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Montreat College to add men’s wrestling

Montreat College will be adding men’s wrestling to its roster of intercollegiate athletic activities, the North Carolina school announced this week.

In addition, Montreat will be also adding a co-ed cheer and dance program at the same time. Director of Athletics Jose Larios said, “With the support of the board of trustees and President (Paul J.) Maurer and his cabinet, we are excited to launch these two new athletic programs. Across the southeast, both collegiate wrestling and cheer and dance programs are growing rapidly. By offering these two new programs, with scholarship support, we are expanding our reach and making Montreat College a great option for students who want these programs to be a part of their education and collegiate experience.” Montreat College’s varsity sports programs compete under the Cavaliers name within the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics). Montreat is a member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), which currently boasts six member schools with wrestling programs and an AAC conference championship event. Larios said, “Our immediate focus will be for our wrestling program to compete very well at our AAC championships, in hopes of qualifying as many … Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22840?fbclid=IwAR1ix1Sg98v15234n7_i2Vjxns7np7JfytvBYRLJwg3jrsUf3wcXfHizBuE

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Roanoke College Announces the Addition of NCAA Wrestling

Salem, Va. – Roanoke College Director of Athletics Scott Allison announced Wednesday the addition of wrestling as the College’s 22^nd NCAA Division III sponsored athletic program.  The Maroons will begin competition in the Fall of 2021 with a search for a head coach beginning immediately.
“We’re pleased to add wrestling to our listing of men’s intercollegiate athletic offerings,” said Allison. “Our first challenge will be to find the right person to lead our program.  Once we have our coach in place, it’ll be time to hit the recruiting trail…hard.  We think … Rest of the story at https://www.roanokemaroons.com/general/2019-20/releases/20200108lfula5

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Emory & Henry College adds men’s, women’s wrestling programs

EMORY, Va. — Emory & Henry College Director of Athletics Anne Crutchfield has announced the addition of men’s and women’s wrestling as intercollegiate sports which will begin competition during the 2020-21 academic year. The teams expand the College’s varsity sports offerings to 22 NCAA Division III programs, IDA and IHSA equestrian teams and competitive cheer and dance squads.

“The popularity of wrestling in the region, as well as across the country, will provide Emory & Henry with a new pool of student-athletes to join our athletic programs,” said Crutchfield. “We are in the process of hiring our coaching staff, and we are excited to grow our department. Our new programs will allow these dedicated student-athletes to continue their career and sport they’re passionate about while in college.” According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and its 2018-19 High School Participation Survey, girls’ wrestling has climbed to the 17th-most popular high school sport and boys’ wrestling remains seventh at the high school level in terms of participants. The combined number of high school wrestlers nationwide, including both boys and girls, grew to 268,565 — an increase of 6,439 athletes (or 2.5%) — in 2018-19. Wrestling has become a growing sport in NCAA Division III for both men and women. However, … Rest of the story at https://www.gowasps.com/general/2019-20/releases/20200109i5dcf7

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Young boy battling stage 4 cancer achieves varsity dream

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WSAW) – Tuesday night, Arlene Bialk was cheering on her son as he wrestled just like she has for countless matches before. This time, however, was different.

Miguel Duran is declared the winner of his match against Christian Weiss at Wautoma High School. (WSAW Photo 1/7/20)

“It’s going to be one of those memories that I’m never going to be able to forget,” said Bialk. “It means everything to me.” Her 9-year-old son, Miguel Duran, has been wrestling in the Wautoma youth program for four years. On Tuesday night, before the Wautoma/Wild Rose Warriors varsity wrestling team took to the mat to take on Rosholt, they had something special in store for their young teammate. “It started as an idea of our high school wrestlers,” said Dean Weiss, Miguel’s youth wrestling coach and family friend. “They brought it forward to their coach, and the coach presented it to the family and myself and it just steam rolled from there.” Miguel has been diagnosed with stage 4 Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer that forms in soft tissue. The cancer is aggressive, leaving the young man with not a lot of time. “This last year was a testament to how much he wanted to fight and to beat it,” said Weiss. “To come up short is kind of bitter sweet, but we’re trying to make the best of what the plans are for him.”
“He’s a warrior; he’s a fighter,” added Bialk. “He’s got the heart of a champion.” That fighter mentality was shown when Miguel took to the varsity mat, wrestling his best friend and Wautoma/Wild Rose varsity wrestler Christian Weiss, pinning him in a decisive victory early in the second period. Not only did he have the opportunity to fulfill his dream of wrestling in a varsity match, he earned a varsity letter and letterman jacket. Best wishes for health for Miguel. Check out the rest of this story at Wsaw.com/content/news/Young-boy-battling-stage-4-cancer-achieves-varsity-dream

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Top 100 College teams in dual meet win percent in history – Part 5

Top 100 College teams Part 5  (in dual meet win percentages over history)
Earlier we listed the top college teams in total dual meet wins across the past 120 years.  This list ranks the teams by the highest winning percentages of dual meets across the program’s history.  Verifying accurate team winning percentages are challenging as each win or loss recorded, or not, makes a difference.  The following is the top 70 schools in the NCAA Division III teams ranked by top wining percentage. Part 1 – Women’s and National Junior College teams, Part 2 – NAIA top teams. Part 3 – Division III teams and Part 4 – Division II and this Part (5) is a look D-I programs. In order to qualify for this list we need at least matches recorded.
Note that the W-L records in italics are not complete.
** = school has only the matches counted when they were in D-I
The top 55 schools with NCAA Division I Wrestling Programs are ;

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