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Nine teams in Southern Conference to compete for championships on Friday and Saturday

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference has released the seeds for the 2025 Explore Asheville SoCon Wrestling Championship, the league office announced Wednesday. The championship is set to begin Friday, March 7, and conclude on Saturday, March 8, at Kimmel Arena on the campus of UNC Asheville. Nine squads will compete for the 2025 SoCon title with 13 NCAA allocations available for the NCAA Championships.   
The SoCon earned two NCAA allocations each at 133 pounds, 141 pounds and 197 pounds. The remaining weight classes earned one allocation each, which is the automatic qualifier for the conference tournament champion.
App State seeks to defend its last two tournament titles under veteran head JohnMark Bentley. The Mountaineers finished with a share of the conference’s regular season title, with their only loss coming to Campbell on Feb. 23. Overall, App State went 8-4 on the season.  
Campbell, shares the conference regular season title with App State, dropping one conference dual to The Citadel on Feb. 14. The Camels concluded their regular season campaign with a 7-1 conference record and 11-9 record overall. 
Campbell’s Levi Hopkins (197) is looking for this third-straight title.  
Hopkins, Anthony Molton (125), and Shannon Hanna (141) enter the championship as the No. 1 seeds in their respective weight classes for Campbell. The Camels remaining seeded wrestlers include Logan Heil (133, No. 3), Wynton Denkins (149, No. 4), Chris Earnest (157, No. 3), Domonic Baker (165, No. 3), Riley Augustine (174, No. 5), Brant Cracraft (184, No. 9), and Landon Sargent (HWT, No. 4).  
App State holds two No. 1 seeds with Will Miller (165) and Luke Uliano (174) earning top spots. The Mountaineers’ remaining seeded wrestlers include Bryson Terrell (125, No. 4), Chad Bellis (133, No. 4), Aldo Hernandez (141, No. 5), Kaden Keiser (149, No. 3), Jeremiah Price (157, No. 2), … more at … https://soconsports.com/wrest/article/blt0f1e5cf902abb9d5/

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

DI Postseason Live Streaming Guide (3/6 – 3/9/2025)

The DI postseason is upon us! It all gets underway on Thursday, as the Pac-12 kicks off the festivities with their Championship event. With eight different conference tournaments going on across four days, it can be difficult to find how and when to watch everything. InterMat is here to help.
We have links to watch each conference tournament, plus we’ve also added start times for each round. If separate links for each round or mat are needed, then they’ve been included. 
All times listed are Eastern!
Thursday – March 6th
Pac-12 Championships: Corvallis, Oregon – FloWrestling
3:30 PM – Semifinals
9:00 PM – Finals
Friday – March 7th
EIWA Championships: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – FloWrestling

  • 10:00 AM – First Round
  • 12:00 PM – Quarterfinals
  • 4:00 PM – Consolations
  • 6:00 PM – Semifinals/Consolations
     
    MAC Championships: Trenton, New Jersey – ESPN+
  • 12:00 PM – First Round
  • 2:00 PM – Quarterfinals/Consolations
  • 5:00 PM – Semifinals/Consolations

    SoCon Championships: Asheville, North Carolina – ESPN+
  • 12:00 PM – Pig Tails and First Round
  • 3:00 PM – Consolations
  • 5:00 PM – Semifinals
  • 7:30 PM – Consolation Semifinals

Saturday – March 8th
Big 12 Championships: Tulsa, Oklahoma 

  • 11:00 AM – 1st Round and Quarterfinals – ESPN+
  • 6:00 PM – Semifinals/Consolation Quarterfinals – ESPN+

Big Ten Championships: Evanston, Illinois

  • 11:00 AM – First Round/Quarterfinals/Consolations – Big Ten Network and BTN+
  • 6:00 PM – Consolations – BTN+
  • 8:00 PM – Semifinals – Big Ten Network 
     

EIWA Championships: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – FloWrestling

  • 10:00 AM – Consolations/7th Place Matches
  • 12:00 PM – 1st/3rd/5th Place Match
  • MAC Championships: Trenton, New Jersey – ESPN+
  • 11:30 AM – Consolation Quarterfinals
  • 1:00 PM – Consolation Semifinals
  • 3:00 PM – 1st/3rd/5th/7th Place Matches
     

SoCon Championships: Asheville, North Carolina – ESPN+

  • 12:00 PM – Consolation Finals
  • 2:30 PM – Finals
  • 4:30 PM – True Second Place Matches

Sunday – March 9th
ACC Championships: Durham, North Carolina

  • 10:00 AM – First Round – ACC NX (Mat 1), ACC NX (Mat 2)
  • 1:00 PM – Consolation Quarterfinals – ACC NX (Mat 1), ACC NX (Mat 2)
  • 2:00 PM – Semifinals – ACC NX (Mat 1), ACC NX (Mat 2)
  • 4:30 PM – Consolation Semifinals – ACC NX (Mat 1), ACC NX (Mat 2)
  • 6:00 PM – Consolation Finals – ACC NX (Mat 1), ACC NX (Mat 2)
  • 8:00 PM – Championships Finals – ACC Network and ACC NX
     

