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Wolfpack vs. Wolfpack at 92 kg

Trent Hidlay ('24) vs. Michael Macchiavello ('18)
Best-of-three series
Final X Qualifier➡️ Winner earns a spot on Team USA

Sat., June 13, at Freedom High School in Chantilly, VA
#PackMentality || @WolfpackRTC

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Red. White. Wolfpack. 🇺🇸🐺

@singleton_matty has accepted his invitation to represent Team USA at the U23 World Championships in the 79 kg division.

[NC State Athletics @PackAthletics]

Another outstanding year for the Pack as we secure our sixth straight Top 25 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup. 🐺

#GoPack

[NC State Athletics @PackAthletics]

Today we celebrate the fathers, father figures, and role models who helped build the Pack. #HappyFathersDay. 🐺

[NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @PackWrestle]

Hidlay secured his spot on the Senior World Team again 🐺🇺🇸

[NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @PackWrestle]

Wishing a very happy birthday today to our athletic trainer Cody Armstrong 🥳🎈🎉

[NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @PackWrestle]

Wishing a very happy birthday today to our assistant coach Hayden Hidlay 🥳🎈🎉

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

Final X 92 kg - Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) leads Michael Macchiavello (Northampton, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC), two matches to none

Round 1 – Hidlay dec. Macchiavello, 2-1
Round 2 – Hidlay dec. Macchiavello, 8-3

#FinalX2026

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

Reigning World champion Trent Hidlay secured his spot on the 2026 Senior World Team after sweeping the men's freestyle 92 kg best-of-three series in Chantilly, Virginia, as part of 2026 Final X, presented by @KerberosCM #FinalX2026 https://t.co/47G0LJXSAX

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

📸 The final battle #FinalX2026

[Trent Hoagie Hidlay @hoagieboyhidlay]

2026 92kg USA World Team Member 🏆

I'm so blessed. Excited to represent Team USA at the World Championships in Kazakhstan!!! #B2W

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Tomorrow ➡️ Hidlay vs. Macchiavello

📍 Freedom High School in Chantilly, VA
⏰ Rd1: 12pm // Rd2: 3pm // Rd3: Tbd

Winner will represent USA at 92kg at the Senior World Championship

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Check out this throwback of Popolizio and Esposito in Italy in 2018!

[Journeymen Wrestling @jmenwrestling]

Pizza time @zachesposito with @CowboyWrestling and @pat_popolizio with @PackWrestle in Napoli Italy

[NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @PackWrestle]

Went out with a champion 🏆

2025-26 recap
#PackMentality

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Huge congratulations to our associate head coach @zack_espo ! for being inducted into the Blair Academy Athletic Hall of Fame 👏

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Wolf vs. Wolf

Hidlay (‘24) vs. Macchiavello (‘18), winner will represent the U.S. at 92kg at the Senior World Championship.

The two will compete in a best-of-three series starting at noon (ET) this Saturday, June 13, at Freedom High School in Chantilly, Va.
#PackMentality

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

The men’s freestyle 92 kg series at 2026 Final X, presented by @KerberosCM, features reigning World champion Trent Hidlay and three-time U.S. Open champion Michael Macchiavello going head-to-head on Saturday, June 13, at Freedom High School in Chantilly, Va. #FinalX2026

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[Tommy Gantt @tgantt74kg]

The biggest gamble? Not chasing your dreams.

[NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ @PackWrestle]

A trailblazer for Wolfpack Wrestling.

The first-ever member of our Pack to be crowned an NCAA National Champion. A two-time All-American, three-time NCAA qualifier, two-time ACC Champion, and most notably, a national title winner as an unseeded true freshman in 1980.

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

The 2026 Final X, presented by @KerberosCM, men’s freestyle 92 kg series between 2025 World champion @hoagieboyhidlay and 2026 U.S. Open champion @mike_macch will be wrestled on Saturday, June 13 at Freedom High School in Chantilly, Va. #finalx2026 #usawrestling https://t.co/oQmzJoObWe