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…
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…
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announces the winners of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for each state. Nebraska’s recipient is Maxx Mayfield of Lincoln East. According to the press release, the award is given to someone who meets the following three criteria; success and standout performances and sportsmanship in wrestling; review of…
Today the NCAA announced the cancellation of the NCAA tournament due to the COVID-19 virus and growing fears of it spreading across the country. Below is the official release from the NCAA. This applies to the NCAA Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships. “Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division…
Nebraska Seeds 125: #29 Alex (Edwin) Thomsen 133: #14 Ridge Lovett 141: #6 Chad (CJ) Red 149: #9 Colin Purinton 157: #13 Peyton Robb 165: #5 Isaiah White 174: #10 Mikey Labroila 184: #7 Taylor Venz 197: #3 Eric Shultz 285: #21 David Jensen Campbell 125: #26 Korbin Meink
The Midland College Women’s wrestling team competed in conference this weekend and took home second place. Esther Walker, a freshman from El Paso, Texas took home second place in the tournament at 101 pounds. Ashley Gooman, a freshman from Ewa, Hawaii, had two 10-0 tech falls to take home the championship at 116 pounds. Freshman,…
After coming up short in the finals his freshman year, Tyler Antoniak was not going to let it happen again. He took home his first state championship Saturday.