Big 12 Championships: Tulsa, Oklahoma 

  • 1:00 PM – Consolation Quarterfinals – ESPN+
  • 9:00 PM – Championship Finals – ESPN+

Big Ten Championships: Evanston, Illinois

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a comment

2025 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championship Official Brackets Finalized

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  The official brackets (PDF) for the 2025 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been finalized ahead of event starting tomorrow morning. The Battle For The Red Banner is hosted by Visit Wichita at Park City Arena in Park City, Kansas and concludes on Saturday, March 8th. To purchase tickets for the three-day event, click HERE.
All matches at the national championships for Sessions I through V will be stream live via FloWrestling. Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling. The championship bouts on Saturday, during Session IV, will air on the NAIA Network and the Urban Edge Network.
Four schools will arrive in Wichita with a full roster of 12 wrestlers, in Cumberlands (Ky.), Grand View (Iowa), Southeastern (Fla.), and Life (Ga.). Providence (Mont.), Indiana Tech, and Doane (Neb.) will make the trip with 11 wrestlers; while Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) and Southern Oregon will travel with ten wrestlers each. In total across the ten weight classes, 280 wrestlers were selected to compete for a chance at being named a national champion in their respective weight class.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference leads all other conferences with 62 total wrestlers qualifying … more at … https://naia.prestosports.com/sports/mwrest/2024-25/Releases/Final_Brackets

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

2024-25 high school individual state champions list-March 4: 22 more states

Once again, USA Wrestling will publish regular updates on the 2024-25 state high school champions for both boys and girls.
Winning a state high school title is an amazing achievement for a high school student-athlete. We will post the champions from official state high school championships for boys, as well as the girls who have won official state high school titles, as well as the recognized state competitions which are not run by their state high school association. We will also post the team champions at the state level as available. As available, we will include the state champion’s year in school and final record.
As we move into March, the state high school season is still finishing strong, with 22 different states hosting championships.
This past week, the public school state championships that were held were : Arkansas Boys and Girls State Championships in Little Rock, the California Boys and Girls State Championships in Bakersfield, the Delaware Boys State Championships in Lewes, the Connecticut Boys State Open and Girls State Championships in New Haven, the Illinois Girls State Championships in Bloomington,  the Kansas Boys and Girls State Championships (5A-Overland Park, 4A-Wichita, 3A-Salina, 2A – Hays), the Kentucky Boys and Girls State Championships in Lexington, the Massachusetts Boys and Girls All-State Championships in Methuen, the Michigan Boys and Girls State Championships in Detroit, the Minnesota Boys and Girls State Championships in St. Paul, the Missouri Boys and Girls State Championships in Columbia, the New Hampshire Meet of Champions and Girls State Championships, the New York Boys and Girls State Championships in Albany, the Oklahoma Boys and Girls State Championships in Oklahoma City, the Oregon Boys and Girls State Championships in Portland, the Rhode Island Boys and Girls State Championships in Providence, the South Dakota Boys and Girls State Championships in Rapid City, the Vermont Boys State Championships in Barre, the Virginia Boys and Girls State Championships (Class 1 & 2 in Bristol, Class 3 in Lynchburg, Class 4, 5 & 6 in Virginia Beach, Girls in Glen Allen), the Wisconsin Boys and Girls State Championships in Madison, and the Wyoming Boys and Girls State Championships in Casper. … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/04/2024-25-high-school-individual-state-champions-list-as-of-march-4-22-more-states-host-championships

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This Week in Women’s Collegiate Wrestling (3/4/2025)

This weekend, 6 conferences of NAIA women’s wrestling programs battled it out for qualifying spots at the National tournament in March. NAIA nationals will be held on March 14-15 in Park City, Kansas. Similar to the men’s NCAA  DI conferences tournaments, each conference is allocated a certain amount of automatic bids per weight. Now that those automatic spots have been filled, a committee will select additional wrestlers to receive at-large bids until the field is complete with 210 wrestlers for nationals.  The regional champs were:
Cascade Collegiate Conference champion – #5 Southern Oregon
Great Plains Athletic Conference champion – #10 Doane   
Heart of America Conference champion – #2 Grand View
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champion – #11 Ottawa
Mid-South Conference champion – #1 Life … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/women/this-week-in-womens-collegiate-wrestling-342025-r100070/

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

NCAA DI Rankings Updated (3/4/2025)

