Wrestlers Claim 26th Regional Crown With Three Champions and Five National Qualifier
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Head Coach Tyler Reinhart earned his first in his inaugural season and the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling program claimed its 26th overall NCAA Super Region I Championship with three champions and a pair of second-place finishers, Saturday afternoon at Fairmont State (WV) University.
Trevon Gray (125 lbs.), Chad Ozias (149 lbs.), and Dakoda Rodgers (197) all won individual titles, while Noah Gnibus (184 lbs.) and Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) both placed second to lead the group of five Mountain Cat who earned spots in the 2025 NCAA National Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind. on March 14-15.
In addition to the national qualifiers, Tyson Cook (133 lbs.) and Cooper Warshel (157 lbs.) both finished fourth, and Mason Myers (141 lbs.), Macon Myers (1675 lbs.), and Tony Salopek (174 lbs.) all came away with fifth-place finishes.
The Mountain Cats, who put seven wrestlers into the semifinals and five into the finals, had all ten of their wrestlers place in the top-five, to win the regional title with 148.0 points, 6.5 points better than second-;place Gannon. Kutztown (122.0 points), Millersville (79.0 points), and Frostburg State (77.0 points) rounded out the top-five in the 12-team field..
CHAMPIONS
125 lbs. – top-seeded Trevon Gray cruised into the semifinals with first period falls over American International’s Daniel McLaughlin and Shippensburg’s Noah Gilgore. Gray then pinned fifth-seeded Joshua Jaisonowicz (East Stroudsburg) to get to the finals where he got a takedown with four seconds remaining in overtime to claim his third regional title with … more at … https://pittjohnstownathletics.com/news/2025/3/1/wrestling-wrestlers-claim-26th-regional-crown-with-three-champions-and-five-national-qualifiers.aspx
The TDR Top 12 Men’s Team – 2025
The TakeDown Report will reward the following wrestlers for their successful seasons with an engraved wooden plaque with the wrestler’s name and weight class. The following wrestlers will be listed as a First Team of the top ranked wrestler at each weight, a Second Team, with the next best 14 wrestlers with no connection to a weight class, and the Honorable Mentions are across deep weight classes. We had planned on post rankings after the Regionals and befoe state but became imprudent and we did not do it. The full listing of rankings will be posted later. We welcome input, corrections, snide rearks or whatever your reaction to this may be. This has been updated.
First Team:
106– Sam Boltes, So. (Washington), 113– Holton Quincy, So. (N.E.C.P.), 120– Brandon Nolasco-Rayo, Sr. (Louisburg), 126– Tyler Watt, Sr. (Wake Forest), 132– Stephen Rubistello, Jr. (Tarboro), 138– Ryan Mann, Sr. (N.E.C.P.), 144– Tobin McNair, So. (Wakefield), 150– Gerald “JJ” Johnson, Sr. (West Craven), 157– Justin Root, Sr. (Dixon), 165– Mac Kopelman, Jr. (Laney), 175– Noah Michael, Sr. (Franklinton), 190– Lucas Summers, Sr. (First Flight), 215– Asher Eason, Sr. (Heidi Trask), 285– Jaden McClary, Jr. (Goldsboro)
Second Team:
106– Sader Tran, Jr. (South Central), 120– Cole Hunt, Sr. (Jacksonville), 126– Bryce Perry, So., (Washington), 126– Gavin Nipper, Sr. (Jacksonville), 144– Hayden Smith, Fr. (White Oak), 150– Gabe Foreman, Jr. (Washington), 150– Isiah Mewborn, Jr. (Pamlico Co.), 157– Landon Browning, Jr. (Tarboro), 175– Brendan Stevens, Sr. (Corinth-Holders), 175– Jude Moulton, Jr. (Hoggard), 190– Joseph Miller, Sr. (Lejeune), 190– Aldinio Previl, So. (Rosewood), 285– Everest Ouellette, Sr. (First Flight), 285– Nicholas Rodgers, Sr. (Wilson-Fike)
Honorable Mentions:
106– Tyler Mundell, So. (North Pitt), 113– Abrey Verhow, Jr. (White Oak), 120– Ethan Brownlee, Sr. (South Johnston), 120– Keller Guthrie, Jr. (Ayden-Grifton), 120– Ayden Arington (Laney) 126– Braulio Nolasco-Rayo, Sr. (Louisburg), 126– Jake Amiott, Fr. (Topsail) 132– Bladen Davis, Sr. (South Lenoir), 138– Dylan Shirley, Sr. (West Carteret), 138– Coy Deel, So. (West Craven), 144– Ashton Shield-Adams, Sr. (SW Onslow), 150– Kirick Gurkin, Jr. (North Brunswick), 157– Trenstin Bolden, So. (SW Onslow), 165– Jordyn Toliver, Sr. (Curituck Co.), 175– Josiah Daniel, Jr. (J.F. Webb), 175– Marquise Kelly, Sr. (Laney), 190– Clark Kellar, So. (Pasquotank Co.), 190– Lucky Horrell, Sr. (Hoggard), 190– Wisdom Mason, So. (North Pitt), 215– Nick Wade, Jr. (Rosewood), 285– Daniel Silver, Sr. (N.E.C.P.), 285– Antonio Nixon, Sr. (Heidi Trask)
Award Finalists for the James Johnson Memorial, Michael Stokes, Roy Heverly & Lee Caroll Awards;
113– Holton Quincy, So. (N.E.C.P.), 132– Stephen Rubistello, Jr. (Tarboro), 138– Ryan Mann, Sr. (N.E.C.P.), 144– Tobin McNair, So. (Wakefield), 150– Gerald “JJ” Johnson, Sr. (West Craven), 175– Noah Michael, Sr. (Franklinton), 190– Lucas Summers, Sr. (First Flight), 285– Jaden McClary, Jr. (Goldsboro)
2025 NCAA DIII wrestling championship qualifiers announced
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Wrestling Committee announced today the participants in the 2025 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.
