Hayden Zillmer Wins Last Chance Qualifier at 97 KG

Former NDSU All American Hayden Zillmer, competing for the Minnesota Storm, has qualified for the World Team Trials at 97 KG.  Zillmer, who finished second in the US Open (and World Team Qualifier) at 98 KG Greco Roman a month ago, entered the freestyle last chance bracket along with a few other Storm wrestlers that…

Northern Plains Greco Roman Results: Jesse Shearer Third

Twenty wrestlers represented North Dakota on Friday and Saturday at the USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional Championship in Rochester, MN.  West Fargo 3X state champion Jesse Shearer finished the 3-1 in the Junior 182 pound bracket, falling only to eventual champion Jack Jessen of Illinois 6-4 in the semifinal round.  Jessen is an Illinois 3A (big…

Northern Plains Freestyle Results: Jesse Shearer Second

West Fargo senior Jesse Shearer was second at the USA Northern Plains Regional wrestling championships on Saturday in Rochester, MN.  Shearer strung together three wins in a row to make the final, including a 9-5 victory over Illinois state runner-up Cody Baldridge.  Shearer was defeated by Jack Jessen (IL) in the final 11-0.  Jessen also gave…

A Suggestion for NDUSA Folkstyle State

 *I have no affiliation with NDUSA Wrestling, and no one within that fantastic organization shares this opinion (as far as I know).  I am just a man with a small mouthpiece brainstorming an idea to make ND wrestling strong across the entire state. By all accounts, the North Dakota State Folkstyle wrestling tournament sponsored by USA Wrestling of…

Headlock Hindsight 4/18

Headlock Hindsight 4/18 Teams of all ages competed for Team North Dakota in various places over the weekend.  At the elementary and middle school levels, four teams represented ND in Council Bluffs Iowa at the Heartland Duals.  At the high school level, two squads, including eight North Dakota state champions, competed in Crawfordsville, IN at…