We didn’t intend on publishing a new set of rankings for the week; however, there have already been some significant personnel changes ahead of the conference tournaments. 
First and foremost, All-American and previous #1 Ryan Crookham announced he will indeed miss the 2025 postseason. He has been removed and Drake Ayala heads into the Big Ten Championships as the top-ranked wrestler in the country. Ayala is 15-1 and is riding a 14-match winning streak. He has 2024-25 wins over #2 and #3, I don’t think anyone should have an issue with Ayala at #1. 
Inserted in the lineup for Lehigh at 133 is Matty Lopes. He’s been good in limited action and makes his first rankings appearance. 
149 lbs also has a few tweaks. With the Big 12 releasing their brackets already, two notable names have been omitted. Carter Young for Oklahoma State and Jesse Vasquez for Arizona State. Teague Travis will replace Young and Mykey Ramos replaces Vasquez. The Big 12 will also lose two allocations at 149 lbs. That brings them down to four at 149 lbs. 
Also, there was a change at 285 lbs. Army West Point will be going with Brady Colbert in place of Lucas Stoddard. From what I’m hearing Tuesday morning, the EIWA should be able to keep the allocation earned by Stoddard, since Colbert would fit within the criteria. 
Obviously, from a team standpoint, Lehigh slips significantly in the tournament rankings without Crookham’s points.  For the full rankings: Click Here … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/college/ncaa-di-rankings-updated-342025-r100069/

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Eight NCAA Qualifiers Lifts #12 Lander to Third Consecutive Super Region II Title

PEMBROKE, N.C. – The 12th-ranked Lander wrestling team saw eight wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Indianapolis, with all 10 Bearcats placing no lower than fourth as they dominated en route to their third straight Super Region II title Saturday at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court. Lander totaled 157 team points, 40 more than second-place UNC Pembroke and just seven shy of its program record of 164, set at the 2023 Super Region II tournament.
Kaden Kuenzi, Christian Davis, Isham Peace and David Hunsberger won Super Regional titles in their respective weight classes. It was Hunsberger’s third regional title and Peace’s second.
Marvelous Rutledge and Isaac Sheeren, who placed second in their weight classes, will join them at the NCAA Championships. Noah Roulo and Nathan Bukovich also secured spots in Indianapolis, battling through the consolation bracket to take the third and final qualifying position from the region. Lander’s dominance was evident early, as nine wrestlers reached the semifinals with 14 bonus-point wins across the first two rounds.
Anthony Giampeitro was the only Bearcat to suffer an early setback, but the graduate student battled through three consolation rounds to reach the third-place match. However, he was forced to medically forfeit, ending his season. Kuenzi breezed through his bracket, outscoring his opponents 29-0 with a pin in his opening match and a technical fall in the championship bout.
Davis opened with two straight technical falls before closing out his championship run … more at … https://landerbearcats.com/news/2025/3/1/wrestling-eight-ncaa-qualifiers-lifts-12-lander-to-third-consecutive-super-region-ii-title.aspx

March 7, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Wrestling: Steward instills legacy that will last for decades

Former Loras College wrestling coach Randy Steward passed away Monday evening at the age of 66. He coached 36 All-Americans and three national champions during 23 seasons leading the Duhawks. … more at … https://www.telegraphherald.com/sports/local_sports/article_e9aef704-f944-11ef-8331-2ffb7a8b5d3a.html

March 6, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Big 12 Releases Wrestling Championship Brackets, Single Session Tickets Go on Sale

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has announced its seedings and brackets for the 2025 Big 12 Wrestling Championships, setting the stage for the two-day event at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Six different schools received top billing in 10 weight classes with Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Oklahoma State all earning multiple top seeds.
Iowa State, the reigning Big 12 team champion, looks to defend its title with a pair of top seeds in Evan Frost at 133 pounds and Cody Chittum in the 157-pound division. Northern Iowa’s two top seeds include Parker Keckeisen who was the Conference’s champion at 184 pounds last year. Oklahoma State earned three top seeds with Dean Hamiti (174 pounds), Luke Surber (197 pounds) and Wyatt Hendrickson (285 pounds).
The Big 12 Wrestling Championships are set to begin at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, March 8 with the first two sessions of action. Sunday will begin with the third session at 12 p.m. CT before the Championship finals begin at 8 p.m. CT. The first three sessions will be carried on ESPN+ with the championship round broadcasted on ESPNU. Big 12 Championship participants will also compete for berths … more at … https://big12sports.com/news/2025/3/3/big-12-releases-wrestling-championship-seedings-single-session-tickets-go-on-sale.aspx

March 6, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Johnson & Wales wins 2025 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship

Seven student-athletes advance to National Championships March 14-15
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The JWU (Providence) wrestling team captured the 2025 NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Championship and saw seven student-athletes qualify for the national tournament Sunday afternoon at Bacon Field House on the campus of Wesleyan (CT) University.
Seniors Dylan Harr (197 lbs.), Joziah Fry (125 lbs.) and Hayden Brown (149 lbs.), juniors Adolfo Betancur (285 lbs.) and Jake Eckerle (141 lbs.), sophomore Jack Richardson (165 lbs.), and freshman Peyton Ellis (133 lbs.) all placed in the top three of their weight class and will represent the Wildcats in two weeks at the National Championship, which will be held at Amica Mutual Pavilion on March 14-15.
Complete Results
Below are the complete tournament results for the nine student-athletes who competed on Sunday. Tournament highlights included: Brown capturing his fourth Northeast Regional Championship … more at … https://providence.jwuathletics.com/news/2025/3/2/wrestling-wins-2025-ncaa-northeast-regional-championship.aspx

March 6, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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