The championships will be held March 14-15 at the Amica Mutual Pavillion (AMP) in Providence, Rhode Island. Johnson & Wales University will serve as the host.
A total of 210 participants will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championship by placing in the top three of their respective weight classes at one of the six NCAA regional tournaments held February 28, March 1, and 2. The complete list of all wrestlers competing in the championship is available at NCAA.com and the complete seeded bracket will be available on NCAA.com Tuesday, March 11. NCAA.com will stream all sessions.
➡️ Find the full list of qualifiers here. … more at … https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2025-03-03/2025-ncaa-diii-wrestling-championship-qualifiers-announced
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2025 Regional Results and NCAA Qualifiers
All NCAA Qualifiers Listed Here
1,139 wrestlers representing 124 teams competed in the regionals this weekend. 210 have moved on to the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
Region I | Preview | Results Johnson & Wales (192.5), Coast Guard (155.0), Castleton (151.5)
Region II | Preview | Results Stevens (153.0), Ithaca (115.5), Wilkes (112.0)
Region III | Preview | Results TCNJ (174.5), Alvernia (137.5), Messiah (128.5)
Region IV | Preview | Results Baldwin Wallace (180.0), Roanoke (154.5), Ohio Northern (150.5)
Region V | Preview | Results North Central (173.0), UW-Whitewater (142.5), Millikin (118.5)
Region VI | Preview | Results Wartburg (169.0), Loras (162.5), Coe (141.0)
Region VII | Preview | Results UW-La Crosse (192.5), Augsburg (186.0), … more at … https://www.d3wrestle.com/2025-regional-results-and-ncaa-qualifiers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025-regional-results-and-ncaa-qualifiers
The TDR Top 12 Men’s Team 2025
The Top 12 team listings of 1st team, 2nd team and Honorable Mentions will be posted early on Thursday, March 6th. Nominees for the top Awards will also be listed.
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Big Ten Network presents coverage of 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, March 8-9
The 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, featuring five of the top 10 teams in the country, begins Saturday, March 8, on the Big Ten Network with complete coverage of college wrestling’s premier conference event.
From 11 a.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET Saturday, March 8, the opening session, including the first round and quarterfinal duals, will be broadcast on BTN and B1G+. Session two on Saturday night begins at 6 p.m. ET on B1G+, with coverage of the wrestlebacks and consolation matches. On B1G+, individual mat cameras, as well as the quad box, will allow viewers to customize their experience. Television coverage resumes for Saturday night’s semifinals on BTN from 8 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET.
Coverage continues Sunday, March 9, as session three begins at 1 p.m. ET on B1G+ with individual mat cameras for the consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches. At 5:30 p.m. ET, television coverage resumes as Big Ten champions are crowned on Big Ten Network, with third and fifth-place bouts airing on B1G+.
Big Ten Network veterans Shane Sparks, Jim Gibbons, Tim Johnson and Zach Mackey will anchor the weekend television broadcasts on BTN.
Before the championships coverage kicks off, a new episode of On the Mat debuts at 10:30 a.m. ET, March 8. Ahead of the final session March 9, a new episode of B1G Live: Wrestling Pregame will air at 5 p.m. ET, as Rick Pizzo and Malik Amine preview the final rounds of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. A new episode of B1G Wrestling in 60: B1G Championships debuts Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. ET, recapping the action from the weekend. Additional coverage of all the wrestling championships will be included in new episodes of B1G Today and The B1G Show on the Big Ten Network, and a full schedule can be found at btn.com/shows. Throughout the championships, … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/03/big-ten-network-presents-coverage-of-2025-big-ten-wrestling-championships-march-8-9
Seeds For The 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships
The top 12 seeds for the 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships have been released.
