Nick Venditti recently competed at two national championship tournaments in the past two weekends and had a great outing in both by notching All-American 4th place honors at the NHSCA National Open Championship and pocketing a Copper Medal at the AAU Scholastic Duals.

NHSCA National Open Championship
June 16 - 19, 2007.

Venditti traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to compete in the NHSCA National Open Championship tournament held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center from June 16 - 19.  Nick took All-American honors in notching 4th place honors in the 160lb. bracket.

Venditti tore out of the gates in the pigtail round with a 11-0 major decision over Zachary Mohan of New York.  In the preliminary round, Nick engaged in an all-out dogfight that ended with an excellent 1-0 decision over Keenan Tate (North Carolina State Prep 3rd Placer).  In the quarterfinal, Nick defeated Travis Sheehy (Georgia State Runner-Up) by an outstanding 6-0 decision.  In the semifinal, Nick was in yet another barn-burner that went into overtime before Nick dropped the 2-0 decision to Jacob Harmer (3rd Placer in last years Florida HS State Tournament).

Nick's next match was in the consolation semifinal in a rematch against Keenan Tate who Venditti beat 1-0 during the previous day.  Once again Nick prevailed in another tight contest that saw Venditti walk away with an outstanding 4-2 decision.  In the consolation final, Venditti entered into yet another rematch when he squared up again with Travis Sheehy.  The contest was tight once again at the end of the first period.  In the second frame, Nick incurred an injury shortly after the whistle but was unable to secure an injury timeout and ended up incurring the loss by fall in 2:19.  With Nick's 4th Place finish he secured the outstanding All-American status from the NHSCA National Open Championship tournament.

2007 AAU Scholastic Duals
June 24 - 29, 2007.

Nick Venditti traveled to Florida to compete in the 2007 AAU Scholastic Duals held at the Walt Disney World Complex in Buena Vista, Florida, from June 24 - 29.  The AAU Scholastic Duals is reported to be the nation's largest high school dual meet.

Nick, competing at 160lbs for the MAWA Mid-Atlantic Red team, had an outstanding tournament going 6-3 and was awarded the tournament's Copper Medal.  The Mid-Atlantic Red team finished 18th out of 30 teams.

After a shaky start in which Nick went 1-3, Venditti then opened up the floodgates of power and technique that witnessed him secure a fabulous string of 5 consecutive victories.  Fantastic wrestling!

Venditti's first bout was a 7-10 loss by decision to Kevin Hardy (3x Ohio State Champ) of Samsons.  Nick then rallied to win the next bout by a superb 6-5 decision over C. Hensley of Montana.  Nick then dropped his next two bouts by a 3-9 decision to Phil Dukes (2x Ohio State Placer, 6th/3rd) of the Ohio Dragons and a narrow 2-4 loss decision to Brad Clark (PIAA AAA 6th Placer) of PA Steel Gold.

Nick then slammed the gears into overdrive and was on a mission to not be denied.

Venditti then ripped off a brilliant 2-1 win by decision over B. Craft of Michigan Gold.  Venditti then lit up the scoreboard with a 9-0 major decision over T. Marvel of Central Maryland.

Nick's hot streak continued as he masterfully dominated his next opponent, J. Wolt of Nebraska White, in recording a 8-1 decision.  In his next bout, Venditti ratcheted up the scoring with a pulverizing 15-0 technical fall over Chris Pakorny of Nebraska Red.  In his last bout of the dual tournament, Nick went up for a second time against T. Marvel of Central Maryland. The result was the same as Nick defeated Marvel by an excellent 6-0 decision.