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History Was Made at the 2025 Super 32

As someone who enjoys the historical aspect of our sport, it was a must to be in Greensboro, North Carolina over the weekend for the latest edition of the Super 32. For a tournament that dates back to the 1990’s and has featured countless NCAA All-Americans, national champions, and even Olympic medalists, the Super 32 never had a wrestler win four championships at the high school level. Now there are two. Bo Bassett and Taina Fernandez both dominated their way through Super 32 brackets over the weekend and won their fourth championship belt.
In her five bouts, Fernandez only was pushed past the two-minute mark on one occasion. She only allowed a single point while scoring 40 of her own.
Bassett made the finals after six straight tech falls. In the championship match, he defeated Penn commit, Charlie DeSena, via a 13-4 major decision. Two of Bassett’s titles have come over wrestlers that either already earned, or would go on to win, Super 32 titles themselves.
The tournament organizers were prepared in the event that Bassett and Fernandez would win their fourth titles and hand personalized statues made of the two competitors. While each was wrestling in the finals, the tournament stopped so that fans could direct the fullest extent of their attention to these young stars and their attempt at chasing history.
The girls portion of this tournament has only been in existence since 2017, so there isn’t as much history associated with that competition. But for Bassett to be the four-time, in today’s wrestling landscape is quite remarkable. The quality of wrestling and the readiness … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/high-school/history-was-made-at-the-2025-super-32-r100583/

October 27, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Presbyterian College Men’s Wrestling Publishes 2025-26 Slate

CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian College men’s wrestling head coach Mark Cody has ushered in the 2025-26 competition schedule for his seventh season as the program’s one and only director. The upcoming campaign will feature 13 duals and four regular season tournaments.
The Blue Hose will begin a new path on Sunday, November 2 at the Southeast Open, hosted by Virginia Tech.
PC turns over a new leaf this winter, in possession of their biggest-ever roster that includes 16 new student-athletes and 33 wrestlers in total.
A member of the Southern Conference since the team’s inception in 2019, Presby won five matches at last spring’s league championships. They’ll wrestle seven opponents at Templeton Gym this season, including three SoCon opponents.
NOVEMBER + DECEMBER
– Coach Cody’s club will be in a bracket system for the season-opener in 10 days, headed to Virginia for the Southeast Open. PC wrestled in one regular-season tourney last season, also held in November.
– The Blue Hose men’s and women’s wrestling teams will collaborate on the 15th for the annual Throwdown on the Yorktown, a series of neutral duals in Charleston on the deck of a naval ship.
– Aboard the USS Yorktown, Presbyterian will go head-to-head with Campbell in the first of eight SoCon matches for the year. The action begins at three o’clock.- PC will travel to Sin City on December 5 and 6 for the Cliff Keen Invitational, another tournament from fabulous Las Vegas.
– The Blue Hose will make their first appearance at Templeton on the 15th, a first-time meeting with Cal Baptist on a Monday night.
– One week before Christmas, Presbyterian will entertain Air Force, Franklin & Marshall, and conference rival Davidson in a four-way of duals that starts at 9:00 AM.
– PC closes the book on the 2025 calendar by entering in the famed Midlands Championships … more at … https://gobluehose.com/news/2025/10/23/mens-wrestling-mens-wrestling-publishes-2025-26-slate.aspx

October 27, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | | Leave a comment

Rutgers Wrestling Excited to Host NWCA All-Star Classic

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – When Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale received the news that the NWCA All-Star Classic was coming to Jersey Mike’s Arena, he could not contain his excitement.
Known as the unofficial start to the collegiate folkstyle season, the showcase event features some of the country’s top male and female wrestlers. On the men’s side, this year’s field includes reigning NCAA Champions Lucas Byrd (Illinois) and Jesse Mendez (Ohio State), as well as 10 Division I All-Americans from a season ago.
Goodale believes the talented field paired with a top wrestling venue like Jersey Mike’s Arena will make for an incredible atmosphere when the lights come on on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. “All eyes will be on Jersey Mike’s Arena on Saturday night,” Goodale said. “The amount of talent that will be on display here along with our built-in fan support will make this an incredible wrestling atmosphere. I’m so glad they decided to host this event here.”
FloSports and the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) partner each year to host the NWCA All-Star Classic, presented by Nike Wrestling.
Last year’s classic was hosted by Penn State at Rec Hall. When FloSports was presented with several bids for this year’s installment, GM of FloWrestling Travis Shives said Rutgers caught … more at … https://scarletknights.com/news/2025/10/17/wrestling-excited-to-host-nwca-all-star-classic.aspx

October 27, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment