Dreams don't always come true. For wrestlers Tristen DeShazer and Bryan Deutsch, their dreams of becoming an All-American and possibly an NCAA Champion came to an end Friday. At the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, DeShazer and Deutsch combined for a...

Tristen DeShazer came into the NCAA Championships with 15 pins on the season. On Thursday, the redshirt sophomore recorded his 16th pin and 21st win on the season over North Carolina State's freshman Darius Little. DeShazer was taken down but reversed...

Bryan Deutsch had to pull off upsets to win the MAC Championship at 157 pounds. If he wants to do anything at the NCAA Championships, he will need to do the same thing, starting with his first match. The NCAA Championships run Thursday-Saturday at the...

To say that NIU's wrestling team is young would be an understatement. The team doesn't start a single upperclassman in its 10-man lineup. True freshmen Steve Zimmerman, Izzy Montemayor, Derrick Yant and Zak Saevre have been in the lineup most of the year....

Most current NIU students weren't even born when the decision happened. What am I talking about? One of the worst decisions in NIU athletics history. In 1975, NIU joined the Mid-American Conference, mainly thanks to three different people­­ â€"...

For the second time in its last three dual meets, the NIU wrestling team had to wait until the final match of the night to decide the meet. On Feb. 6 against Eastern Michigan, NIU's Bryan Deutsch lost a 6-4 decision in the final match of the evening,...

For years, the NIU wrestling team had something that most Division I programs didn't â€" and it wasn't a good thing. Until the fall of 2008, NIU didn't even have its own wrestling room. The program had to share a practice facility with NIU's gymnastics...

Sunday's home finale for the NIU wrestling team showed how youthful the team is. First of all, on what would normally be senior night, NIU had no seniors to honor. The Huskies, who wrestled six freshman and four sophomores, also showed their youth against...

A bitter taste was left in the mouth of the NIU wrestling team on Friday, as it dropped its third MAC and second home match of the season. The Huskies (4-7 overall, 0-3 MAC) fell late to Eastern Michigan (7-9, 1-2) 18-16. This was the Huskies first loss...

So far, things haven't worked out so well for the NIU wrestling team in MAC competition. NIU is 0-2 in the conference heading into tonight's meet against Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center. The Huskies lost a close dual meet against Ohio, 23-22...

So far, things haven't worked out so well for the NIU wrestling team in MAC competition. NIU is 0-2 in the conference heading into tonight's meet against Eastern Michigan at the Convocation Center. The Huskies lost a close dual meet against Ohio, 23-22...

Love has multiple meanings for different people, but for wrestling head coach Dave Grant, there is one that sticks out. The Northern Star was able to talk with Grant in the middle of a busy week for the program to discuss his start into wrestling, his...