North Platte senior, Gavyn Brauer will enter this season with a target on his back. The 182 pound wrestler returns to the Bulldogs after going 36-8 last season on his way to the Class A State Championship. His sophomore season he finished in fourth in Class B 170 with a 32-20 record. He was also…
CLASS A Team Name-(Based on total enrollment) Team Enroll CLASS 1 Omaha South 2226 A 2 Omaha Central 2094 A 3 Grand Island 1970 A 4 Millard North 1923 A 5 Millard South 1903 A 6 Lincoln High 1754 A 7 Lincoln East 1734 A 8 Millard West 1687 A 9…
Ralston senior, Noah Talmadge will enter this season trying to become the first Ralston state champion since 2013. He is coming off a 45-4 junior season that saw him finish in third place at 145 pounds in Class B. He also broke school records for season wins and takedowns last season. He went 30-13 as…
Saturday night turned out to be a beautiful night for wrestling. Hosted at Omaha Skutt High School, there was three mats with high school aged kids wrestling on two mats and youth wrestlers on one mat. There was plenty of good matches as wrestlers from Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas all participated. Tim Ziola, the…
Last season, Broken Bow finished in ninth overall in Class C. They did have two state champions though. Senior’s Lathan Duda and Casey Faulkenberry. Duda a 195 pounder, has already made his future plans. Early in the month he committed to North Dakota State. Faulkenberry still has his options open. The returning 126 pound Class…
On Tuesday, the Big Ten announced the postponement of the fall sports season. With that announcement, colleges are already reporting a loss of $80-100 million in revenue. With football being the biggest money maker for colleges, what does it mean for the future of wrestling? Stanford has already cut wrestling due to economic downfall, despite…
Deon Davis looks to end his high school career on a high note. (Photo Credit: Chuck Mulligan) Omaha Central returns the bulk of their lineup this season and will look to compete for a state title. They will lean on the leadership of standout senior Deon Davis. He enters his senior year coming off a…
Dylan Vodicka wins the 2020 state title. (Photo Credit: Dylan Vodicka Hudl) Dylan got into wrestling at a very young age. His cousin wrestled, and when he was in pre-school his parents took him up to the David City little kids meet. The following year, he joined David City and started wrestling and has never…
Next week Wrestle Like A Girl along with the Nebraska Girls Wrestling Task Force Committee will be hosting 3 Zoom meetings with very informative info. The meeting will be 3 separate days and touch on a number of different topics. Even though they are geared towards 3 different sets of people, It would be very…
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)…
