Minot High head coach Justin Racine has been named the National Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year for the state of North Dakota. Racine led the Minot High Magicians, his alma-mater, to the 2017 North Dakota State individual team championship in the Fargodome this past February. The title was Minot’s first on the mat since 1993.…
North Dakota State has added another name to the already impressive list of commitments for the class of 2017. Sawyer Degen, four time state champion from Belgrade High School in Belgrade, MT, will join the Bison this fall. Degen won his final title this past February at 138 pounds with a 4-0 victory over Polson’s Parker…
UWW University Nationals take place this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The competition begins on June 2nd for Greco-Roman, and freestyle wrestling will take place June 3rd-4th. The action will be streamed on Flowrestling. Freestyle – Tirso Lara 57 Taylor Nein 61 Brandon Aragon 65 Mitch Bengston 65 Nathan Smith 65 Samuel Gilseth 70 Andrew Fogarty…
For the last 18 months, ND Headlock has brought more original wrestling content to North Dakota wrestling fans than any media source before it. ND Headlock was launched in November of 2015 as a way for me to stay connected to North Dakota wrestling while following Mrs. Headlock’s career in Illinois. It has been a great joy to…
Mr. Headlock looks back at Northern Plains Regional results, as well as results from the last chance qualifier that also took place in Rochester over the weekend. Hayden Zillmer joins me to discuss his last year of Greco competition, deciding to jump into the last chance Freestyle bracket, and preparing to compete for a World…
Former NDSU All American Hayden Zillmer, competing for the Minnesota Storm, has qualified for the World Team Trials at 97 KG. Zillmer, who finished second in the US Open (and World Team Qualifier) at 98 KG Greco Roman a month ago, entered the freestyle last chance bracket along with a few other Storm wrestlers that…
Twenty wrestlers represented North Dakota on Friday and Saturday at the USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional Championship in Rochester, MN. West Fargo 3X state champion Jesse Shearer finished the 3-1 in the Junior 182 pound bracket, falling only to eventual champion Jack Jessen of Illinois 6-4 in the semifinal round. Jessen is an Illinois 3A (big…
West Fargo senior Jesse Shearer was second at the USA Northern Plains Regional wrestling championships on Saturday in Rochester, MN. Shearer strung together three wins in a row to make the final, including a 9-5 victory over Illinois state runner-up Cody Baldridge. Shearer was defeated by Jack Jessen (IL) in the final 11-0. Jessen also gave…
Minnesota State University-Moorhead head coach Kris Nelson, along with a fantastic staff of assistants, is offering the Dragon Technique Camp on June 27-29 at Nemzek Hall on the MSUM campus. Nelson will be joined by assistants Brett Maughan, Justin Solberg, and Eric Sanders. Also in attendance will be Dragon 3X All American and North Dakota native Blake…
Jamestown College head women’s wrestling coach Tony DeAnda is leaving Jamestown after six seasons to build a new women’s program at the University of Great Falls in Great Falls, MT. The University of Great Falls announced it was adding women’s wrestling in January. The following is a press release from UGF on the hire: GREAT…
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