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A 41-Year Wait Ends: NOC Wrestling Reignites Spirit in a Halloween Showdown
Historic? Check! Fun night of wrestling? Check! Large enthusiastic crowd? Check! Perfect evening for NOC Wrestling? Oh, so very close!
After a 41-year break in competition, wrestling made a grand reappearance on the Northern Oklahoma College (NOC) campus on Halloween night, with the men’s team putting up a spirited fight but falling just short in a 23-20 loss to Trinidad State College, CO. NOC’s first ever women’s team made their inaugural dual a memorable one as they turned in a spectacular performance in routing Trinidad by a 48-11 score. In between the women’s and men’s duals, NOC recognized former head coach Bob Zweiacher and the original Maverick wrestling teams. Zweiacher and the wrestlers in attendance were introduced to the appreciative crowd. Current head coach Bryan Kenney presented Zweiacher with a plaque and singlet signed by this year’s team. Included in the past wrestlers in attendance were 2X national champion Karl Lynes and national champion Roger William … more at … https://owrestle.com/a-41-year-wait-ends-noc-wrestling-reignites-spirit-in-a-halloween-showdown/
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College wrestling | ‘Jacks have first event since return of the program
Just two years ago there was no collegiate wrestling teams in Humboldt County, on Saturday both of the local colleges had their wrestling teams in action.
It was Cal Poly Humboldt’s first wrestling action since the 1990s when the team faced off against Menlo College for a dual on Friday before competing at the Menlo Invitational tournament on Saturday as the ‘Jacks returned to the collegiate wrestling scene.
Head coach Lennie Zalesky and his team dropped their season-opening dual 38-7 in Atherton on Sunday. The ‘Jacks won two of the 10 matchups with freshman Josh Neiwert and senior Nathan Aguilar getting the wins for Humboldt, both coming by decision.
Neiwart got his win, the first of his collegiate career, in the 133-pound weight class winning 10-5 while Aguilar won 8-2 in the 141-pound weight class. Humboldt briefly held the lead on Friday, as the duals start at the lowest weight class and work their way up, following Aguilar’s win the ‘Jacks 7-5 before Menlo would take the final 33 points in the match.
There was even more action on Saturday, with the ‘Jacks competing in a 12-team tournament with Humboldt seeing a handful of top-six finishers. Freshman Caleb Tatad took sixth-place in his first college tournament at the 125-pound division. Tatad defeated Will VomBaur of Utah Valley by decision before losing to another Utah Valley wrestler, Talen Eck.
Neiwert took third place for the 133-pound class by beating Noah Messman of Menlo College in the third-place match by decision. Aguilar joined Neiwert with a third-place finish at 141 pounds with Aguilar defeating Cal State Bakersfield’s Jaxtyn Frost by decision. … more at … https://www.times-standard.com/2024/11/06/college-wrestling-jacks-have-first-event-since-return-of-the-program/
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Doane to Add Greco-Roman Wrestling in Fall 2025
Doane University is expanding their athletic offering with the addition of Greco-Roman Wrestling, which will begin in Fall 2025. The addition will expand on the recent success and growth within the wrestling program at Doane, which currently features two Top 15 NAIA programs in men’s and women’s wrestling. “We are excited to add Greco-Roman Wrestling to our highly successful men’s and women’s wrestling programs,” Director of Athletics Mark Wateska said. “Greco-Roman Wrestling is one of two styles of wrestling in the Olympics and is considered to be one of the most popular styles of wrestling in the world. Doane would be on the forefront of offering this style of wrestling in the U.S. and gives us an opportunity for growth while offering a new and unique program to our students.”
Recent national and international success has developed a relationship with USA Wrestling and with the addition of Greco-Roman Wrestling, Doane’s Director of Wrestling Dana Vote sees the addition as a win-win situation for the university and the growth of the sport. “I look forward to growing our relationship with USA Wrestling as we try to continue to put people on National and World teams,” Vote commented. “Our athletes have displayed they can compete with the best around the world while also achieving academic success.” Over this past summer, Doane’s Tyson Beauperthuy represented Team USA at the Pan-Am Games in June, taking second place in Greco-Roman in the 87kg division. He won the U.S. Championship in late May. Beauperthuy also competed in the World University Games for Beach Wrestling in September, walking away with a gold medal in the 90kg division.
Cristelle Rodriguez won the U20 World Championships in freestyle women’s wrestling in September and is a two-time U20 U.S. Champion. She competed at the Olympic trials in April. The women also had three All-Americans (Top 8) at the U23 U.S. Championships, Ashlee Palimo’o, Aevri Ciha, and Aspen Barber.  “Depth is the key, in order to grow the sport of Greco,” … more at … https://www.doaneathletics.com/sports/mwrest/2024-25/releases/20241107nzjkxj

November 11, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports, wrestling