Grand Canyon heavyweight Tyrell Fortune put together a dominating season in 2012-13 and was named the NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year on Wednesday. Fortune went 37-1 with a school-record 20 falls and five major decisions, going a perfect 20-0 against Division II opponents. The junior standout captured the Division II national championship on [...]
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EDMOND, Okla. – St. Cloud State (Minn.) maintained its stranglehold on the NCAA Division II wrestling rankings Wednesday as the Huskies stayed atop the latest Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll. SCSU received all eight first-place votes in balloting of head coaches from around the country to finish with 160 points as the unanimous No. [...]
EDMOND, Okla. – St. Cloud State (Minn.) took over as the new No. 1 team in NCAA Division II wrestling, topping the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll that was released Wednesday. The Huskies captured the NWCA Division II National Duals title for the second consecutive year last weekend in Springfield, Ill. and received all [...]
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 EDMOND, Okla. – Nebraska-Kearney is the unanimous No. 1 pick in the first regular season NCAA Division II wrestling rankings of the season, with the defending champion Lopers capturing all eight first-place votes in the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll that was released Wednesday. UNK — which won its [...]
PHOENIX (Nov. 27, 2012) – Grand Canyon University announced today it has accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference and will begin the process of reclassification from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I status in athletics during the 2013-14 academic year. GRAND CANYON ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SPEAKS WITH SCOTT CASBER OF TAKEDOWN MEDIA [...]
By Mike Finn The wrestling program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha may be dead but the legacy of the Mavericks and their legendary coach Mike Denney will live on. That is the goal of Zach Dominguez, who will officially name the wrestling room of the Maverick Wrestling Club in the Omaha suburb of [...]
EDMOND, Okla. — St. Cloud State (Minn.) maintained its stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking the NCAA Division II wrestling poll that was released Wednesday by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. The Huskies were the unanimous pick after receiving all eight first-place votes in balloting of coaches from around the country, finishing with [...]
EDMOND, Okla. — St. Cloud State (Minn.) reclaimed the No. 1 ranking the NCAA Division II wrsestling poll that was released Wednesday by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. The Huskies were the preseason No. 1 pick before dropping to third in the first regular-season rankings, but SCSU was the unanimous pick this time [...]
By Mike Finn Some people consider wrestling the sport of Abraham Lincoln, considering the 16th United States president first made his name known when Lincoln squared off against Jack Armstrong in this Midwest state years before Abe entered the White House. If this is indeed true, than what better place for the National Wrestling Coaches [...]
EDMOND, Okla. – St. Cloud State (Minn.) enters the 2011-12 season as the No. 1 team in NCAA Division II wrestling, according to the preseason poll released by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association Wednesday. The Huskies, coming off a best-ever runner-up finish in last year’s national tournament, received four of the eight first-place [...]
