October 17, 2026

Perrin wins two titles at Primal Showdown

Second annual tournament | Middletown, Del. | Hosted by Compete

MIDDLETOWN, Del. — Cole Perrin of Delaware Military Academy won two titles Saturday at the Primal Showdown, going 6–0 between the 126- and 132-pound brackets.

Wrestling for Seawolf, Perrin defeated Jamen Haliburton of Smyrna, 1–0, in the 126 semifinals and won that final with a 17–2 technical fall over Frank Zitofsky. At 132 he pinned Blake Van Der Poel and Jaquod Rodgers, then majored Preston Smilyk, 12–0, for the title. Perrin was the state runner-up at 120 in February. He is 22–3 in 25 scored matches since that tournament, and 18–0 since August. He is entered at 120 pounds in the Super 32, Oct. 24–25 in Greensboro, N.C.

The Showdown, hosted by Compete and Jody Wilson, was held Oct. 17 in Middletown. It was the second year of the event. The 2025 tournament was Sept. 21 in the same building. Saturday’s 342 matches across 36 weights, is up from 282 matches and 33 weights in 2025. The brackets included youth, middle school, high school and girls.

High school finals

Liam Cannon of Delaware Military Academy, also wrestling for Seawolf, won 106–113 with a 12–0 major over Seath Gattorno in the final. Cannon was 3–0. Gattorno, who was 2–2 at 106 in this tournament a year ago, reached the final. Cannon is 16–7 in 23 scored matches since the state tournament. Gattorno is 7–8.

Tony Trotta of William Penn won 120, defeating Maddox Stanley, 8–2. Stanley, 0–2 at 120 in this tournament last year, was the runner-up. Cameron Mendick placed third. A separate girls round robin was also wrestled at 120. Breanna Lesniczak of St. Georges, entered for Townsend, won it at 2–0, pinning Sofia Rivera of Delaware Military Academy and Kyliee Mitchell of Smyrna.

Gabe Crenshaw of Smyrna won 138. He majored Shain Stanley, pinned Dean Adams, and pinned Kareem Alexander in the final. Crenshaw placed fourth at 132 in February and is 9–2 in 11 scored matches since the state tournament.

Albert Weismiller won 144 for Primal Wrestling, pinning Nathan Casper in the final. He was 1–2 at 144 here last year, including a 12–9 loss to Dometrius Dorell. Addison Weismiller won the 130–140 round robin at 2–0. She was 2–1 in this tournament in 2025.

Bam Cordel of St. Georges won 150. He pinned Ryan Bautista Cifuentes, defeated Dometrius Dorell of Milford, 1–0, in the semifinals, and pinned Jack Passons in 39 seconds in the final. Dorell, who was 4–2 at 144 in this tournament last year, placed third. Cordel was the state runner-up at 144 in February and is 5–0 since the state tournament. He is entered at 144 pounds in the Super 32.

Logan Ferrara of St. Georges won 157 with a 9–0 major over Henry Concavage, after pinning Jaylenn Randolph and Xavier Parsons. Randolph placed third.

Colin Wachs won 165. He pinned Daniel Hague of Delaware Military Academy in the semifinals and pinned Jacob Sokalski of Lake Forest in 1:11 in the final. Hague placed third, with a 16–3 major over Theodore Binnie.

Michael Dyke of the Henlopen Hammers was the other wrestler to win two brackets. He pinned Mattix Wells for the 175 title, then won the 190-heavyweight round robin with pins over Will Ngayi-Parker of Smyrna and Jacob Jenkins of Wilmington.

Reagan Swain of Sussex Tech won the 110-pound round robin at 3–0. She pinned Mikayla Howard, defeated Mariah Brooks 4–3, and majored Savannah Ferger 9–0. Swain is 14–18 in 32 scored matches since the state tournament and is entered at 106 pounds in the girls Super 32. Addison Affeldt of Smyrna won the heavyweight round robin, 2–1, over Ava Ulrich of St. Georges.

Younger champions

Douglas Hazel of Woodbridge Middle School won 98 for Greenwood, 9–4, over Caleb Swain. He was 3–0 at 91 in this tournament last year for the Henlopen Hammers. Since the state tournament he is 21–1 in 22 scored matches. The loss was a 4–0 decision to Joey Hertzog at the Waterway Duals.

Easton Vincente won 60–65, pinning Michael Shellem in 21 seconds in the final. He was 5–0 in this tournament last year and 5–0 again Saturday.

Riley Willis won 80–85 with an 8–0 major over Aubrey Krantz. Riley won 80 pounds here last year at 2–0 for Smyrna Little Wrestlers.

Championship results

Youth, middle school, and high school brackets are listed below. Girls weights are in pink.