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2025-26 South Dakota Changes, Clarifications & Reminders Region Seeding Requirements wording – Remove “Contestants must have a minimum of eight matches actually wrestled at the weight class in which they...

Mat Fungus and Bacterial Defense for Wrestlers: Proactive Strategies to Stay Mat-Ready by Jon Gums - Dakota Grappler Wrestlers are at high risk for skin infections caused by fungi and...

  I understand this is probably way off... but fun to see and debate... Check it out!      

North and South Dakota Wrestlers... Where are they wrestling in College?  Here is a current list of wrestlers and the colleges they are wrestling at.  I might have missed a...

Wednesday Wrestling Wisdom: School the Seasons — Treat Classes Like Training by Jon Gums - Dakota Grappler Less than eight weeks until most high school wrestlers lace up for the...

The Story of Rowdy McAllister comes to life on Kindle. If you have Kindle unlimited it is free.  Check it out.  Still working on format and style to make the...

Preseason Starts Now! Get Ready for an Exciting Wrestling Season by Jon Gums - Dakota Grappler The countdown to the wrestling season has officially begun—are you prepared to hit the...

Tentative - Preseason Week Calendar Monday: Motivation & Insight Facebook: "Monday Wrestling Motivation" – Kickstart your week with inspiring stories and training insights.  2024-25 Motivational articles Instagram: Motivational quote graphic featuring a...

We're excited to offer advertising opportunities on Dakota Grappler this year, moving away from Google AdSense! We're opening doors to local advertisers, and the structure could shift dramatically to better...

High school wrestling numbers for the 2024-25 season reached an all-time high, with girls' participation surging by 15% to over 74,000 athletes and boys' participation also setting a new record,...

🎉 Exciting News from Dakota Grappler! 🎉 We're thrilled to kick off our 2025-26 social media campaign, shining a spotlight on the thrilling world of wrestling in North and South...

    South Dakota Boys go 3-3 and take 6th in Pool Play. Dual #1 Weight Summary TX SD B 175 Keenan Sheridan, SD B over Forfeit, TX (FF) 0...

North Dakota takes first in their brackets Purple/Gray Bracket... 3-0 on Friday... Congrats! Dual #2 in this tourney bracket...Friday Dual #1 Weight Summary ND.G TX.R 235 Azhanii Martin, ND.G over...

  ND and SD 16U Girls did not fair quite as well in pool play both going 0-2.  Then in the Blue/Red brackets both went 0-1.  Better luck Friday.  Remember...

North Dakota Jr. boys take 3rd in their final Blue/Red Pool. Dual #1 Weight Summary ND AL 100 DeVaughn Miller, AL over Alberto Verdin, ND (TF 9-0 (1:01) ) 0 4 106...

South Dakota Girls took 5th going 4-2 in Pool A setting them up for Tourney Blue/Red Bracket and are 0-1 in that bracket. North Dakota Girls went 0-2 sending them...

SD Girls Wrestle at Nationals here is the opening Brackets... I will add results late tonight after today's wrestling.   14U

Dual 1 Heart Breaker... Weight Summary OH S ND 138 Musa Jalloh, OH S over Cade Nieuwsma, ND (TF 10-2 (3:24) ) 4 1 144 Eddie Kessen, OH S over Koltyn Grebel, ND...

9th Annual BOYS SUMMER SCUFFLE 20253rd Place Team:605 Grapplers South Dakota7-2 recordCoach Greg Marx Here are the results: 605 Grapplers Guaranteed 1st place Match #1 Round 1 605 Grapplers defeated...

South Dakota only wrestled Freestyle and went 3-3 taking 3rd in the final Purple pool.  Congrats beating North Dakota in the 3rd/4th place match. Dual #1 SD loses by criteria...

North Dakota 16U went 1-5 losing some close battles... Check out the Results... I will try to get individual total records up later! Dual 1 Pool D Weight Summary ND...

North Dakota competed in Herriman UT the past few days in the Greco portion of the event.  Team ND went 2-5.  Defeating Montana and Maryland. Team and Individual Results will...

In an effort to minimize risk of injury in high school wrestling, a revision in the leg block or cut-back maneuver was recommended by the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee at...

There were 1660 wrestling participating in Rapid City this weekend... Here are some info graphic pics of the state champions.

This weekend the Bismarck Civic Center held the 2025 ND USA State Folkstyle State Championships. the following pictures listed by age groups the champions.

Dear Wrestling Fans, I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to each and every one of you for your incredible support of Dakota Grappler. Over the...

Both Class A and B Brackets and final scores here. South Dakota Boys Final ResultsDownload