UCO announced on Monday that they would be inducting seven people and two teams into their Hall of Fame. Three of those individuals and both teams have wrestling ties. From the release Shawn Bateman, Wrestling, 1992-96 Shawn Bateman wrestled at Central Oklahoma from 1992-97 and compiled a 77-25 record during his time with the Bronchos, […] More
Putnam City West has named Oklahoma wrestling legend Archie Randall as their new head wrestling coach. Announced via their Facebook page on Thursday. ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐น has taken the reigns as the PC West Patriots Head Wrestling Coach!! Coach Randall comes highly decorated! He has won championships on every level of wrestling from little league to […] More
Fresh off his 16U Fargo title last a few weeks ago, Stillwater’s Dee Lockett was named the USA Today High School Sports Awards Boys Rising Star Award winner. From USA Today Dee Lockett, a wrestler from Stillwater High School (Oklahoma), was named the 2022 USA Today High School Sports Awards Boys Rising Star Award winner during the […] More
The Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced plans to induct seven new members in October. From the release STILLWATER, Okla. โ Four outstanding high school wrestling coaches, a pioneering volunteer coach, a longtime official and a well-known veterinarian make up the Class of 2022 to be honored by the Oklahoma Chapter of […] More
The 2022 All-State Duals took place this Wednesday at Bixby and here are the results. Large West-33 Large East-22 113-Christian Forbes(Large East) Forfeit over Large West 120-Kaleb Kerr(Large West) DEC James Peach(Large East) 5-4 126-Jonah Hanscom(Large West) Fall over Nate Hutchison(Large East) 132-Jazen Brown(Large West) DEC Darren Brevil (Large East) 8-1 138-Shaun Muse(Large West) DEC […] More
On Wednesday night at Bixby, prior to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Dual, the OCA presented their coaches and wrestler awards Coaches Cody Rowell(Elgin)-Large West Regional Coach Jimbo Smith(Cache)-Small West Regional Coach Chad Willard(Claremore)-Large East Regional Coach Matt Simmons(Salina)-Small East Regional Coach Oklahoma Wrestling Coaches Association Awards Scott Mattison-Vinita(Recognized for 450 wins) 3A Head Coach […] More
The 2022 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State dual will take place this Wednesday at 7:00 at Bixby High School. Here are the teams for the large and small schools. The east team will be the home team in each event. All wrestlers must be within twelve (12) lbs. of weight. Any wrestler who makes weight within […] More
The Price of Legacy, a documentary film on the historic Perry wrestling program made its Oklahoma theater debut on Saturday at the Auditorium at the Douglas in Oklahoma City. The premiere was a part of the DocOKC Film Festival taking place at the newly renovated auditorium at the old Douglas High School. The film is […] More
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OU updated their online roster recently removing a few graduates and changing the weights of a few wrestlers. Wrestlers from the previous season that are no longer listed on the roster are below: Jake Boyd-285 Transferred to the University of Tennessee at Chatanooga Niko Chavez-141 Dom Demas-141 Transferred to Cal Poly Joe Grello-165 Graduate Elijah […] More
We had three separate schools reach out to us this week in search of Coaches for the upcoming season. We thought we’d help them(and possibly a few coaches looking for jobs) out and use a bit of our reach to share the information on the positions here. Del City Boys and Girls Del City High […] More
Today USA Wrestling announced the Fargo roster for Oklahoma OKLAHOMA Junior freestyle100 โ Bryson Hand106 โ Carson Spencer, Jason Goodin, Aydan Thomas113 โ Aden Sanders, Foxx Kurtz, Jimmy Swenson, Riley Kuder, Colden Dyer120 โ Kylar Kurtz, Cash Donnell, Blade Walden, Sam Smith126 โ Jayce Caviness, JJ McComas-Rogers, Eli Kirk132 โ Corban Zugelder, Bryce Kegley, Kaden […] More
The Perry Wrestling program along with the Perry Wrestling Foundation hosted a celebration of the 100-year history of Perry wrestling this weekend. The event consisted of a banquet, a golf tournament, a casino night fundraiser event, a showing of the film “The Price of Legacy”, and more. Congressman Markwayne Mullin, the National Director of the […] More
Oklahoma goes 4th in Greco and 3rd in Freestyle More
Here is a quick recap of day one of Junior National Duals for Team Oklahoma. The story of the day is the red men’s Greco team winning Pool D after knocking off Georgia, Colorado, and Iowa. The Iowa dual was a barn burner coming down to the last match at 182 where AJ Heeg knocked […] More
