The pre-seeds for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational have been released. Nebraska has nine seeded wrestlers, led by Isaiah White, who is the top seed at 165. White was Nebraska’s lone champion from this event last year. Known to be one of the toughest individual tournaments in the NCAA season, the CKLV field includes…
Finally, the season has arrived. Competition officially starts today, with a number of duals getting underway. Then we head to a loaded weekend of wrestling next weekend. It will be our first time seeing a lot of guys at new weights, plus varsity debuts for many wrestlers. On Saturday, we will see three of the…
Class C/D Week 1 Preview NEwrestle Top Ten Teams – Where Can You Find Them? Class C #1 Valentine – O’Neill Invite #2 David City – Sidney Montana Invite #3 Aquinas – Thursday dual, Bennington Invite #4 Bergan – Howells-Dodge Invite #5 Broken Bow – Thursday tri, Broken Bow Invite #6 Logan View – Thursday…
Photo Credit: Hastings Tribune By: Kevin Fries Twitter – @kwfry Email – kdfries@hotmail.com Class B – Week 1 Preview NEwrestle Top Ten Teams – Where Can You Find Them? 1. Skutt Catholic 12/5- Nebraska City (Dual) 12/7 – Gardner Edgerton Invite (KS) 2. Hastings 12/7 – Kearney Invite 3. Arlington 12/6 – Blair Invite 4.…
Class D Preview The landscape of Class D looks a little different this year. Defending State Runner-Up Archbishop Bergan and fourth place team Amherst both move up to C. 10 new teams enter Class D this year, some coming to Class D for the first time and others coming back after short stints in Class…
by Cody Mainquist and Rob Sanders Team Race: Head here to check out the Class A rankings The Millard South Patriots are the favorites to win the the Class A title by a landslide, even though they only have 1 returning state champion. They do return three second place finishers, in Caleb Coyle, Tyler Antoniak, and…
Class C looks quite a bit different this year with the addition of 13 new teams, which is roughly 20% of the 64 teams. Class D State Runners-Up, the Archbishop Bergan Knights, along with 4th place Amherst Broncos will bring a lot of added depth in what could be considered one of the deepest years…
Note: Thank you to the coaches who took the time to send in their preseason information! For the teams/wrestlers we didn’t receive previews on, we did our best with the information at hand to place them in the correct weight. In most cases, if two weights were given, the wrestlers were placed into the higher…
By: Cody Mainquist and Rob Sanders Twitter – @NebraskaCody & @huskergrappler Email – cody@plainswrestling.com & sandersrobert149@gmail.com Many wrestlers are still on their way down to weight or recovering from fall sports injuries, but here is a look at the pre-season rankings. Please note some of the weights may not be accurate as we based much…
Note: We received previews from 54 out of 64 Class C teams! For the teams/wrestlers we didn’t receive previews on, we did our best with the information at hand to place them in the correct weight. In most cases, if two weights were given, the wrestlers were placed into the higher weight given by their…
By: Kevin Fries Twitter – @kwfry Email – kdfries@hotmail.com Class B The 2019-20 season is finally upon us! Last year proved to be another great year in Class B that saw two teams other than Skutt Catholic at the top of the podiums. Both Blair and Northwest took home their first ever state wrestling titles,…
Nebraska was again well represented in a collegiate open, this time at the UNK Younes Hospitality Open. There were two divisions in the event, an amateur division for younger wrestlers, as well as an elite division. State colleges and universities UNK, UNL, Chadron State, Concordia, Hastings, York, Doane, Midland and Wayne State were all represented.…
