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1988 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Jack Cuvo, East Stroudsburg (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Jack CuvoESU
  2. 2Benjamin 'Keith' NixMINN
  3. 3Ken ChertowPSU
  4. 4Craig CorbinLH
  5. 5Cory BazeOKST
  6. 6Larry 'Zeke' JonesASU
  7. 7Gary McCallISU
  8. 8Greg GasconUNM

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dan McIntyre, Maryland over Neal Richards, Morgan State (MD) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Donnie Heckel, Clemson (SC) over Mike Caracci, New Hampshire — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Greg Gascon, New Mexico — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Mark Annis, North Carolina State over Dennis Mejias, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Terry Cook, Nebraska over Will Waters, Michigan — MD 10–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Derengowski, Rider (NJ) over Mark Piterski, Southern Connecticut — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Benjamin 'Keith' Nix (7), Minnesota over John Galkowski, California-Poly — Fall 2:30 · View bout
  3. Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State over Craig Sterr, Eastern Illinois — MD 18–8 · View bout
  4. Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Terry Cook, Nebraska — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  5. Darren Stevens, Fresno State (CA) over Jack Griffin (9), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  6. Dave Rowan (3), Edinboro (PA) over Jim Fussell, Syracuse (NY) — MD 14–4 · View bout
  7. Gary McCall, Iowa State over Doug Harper, Eastern Michigan — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  8. Jack Cuvo (1), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Dan McIntyre, Maryland — TF 24–9 · View bout
  9. John Supsic, Bloomsburg (PA) over Dave Calliguri (10), North Dakota State — MD 14–3 · View bout
  10. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Dave Range III, Ohio State — MD 18–4 · View bout
  11. Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State over Wayne Gibson, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  12. Mark Annis, North Carolina State over Andy Radenbaugh, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  13. Rich Moeggenberg, Central Michigan over Tom Herring, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  14. Roger Singleton (8), Grand Valley State (MI) over Donnie Heckel, Clemson (SC) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  15. Steve Martin, Iowa over Tim Jacoutot (11), New Jersey (TCNJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  16. Tony Bellai, Oklahoma over Jack DeBoe, Kent State (OH) — MD 14–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Benjamin 'Keith' Nix (7), Minnesota over John Supsic, Bloomsburg (PA) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  2. Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State over Tony Bellai, Oklahoma — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Steve Martin, Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Gary McCall, Iowa State over Dave Rowan (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  5. Jack Cuvo (1), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Adam Derengowski, Rider (NJ) — MD 20–8 · View bout
  6. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Rich Moeggenberg, Central Michigan — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  7. Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State over Mark Annis, North Carolina State — Fall 5:45 · View bout
  8. Roger Singleton (8), Grand Valley State (MI) over Darren Stevens, Fresno State (CA) — MD 12–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Benjamin 'Keith' Nix (7), Minnesota over Ken Chertow (2), Penn State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  2. Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State over Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  3. Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Gary McCall, Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Jack Cuvo (1), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Roger Singleton (8), Grand Valley State (MI) — MD 18–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Benjamin 'Keith' Nix (7), Minnesota over Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Jack Cuvo (1), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 14–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jack Cuvo (1), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Benjamin 'Keith' Nix (7), Minnesota — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 1 · 1 bout

  1. Greg Gascon, New Mexico over Dave Range III, Ohio State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Dan McIntyre, Maryland over Adam Derengowski, Rider (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Darren Stevens, Fresno State (CA) over Donnie Heckel, Clemson (SC) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  3. Dave Rowan (3), Edinboro (PA) over Doug Harper, Eastern Michigan — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Greg Gascon, New Mexico over Rich Moeggenberg, Central Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. John Supsic, Bloomsburg (PA) over John Galkowski, California-Poly — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  6. Terry Cook, Nebraska over Steve Martin, Iowa — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  7. Tony Bellai, Oklahoma over Craig Sterr, Eastern Illinois — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Wayne Gibson, Old Dominion (VA) over Mark Annis, North Carolina State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Darren Stevens, Fresno State (CA) over Dan McIntyre, Maryland — Fall · View bout
  2. Dave Rowan (3), Edinboro (PA) over Terry Cook, Nebraska — Fall · View bout
  3. Greg Gascon, New Mexico over John Supsic, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  4. Tony Bellai, Oklahoma over Wayne Gibson, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Gary McCall, Iowa State over Tony Bellai, Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Greg Gascon, New Mexico over Roger Singleton (8), Grand Valley State (MI) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Darren Stevens, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State over Dave Rowan (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Gary McCall, Iowa State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State over Greg Gascon, New Mexico — Dflt · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ken Chertow (2), Penn State over Craig Corbin (6), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Cory Baze (4), Oklahoma State over Larry 'Zeke' Jones (5), Arizona State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gary McCall, Iowa State over Greg Gascon, New Mexico — Dflt · View bout