Paul Garcia will look to become a four-time State Champion next season. 1st Team 106: Caden Svoboda (Aurora) 113: Caleb Coyle (Millard South) 120: Paul Garcia (Scottsbluff) 126: Dyson Kunz (Central City) 132: Conor Knopick (Millard South) 138: Nate Rocheleau (Gering) 145: Noah Talmadge (Ralston) 152...

Tate Orndorff qualified for the NCAAs twice while at Utah Valley (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Tate Orndorff, a two-time NCAA qualifier, is transferring from Utah Valley to Ohio State. The Washington native recently entered the NCAA transfer portal. He made the announcement of his ...

On this special edition of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Jason Bryant is joined by 2x NCAA Champion at Oklahoma State and new Oregon State University head wrestling coach Chris Pendleton. Pendleton led Arizona State for the past six seasons as an assistant coach under Zeke Jones, and during that time...

MANHEIM, Pa. -- On Thursday, the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced the NAIA Women's Wrestling National Coach of the Year Award and Campbellsville's Lee Miracle earned the honor. Lee MiracleCoach Miracle is in his seventh year as head coach and his squad took home a runner-up ...

Steve Costanzo (Photo/SCSU Athletics) The National Wrestling Coaches Association has selected St. Cloud State University's Steve Costanzo as the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year Award winner for 2019-20. Presented annually, this honor goes to a coach who has demonstrated outstanding effo...

Seth Gross at the 2020 Big Ten Championships (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) After finishing a storied collegiate wrestling career, two-time NCAA finalist and 2018 NCAA Champion, Seth Gross will be joining the Wisconsin Regional Training Center as a resident athlete. Gross said "I am excited...

Penn State's Mark Hall and Iowa's Michael Kemerer shake hands before a dual meet (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) The Big Ten Network will air a wrestling marathon today with consecutive wrestling programs airing from Friday morning until Saturday morning. The wrestling marathon includes five ma...

Johnny Sebastian, a New Jersey native who recently wrapped up his career at the University of Wisconsin joins Chad Dennis on Episode 51 of The MatBoss Podcast. Sebastian was from the wrestling powerhouse at Bergen Catholic and started his career at Northwestern. After graduating, Sebastian was gran...

Johnny Sebastian reflects on his time in the Division I wrestling world.

From Old Dominion website: NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion University Athletics announced it will discontinue the sport of wrestling effective immediately. Currently enrolled students will retain their scholarships through the completion of their fourth academic year if they remain at ODU. Per NCA...

Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody and HawkCentral columnist Chad Leistikow discuss the NCAA’s decision and how they’ll remember the 2019-20 Iowa wrestling team. STORIES • Lookahead: Iowa wrestling’s championship window...

You think that a missed championship season is the sole cause? You have another thing coming. The economic destruction of the economy is at the root of this. Look for more programs to at least explore this road. In my opinion coach Martin was wasn’t a great leader and made this choice a lot ea...

Old Dominion University as seen on March 12, 2020 (Photo/Stephen M. Katz) NORFOLK, Va. -- Old Dominion University Athletics announced it will discontinue the sport of wrestling effective immediately. Currently enrolled students will retain their scholarships through the completion of their fourth ac...

On this special edition of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan is joined by new Campbell wrestling head coach Scotti Sentes. Sentes, a two-time NCAA All-American for Central Michigan University, served as head assistant coach at Cal Poly before spending five seasons at Campbell under then head...

Cuba's Ismael Borrero recently won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Ismael Borrero, 2016 Olympic gold medalist for Cuba, is one of five Cuban athletes who has tested positive for COVID-19 as announced Thursday by the Cuban Ministry of Publ...

Coming to a university near you Myron MedcalfESPN Staff Writer Iowa State is implementing a number of budgetary cuts to account for a $5 million shortfall created by the cancellation of the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic, athletic director Jamie Pollard said in a letter ...

These days, with kids at home from school due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, there's no better time to introduce youngsters to all that's great about wrestling. With the pandemic, there's a smart, safe way to introduce them to the oldest and greatest sport … without leaving home: Simp...

Missouri's Max Askren defeated Boise State's Kirk Smith in the NCAA finals in 2010 (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Want to catch some NCAA wrestling on TV while in quarantine? ESPNU will be airing five years of NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Saturday, April 4, from noon un...

Brown alum C.J. LaFragola followed up his wrestling career by playing two more Division I sports as a grad transfer at Sacred Heart.

