

Co-Champs at 141 and 184 at the ESU Open
Spartan Combat RTC opened the college season at the East Stroudsburg Open in Pennsylvania, with champions at 141 and 184 pounds. Matthew Dimen and Tyler Traves were co-champions at 141, while Joseph Jeter and Brayden Zuercher were co-winners at184. Taking third were Vinny Freeman (174) and Santino Rodriguez (184). 141: On his way to the finals, Tyler Traves defeated 2026 NCAA D3 champion Garrett Totten, 4-3. Traves started off with a 15-0 technical fall followed by an 8-2 dec


Isaiah Cortez Wins FS U20 World Silver Medal
Isaiah Cortez is now a 2x U20 World Silver Medalist! After taking World silver in 2024 in Greco Roman, Isaiah caps off a tremendous freestyle season with a 57 kg Freestyle World Silver! Cortez dominated 2024 U17 Asian bronze medalist Chengtao Wang of China with a 13-2 technical fall in round one. He followed with a 6-0 victory against Nurassyl Assambek of Kazakhstan. In the semifinals, he topped 2024 U17 World champion Ulugbek Rashidov of Uzbekistan.


Back to the Worlds! Isaiah Cortez Makes U20 57 kg FS World Team!
For the third time, Isaiah Cortez will be representing the United States of America at the U20 World Championships! In 2024 and 2025, he competed in Greco Roman, earning a silver medal. He will return to the world stage in 2026, this time in freestyle at 57 kg. Isaiah defeated Grey Burnett in two straight matches, by 5-1 and 10-0 scores, on Friday at the U20 World Team Trials in Ohio to earn the Team USA spot. He had beaten Burnett in the US Open finals as well. Elijah Cort







