NDwrestle First Half Awards: College

Wrestlers eligible for midseason awards either compete for a North Dakota based college, or wrestled their prep career in North Dakota. College: Coach Of The Year:  Adam Aho (University of Mary) The Marauders had about as good a start to the season as anyone could have imagined, with their biggest victory coming at home over…

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.…

Bison Upended By Oklahoma State

NDSU fell hard at home to #3 Oklahoma State on Sunday, winning only one match and giving up bonus points in six of nine losses.  Paul Bianchi showed strong effort to start the match, wrestling well from neutral defensively but unable to create any serious scoring chances for himself.  Bianchi was defeated by #4 Nick…

NDSU Assistant Jarrod Garnett Press Conference 

After a trip to Iowa in which North Dakota State came out flat against the #7 Hawkeyes and then rebounded in a tough loss to #13 Northern Iowa, NDSU Assistant Jarrod Garnett met with the media on Tuesday to discuss all things Bison wrestling.  NDSU hosts #3 ranked Oklahoma State this Sunday at the Sanford…

Bison Come Up Just Short at UNI

(Match breakdown courtesy Nic Ryder of IAwrestle.com) After a disappointing showing against Iowa Friday afternoon in which Roger Kish’s Bison lacked the energy throughout, NDSU battled #13 Northern Iowa in a Big 12 slugfest but came up just short, falling to the Panthers 21-19.  The dual came down to the last match of the day;…

NDSU Humbled At Iowa

A dual that started as well as possible for the Bison unraveled quickly as North Dakota State fell to the University of Iowa this afternoon in the featured bout of the Iowa City Duals.  Bison freshman Paul Bianchi scored the lone victory of the day for NDSU by fall over Iowa’s Justin Stickley in 1:57.…

NDSU Crowns Five Champions at Bison Open

NDSU crowned six champions at the Bison Open on Saturday.  Sam Hampton (141), Clay Ream (157), Andrew Fogarty (165) and Codell Eaton (197) all notched the individual honors, while Dan Stibral and Brandon Metz were co-champions at 285.  Hampton continued the impressive start to his college career with a 14-0 major decision over South Dakota…