North Dakota State has added its third verbal commitment in Austin Brenner. Brenner is a 4X Minnesota State place winner, finishing third last season at 152 pounds. The St. Cloud Tech senior was third at the Rumble on the Red last Christmas, falling only to future Bison teammate Jared Franek by 5-2 decision. Brenner also…
The Mellmer fall wrestling camp, which has become the premier preseason training option for wrestlers all over the state of North Dakota, is back Sunday, September 10 with a laundry list of the best prep and college coaches in the state as clinicians. Last year, seventy wrestlers from all over the state travelled to Mandan…
Wishek native Blake Bosch, who was second in the nation for MSU Moorhead at 133 pounds last March, has accepted a coaching position with his alma mater. Bosch will step in as an assistant this season for the Dragons under Head Coach Kris Nelson. Read the entire press release from MSUM HERE. Recent Fargo All…
Noah Cressell, a soon-to-be senior at Wabash High School in Wabash, IN, has given NDSU Head Coach Roger Kish a verbal commitment. He joins West Fargo’s Jared Franek as wrestlers to have committed to the Bison for the class of 2018. Cressell was 39-2 at 182 pounds for Wabash last season and was eliminated in…
Brandon Metz wasn’t happy with the way he wrestled the Freestyle final against Illinois wrestler Anthony Cassioppi. Metz felt he allowed Cassioppi to control the pace of the match and that that ultimately led to Metz’s 4-1 loss. Metz vowed not to let that happen in the Greco final. “You’re gonna see a different Brandon…
Brandon Metz’s semifinal match probably didn’t start the way he would have liked. The West Fargo graduate and defending Greco national champion got behind early 6-0 as a result of some aggressive unforced errors. After the rough start, Metz slowed things down, scored three pushouts, and then hit a classic Metzmode a lateral drop that…
After finishing second in the Cadet age division earlier this week, Sophie Smith went from 117 to 122 pounds and entered the Junior division where she finish sixth. Smith won in the consolation quarterfinals last night to ensure a top six finish, but dropped both matches she wrestled today. The first by 10-0 technical superiority…
Bismarck’s Ryan Ripplinger came one win short of a Greco national championship Friday afternoon, falling to Oklahoma’s Reece Witcraft 15-4. Ripplinger got behind 4-0 early, but responded with a beautiful hip toss to knot the score at 4. From there it was all Witcraft. Witcraft worked another takedown and and upshot to make the…
Ryan Ripplinger and Sophie Smith will both leave the Fargodome with two All American plaques. Ripplinger, a two time North Dakota state champion and soon-to-be Junior at Bismarck High School, was seventh in the Freestyle tournament earlier this week and now sits in the Greco-Roman semifinals set for Friday morning. Sophie Smith is competing in…
Three North Dakota wrestlers remain after the first day of Cadet Greco Roman competition at the Fargodome. Bismarck’s Ryan Ripplinger and Chase Dockter, who garnered Freestyle All American honors two days ago, as well as Mandan Sophomore Jacob Boehm, are still alive entering tomorrow’s quarterfinal round. Ripplinger and Dockter have yet to drop a match…
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