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The first Premier National League (PNL) wrestling event will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Aurora, Illinois. The PNL features eight of the nation's top wrestling clubs in tiered competition focused on development of the next level of college and international wrestlers. On this episode of ...

The 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia saw the United States come away empty handed in the medal count in Greco-Roman. Here's the year-by-year chart of gold, silver and bronzes won by Team USA with the note of how many weights there were and how many medals were awarded.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

The show WILL go on as Episode 97 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is once again joined by head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio and host Brian Reinhardt. There’s been some news floating around about the status of said host, preseason, and the schedule.  Show Segments 1:00 – Preseason W...

The crew at MatStats continues their study on potential changes on team scoring.  This Episode examines the concept of continuing the Margin of Victory dual meet scoring with the inclusion of Placement Points for tournaments.  Using the data from Men's D1 Championships (1988-1992 & 2017-2022), ...

The first Premier National League (PNL) wrestling event will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Aurora, Illinois. The PNL features eight of the nation's top wrestling clubs in tiered competition focused on development of the next level of college and international wrestlers. On this episode of ...

The 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia saw the United States come away with an impressive medal count in men's freestyle. How does that stack up with the all-time counts where the U.S. has competed? Here's the year-by-year chart of gold, silver and bronzes won by Team USA with the note of ...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Purdue wrestling is gearing up for another big season on the mat and the on the recruiting trail. The crew gets together again to discuss all of that and more on another episode of the Always Aggressive podcast. Head coach Tony Ersland starts off by discussing how excited the team is to be back on c...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

There are over three dozen athletes scheduled to compete at the 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia from Sept. 9-18. What are their college relationships? Here they are broken out by style, weight and schools.

Below are the breakouts of the past World and Olympic medalists entered at the 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships set for Belgrade, Serbia in September.

Below are the breakouts of the past World and Olympic medalists entered at the 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships set for Belgrade, Serbia in September.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Rich Bender, the Executive Director of USA Wrestling, talks during the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior Women's Freestyle National Championships about the tremendous growth of women's wrestling and how this tournament has served as one of the catalysts.  Bender talks about the decision to bring the fi...

Rich Bender, the Executive Director of USA Wrestling, talks during the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior Women's Freestyle National Championships about the tremendous growth of women's wrestling and how this tournament has served as one of the catalysts.  You can use your Patreon login to access this conte...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Purdue wrestling announced several staff changes and additions Tuesday, and following that release the Always Aggressive Podcast was lucky enough to welcome new volunteer assistant coach LeRoy Gardner to the show. In addition to head coach Tony Ersland‘s thoughts and impressions on Gardner, th...

Israel “Izzy” Martinez was one of the top high school wrestlers coming out of Illinois in the early part of the 2000s. Martinez won an NJCAA championship as a freshman at North Idaho College and then enrolled at Iowa, but his Division I career didn’t develop like the expectations that followed his s...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Below are the breakouts of the past World and Olympic medalists entered at the 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships set for Belgrade, Serbia in September.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Coach Tony Ersland and hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm discuss the summer season, go through the newcomers on the roster and take a first glance at the squad's non-conference schedule.

For the last three years, Pat Forde has been a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. A native of Colorado Springs, Forde’s journalism career started upon his arrival at the University of Missouri. After nearly two decades at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, he’s spent the last decade writ...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Doug Brooker’s journeys around the globe involve baseball diamonds and wrestling circles Doug Brooker has spent decades covering wrestling, but doing it behind a wall of monitors. A longtime producer, Brooker worked for Iowa Public Television for 30 years and was the go-to guy when it came to wrestl...

For the last three years, Pat Forde has been a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. A native of Colorado Springs, Forde’s journalism career started upon his arrival at the University of Missouri. After nearly two decades at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, he’s spent the last decade writ...

In 2002, USA Wrestling launched the first Junior Women’s Freestyle National Championships and the tournament joined the four men’s divisions in Fargo, North Dakota. The fifth tournament in Fargo would feature just over 100 young women. One of those first champions was California’s Malinda Ripley. Tw...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Full video interview with Limestone's Brandy Green about her first USA Wrestling Junior women's title in the first year they offered a tournament in Fargo for women.

The dual meet is one of the great features our sport has to welcome new fans, to pack arenas and to see how one team matches up with another. While dual meet scoring has undergone some changes over the past 50-plus years, does the team scoring metric adequately represent the scoring that takes place...

Jason Bryant joins Mick Hatten to talk about the his new role at the PA announcer for St. Cloud State men's ice hockey.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

In 2002, USA Wrestling launched the first Junior Women’s Freestyle National Championships and the tournament joined the four men’s divisions in Fargo, North Dakota. The fifth tournament in Fargo would feature just over 100 young women. One of those first champions was Michigan’s Brandy Green, who th...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

The show must go on as host Brian Reinhardt and head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio are back for another episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast.  Show Segments 0:50 – Welcome, we're back and Pat isn't going anywhere.  2:19 – Pat is entering his second decade in Raleigh. 3:25 &#8211...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

It’s been a while since Kyle and Andy sat down and hit record, but that’s just what they’ll do as they recap some of the summer happenings - the U17 World Championships, Junior & 16U Nationals and the NWCA Convention

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

California's Malinda Ripley was one of the first crop of women's champions in Fargo 20 years ago.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

Noted college women's lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller is in Fargo watching her daughter Harlee competed at the 16U Women's Freestyle National Championships. A fan of combat sports and multiple sports for athletes, Amonte Hiller talks about her daughter's time in wrestling, what the crossover is f...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

Catching you up on the day's wrestling news from around the world with Mat Talk Online's curated Daily Wrestling Newsletter sponsored by Resilite.

