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Gage Walker Named Oklahoma Winner of Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Bixby’s Gage Walker has been named the 2024 Oklahoma winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. The DSHSEA was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. He was inducted into […] More
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New rule changes for high school wrestling
High school wrestling is set to see significant rule changes beginning with the 2024-25 season, as outlined by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee. These adjustments, aimed at enhancing the clarity and fairness of the sport, include a pivotal change to the inbounds rule—requiring only one point of contact within the […] More
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Kali Hayden Named Oklahoma Winner of Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Wednesday announced the state winners of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award (TSHSEA). Kali Hayden was named the winner for the state of Oklahoma. First presented in 2014, the award is named for Tricia Saunders, a four-time World Champion and women’s wrestling pioneer. Saunders was the first […] More
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2024 Team Oklahoma Fargo Qualifiers
List of all the 2024 Fargo qualifiers and how they qualified as of April 22nd. There are still additional opportunities to qualify at the US Open this weekend and at any USA Wrestling Regional Tournaments. The list will be updated as more qualify. More
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Oklahoma U20, U17, U15, and Girls HS Showcase US Open Registrations
The annual USA Wrestling 2024 US Open Events take place at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas from April 24-28, 2024. Oklahoma Registrations: Division Style Weight Name State Club Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 110 lbs Mariah Robbins Oklahoma Oklahoma Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 100 lbs Kyrian Perez Oklahoma Westmoore Wrestling Club Girls HS Showcase […] More
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Daton Fix, LaDarion Lockett, and Dalton Duffield all Wrap Up Competition at the Olympic Trials
Three Oklahomans competed this Friday/Saturday at the Olympic Trials. Here’s how things went down. More
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Mike Ryan Takes the Helm as Perry Wrestling’s New Head Coach
In a special board meeting Thursday, the Perry School Board of Education hired Mike Ryan as the new Perry Wrestling Coach. Ryan brings 34 years of success and experience to the Perry program. Ryan is a graduate of Tulsa Webster, where he was a 4X state qualifier and state placer, wrestling under legendary coach Ernie […] More
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Vince Eremita Promoted to Catoosa Head Wrestling Coach
Former Catoosa assistant Vincent Erermita has been named the new head coach for the program the school announced on Monday. Eremita wrestled for Catoosa High School and was a three-time state individual medalist and two-time state finalist. He wrestled collegiately at Newman in Wichita, Kansas before returning to Catoosa as an assistant. He replaces longtime […] More
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John Smith Retirement Press Conference
It was an emotional day today in Stillwater for John Smith and family as Oklahoma State hosted the long-time Cowboy’s retirement press conference in Stillwater. John spoke on a myriad of things from his career, family, decision to retire, and more. You can watch the full press conference along with interviews with Oklahoma State Athletic […] More
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Oklahoma Women’s WTT day 2 recap
Saturday morning started off with fireworks and Team Oklahoma had another strong day. U14 and U20. Moore’s Shelby Kemp and Carl Albert Jr College had a few girls wrestling in U20 . Kasia Wong of Tuttle and Carleigh Clark of Pryor wrestled in U14 on Saturday. In U17 65 KG Bella Williams won her best […] More
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Bella Williams Makes U17 World Team
A host of Oklahoma girls went to Spokane, Washington to compete at the U17 women’s freestyle tournament on Friday and Saturday at the 2024 U.S. Marine Corps Women’s National Championships. More
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Grant Williams Hired as New Bridge Creek Wrestling Coach
After an executive session at the Bridge Creek School Board meeting on Wednesday, Grant Williams was named the new head wrestling coach for the school. Williams spent this past season as an assistant at Blackwell. Before that he built the Watonga wrestling program and was the head coach there. We caught up with him at […] More
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Women’s WTT Day 1 Recap
The Oklahoma girls had a pretty good showing yesterday in the U17 and U23 divisions. The Oklahoma we omens entrants are taking home 2 All American honors back to Oklahoma. In U17 Bella Williams will wrestle a best 2 of 3 for the right to be the world team representative at World’s later on this […] More
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Five Thoughts on John Smith’s Retirement
Yesterday Oklahoma State announced the retirement of legendary coach and wrestler John Smith after 33 years at the helm for the Cowboys. Here are five thoughts on the announcement. More
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Reactions: John Smith Retirement
