Nine U16 women took to the mat Saturday, and Kindred’s Brooke Leedahl will wrestle in the 180 pound seventh place match tomorrow afternoon. Leedahl was 2-2 on day one of competition, scoring a first period fall and 10-0 technical fall before dropping to the seventh place bout. Nine wrestlers represents largest group USA Wrestling of…
Bismarck High state champion Wilfried Tanefeu is the only North Dakota Cadet still alive on the championship side of the bracket at the U16 national championships in Fargo. Reece Barnhardt (Bismarck), Nathan Schauer (Ashley), and Isaiah Huus (New Salem) still remain in the wrestlebacks. Tanefeu started the day with consecutive technical falls including a 10-0…
North Dakota’s strongest group of women ever will compete at the Fargodome starting Saturday morning for the Women’s Cadet and Junior National championships. Eight Cadets and four Juniors will take to the mats led by All American Sophie Smith of Bismarck. NDHSAA state tournament qualifiers Morgan Strandberg and Lizzy Massine are also in the mix. …
North Dakota’s best Cadet (U16) and Junior wrestlers are set to compete for national championships this weekend at the Fargodome. The North Dakota Junior team is led by prior Fargo All Americans Kyle Burwick (Hettinger), Ryan Ripplinger (Bismarck), and Matt Kaylor (Bismarck). Burwick was fourth in the freestyle portion of the tournament at 120 pounds…
One of America’s greatest and most decorated was in Bismarck Saturday for camp with over 300 wrestlers from four different states and Canada. Fresh off his ninth consecutive consecutive World Team spot at 74 KG, Nebraska Regional Training Center’s Jordan Burroughs came to Legacy High School in Bismarck courtesy of the Gorilla Wrestling Club. Getting…
Junior Duals was not kind to North Dakota as a team, but individual success did come in the form of three undefeated wrestlers. Kyle Burwick (Hettinger), Ryan Ripplinger (Bismarck), and Reece Barnhardt (Bismarck). Burwick and Ripplinger went a perfect 8-0 on Team North Dakota’s top “Blue” squad, while Barnhardt was 7-0 wrestling for ND Red. …
Team North Dakota Blue finished the Greco Roman portion of Junior Duals in twentieth place overall; fourth in the Red/Blue Pool. North Dakota Blue was placed in the Red/Blue Pool after finishing sixth in their preliminary pool on day one of competition. On day two, the team scored wins over Tennessee and Louisiana, but fell…
Day one of Junior Duals is in the books, with the Junior Women and Men’s Greco-Roman teams taking center stage for pool play. Competing in Women’s Junior Duals for the first time, Team North Dakota finished 0-6 on the day. In pool matches, Team ND finished 0-4, with its closest bout a 39-27 loss to…
North Dakota USA Wrestling will have three teams competing at Junior National Duals. The usual two men’s teams will be joined for the first time by a women’s squad when competition starts up Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM CT in Tulsa, OK. The women’s squad will be led by Bismarck native Sophie Smith, who has…
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