Tom formerly Tofurky

SF State has/d a kid who is doing something similar to Henschel. Here is a recent video: D2 and D3 deserve WAY more promotion than they receive. D1 makes up less than 20% of all collegiate wrestling opportunities.

Great kid and great ambassador for the sport. D2s and D3s are this weekend in Indianapolis and Providence, RI, respectively. Here are links to the NCAA Championship sites for each, including video of last year's finals for both divisions. D2 - https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2025-03-07/2025-ncaa-dii-wrestling-championship-qualifiers-list-selections-info-times-dates D3 - https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2025-03-01/2025-ncaa-diii-wrestling-championships-qualifiers-schedule-history

There are no wild cards in D2 or D3. You either place top three at your qualifier or your season is over. Henschel placed fifth at his weight.

About an hour ago, I saw a clip of Bakersfield's 125 spiking the kid from Cal Poly on a mat return, then pinning him to qualify for Nationals along with AJ and their heavyweight. While the rest of his team was mat side in celebration for this kid, Ferrari stayed seated in the background. I found that odd and disheartening, especially in light of his recent statement (video in this thread) about his teammates.

Let's talk about Caden Henschel not making it to Nationals this year. He was the top ranked kid at his weight almost all season long, and his coach has said that "[Henschel] is a great kid who does everything right." None of that means he belongs at Nationals this season, but it is a bummer to see his career end this way. I, for one, have enjoyed watching him compete, and I enjoy some of his content. He is a great for the sport, and it would have been great to see him make a run at a title. That and I am a fan of Nick Becker and what he does at UW-Parkside.

I'm not sure if I completely understand what you're saying or asking, but if you click on Results, Team Results, a drop down with appear and you can choose the team you want. At that point, all that team's entries and results for that tournament will show up. Does that help?

I had not kept up on that, and I am sorry to read that. I got the impression that he, while a competent coach, was merely arrogant and unlikeable, but little more than that. That really sucks that he his actions, in any shape or form, had such a negative impact on so many people.

I wonder if the administration, seeing that Zeke is long in the tooth, so to speak, goes the Okie State route and makes a play at someone like Dake or Snyder. Mark Perry? It's clear he can coach, but can administrators and other coaches work with his ego? Here's a thought: Tervel Dlagnev? Also, does the program have anyone remotely resembling Art Mortori who could revive Sunkist Kids? Their demise clearly had a large, negative impact on the program.

RIP, Mike

Yep, go to Events, Functions, Search, add in a date time frame and hit search. If you want it for a specific level, do those same things, but before you hit search, click on Advanced, then scroll to Age Level and choose your poison. Good luck searching!

Regionalizing the tournament makes sense for small schools with small athletics budgets. It's important to remember that most of these schools are enrollment driven and most that recently added sports (including wrestling) did so to bring in tuition revenue. If a school has only 20 to 25 people on their roster, their team budget is going to be tiny, unless the coach can fund raise like no one else or the program is fully endowed, which very few are. One crazy aspect of D3 is that out of more than 130 programs at this time, only five of them are west of the line where Canada meets Minnesota on the western edge of the state, all the way down to Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Of those five, Oregon has two on their west coast, and there isn't another one east of there until you hit eastern Nebraska. Check out this map: https://content.nwcaonline.com/where-to-wrestle-2/#/qbe/map For MOST results (Track and Flo will be merging platforms in the not-too-distant future), you can go here: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/index.jsp?TIM=1741116886512&twSessionId=sgwitzolqu - click on the season you want to review, find the team for which you want results, then play around in there.

Amuchastegui Dziewiatkowski Older, but relevant.

I'm intimately familiar with the D3 log jam in the two Midwest qualifiers, though I don't know how it shook out with the addition of the seventh one this year. Ranked teams in each D2 Super Region (per the most recent NWCA Coach's rankings) SR1 - 15, 16, 17 SR2 - 12, T18 SR3 - 5, 6, 8, 10, T13, 21 SR4 - 4, 7, 20, 22, T24 SR5 - 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, T24 SR6 - T13, T18, 23, T24 SR3 came on big this season when Glenville pulled a lot of transfers, and Simcoe at Grand Valley is building a nice, little program in Western Michigan to add to stalwarts West Liberty, Tiffin, Lake Erie, et al. SR4 is having a bit of an off year, but the usual suspects of UCO, McKendree, and UIndy are there, along with a resurging CMSU program, run by D2 legend Cody Garcia (with some help behind the scenes from wrestling legend Mike Denney). SR5 is SR5... that is THE meat grinder of D2 year over year.

Does this guy walk around with a flamethrower on his back and matches in his pockets? Be better, man.