Yet another major amateur wrestling event is doing a major calendar shift. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has rescheduled its 2020 Honors Weekend from June 5-6 of this year to exactly one year later ... to June 5-6, 2021. The annual event -- which welcomes honorees to the National Wrestling ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Augustana will add women's wrestling to its varsity athletic lineup beginning with the 2021-22 school year, it was announced today by director of athletics Mike Zapolski. The addition of women is wrestling pushes to 26 the number of intercollegiate varsity sports offered by Aug...

'Grapple at the Garden was held in Hulu Theater last year (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) NEW YORK -- Beat The Streets, the largest grassroots inner-city wrestling program in the United States, today announced that "Grapple At The Garden," its annual fundraiser which was to be held on...

Gavin and Keaton talk about NCAA's BS announcement.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact of each of us in unique ways. For families with youngsters, that can mean mandatory home schooling with mom and dad looking for activities that are educational yet fun. And "social distancing" and "shelter in place" have turned things upside down for youth wre...

Brian Reinhardt stays hard at work with interviews with Coach Pat Popolizio, Hayden Hidlay, Trent Hidlay and Nick Gwiazdowski.

Jason and Matt talk about the two new Division I head coaching hires and the potential blowback from the NCAA announcement there would be no eligibility relief for winter sports athletes.

Jacqueline McGill joins Coach Tony Ersland and hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to talk about hot topics in college wrestling, including eligibility clock extensions for winter and spring sports.

Assistant Director for Compliance Jacqueline McGill joins Coach Tony Ersland and hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to talk about hot topics in college wrestling, including this week's big news from the NCAA regarding eligibility clock extensions for winter and spring sports. The crew also talks abo...

On this episode of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan and Jason Bryant dive into the whirlwind of head coaching changes across college wrestling, highlighting two of Division I’s biggest hires: Cary Kolat and Chris Pendleton. Dernlan, who has an extensive history in serving on and leading Div...

Ryan Riggs FERRUM, Va. -- Director of Athletics John Sutyak has announced the hiring of Ryan Riggs as head men's wrestling coach at Ferrum College. Riggs has been with the Panther wrestling program the past four seasons and recently completed his second year as associate head coach. "We are extrem...

On this episode of On Deck, Ben Askren is joined by wrestling vigilante Canaan Bower and revered hall-of-fame wrestler and Superbowl Champion, Stephen Neal. Bower, a 16-year-old from Las Cruces, New Mexico recently went viral across the country for a video showing him storming into a gas station and...

With unanimous support of the USA Wrestling COVID-19 Advisory Committee, USA Wrestling has suspended all sanctioned events and national events through May 10. This is an extension of a previous suspension of activities announced on March 16, which discontinued sanctioned events through April 6 and ...

Frank Molinaro wrestling Bryce Meredith at the U.S. Senior Nationals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Frank Molinaro, U.S. freestyle wrestler at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2013 NCAA champ for Penn State, has symbolically placed his shoes on the mat, so to speak, by announcing that he wi...

Garrett Grice and Caden Arps are both on track for FOUR state titles. Both competed at 120 this season. 1st Team 106: Keith Smith (Lincoln East) 113: Brandon Baustert (Lincoln East) 120: Garrett Grice (Bellevue East) 126: Michael Mass (Ralston) 132: Trevor Reinke (Beatrice) 138: Tyler Antoniak (Mill...

USA Wrestling, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics, the Bryce Jordan Center and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have collectively decided to postpone the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling, scheduled for April 4- 5, 2020 at the Bryce Jordan Center. The International Olympic Committee has ...

Trent Hidlay joins the Wrestling Recess.

Hayden Hidlay was selected ACC Wrestler of the Year (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Led by a historic first by brothers Hayden and Trent Hidlay, Atlantic Coast Conference champion NC State has swept the league's season honors for 2019-20. Hayden Hidlay (157 pounds...

Stephen V. DeAugustino, pioneering wrestler and coach in Pennsylvania, died Friday, March 27, 2020 after a brief illness. Steve DeAugustino was 95. DeAugustino was born in Pine Twp., Mercer County on Nov. 9, 1924 to Leonard and Mary (Puntureri) DeAugustino DeAugustino was a graduate of Grove City ...

Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody returns after a hiatus to touch on the NCAA’s decision regarding winter sports athletes, how wrestling season ended, and where we go from here. STORIES • Spencer Lee becomes third Hawk...