Team Oklahoma competed in the Cadet and Schoolboy National Duals this weekend in Illinois and here’s how things shook out. Oklahoma Blue took second in their initial pool, which put them in the Gold/Silver bracket. They finished eighth in the Gold/Silver bracket. Oklahoma Red took 7th in their initial pool and second in the Green/Yellow […] More
This week we decided to take a look at the Standfast Wrestling club, which is led by Josh Powell, along with OCU where Josh is an assistant. We spoke with a number of wrestlers from Standfast(a few who are committed to OCU) and toured the facility. We then went over to OCU to take a […] More
The Oklahoma Coaches Association and Sports Hall of Fame have named Bixby’s Zach Blankenship as wrestler of the year. Blankenship is a three-time state champion, winning his third this season at 132. Zach is signed to wrestle at Oklahoma State. Last year’s winner was Mustang’s Tate Picklo and the year before that was Tuttle’s Luke […] More
OU has picked up a nice commitment from the Lone Star State. Centennial’s Tyten Volk announced his commitment to OU on Saturday. Volk was a Texas state champion in 2022 at 152. He was a runner-up in 2020 and finished in third place in 2021. He was coached in high school by former OU wrestler […] More
Another big name out of Oklahoma has announced a Division One commitment as Sunday Cole Brooks committed to Wyoming. Brooks, a Junior from Collinsville is a two-time state champion. Brooks won the 145-pound title last year and as a sophomore won 126. Brooks will be competing for fellow Oklahoman Mark Branch at Wyoming. Branch is […] More
Today the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Announced the Dave Schultz and Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Awards. The Tricia Saunders award for Oklahoma went to Samara Markwardt from Will Rogers High School. This past season, Markwardt was the 132-pound state champion and is committed to Carl Albert State College. The Dave Schultz award was […] More
OU has announced a streaming agreement with ESPN+. Moving forward all OU home wrestling meets will be streamed on ESPN+. NORMAN โ ESPN+ and the University of Oklahoma announced today a multi-year agreement for SoonerVision on ESPN+ that will include more than 100 annual live events, studio programming and archival content. ESPN+ will stream one regular season college football […] More
This past weekend at the US Open in Vegas, a host of Oklahomans and graduates from Oklahoma colleges competed and placed at the tournament. There were three champions with Oklahoma ties as Joseph Jeter and Isaiah Jones both won titles in the U15 Division, and former Sooner Kendrick Maple came out of retirement to win […] More
Two Oklahomans won U15 National titles this weekend in Vegas. Isaiah Jones of Bixby and Joe Jeter of Edmond won titles at 52 KG and 62 KG respectively. Jones controlled his way to the semifinals before seeing a few tough bouts, winning his semi and final each by three points. Jeter had a similar path. […] More
After a huge transfer announcement last weekend with Wyatt Henson, and two big-name midweek commitments out of Ohio, the Sooners added a bit more positive news on Friday with another transfer announcement in Purdue’s Gerrit Nijenhuis. Nijenhuis was a two-time NCAA qualifier at Purdue, wrestling at 165 as a freshman, and 174 last year as […] More
Huge week on the recruiting trail for the Sooners as Lou Roselli and his staff have landed two of the top juniors in the country out of Ohio. Dylan Newsome and Dylan Russo both announced this week that they’ve committed to wrestle for the Sooners. Russo is out of Olentangy Liberty High School in Ohio […] More
Big transfer news as former OU All-American and Big 12 Champion Dom Demas has announced his new college destination. Demas entered the transfer portal back in early February and will be heading to Cal Poly and the Pac 12 to get his Masters in Business Analytics. More
Patterson to take college position at Appalachian State More
Former Iowa Hawkeye Wyatt Henson announced today via Instagram he is transferring to OU. Wyatt, the son of World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Sammie Henson, was a three-time state champion in high school winning titles in Missouri and Pennsylvania and rated as one of the top recruits in the country. In one redshirt season […] More
Broken Arrow Junior Parker Witcraft announced this week via his Instagram that he has committed to OU. Witcraft finished third at the state tournament in 2020 and was a qualifier the past two seasons losing in the consolation semifinals at state at 120 this past season. Interestingly, Witcraft’s brother Reece wrestles for Oklahoma State and […] More
