2017-18 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Up Next: Reno Tournament of Champions 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date/Time: All Day Location: Reno, Nev. Date Opponent Time/Result How To Watch: FloWrestling (Subscription) Nov. 4 Cowboy Open N.T.S. Nov. 17 Nebraska L, 25-10 Nov. 18 UNK Holiday Inn Open N.T.S. What You Need to Know Dec. 1-2 Cliff Keen Invite 9th After a ninth-place team finish at the Cliff Keen Invitational followed with a 24-14 win on Dec. 9 Iowa State * W, 24-14 the road at Iowa State, the Wyoming wrestling team will pick up right where they left off Dec. 17 Reno TOC $ All Day with the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday. The 2017 RTOC will once again be Dec. 19 Oklahoma State * % 7 pm held at the Reno Events Center and also marks the 23rd time wrestlers throughout the Jan. 5 North Carolina Duals All Day United States will travel to compete in the “Toughest Tournament in the USA”. Jan. 12 CSU Bakersfield 7 pm How to Follow Jan. 14 Oregon St. 8 pm For the third-consecutive year, fans can follow the tournament on FloWrestling. The Jan. 18 South Dakota State * 6 pm action will begin at 10 a.m. MT on Sunday morning. Fans are encouraged to follow Jan. 20 North Dakota State * 6 pm @WyoWrestle on Twitter for updates throughout the weekend. Jan. 27 Fresno State * 6 pm Feb. 4 Oklahoma * 1 pm Last Time Out Feb. 9 Utah Valley * 7 pm Using three bonus point victories, UW picked up its first Big 12 win of the season at Iowa State on Dec. 9. The Pokes fell behind twice, but won six of the ten matches to push Feb. 10 Northern Colorado * TBA forward to the win, 24-14. The Pokes won four of the last five matches to help seal the Feb. 16 Air Force * 7 pm victory. Mar. 3-4 Big 12 Tournament # All Day Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships ! All Day Wyoming in the Rankings Wyoming checks in at No. 23 in this week’s InterMat Team Tournament rankings. For the Home events in BOLD | Times listed in MT ^ - Las Vegas / $ - Reno, Nev. first time this season, UW received a vote in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches # - Tulsa, Okla. / % - Cheyenne, Wyo. Poll. The Brown and Gold jumped to 20th in the FloWrestling team rankings this week. ! - Cleveland, Ohio The Pokes are currently 21st and 23rd in the Open Mat and Trackwrestling team rankings, * - Big 12 Conference dual respectively. Individually, Wyoming once again has four wrestlers ranked. Senior Bryce Meredith earned his fifth win over a ranked opponent this season and is fourth at 141 pounds in the FloWrestling, InterMat, The Open Mat and Trackwrestling rankings. Senior Archie Colgan is 16th in The Open Mat rankings at 157 pounds and 17th in both the FloWrestling and InterMat individual rankings. Junior Branson Ashworth remained at 15th in both the 2017-18 Big 12 FloWrestling and InterMat rankings, and is also 16th in Trackwrestling’s rankings. With an upset win over No. 20 Ian Parker last weekend, redshirt freshman Montorie Bridges is School Conference Overall now 20th in the FloWrestling and The Open Mat’s 133 pound rankings. Air Force 1-0 1-1 Fresno State 0-1 1-5 Last Year in Reno Iowa State 0-1 0-3 Wyoming will try to build off its success at last year’s RTOC. UW finished third in the North Dakota St. 0-2 1-3 team standings as five Pokes competed in the finals of their respective weights. Archie Northern Colorado 0-0 0-1 Colgan (157 pounds) is lone returning Cowboy that won his weight class a year ago. Cole #15 Northern Iowa 1-0 1-1 Mendenhall (149 pounds) also won for the Pokes. Bryce Meredith (141 pounds), Branson #21 Oklahoma 0-0 1-2 Ashworth (165 pounds) and Drew Templeman (125 pounds) each took runner-up honor #3 Oklahoma State 1-0 3-0 in Reno last season. #17 South Dakota St. 0-0 4-2 Utah Valley 1-0 4-2 In 2015, Wyoming took fourth as a team. The Cowboys had four individuals, including West Virginia 0-1 1-2 Meredith, who won a titles at the tournament. It was also the most individual champions Wyoming 1-0 1-1 at the RTOC for UW under Branch. *Rankings based off USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Closing in on 100 Senior Archie Colgan currently has 92 career wins while wearing the Brown and Gold. Colgan is also one win away from tying for 20th all-time at UW. With 100 wins, he would join 18 other Cowboys with at least 100 wins. In Cheyenne v. Oklahoma State After the Reno Tournament of Champions, UW will host Oklahoma State at Storey Gym in Cheyenne on Dec. 19. Fans can buy tickets by calling the Wyoming Athletics Ticket Office at 307-766-7220. 