Ronnie Perry at the 2018 NCAA Tournament (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Little more than a decade ago, Ronnie Perry was a rising senior at Solanco High School with a 66-26 career record, zero appearances (let alone medals) at Pennsylvania's high school state tournament, a...

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"Grow the sport," it's a phrase we have all shouted proudly as any wrestler or fan knows, wrestling is truly the greatest sport of all time. The idea of standing alone on a mat with one opponent in front of you, ready to take you down, ready to give everything they have to stop you from stepping fo...

2019 NCAA Champion Mekhi Lewis (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard suppor...

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Aaron Pico in the 2016 Olympic Team Trials (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The UFC event on Saturday is uncharacteristically light on former wrestlers, but that is not the case for the Bellator show on the same night. The card will feature several former college wrestlers ...

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2x Minnesota All-American Patrick McKee (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) During the 2021-22 preseason InterMat debuted our top-50 wrestlers list and revealed all 50 day-by-day in the lead up to the regular season. Our second iteration of this feature will spotlight five wrestlers a...

The Purdue wrestling crew is back for season four episode four of the Always Aggressive podcast. A new member joins the ranks alongside head coach Tony Ersland and company to talk all things Boilermaker wrestling with wrestle offs just one month away.  Coach Ersland breaks down what stood out t...

Rutgers Assistant Coach Joe Pollard (left) at the 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the fall semester underway, college wrestlers are busy not only acclimating to their new slate of classes but also preparing for the upcoming season, all while tr...

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Nick Suriano at the 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club announced today (Wednesday, Sept. 28) the addition of two-time NCAA champion Nick Suriano to its senior-level freestyle roster. Suriano, who captur...

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm,Tanner Lipsett and the newest member of the Boilermaker Wrestling family, Assistant Strategic Communications Director William Soulé to discuss the Big Ten schedule, the first round of preseason rankings and the fact that Wrestle-Offs are exactly a month away.

World & Olympic champion and Morgan State head coach Kenny Monday New Morgan State head wrestling coach Kenny Monday joins the show to talk about his new role as the Baltimore-based HBCU is relaunching its wrestling program in 2023-24. Monday was a three-time All-American and 1984 NCAA champion...

World & Olympic champion and Morgan State head coach Kenny Monday New Morgan State head wrestling coach Kenny Monday joins the show to talk about his new role as the Baltimore-based HBCU is relaunching its wrestling program in 2023-24. Monday was a three-time All-American and 1984 NCAA champion...

New Morgan State head wrestling coach Kenny Monday joins the show to talk about his new role as the Baltimore-based HBCU is relaunching its wrestling program in 2023-24. Monday was a three-time All-American and 1984 NCAA champion at Oklahoma State. He climbed the podium at the highest levels with an...

2x NCAA All-American Jack Mueller (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard sup...

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The 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia saw the United States come away with an impressive medal count in women's freestyle and a second-place team finish. How does that stack up with the all-time counts where the U.S. has competed? Here's the year-by-year chart of gold, silver and bronzes ...

2x NCAA All-American Vito Arujau (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Earlier today, InterMat released our preseason rankings. With ten weight classes and two sets of team rankings, there can be a lot of information to sift through. That's why we've put together "Beyond the Rankings," ...

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2x Big 12 champion Demetrius Romero (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a di...

New Iowa Hawkeye Real Woods (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The transfer portal. It's the mysterious new development in college athletics that signals the downfall of civilization if you're an old-school college football fan. While having the access to transfer rather fre...

2x NCAA qualifier for Gardner-Webb Rodrick Mosley (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Every year there are wrestlers that have "breakout" seasons. Whether it's wrestlers that are coming off a strong redshirt season, or young wrestlers who have a big jump from experience in the next se...

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2013 NCAA All-American Ugi Khishignyam (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a...

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Building a winning wrestling program at the collegiate level doesn't happen overnight. Unless you hire Tom Brands or Cael Sanderson, it's a multi-year process. For everyone else, it usually requires a few years to put your own stamp on the program and a culture change. The last two words may be th...

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The first Premier National League (PNL) wrestling event will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Aurora, Illinois. The PNL features eight of the nation's top wrestling clubs in tiered competition focused on development of the next level of college and international wrestlers. On this episode of ...

Zack Ryder at the 2022 U17 World Team Trials (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With most of the very top-level recruits from the Class of 2023 already spoken for, it's time for most schools to focus their attention on the current high school juniors. That was the case for Pe...

The 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia saw the United States come away empty handed in the medal count in Greco-Roman. Here's the year-by-year chart of gold, silver and bronzes won by Team USA with the note of how many weights there were and how many medals were awarded.

