Bismarck High was held without a champion Saturday at the Rapid City Invite, but still managed a third place finish on the strength of ten top-eight finishes from nine points scorers. The Demons were led by runner-up finishers Ryan Ripplinger, Gage Roaldson, and Chase Dockter. Ripplinger and Dockter both fell to nationally ranked opponents. Ripplinger…
Team Scores 1 Northern Lights 103.0 2 Watford City 101.0 3 Kenmare 99.5 4 Des Lacs 96.0 5 Tioga 93.0 6 Stanley 81.0 7 Killdeer 64.0 7 Rugby 64.0 9 Mondak 59.0 10 Velva 51.0 106 Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Nathan Baldaras of Watford City 2nd Place – Colin Dean of Velva 3rd Place…
The Carrington Cardinals won their home tournament over New Salem/Almont by a razor-thin margin, foreshadowing what should end up being an interesting race come state tournament time. The Cardinals were led by champions Matthew Duchscherer, Lucas Geiszler, as well as four second place finishers. Carrington was without state champion Kaden Wolsky. New Salem/Almont had six…
In an intriguing West Region matchup between the state champion Bismarck Demons and surging Jamestown Blue Jays, Bismarck High showed why it is the overwhelming favorite to win the North Dakota Class A state championship. Jamestown won two of the first matches of the dual starting at 182, but Bismarck High then reeled off five…
Mr. Headlock and The Coach get to all the most important results from the college and prep levels, and as always, discuss what the good programs are doing right in North Dakota wrestling. https://ndheadlock.podbean.com/mf/play/tjiyw2/_17013716086_on_2018-12-05_at_20_23.mp3
The first updated Class A rankings are here featuring the 106 pound weight class for the first time. Jamestown’s Aden Brown enters the season ranked #1 in front of Bismarck’s Christian Tanefeu. Braun has yet to drop a match this season and is coming off a strong showing at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Saturday. …
Class B North Dakota’s defending champion flexed its muscle in Wahpeton, edging Minnesota power Frazee for the Wahpeton Dan Unruh team title 242-227.5. The Broncos won the team title on the strength of titles from Hunter Schwab (145), Jordan Sours (152), Avery Dick (170), and Ben Shearer (285). Grand Forks Central was third with 185…
Bismarck High ended fourteen points short of a Mandan Lions team title Saturday. The Demons placed five wrestlers in the finals and got titles from Ryan Ripplinger (138), Gage Roaldson (138), and Chase Dockter (285). Brothers Christian and Wilfried Tanefeu were runners-up at 106 and 113. St. Mary’s Central crowned two champions in 120 Reece…
After surviving a scare in their first dual of the season against Jamestown last week, Century won by much more comfortable margins Thursday evening to improve their WDA dual record to 3-0. The Patriots upended crosstown rival Legacy 49-24 and then went on the defeat Mandan 46-26. In each dual Century won nine matches. All…
The Mandan Lions will again add some new flavor this season. Longtime entry Dickinson, currently ranked second in the North Dakota individual team rankings, has been replaced at the Lions with the Killdeer Cowboys. Killdeer joins Hettinger/Scranton as the only North Dakota Class B teams in the field. As always, Sturgis, Rapid City Central, and…
ndwrestle.com 