2019-2020 Wrestling Schedule

Nov 3 - Cal State Bakersfield
Nov 9 - Bison Open
Nov 17 - @ Daktronics Open
Nov 17 - Purdue
Nov 22 - @ Indiana
Nov 24 - @ Northwestern
Dec 1 - Augustana
Dec 6-7 - @ Las Vegas Invitational
Dec 29-30 - @ South Beach Duals
Jan 10 - Wyoming
Jan 19 - @ Iowa State
Jan 24 - Oklahoma
Feb 1 - @ Northern Colorado
Feb 3 - @ Utah Valley
Feb 8 - Fresno State
Feb 15 - Stanford
Feb 16 - Air Force
Feb 21 - @ SDSU
Mar 7-8 - Big 12 Championships - Tulsa
Mar 19-21 - NCAA Championships - Minneapolis

BOLD = Home Matches

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Nov 3 - Cal State Bakersfield
Nov 9 - Bison Open
Nov 17 - @ Daktronics Open
Nov 17 - Purdue
Nov 22 - @ Indiana
Nov 24 - @ Northwestern
Dec 1 - Augustana
Dec 6-7 - @ Las Vegas Invitational
Dec 29-30 - @ South Beach Duals
Jan 10 - Wyoming
Jan 19 - @ Iowa State
Jan 24 - Oklahoma
Feb 1 - @ Northern Colorado
Feb 3 - @ Utah Valley
Feb 8 - Fresno State
Feb 15 - Stanford
Feb 16 - Air Force
Feb 21 - @ SDSU
Mar 7-8 - Big 12 Championships - Tulsa
Mar 19-21 - NCAA Championships - Minneapolis

BOLD = Home Matches

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All winnable duals.

I like it. It doesn't look too hard or too easy. There should be a lot of competitive duals. I'm glad that they keep going to the CKLV.

The season kind of gets underway tonight with the green and gold scrimmage at 7pm. It's free to attend at the SHAC, and will be broadcast on the NDSU wrestling Facebook page. There aren't a lot of super intriguing matchups, but there are a few.

157 and HWT are the two most obvious highlights. Luke Weber, Nick Knutson, and Jared Franek all battling it out at 157. Weber and Knutson wrestle with the winner getting Franek. I don't know if you've seen the advertisement with Franek on it, but he looks like a monster.

Stibral vs Metz will likely be close again at HWT.

Outside of those two weights, I'm very interested in 141 and 184. 141 will see Sam Hampton return and we'll get to see what growth Dylan Droegemuller has made at 141. These two square off with the winner getting Degen/Stuhl. Michael Otomo is scheduled to wrestle at 174 after being the starter 184 last year, which is interesting. He'll have Jesse Shearer.

Outside of that, excited to see Corey Gamet and TJ Pottinger hit the mat.

Big surprise so far is rFr Jimmy Noel advancing past 2 time NCAA qualifier and top 20 at 174 Lorenzo De La Riva.

De La Riva got injured as Noel got a takedown. Noel then chose neutral and got another takedown and two nearfall before De La Riva injury defaulted.

Noel will take on Jesse Shearer or Michael Otomo, who are out there now.

rFr Jimmy Noel wins the 174 mini bracket with wins over De La Riva and Shearer. Noel was probably the 4th seed going into this too.

Franek beats Weber 7-5.

South Beach Duals are falling apart. We are headed to the Southern Scuffle instead.

What's up with Stribal? Thanks in advance.

What kind of line-up can we expect for the Bison open this year?

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I think everyone who’s healthy will be wrestling. Excited to be in Fargo this weekend.

Looks like no: Sykora, Van Maanen, De La Riva, or Shearer.

157 should be outstanding. Everyone in the bracket is legit, including a lot of young Gophers and some D2 AAs. I want to see a Weber-Brolsma semifinal

141 off to an interesting start for NDSU.

Degen trailed Rashidi Kipoka of Nothland CC (and Fargo South) early, before getting a fall.

Sam Hampton beat Marcus Polanco of Mn, who is a top 100 recruit from the 2019 class.

Dylan Droegemuller dropped a 5-3 dec to Carlson from SDSU. Carlson is really good, but Droegemuller was in deep on several shot and just couldn't finish.

We have 4 champions 57 Franek, Fogerty 65, Eaton at 97, and Metz at HWT. I like Ripplinger's results also taking 3rd at 33.

