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Men’s College Notebook: Oklahoma Cruises Over Iowa; NC State Wins Thriller in Raleigh

Forrest Takes Off the Redshirt in Style

All week, the Oklahoma State coaching staff was keeping a tight lip on if they would send out true freshman Jax Forrest against Iowa this weekend. If he were to wrestle, it would mean he burns the redshirt and will be in the postseason lineup.
Not only did he compete, but he made sure the nation knew he was coming for the national championship at 133 pounds less than two months after he graduated high school and enrolled a semester early.
Sporting a perfect 9-0 record and climbing up to #6 in the national rankings, he scored a top-10 win for the second straight weekend. Last weekend, it was fellow true freshman sensation Aaron Seidel from Virginia Tech; this weekend, it was two-time NCAA finalist Drake Ayala of Iowa.
Thanks to a takedown and four-point near fall from a cradle in the second period, Forrest breezed to a 19-3 tech fall win. It was the first time Ayala had surrendered bonus points this season.

Cowboys Cruise Over Iowa

Forrest dominated the headlines from the nationally televised dual on ESPN in front of a sellout crowd of 12,629 in Stillwater, but the Cowboys continued to make noise heading into the postseason as a team.
They avenged their lone loss of the season (18-16 to Iowa at the National Duals in November) by winning seven of the 10 bouts, with four going for bonus, and three of those were falls in the 32-11 win.
The win was the largest victory over Iowa since 1961, and it’s the most points the Cowboys have scored against the Hawkeyes.
Oklahoma State hurried out to a 17-5 lead … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2026/february/23/men-s-college-notebook-oklahoma-cruises-over-iowa-nc-state-wins-thriller-in-raleigh

March 1, 2026 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized