DeKALB | Momentum can be a great thing for some teams and useless for others. Coming off a 30-6 blowout of Buffalo, the NIU wrestling team will try to keep its momentum rolling as they host conference foe Ohio University tonight at 7 p.m. in the Convocation...

Mike Grimes is no stranger to the Midland Championships tournament. Watching from his seat in the stands at Welsh-Ryan Arena as a middle-schooler, Grimes always thought it would be "so cool" to be one of those wrestlers out on the mats. Fast-forward to...

The new ‘big name' players Garrett Wolfe, Doug Free, Kate McCullagh and Stephanie Raymond. Gone, gone, gone and soon to be gone. With some of NIU's biggest names graduating after this year, it's time to look at who will be stealing headlines in 2007....

Grimes wins weight class at Midlands There couldn't have been a better ending to 2006 for the NIU wrestling team. Mike Grimes captured NIU's first ever individual title at the Midland Championships Dec. 30 in Evanston by beating Jake Patacsil of Purdue...

DeKALB | Buckle up for the ride through the Big Ten this weekend. After participating in three tournaments, the Huskie wrestling team starts dual matches as they travel to Northwestern Friday and host Wisconsin Sunday. Northwestern is ranked No. 10 in...

DeKALB | Coach Dave Grant made sure his wrestlers had a good week of practice heading into the weekend tournament in Las Vegas. The two-day Cliff Keen Invitational featured 49 of the top wrestling programs in the country and the Huskies needed to be at...

DeKALB | In what coach Dave Grant describes as one of the toughest events of the year, the NIU wrestling team travels to Las Vegas this weekend for the 25th annual Cliff Keen Invitational. The event features 50 teams spanning from coast to coast. Unlike...

DeKALB | Saturday may have been the last time NIU running back Garrett Wolfe took the field as a Huskie. But the senior didn't need to gain one yard before he was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, MAC's Offensive MVP by MAC Report Online and...

DeKALB | Duke Burk made a strong case to be nationally ranked as he led the Huskies at the Kaufman/Brand Open on Saturday. The freshman from Peoria got his first tournament win by beating Phil Keddy of Iowa in the 184-pound championship match at the nation's...

DeKALB | The Huskies' wrestling team looks to build on last weekend's success this Saturday in Omaha, Neb. for the Kaufman-Brand Open. NIU placed 10 top-three finishers a week ago, including three wrestlers who took first place. Coach Dave Grant is looking...

DeKALB | As a true freshman, Pat McLemore is enjoying his first year of college. After compiling a 149-10 career high school record, he made his college debut by taking first place in the 141-pound weight class over the weekend at the Pointer Open in...

DeKALB | In what can be described as a season of potential, the NIU wrestling team will open up its regular season on Saturday at the Pointer Open in Stevens Point, Wis. The Huskies return a team on which three players — Mike Grimes, Pat Castillo and...