Three Mustangs reached as far as the quarterfinals as Cal Poly finished 24th out of 35 teams in the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. No. 6 ranked 174-pounder graduate Adam Kemp, No. 6 ranked 149-pounder redshirt sophomore Chance Lamer and redshirt freshman 133-pounder Zeth Romney all started off the tournament 2-0 but couldn’t advance […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling dominates Duke, falls to No. 14 Rutgers in opening matchup of season
Cal Poly Wrestling opened up the season with a win over Duke but couldn’t overcome No. 14 Rutgers on the program’s opening matches of the season.
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‘We just want to keep the train rolling’: Cal Poly Wrestling looks to continue positive momentum into 2023 season
Cal Poly Wrestling has made a turnaround under Head Coach Jon Sioredas, but a larger issue of conference realignment in the Pac-12 hangs over the season.
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How the new age of college recruiting is impacting Cal Poly Athletics
Brantly Stevenson flew off a screen set by Alimamy Koroma. In one motion, he caught the ball and drained a jump shot to extend Cal Poly Men’s Basketball’s lead to 12 points. The junior guard from Etiwanda finished with 28 points in the first-round playoff matchup in the 2023 Big West Tournament against Long Beach […]
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Fremont Theater hosts action-packed “MicroMania Midget Wrestling” show
Wrestler 25 Cent entered the ring with a New York Yankees hat over a white durag. A bulletproof vest covered his chest as he strutted up to the top ropes of the miniature ring. His name, 25 Cent, is a play on his stature and the fact that he dresses like rapper 50 Cent. He […]
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BREAKING: Bernie Truax to transfer to Penn State
Cal Poly three-time All-American Bernie Truax has announced that he is transferring to Penn State for his final year of college eligibility. The announcement comes after Truax capped off his third straight fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and the Nittany Lions won their second straight team title. Truax leaves the Mustangs as one of […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling: Truax ends NCAA Championship run with fourth-place finish
As Cal Poly Wrestling’s lone competitor remaining, redshirt junior Bernie Truax took the mat on the final day of the NCAA Championships on Saturday in Tulsa. The Mustang won his consolation semifinal before falling in the third-place bout to wrap up the 2023 tournament for Cal Poly. Consolation Semifinal Bout After fighting through Friday night’s […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling: Truax earns All-American award and advances, Demas ends season at NCAA Championships
After having five competitors on day one, Cal Poly Wrestling’s two survivors took the mat for the second day of competition at the NCAA Championships on Friday in Tulsa. Redshirt junior Bernie Truax earned his third All-American honor and remains in the field with a shot at third place heading into the final day. Meanwhile, […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling: Truax advances to quarterfinals, Demas moves on at NCAA Championships
With a frenzy of rowdy wrestling fans on hand, Cal Poly’s journey to a national placing began at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday, March 16 inside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After a long day of competition from the five Mustangs in the tournament, redshirt junior Bernie Truax and sixth-year Dom Demas were […]
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Five Cal Poly wrestlers set to make noise at NCAA Championships
During the 2015-16 season, Cal Poly Wrestling struggled to win just three duals, including a single conference win and limped to a sixth-place finish in the Pac-12. That off-season, the Mustangs hired head coach Jon Sioredas, and a breath of fresh air overtook the program. Slowly but surely, Cal Poly became more and more dangerous […]
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Staying in SLO: Cal Poly Wrestling’s Evan Wick
Staying in SLO is a series by Mustang News sports reporter Miles Berman highlighting current Cal Poly coaches that previously played for the Mustangs. In the summer of 2021, Evan Wick was coming off a year spent away from school at the University of Wisconsin as an Olympic redshirt. Wick decided to head out west […]