NCHSAA dual team wrestling championship sites announced
While the 8A and 1A brackets are down to just four teams and will host both East and West regional finals, all other classifications will host quarterfinals, semifinals, and championships on Tuesday.
By J. Mike Blake , HighSchoolOT Senior Contributor
The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s dual-team wrestling championships have their new host sites.
While the 8A and 1A brackets are down to just four teams and will host both East and West regional finals, all other classifications will host quarterfinals, semifinals, and championships.
The championships were all originally scheduled for the Greensboro Fieldhouse, with all the earlier rounds at high schools, but due to two snowstorms that hit North Carolina, the entire postseason had to shift.
All championships will be on Tuesday. Tickets are $15.
These are the host sites:
1A — South Davidson
8A — Northwest Guilford
7A — Athens Drive (Cardinal Gibbons is the “host”)
6A — Union Pines
5A — Cedar Ridge
4A — Uwharrie Charter
3A — Wheatmore
2A — East Wilkes … more at … https://www.highschoolot.com/story/nchsaa-dual-team-wrestling-playoff-results-and-scores-2026/22319931/
App. State Tops The Citadel, Gains Sole Possession of 1st in SoCon
BOONE, N.C. — App State Wrestling gained sole possession of first place in the SoCon by claiming six of the first seven matches in a 23-13 home victory Sunday against The Citadel, which also took the mat in Varsity Gym with no league losses.
With competition starting at 184 pounds, App State (8-5, 5-0) jumped out to a 23-3 lead over the Bulldogs (8-7, 4-1) in a matchup of teams that finished first and second in the SoCon Championship tournament last season.
Bonus-point victories from Stephan Monchery (six team points via a third-period pin at heavyweight) and Aldo Hernandez (five team points via a 22-7 tech fall at 141 pounds) were key outcomes in creating separation during the strong start, as were some dramatic wins, including 197-pound starter Logan Eller’s 7-6 decision in which he responded to Adam Ortega’s go-ahead takedown with 30 seconds left by producing a go-ahead reversal in the final 15 seconds.
Hernandez followed Jarvis Little’s 4-2 decision at 133 with a dominant victory, giving the Mountaineers a 20-3 lead with The Citadel set to send consecutive ranked wrestlers out at 149, 157 and 165 pounds prior to the 174 finale. In a ranked showdown that served as a rematch of the 2025 SoCon final at 149, No. 30 Kaden Keiser from App State clinched the dual with a 3-2 overtime decision over No. 33 Carson DesRosier.
The match was tied at 1-all through three periods and a two-minute Sudden Victory overtime period. … more at … https://appstatesports.com/news/2026/2/8/wrestling-tops-the-citadel-gains-sole-possession-of-1st-in-socon.aspx
Wrestling notches first win over Campbell with 31-9 victory on Friday night
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the first time in program history, the Bellarmine University wrestling team has won a dual over Southern Conference foe Campbell, defeating the Camels 31-9 on Friday night in Knights Hall.
An annually tough match on the Knights schedule, Bellarmine finally put together the winning recipe to take down Campbell. The victory is a nice bounce back for BU after falling to Appalachian State 30-6 on Monday. At 4-1 in SoCon matches, Bellarmine is one win away from tying the program record for most conference wins in a season in the Division I era (5, 2024-25).
“I’m proud of the team as a whole on the way they wrestled tonight, aggressive and pushing the pace,” said head coach Ned Shuck. “We had some hard-fought wins and that’s what it’s going to take to finish the season. I’m excited for us to get back in action at home again for military appreciation day on Sunday! Let’s Go Knights!”
Redshirt sophomore Gavin Ricketts got the ball rolling at 184 pounds. Ricketts used a 10-point first period to propel himself to an 11-2 major decision win. From there, the Knights kept picking up win after win, accumulating seven consecutive victories for a 25-0 lead.
Fellow redshirt sophomore Andrew Liber (197) forced overtime with an escape in the third period before spinning his way around Conor Maslanek for a takedown to win 4-1 in SV-1.
Grad student Daulton Mayer battled through a third period injury … more at … https://athletics.bellarmine.edu/news/2026/2/6/wrestling-notches-first-win-over-campbell-with-31-9-victory-on-friday-night.aspx
Runnin’ Bulldogs Use Final Bout Win to Topple Bellarmine, 19-18
LOUISVILLE, KY – The Gardner-Webb wrestling team picked up its most exciting win of the season on Sunday afternoon, using a last bout win in 285 to defeat Bellarmine in Southern Conference action, 19-18
The Runnin’ Bulldogs started strong on Sunday, with three lower-weights win to jump out to a 16-3 lead. Tyson Lane, Dominic DiTullio and nationally ranked T.K. Davis by fall in just 52 seconds set the tone early for the Dawgs but Josh McCutchen would steal the headlines. After a Bellarmine rally through the middle-weights, McCutchen defeated Thadd Huff by an 8-2 decision in the final bout at 285 pounds. With McCutchen’s win, the Runnin’ Bulldogs picked up the team victory, 19-18
FULL RESULTS
125 – Tyson Lane (GW) def. Damion Ryan (BU) by DEC, 5-1
133 – #15 T.K. Davis (GW) def. Trayce Eckman (BU) by Fall, 0:52
141 – Dominic DiTullio (GW) def. AJ Rallo (BU) by DEC, 7-5
149 – Nate Higley (BU) def. Charlie Sly (BU) by TF, 19-3
157 – Joseph Giordano (GW) def. Jeb Prechtel (BU) by MD, 12-3
165 – Noah Hall (BU) def. Luke Murray (GW) by DEC, 4-1
174 – Grant O’Dell (BU) def. Isaiah Guerrero (GW) by MD, 11-3 … more at … https://gwusports.com/news/2026/2/8/wrestling-runnin-bulldogs-use-final-bout-win-to-topple-bellarmine-19-18.aspx
Oklahoma State Wrestling on pace to Crush Attendance Record
Last year, in David Taylor’s first season as head coach at Oklahoma State, the Cowboys set a season average attendance record of 7,597 attendees. This year, they’re currently on pace to crush that record. OSU is averaging 8,585 attendees per dual with only arch-rival Iowa left on the home schedule.
The Cowboys will only need 2,655 attendees to break the 7,597 mark. The last time the Hawkeyes came to Stillwater, in 2024, OSU had 13,721 fans in attendance. This also helped OSU set a season record in that year with 5,871. This makes three years in a row that OSU will set a season average record attendance mark with 5,871 in 2023-24, 7,597 in 2024-25, and a number to be determined in 2025-26.
OSU wrestles Iowa on February 22nd at 5 PM in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The dual will be televised nationally on ESPN. … more at … https://owrestle.com/oklahoma-state-wrestling-on-pace-to-crush-attendance-record/
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