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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. … Read more
Levi Haines dominates the field at 157 pounds and cements himself an NCAA Champion for Penn State Wrestling. Last year was supposed to be a redshirt year for Levi Haines. But after Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions coaching staff saw what he could do on the wrestling mat, his shirt was burned as fast … Read more
Penn State Wrestling still had two wrestlers fighting for high place finishes in Session V of the 2024 NCAA Championships. Just a handful of hours prior, the jam packed T-Mobile Center in Kansas City saw the Nittany Lions advance six wrestlers to the NCAA finals. And the dominant run of NCAA Championships continued as Penn … Read more
The penultimate night of wrestling at the 2024 NCAA Championships came to a close. For some wrestlers dreams were still alive. But for other guys their dreams were crushed. The three day tournament that concludes every D1 collegiate season is unforgiving as much as it is rewarding. And on the first day there were 330 … Read more
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 … Read more
Penn State Wrestling’s Beau Bartlett made the semifinals in last year’s NCAA Wrestling Championships. But how he did it this year was WAY different than last year in his quarterfinals match against Minnesota’s Vance Vombaur. With the first period ending in a scoreless tie, Bartlett took the lead with an escape midway through the second … Read more
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling enters Day 2 of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships with a 10 point lead, following a dominant second session on Thursday. The next several rounds of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships commence this Friday, March 22nd in Kansas City, Missouri. The T-Mobile Center will be filled to the brim once … Read more
Penn State Wrestling got off to a bit of a rocky start in Session I of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling is set to do battle in the opening rounds of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships, details on when and how to watch The opening rounds of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships kick off this Thursday, March 21st in Kansas City, Missouri. All action will take place in the T-Mobile Center as … Read more
Penn State Wrestling is less than a week out from the wrestling action in the 2024 NCAA Championships. Now that the brackets have been out for several days and all of the talking heads on wrestling have broken them down, let’s take a look at each of the Nittany Lions and project their path to … Read more
Penn State Wrestling has sights set on a third straight NCAA title and here are three predictions for the upcoming 2024 NCAA Championships. The official tournament brackets were released Wednesday evening, and we are now officially one week out from the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships. At this point in Cael Sanderson’s tenure at Penn State … Read more