College Wrestling News

Iowa-Penn State dual features #1 vs. #2 and ‘fresh’ meetings

By Mike Finn The Jan. 31 dual meet between No. 1 Iowa (8-0) and No. 2 Penn State (7-1) in Carver-Hawkeye Arena will give fans a better idea of who the...
Four Keystone State wrestlers will help No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 2 Penn State

Photo: These four natives of Pennsylvania — Spencer Lee (upper left), Austin DeSanto (upper right), Kaleb Young (lower left) and Michael Kemerer — will all represent No. 1 Iowa when the...
Cliff Keen Athletic endorses women’s freestyle wrestler Katherine Shai

Cliff Keen Athletic is pleased to announce that they have entered into a marketing and athlete endorsement deal with Women’s 53 KG Freestyle Wrestler Katherine Shai. Katherine joins Team Cliff Keen...
The Hildebrandts: Today’s New Wrestling Family

Photos: (Left) Sarah Hildebrandt (front) took this selfie of her family after last summer’s Final X that sent her to her third World Championships in women’s freestyle. Joining in the fun (from bottom...
Five freshmen at 184 highlight WIN’s Jan. 20 rankings

Editor’s Note: This is an updated release of WIN’s Jan. 20 rankings. NEWTON, Iowa — Oklahoma State’s Anthony Montalvo and Ohio State’s Rocky Jordan are among 12 newly-ranked wrestlers in WIN...
WIN Magazine’s January issue now available

The calendar has changed to January and the latest issue of Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine, printed Jan. 16, 2020, is now available. The next year will indeed be a special one, especially...
Steveson takes over top spot at heavyweight in WIN’s Jan. 13 ranks

(Photo: Minnesota’s Gable Steveson, who missed much of the first semester this college wrestling season, is now ranked No. 1 at heavyweight in WIN’s Jan. 13 rankings. The young Gopher finished...
Gross & Lugo new No. 1s, Purdue joins Top 10 in WIN’s Jan. 6 Rankings

Photo: Wisconsin’s Seth Gross (left) defeated Iowa’s Austin DeSanto in the 2019 Midlands to take over No. 1 spot at 133 pounds in WIN’s Jan. 6 rankings. Iowa’s Pat Lugo (right)...
2019-20 ASICS Race for Hodge Trophy Update

As the NCAA Division I college season moves into January, there are 17 different wrestlers who are still considered contenders to win the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented...
Northwestern’s Deakin new No. 1 at 157 in WIN’s Dec. 9 Rankings

Photo: Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin (top), who finished sixth in last year’s NCAA tournament, defeated NC State’s Hayden Hidlay for the 157-pound championship in last weekend’s Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and...