It looks like Mustang has found their new head coach, just a few weeks after Brian Picklo officially stepped down at Mustang. OWrestle has learned that Will Delk will be named the new head coach pending school board approval. Delk, who has been the head coach at Edmond Memorial since 2019, coached at Bridge Creek […] More
This week we have a new podcast with Wes Ruth, the new OSSAA Assistant Director in charge of wrestling, soccer, and volleyball. Wes chats with us about his background, his expectations for the new position, and more. Check it all out here. The Oklahoma Wrestling Podcast. Episode 8: Featuring OSSAA Assistant Director of Wrestling Wes […] More
Northern Iowa’s Jack Wagner will be transferring to wrestle his final college season for the Sooners next year. Wagner wrestled most of his career at 133 for the Panthers. He was the starter at 133 in 2018 and wrestled nineteen matches this past season, going 11-8 before suffering a season-ending injury. Wagner is from Bettendorf, […] More
OCU picked up two big commitments on Monday. The first was Westmoore’s Holden Martin. Martin finished fourth at the state tournament in 6A at 195 this past season and was a member of the Cadet National dual teams in Greco and Freestyle this past summer at 182. The second commitment was Michael McCracken from Edmond […] More
Altus schools announced on Monday that they are bringing back Keilan Torres to head their wrestling program. Torres was a three-time state champion for the Bulldogs in 2011, 2012, and 2013 before going to Oklahoma State to wrestle for two years, then eventually to the University of Northern Colorado where he was a two-time NCAA […] More
Four-time Oklahoma state champion Cameron Steed has announced he’ll be wrestling collegiately at Missouri. Steed announced the news via his Instagram. He is Oklahoma’s most recent 4-time state champion and the top wrestler in the state’s senior class who was yet to announce their college decision. He wrestled at 152 pounds this past season for […] More
Harding to take over at Salina More
The OSSAA announced on Monday that Wes Ruth has been named the Assistant Director of the OSSAA. His responsibilities will include providing leadership to and the coordination of OSSAA Wrestling, among other sports. Full release (Oklahoma City, OK) The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association is excited to announce the hiring of Wes Ruth and Mike […] More
First reported by The Oklahoman, Brian Picklo has resigned as the Mustang Wrestling Coach. Picklo coached the Broncos for six seasons after leading the youth club in Mustang for years. The final match of his career was a win as his HWT Christian Rowland won his second state title over Owasso’s Tyler Rich. Picklo won […] More
OU Junior Zack Zeamer announced Wednesday that he’s entering the transfer portal. Zeamer has is an academic junior, but has two years of eligibility remaining due to the COVID year. He’s wrestled at both 141 and 149 during his collegiate career. Zack is from Manheim, PA, and has a 10-20 collegiate record, which includes a […] More
Recruiting news today as Yukon’s Boston Powell has committed to OCU. Powell is a two-time state placer in 6A finishing fourth at 138 in 2021 and fourth again at 145 this past season. This is a solid pickup for an OCU program that seems to be gaining some more momentum after finishing up this season […] More
We visited the brand new Carl Albert State College wrestling program this week. We looked at the facilities, spoke with the coaches and wrestlers, and a bit more. Check out all of our stuff on Oklahoma’s newest college wrestling program here on our Rokfin page. The Oklahoma Wrestling Podcast. Episode 7: Featuring Carl Albert State […] More
McCasland Fieldhouse, the home of OU Wrestling, is set to receive a $1.25 million upgrade. Release from OU Athletics NORMAN โ The McCasland Foundation has pledged $1.75 million to support Oklahoma Athletics and the shared mission of providing a world-class experience for its nearly 600 student-athletes. The announcement was made Wednesday by OU Vice President and Director […] More
The NCAA Tournament takes place this Thursday-Saturday and nine Oklahomans will be competing here. Letโs take a quick look at the nine, their hometowns, and spots in their brackets. More
The State Tournament was a few weeks ago, but now with college wrestling starting to get wrapped up, and a little time to digest everything that happened at the tournament, I thought Iโd take a look at five of the most exciting moments I saw at the state tournament.ย More