The 2022 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honors Weekend closed out with its annual induction program featuring all the honorees. The Class of 2022 featured Meritorious Official Tom Clark (posthumously), Order of Merit recipient Mike Moyer, Medal of Courage recipient Melissa Simmons, Outstanding Amer...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

So how have the states performances been since 2013? This chart looks at the combined medal counts from state associations that have placed wrestlers since the rule changes in 2013.

The MatStats gang, Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant, and Kevin Hazard, does a deep penetration step into the scoring, pins, & OT of 3366 wrestlers & 6060 bouts at NCAA D1 Men’s Championship bouts. MatStats compiles a comprehensive statistical study on scoring categories of the Men’s NCAA D1 Cha...

Total numbers of All-Americans by state and style for the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. All-time placement can be purchased via the Fargo Almanac here. Active patrons above the $10 a month level get automatic access to the almanac. State 16UFS 16...

In 2002, USA Wrestling hosted the first Junior women's freestyle national championships at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. There were 103 women in the tournament. In 2022, there were 946 entries in the 20th event. Two of the women coaching here this year were two of the inaugural champions &#8...

1996 Olympic silver medalist Brandon Paulson of Minnesota and two-time Olympian Daniel Cormier of California corner their athletes during the 2022 USA Wrestling 16U national freestyle finals at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota.

Looking at the year-by-year champions chart by state for USA Wrestling's 16U Women's Freestyle National Championships. State 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 Total Arizona 1 1 2 California 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 18 Colorado 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 Connecticut 1 […]

Hear from athletes, coaches and officials on the pressure that comes with getting called to the raised mat in the Fargodome at the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. Hear from Jude Swisher, Colin Martin, Mark Strickland, Chris Ayres, Danny Blackshear,...

Noted college women's lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller is in Fargo watching her daughter Harlee competed at the 16U Women's Freestyle National Championships. A fan of combat sports and multiple sports for athletes, Amonte Hiller talks about her daughter's time in wrestling, what the crossover is f...

Tips and tricks on how coaches and staff survive the week-long monstrosity that is the USA Wrestling Junior/16U Nationals at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. Included are Cory Cooperman, Bill Crum, Obe Blanc, J.D. Oliva, Cornell Robinson, Donald Motley, Koral Sugiyama, Gary Abbott, Grant Turner...

Our series of “Weird Al” album rankings continues! This week, Lauren is joined by Jason Bryant, Hall of Fame sportswriter, broadcaster, and announcer, to discuss Al’s 1992 offering Off the Deep End. How do our rankings line up? Listen and find out! Full show notes available: https://www.beerdalpodca...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

An All-American at Lock Haven during his college days, Shannyn Gillespie has been on the front lines of coaching women’s wrestling for nearly two decades. The Illinois native is currently the head wrestling coach at Lakeland University, a Division III school that offers both men’s and women’s wrestl...

A year-by-year listing of the champions (official and unofficial) from USA Wrestling's Junior & 16U National Championships since 1971. The event has been combined in Fargo since 1996. Year Junior MFS Junior GR Junior WFS 16U MFS 16U GR 16U WFS 2021 Illinois Illinois California Pennsylvania Penn...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There have been 18 women to place six times in Fargo since the advent of the women's age-group tournaments. Wrestler State(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Emily Shilson Minnesota 6 6 Teshya Alo Hawaii 6 6 Maya Nelson Colorado 4 1 1 6 Ronna Heaton South Dakota 3 3 6 Alexandria […]

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

Looking at the wrestlers who have reached at least five finals during their USA Wrestling Junior/16U wrestling careers across all styles. Wrestler Total 1st 2nd State(s) T.J. Hill 10 7 3 Missouri David Kjeldgaard 9 8 1 Iowa Sean Hage 8 8 0 Georgia Brent Metcalf 8 7 1 Michigan Matt Goldstein 8 5 3 [&...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

The 72nd annual Headliner’s Night, hosted by the Peninsula Sports Club, took place on June 27 at the Omni Hotel in Newport News, Virginia. William & Mary football play-by-play commentator Jay Colley served as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual event, which featured Mat Talk Online’s Jason ...

There have been 16 wrestlers in USA Wrestling history to have won both styles in the 16U age group in both years they've been eligible. Here are those 16 wrestlers, the years they won, their weights and the states they represented. All this information is found in the Mat Talk Online USA Wrestling A...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

Texas native Jake Hart talks about his career at Virginia Tech, how he arrived and why he stuck things out when it was clear he wasn't going to be the starter for the Hokies at 157 pounds. Now focusing on a career in sports media and journalism, Jake's joined up with Fanco Wrestling. He talks [&#823...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...

The 2022 National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honors Weekend was back to a fully attended in-person event after a delay from the 2020 class and the 2021 induction ceremony. The McKnight Center hosted one of the newest additions to the weekend, the Tribute Breakfast.  Speaking at the Tribute Breakfas...

There's a lot of wrestling news out there you don't normally see, because it's not really centralized, so that's where the Mat Talk Online Daily Wrestling News has come into play. Each day, content is curated and put together for a morning e-mail newsletter that will arrive at approximately 6 a.m. C...