New Salem standout Josh Irwin has committed to continue his academic and athletic career at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Irwin was runner-up at 138 last season and previously finished fifth and sixth as well. Irwin also helped lead the Holsteins to a second place finish at the individual state tournament. A big reason Irwin chose Moorhead…
The North Dakota State wrestling team had a successful weekend on the west coast. Two days after edging Fresno State and moving to 3-0 on the dual season, the Bison crowned six champions at the Cal State-Bakersfield Road Runner Open. Bison champions were Brent Fleetwood (125), Cam Sykora (133), Gavin Sutton (141), Cordell Eaton (197),…
Minot State attended the Finn Grinaker Open at Concordia College in Friday. In the Gold Division, the Beavers received a championship performance from Oscar Nellis at 125 pounds. Nellis took a loss to teammate Dean Arevalo in the round robin format, but scored two falls and a technical fall in his other three matches to…
The University of Mary had three wrestlers place in the elite division of the University of Nebraska-Kearney Holiday Inn Open Saturday. Nate Humann, Hunter Eckert, and Dom Tudor (wrestling unattached), all placed in the top six of their respective weight brackets. At 125, Humann was defeated in the first round by Jace Koelzer of Northern…
FROM NDSU SPORTS INFORMATION FRESNO, Calif.—No. 20-ranked North Dakota State needed a major decision from 125-pounder Brent Fleetwood in the final bout to turn back upset-minded Fresno State 21-20 in Big 12 Conference dual on Friday, Nov. 16, in the Save Mart Center. Both teams won five matches and NDSU (3-0, 1-0 #Big12WR) scored bonus points in…
The University of Mary scored a big home win over Minot State in front of a packed house at the McDowell Activities Center. Mary won seven of ten matches, including the first six of the dual, and won the evening 31-12. Things started very positively for Minot State at 125, as Dean Arevalo controlled the…
North Dakota State rolled to its second dual win of the season Thursday evening with a 35-4 victory over Northern Illinois. The Bison were dominant throughout, winning nine of ten contested matches and scoring bonus points from Cam Sykora, Cordell Eaton, and Brandon Metz. Technical fall machine Sykora, currently ranked seventeenth in the nation by…
Mary and Minot State will take the mat in dual competition for the first time Thursday night. The meet up on the University of Mary campus is the first of their annual home and home series, with Minot State hosting the NSIC counter later this season. Mary will without last year’s NSIC freshman of the…
Two all-time North Dakota greats began their college seasons Sunday in open competition. Four-time Bismarck High state champion Ryan Blees, entering his senior season at Virginia Tech, was second at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg on Sunday. Blees won his first two bouts by major decision before upending Campbell’s Josh Heil 5-1 in the semifinals.…
NDSU’s group of redshirts and backups scored six Jimmie Open titles Saturday afternoon in Jamesrown, while the University of Mary scored three titles of their own. Mary put a wrestler into the finals at the first four weight classes and got championship performances from Nate Humann (125), Hunter Eckert (141), and Braydon Huber (149). Huber,…
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