Surging Marauders wrestling program adds five more recruits for 2018

Brian Larson, UMary Sports Information Director BISMARCK, ND – After leading the University of Mary to its best season in NCAA Division II, Marauders head wrestling coach Adam Aho has added five more wrestlers to his 2018 recruiting class. Gabriel Anderson (St. Michael, MN), Payton Hume (Kalispell, MT), Lance Jarrett (Gretna, NE), Ryan Stottler (Glenwod,…

Forde Announces Wrestling Recruiting Class

MINOT, N.D. — Head coach Evan Forde announced that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent and two more declared their intent to enroll at Minot State in the fall of 2018. The class includes Conner Ledoux, Colton Miller and Joel Berg from North Dakota, Gerardo Hernandez, Shadi Mitwalli and Nahele Tonge from California and Lincoln…

South Dakota State Nabs a Big Fish in Damion Hahn

No need to be concerned North Dakota wrestling fans, your rival to the south remains in good hands.  South Dakota State announced today that Cornell associate head coach Damion Hahn, who has been with he Big Red since 2006, will be the next Jackrabbit head coach.  Hahn is no stranger to wrestling in the midwest.…

Season Wrap-Up: North Dakota State

The 2013 Recruiting Class Now Gone Though it didn’t have the accolades Bison fans would have hoped for, this spring marks the graduation of the best recruiting class in Bison D1 history; The Class of 2013.  Intermat’s Josh Lowe ranked the class fourth in the nation in his team recruiting rankings for that year, while D1…

Bison Wrestling Fans Owe Gratitude to Chris Bono

Today it was announced that South Dakota State head coach Chris Bono is headed to the University of Wisconsin.  Bono will replace wrestling legend Barry Davis as the Badger head coach effective immediately.  For the last few seasons, Bono has been considered the next man up for a “big program” job based on what he…

Path To the Podium: Virginia Tech’s Ryan Blees

Entering the NCAA tournament as the twelve seed essentially means that a wrestler is set up to finish one match from the podium, and that is where Bismarck’s Ryan Blees finds himself entering his first NCAA championships this weekend.  Essentially, Blees needs to win one more match than the seeds predict to become an All…

Minot State’s Mitch Eull Finishes Sixth at NCAA Championships

Minot State’s Mitch Eull capped five years in the Minot State wrestling program with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Championships.  Eull went 3-3 over the course of the two day tournament, finding All American honors Friday evening and then winning one more Saturday morning before dropping the final two bouts of his career.…