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The 20th annual Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association all-star dual will be June 20 at Beatrice.

Riley Allen of Grand Island Senior High was named to the East team at 157 pounds. He will be joined by Tanner Kuhn of High Plains at 141.

Area wrestlers on the West squad include Grand Island Northwest’s Kevin Roehrich. Greeley-Wolbach’s Trent Nekoliczak (125), Central City’s Logan Williams (125), Adams Central’s Alex Rostvet (141), St. Paul’s Brandon Starkey (149) Adams Central’s Nick… Continue

When it comes to reaching peak performance for the district and state wrestling tournaments, longtime Aurora coach Bill Wofford is a big believer in the old saying that sometimes less is more.

Wofford, whose Huskies are the No. 6-rated (NSWCA) team in Class B, said there’s a regiment his teams typically follow at this point in the season. He might tweak the formula from year to year to suit the specific needs of his team, but the basic principles remain the same.

“Basically, the end of the yea… Continue

The Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association provides a much-needed service of rating wrestlers and teams throughout the season and the coaches who volunteer their time to compile those ratings certainly deserve everyone’s thanks for tackling such a difficult task.

That said, here’s hoping Class C rater Kenny Loosvelt of Madison will take another look at Wood River in the team ratings. Currently, the Eagles are rated No. 3 as a dual team, but only No. 10 overall.

That would seem like… Continue

Grand Island Central Catholic wrestling fans won’t have much more traveling to do this season — at least not until the state tournament.

Starting with Saturday’s Centennial Conference meet at GICC, the Class C No. 5-rated Crusaders will host three of their next four tournaments, including their home invitational on Feb. 7 and the Class C, District 3 meet Feb. 13-14. Besides the state tournament in Omaha, the only other away meet for coach Marc Starostka’s team is the Hastings St. Cecilia Invita… Continue

The new Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association ratings are out for Classes A and D and the Grand Island Senior High wrestling team has raised its profile even further.

Already rated No. 1 in Class A in the team and dual rankings, a total of five Islanders now possess No. 1 individual ratings. The list includes: Andrew Riedy (103 pounds), Blake Fruchtl (112), Alec Chanthapatheth (130), Riley Allen (152) and Alan Taylor (189).

Other rated wrestlers for GISH include Matt Rice (third at… Continue