2021 NCAA All-American Clay Carlson (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard s...

Bo Nickal at the 2020 Olympic Trials (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The UFC has a rare weekend off and this weekend in the MMA world overall is not particularly stacked. However, there are a few key fights that wrestling fans might not want to miss. Friday: Bellator 285...

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The show WILL go on as Episode 97 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is once again joined by head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio and host Brian Reinhardt. There’s been some news floating around about the status of said host, preseason, and the schedule.  Show Segments 1:00 – Preseason W...

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The crew at MatStats continues their study on potential changes on team scoring.  This Episode examines the concept of continuing the Margin of Victory dual meet scoring with the inclusion of Placement Points for tournaments.  Using the data from Men's D1 Championships (1988-1992 & 2017-2022), ...

Austin Gomez in the 2022 Big Ten Semifinals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's officially preseason for NCAA Wrestling. It's time to really start reflecting on what's to come. Storylines, potential matchups, events, and all of the spectacle and fanfare that come with a college w...

The first Premier National League (PNL) wrestling event will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Aurora, Illinois. The PNL features eight of the nation's top wrestling clubs in tiered competition focused on development of the next level of college and international wrestlers. On this episode of ...

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Princeton Director of Operations Julia Salata (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Growing up, Julia Salata was always surrounded by boys. Being an only child, she was at the mercy of the children in her neighborhood - which happened to be very male-dominant. Because of this, s...

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The 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia saw the United States come away with an impressive medal count in men's freestyle. How does that stack up with the all-time counts where the U.S. has competed? Here's the year-by-year chart of gold, silver and bronzes won by Team USA with the note of ...

Legend Lamer (left) at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) There have been some legendary sibling combos in NCAA history. The first ones that come to mind are the Brands, Smiths, and Schultz's. However, a new brother combo may become the next best...

David Taylor in the 2022 World finals against Hassan Yazdani (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) The U.S. men's freestyle team brought home the team title with a 48-point margin over second place Iran. Along the way, the team won medals in eight of 10 weights and finished with four gold medals. ...

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Purdue wrestling is gearing up for another big season on the mat and the on the recruiting trail. The crew gets together again to discuss all of that and more on another episode of the Always Aggressive podcast. Head coach Tony Ersland starts off by discussing how excited the team is to be back on c...

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Iowa transfer Felicity Taylor at Final X NYC Another jam-packed summer of wrestling is behind us and the academic year has begun at colleges with women's wrestling across the country. We take a look at where the best high school recruits in the class of 2022 will be suiting up in college, as well as...

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Amit Elor in the 2022 Senior World Finals (photos courtesy of Martin Gabor/UWW) In reviewing the results of the 2022 Senior World Championships, I noticed that three of the four champions for the United States of America, in men's freestyle, were over 30 years old. That generally goes against the ty...

Yianni Diakomihalis (left) and Joey McKenna in the 2021 World Team Trials finals (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're only one day removed from the final whistles being blown at the 2022 Senior World Championships, but with that in mind, there's nothing that says we can't look a...

2022 86 kg world champion David Taylor (photo courtesy of Martin Gabor/UWW) It's the Monday after the 2022 Senior World Championships. The smoke has cleared and all of the action has concluded. We'll have some more World Championship-related content, but before then, take a look at the Americans who...

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2022 61 kg World Champion Rei Higuchi of Japan (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) 61 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match: Rei Higuchi (Japan) over Reza Atri (Iran) 10-0 Bronze Medal Match: Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia) over Seth Gross (USA) 12-0 Bronze Medal Match: Narankhuu Narmandakh (Mongo...

97 kg world champion Kyle Snyder (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) The 2022 Senior World Championships wrapped up Sunday from Belgrade, Serbia, as the medal matches for the final three men's freestyle weights took place. Saturday's action officially wrapped up a team title for the United Stat...

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2022 world bronze medalist Stevan Micic (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) 57 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match: Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania) over Thomas Gilman (USA) 7-2 Bronze Medal Match: Zanabazar Zandanbud (Mongolia) over Wanhao Zuo (China) Fall 4:33 Bronze Medal Match: Stevan Micic...

Four-time World Champion Kyle Dake (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) A day after the men's freestyle claimed a pair of gold medals in men's freestyle, Kyle Dake added another and continued to add to his legacy. Dake won his fourth world title with a 3-2 victory over the opponent he defeated f...

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2022 World Champion Taha Akgul (photos courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) 70 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match: Taishi Narikuni (Japan) over Zain Retherford (USA) 10-0 Bronze Medal Match: Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan) over Naveen (India) 4-1 Bronze Medal Match: Zurabi Iakobishvili (Georgia) over...

