Lisbon Second at Wahpeton Dan Unruh

  Though Frazee, MN ran away with the team title, the Lisbon Broncos placed 12 wrestlers and crowned a champion in 220 Jordan Urbach.  The team effort was good enough for second place 27.5 points ahead of third place Sisseton.  Three other Broncos finished second on the day.  At 138, Kindred’s Easton Ogren edged Lisbon’s…

South Border Wins Napoleon Early Bird

South Border Mustangs flexed their season muscle with a strong showing at the Napoleon Early Bird.  The Mustangs crowned four champions and also had two runners-up on the day.  Champions were 106 Marshall Lindgren, 132 Darin Vangokom, 182 Lane Wolf, and 220 Riley Molter.  Lindgren took one loss in the 106 pound round robin, but…

Bishop Ryan Edges Velva at Velva Invite

Expect another year of back and forth for the Bishop Ryan Lions and Velva Aggies.  After a barnburner of an individual Region III tournament that wasn’t decided until the final match last spring, the first blow of the season goes to the Lions. They edged the host Aggies 281 to 273.  Ryan had two individual…

Bison Advance Three to Day 2 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite

Though NDSU doesn’t have anyone left on the championship side of the bracket, four Bison remain as the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational moves to its second day.  157 Clay Ream was the lone NDSU grappler to advance all the way to the quarterfinals.  In that round, Ream fell to Michigan’s Alec Pantaleo by fall…

Wisconsin 3X State Champion Sam Stuhl Verbals to NDSU

NDSU’s recruiting class for 2018 just got stronger.  Sam Stuhl, a three time Wisconsin state champion currently competing for Ellsworth High School, has made a verbal commitment to the Bison.  Last season, Stuhl finished an impressive 46-0 on the way to another Wisconsin D-2 state championship.  Included in that run was a title at the…

Pre-Seeds Released for 2017 CKLV

125 1. Ethan Lizak, MN 2. Ryan Millhof, ASU 3. Sean Russell, Edinboro 4. Dalton Macri, UNC 5. Connor Schram, Stanford 6. Luke Welch, Purdue 7. Louie Hayes, UVA 8. Taylor LaMont, UVU 9. Zeke Moisey, WVU 10. Drew Mattin, UM 11. Jay Schwarm, UNI 133 1. Stevan Micic, UM 2. Mitch McKee, MN 3.…

Marauders Dominant in Win Over Cobbers

Mary 125 Nate Humann got the Marauders off on the right foot Wednesday evening at the McDowell Activites Center.  The Junior from Bismarck, North Dakota scored a headlock fall in the third period of his match with Concordia’s Jake Nohre to get a strong MAC crowd rolling early. The party continued throughout the match as…

Podcast 305: Mary Head Coach Adam Aho

Mr. Headlock and The Coach are back after a Thanksgiving hiatus.  We give a shoutout to the newly ranked Adam Blees, breakdown the last two weeks of Duals for NDSU, and look forward to the first weekend of High School wrestling tournaments.  Also hear from Mary Head Coach Adam Aho as the entered the Division…

MSU Moorhead’s Adam Blees Breaks Into NCAA Division II Rankings

After a productive weekend at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Holiday Inn Open, MSU Moorhead 174 Adam Blees has broken into the NCAA Division II Coaches Association rankings.  Blees, a two-time North Dakota state champion from Bismarck, jumped from unranked all the way to seventh with wins over Bruno Niccoletti (Colorado Mesa) and Miguel Barreras (Central…