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NittanyCentral delivers expert analysis from veteran reporters and timely updates on Penn State sports, with in-depth coverage of Nittany Lions Football, Wrestling, Basketball, and more.

NittanyCentral

NittanyCentral delivers expert analysis from veteran reporters and timely updates on Penn State sports, with in-depth coverage of Nittany Lions Football, Wrestling, Basketball, and more.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State Wrestling: The Mount Rushmore of Nittany Lion Wrestling

In the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships, Penn State Wrestling accomplished an almost impossible feat of both setting a new team score record and margin of victory record. So obviously the next thing to do is talk about how they accomplished this, start turning the page to next season, see what happens in the transfer portal, […]

Penn State Wrestling: Inside How Nittany Lions Won 2024 National Title, Set Scoring Record

Penn State Wrestling put on the most impressive performance any team has ever done in the history of the NCAA Wrestling Championships. The Nittany Lions led the pack from Session I all of the way to Session VI on Saturday evening. It’s rare for any team to wrap up a team title early on Saturday, […]

Penn State Wrestling: Aaron Brooks is a four-time NCAA Champion

Aaron Brooks caps off an amazing Penn State Wrestling career by winning his fourth NCAA title. At this point, I don’t know what else can be said about Brooks. He’s a top tier competitor, he’s one of the hardest working guys in any wrestling room, his talent is other-worldly, and he’s an amazing human being. […]

Penn State Wrestling: Session III Results from the 2024 NCAA Championships

The grind that is the NCAA Wrestling Championships has concluded it’s third session of wrestling and let’s recap the results for Penn State Wrestling. Following the first two sessions, the Nittany Lions were out to a decent lead in the team race. But there were still plenty of teams in the hunt and plenty of […]

Penn State Wrestling: Projecting Path for Big Ten Championships in 165 to 285

Penn State Wrestling is only a week away from the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in College Park, Maryland. In our first installment of “Projecting the Path“, we took a look at what potentially lays ahead for Braeden Davis (125), Aaron Nagao (133), Beau Bartlett (141), Tyler Kasak (149), and Levi Haines (157). And if […]

Penn State Wrestling: Nittany Lions Dominate the Mat at 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic

Penn State Wrestling officially kicked off the 2023-2024 season as they traveled to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to take part in the 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic. And let’s just say it wasn’t very pretty for the other teams and their wrestlers. All in all the Nittany Lions sent a total of 20 grapplers (including eight of their […]

Penn State Nittany Lions Wrestling Star Aaron Brooks Making History

With his dominating win against UNI’s Parker Keckeisen in the finals of the 2023 NCAA Championships, Aaron Brooks became just the sixth member of the Penn State Nittany Lions Wrestling team to ever win three NCAA titles. And no Penn State Wrestler has ever won four individual titles. Just take a look at this incredible list […]

No. 1 Penn State Wrestling vs. No. 2 Iowa Preview: Key Matches, Predictions, more

In College Wrestling, there’s Penn State Wrestling, Iowa Wrestling, and everyone else. Friday night will be the center of the collegiate wrestling universe when the No. 1 Nittany Lions 10-0 (3-0) takes on No. 2 Iowa 12-0 (5-0) at the Bryce Jordan Center. How teams matchup in a dual doesn’t necessarily show what will happen […]

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