SEWARD, Neb. – A week after opening the GPAC dual season with a win at home, Concordia University, Nebraska Wrestling looks forward to scrapping with reigning GPAC champion Doane. Based on the official NAIA ratings released on Nov. 6, the dual will feature the 16th-ranked Bulldogs up against the eighth-ranked Tigers – the GPAC’s two highest rated teams. The action is scheduled to get underway at 7 p.m. CT from the Haddix Center in Crete on Friday.
No. 16 Concordia at No. 8 Doane
Friday, Nov. 21 | 7 p.m. | Haddix Center (Crete, Neb.)
Webcast: GPAC Network
Live Results: TrackWrestling
Head Coach Josh Watts’ squad has competed in two tournaments and one dual through the early portion of the 2025-26 season. In last week’s 32-18 victory over Hastings, Concordia won five contested matches with bonus points. The wins were produced by Cal Price (pin at 141), Cole Price (major decision at 165), Evan Sepanlou (major decision at 174), Hunter Weimer (pin at 184) and Torrance Keehn (pin at 197). In the one ranked versus ranked matchup of the night, the Broncos’ Koen Mattern edged Gabe Kant at heavyweight, 11-6. Concordia has gone 7-2 in GPAC duals since Watts took over as head coach prior to the 2024-25 season.
Based on official ratings released the week of Nov. 3, the Bulldogs boast nine wrestlers ranked at the conference level and seven competitors ranked at the national level. A transfer from Labette Community College, Kant has already earned tournament place finishes at the Friends Falcon Open and Dakota Wesleyan Open. He leads the team with seven wins this season. The next highest win total among Concordia wrestlers belongs to Cole Price, who is 5-2 with a place finish at the DWU Open to his credit.
Former Bulldog Head Coach Dana Vote traveled his Doane team to Prescott, Ariz., this past weekend for the Mile High Open. The Tigers placed second behind 184-pound champion Tyson Beauperthuy. A national runner up last season, Beauperthuy helped the Tigers to GPAC regular season and tournament championships and to an NAIA fourth place nationals finish in 2024-25. Beauperthuy and Ben Miller (157) are returning GPAC champions. Doane’s roster features 11 wrestlers with current NAIA national rankings, including five athletes who are rated atop the GPAC within their respective weight classes. The Tigers went 8-0 last season in GPAC duals and went on to set a new GPAC Championships standard for team points (218).
Doane has won the past five dual matchups with Concordia. The most recent victory for the Bulldogs in this rivalry came on Jan. 25, 2020, by a 33-14 team score. Concordia went 8-0 in conference duals that season and won the GPAC tournament title.
Ranked Wrestlers
(Based on official rankings released the week of Nov. 3)
No. 16 Concordia
141 – Steven Barnes: 2nd GPAC | 19th NAIA
141 – Cal Price: 4th GPAC
149 – Hagen Heistand: 1st GPAC | 2nd NAIA
157 – Cole Price: 2nd GPAC | 17th NAIA
157 – Aaron Wilson: 6th GPAC
174 – Hunter Weimer: 2nd GPAC | 22nd NAIA
184 – Barret Brandt: 3rd GPAC | 18th NAIA
197 – Torrance Keehn: 2nd GPAC | 14th NAIA
285 – Gabe Kant: 4th GPAC | 19th NAIA
No. 8 Doane
125 – Ray Ray Harris: 1st GPAC | 5th NAIA
125 – Brian Peckj: 2nd GPAC | 12th NAIA
133 – Matthew Terrence: 2nd GPAC | 17th NAIA
149 – Quentyn Frank: 3rd GPAC | 14th NAIA
157 – Benjamin Miller: 1st GPAC | 8th NAIA
165 – Grayson Hagen: 6th GPAC
174 – Jake Prudek: 1st GPAC | 17th NAIA
184 – Tyson Beauperthuy: 1st GPAC | 1st NAIA
184 – Kolton Kammeyer: 4th GPAC | 20th NAIA
197 – Jaren Jackson: 1st GPAC | 9th NAIA
197 – Chase Stieb: 3rd GPAC | 23rd NAIA
285 – Eli Criblez: 3rd GPAC | 16th NAIA
This weekend’s slate also includes the Younes Hospitality Open hosted by the University of Nebraska Kearney on Saturday. Before breaking for Thanksgiving, the Bulldogs will take on Briar Cliff and Waldorf as part of GPAC Day of Duals No. 1 in Sioux City, Iowa, on Nov. 25.