Bison Add Third Verbal for Class of 2018

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…

NDSU’s Sykora Talks North Dakota Roots, Offseason Recovery

5X Minnesota state champion Cameron Sykora had a fantastic start to his Bison career, qualifying for the NCAA tournament after finishing 3rd at the Big 12 tournament.  Sykora was at North Dakota National Team Camp last weekend and talked about his North Dakota roots, specifically developing with the Tech Team and their leader Ryan Kringlie.…

NDSU Assistant Jarrod Garnett On the Record with NDwrestle

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…

Franek Chooses North Dakota State

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…

NDSU-SDSU Border Bell Match Will Go Down Feb 18 in Brookings

South Dakota State University has released its home schedule for the 2017-18 wrestling season, and while North Dakota State fans will have to wait a bit longer for the complete Bison schedule, the SDSU release does confirm that NDSU will wrestle for the Border Bell at Frost Arena in Brookings on February 18. South Dakota…

Metz and Bianchi Fourth in World Team Trials Mini Tournament

Paul Bianchi wasn’t able to duplicate his success from UWW Junior Nationals last month.  The Bison redshirt freshman from Wisconsin finished fourth in the World Team Trials mini tournament after finishing second in a much bigger bracket last May.  Seeded first on the strength of that May performance, Bianchi received a bye before falling in…

Cast Your Vote For NDSU in 2017 Best of Brand

North Dakota State University has been nominated for the “Favorite Collegiate Team Graphic” award in the 2017 Best of Brand competition sponsored by the NWCA and ELSM.  NDSU was nominated for the graphic created for 125 pounder Josh Rodriguez’s 100th win.  The competition is set up like a bracket in which the NDSU graphic was…

NDSU Lands 4X Montana Champion Sawyer Degen

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…