Bison Brilliance: Burwick and Petersen Shine on Southern Scuffle’s Opening Day

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The wrestling team of North Dakota State’s Kyle Burwick and Max Petersen advanced to the semifinals on the opening day of the 2025 Southern Scuffle on Saturday, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga at McKenzie Arena.
 
Burwick excelled early, finishing 4-0 in his section of the 133-pound category, including an upset victory over #25 Blake Boarman of Chattanooga to secure his place in the semifinals. Burwick began with three bonus-point wins, comprised of a pair of shutout major decisions and a tech fall, before clinching a reversal in the tiebreaker round to triumph over Boarman.
 
Petersen notched three victories on Saturday to progress to the semifinals in the 157-pound category. Petersen commenced with a major decision and added two more wins, featuring a come-from-behind 11-4 victory against Michael Gioffre of Virginia to stay in the championship bracket heading into the concluding day on Sunday.
 
Six out of the twelve Bison achieved placing finishes on the day, while four additional Bison navigated through the consolation bracket to advance to day two and secure a top-8 position. Aidan Brenot bounced back from an initial loss, winning five consecutive matches to reach day two. After his 184-pound opener ended in a 2-1 tiebreaker defeat, Brenot put together a tech fall and two pins early in the consolation rounds. Following another victory, Brenot secured advancement to the final day with an upset win over #16 Gavin Kane of North Carolina, triumphing 4-2.
 
Boeden Greenley and Devin Wasley rebounded from losses against ranked opponents on Saturday. Greenley was defeated by #28 Tate Picklo in the 165-pound quarterfinals but retorted with a decisive 6-0 win over Virginia’s Mason Stefanelli to move into the placing rounds. Wasley lost to #33 Sergio Desiante of Chattanooga in his second match, but bounced back with a pair of major decisions and a tech fall to progress to Sunday in the 174-pound category.
 
Gabriel Schumm also made it to the placing rounds in the 157-pound category, rallying from a second-round loss with three consecutive wins.
 
As a team, the Bison are currently tied for sixth in the 23-team competition, accumulating 62 points.
 
Matches will continue Sunday morning, happening throughout the day starting at 10 a.m. The finals are slated to begin at 3 p.m.
 
Complete NDSU Wrestling Results
Championship Bracket
133 | Kyle Burwick | 4-0
W over Ray Adams (Duke); MD 9-0
W over Logan Heil (Campbell); TF 16-1
W over George Rosas (The Citadel); MD 11-0
W over #25 Blake Boarman (Chattanooga); TB 7-4
#6 Nasir Bailey (Little Rock);
 
157 | Max Petersen | 3-0
W over Matt Henrich (Virginia Tech); MD 14-1
W over Chris Earnest (Campbell); Dec 6-2
W over Michael Gioffre (Virginia); Dec 11-4
Dakota Morris (Army);
 
Consolation Bracket
157 | Gabriel Schumm | 4-1
W over Ryan Bolletino (Campbell); Dec 8-4
L to Tanner Peake (Davidson); Dec 4-1
W over Anthony Conetta (Appalachian State); Dec 11-8
W over Jeremiah Price (Appalachian State); Dec 12-5
W over Jack Nies (American); Dec 4-1
Nick Sanko (Virginia);
 
165 | Boeden Greenley | 3-1
W over Keegan Rothrock (Brown); Dec 7-1
W over Thomas Snipes (The Citadel); Dec 4-1
L to #32 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma); Dec 19-14
W over Mason Stefanelli (Virginia); Dec 6-0
#28 Domonic Baker (Campbell);
 
174 | Devin Wasley | 4-1
W over Cooper Haase (Army); Dec 7-6
L to #33 Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga); Dec 8-1
W over Deegan Ross (Clarion); MD 12-1
W over Jack Kelly (Penn State); TF 15-0
W over Gage Wright (Virginia Tech); MD 22-8
Caleb Campos (American);
 
184 | Aidan Brenot | 5-1
L to Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine); TB 2-1
W over Logan Webster (Chattanooga); TF 16-0
W over David Hussey (Duke); Fall 4:16
W over Branson Britten (Little Rock); Fall 2:22
W over Keenan Wyatt (Bellarmine); Dec 11-5
W over #16 Gavin Kane (North Carolina); Dec 4-2
Jake Gilfoil (Army);
 
Eliminated wrestlers
125 | Tristan Daugherty | 2-2
W over Malik Hardy (The Citadel); MD 9-1
W over Cooper Shore (Campbell); Dec 6-2
L to #10 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado); Dec 4-1
L to Kurt McHenry (Penn State); Dec 7-5
 
165 | Brendan Howes | 1-2
W over Brody Murray (Chattanooga); MD 13-3
L to #13 Gunner Filipowicz (Army); MD 15-2
L to Harrison Trahan (Brown); Fall 1:26
 
165 | Tyler Secoy | 0-2
L to #28 Domonic Baker (Campbell); Dec 9-2
L to Brendon Abdon (Little Rock); Dec 9-5
 
197 | Tayshaun Glover | 2-2
W over Connor Jacobs (Clarion); MD 16-7
W over Evan Grazzini (Bellarmine); Dec 4-2
L to Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech); Fall 3:38
L to Cade Lautt (North Carolina); MD 9-1
 
285 | Andrew Blackburn-Forst | 2-2
L to Daulton Mayer (Bellarmine); Fall 2:27
W over Remington Peterson (Northern Colorado); MD 14-4
W over Adam Ortega (The Citadel); Dec 7-2
L to Xaiver Doolin (Morgan State); MD 14-5
 
165 | Shilo Jones | 2-2
L to #33 Alex Semenenko (Brown); Fall 1:59
W over Austin Chapman (Clarion); Dec 5-1
W over KJ Miley (Little Rock); Dec 7-2
L to Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech); MD 11-2