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App State's Will Formato has been named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week. Formato climbed to No. 17 in the Flo Rankings with a dominant 6-1 decision

App State took three of the first six matches against No. 5 NC State, as victories by Sean Carter, Jonathan Millner and Will Formato had the Mountaineers tied w

Appalachian State Wrestling Earns Four Scholar All-Americans Appalachian State Wrestling Earns Four Scholar All-Americans May 23, 2021 For the second straight year, a league-leading four wrestlers from App State have been named NWCA Division I Scholar All-Americans. Thomas Flitz, Will Formato and Sean Carter all repeated in being recognized as a NWCA Division I Scholar All-American, and they were joined this season by first-year starter Anthony Brito. All four wrestlers met a threshold requirin...

App State Wrestling Nabs Five Individual Conference Champions Cody Bond won at 157 pounds. photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics App State Wrestling Nabs Five Individual Conference Champions March 1, 2021 Before he had an opportunity to embrace double-overtime winner Cody Bond, teary-eyed App State Wrestling coach JohnMark Bentley jumped high into the air to celebrate an individual conference title that was as dramatic as it was unlikely. The Mountaineers put on a crowd-stirring show to...

App State Wrestling Has Six Wrestlers Nationally Ranked App State Wrestling Has Six Wrestlers Nationally Ranked February 26, 2021 * Codi Russell, No. 18 at 125 pounds (11-1) * Anthony Brito, No. 32 at 141 pounds (11-3) * Jonathan Millner, No. 14 at 149 pounds (11-1) * Cody Bond, No. 31 at 157 pounds (10-4) * Will Formato, No. 16 at 165 pounds (13-1) * Thomas Flitz, No. 13 at 174 pounds (12-2) The rankings are relevant when determining at-large berths within the 33-wrestler brackets for each wei...

Appalachian State Has Five Wrestlers Nationally Ranked Appalachian State Has Five Wrestlers Nationally Ranked February 12, 2021 * Codi Russell, No. 17 at 125 pounds * Jonathan Millner, No. 14 at 149 pounds * Cody Bond, No. 30 at 157 pounds * Will Formato, No. 16 at 165 pounds * Thomas Flitz, No. 13 at 174 pounds The rankings are relevant when determining at-large berths within the 33-wrestler brackets for each weight class at the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 18-20 in St. Louis. ...

Thanks to an 11-1 showing with several high-level wins in January, App State redshirt sophomore Will Formato has been named the Southern Conference’s Wrestler of the Month. Facing eight wrestlers with a top-50 ranking in his 12 matches last month, Formato outscored his opponents by a combined 93-7 mark in his 11 victories and didn’t allow a takedown in any of those wins. He went from being unranked to start the season to climbing to as high as No. 10 in the country at 165 pounds. Formato’...

App State’s Will Formato has been named both the Southern Conference’s Wrestler of the Week and the league’s Student-Athlete of the Week. Now ranked 14th in the country at 165 pounds by TrackWrestling, Formato posted a 4-0 decision in a dual match against No. 7 Thomas Bullard on Friday, thanks to a takedown and near fall in the first period. The Acworth, Ga., native and redshirt sophomore went 2-0 against two additional NC State wrestlers Saturday, outscoring his three opponents from the ...

App State Wrestling Hangs Tough With 4th Ranked NC State Thomas Flitz picked up an overtime decision win at 174 pounds against the 10th ranked competitor in the NCAA. photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics App State Wrestling Hangs Tough With 4th Ranked NC State January 10, 2021 Thomas Flitz jumped to his feet, flexed his muscles and let out a scream toward his team’s bench. With four close, dramatic wins, including back-to-back victories against top-10 opponents from NC State, App Sta...

North Carolina State University Sports Information 1/8/2021 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The No. 4 NC State Wrestling team scored a 24-12 win over visiting App State in its first home dual of the season Friday night in Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack (2-0) won four of the first five matches to jump out to a 14-3 lead, and had four bonus point wins on the night overall including a pin at 197 pounds and major decision at heavyweight to close out the dual. The dual started at 125 pounds...