Photo Credit: Tony Rotundo Excerpt from the FULL PRESS RELEASE via lopers.com: Tervel Dlagnev is one of the best stories in UNK Athletics history, going from a walk on to an Olympic medal winner. Born in Bulgaria and picking up wrestling in high school, Dlagnev not only was a two-time national champion but also one of…
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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…
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…