NCAA wrestlers who had their seasons cut short due to the spread of coronavirus will not be granted additional eligibility, the NCAA announced Monday. The NCAA's Division I Council voted to allow schools to provide student-athletes participating in spring sports an additional season of competition...

Rob and Tristan break out their awards on the latest edition of the PA Power Podcast College Edition.

On this episode of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan gets an exclusive look into the factors that drove Cary Kolat to leave his post at Campbell to take the head coaching job at the U.S. Naval Academy. Kolat served as the head coach for the Campbell Camels for six seasons, leading his team t...

March 30, 2020 By Bryan Van Kley, WIN Magazine Publisher NEWTON, Iowa — Iowa junior Spencer Lee has won the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS. The 125-pound junior was 18-0 and the No. 1 seed heading into the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships, which were cancelled ...

Spencer Lee finished the season with a perfect 18-0 record (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa junior Spencer Lee has been named winner of the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented annually to the nation's most dominant college wrestler. He ...

More history for Spencer Lee, as the two-time NCAA champion will end his phenomenal junior season with the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy. Lee was among the most dominant wrestlers in the entire country winning 17 of his 18 matches by bonus over the course of the 2019-20 season. Of his matches, only f...

Chris Pendleton coaching at the Pac-12 Championships (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Corvallis -- Chris Pendleton, one of the most successful collegiate wrestlers in the history of the sport, has been selected to lead the Oregon State program, Vice President and Director of Athletics ...

What's the process to get girls wrestling as a sanction sport in wrestling-rich Pennsylvania?

Mark your calendars: the next Summer Olympics have been rescheduled to begin July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee and Japan announced Monday morning. With the new schedule, the Tokyo Olympics will have its Opening Ceremonies on July 23, 2021 ... with the Closing Ceremonies t...

Iowa's Spencer Lee rides PSU's Brandon Meredith in a dual meet on Jan. 31 (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) Spencer Lee -- University of Iowa junior who was crowned 2020 Big Ten champion at 125 pounds (and named 2020 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year at the conference championships) -- has been named th...

Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan and McKendree head women's wrestling coach Sam Schmitz go On The Mat.

Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan and McKendree head women's wrestling coach Sam Schmitz go On The Mat.

Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan and McKendree women’s head coach Sam Schmitz go On The Mat<br /><br />Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan and McKendree women’s head wrestling coach Sam Schmitz will double up on the 605th installment of On The Mat. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they tal...

Matt Dernlan chats with three-time World and Olympic wrestling champion Kyle Snyder.

The Board of Trustees of MacMurray College in Illinois has announced the small private college will be closing down after 174 years ... along with its men's and women's intercollegiate wrestling programs, which were added to their sports roster less than four years ago. As InterMat reported in Jan...

Tony Robie talks about the impact on his squad at Virginia Tech in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the season's premature cancellation.

On this special edition of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan is joined by three-time World and Olympic champion Kyle Snyder. The two discuss the postponement of the 2020 Games, his mindset during present adversity, Kyle’s decision to train at the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club and more.<br /><b...

On this special edition of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan is joined in studio by 1996 Olympian and University of Oklahoma head coach Lou Rosselli. A veteran coach of numerous powerhouse programs, Rosselli has served the sport of wrestling as a collegiate and freestyle coach for over a dec...

Want to get a conversation going -- or start a fight -- among wrestlers, coaches and fans? Cael SandersonPut together any kind of ranking of wrestlers or wrestling programs. Some examples: InterMat's recent feature providing details of late historian Jay Hammond's three biggest upsets in NCAA Di...

Kyle Dake defeated David Taylor in the 2013 NCAA finals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Do you want to re-live Kyle Dake making history by becoming the first wrestler to win four NCAA titles in four different weight classes? Now you can. ESPN will be re-airing the 2013 NCAA Divisi...

Aurora University, an NCAA Division III institution, announced the return men's wrestling and addition of women's wrestling to the varsity sport offerings at AU. The Spartan wrestling program's will begin in the 2021-2022 season and become AU's 23rd and 24th collegiate sport. "We are thrilled that...

The 2020 NCAA Division I Championships unfortunately did not take place March 19-21 in Minneapolis, Minn., at U.S. Bank Stadium as planned with the NCAA needing to cancel all winter Championships because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as fans you can still purchase the Official NCAA Program that...