Oklahoma State legend John Smith announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 33-year run as head coach of the Cowboy wrestling program. The legacy of his career is astounding. Let’s check out some initial reactions from the wrestling community: More
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John Smith Announces Retirement from Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State University announced today that John Smith has retired from Oklahoma State. Full release: STILLWATER – Oklahoma State legend John Smith announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 33-year run as head coach of the Cowboy wrestling program. The legacy of his career is astounding. Under his watch, OSU produced five NCAA team championships, 33 NCAA individual championships, […] More
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Steven Moore Announced as New Ponca City Wrestling Coach
As Justin Roland transitions to the head football coach’s position at Ponca City, the school has announced a new boys’ wrestling coach. Release from Ponca City Public Schools Pending board approval, Steven Moore has been named the new head boys wrestling coach for Ponca City Public Schools. He has served as the head wrestling coach […] More
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Jared Hill enters the Transfer Portal
OU’s Jared Hill announced today via Instagram that he’s entering the transfer portal. Hill, a two-year starter and two-time NCAA qualifier out of Broken Arrow, will have two years of eligibility remaining. Both seasons as a starter, Hill competed at 157 lbs. We spoke with Hill at the Big 12 Tournament this season. You can […] More
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UCO has five named Scholar All-American
MANEIM, Pa. – National champion Gabe Johnson led a group of five Central Oklahoma All-Americans who were named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II Scholar All-America Team. Joining Johnson on the elite academic squad were Dalton Abney, Dylan Brown, Anthony DesVigne and Garrett Wells. That group all placed in the top six at […] More
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Matboy Shirt Giveaway
He’s a guy who loves wrestling, Matboy. It started out as a funny meme on Twitter/X, has turned into a free wrestling clinic featuring Dustin Plott, 2024 NCAA Runner-up, earning his third consecutive All-America finish at the NCAA Championships in Cushing Oklahoma later this spring/summer. To help support this cause, we are giving away 10 […] More
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Coleman Scott Contract Details
Via a records request with Oklahoma State University, we received the contract details for Oklahoma State’s newest wrestling coach Coleman Scott. More
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Thirteen Oklahoma Girls Ranked in Newest National High School Rankings
USA Wrestling released their newest girls’ high school rankings on Friday and thirteen girls from Oklahoma made the list. Here’s how things break down. NATIONAL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS Developed by USA Wrestling, Flowrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame March 29, 2024 (Previous Rank in Parentheses) 105 pounds 18. Jadyn Roller, junior, Bixby, […] More
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Broken Arrow Trains with Georgian National Team as they Christen New Facility
This past week Broken Arrow hosted a training camp with the Georgian National Wrestling Team to open their brand new facility. The Georgians taught technique, wrestled with the local athletes, toured the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and even attended social events with the Broken Arrow team throughout the week. We spoke with the coaches, […] More
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Two-time All-American Dean Hamiti Commits to Oklahoma State
Dean Hamiti, a two-time All-American at Wisconsin, has committed to Oklahoma State. Hamiti, a Joliet, Illinois product, finished as an All-American his sophomore and junior seasons before being knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the blood round by Oklahoma State’s Izzak Olejnik this year. A big addition for Oklahoma State as Olejnik used his […] More
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Session V (Medal Rounds) Recap: Oklahoma
Oklahoma – 23rd Place (20.0 Points) Link to Brackets The Sooners secured their highest NCAA finish since 13th in 2016 thanks to Stephen Buchanan’s strong 3rd place finish. Josh Heindselman had a strong tournament that ended in the bloodround. In Coach Kish’s second year next season there are only improved expectations after this finish. 197lbs: […] More
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Session V (Medal Rounds) Recap: Oklahoma State
#10 Oklahoma State – 10th (56.0 Points) Link to Brackets The Cowboys are firmly in the top ten as 11th place is 6.5 points behind. With two in the finals tonight the most points they could score is 12, which would be two pins in the finals. That would give them 68 points which would […] More
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Session IV (Semis/Blood Round): Oklahoma
The Sooners have an All-American in Stephen Buchanan, who won’t finish lower than 6th after two strong wins for a podium finish. Josh Heindselman also came razor close but lost a heart breaking overtime match to just miss out. The Sooners are in a solid place team wise, but any extra points from Buchanan would […] More