Former 2x Nebraska State Champions Isaiah Alford (Silver) and Lee Herrington (Gold) both earned medals at the Junior Pan Am Championships in Guatemala. They both made the team after finishing runner-up at the UWW Junior Greco World Team Trials in late April. Alford made quick work of his first three opponents, winning three matches in…
Photo: York College Athletics Chad Mattox has been announced as the next head wrestling coach for NAIA York College. Mattox will move on from York High School where he has coached the past nine seasons. He has been part of the Nebraska wrestling community for several additional years on top of that in assistant coaching…
The US Open, UWW Junior Nationals and Western Regional all go down in Vegas this weekend. Nebraska has TONS of entries and should be competitive at several weights. The UWW Greco Tournament is also the World Team Trials. The winner from each will weight will be the USA Greco World Team Member. In Freestyle, the…
Some huge matches should be in store this weekend at the US Open in Las Vegas, NV. Nebraska will be well represented in the event. Former Nebraska 4x State Champ Thomas Gilman will be the top seed at 57kg. The former Iowa Hawkeye 3x All-American has been the representative for the USA the last two…
Josh Batenhorst (assistant coach at West Point-Beemer this season) has recently been named the Wakefield-Allen High School Head Wrestling Coach. He wrestled at West Point-Beemer under coaches Ray Maxwell and Jason Redmond. His coaching career began right after high school, as he attended UNL and drove home every weekend to help coach because he wanted…
Ashland, NE (4/18/19) Jake Nichelson has officially accepted the wrestling head coaching position at Ashland-Greenwood. Nichelson teaches fourth grade and is in his third year at AG. Nichelson is a former 3-time medalist and state champion for the Bluejays and has been an assistant coach since 2016. Dan Beranek stepped down after the 2018-19 season leaving the…
Eric Dolezal (assistant coach at Blair High School this season) has recently been named the Waverly High School Head Wrestling Coach. Before we get into the interview with him, we have a statement from current Blair High School Head Wrestling Coach Erich Warner: “Eric Dolezal wrestled for the Bryan Wrestling Club, then Platteview High School,…
The 2019 Heartland USA National Duals go down this weekend at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. Nebraska USA Wrestling is the tournament host. The event is continuing to grow. It will be held on nearly 40 mats and consist of three divisions: Elementary Boys, Middle School and a Girls Division. 16 states will be…
Tyler Berger wrestles Steve Bleise from Minnesota.Nebraska senior Tyler Berger finished the 2019 NCAA Tournament as a national runner-up. He finished his tremendous career with a 116-32 record which puts him in ninth all-time in the Nebraska record books.Berger was a four-time national qualifier and a three time All-American. He finished fifth as a sophomore…
United World Wrestling U15 World Team members will be determined this weekend at Papillion Landing in both Greco Roman and Freestyle. The winner of each weight will represent the United States in the inaugural U15 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary June 18th – 20th. This event will attract some of the top future stars…
Nebraska is bringing a total of 7 teams to HyVee Hall in Des Moines for the AAU Duals. The event is broken up into mulitple divisions. Nebraska is bringing teams in the girls division, 9th and 10th boys division and the middle school division. AAU Twin Rivers Girls Duals Team Nebraska is the defending champions…
Seeds have been released for NHSCA Nationals at Virginia Beach, VA. Nebraska is sending some of the toughest wrestlers the state has to offer, with 9 out of 16 wrestlers grabbing a seed. Weigh ins are today and the tournament will be held March 29th through March 31st. All four age divisions will be competing…
