N.C. State Turns in Perfect 3-0 Record at Wolfpack Duals
RALEIGH, N.C. – In its first home action of the season, No. 8 NC State wrestling earned dominant wins against Davidson, Reinhardt and UNC Pembroke to compile a perfect 3-0 mark at the annual Wolfpack Duals held inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack recorded a 47-6 win against Davidson, 39-6 victory versus Reinhardt and a 40-0 shutout win against UNCP to conclude the day. In all, NC State won 28 of 30 total bouts.
“It was good performance from our guys today,” said head coach Pat Popolizio. “We want to get some time on the mat this early in the season and it’s really about getting our guys into a routine, getting down to their weight and continuing to compete. Rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2018/11/17/wrestling-packwrestle-turns-in-perfect-3-0-record-at-wolfpack-duals.aspx?mc_cid=f7efb31132&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Bonus Points Lift UNC Past No. 8 Arizona State
Posted On: November 17, 2018 TEMPE, Ariz. – Devin Kane’s pin and Jaime Hernandez’s first win as a Tar Heel helped lead No. 24 North Carolina to 20-15 win over No. 8 Arizona State Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena.
The Sun Devils (1-1) started the day with two straight wins, but Hernandez’s first dual match as a Tar Heel proved to be vital. The 141-pounder was able to collect bonus points for Carolina, picking up six points in the final period for a 12-4 major decision. That was followed by another strong performance from a redshirt freshman, No. 16 Austin O’Connor’s first win over a ranked opponent. His match against No. 11 Josh Maruca came down to the final seconds, but O’Connor was able to hang on to give the Tar Heels the lead.
The two teams traded wins at 157 and 165 – No. 6 Kennedy Monday was able to cruise to an 11-7 decision – but the match’s tipping point came at 174 pounds, where Devin Kane was able to pin Arizona State’s Jacen Petersen. Kane was on his way to a major decision win late in the third period when he was able to grind out a fall with 28 seconds to go, collecting three major bonus points for Carolina (2-0).
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Texas Wesleyan welcomes men’s, women’s wrestling
TDR Editor’s Notes; We love seeing news like this and want to pass it along so as to encourage other colleges, universities, high schools and wrestlers in general.
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The holidays just got happier for wrestlers in the Lone Star state, as Texas Wesleyan University just announced it will be adding both men’s and women’s wrestling to its sports roster, the Fort Worth school revealed this week. The Rams will take to the mats the Sooner Athletic Conference in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) starting in fall 2019. A search for a head coach is underway, with recruiting expected to begin in early 2019. Texas Wesleyan’s new intercollegiate mat programs are the first in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex… and only the second in the entire state of Texas at any level to offer scholarships. “Texas Wesleyan athletics continues to grow every day, thanks to recent successes across several of our sports,” said Ricky Dotson, athletic director. “With Texas having the fastest- growing participation in high school wrestling of any state in the country, adding men’s and women’s teams to our diverse offering is a perfect next step.” “Wrestling is great addition to our successful athletics program,” said Frederick G. Slabach, president of Texas Wesleyan. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20811?fbclid=IwAR2Fnu7z0o81XIU23wwFyQ6KNAsW19kb1tuOaMArZzM9IdfTqyV4qemRCi8
Maine adds girls state wrestling tournament for 2019
Add Maine to the growing list of states to announce the addition of an official state wrestling tournament for girls for 2019. The Maine Principals Association has voted to give final approval for the creation of a girls wrestling state championships to conclude the 2018-19 scholastic wrestling season, USA Wrestling reported this week.
The date and location for the inaugural Maine State Girls Wrestling has already been announced: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 at Penobscot Valley High School in Howland. “The [wrestling committee] just ran with this because they’ve seen girls wrestling right along, and it seems like they should have this opportunity,” Michael Bisson, Assistant Executive Director of the MPA, told the Bangor Daily News. “They saw that other states have started it and that momentum is growing nationally, so they wanted to get involved.”
Maine is the 14th state to establish a separate girls wrestling state championships, and the eighth to do so for the 2018-19 school year. Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, and Oregon also made the decision to add a separate girls championship in 2018. These eight new states join the six states — Alaska, California, Hawaii, Tennessee, Texas and Washington State — which already had separate state championship competition for girls prior to this year. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20810?fbclid=IwAR3DWihG7djp1Y6mUKHh_cNakgdgKGE6DMsz6bWxDkwhJcLOPWGCB6MfROk
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