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What to watch for as Rutgers wrestling opens Big Ten Championships, including Dylan Shawver’s lineup debut Updated Mar 06, 2021; UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dylan Shawver is jumping right into the fire, but Rutgers believes he is ready. The freshman 125-pounder will make his debut in the Scarlet Knights’ lineup at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday. Shawver, a three-time Ohio state medalist, wrestled only two extra bouts earlier this year but knocked off the struggling Nicolas Aguilar in a ...

Rutgers wrestling’s John Poznanski, Sebastian Rivera roll into Big Ten semifinals, 7 Scarlet Knights still in contention Updated Mar 06, 2021; Facebook Share A lot more, too. Rutgers’ freshman 184-pounder avenged his only loss of the season, pinning Minnesota’s Owen Webster after a reversal to advance to the semifinal round of the Big Ten Championships on Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center. Poznanski also clinched an automatic qualifier spot for the NCAA Championships on March 18-20 in ...

Copy shortlink: On another warm day at the Nordic world ski championships, Jessie Diggins wore a uniform more suited for summer training than for winter racing. The Afton native tried to stay cool in shorts and short sleeves Tuesday, but she just missed the medals with a finishing fourth in the 10-kilometer freestyle. Temperatures in Oberstdorf, Germany, reached 58 degrees at race time and felt even toastier under a bright sun. Norways Therese Johaug won in 23 minutes, 9...

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images As a note, all rankings are courtesy of Intermat, who do a good job and don’t charge me money to view them. Team rankings are dual rankings, not tournament. Should Iowa be wary of a slow start coming off of covid pause? That’s more or less what Kind of... asked me after Michigan lost to Penn State on Sunday. Well, yes and no. Penn State came off their pause by losing a couple big matches to Indiana wrestlers (need I say more?), and Michigan looked pretty ...

Big Ten Wrestling Championships 2021: 125-pound preview, prediction Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Iowas Spencer Lee is the heavy favorite to win the 125-pound title at the 2021 Big Ten Championships.James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share But Spencer Lee is one of them. The two-time Iowa national champion and top-ranked 125-pounder is an overwhelming favorite to win his second conference title at the 2021 Big Ten Championships on March 6-7 at Penn State. Here is ...

Wrestling: ‘Cats struggle against top-10 Minnesota Tight matches and upsets help Gophers take down NU. Share this story Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images Northwestern traveled to Minneapolis last Sunday in what may have been its last regular-season dual of the year. Coming off of a solid ranked win against Wisconsin a week prior, the ‘Cats looked to carry that momentum into a tough match against the Golden Gophers but managed to pick up only two wins in a 29-10 loss. With its February 19...

College wrestling: Penn State tops Michigan and other headlines from last weekend Oklahoma States Daton Fix reads heartfelt letter from his parents Share Fireworks. That’s the only word to describe the college wrestling matches from this past weekend. The Penn State Nittany Lions returned to the mat and looked as close to championship form as this team has looked all season, Michigan pulled out a narrow, rivalry win against the Buckeyes and Navy topped Army 20-13 in another historic dual. Ad...

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....

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images As a note, all rankings are courtesy of Intermat, who do a good job and don’t charge me money to view them. Team rankings are dual rankings, not tournament. Atinat: This week of wrestling is pretty fun. On paper, it’s better than last week. Next week should be better, with two duals on BTN Friday night. But the Big Ten is missing a real opportunity (or maybe they’re doing this and haven’t told me, idk). Michigan’s covid pause has caused four duals t...