Darrell Gholar of Chicago, Illinois, passed away from health complications at the age of 63 on December 16, 2025. Gholar had a long, successful career in the sport of wrestling, as well as a post-wrestling career in mixed martial arts. Gholar was a 198...
NEWTON, Iowa — As programs nationwide brace for the start of their respective conference dual-meet slates, WIN has an updated batch of Tournament Power Index (TPI) rankings, Top-20 dual-meet teams and individual rankings.Ohio State (96.5) reclaimed the...
Manheim, Pennsylvania – A full slate of duals involving ranked teams highlighted the opening week of January as the NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Coaches Poll was released Tuesday. Top-ranked Penn State moved to 7-0 with a 48-0 win over then-No. 16 R...
STILLWATER, Okla. – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the definitive steward of wrestling history and achievement, is excited to announce that it will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2026. “I truly believe that the individuals who envisioned and u...
Golden Performance#11 Minnesota went into Champaign, Illinois, and came away with a dominant 27-9 win over #10 Illinois. The Golden Gophers took seven matches, including all five ranked battles.The teams split the first two, then Minnesota put the dual...
Editor’s Note: This season, USA Wrestling Leader members are given a free subscription to the digital edition of WIN Magazine. This story, which appeared in the January 2026 edition, is an example of the four feature stories in each WIN Magazine editio...
SUNRISE, Florida – A rematch over four years in the making saw Kyle Dake gain his revenge on Mahamedkhabib “Kadik” Kadzimahamedau in a showdown of Olympic medalists at RAF05 on Saturday night.Dake put up 10 points on the 2020 Olympic silver medalist fr...
A trio of women’s champions were crowned at this weekend’s 2026 NWCA/USMC National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.Among them: a habitual winner at the UNI-Dome, a first-of-its-kind Division III champ, and a program that finally kicked the door down after y...
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Valdez went 4-0 at the 2026 Salt Lake Slam, with two pins, a technical fall and a major decision, to take the Middle School Girls 87/93-pound title and the OW award in her division. USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week is presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare.
A stunner at Prudential Center! High schooler PJ Duke pins World medalist Yianni Diakomihalis at Final X to secure a place at the World Championships. The top match of the year, hands down.
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