No. 17 Wrestling Claims Team Title at Midlands Championships
EVANSTON, Ill. – Despite not sending a full roster, No. 17 Rutgers wrestling claimed its first Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Team Title in school history on Tuesday in Evanston, Illinois.
Behind individual titles from No. 15 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (184) and No. 25 Hunter Catka (HWT), along with runner-up results from No. 18 Remy Cotton (197) and No. 32 Andrew Barbosa (165), the Scarlet Knights finished with 93 team points, ahead of No. 14 Pittsburgh (92.5) and Bucknell (83).
With it being an unofficial date on its competition calendar, RU was only able to send six student-athletes to compete attached at the championships. With two attached entrants at both 165 and 197 pounds, only four of those scores counted towards the team title. “Winning a team title at this historic tournament is a pretty cool achievement,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “I’m happy for these guys that they were able to come here, compete and get it done. It’s pretty exciting to have nine out of our 10 guys place. We wrestled a lot of matches and have a lot of work to do, but we’ll build off this team title heading into our Big Ten dual schedule.”
It marks the first Midlands team title in school history after the program finished second last season and in 2017. Along with a fourth-place result from Ryan Ford (165) and an eighth-place finish from PJ Casale (197), all six entrants placed for Rutgers. … more at … https://scarletknights.com/news/2025/12/30/no-17-wrestling-claims-team-title-at-midlands-championships
DI Live Streaming Guide (12/29 – 1/4/2026)
It’s the week after Christmas and before New Year’s which means its tournament time with the Midlands, Soldier Salute, and Southern Scuffle. A few duals have been mixed in, as well. A total of 11 duals will be contested.
Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links).
Since this article is a couple of days earlier than normal, I’m still looking for links for a couple of events. They will be added once available.
All times eastern
Monday, December 29:
Bucknell, Cal Poly, Central Michigan, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, SIU Edwardsville, Stanford at Ken Kraft Midlands, hosted by Northwestern 10:30 AM
Session I B1G+ (Links for 10 mats)
Session II B1G+ (Links for 10 mats)
Tuesday, December 30:
Bucknell, Cal Poly, Central Michigan, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Illinois, Indiana, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, SIU Edwardsville, Stanford at Ken Kraft Midlands, hosted by Northwestern 11:30 AM
Session I B1G+ (Links for 10 mats)
Session II B1G+ (Links for 4 mats)
Northern Colorado at California Baptist 5:00 PM FloWrestling
Friday, January 2:
Purdue at Drexel 1:00 PM FloWrestling
Bloomsburg at Ohio 7:00 PM ESPN+ … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/47_streaming-guide/di-live-streaming-guide-1229-142026-r100723/
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