The Beavers defeated the Cowboys decisively in a hard fought contest, winning 34-6. The Pokes held in the matchup early but dropped their last 5 faceoffs of the night. The Oregon State Beaver’s trip to Laramie this Saturday marked the last conference dual of the season for the Pokes. The evening began with a close…
The Wyoming Cowboys faced off against the top ranked South Dakota State(SDSU) Jackrabbits on Thursday, only picking up one match win on the night, dropping the contest 33-3. The evening began with a high powered matchup between Wyoming’s Jore Volk and SDSU’s Tanner Jordan. It was a close battle until the very end, but Jordan…
Kendyll Ferrall Kferral1@uwyo.edu There’s no place like home, just ask Bryce Meredith. After an illustrious high school wrestling career that culminated with his fourth Wyoming state high school championship, making Meredith the 15th person in the tournament’s 69-year history to accomplish that feat, and a freshman year at North Carolina State that included a 15-7…
Thomas Garvie tgarvie@uwyo.edu In their first chance to impress in front of the home crowd, six Cowboys walked away from the War Memorial Field house with tournament victories. Coming off of a successful showing at the Northern Colorado Open, the Cowboy grapplers set out to do the same here in Laramie. The Pokes finished Saturday’s…
Thomas Garvie tgarvie@uwyo.edu For every athlete the beginning of a new season is exciting, but no more for anyone than seniors—like Cowboy wrestling’s Jace Jensen. “This is my last shot. I have worked throughout most of my life to wrestle and this is my final year to achieve my goals,” Jensen said. Seniors like Jensen…
Cowboy wrestling wins three individual titles in first tournament. Thomas Garvie Tgarvie@uwyo.net The Cowboy’s kicked off the much-anticipated wrestling season with a bang this past weekend in Greeley, Colorado, competing in the Northern Colorado Open. The Pokes brought forth 13 wrestlers, all finishing in the top four of their respective weight classes including five fourth…
From the beginning of the NCAA there have been two sports that have wildly dominated the spotlight, basketball and football. Although these two sports are deserving of their popularity, these two sports usually overshadow most of the other sports a college has. This misfortune comes at the price of more successful sport franchises that slip…
On April 3 the Big 12 Conference announced that the University of Wyoming wrestling team would be moving from the Mountain West Conference to the Big 12 Conference next year. The move will put Wyoming’s wrestling on the center stage of the nation’s heavyweights and speed along the progression of Wyoming’s wrestling program. “The association…
Last week the University of Wyoming wrestling team wrestled among the best in the U.S. at the NCAA championships in St. Louis. Despite the Wyoming wrestling team qualifying four wrestlers for the tournament, head wrestling coach Mark Branch failed to bring back any All Americans. “It was a tough day and we knew coming in…
This past weekend the University of Wyoming wrestling team competed in the Western Wrestling Championships and took second place overall. Wyoming’s standout wrestler for the weekend was Shane Woods who won the tournament at 197 pounds. This was Shane’s second consecutive WWC championship. Along with Woods, four other Cowboy wrestlers automatically qualified for NCAA championships…
Wyoming wrestling is currently ranked No. 17, and the Cowboys also have eight wrestlers ranked in the nation based on their RPIs going into the National Championship tournament. The Wyoming wrestling team will be traveling to St. Louis in the later part of March for the NCAA Wrestling Championships. The tournament is scheduled to run…
This past Sunday the Wyoming wrestling team consistently won close bouts against a worthy opponent under the lights of the Bank of Colorado Arena. The Pokes won 26-9 against Northern Colorado and only gave up 3 losses, which were all by decision. No. 14 Andy McClulley, earned the only pin of the night at 174…
