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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The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club will once again have a strong presence at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Zain Retherford (65kg), Kyle Dake (74kg), Aaron Brooks (86kg) and Kyle Snyder (97kg) have all made the 2024 USA Men's Freestyle Olympic Team. Previously qualified, Roman Bravo-Young (57kg) will also be ...
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2023 UWW World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia The NLWC congratulates Zain Retherford and David Taylor on their World Gold Medals, Kyle Dake on his World Silver Medal, Jennifer Page and Kyle Snyder on their World Bronze Medals, and Nick Lee and Jane Valencia who won matches but fell short of earning ...
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2022 UWW World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia In the final match of the 2022 World Championships, NLWC Wrestler Kyle Snyder controlled Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia) on his way to a 6-0 decision and a 2022 World Gold Medal! The NLWC congratulates Kyle Snyder and David Taylor on their World Gold Medals, Thomas Gilman and ...
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