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Tar Heels Drop ACC Opener To No. 6 Hokies

TDR Editor’s Notes — Carolina returns to the mat Saturday at 7 p.m. against Iowa State. Should attract a big crows for this match against a historic wrestling program.
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CHAPEL HILL — No. 6 Virginia Tech won eight of 10 bouts to take a 28-8 dual match victory over North Carolina Sunday night at Carmichael Arena. Joey Ward and Devin Kane won for the Tar Heels, who fell to 4-3, while the Hokies improved to 7-1 in the ACC opener for both programs. Ward, the No. 5-ranked 141 pounder in the country, pushed his record to 18-2 with his sixth bonus point win of the year. The Cincinnati, Ohio, redshirt senior scored a takedown in the opening 10 seconds against Brendan Ryan and never let up. With a near fall in the final moments of the second period, Ward locked up the 16-0 victory. Rest of the story at …. http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=211400494

January 9, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Huskers Take Second at Midlands Championships

TDR Editor’s Note; In more recent results from the prestigious and long running Midlands Tournament we see that Iowa and Nebraska took the top honors.
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Evanston, Ill. – Eric Montoya (133), TJ Dudley (184) and Aaron Studebaker (197) each won individual championships to lead the No. 7 Nebraska wrestling team to a second-place finish Friday at the 54th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. The Cornhuskers finished with 135.5 team points, just behind No. 3 Iowa’s score of 150.5. In addition to Nebraska’s three individual championships, Tim Lambert (125) and Tyler Berger (157) finished second as the Huskers placed five wrestlers in the finals. Dudley, the third-ranked wrestler at 184 pounds, defeated 10th-ranked Jack Dechow of Old Dominion by a 4-2 decision to win the championship. The victory was the 100th of Dudley’s career, as he became the 25th member of Nebraska’s 100-win club. He advanced to the finals with a 10-6 decision over ninth-ranked Nate Jackson of Indiana in the semifinal. … The Huskers return to action on Sunday, Jan. 8, as they welcome defending national champion Penn State to the Devaney Center. The dual with the Nittany Lions is set to begin at 2 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on BTN Plus. Rest of the story at …. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211384295&DB_OEM_ID=100

January 9, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Eagles Top Shorter at Coker Duals

TDR Editor’s Notes : Reinhardt University is a first year wrestling program in Georgia. As readers may have noticed by now the TDR Blog focuses on publicizing positive stories of increased wrestling opportunities for students. Often this has been passing along announcements of colleges that add a team or program, changes in college head coaches and sharing news of wrestling history. Some articles are of the awarding of trophies and recognition by the TDR to wrestlers in eastern NC. We will try to be more chronological in the order of posting. We well input from readers.
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Reinhardt’s wrestling team earned a win over Shorter, 30-18, at the Coker Duals Friday, while the Eagles fell to Coker, 25-18, in the first match of the day. Weather forced many of the teams that were going to participate in the event to back out, essentially turning a two-day event into a tri-match involving RU, Coker, and Shorter. Against Coker, RU won decisions in four matches and picked up a forfeit, but a pair of pins helped Coker get the victory. Rest of the story …. http://www.reinhardteagles.com/news/2017/1/7/mens-wrestling-eagles-top-shorter-at-coker-duals.aspx

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