Oklahoma City University’s Destiny Lyng had one of the more incredible matches in the entire NAIA National Tournament this weekend. In the finals vs. Camplesville’s Emma Walker, Lyng was down by five with just 45 seconds remaining. She got one takedown there, then another with only 31 seconds remaining. With only ten seconds left she […] More
There’s been a lot going on in Oklahoma wrestling the last few weeks between the end of the regular high school season, the Big 12 Tournament, the NJCAA National Tournament, and the upcoming NCAA D2 National Tournament, but not to get lost in the shuffle, two OCU freshmen were crowned All-Americans last weekend at the […] More
Another year in the books for NEO wrestling and another seven All-Americans for the program. The Norsemen entered the tournament trying to knock off three-time NJCAA Champions Clackamas with all ten of their wrestlersโ receiving bids to the tournament. More
Girlsโ wrestling in the state of Oklahoma is booming. The number of regional entries was up close to 350 from about 200 last season and seems to be on a continued upward trend. Weโve now officially got our second group of state placers and champions along with a new school holding the team title. Bixby, […] More
The team race was decided pretty early in 6A and all eyes shifted to the highly anticipated matchup at 160 between Jordan Williams and Angelo Ferrari. The match didn’t disappoint. The two exchanged and defended shots throughout the match with both unable to score. Both got escapes when they started the period on bottom and […] More
The girls and 3A team race had a bit of intrigue and excitement, but 4A, 5A, and 6A all had solid favorites and all went as expected. Collinsville crowned seven champions and lapped the rest of the field finishing with 185 team points next to Guthrie’s second-place finish with 86. The biggest storyline in 5A […] More
Heritage Hall Gets Three Champs to Finish Second More
The state tournament rarely disappoints. Exhilarating wins, crushing defeats, and an incredible wrestling environment unlike many others. Going into Saturday there were two team races that still seemed up for grabs. The girls and 3A. In 3A, Blackwell held a six-point lead going into day two. But the semifinal round saw Marlow go on a […] More
Some news for two Oklahoma colleges and a number of former Oklahoma high school wrestlers as the NJCAA Wrestling Championship brackets have been released. You can check out where NEO, Carl Albert, and others have landed at the link below. 2022 NJCAA Wrestling Championships Bracket (d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net) The tournament takes place on March 4th and 5th […] More
The state tournament is finally here and there’s a lot of excitement to follow this weekend at the “Big House” in Oklahoma City. Here are five of the top storylines surrounding the tournament. 5. Can any of the boys’ teams pull an upset in the team race? Every team race for the boys has a […] More
The OSSAA posted the following announcement this morning regarding the state tournament schedule. This email is being sent to all Superintendent, Principals, Athletic Directors and Boys and Girls Basketball Coaches and all Wrestling Coaches. Due to inclement weather, all classifications of basketball have been adjusted. The State Wrestling tournament has been adjusted, and several music […] More
The OSSAA State Tournament brackets have been released. You can check them all out at the links below. WR_2021-22_GirlsStateBrackets.pdf (ossaa.net) WR_2021-22_3AStateBrackets.pdf (ossaa.net) WR_2021-22_4AStateBrackets.pdf (ossaa.net) WR_2021-22_5AStateBrackets.pdf (ossaa.net) WR_2021-22_6AStateBrackets.pdf (ossaa.net) SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, February 258:00 a.m. Boys Weigh-In (Wrestle-In Participants First)8:30 a.m. Girls Weigh-In (Wrestle-In Participants First)*Two digital scales will be assigned to each class. If […] More
Stillwater hosted and won the 6A East Regional on Saturday, but that win didn’t come without a lot of conversation and intrigue. The biggest storyline of the weekend was the match that didn’t happen. Wrestling fans across the state were ready to watch the most anticipated bout of the year in Oklahoma High School Wrestling […] More
From the National Wrestling Hall of Fame-Stillwater, OK Wayne Baughman, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1982, passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 81. โWe are extremely saddened to hear about the passing of Wayne Baughman, one of our nationโs greatest wrestling legends. On behalf of the National Wrestling […] More
The second ever OSSAA sanctioned girls’ western regional took place this Monday and Tuesday in Noble and OWrestle was there to take it all in. The Moore girls won their second straight regional title and there were exciting matches up and down the line of finals bouts. Moore Head Coach Karissa Avallone after Winning OSSAA […] More