My thoughts:
125- I was really hoping to see Midkiff and McKee square off but Jordan had other ideas. Nice to see Midkiff bounce back and trounce Vega. Gamet had a nice win over Jordan, but I wasn't overly impressed with his offense throughout the day. I want to see him continue to develop some attacks and open it up this year.
133- Ripplinger was alright. Didn't wow me, but a third place finish is nothing to sneeze at. 133 was a very weak bracket overall.
141- I feel like Degen still has to be the starter, but Droegemuller is right there. Droegemuller lost to Carlson in two close matches and had a chance to beat him in both, and Carlson was the 2nd best guy in the bracket IMO. Degen got some wins, made the finals, and didn't do anything to lose the job.
149- Michael Weber looked pretty solid. He made some sloppy mistakes, but showed some very good flashes.
157- Nice day for Franek. Brolsma was an NCAA qualifier last year and is generally viewed as a top 15-25 guy at the weight. Weber had a disappointing day against some Minnesota youngsters. Weber needs to get back on his offense and re-focus. I will say that he got absolutely screwed in his consolation match vs Baylor Fernandes. He clearly had a takedown with 2 seconds left, but the ref refused to award it because the tapper had told the ref time expired and he blew the whistle.
165- Fogarty was solid.
174- Noel needs to figure out how to take his first period wrestling and apply it to the other two periods. He has flashes of brilliance, but they are pretty much exclusively in the first period. Brenner looked alright as well. Habisch had a really bad match.
184- Pottinger needs to get more aggressive on his feet. He just isn't opening it up and is allowing guys to hang around. Cressel looked good on his feet, but got sloppy on top. I was actually pleasantly surprised in Wokojance at different points today. I know he didn't place, but he showed some solid skill.
197- Great day for all three NDSU guys. Eaton was calm and in control all day and got an important win over MN starter Joles. Nelson had a big win over Dylan Anderson, who was the MN starter last year. Nelson really impressed me with his athleticism and looks like he has the perfect frame to add weight and become a really athletic heavyweight. I'm interested to see if he is a 197 or HWT long term. Witzig also beat MN starter Joles and nearly beat Anderson too.
HWT- Another solid performance by Metz. He was calm and in control all day. His match vs Wolters was executed very well and he didn't force anything.

Overall, I'm still not convinced we know who will be the starter at 141, 174, or 184. Franek seemed to cement his job at 157 today.

Is NDSU supposed to be any good this year?

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Is NDSU supposed to be any good this year?

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They should be decent at worst, and fairly good in my opinion. I'm hoping for a minimum top-3 at the Big 12 and a top-25 finish at the NCAA's.

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They should be decent at worst, and fairly good in my opinion. I'm hoping for a minimum top-3 at the Big 12 and a top-25 finish at the NCAA's.

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Top 3 doesn't leave a lot of margin for error. How do you have the teams ranked?

Especially with what Northern Colorado has looked like early on.

Nobody can touch OK State. Iowa State is solid top to bottom. UNC has a bunch of talent. UNI is always tough.

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Top 3 doesn't leave a lot of margin for error. How do you have the teams ranked?

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Especially with what Northern Colorado has looked like early on.

Nobody can touch OK State. Iowa State is solid top to bottom. UNC has a bunch of talent. UNI is always tough.

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I believe after Oklahoma State, it's a free for all to finish in the top half of the Big 12. OU, Fresno State, Wyoming and Utah Valley also have enough talent that could push their teams top half finish if they wrestle well at the Big 12 Championships.

Bunch of guys are registered for the Daktronics open in Brookings tomorrow. Should be a great test for the no starters as Nebraska, Minnesota, and SDSU all send a bunch of guys.

Michael Nelson and Ty Moser wrestled at the Cobber Open. Nelson beat the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and fifth place finishers on his way to the title. He beat Moser 4-0 and Moser wound up taking 4th. Nelson looks to be a very, very good find

Former NDSU wrestler Clay Ream decided to wrestle at the Wolfpack Open today. He didn’t want to cut any weight so he wrestled at 184 and ended up taking 3rd. Not too bad for someone who has only had five practices with a HS Team since April. LOL

184? Nice work!

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He's happily married man these days at 184 Big Bird. LOL Also he was accepted into a Med School in South carolina and will start that in July.

NDSU beat Augustana at the SHAC today. NDSU forfeited at 125 and lost at 133, where NDSU started true freshman Tyler Jones. NDSU also got Dylan Droegemuller his first NDSU start and started veteran backups Cole Witzig and Dan Stibral.

Cressell got his third straight start at 184, while Van Maanen got his first win of the year at 149.

NDSU will be back in action at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas tournament on Friday and Saturday. CKLV is probably the second or third toughest tournament of the NCAA season, behind the NCAA tournament (The B1G Tounrament being the other tough one).

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NDSU beat Augustana at the SHAC today. NDSU forfeited at 125 and lost at 133, where NDSU started true freshman Tyler Jones. NDSU also got Dylan Droegemuller his first NDSU start and started veteran backups Cole Witzig and Dan Stibral.

Cressell got his third straight start at 184, while Van Maanen got his first win of the year at 149.

NDSU will be back in action at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas tournament on Friday and Saturday. CKLV is probably the second or third toughest tournament of the NCAA season, behind the NCAA tournament (The B1G Tounrament being the other tough one).

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One could argue that the Big 10 is tougher than the NCAA due to the lack of “weak” competition.


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One could argue that the Big 10 is tougher than the NCAA due to the lack of “weak” competition.


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I think you could say the Big 10 is tougher to get X number of wins, but the NCAA is tougher to take Xth place. The CKLV is certainly the easiest of the three to pick up wins at. I could go either way on whether it is harder to place at Big 10 or CKLV.