Age-group wrestlers make their mark at 2025 USA Wrestling Beach Nationals in Carolina Beach
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C.—The 20th Beach National Championships were held in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, on May 10, with over 300 athletes competing in the sand.
The Beach Wrestling community from North Carolina USA Wrestling and the local sports commission created a successful event, which included numerous age levels for boys and girls, as well as a Masters division for men.
Boys champions were crowned in the 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and Junior levels. Girls champions were crowned at the 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and Junior levels. There were 11 groups in the Masters division that wrestled on the beach on Saturday.
Full brackets and results can be found on USA Bracketing. The recap of the Senior division and U17/U20 divisions of the 2025 Beach Wrestling National tournament is on TheMat.com.
2025 USA Wrestling Beach Nationals
At Carolina Beach, North Carolina, May 10, 2025
Final Results
8U Boys – 80
1st – Declan Edge (Lost Boyz Wrestling Club)
2nd – Elva Placencia-foy (North Carolina) … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/may/11/age-group-wrestlers-make-their-mark-at-2025-usa-wrestling-beach-nationals-in-carolina-beach
Matside video review changes proposed in men’s wrestling
The NCAA Men’s Wrestling Rules Committee at its meeting this week proposed modifications to the matside video review process for the 2025-26 season. The committee recommended allowing third-party reviewers to be able to consult with the referee about pertinent information on a coach’s video review challenge.
Currently, third-party reviewers look at the sequence being challenged without any consultation with the mat referee. Additionally, committee members recommended allowing coaches to retain their video challenge if there is obstruction in any part of the video sequence that is being challenged.
Coaches also would retain their challenge if the action that is being questioned is not in the frame of the video. Currently, in these scenarios, coaches would lose their challenge if the video isn’t determined to show indisputable evidence that the original call should be overturned.
Before becoming official, all recommended rules changes must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss men’s wrestling rules recommendations June 10. “The committee feels that it is important to get calls right,” said Deral Brown, Men’s Wrestling Rules Committee chair and head coach at Newberry. “Context in making these decisions is critical. We believe coaches should retain their challenge if the entirety of the sequence is unable to be assessed.”
Another proposal made by the committee is if the video review system fails during a dual meet or at a mat in a tournament, video review would not be used for the remainder of that match. If the system cannot be corrected before the conclusion of the match in which the video review system failed, it would be suspended from use for the remainder of the event.
Mandatory mouthpiece proposal
Committee members recommended making mouthguards required for competition, beginning next season. … more at … https://www.ncaa.org/news/2025/5/1/media-center-matside-video-review-changes-proposed-in-mens-wrestling.aspx
St. Andrews University announces abrupt closure
The North Carolina liberal arts institution’s president said that “financial sustainability is no longer attainable.”
Dive Brief:
St. Andrews University, in North Carolina, will cease operations next Monday at the end of its spring semester, it announced abruptly on Friday. The institution, which became a branch of Florida-based Webber International University after a 2011 merger, has “reached a point where financial sustainability is no longer attainable,” Campus President Tarun Malik said in a community message. St. Andrews said it is still ironing out formal teach-out agreements for students to finish their studies. On its website, St. Andrews listed more than a dozen institutions that have “expressed interest in supporting our students.”
Dive Insight:
St. Andrews offered little detail about what went wrong at the university beyond Malik’s note about financial sustainability.
The small liberal arts institution’s enrollment has fluctuated in recent years, federal data shows. … more at … https://www.highereddive.com/news/st-andrews-university-announces-abrupt-closure/746540/
Cerritos secures three-peat at 2025 3C2A Women’s State Championship, with Mt. San Antonio in second
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. – The 2025 3C2A Women’s Wrestling State Championship came down to two teams as the Cerritos Falcons led Mt. San Antonio Mounties by 21.5 teams points (206-184.5) before the finals began.
Although Mt. SAC closed the gap by picking up 27 points in the finals, the Falcons managed to hold onto their lead, taking home the title to complete the elusive three-peat. Vida Beckel (160lbs), Kinsey Konrad (180lbs), Raven Ross (207lbs) and Eniekeye Osede (235lbs) all put on dominant performances to win their brackets and lead Cerritos to another championship.
The runner up Mounties were led by Mackenzie Muniz (117lbs), Jasmine Macias (131lbs), Leilani Lazaro (124lbs) and Alexis Jimenez (145 lbs) as well as Tehya Ledesma (138lbs), who provided the most exciting moment of the night as she came back from an 8-0 deficit to pin her opponent in the championship round. In addition, Mt. SAC saw its staff voted as the Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year while Berenice Chihuahua (131lbs) earned the trophy for the most falls in the tournament with three in 3:22 minutes of action.
But for Cerritos, depth was key as the quality of their wrestlers throughout the tournament shined and pushed them over the top, finishing with seven All-Americans … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/april/20/cerritos-secures-three-peat-at-2025-3c2a-women-s-state-championship-with-mt-san-antonio-in-second
Why college wrestling coaches are excited about National Duals Invitational in Tulsa
When he bumped into Oklahoma State wrestling coach David Taylor on the recruiting trail in late February, Nebraska coach Mark Manning had one simple question.
Although the teams were preparing for their respective conference tournaments and the NCAA Championships in the coming weeks, Manning was thinking about November. “I think we’re in, right?” Manning asked somewhat jokingly, referring to the inaugural National Duals Invitational next fall in Tulsa.
The Cornhuskers, who went on to finish second to Penn State at both the Big Ten and NCAA Championships, are assured of a bid to the 16-team field that is set to pay out $1 million total purse to the participating teams. OSU is serving as the host school for the event, which will be held at the BOK Center in Tulsa on Nov. 15-16.
The top 12 finishers at the NCAA Championships last month earned automatic bids, should they accept them. So far, 11 spots have been filled with OSU, Nebraska, Iowa, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Northern Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Cornell and Virginia Tech entering the field.
The full bracket is expected to be set by mid-July, and it’s unclear if all of the country’s top teams are interested in participating. But many coaches are excited for what a national dual tournament could bring to the sport. … more at … https://sports.yahoo.com/article/why-college-wrestling-coaches-excited-104554461.html
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