North Dakota’s best wrestlers has chosen to remain in-state. Cadet national champion Jared Franek, who will enter his senior season at West Fargo High School this fall, is going to be a Bison. Franek will follow West Fargo teammates Jesse Shearer and Brandon Metz to NDSU. Metz and Shearer are a year ahead of Franek…
Mr. Headlock is joined by North Dakota Junior and Cadet Director Luke Mellmer to discuss last weekend’s Junior Duals, as well as the upcoming National Team Camp
Next season, North Dakota will sorely miss the upper weight run of Jesse Shearer, Sam Grove, Jordan Will, and Brandon Metz. All four are high school graduates that will compete at the college level next season, and Shearer, Grove, and Metz are taking their talents to Division 1 institutions. Though this group is irreplaceable, a…
North Dakota Blue finished Day 2 of Freestyle Junior Duals 2-1, good enough for 6-2 overall and thirteenth place. To start the morning, North Dakota scored a 34-34 tiebreaker victory over Nebraska Red. North Dakota was awarded the win as they won eight matches to Nebraska’s seven. Next, North Dakota fell to a strong Georgia…
North Dakota Blue finished 4-1 on the first day of the Freestyle portion of Junior Duals. Seeded third in Pool A, ND Blue won its first match handily over Kansas Red before taking its lone loss of the day in the semifinals to Missouri 36-33. In the consolation bracket, North Dakota defeated Colorado and then…
Team North Dakota Blue and Red have received their draws for the Freestyle portion of Junior Duals, beginning at 8:00 AM tomorrow (Friday morning and continuing through Saturday. North Dakota Blue was given the third seed in Pool A, and will receive a first round bye before a quarterfinals matchup with Kansas Red. The second…
North Dakota Blue battled to a fourth place finish in the Bronze/Copper pool at Junior Duals; good enough for 12th place overall. On the final day of competition, North Dakota scored victories over Florida and Minnesota Red, but fell to Iowa Blue and Washington. Both Sam Grove (6-0) and Brandon Metz (8-0) went undefeated for…
Team North Dakota Blue finished day 1 of the Greco portion of Junior Duals with a 3-1 record, good enough for a third place finish in Pool B and advancement into the Bronze/Copper pool tomorrow. The winner of the Bronze/Copper pool is the overall ninth place finisher in the tournament. North Dakota Blue’s only loss…
North Dakota 2X state champion Mason Schulz, who will wrestle for the Minnesota State University-Moorhead Dragons in the fall, went toe-to-toe with one of the best juniors in the country today at Junior Duals in Tulsa, OK. Schulz led Mitch Moore, who Flowrestling ranks as the eighteenth best junior in the nation and is committed…
B POOL – North Dakota-Blue is guaranteed 6th place Match #1 Quarterfinal: North Dakota-Blue defeated Michigan Red 52-13 100 – Double Forfeit 106 – Kelby Armstrong (North Dakota-Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 – Karsen Mosbrucker (North Dakota-Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 – Kyle Burwick (North Dakota-Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 – Ryan…
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