Jenny Beam NDSU

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan has announced the hiring of Roger Kish as an assistant coach. Kish joins the NDSU program after a successful wrestling career at the University of Minnesota.

“We’re excited to have a wrestler with such an outstanding background joining our coaching staff,” said Maughan. “Roger will be a tremendous help with our upper weights both on the mat and from a recruiting aspect.”

Kish was a graduate assistant for the Gophers last year. Kish, a LaPeer, Mich. native, was a two-time All-American and two-time NCAA runner-up for the Gophers at 184 pounds.

He had a career record of 117-27 for the Gophers. As a sophomore, he went 35-7 en route to a Big Ten title and an NCAA runner-up finish. In his junior season, Kish was 37-3 and was the Big Ten and national runner-up. He was also a team captain.

Kish graduated from Minnesota in May 2008 with a BS in business and marketing education.

He was also a two-time cadet national champion and also captured a USA Wrestling junior national title.  Read more... (217 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Penn State-bound twins cap junior careers with freestyle titles

by Guy Cipriano

Future Penn State wrestlers Andrew and Dylan Alton handled their last appearances in the Junior National Championships with the same demeanor they display everywhere else they compete.

They left the boasting to others. They didn’t drop any tears as they left the FargoDome for the final time as competitors.

“I’m sort of glad it’s the last time,” Dylan said Sunday afternoon. “I’m ready to move onto the next level.”

The Central Mountain duo will bring incredible resumes to Penn State in 2010.

Andrew and Dylan captured the 140 and 145 titles, respectively, during Saturday night’s freestyle finals in Fargo, N.D. The twins shared Outstanding Wrestler honors.

The Altons spent plenty of time atop the Fargo podium. They combined to win nine cadet and junior freestyle and Greco-Roman titles. The twins captured junior freestyle titles the past two years.

Most wrestling experts consider the tournament the nation’s premiere scholastic event. Dozens of college coaches, including Penn State’s Cael Sanderson, attended this year’s tournament, which started July 18.  Read more... (597 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — North Dakota State wrestling coach Bucky Maughan has announced the signing of Jake Love of Missoula Sentinel.

Love is a three-time state runner-up for the Spartans. He missed state as a senior due to a shoulder injury.

Love, who is projected to wrestle at 133 pounds, posted a 110-10 record in high school.

The Bison are an NCAA Division I wrestling team in the Western Wrestling Conference.