Below are the top 12 seeds for the 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships in Coralville, Iowa, on March 7-8. Click here to order tickets or watch live for free on FloWrestling.
Click here for brackets (when available) on Trackwrestling.
103 Pounds
1. Rianne Murphy (Iowa)
2. Gabby Tedesco (McKendree)
3. Sterling Dias (Iowa)
4. Olivia Shore (Otterbein)
5. Rayana Sahagun (Grand Valley St.)
6. Jennesis Martinez (Colorado Mesa)
7. Odelia Lopez (Schreiner)
8. Avery Kibelbek (King)
9. Maddie Avila (North Central)
10. Genesis Ramirez (Aurora)
11. Brianne Graves (North Central)
12. Mia Zuniga (King)
110 Pounds
1. Sage Mortimer (Grand Valley St.)
2. Ava Bayless (Iowa)
3. Samara Chavez (King)
4. Kendra Ryan (North Central)
5. Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa)
6. Chloe Dearwester (Presbyterian)
7. Austria Holland (Adams State)
8. Dianna Holmes (King) … more at … https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/13871319-seeds-for-the-2025-national-collegiate-womens-wrestling-championships
As high school girls wrestling gains popularity, changes are sought and will be considered
The MSHSL will review a proposal to separate sections so more wrestlers will qualify for state.
Girls wrestling is facing growing pains.
In its first few years as a sanctioned sport, girls postseason tournaments have been set up differently than boys tournaments. In boys wrestling, each section tournament includes a single section and sends two wrestlers to state from each weight class. But each girls section tournament combines two sections. The rub comes when the threshold for wrestlers … more at … https://www.startribune.com/high-school-wrestling-state-championships-girls-changes-proposed-championship-video/601230115
NAIA Women’s Conference Championships: Setting the table for NAIA Nationals in Park City, Kansas
The NAIA hosted six women’s conference championship events this past weekend. The tournaments not only determined conference champion teams and athletes, but also serve as qualifiers for the NAIA Women’s National Championships, which will be held in Park City, Kansas, March 14-15.
On February 20, each conference was awarded automatic bids per weight class. Now that the qualifiers have been held, a 12-member committee will meet and select the remaining at-large qualifiers, until a field of 210 wrestlers has been determined. Seeding and brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. Central time on Friday, March 7.
NAIA Women’s Conference Automatic Allocations
Mid-South Conference, 51
Heart of America Conference, 41
Cascade Collegiate Conference, 30
Sooner Athletic Conference, 20
Great Plains Athletic Conference, 18
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, 18
This year’s NAIA conference champion teams, with their current NAIA team ranking, were:
Mid-South Conference champion – No. 1 Life
Heart of America Conference champion – No. 2 Grand View
Cascade Collegiate Conference champion – No. 5 Southern Oregon
Great Plains Athletic Conference champion – No. 10 Doane … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/03/naia-women-s-conference-championships-setting-the-table-for-naia-nationals-in-park-city-kansas
Brackets released for Big 12, NJCAA; NCWWC releases top seeds
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Beat the Streets National names James Mangan as its new Executive Director
Editor’s Notes ; Beat the Streets is a great organization for increasing wresling opportunities for Youth.
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Philadelphia, PA — Beat the Streets National (BTSN) is proud to announce that it has named James Mangan as its new Executive Director effective March 2, 2025.
A longtime champion of youth development and an accomplished leader, Mangan brings a wealth of experience from his tenure as Executive Director at Beat the Streets Philadelphia (BTSP), where he helped strengthen the organization’s operations, deepen community partnerships, and expand the reach of programs to underserved youth.
Mangan first joined Beat the Streets as a volunteer coach before stepping into the Executive Director role at BTSP in 2017. Under his guidance, the Philadelphia chapter experienced meaningful growth and impact. He successfully secured a transformative million-dollar gift, one of the largest philanthropic investments in Beat the Streets history, fueling BTSP’s program expansion and solidifying its long-term sustainability. Mangan also played a key role in professionalizing the chapter’s operations—developing staff, enhancing donor engagement, and forging robust school and community-based partnerships that increased access to wrestling, academic support, and personal development resources.
In addition to his accomplishments at BTSP, Mangan’s broader professional background (as detailed on his LinkedIn profile) highlights his dedication to empowering youth through mentorship and athletics. Raised in a community where similar programs provided him with vital support, Mangan understands the life-changing power of safe, structured sports environments and caring mentors. His personal journey fuels his passion for ensuring that every young person—regardless of background … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/03/beat-the-streets-national-names-james-mangan-as-its-new-executive-director
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