Last week, North Dakota State University had one more addition to its already strong class of 2018 in Minnesota Class A state champion Zach Schneider. Schneider, a 160 pound state champion for Caledonia/Houston, compiled a 37-3 record a senior. He will wrestle 157/165 for the Bison. Schneider makes nine incoming recruits for a 2018 class…
Kyle Burwick can now add “nationally ranked” to his impressive list of prep accomplishments. After an impressive run at Junior Duals last week that saw the Hettinger four-time state champion go undefeated with wins over three ranked nationally ranked wrestlers, Flowrestlings latest rankings moved Kyle from honorable mention all the way to fifth at 126…
After qualifying for the championship pool Friday by finishing second in their Pool D, North Dakota struggled against the best freestyle teams in the country a day later. Team North Dakota wen 0-4 Saturday with losses to tournament champion Ohio, along with Oklahoma, Washington, and Nebraska. Simply finding wins was a challenge Saturday, as the…
Team North Dakota advanced to the Gold/Silver pool after finishing 2-1 during day one of Freestyle Junior Duals in Tulsa, OK. The eight teams in the Gold/Silver group, all of which finished in the top two of their preliminary pool, will wrestle a round robin format starting tomorrow. A champion will then be crowned tomorrow…
Team North Dakota 1 finished the Greco Roman portion of Junior Duals third place in the Bronze/Copper pool, which was good enough for eleventh overall. North Dakota 1’s lone loss of the day came to Pennsylvania 37-30. Pennsylvania went on the Bronze/Copper Pool. North Dakota 2 found a victory in the Green/Yellow Pool, 33-31 over…
Team North Dakota 1 finished 3-1 in their pool Wednesday, good enough for third place in Pool C and a trip to the Bronze/Copper division tomorrow. The winner of the Bronze/Copper division finishes in ninth place overall. North Dakota started with a strong victory over North Carolina before being upended in the pool semifinals by…
North Dakota USA Wrestling has split it’s teams for the Greco Roman portion of Junior Duals set for Wednesday and Thursday in Tulsa, OK. In total, 38 wrestlers will take the mat for North Dakota 1 and North Dakota 2. Leading team North Dakota in the Greco-Roman portion are Fargo All Americans Ryan Ripplinger (Bismarck…
The U23 World Team Trials started as badly as possible for Bismarck native Ryan Blees. Wrestling for the Southeast Regional Training Center based in Blacksburg, VA where he will enter his senior season for the Virginia Tech Hokies this season, Blees was pancaked and pinned by Wisconsin’s Cole Martin after taking a leg shot and…
Virginia Tech’s Ryan Blees, a four time North Dakota State champion, is entered in the 70 KG weight class for the Southeast Regional Training Center at U23 nationals. Winners of each weight class will represent the United State at the U23 World Championships this fall. Blees, who competed at 149 pounds for the Hokies and…
Class B state champions Kyle Burwick (Hettinger) and Carter Schmitz (Kindred) will join Team ALPHA this weekend at NHSCA National Duals in Virginia Beach, VA. ALPHA is based out of Colorado and features top level wrestlers from all over the midwest. The competition features numerous wrestlers ranked in the top 20 at their respective weight…
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