Team North Dakota Set For Junior Duals

Junior Duals begins with Greco Competition from Tulsa, OK at 9:00 AM CT Wednesday.  The tournament will run through Saturday, with Freestyle competition beginning Friday morning.  All wrestling will be live streamed on Trackwrestling.com Team North Dakota is made up of two teams-red and blue-with the blue team designated as North Dakota’s best roster.  North…

Zillmer Makes Freestyle National Team

NDSU All American Hayden Zillmer was the last man into the 97 KG Freestyle World Team Trials bracket.  In fact, he only entered the last chance Freestyle qualifier after his Greco Roman World Team goal came up just short.  After finishing second at the Greco World Team Trials in Las Vegas and with only a…

Metz and Bianchi Fourth in World Team Trials Mini Tournament

Paul Bianchi wasn’t able to duplicate his success from UWW Junior Nationals last month.  The Bison redshirt freshman from Wisconsin finished fourth in the World Team Trials mini tournament after finishing second in a much bigger bracket last May.  Seeded first on the strength of that May performance, Bianchi received a bye before falling in…

Burwick Misses Podium at UWW Cadets

In a 54 KG weight bracket filled with elite level talent, Hettinger’s Kyle Burwick finished 2-2, two matches short of All American status.  Burwick showed impressive grit in his first bout of the tournament, scoring a takedown in the final ten seconds to upend Dylan Shawver of Ohio 8-4.  Burwick showed impressive freestyle awareness early…

Franek Fourth at UWW Cadet Nationals

West Fargo 3X state champion Jared Franek finished fourth in a bracket of fifty wrestlers at the United World Wrestling Cadet Nationals in Akron Ohio Saturday and Sunday.  Franek was competing in the 69 KG (152 pound) weight bracket.  The soon to be Packer senior from Harwood navigated through to the semifinals with four straight…

Franek and Burwick Representing ND at UWW Cadets

West Fargo’s Jared Franek and Hettinger’s Kyle Burwick, each with three North Dakota state wrestling titles to their name, will represent the state this weekend at the UWW Cadet championships in Akron, OH.  Both wrestlers will compete in the freestyle part of the Cadet competition that starts Friday, June 2. Franek, who is currently ranked…

North Dakota Entries for UWW University Nationals

UWW University Nationals take place this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The competition begins on June 2nd for Greco-Roman, and freestyle wrestling will take place June 3rd-4th. The action will be streamed on Flowrestling. Freestyle – Tirso Lara 57 Taylor Nein 61 Brandon Aragon 65 Mitch Bengston 65 Nathan Smith 65 Samuel Gilseth 70 Andrew Fogarty…