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Championship Rewind
NAIA Championships
Vikings Capture 11th National Championship in Program History | Grand View Athletics
No. 1 Grand View wrestling claims their 11th NAIA National Championship team title in program history. Along with the team title, Grand View had three individual national champions that were crowned at 141, 197, and 285.
The weekend saw multiple program bests for the Life University men's wrestling program at the NAIA Men's Wrestling Championships, the team placing six guys in championship bouts with three of them earning the highest honors as the Running Eagles recorded a second place finish in Hartman Arena.
Wrestling Third at NAIA Nationals – Southeastern University Athletics
Southeastern matched its best finish at the NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship, finishing third as a team for the second year in a row.
NJCAA Championships
Western Wyoming Claims First NJCAA Wrestling Championship – NJCAA
Western Wyoming claimed its first NJCAA Wrestling Championship title Saturday in Council Bluffs.
Indian Hills wins first NJCAA Women’s Invitational, ahead of runner-up Umpqua – TheMat.com
1 Indian Hills 287, 2 Umpqua 230, 3 Iowa Western 150.5
NWCA Announces Each of the Three NJCAA National Coach of the Year Winners. | NWCA
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) awarded the National Coach of the Year Awards to the top coaches in each of the three NJCAA Divisions: Men’s Scholarship, Men’s Non-Scholarship, and Women’s, during the NJCAA Championship Finals on Saturday evening.
NCWWC Championships
Led by three individual champions and 15 All-Americans, North Central, a Div. III school in Illinois, won its first National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships with an amazing team effort at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse.
Division I Conferences
Wrestling Wins Big Ten Championship – Penn State Athletics
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-0, 8-0 B1G) stormed the field to claim the 2023 Big Ten Championship, winning the school's seventh conference title.
The Cornell wrestling team crowned six champions, including four first-timers, but was headlined by a four-timer as the Big Red ran away with the team title at the 2023 EIWA Championship at the Palestra.
NC State wins fifth straight ACC wrestling championship – NC State University Athletics
The NC State wrestling team got one for the thumb, winning a fifth straight ACC championship.
The University of Missouri wrestling team won its 12th-consecutive conference championship by claiming the 2023 Big 12 wrestling title Sunday, March 5, at the BOK Center.
Back-To-Back: Lock Haven Wins Second Consecutive MAC Championship – Mid-American Conference
The Lock Haven University men's wrestling team brought home the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship for the second straight year today at the 2023 MAC Championships hosted by George Mason.
App State claims 2023 SoCon wrestling championship – Southern Conference
App State won the Southern Conference Wrestling Championship on Saturday at the Holmes Convocation Center in Boone, North Carolina.
Oregon State won its 24th Pac-12 Wrestling Championship in Stanford, California on Sunday. The Beavers completed a dominant day in Maples Pavilion that clinched the first team title since 2016.
More College News
Two-time National Champion Asia Ray Chooses Life – FloWrestling
Asia Ray, a two-time national champion at Wayland Baptist, will compete for Life University next season.
Prior to the final session of the 119th Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) a pair of former Penn grapplers were inducted into the EIWA Hall of Fame. Clint Matter C'97 W'97 and Rick Springman EAS'02 Gr'09, made up half of the EIWA Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
2023 NCAA Preview: 157 lbs. – d3wrestle.com
Sorting out the top of 157 is quite the ordeal, as nobody has gotten through the season unscathed. Hollingsworth beat Zeke Smith in the regional final after losing earlier and gave Hertel one of his two losses.
NWCA Releases Final NCAA Division II Men's Rankings | NWCA
With the NCAA Division II National Championships coming for 50 of NCAA DII’s 64 teams, the top two ranked teams in the NWCA Division II Coaches Rankings stayed the same. Central Oklahoma held the top spot heading into the season’s final event, in the rankings complied from the DII ranking committee’s seeding released Friday afternoon.
A dominating regional tournament performance was more than enough to keep Central Oklahoma atop the final National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II rankings that were released Friday.
Four of the six St. Cloud State Wrestling national qualifiers are seeded as the NCAA released their initial National Championships brackets on Friday afternoon.
Honoring Larry Fornicola – Keystone College Athletics
Virtually everyone at Keystone College remembers Larry Fornicola as the Giants' great Hall of Fame wrestling coach. To members of his team, however, Larry was so much more than that.
International News
Edmonton to play host to 2023 Canadian Team Trials – Wrestling Canada Lutte – Wrestling Canada Lutte
Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is proud to announce that Edmonton will host the 2023 Canadian Team Trials, Dec. 15-17 at the Saville Centre, at the University of Alberta. The event will see Senior age group wrestlers compete to qualify for participation at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women’s Wrestling.
The United States closed out the final day of the Dan Kolov/Nikola Petrov International on Sunday with three medals, including its first gold medal of the weekend.
The United States added four more medals at the Dan Kolov/Nikola Petrov International on Saturday.
Aidan Nutter Places 5th at '23 Nikola Petrov Memorial in Bulgaria – Five Point Move
Aidan Nutter (63 kg, NYAC/NTS) exhibited poise and conviction on the mat this week and the result is a fifth-place finish from a top-tier international Senior tournament.
The United States won four medals at the Dan Kolov/Nikola Petrov International on Friday.
Ryder Smith Places 5th to Conclude USA Performance at '23 Petrov – Five Point Move
The acquisition of experience was earmarked as the primary motive for a band of athletes from Northern Michigan University’s National Training Site to travel all the way to Bulgaria.
High School & Youth News
The field was loaded in the Junior division of the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals, which completed on Saturday night with a star-studded finals.
There was a strong field of 16U girls competing for national titles and All-American honors today at the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals.
Podcasts & Video
Conference Championships Weekend Rundown with BASCH & The Brain | Ep. 185 by BASCHAMANIA
What a weekend the Conference Championships was! On today's Monday show ‘Basch & The Brain' dive into all of the happenings of the weekend, starting with Big 12's and then going all the way through Big 10's.
Conference Weekend Recap + Live Reaction To Carr vs O'Toole II | FloWrestling Radio Live (Ep. 904)
JD, CP, and Ben recap an eventful conference weekend + see their in-real-time live reactions to David Carr vs Keegan O'Toole II.
Episode 86 – 2023 Regional Results by D3 Nation
Catch up on all the 2023 DIII Regional Results, who made the NCAA field, and what teams have positioned themselves well heading into the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Training Youth Wrestlers – Wrestling Mindset
What does it take to build a champion? This week, Wrestling Mindset owners Gene and Jeff Zanetti discuss in depth how parents can help teach their kids about having the right mindset to enjoy wrestling or any other sport, and not just be in it for the wins.
In this episode, Donald interviews the Champions and Second place finishers of the 2023 NJSIAA Girls State Tournament in Atlantic City.
In this episode, Donald interviews the area medalists at the 2023 NJSIAA Boys Wrestling State Championship Tournament in Atlantic City.
Always great having my friend Jordan Oliver back on the show, and the timing for today's episode was no accident! This week JO & Bellator announced that he had signed an MMA contract and would start fighting this year!
