While the featured matches at Saturday's Final X spotlights collegiate and post-college wrestlers, there will be a pair of exciting high school bouts taking place.
The event is set for the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main matches will be to determine the 2025 U.S. World Team in both men's freestyle and women's freestyle.
On the high school side, Oumar Tounkara will face off against Cooper Merli with Ana Carolina Mindlin Lockard battling Amillyiona Green in the girls bout.
Two freestyle matches featuring @BeattheStreets student-athletes will be featured between Final X sessions Saturday, June 14 at @PruCenter in Newark, N.J. #FinalX2025 https://t.co/c0vIBf9sdu
— USA Wrestling (@USAWrestling) June 12, 2025
Tounkara is from the BTSNY Academy program and owns two National High School Coaches Association titles along with being a two-time National Prep All-American. He is set to wrestle for Drexel University in the fall.
His opponent, Merli, is a three-time New York state folkstyle finalist from Newburgh, New York. He will attend New York Military Academy and before moving on to Army West Point.
Mindlin Lockard is a junior who has captured two New York state girls freestyle titles and five New York City championships. She was an NHSCA All-American.
Green is just a sophomore who was second at the Phil Portuese Northeast Regional and was a 2024 Pennsylvania Youth state qualifier.