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App State junior 149-pounder Jonathan Millner in action during his SoCon title match win over Campbells Joshua Heil. In St. Louis March 18-20, Millner became the eighth Mountaineer of all time to earn all-American recognition at the NCAA Championships.

Millner named All-American, school-record seven wrestlers compete at NCAA tournament

Ben Brady, Reporter
March 29, 2021
App State redshirt senior Thomas Flitz stares down his opponent before the Senior Day match against Chattanooga begins. Flitz finished the day 2-0, also securing a victory over Presbyterian.

App State NCAA qualifier Flitz represents ‘never give up’ mentality for wrestling program

Cameron Burnett, Associate Sports Editor
March 26, 2021
App State redshirt junior Cody Bond embraces head coach JohnMark Bentley and assistant coach Ian Miller after winning an individual SoCon title on Sunday night in Boone. Bentley said part of the reason the match was so emotional was because of how far Bond has come on his journey at App State.

Five App State wrestlers claim individual SoCon titles to tie program record

Silas Albright, Reporter
March 3, 2021
App State redshirt senior wrestler Codi Russell looks on before a match this season. The Atlanta native is currently ranked in the Top 25 in the NCAA at 125 pounds by all five major outlets. (The Open Mat, TrackWrestling, WrestleStat, Flo Wrestling, InterMat)

After 8-0 SoCon slate, Russell leads App State wrestling into postseason

Silas Albright, Reporter
February 15, 2021
App State wrestling coaches focus on a match between senior Codi Russell and an opponent from Gardner-Webb on Jan. 23 in Buies Creek. (From right: assistant coach Randall Diabe, head assistant coach Ian Miller, head coach JohnMark Bentley.)

New assistants bring fresh perspectives to App State wrestling

Connor Davidson, Senior Reporter
February 8, 2021
App State senior Codi Russell wrestles against Chattanoogas Fabian Gutierrez in Boone on Sunday. Russell won the matchup of top-25 ranked opponents with a 4-3 decision.

App State wrestling goes 2-0 in SoCon duals on Senior Day

Dan Davidson, Sports Editor
February 4, 2021
App State redshirt senior Codi Russell (top, in white) opened the match against Campbell with an 8-3 decision over Zurich Storm to give the Mountaineers an early lead.

App State wrestling splits in SoCon duals against Campbell, Gardner-Webb

Ben Brady , Reporter
January 24, 2021
App State freshman Tommy Askey (gold) puts a move on fellow freshman Tristan Pugh (black) at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad scrimmage Friday at Varsity Gym in Boone.

App State wrestling opens 2020-21 season with Black & Gold Intrasquad

Ben Brady, Reporter
December 19, 2020
App State offers free walk-up testing to students after announcement of wrestling team cluster

App State offers free walk-up testing to students after announcement of wrestling team cluster

Jake Markland , Reporter
September 4, 2020
App State announced a 10-person cluster within the wrestling team on Tuesday night. Its App States second sports team to have a cluster announced after football had one on Aug. 18.

App State announces COVID-19 cluster within wrestling program

Silas Albright, Reporter
September 1, 2020
Former App State wrestling co-head assistant coach Ryan LeBlanc (right) has been named the head coach at The Citadel.

App State wrestling assistant LeBlanc named head coach at The Citadel

Ben Brady, Reporter
August 5, 2020
Members of App States wrestling team pose for a photo after the SoCon Championships on March 8. The Mountaineers had four conference champions and a program record six total NCAA qualifiers before the season was canceled due to COVID-19.

App State wrestling hopeful for the future after COVID-19 cuts historic season short

Connor Davidson, Senior Reporter
April 15, 2020
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