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…
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…
