Concordia will honor a pair of seniors on Thursday night when York College will be in town for a dual. Issiah Burks and Mario Ybarra will be honored in a pre-dual ceremony. It will be the final home dual of the 2021-22 season.
Conference dual action wrapped up on Saturday (Jan. 29) as the Bulldogs went 1-2 with the win coming over Jamestown, 27-17. Concordia went 3-5 in conference duals and will finish in sixth place in the GPAC standings.
A second round of GPAC duals is coming up on Saturday for Concordia Wrestling, which will take on Northwestern, Briar Cliff and Jamestown in Sioux City, Iowa. The Bulldogs own a conference record of 2-3.
In the highlight of the night for the Bulldogs on Friday (Jan. 14), TJ Huber won by decision at 174. GPAC leading Doane won the dual, 39-3, while securing three pins. Head Coach Myron Bradbury's squad is now 2-3 in GPAC duals.
A major challenge awaits on Friday when the Bulldogs will be in Crete to take on fourth-ranked Doane. Head Coach Myron Bradbury's squad owns GPAC wins over Dakota Wesleyan and Midland.
After three weeks between outings, the Bulldogs knocked off some rust on Saturday (Jan. 8) as 14 Concordia competitors combined for 13 wins and three pins. Jeaven Scdoris placed fourth while Issiah Burks reached the semis of their respective brackets.
Issiah Burks, Jacob Telles and Mario Ybarra combined to go 9-0 on the day as the Bulldogs won two of three duals at the Concordia Bulldog Duals on Saturday (Dec. 18). Concordia hosted a field of five teams inside Friedrich Arena.
The 2021 Concordia Bulldog Duals, set to be staged inside Friedrich Arena on Saturday, will feature five teams and eight total duals. The event will be the final one of the 2021 calendar year for Head Coach Myron Bradbury's squad.
With the help of Anthony Perez's tech fall at 157, the Bulldogs emerged with a 32-18 GPAC dual win over Midland on Thursday (Dec. 9). Concordia won six of the 10 matches, including a triumph for TJ Huber at 174.
In its second home appearance of the 2021-22 season, the Concordia Wrestling team will host Midland for a Thursday (Dec. 9) dual. The Bulldogs will seek their second GPAC dual victory of the season.
Rarely, if ever, has success been set on a tee for Jerry Stepps III to smash out of the ballpark. Rather, it’s been quite the opposite in some cases. It never stopped Jerry from dreaming big or making it big as a senior.
Ceron Francisco will go down as an all-time great Bulldog for the way he has handled himself on and off the mat. A national runner up back in March, Ceron is headed to Charlottesville to join the Cavalier Wrestling Club.
Kirk Kaliszewski and two other national qualifiers return for a wrestling program looking to continue a run of GPAC dominance and national prominence. The Bulldogs will have a different look with 18 newcomers.
In the first season of head coach Andrew Nicola's tenure, the Concordia wrestling program maintained its perch atop the conference and the senior class went out in style.
Ceron Francisco has gone from a fascination – largely because of his stature and physical appearance separated him – to an obvious fan favorite and to one of the most respected student-athletes at Concordia.
This isn’t exactly the way Ken Burkhardt Jr. planned it. First recruited to Concordia as a linebacker on the football team, Burkhardt Jr. has become an accomplished wrestler and owner of the most wins in program history.
As Kodie Cole himself puts it, "I might have a little different story than others." There's a lot of story left to be told for Cole, who has taken a winding path to being ranked No. 1 in the nation at 133 pounds.
Concordia University wrestling has a new leader in Andrew Nicola, but expectations remain sky high. Behind a talented senior class, the Bulldogs are again the favorite in the GPAC and in the region.
Andrew Nicola, most recently an assistant coach at California Baptist University, has been hired as head wrestling coach at Concordia University. He takes the place of former head coach Dana Vote.
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