Schools, Clubs, and Coaches: Starting today, promote your camp on the ND Headlock webpage using any of the following three options: $25: List your camp on the ND Headlock Camp Central webpage. ND Headlock’s Camp Central page is a calendar of area camps that will include a jpeg image of your camp or school logo, basic…
SMLXL Two teams of 9/10 graders represented the state of North Dakota at the AAU 9-10 duals in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday and Sunday, with Team Prime winning the Silver pool for ninth place overall, and Team Nature Boys taking fifth in the Silver Pool. Team Prime was led by Travis…
SMLXL 3X North Dakota state champion Jared Franek, who won a USA Wrestling Folkstyle national title last spring, chose the FloNationals route this season and was upended in the finals by #8 ranked Jaden Mattox of Ohio. The West Fargo product navigated through four matches to make the finals, including a convincing 11-4 decision in…
With the North Dakota State tournament now over a month in the rearview, a lot of North Dakota’s best prep wrestlers are taking to the mat in national competition all over the country. Last weekend, it was West Fargo 3X state champion Jesse Shearer competing in Virginia Beach, VA at the NHSCA Senior nationals. This…
Drew Steidler, a two time state runner-up for Class A St. Mary’s Central High School, finished second at 123 pounds in the 15 & Under Division of Rocky Mountain Nationals in Denver, CO over the weekend. Steidler, who fell to Bismarck High 2X state champion Ryan Ripplinger in the state finals this year, advanced to the finals…
West Fargo’s Brandon Metz, a three time North Dakota state champion at 285 pounds and currently ranked sixth in the nation by Flowrestling, took his act into hostile territory on Saturday night for a match up with Iowa AAA state champion Aaron Costello in “The War at West Gym.” Costello is currently ranked twelfth in the…
With only two wrestlers graduating from a third place individual tournament team, the Bismarck Demons edge state champion Minot High as the team to beat next season on the weight of 165.5 team points to Minot’s 155. Rounding out the top five are familiar faces Mandan (105), Century (96), and West Fargo (93). Bismarck High…
Grand Forks Central’s Brady Terrill is no stranger to big matches at the state tournament. Two years ago as a sophomore, Terrill advanced to the semifinals of the 285 pound weight division with a 4-3 quarterfinal decision and finished fifth. In 2016, Terrill move to his new home at 220 and lost an overtime quarterfinal bout…
When it was all said and done, Bismarck High School’s Ryan Ripplinger described his season to ND Headlock in one word: “Emotional”. After all the ups and downs that Ripplinger and the rest of the Demons faced this year as a team, the sophomore dominated his way to the 120 pound Class A state championship, scoring falls…
Dale Spilman, who won his first title at 170 last season when he upended Century state champion Jacob Rader, made it to the top of the podium again in 2017. Spilman finished his Mandan wrestling career in style, with a pin in 2:55 over Wahpeton’s Aaron Deike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6tp2V4WE8
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