NewYooper
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For South Dakota - already mentioned: Randy Lewis Lincoln Mac Jim and Bill Scherr Some high school greats: Logan Storley 6 titles Kirk Wallman 6 titles (his dad Gary "Smokey" also won 4 as did his brother Troy and brother Cory) not quite the Peery's from Oklahoma, but better than my family... Gary AAed twice at Iowa State. I think one of the boys AAed at Iowa State and one at Wisconsin. Lincoln Mac 5 titles
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If the new conference doesn't sponsor wrestling, why would they be upset or not want N. Colorado because it wrestles in the Big 12? Boise St. (at one time was in the Mountain West and wrestled in the PAC-X (where X sadly is now smaller than it used to be; and where sadly, Boise St. no longer wrestles). UVU is in the WAC and wrestles in the Big 12. Forming a new "conference" within an existing conference is a way of life today. Just look at Big 12 Women's rowing which has Alabama and Tennessee in the conference. In the big picture, for many of these conferences, wrestling and rowing really don't matter. They may matter to us, but in general... The ADs have figured this out and and have found innovative ways to keep particular teams in a conference where they can get the necessary competition.
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Northern Colorado has wrestled in the Big 12 (along with SDSU, NDSU, UVU, Air Force and Wyoming) since the Western Wrestling Conference merged with the Big 12 for wrestling. Other schools were subsequently added.
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LJ Helbig was partially/mostly deaf and wrestled at Wyoming from ~2009-2013. As a freshman wrestled at 184 behind Joe LeBlanc (who was All American). As a sophomore, wrestled at 197 - qualified for NCAA tournament. As a junior wrestled at 285. Lost 3-2 in the WWC finals to Christian Brantley from UNI and didn't make NCAA. As a senior wrestled at 174 and qualified for NCAA tournament. Referees always had to remember to use hand signals for him on restarts and to touch him in some way to let him know the whistle had sounded. Not quite Kyle Dake, but four years and four weights - with the smallest weight last.
