Bellarmine won the NWCA Nationals in Bossier City, Louisiana for the second year in a row. Bellarmine won the team title with 245.5 points followed by Liberty at 182 and Thomas More at 143.5. Bellarmine had six champions and nine wrestlers placed in the top four....
Mike Caliendo will be the #6 seed at 165 that may be the best weight class in the country. Caliendo is 24-4 on the season with two pins, seven tech falls, and five major decisions. In the InterMat rankings last week Caliendo was #6. In the first round at Nationals...
Jared Franek will be the #10 seed at 157 in the NCAA National Tournament. I wanted to start with that because #10 is the lowest Franek has been ranked all season. As a matter of fact Franek spent quite a bit of the season ranked #2 in the country. What has changed to...
The Iowa Hawkeyes will have Caleb Rathjen competing at Nationals as the #13 seed at 149. I have always liked Rathjen and believe he has the talent to be an elite wrestler for the Hawks. It was not that long ago (2 weeks ago) that Rathjen was ranked #8 in the country...
Real Woods enters the National Tournament as the #3 seed at 141 in his senior year. Woods is 18-3 on the season with one pin, five tech falls, and one major decision. The Big Ten definitely has the best to offer for the entire country at 141 with the top three seeds...