Iowa coach Tom Brands guided Iowa to a No. 1 ranking heading into the NCAAs (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands has been named 2020 InterMat Coach of the Year, the amateur wrestling website announced Friday. This award, presented each year since 2006 to the b...

The reigning nine-time national champions Grand View have landed the talents of four-time state medalist Easton Larson out of Don Bosco. Projecting at 133 or 141 pounds, Larson will be a solid lightweight addition for the Vikings as they look to push their streak to 10 straight in 2021. Since enteri...

What do you remember about your first NCAA Championships? Matt Dernlan and Jason Bryant recall their experience from 1993 and 2002.

Joe Heskett (Photo/Mark Aikman) A GoFundMe page has been set up Thursday, March 26 for former wrestler/coach Joe Heskett who suffered a stroke earlier this month. Here's how the GoFundMe page, sponsored by Evelyn Heskett, described Joe Heskett's present situation: "On Thursday, March 12, 2020 Joe...

Not much going on around the country in wrestling, but Purdue stays aggressive and chats with senior Dylan Lydy.

On this episode of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan and Jason Bryant reflect on seasons past and remember the first NCAA Championships they attended or participated in. The two take a trip back in time to championships from the 90s and early 2000s and discuss unforgettable moments in wrestl...

On this episode of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan and Jason Bryant react to the Summer Games being delayed to 2021. The two discuss the global impact of a sports-less 2020 summer, what the postponement means for the sport of wrestling, and what the future landscape looks like for athletes...

Scott Sentes (Photo/Bennett Scarbourgh) BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- After helping Campbell's wrestling program to unprecedented heights, Scotti Sentes has been named head coach, announced today by director of athletics Omar Banks. Since arriving at Campbell, Sentes has helped the Camels to three Southern ...

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. -- Dan Willis has been named the new Head Coach of the University of Mount Olive Wrestling team, it was announced by Vice President for Athletics Jeff Eisen. "Dan brings a wealth of coaching experience and is a fixture in North Carolina wrestling, which combined with his energy an...

Dick DiBatista, legendary wrestler, coach and referee, passed away at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania on Feb. 29, 2020 ... though his death was not widely reported until Wednesday, March 25, 2020. He was 99 years old. Born in Palombaro, Italy in October 1920, Richard "Dick" DiBatista and h...

Sammy Sasso compiled a record of 24-3 as a freshman (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) Sammy Sasso, Ohio State redshirt freshman originally from Pennsylvania, has been named 2020 InterMat Freshman of the Year, the amateur wrestling website announced on Thursday. This award, presented each year...

Fan voting for the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy has begun. The Hodge Trophy is the top award in college wrestling and has been presented annually since 1994 to the nation’s most dominant collegiate wrestler. The award is named after Dan Hodge, the former three-time (1955-57) NCAA...

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Larry Owings stunned Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA finals Wrestling fans love a great upset -- unless it's their wrestler who is the one who comes out on the losing end. Fifty years ago this week, arguably the biggest upset in NCAA Wrestling Championships finals history took place at the 1970 NCAAs wh...

Coach Tony Ersland and senior Dylan Lydy join hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to discuss the 2019-2020 season from Lydy's perspective and talk about the current state of collegiate wrestling. Lydy talks about his favorite moment from his senior season (hint it was NOT the moment when he won the ...

Gabe Dean joins Matt Dernlan to talk about his transition from athlete to coach at Cornell.

On this episode of the RUDIS Wrestling Podcast, Matt Dernlan is joined by 2x NCAA Champion Gabe Dean. Dean, an assistant coach at his alma mater Cornell, talks how the past few weeks have changed his perspective as both a coach and fan of the sport. Dernlan and Dean dive into Gabe’s transition from ...

SALEM, Va.-- Roanoke College Director of Athletics Scott Allison has announced the hiring of Nate Yetzer to serve as the college's first head wrestling coach. Allison announced in January the addition of wrestling as the College's 22nd NCAA Division III sponsored athletic program. The Maroons wi...

Andy Vogel has been named head coach for the reinstatement of the Hiram College men's wrestling program -- as well as the Director of Wrestling Operations -- the Ohio-based college announced Monday. Vogel comes to Hiram from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa., where he served as the head wrestl...

FERRUM, Va. -- Director of Athletics John Sutyak has announced the resignation of Nate Yetzer as the head men's wrestling coach at Ferrum College. Yetzer is leaving to accept the same position at Roanoke College, which recently announced that it would be starting a new mat program. Nate YetzerYetze...