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Penn State wrestling is set to host the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in the Bryce Jordan Center this weekend. Although Cael Sanderson’s squad is heading into the tournament relying on youth, the Nittany Lions will have a good chance to qualify a wrestler in every weight class for the upcoming NCAA Championships to be held March 18-20 in St. Louis. Here’s how the Nittany Lion grapplers could fare heading into the weekend: At 125 pounds, true freshman Robert Howard has a shot at being a br...

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 ...

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...

Kyle Luigs, who is graduating after this season, won his last match at Wilkinson Hall.

The Buckeyes swept the Terrapins Sunday in College Park, with pins from Malik Heinselman, Sammy Sasso and Tate Orndorff.

Wrestling: Huskers Impressive in Triangular Share this story Jon Johnston / CORN NATION The No. 7 Nebraska wrestling team bounced back from its loss to No. 1 Iowa with two dual wins over the weekend to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Huskers downed No. 25 Northwestern 26-10 before blanking Maryland 38-0 Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center. Match-By-Match Breakdown 125 pounds Nebraska did an amazing job in bringing in No. 8 Liam Cronin (3-1) as a graduate transfer from Indiana this season. H...