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Aaron Brooks Is A Stud After becoming the first freshman in Penn State wrestling history to win the Big Ten tournament last season, the expectations were high for 184-pounder Aaron Brooks heading into the year. For the Nittany Lions to be competitive in a loaded Big Ten conference, Brooks will be key for winning big matches. During Saturday’s tri-meet, Brooks did just that. He looked like a man among boys, beating Drayton Harris of Indiana by major decision 18-5 and tech falling Northwestern’s Jack Jessen 21-6. Brooks scored takedowns with ease in his first two matches of the year. Altho...

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 Iowa can put on the podium.  N.C. State, Oklahoma State and Nebraska also will attempt to put thems...

Penn State University Sports Information 1/30/2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0, 1-0 B1G), ranked No. 3 in the latest InterMat Tournament Power Index, posted a 24-15 win over Indiana (0-3, 0-3 B1G) in the 2020-21 season opener for head coach Cael Sanderson's squad. The dual was the first of a tri-meet hosted by Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The dual began at 125 where Indiana's Jacob Moran received a forfeit victory. Penn State had no 125-pounders cleared to compete this weekend. Junior Roman Bravo-Young (Tucson, Ariz.), ranke...

Deep previews of the 5 most intriguing college wrestling duals this weekend Hawkeye heroes claim 23 wrestling team titles Share The Hawks are back, the Heels are looking for a top-ten ACC win, and Oklahoma State takes on two top-15 ranked opponents. What more could you want in a college wrestling weekend? As season rolls on, the stakes increase and every match matters more, but here are five duals that are particularly interesting and worth watching this weekend.  1. North Carolina vs. N.C. State: Friday, Jan. 9, 6 p.m. — ACC Network North Carolina is a wrestling state.  At least, that's...

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