Ryan Blees Finishes Runner-Up at ACC Championships

It took some time, but Ryan Blees seems to have found his place in NCAA Division I college wrestling.  The 4X state championship from Bismarck went 2-1 against a strong field at the ACC tournament to bring homed second place at 149 pounds.  Blees’s efforts also helped to propel the Hokies to a team championship…

Podcast Episode 317: Eull and Reis Headed To D2 Nationals

Mr. Headlock and the Coach breakdown the Division 2 Super Region Central tournament including interviews from Minot State head coach Evan Forde and Mary head coach Adam Aho.  Both coaches scored their first national qualifier over the weekend.  We also discuss Ryan Blees’s path at the ACC Tournament, NDSU at Big 12’s, and make some…

D2 Bracket Breakdown: Minot State’s Mitch Eull

Minot State’s Mitch Eull was Super Region Central Champion at 285 pounds last weekend, and now his path to a national championship is known.  As a Super Region  champion, Eull draws the fourth seed from another region and would not wrestle another super region champ until the semifinals.  In the first round, the redshirt senior…

D2 Bracket Breakdown: Mary’s Jared Reis

Jared Reis finished third in the Super Regional when he came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat St. Cloud 2X All American Larry Bomstad.  The third place finish means Reis draws the runner-up from the west super region; Shawn Beiriger of Western State (Colorado).  Beiriger entered his super region unseeded and ran two overtime…

Big 12 Pre Seeds Released, Ream First For NDSU at 157

Clay Ream is North Dakota State’s lone top seed at this weekends Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, MO.  Ream, a redshirt senior from Wentzville, MO who has qualified for NCAA’s three times, would become NDSU’s first Big 12 champion.  This is the third year in the conference for Roger Kish’s squad after moving over…

Big 12 Conference Grabs 45 Automatic Bids To NCAA’s

One of the biggest days in Division I college wrestling was today and not a match was wrestled.  The NCAA released it’s list of automatic bids to the NCAA Championships and the Big 12 came away with forty-five across the ten weight classes.  Wrestlers wanting to automatically qualify out of the Big 12 will need…

Marauders Sweep NSIC Postseason Awards

Though Mary hasn’t wrestled a match at the Super Region III tournament slated to start Friday morning, the team already has some good news going into the weekend.  The Marauders swept each category of the NSIC postseason awards including NSIC Wrestler of the Year, NSIC Rookie of the Year, and NSIC Coach of the Year.…