caesar Rodney’s Johnny Spence won the Chocolate Town Open at 145, majoring New Jersey state qualifier Chace Severs 17–4 in the final.

Spence also picked up an 8–6 win over New York state fifth-place finisher Cole Clifford at Summer Nationals Duals.

Salesianum’s Zach Derbyshire also had a huge Summer Nationals weekend, going 8–0 at 135 in the 15U Duals.

Guerrieri makes a statement at Bison

One of the biggest Delaware performances of the entire summer belonged to Cape Henlopen’s Austin Guerrieri.

Guerrieri went 6–2 at 132. Three signature Bison wins:

• W 3–1 — Alex Marchetti (Wyoming Seminary), National Prep champion who later won the 2026 Fargo 16U freestyle title at 132 and Outstanding Wrestler.
• W 1–0 — Colton Schmiesing (NY), 2025 New York Division II state champion.
• W 9–0 — Gabe Campanelli, Delaware’s 2026 state champion at 120.

A Fargo champion/National Prep champion. A New York state champion. A Delaware state champion. All in one dual tournament.

More big wins

Beatrice Land (Appoquinimink) pinned New York girls state qualifier Isabella Steffa.

Nick Eddinger (Middletown) defeated Super 32 entrant Aiden Nassire and major-decisioned New York state qualifier William Coughlin at Summer Nationals Duals.

The weights are moving

The off-season is also giving an early look at where some wrestlers could be headed:

• Campanelli 120 → 130–132
• Guerrieri working at 132
• Spence 138 → 145
• Land high 150s
• Dorell & Bam Cordel 152
• Tony Colon 118–120
• Colton Gilbert 135
• Layla Jones 250

And there’s still plenty of off-season left.

Delaware may be a small wrestling state, but its wrestlers have spent the summer testing themselves against state champions, national qualifiers, Super 32 competitors and some of the best wrestlers in the country.