Madrid, Spain — Darian Cruz delivered a flawless performance at the 2025 Grand Prix of Spain, winning the gold medal at 57kg and outscoring his opponents by a combined margin of 29-0. The title marks Cruz’s first championship at the prestigious international event, after earning silver and bronze in previous years.The Pennsylvania Regional Training Center (PRTC) athlete made a statement in everymatch on his way to the top of the podium:

● In the quarterfinals, Cruz shut out Spain’s Raymel Quiñones with a 7-0 decision.

● He followed up with a dominant 11-0 technical fall over Peter Cude of Costa Rica
in the semifinals.

● Cruz capped off his run with another 11-0 technical fall in the finals against
Yelaman Amangeldy of Kazakhstan.
“Winning the Spanish Grand Prix is pretty awesome, especially after getting silver and bronze in the years prior,” said Cruz. “I just feel like it’s a good testament to what we have been
building back home at Penn with the PRTC.” Cruz, a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania native and NCAA Champion, continues to build on a strong 2025 campaign. His gold medal performance reflects the ongoing momentum of the PRTC, which has grown into a top-tier training environment for elite athletes. “I feel super grateful for the opportunity to compete, let alone the opportunity to compete for the PRTC,” Cruz said. “It’s exciting to see the representation from the commitment and work we have been putting in here. This family is growing and it means even more to be able to say that everybody in the Philly community has contributed and can take credit for this medal. The most rewarding part is knowing that this is only the beginning... to many more.” With this victory, Cruz adds an international title to his growing list of accolades and reinforces his standing as one of the premier 57kg wrestlers in the world.

We're less than a week away from the 2025 16U and Junior National Championships - affectionately known as "Fargo." Thousands of wrestlers will descend upon the FargoDome in search of "Stop Signs" representing national championships. They will seek to etch their names next to some of the already-legendary names below which are the Junior National Champions from Fargo for the last 15 years. 
Junior Men's Freestyle

 
Junior Greco-Roman

 
Junior Women's Freestyle

Earlier today, we posted an article on the 2025 offseason coaching carousel and anticipated further action. We didn’t realize that "further action" would come today as Binghamton announced that head coach Kyle Borshoff has stepped down from his position after 10 years with the school. Eight of them were spent as head coach for the Bearcats. 
During his time at Binghamton, Borshoff guided 25 wrestlers to the NCAA Tournament. Current assistant coach Lou DePrez earned All-American honors for Borshoff in 2021 and was named a first-team All-American by the NWCA in 2020. He also oversaw four individual EIWA titles - three from DePrez and another from Brevin Cassella in 2024. Binghamton also racked up 56 dual wins under Borshoff’s leadership. 
Borshoff’s father, Tim, was a national finalist for Binghamton in 1975. Kyle is reportedly stepping down to work with his father in the real estate business. 
Binghamton is coming off a 10-9 season in which they finished sixth in the new-look EIWA conference with a pair of finalists. Both of the Bearcats 2025 national qualifiers have exhausted their eligibility, so there are currently none on the Binghamton roster; however, they have a couple of wrestlers that appeared in the 2024-25 national rankings in Carson Wagner (125) and Will Ebert (184). 
We’ll have more information about the Binghamton coaching search as it develops.