Exciting weekend in Enid as four more dual state champions have been crowned. We were there all day Friday and Saturday to bring you all the coverage we could and here everything is in one package. Round by round recaps of all of the action and over 50 interviews with wrestlers and coaches! Previews and […] More
The first semifinal round of dual state took place on Saturday at noon at the Stride Event Center in Enid. 3A and 5A teams clashed in a few of the more highly anticipated duals of the tournament. More
The first-round matchups in 5A in Oklahoma were Collinsville vs. Carl Albert, Glenpool vs. Coweta, Elgin vs. Guthrie, and Pryor vs. Duncan. Collinsville, the #1 seed and heavy favorites to win their first dual state title since 2015, won 59-18 over Carl Albert. More
4A had a few of the best first-round matchups of the dual state tournament. Tuttle took on Cache, Catoosa wrestled Fort Gibson, Wagoner wrestled Skiatook, and Cushing matched up with Harrah. As expected, Tuttle rolled to a comfortable win over Cache, winning 65-9 and only dropping two bouts in the dual. More
6A closed out the first night at dual state in Enid with matchups between #1 seed Stillwater vs. Ponca City, Edmond Memorial vs. Yukon, Bixby vs. Broken Arrow, and #2 seed Edmond North vs. Choctaw. More
3A kicked things off first here in Enid at dual state today with matchups between #1 seed and defending champ Marlow vs. Pawnee, Bridge Creek vs. Vinita, Blackwell vs. Salina, and Comanche vs. Jay. More
The dual state brackets for this weekend in Enid have been released and here they are! The Dual State Wrestling Tournament will be held February 11-12, 2022, at Stride Bank Center, Enid, OK.The quarterfinals will be wrestled on Friday February 11, 2022.3A at 12:00 p.m.5A at 2:00 p.m.4A at 4:00 p.m.6A at 6:00 p.m.The semi-finals […] More
All of the placement results from the Junior High State Tournament 6th & 7th Grade – 68 Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Cash Bratt of Chickasha Wrestling 2nd Place – Jaegar RomanNose of Prodigy Wrestling 3rd Place – Jackson Smith of Lions Wrestling Academy 4th Place – Griffin Sensintaffar of Stillwater 5th Place – Dalton […] More
The postseason is almost here and the OSSAA has officially released their regional assignments. Check them all out here. Boys’ Regional Wrestling Tournament: February 18-19, 2022 Location: Class 6A East at Stillwater โ Manager: Tucker Barnard, A.D.Bartlesville, Bixby, Broken Arrow, Deer Creek, Enid, Jenks, Moore, Muskogee, NW Classen, Owasso, Ponca City, Putnam City North, Sand […] More
It’s almost postseason time as dual state is next weekend, followed up shortly behind by the girls’, then boys’, regional wrestling tournaments. Here are the regional assignments for the girls taking place on February 14-15th at Jay and Noble. 2022 Girls Regional Wrestling TournamentFebruary 14-15, 2022 Location: Jay High School โ Manager: Jeff Stapleton, Athletic […] More
Some juxtaposition for both Oklahoma Junior colleges in the most recently released NJCAA wrestling rankings. More
Check out all of the teams here More
After this week, the 5A dual state qualifiers have now all officially been determined. More
A long line of delays lead to this, but the last spot in the 6A dual state bracket all comes down to Tuesday night in Yukon as the Millers take on Westmoore. More
UCO has held a #1 ranking for the majority of this wrestling season. But they just received a BIG addition to their lineup that could put them out of reach of any other program barring injuries. In the most recent poll, UCO only lead second-place St. Cloud State by three points. Though ranked first, they […] More
As we continue to grow coverage of our great sport in Oklahoma, we’ve started to travel around the state and look at some of the programs across Oklahoma. We talk to their teams and coaches and even delve into the history of their programs a bit. You can see some here on Cushing and Bixby. […] More
What a wild and incredible environment for the Class 3A District 3 duals at Perkins. A great set of duals throughout the day came down to Pawnee and Perkins for the District 3 title in the final dual of the night. Pawnee and Perkins both defeated traditional powerhouse Perry along the way before Pawnee took […] More
OU continues to put in work on the recruiting trail as last week they added a Fargo All-American to their 2023 recruiting class. More
Big news for OCU on Wednesday as it was announced they picked up a huge transfer from Little Rock. More
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