Concordia Wrestling is looking forward to its first home appearance of the 2021-22 season. The Bulldogs will host Hastings on Thursday as part of Faculty Night inside Friedrich Arena.
Concordia Wrestling is looking forward to its first home appearance of the 2021-22 season. The Bulldogs will host Hastings on Thursday as part of Faculty Night inside Friedrich Arena.
Jose Sanchez, Tavoris Smith and Mozes Valenzuela Smith combined for five wins while leading the Bulldogs at the Dan Harris Open on Sunday (Nov. 7). Sanchez paced the team with three wins.
Mason Garcia cruised through the 197-pound bracket with five pins while highlighting the efforts of the Bulldogs at the season opening York Open. Concordia wrestlers combined for 11 top-four place finishes.
Among the highlights of the preseason ratings, Bulldogs Mario Ybarra and Jacob Telles appeared in the NAIA national rankings. As a team, Concordia landed at No. 4 in the GPAC ratings and received votes nationally.
All-American Mario Ybarra and GPAC champion Jacob Telles return to form the backbone of a Concordia Wrestling program now led by first-year Head Coach Myron Bradbury. Bradbury has the task of bringing along a young team.
Myron Bradbury has been hired to take the reins of the Concordia Wrestling program. The former Lindsey Wilson Associate Head Wrestling Coach replaces Levi Calhoun, now Assistant AD at Concordia.
Also an NWCA Scholar All-American, Mario Ybarra has been chosen as a CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner. Ybarra earned All-America honors in 2021 and studies computer science.
Concordia Wrestling has announced a 2021-22 schedule complete with 14 competitive dates, including eight tournaments. The Bulldogs will open the season Oct. 30 at the York Open.
All-American Mario Ybarra has earned yet another Scholar All-America award from the NWCA. The Scottsbluff, Neb., native also received the honor in 2020.
It wasn't always easy in 2020-21 considering all that the program dealt with, but the season may have been an important one for growth and reflection. It also ended with Mario Ybarra on the podium.
By just about any measure, the 2014-15 season marked the most successful in the history of Concordia University wrestling. In head coach Dana Vote’s third season, the Bulldogs went a perfect 7-0 in GPAC duals, outscoring their conference rivals by a combined total of 242-59.
Consider the time spent at Santa Ana College a crossroads. Muddled in southern California traffic jams, Andrew Schulte had plenty of time to ponder his next move.
The 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championships came to a head in the afternoon on Saturday with four Bulldogs locking up spots on the medal stand as All-Americans.
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