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Wrestling begins conference play

By Jason Watt | January 16, 2004

After opening up the conference schedule with a loss against Kent State last year, the NIU wrestling team will try to start the year with a win when it takes on the Golden Flashes at 2:05 p.m. Sunday at the Convocation Center. While this is the first...

Heizer finds, then helps put NIU on map

By Jason Watt | December 4, 2003

NIU wrestler Ben Heizer, with the highest preseason ranking in school history, almost didn’t come to NIU. In fact, he didn’t even know it existed. “I’d never even heard of Northern before,” Heizer said. “I was getting looked at by Oklahoma,...

Wrestling team starts season with same result

By Jason Watt | December 1, 2003

For the second season in a row, the NIU wrestling team started its season by dropping its first meet to a Big Ten opponent. Last year, it was two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota. This year, it was Wisconsin, who came out on top with a 27-9 victory....

NIU preps for Missouri Open

By Jason Watt | November 21, 2003

After placing six wrestlers, including four freshmen, at the Michigan State Open, the NIU wrestling team is trying to place more at the Missouri Open this weekend. The Huskies will travel to take on some of the best teams in the country this weekend,...

Young and skilled

By Jason Watt | November 19, 2003

NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant knows this year’s team is young, but the eighth-year coach thinks this is one of the most talented groups he ever has had.

Six of the Huskies’ 10 weight classes still are up for grabs, but Grant is confident with whom he has at the four classes that are solidified.

Ben Heizer (184 pounds), Sam Hiatt (133 pounds) and Josh Wooton (149 pounds) all made the NCAA Championships last season. Heizer was an All-American. George Kirgan (174 pounds) has experience from a year ago, going 6-7 with three pins at 174 pounds.

The Huskies begin the regular season with a dual-meet Nov. 30 at Wisconsin.

In the 125-pound weight class, two freshmen are making a push at an upperclassman. True freshman Gralan Early, who was a high school All-American his senior year, and redshirt freshman Landon Foy are competing for the starting nod with senior Dave Aranda.

At 141 pounds, Sam Hiatt’s younger brother Andy is competing to see time on the mat with Mike Grimes. Both placed at the Michigan State Open on Nov. 9.

Two-time All-American Scott Owen left a void last season in the 157-pound weight class when he graduated. He now is an assistant coach with the Huskies. Sophomore Alex Nelson, who wrestled at 149 pounds as a freshman two seasons ago, has experience in the MAC and is the front-runner at 157. Grant said redshirt freshman Joe Henning might be able to crack the starting lineup at 157.

Danny Burk and Johnny Galloway both could wrestle for the Huskies at 165 pounds.

“Burk looks pretty tough right now,” Grant said. “He’s been training hard and has improved a lot from last year. He’s probably one of our harder trainers in the room.

“Galloway is a three-time Iowa State Champion, so he’s pretty talented.”

In the 197-pound weight class, NIU had a mini-tournament to see who would come out on top. Grant said everybody beat everybody in the tournament, so he is leaning on sophomore Brandon Check. Freshmen Derick Hunsinger and Dave Herrera also could be used in that weight class, while redshirt freshman Dustin Docter also is in the mix.

Grant said the lead guy in the heavyweight division is freshman Joe Sapp. Grant said he will start anyone who will be competitive in that division.

Coming off three consecutive winning seasons and being ranked two of the last three years, Grant is looking forward to another successful season.

“We have a lot of young, talented guys,” Grant said. “We are going to have to develop them. We need to continue the style that we wrestle. We need to go out there and wrestle hard and let things happen the way that they come down. We’ve been training really hard. We’ve got great shape, and that always seems to help us out.”

6 NIU wrestlers place

By Jason Watt | November 12, 2003

NIU’s 24th-ranked wrestling team had six wrestlers and two coaches place at the Michigan State Open over the weekend. Josh Wooton, at the 149-pound level, wrestled in his first tournament at his new weight. He took home first in his weight division....

Huskies to begin season

By Jason Watt | November 6, 2003

The NIU wrestling team will see its first action of the season Saturday and Sunday at the Michigan State Open. This tournament doesn’t affect the team’s record because it only will include individual competition. The records, however, will count for...

Wrestling picked 3rd in MAC

By Jason Watt | October 13, 2003

After losing six seniors from last season, the NIU wrestling team is picked to finish third in the MAC behind Central Michigan and Ohio. The Huskies return three wrestlers who went to the NCAA Championships last season. Ben Heizer, an All-American, is...

Wrestling scores MAC’s top recruiting class Wrestling scores MAC’s top recruiting class

By Jason Watt | July 7, 2003

After losing seven seniors to graduation, the NIU wrestling team responded with one of its finest recruiting classes ever. The Intermatwrestle.com Web site ranked the Huskies’ new arrivals as the 17th-best recruiting class in the country. NIU was the...

By turning to lust, Sports Illustrated loses its luster

By Greg Cote | February 24, 2003

MIAMI - Get it clear, fast. I am not outraged or offended. Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue is too quaintly benign to conjure either emotion. In an age when hard-core porn is as accessible on the Internet as corn flakes in a supermarket, young...

Wrestling takes share of MAC title

By Jason Watt | February 24, 2003

With two weeks off before the MAC Championships, the NIU wrestling squad will have some time to enjoy being the co-champs of the MAC. Central Michigan pounded Kent State with a final of 26-9 on Saturday night. Then, the Huskies beat Buffalo and Eastern...

Trying for MAC crown

By Jason Watt | February 21, 2003

Getting a piece of the title. In NIU’s two meets this Saturday hosted at Eastern Michigan, the NIU wrestling team can obtain a three-way tie for the MAC title. In order for the Huskies (13-6, 2-1 MAC) to grab a share of the title, they need to hope...

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