Senior World Championships NLWC wrestlers PJ Duke (70 kg), Levi Haines (79 kg), and Kyle Snyder (97 kg) had outstanding performances at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia from Sept. 13-16. Kyle Snyder Kyle looked spectacular on his way to winning another world title. He defeated Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela) ...
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Senior World Championships The 2025 Senior World Championships take place September 13-21 in Zagreb, Croatia. The men's freestyle competition goes from Saturday, September 13 through Tuesday, Sept. 16. NLWC wrestlers PJ Duke (70 kg), Levi Haines (79 kg), and Kyle Snyder (97 kg) are competing on the U.S. team. Every weight class ...
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Real American Freestyle 01 (RAF 01) Real American Freestyle, a new professional freestyle wrestling promotion, held its first competition at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The two NLWC athletes competing both had nice wins! Kyle Dake defeated 2025 NCAA Champion Dean Hamiti from Oklahoma ...
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Real American Freestyle 01 (RAF 01) Real American Freestyle, a new professional freestyle wrestling promotion, will host its first competition at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The NLWC will have two athletes competing: Kyle Dake will face Dean Hamiti at 190 lbs., and Bo ...
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U20 World Championships The 2025 U20 Men's Freestyle World Championships took place over the past four days in Samokov, Bulgaria. To say that the performance of the young Nittany Lions was outstanding is an understatement. Five Nittany Lion wrestlers (making up half of the men's freestyle team) competed, ...
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U20 World Championships The 2025 U20 Men's Freestyle World Championships take place August 17-20 in Samokov, Bulgaria. Marcus Blaze (61 kg), PJ Duke (70 kg), Will Henckel (79 kg), Connor Mirasola (92 kg), and Cole Mirasola (125 kg) are all competing on the U.S. team in this extremely tough age-level world championship ...
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NLWC Fans and Supporters The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club's first-ever Online Auction is now live and will run through August 22 at 3:00 p.m. There is a wide variety of very unique items, and this is a great opportunity to provide a one of a kind gift or a ...
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U23 World Championships Mitchell Mesenbrink had an outstanding U23 World ChampionshipTournament in Tirana, Albania! Competing at 74 kg, he defeated Murat Dzhakupov (Kazakhstan) 7-2 in his opening match. He fell by 11-8 decision to 2024 Senior Asian Champion Kota Takahashi (Japan) in the quarterfinals. When Takahashi advanced to the finals, Mitchell ...
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Congratulations to Dave Cipriani on winning the 2024 NLWC Truck Raffle that was held at Toftrees Golf Course on August 29, 2024! Thank you to everyone who participated in the truck raffle and made it a successful event!
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The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (NLWC) proudly announces that Zain Retherford has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris at the 65 kg weight class. Retherford's remarkable journey to the Olympics was cemented after a stellar performance at the Last Chance Olympic Qualifier in Istanbul, where he secured a crucial victory ...
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