The NAIA National Tournament kicks off on Friday in Wichita, Kansas. There are two native Nebraskans in the field and several more qualifiers from Nebraska colleges. Brackets can be found on Trackwrestling Good luck guys! Concordia: 125: Mario Ybarra (Scottsbluff) 133: #10 Alberto Garcia 141: Chris Kimball 157: Gabe Crawford 174: Blake Castillo 174:…
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.…
Concordia will be looking to repeat as season champions in the GPAC this season. Learn more about there team!
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…
Team Abbr Count Points 1 Grand View, IA GVI 12 45.5 2 Lindsey Wilson, KY LWK 9 28 3 Reinhardt, GA REGA 11 26.5 4 Life, GA LIGA 8 23.5 5 Providence, MT PRMO 7 22.5 6 Cumberlands, KY CSUK 9 20.5 7 Indiana Tech, IN INTE 12 19 8 Missouri Valley, MO MIVA 9…
On Saturday four local schools competed at the Great Plains Athletics Conference Championships in Orange City, Iowa. Morningside came away with the conference title. Leading the Nebraska colleges was Midland University in Fremont, finishing in third with 122.5 points. Narrowly coming in fourth was Concordia University in Seward with 121.5 points. Doane Finished the day…
It is a popular belief that college wrestling is tougher than high school wrestling. We asked a few dozen first year college wrestlers from Nebraska to tell us why. They gave us their feedback on the following 2 questions: 1. Describe your first semester of college wrestling in 3 words. 2. Talk about the main…
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…
Nebraska Colleges: Concordia (3) 133 – Giovanni Castillo (#4) 141 – Chris Kimball 174 – Deandre Chery (#12) Doane 184 – Zach Linton (#4) 197 – Chandler Knight Hastings (6) #16 141 – Albert Landeros 149 – Richard Pocock (#5) 157 – Wyatt Gerl 157 – Chris Vaughan (#4) 285 – Daniel Gonzalez 285 –…
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…
