NDwrestle caught up with Bison Assistant Jarrod Garnett on Friday. Garnett was in Bismarck helping North Dakota’s Cadets and Juniors prepare for the USA Wrestling Freestyle and Greco Roman National Championships set to take place in Fargo next week. Garnett spoke about his involvement in both Junior Duals and Fargo coaching for North Dakota, as…
With the departure of head coach Skip Toops, Moorhead High School hired Kenard Booker to step in and take the lead over what has become one of the strongest AAA programs in western Minnesota. Booker has a long history with wrestling in North Dakota; much of which came under legendary University of Mary Head Coach…
The University of Mary is losing one of its most talented assets. Josh Jensen, who was brought to North Dakota by Marauder Head Coach Adam Aho two years ago, is headed back to his home state of Utah. Jensen plans to join the wrestling program at Utah Valley, though the move isn’t based on wrestling.…
FULL SCHEDULE FROM USA WRESTLING Thursday, July 13 Pre-tournament Registration for ON CAMPUS TEAMS ONLY and Officials (FargoDome – Rooms 201-203) 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM 1 Mats Open for Workouts (Benson Bunker) 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM Friday, July 14 Pre-tournament All Teams and Official Registration (FargoDome – Rooms 201-203) 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM 1 Mats Open…
Hayden Zillmer scored a bronze medal at the Gedza Memorial in Kragujevac, Serbia overnight. Zillmer, who now competes for the Minnesota Storm out of the Twin Cities, finished the day 3-1. The 2015 NDSU All American scored two victories before falling in the semifinals 2-0 to Mikheil Kajaia of Serbia. In the Bronze medal match,…
North Dakota’s best wrestlers has chosen to remain in-state. Cadet national champion Jared Franek, who will enter his senior season at West Fargo High School this fall, is going to be a Bison. Franek will follow West Fargo teammates Jesse Shearer and Brandon Metz to NDSU. Metz and Shearer are a year ahead of Franek…
Mr. Headlock is joined by North Dakota Junior and Cadet Director Luke Mellmer to discuss last weekend’s Junior Duals, as well as the upcoming National Team Camp
Next season, North Dakota will sorely miss the upper weight run of Jesse Shearer, Sam Grove, Jordan Will, and Brandon Metz. All four are high school graduates that will compete at the college level next season, and Shearer, Grove, and Metz are taking their talents to Division 1 institutions. Though this group is irreplaceable, a…
North Dakota Blue finished Day 2 of Freestyle Junior Duals 2-1, good enough for 6-2 overall and thirteenth place. To start the morning, North Dakota scored a 34-34 tiebreaker victory over Nebraska Red. North Dakota was awarded the win as they won eight matches to Nebraska’s seven. Next, North Dakota fell to a strong Georgia…
North Dakota Blue finished 4-1 on the first day of the Freestyle portion of Junior Duals. Seeded third in Pool A, ND Blue won its first match handily over Kansas Red before taking its lone loss of the day in the semifinals to Missouri 36-33. In the consolation bracket, North Dakota defeated Colorado and then…
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