As the official at the center of the mat raised his right arm, the weariness of the afternoon showed in senior Bradford Birch’s body language. He had been through a couple of intense battles, and now it was recovery time before the next big tournament. Still, he had a smile on his face.

“Yeah, I’ve been through a lot the past few weeks,” Birch said immediately after standing atop the podium for pictures following his 2-0 victory over Manchester’s Dante Mortellite during the 190-pound final of…