Nic Bouzakis and Ryder Rogotzke Find Success, But No. 6 Ohio State Falls to...
As the Buckeyes learned, upsets are hard to accomplish on the road against the No. 1 team in America. When that team has won back-to-back NCAA Championships – and 10 national titles since 2011 – it...
View ArticleSammy Sasso Only Wants to Return to Competition If It's At the Highest Level,...
He won his first Big Ten Championship in 2021 as a redshirt sophomore and followed it up with another Big Ten title in 2023. He’s a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA runner-up. If he’s going to...
View ArticleNo. 6 Ohio State Steamrolls No. 22 Indiana 32-6 on Senior Day
The No. 22 Hoosiers (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) offered little resistance to No. 6 Ohio State (14-2, 6-1) in the Covelli Center. The Buckeyes won eight of 10 matchups in the dual and cruised to a 32-6 victory....
View ArticleOhio State's Jesse Mendez Wins Big Ten Title At 141 Pounds With Upset of...
An underdog against Beau Bartlett, Mendez came in and shot for takedown after takedown, working position after position trying to find an edge over the nation's No. 1 wrestler in his 141-pound weight...
View ArticleFormer Ohio State Wrestler, UFC Legend Mark Coleman Hospitalized For Smoke...
On Tuesday, the former Ohio State wrestler and UFC legend was hospitalized after he rescued his parents from a fire in his childhood home near Toledo. Coleman, 59, was airlifted from the scene after...
View Article“I’m The Happiest Man in the World”: Former Ohio State Wrestler Mark Coleman...
Coleman has been hospitalized since the fire at his parents’ house early Tuesday morning, which destroyed his childhood home in Fremont, Ohio. The 59-year-old former Ohio State wrestler and UFC Hall...
View ArticleOhio State Wrestlers Jesse Mendez and Rocco Welsh to Grapple for NCAA...
Sophomore Jesse Mendez, the top seed at 141 pounds, will square off with No. 2 Beau Bartlett of Penn State. Sixth-seeded freshman Rocco Welsh will take on Penn State's No. 9 Carter Starocci at 174...
View ArticleJesse Mendez Wins NCAA Championship Match at 141 Pounds, Ohio State’s First...
On Saturday, Mendez defeated Penn State's Beau Bartlett, 4-1, and won an NCAA title at 141 pounds, becoming Ohio State's first national champion since Kyle Snyder in 2018. The baddest man alive Jesse...
View ArticleFormer Ohio State Wrestler Kyle Snyder Earns Third Straight Berth in Olympics...
After winning gold in his Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro while still competing for Ohio State in 2016, then following that up with a silver medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, Snyder will compete in...
View ArticleOhio State Wrestling Coach Tom Ryan Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries in...
The accident took place during Ryan's commute to campus Tuesday morning and he was brought to the Wexner Medical Center for treatment. Statement from the Ohio State Dept. of Athletics: Ohio State...
View ArticleOhio State Wrestling Coach Tom Ryan Signs Three-Year Contract Extension
On Friday, Ohio State and Tom Ryan agreed to a three-year contract extension, keeping the 19-year Buckeyes wrestling coach in Columbus through 2027. "We are excited to announce Tom has accepted a...
View ArticleSammy Sasso to Return For Ohio State’s Season Opener Against Chattanooga
On Aug. 18, 2023, Sammy Sasso suffered a gunshot wound that almost left him paraplegic. Fourteen months later, the four-time All-American and two-time Big Ten champion will be back on the mat when No....
View ArticleSammy Sasso Makes Triumphant Return to Ohio State Wrestling With Victory in...
In his first match back nearly 15 months after he suffered severe nerve damage in an August 2023 shooting, the four-time All-American earned a 12-6 win over Chattanooga’s Jackson Hurst in Ohio State’s...
View ArticleNo. 4 Ohio State Wrestling Scores 25-14 Win Over No. 18 Michigan In Ann Arbor
The No. 4 Buckeyes (12-1, 3-1 Big Ten) jumped on the No. 18 Wolverines (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) from the opening bout, cruising to a 25-14 victory at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Saturday’s...
View ArticleFour-Time All-American, Two-Time Big Ten Champion Sammy Sasso Retires From...
On Thursday, Ohio State coach Tom Ryan announced Sasso's college career is over. The veteran wrestler, who battled back from a gunshot wound he suffered in August 2023 to have a 12-7 record this...
View ArticleOhio State Wrestler Jesse Mendez Wins Second Straight National Championship
The Ohio State wrestler won his second straight NCAA championship at 141 pounds on Saturday. Mendez cemented his legacy as one of the program's all-time greats with the title, as he accompanies Kyle...
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