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The Cornell wrestling team picked up a signature win, handing third-ranked Arizona State its first dual loss of the season and controlled throughout in a 19-12 victory over the Sun Devils on Wednesday evening at the FloWrestling Duals.
Match Notes: #6 Cornell Finishes Strong In Back & Forth Dual With #10 ASU – FloWrestling
#6 Cornell Finishes Strong In Back & Forth Dual With #10 ASU – FloWrestling
Iowa wrestling: Spencer Lee and Drake Ayala, HS rankings and more – Des Moines Register
OK, onto the Wrestling Mailbag, the first one of 2023. Hopefully, I'm the last to tell you Happy New Year, but I hope we're all excited for the 2023 portion of the 22-23 season. It's going to be a blast.
Improving Wisconsin wrestling team will be tested vs. No. 1 Penn State – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chris Bono and his wrestlers should soon learn where they stand in the Big Ten pecking order this season.
InterMat Wrestling – FCW's Week 10 Fantasy Outlook (1/4 -1/8/23)
After a lull in the holiday season, Week 9 brought in a lot of fantasy points and may have had some major moves within your league (especially for Cumulative Point Leagues).
WIN’s Jan. 4 Rankings preview big duals to start 2023 this weekend – WIN Magazine
The holidays are over and NCAA Division I college wrestling teams will now focus on their dual-meet schedules.
InterMat Wrestling – EIWA Conference Recap (1/4/23)
We had a lot of action over the holiday break. The perennial midseason classics like the Midlands and Southern Scuffle are back, with many EIWA schools in action. The Soldier Salute, in Iowa, is new this season – which also had some EIWA teams participating.
Chattanooga’s Palmer named SoCon Wrestler of the Week – Southern Conference
Chattanooga’s Brayden Palmer has been named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for all competition from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. The selection is made by the league office.
Olejnik Tabbed MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week – NIU Athletics
In addition to his Mid-American Conference Wrestler of the Week award. No. 9 redshirt senior Izzak Olejnik of the Northern Illinois University wrestling team earned his inaugural MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor, the conference office announced Wednesday.
University of Michigan wrestling head coach Sean Bormet announced Wednesday (Jan. 4) the addition of three-time NCAA champion and Hodge Trophy winner Alex Dieringer to the Wolverines' staff as recruiting and video coordinator.
Pitt’s Reece Heller Garners ACC Wrestler of the Week – Pitt Panthers #H2P
For the fourth time already during the 2022-23 college wrestling team, Pitt pulled in an ACC Wrestler of the Week honor as Reece Heller was recognized by the league on Tuesday.
Northern Colorado's Andrew Alirez won the NCAA Wrestler of the Week and received his second Big 12 Wrestler of the Week this season to kick off 2023.
Five Things We Learned About the Big Ten This Week (1/4/23) | InterMat
Holiday wrestling staples – Midlands and the Southern Scuffle – were back in full force this year, along with the inaugural Soldier Salute in Iowa, giving wrestling fans plenty of options for entertainment and plenty of excuses to escape excessive family festivities.
Division III
Wrestling takes down McDaniel – Elizabethtown College Athletics
Though the Elizabethtown College wrestling team trailed early against McDaniel Wednesday afternoon, the Blue Jays quickly came back to take the lead and stayed in front as they took down the Green Terror, 29-14. Etown won six of the ten weight classes.
NAIA
Men’s Wrestling Drops 37-6 Loss at Emmanuel – Brewton-Parker College
Brewton-Parker men's wrestling returned to action on Wednesday evening with a road contest at NCAA DII opponent Emmanuel (Ga.) in Franklin Springs, Georgia.
NJCAA
NJCAA Rankings – January 4, 2023 | Mat Talk Almanac
Individual and Team Rankings for the NJCAA for January 4, 2023.
High School News
Girls wrestling is on the rise in New York | Observer Today
Fredonia coach Ross Conti called female wrestling “the fastest growing sport in country.”
Centennial's Barnhart building toward state-championship aspirations | Sports | news-gazette.com
The next-man-up mentality doesn’t apply merely to a sports team when it suffers injuries.
Wrestling is all in the family for BOLD's Kieckers – West Central Tribune
Brothers Austin and Brady Kiecker aim for returns to the state tournament and sister Ava hopes to join them this year.
Brevan and Tylin Thrine know this is it. This is the only chance they will get in high school to wrestle together. The New Castle brothers are hoping to make this a year to remember.
Seven highlights for Pennsylvania wrestlers at another big-time POWERade tournament.
New sense of normalcy returns to Lamorinda Wrestling – Lamorinda Weekly
With the pandemic in the rear-view mirror, the turnout numbers for the Lamorinda wrestling teams have all shown an increase. The lower numbers were attributed to the reluctance of athletes that had been deterred from going out for wrestling, but a new sense of normalcy has returned.
Podcasts & Video
District 4 podcast: Warrior Run and Montoursville put on a great show | PA Power Wrestling
In this week's episode of the District 4 Wrestling podcast, Mitch Rupert and Frank Dimon break down how #13 Warrior Run beat #20 Montoursville.
FRL 878 – Southern Scuffle Recap & Solving The Medical Forfeit Problem – FloWrestling
Christian Pyles, Ben Askren, and Jon Kozak recap the 2023 Southern Scuffle and discuss the increasing problem of medical forfeits in college wrestling.
Does College Wrestling Have A Problem? Midlands, Scuffle, Soldier Salute – Stalemates
Does College Wrestling Have A Problem? Midlands, Scuffle, Soldier Salute..
Mat Chat Prepcast Episode 3 – Rollie Lane Preview – IdahoSports.com
Join the IdahoSports.com Wrestling Staff as they preview the upcoming Rollie Lane Invite live at 8:00 PM Mountain Time, 7:00 PM Pacific. We'll take your questions and shout outs live on the air!
