Some weights at this weekend's UWW Cadet Nationals are riddled with stars and feature extremely tight competitions, while other weights have an incredible matchup looming.

We've got two returning world medalists in the field with world champ Kurt McHenry and bronze medalist Travis Wittlake. Both will have some pretty stiff competition on their way to making another world team. There are also some weights that you'll want to keep a close eye on because the level of competition is so incredibly high. 

Here are the five things you want to watch out for at the Cadet World Team Trials in Akron, Ohio.

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58kg: Manville, Raimo, Decatur, Bartlett, Saunders
This group of five is going to be something to keep an eye on. Nick Raimo and Carson Manville had a tight battle at the World Classic that was won by Raimo on a caution-2 in the last few seconds of the match. So if they get a chance to meet again at any point, expect it to be intense. Jordan Decatur is returning as well this year after finishing second to Roman Bravo-Young in last year's best-of-three finals. Beau Bartlett defeated Joey Silva in a close one last year in which he was able to keep Silva from claiming the winning takedown in the last few seconds of the match. And Saunders is right there. He's in every match, just still having a tough time getting over the hump. Like I said, this is going to be incredible to watch.

Watch Raimo vs Manville at the World Classic.


76kg: Wittlake, Brooks, Ramirez and… a Dark Horse
Travis Wittlake returns after claiming bronze at the Cadet World Championships last year and naturally is the guy to beat at the weight. Aaron Brooks lit the Fargo stage on fire when he defeated Julian Ramirez to win his second stop sign of the weekend after taking the Greco title. Surely, a rematch between him and Ramirez is very intriguing. The dark horse I'm looking at is Josh Stillings. He's a long and lanky problem for plenty of guys, and I think he could frustrate plenty of the guys in the field.


46kg: Deepest The Weight Has Ever Been?
Returning cadet world champ Kurt McHenry is the guy here. But the field has some pretty tough contenders that make you question if this is the most depth we've ever seen at the weight. Not only that, it's quite possibly the deepest bracket in the entire tournament. For the sake of being redundant, I'll let you take a look at the list of contenders in the preview, but just know that it's riddled with Fargo placers along with a host of guys who are looking to improve upon where they finished last year.


100kg: Daniel Kerkvliet vs. Cohlton Schultz
Kerkvliet is a guy that you may not know much about, but let me just tell you, he's a hammer. At the World Classic, he took out Jake Woodley, who he also beat on the backside at Super 32 before placing fourth. Cohlton Schultz is one of the many guys doing double duty and has the potential to make both teams. Last year, he was on the Cadet Greco World team and came up short in freestyle. But this match is going to be amazing. I'd expect them to meet in the finals. 

Get a glimpse at Kerkvliet as he took out Woodley.


85kg: Gavin Hoffman vs. Ryan Karoly
This might be one of the most unexpected matchups simply because of the weight difference between these two guys, but I think that it's going to be one of the best matches of the tournament if it happens. Both guys have great offense and move very well. I'm most interested in seeing Hoffman down -- he's normally a 195-pounder. But I'm not surprised that he would opt to come down to 85kg instead of going up to 100kg. He may have been a runner-up at 220 to Cohlton Schultz in Fargo, but he didn't like being up that high and said he felt slower. Him down to this weight and hitting Karoly will be entertaining.

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