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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. Each champion in the 10 weight classes at the SoCon Championships on Feb. 28 in Boone will qualify a...

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’s strong month included a 4-0 shutout against then-No. 7 Thomas Bullard of NC State, a win against 2...

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 No. 4 Wolfpack by a 12-0 score over two days. Formato won 2-0 and 6-0, respectively, against Tyler B...

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 State hung plenty tough before the fourth-ranked Wolfpack gained late separation in a 24-12 home win ag...

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, and NC State took the first three matches for a 10-0 lead. No. 7 R-So. Jakob Camacho scored all fo...