Some College Wrestling Headlines

Four Cal Poly Wrestlers Place in Roadrunner Open

FRESNO, Calif. — Brandan Rocha captured the championship at 141 pounds while three other Cal Poly wrestlers placed in the Roadrunner Open on Saturday at Selland Arena.

Cal Poly will compete at the Keystone Invitational in Philadelphia next Sunday.

Cal Poly Opens 2012-13 Wrestling Season With Losses to Drexel, CSU Bakersfield

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Minnesota Crowns Five Champions at Bison Open

Gophers go undefeated on the day to capture titles

After a season-opening win at home last night, the Minnesota Wrestling team continued its weekend competition at the 43^rd annual Bison Open. The Gophers claimed five titles on the day in Fargo, N.D.

Nick Dardanes (141), Brad Dolezal (157), Logan Storley (174), Scott Schiller (197), and Tony Nelson (285) each captured individual titles after undefeated runs in the tournament.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After finishing off the 2011-12 campaign with the University’s first Big 12Championship, the Tigers (2-0) have once again made history. In the team’s first competition since last year’s NCAA Championships, the Mizzou Wrestling squad opened up the year by not only shutting out the Old Dominion Monarchs, but by defeating them 35 to negative-1. In Mizzou Wrestling’s 89-year history, they have never won a match where the opponent was in negative numbers. They followed that season opening performance with a 23-9 victory over host school Purdue.

#2 St. Cloud State’s Brings Back Titles from Ames  11/10/2012

Ames, Iowa – The #2 St. Cloud State University wrestling team kicked off its 2012-13 campaign with a stop at the Nichols Cyclone Open on Saturday, Nov. 10 in Ames, Iowa.  This open format tournament featured some of the nation’s top collegiate wrestlers and no team scores were kept at the Cyclone Open.  The Huskies brought home two individual titles from the tournament thanks to top performances by senior Shamus O’Grady at 184 pounds and redshirt freshman Clint Poster at 157 pounds. The Huskies will continue their 2012-13 season with a trip to the Finn Grinaker Open in Moorhead, Minn. on Nov. 17.
For complete results of the Cyclone Open click: CYCLONE OPEN RESULTS

Legendary Iowa State wrestling champ, coach Les Anderson dead at 74

Mark Palmer of the ,College Wrestling ExaminerNovember 10, 2012

Les Anderson, two-time NCAA wrestling champ and long-time assistant coach for Iowa State who shared his knowledge and passion for the sport well beyond Cyclone nation, died Friday morning in Ames, Iowa. He was 74.Anderson had been…Read more

#16 Hofstra Falls At #3 Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN – The Pride won back-to-back matches at 141 and 149 pounds but the Golden Gophers captured the rest as third-ranked Minnesota rolled over 16th-ranked Hofstra, 32-6 in the season opener from both teams at the UM Sports Pavilion Friday night. Minnesota, the NCAA Championship finalists in 2012, is 1-0 while the Pride of Hofstra are 0-1.  The top 16 match-up, according to InterMat’s latest Tournament-Strength Rankings, opened up with a top 15 match-up at 125 pounds between Pride senior Steve Bonanno (Wantagh, NY) and 11th-ranked Minnesota junior David Thorn. Leading 4-1 in the first period, Thorn turned a takedown into a pin as the first period ended.   The Pride return to action on Sunday (Nov. 11) when they face the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin at the UW Field House

Funeral arrangements for former Colorado Mesa U. mat coach Bill Kralicek

Mark Palmer   ,College Wrestling ExaminerNovember 8, 2012

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Bill Kralicek, former University of Colorado wrestler and Colorado Mesa University mat coach.Services for Kralicek will be held Saturday, Nov. 10 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Mountain at the Quality Inn…Read more

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