On Tuesday, the Big Ten announced the postponement of the fall sports season. With that announcement, colleges are already reporting a loss of $80-100 million in revenue. With football being the biggest money maker for colleges, what does it mean for the future of wrestling? Stanford has already cut wrestling due to economic downfall, despite…
Deon Davis looks to end his high school career on a high note. (Photo Credit: Chuck Mulligan) Omaha Central returns the bulk of their lineup this season and will look to compete for a state title. They will lean on the leadership of standout senior Deon Davis. He enters his senior year coming off a…
Dylan Vodicka wins the 2020 state title. (Photo Credit: Dylan Vodicka Hudl) Dylan got into wrestling at a very young age. His cousin wrestled, and when he was in pre-school his parents took him up to the David City little kids meet. The following year, he joined David City and started wrestling and has never…
Next week Wrestle Like A Girl along with the Nebraska Girls Wrestling Task Force Committee will be hosting 3 Zoom meetings with very informative info. The meeting will be 3 separate days and touch on a number of different topics. Even though they are geared towards 3 different sets of people, It would be very…
Tony Pray wins the 2020 Class A 195 pound State Champion for Creighton Prep. (Photo Credit: Rebecca Pray) Tony Pray entered the state finals last season for the second time in his high school career. As a Sophomore, he fell to Kasten Grape in the 220lbs state finals match. As a Junior, he was able…
Joel Adams competes at the Legends of Gold Duals. (Photo Credit: Jay Meneely) Many Nebraska Wrestlers have been competing the last couple weeks in tournaments in Oklahoma and South Dakota. MWC Middle School Freestyle and Greco teams both placed 2nd at the Legends of Gold Tournament in South Dakota. MWC GOLD won 7th place in…
Isaac Trumble gets his hand raised after a victory Monday. (Photo Credit: Jay Meneely) Three Nebraska teams competed at the Legends of Gold Freestyle duals on Monday. MWC Gold used a huge comeback in the seventh place match. Down 29-15 Cameron Cunningham (Gretna) started the comeback with a 12-2 tech fall. Tony Pray (Creighton Prep)…
Kael Lauridsen (Bennington) and Blaine Christo (Ashland) wrestle at Badger Duals. Both wrestlers will be competing at LOG Duals. Nebraska Titans and MWC are competing in South Dakota this week at the Legends Of Gold Duals in South Dakota. It is a week long tournament of Duals in Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco. Folkstyle Nebraska Titans…
After fifteen years of calling Lincoln home, Jordan Burroughs will be heading to Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania RTC after the Olympics in 2021. Burroughs was a three-time AA and 2x National Champion for the Huskers before winning four world titles and an Olympic Gold. He has his sights set on another Olympic Gold medal in…
Photo Courtest: Caleb Coyle After years of hard work and dedication, Coyle is starting to see the payoff. He has competed in numerous tournaments in his career. Last summer, he was a double All-American at Fargo. He finished 6th in Junior Freestyle and 5th in Junior Greco. He also finished 5th at UWW in Greco,…
Scottsbluff Senior, Paul Garcia has been busy in the last calendar year. Last summer he completed his Pilots License Program and received his license entering his Junior year of High School. In February, Garcia won his third straight state title to remain on course to become Nebraska’s 34th four-time state champion. Today, he made his…
Photo Credit: Millard South Wrestling Conor Knopick has made his college decision. The Millard South / MWC Senior-to-be will be an Iowa State Cyclone. Photo: Ben Strandberg @strandbergdesign Conor was 4th as a freshman and 3rd as a sophomore before overcoming a neck injury and claiming a state title at A132 – arguably the toughest…
2020 was a difficult year. For many in this class, they didn’t get to have a proper good bye. It was just a gloomy March day when they were told they would no longer be coming back to school. Their achievements were not celebrated. They lost out on many memories. So as a final thank…
Here is a list of the NSWCA award winners for the 2020 season. NSWCA 2020 Special Award Categories Awards to be Presented at the 2020 NSWCA Hall of Fame Banquet Saturday Nov 21st at Ramada Hotel in Columbus, NE Vern Ekfelt Coach of the Year: Class A – Nate Olson, Millard South Class…
On last Thursday the NSAA board of Directors voted to approve girls wrestling as an emerging sport. Nebraska Girls Wrestling made a video of the girls across the state thanking the NSAA for noticing the growth of their sport and adding it as an Emerging Sport. Check out the video out below.
Today was a big day for girls wrestling in Nebraska. Earlier this morning in a 7-1 vote, the NSAA board passed girls wrestling as an emerging high school sport. This afternoon, the NSAA Repsententative assembly voted against sanctioning the sport 28-23, in a vote that needed 31 to pass. While it is sad to see…
Tomorrow is a big day for Girls wresting in the state of Nebraska. Nebraska Gurls Wrestling took the time to put together the video below of girls across the state from all levels of wrestling to let there voices be heard. Let’s get behind them as a state and make there voices be heard. Contact…
