Big Cat Wrestling Club’s Matt Kaylor finished in third place at USA Wrestling’s Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls Iowa Saturday. Kaylor, a two-time state champion form Legacy High School, won his first three matches before falling to eventual champion Kyle Haas of Kansas via pinfall in 5:46. Kaylor then defeated Wisconsin’s Marshall Kools 1-0 in…
Former Mandan High School Head coach Luke Mellmer is headed across the river to take the head job at Bismarck St. Mary’s Central. Mellmer, a two-time state champion for Dickinson High School and former Minnesota Gopher, announced his resignation from Mandan High School on Tuesday. Mellmer was the 2016 West Region and State coach of…
A pancake breakfast for Shelly Knowlen is set for April 14 from (9 AM – 1 PM) at the Mandan Eagles Club. Shelly is the lovely wife of longtime Bismarck High head coach Scott Knowlen and is battling against a rare form of cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. North Dakota wrestling community, please rally around…
Mandan state runner-up Ethan Fleck has committed to continuing his wrestling career at Dickinson State. Fleck is a four-time state place winner for the Braves and projects as a 157 at the college level. Mandan head coach Luke Mellmer believes college success is in Fleck’s future because of his passion for wrestling. “Ethan will do…
The Bismarck Demons lead the Class A in 2019 returning team points. Though the Demons lose state champions Lake Boese, Ryan Ripplinger, and Chase Dockter, they also return the state champion Tanefeu brothers and Brandt Kringlie. All three will be juniors next season. The Demons will also benefit from the return of Gage Roaldson, who…
Though this year’s state tournament didn’t go quite as well as hoped, the Valley City Hi-Liners wrestling team qualified for its fourth consecutive state dual tournament this season, and qualified fourteen wrestlers for the state tournament. Of those fourteen, eleven will return next year. That makes head coach Aaron Larson’s squad an EDC contender looking forward…
106 1st Place Match – Christian Tanefeu (Bismarck High) 41-9 won in sudden victory – 1 over Aden Braun (Jamestown) 41-7 (SV-1 5-3) 113 1st Place Match – Wilfried Tanefeu (Bismarck High) 43-9 won by decision over Kelby Armstrong (Minot) 42-2 (Dec 7-4) 120 1st Place Match – Reece Barnhardt (Bismarck St. Mary`s) 47-0 won…
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