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Nebraska closes regular season with win over Illinois University of Nebraska Sports Information 2/21/2021 Winning seven individual matches on the day, the Nebraska wrestling team closed the 2021 regular season with a 25-9 win over Illinois on Sunday in Champaign, Ill. The Huskers finish the conference-only slate 7-1, going undefeated in the last six duals of the regular season. The Huskers earned bonus points in three matches, picking up major decisions at 174 and 184 ...

Heavyweight Gable Steveson continued his dominance, earning a pin in 34 seconds.

Minnesota overpowers Illinois 2/5/2021 MINNEAPOLIS -- The No. 10 Gopher wrestling team (5-2) won five of the last six matches to defeat No. 13 Illinois (4-2), 25-13, on Friday night at Maturi Pavilion. Fifth-year senior Owen Webster upset No. 7 Zac Braunagel at 184 pounds, while top-ranked heavyweight Gable Steveson pinned sixth-ranked Luke Luffman in just 34 seconds to close out the dual. Sophomore Patrick McKee gave the Gophers an early 3-0 lead with a 4-2 decision against No....

Recapping #1 Iowa wrestling's dominant win over #9 Illinois.

Iowa Wrestling: No. 1 Iowa breaks Illinois, 36-6: Full Recap Share this story Hawkeyesports.com The upstart Fighting Illini of Illinois tried to do what no one else could. They strutted into Carver-Hawkeye Arena with their 4-0 record, looking for their first win against Iowa since Steve Martin’s classic “The Pink Panther” reigned king supreme at the box office in 2006. Alas, they left just like everyone else, kicking snow with their tail’s tucked firmly between their legs. Perhaps they�...

Iowa is still really, really good and 4 more college wrestling lessons learned Hawkeye heroes claim 23 wrestling team titles Share The consistent storyline thus far in the 2021 wrestling season is the dominance of the Iowa Hawkeyes. This team further separated itself from the rest of the Big Ten conference over the weekend with a dominating 36-6 win over No. 9 Illinois. Questions, however, still remain around how much of a threat Penn State will be to an Iowa title and how many All-Americans ...

KAMP: Good riddance to 2020 Matt Kamp, mkamp@edwpub.net FacebookTwitterEmail It was a year that started with so much promise and ended in such disappointment. Luke Odom was on well his way to becoming Edwardsville’s second state champion in wrestling in three years and the Father McGivney girls basketball team was making history with each win it picked up at a frantic pace. Thankfully, the area was able to witness both those paths come to an end with Odom winning his state title in the 160-p...