Brandon Metz Third at UWW Junior Greco

Brandon Metz of the Bison Wrestling Club finished third in the 130 KG bracket at the UWW Junior Greco Roman national championships Friday evening.  Metz, who is coming off a strong redshirt season for the Bison at 285 pounds, took his only loss of the tournament in the semifinals to Cadet World Medalist Cohlton Schultz.…

MSU Moorhead Assistant Bosch Headed to US Open

3X MSU Moorhead All American Blake Bosch is jumping back into competition more than a year after finishing second at the Division II NCAA championships.  Bosch, a 3X North Dakota Class B state champion from South Border, is entered into the Freestyle 61 KG weight division for the senior level US Open.  The Wishek native…

Strandberg Shines For Team ND Women at Heartland Duals

Minot’s Morgan Strandberg finished 6-1 at Heartland Duals as leader of a group of young women representing USA Wrestling North Dakota at the Heartland Duals over the weekend.  This was the first year that USA Wrestling of North Dakota has sent a women’s team to the event.  Overall, the team finished 1-6 in dual matches…

Heartland Duals Middle School Results

North Dakota USA Wrestling sent two teams to the Middle School Heartland Duals over the weekend. The North Dakota Technicians finished 1-4 in pool play, which advanced them to the gold division where they finished runner-up to South Dakota MS-1 in a tight 44-43 dual.  The Technicians were led by Matpac’s Jesse Thompson.  Thompson was…

Franek over Eiteljorge at Dream Team Classic

West Fargo senior Jared Franek showed why he is one of the best wrestlers in the country Saturday night in Indiana.  Wrestling for Team USA, the 4X North Dakota state champion and North Dakota State University commit wasted little time in disposing of Indiana state third place finisher Jack Eiteljorge at the Dream Team Classic…

Surging Marauders wrestling program adds five more recruits for 2018

Brian Larson, UMary Sports Information Director BISMARCK, ND – After leading the University of Mary to its best season in NCAA Division II, Marauders head wrestling coach Adam Aho has added five more wrestlers to his 2018 recruiting class. Gabriel Anderson (St. Michael, MN), Payton Hume (Kalispell, MT), Lance Jarrett (Gretna, NE), Ryan Stottler (Glenwod,…

Forde Announces Wrestling Recruiting Class

MINOT, N.D. — Head coach Evan Forde announced that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent and two more declared their intent to enroll at Minot State in the fall of 2018. The class includes Conner Ledoux, Colton Miller and Joel Berg from North Dakota, Gerardo Hernandez, Shadi Mitwalli and Nahele Tonge from California and Lincoln…