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Jordan Burroughs after winning his seventh World/Olympic title (photos courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) If you're reading this you likely just watched Jordan Burroughs etch his name into American wrestling history once again. Since the 1992 Olympics, John Smith's six world/Olympic titles have been th...

From left, Seth Gross, Yianni Diakomihalis, and Kyle Snyder (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 61 KG Title Contenders #3 Rei Higuchi (JPN) - 2016 Ziolkowski champ, 2016 Olympic runner-up 2016 Macedonian Pearl champion, 2016 57 KG Astana OG Qualifier champion, 2017 61 KG A...

Jordan Burroughs (left) and David Taylor (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) Friday proved to be the most eventful day of the 2022 World Championships, thus far, at least from an American perspective. The first three American finalists in the men's freestyle division were in action and there were...

2022 70 kg World Finalist Zain Retherford (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) In the wake of Zain Retherford's semifinal win, I couldn't help but think about the various trajectories that these guys go through before they finally reach the top. We've been blessed with so much young talent in rece...

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Class A 1 Omaha South 2 Omaha Central 3 Grand Island 4 Millard South 5 Millard North 6 Millard West 7 Lincoln East 8 Lincoln North Star 9 Lincoln Southwest 10 Lincoln High 11 Omaha Burke 12 Omaha Westside 13 Papillion-LaVista South 14 Creighton Prep 15 Lincoln Southeast 16 Papillion-LaVista 17 Omaha...

2022 59 kg World Champion Anastasia Nichita of Moldova (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) 57 kg Women's Freestyle Gold Medal Match: Tsugumi Sakurai (Japan) over Helen Maroulis (USA) 3-0 Bronze Medal Match: Anhelina Lysak (Poland) over Davaachimeg Erkhembayar (Mongolia) 10-6 Bronze Medal Mat...

David Taylor in the 2022 World semifinals (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) The semifinal round was kicked off by Zain Retherford, who was on the precipice of his first Senior world medal. Standing between him, a medal, and the 70 kg world finals was a highly-decorated opponent in Zurabi Iako...

From left, Thomas Gilman, Kyle Dake, J'den Cox (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Another year, another world championship. Even without the inclusion of returning World/Olympic champions Russia, the competition in Belgrade will be excellent with headlining matchups brewing...

2022 World Champions Tamyra Mensah-Stock (left) and Amit Elor (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) History was made for Team USA in the very last match of the women's freestyle tournament at the 2022 World Championship. 18-year-old Amit Elor became the youngest American wrestler to win a Senior ...

70 kg world team member Zain Retherford (photo courtesy of Ben Mrad Bayrem/UWW) The first four weight classes for men's freestyle took the mat Thursday morning at the 2022 World Championships. In doing so, the American team made its presence felt. Three of the four team members punched their ticket...

Three-time World Champion Yui Susaki (photo courtesy of Kostadin Andonov/UWW) 50 kg Women's Freestyle Gold Medal Match: Yui Susaki (Japan) over Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia) Fall 1:23 Bronze Medal Match: Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) over Emilia Vuc (Romania) 10-0 Bronze Medal Match: Anna Lukasiak (...

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61 kg world team member Seth Gross (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 57 kg Men's Freestyle 61 kg Men's Freestyle 65 kg Men's Freestyle 70 kg Men's Freestyle 74 kg Men's Freestyle 79 kg Men's Freestyle 86 kg Men's Freestyle 92 kg Men's Freestyle 97 kg Men's Fr...

2022 53 kg World Champion Dom Parrish (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) Wednesday afternoon saw the "Star Spangled Banner" being played for the first time as Dom Parrish captured the gold medal and a first world title at 53 kg. Parrish got on the board with a double leg early in the first perio...

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to discuss the team, the recruiting process and other hot-button issues in College Athletics.

Helen Maroulis at the 2022 World Championships (photo courtesy of Martin Gabor/UWW) The Wednesday morning round from the US women's freestyle team was easily the best session of the Senior World Championships thus far, for any American squad. Three of the four women starting their tournaments today ...

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Five-time Greco-Roman world champion Riza Kayaalp of Turkey (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) 60 kg Greco-Roman Gold Medal Match: Zholaman Sharshenbekov (Kryzgystan) over Edmond Nazaryan (Bulgaria) 11-2 Bronze Medal Match: Aidos Sultangali (Kazakhstan) over Krisztian Kecskemeti (Hungary) 7-1...

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2021 NCAA All-American Clay Carlson (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard s...

2022 53 kg world finalist Dom Parrish (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) Tuesday marked the first day of the 2022 Senior World Championships with four women's freestyle weights being contested. Before getting to the new weights, two American women were competing for medals, Kayla Miracle at 62...

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