The 2020 NCAA Division II Wrestling Tournament goes down this weekend on March 13-14 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Coached by Bennington, NE alum Steve Costanzo, St. Cloud State is looking for their fifth title in the last six years. They qualified nine out of ten wrestlers and are considered…
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.…
Season Preview: Chadron State.
What Brett Hunters young Eagles squad lacks in quantity this weekend, they make up in quality. Wade French and Chase Clasen both won their respective weight classes at the Super Regional tournament to advance to Nationals in Cleveland. Chase Clasen is a redshirt Junior. He transferred to Chadron State from Iowa Western CC in Council…
Chadron State took 22 wrestlers with them this weekend as the competed in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open. Wade French and Tate Allison lead the way for the Eagles. French a Junior 197 pounder from Utah, went 2-1 losing by injury default in the finals to Jayden Woodruff from Utah Valley. Allison went 3-1 on…
Photo Credit: St. Cloud State University NCAA Division 1: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Northeast Duals (Albany, NY) Nebraska 19 Utah Valley 15 125: Josh Jensen (UVU) FOR #6 Zeke Moisey (NEB) 133: Tucker Sjomeling (NEB) dec. Mitch Brown (UVU), 13-6 141: Matt Findlay (UVU) dec. #6 Chad Red Jr. (NEB), 10-8 149: Jordan Shearer (NEB) dec.…
NCAA Division 1: University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Huskers opened their season at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open hosted by South Dakota State University. Mikey Labriola led the charge by winning the 174 title scoring 3 bonus point wins in his 4 matches. Redshirt Freshman Christian Miller (Plainview High School) increased his stock by placing 2nd at…
October 10th marked the first official NCAA practice for four college programs in Nebraska. We caught up with their head coaches and they shared their reactions to the first day. “Our guys were tuned into practice today, we have a great core group coming back and our younger guys that were here from the summer…
2018 Class C State Champions Evan Waddington of Wood River and Ryder Fuchs of Pierce are set to join the NCAA Division II Chadron State Eagles after they both announced they would continue wrestling at the next level on Twitter last week. Waddington and Fuchs were both drawn to the family atmosphere that Chadron State…
by Dru Kastler UN – Lincoln Redshirts @ Grand View Open Former NE HS wrestlers that competed – Andrew Nielsen (Plattsmouth), Trevor Nichelson (Ashland-Greenwood), Colton Wolfe (Columbus) UN – Kearney Wins over Fresno State 19-17 and San Francisco State 26-19 UNK edged Division 1 opponent Fresno State who reinstated their program this year after dropping…
The college season is longer than the high school season, so the college guys can afford to take a few more days off. Their coaches preached to recover, but also continue to stay sharp. Andrew Nicola of Concordia University: “Our staff has worked really hard to help our wrestlers understand the importance of living a…