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Iowa State Head Coach: Mark Branch (Oklahoma State ‘97) FLOW IM TOM TR Tenth Season UW Record: 88-47, 43-12 Conference 125: Trent Olson -- -- -- -- Overall Record: Same 133: Montorie Bridges 20 -- 20 -- 141: Bryce Meredith 4 4 4 4 Assistant Coaches: 149: Sam Turner -- -- -- -- Ethan Kyle (Oklahoma State ‘07) 157: Archie Colgan 17 17 16 19 Ninth Season 165: Branson Ashworth 17 17 17 16 Teyon Ware (Oklahoma ‘07) 174: Kyle Pope -- -- -- -- Third Season 184: Chaz Polson -- -- -- -- 125: Jakob Allison -- -- 197: Cody Vigoren -- -- -- -- Assistant Director of Player Development: -- 285: Hunter Mullins -- -- -- -- McCade Ford (Wyoming ‘13) 133: Ian Parker 20 -- Fourth Season 17 FLOW: Flowrestling, IM: Intermat, TOM: The Open Mat TR: Trackwrestling 141: Kanen Storr 17 19 19 149: Jarrett Degen 18 -- 16 157: Chase Straw OR Colton DiBlasi -- -- -- Cowboys by Year 165: Skyler St. John OR Logan Breitenbach-- -- - Seniors (6) - Archie Colgan, Bryce Meredith, Luke Paine, 174: Hank Swalla OR -- -- -- Chaz Polson, Kyle Pope, Ronnie Stevens Colin Strickland -- -- -- Juniors (5) - Branson Ashworth, Sam Eagan, Armon 184: Dane Pestano -- -- -- Fayyazi, Brock George, Cole Verner 197: Sam Colbray -- -- -- Sophomores (7) - Drake Foster, Danny Gordon, Ben Hornickle, Dewey Krueger, Max Stevens, Doyle Trout, Cody Vigoren 2017-18 Wyoming Alphabetical Roster Freshmen (15) - Montorie Bridges, Anthony Capul, Name Year Weight Hometown (Last School) Cale Davidson, Kameron Flame, Kendall Frame, Dax Branson Ashworth Jr. 165 Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork HS) Galloway, Hayden Hastings, Jaron Jensen, Carless Montorie Bridges RFr. 133 Altus, Okla. (Altus HS) Looney, Jed Loveless, Mark McConnell, Nate Moore, Anthony Capul Fr. 184 Garden Plain, Kans. (Andale HS) Hunter Mullins, Trent Olson, Casey Randles, Sam Turner Archie Colgan Sr. 157 Westminster, Colo. (Pomona HS) Cale Davidson Fr. 197 Wichita, Kan. (Goddard HS) Sam Eagan Jr. HWT Churchville, N.Y. (Churchville-Chili HS) Armon Fayyazi Jr. 165 Irvine, Calif. (Santa Ana College) Cowboys by Weight Drake Foster So. 125 Post Falls, Idaho (Post Falls HS) 125 - Drake Foster, Brock George, Mark McConnell, Trent Kameron Frame Fr. 149 Goddard, Kans. (Goddard HS) Olson, Doyle Trout, Cole Verner Kendall Frame Fr. 157 Goddard, Kans. (Goddard HS) 133 - Montorie Bridges, Max Stevens, Ronnie Stevens Dax Galloway Fr. 149 Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Central HS) 141 - Ben Hornickle, Bryce Meredith Brock George Jr. 125 Syracuse, Utah (Syracuse HS) 149 - Kameron Frame, Dax Galloway, Jaron Jensen, Jed Danny Gordon So. HWT Belen, N.M. (Belen HS) Loveless, Sam Turner Hayden Hastings Fr. 165 Sheridan, Wyo. (Sheridan HS) 157 - Archie Colgan, Kendall Frame, Dewey Krueger, Nate Ben Hornickle So. 141 Burlington, Wisc. (Burlington HS) Moore Jaron Jensen RFr. 149 South Jordan, Utah (Herriman HS) 165 - Branson Ashworth, Armon Fayyazi, Hayden Hastings Dewey Krueger So. 157 Gillett, Wisc. (Oconto Falls HS) 174 - Kyle Pope, Casey Randles Carless Looney Fr. 184 Laramie, Wyo. (Laramie HS) 184 - Anthony Capul, Carless Looney, Luke Paine, Chaz Jed Loveless Fr. 149 Payson, Utah (Payson HS) Polson Mark McConnell RFr. 125 Lander, Wyo. (Lander Valley HS) 197 - Cale Davidson, Cody Vigoren Bryce Meredith Sr. 141 Cheyenne, Wyo. (North Carolina State) Heavyweight - Sam Eagan, Danny Gordon, Hunter Mullins Nate Moore Fr. 157 Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford HS) Hunter Mullins RFr. HWT Puyallup, Wash. (Orting HS) * A number of wrestlers may compete at multiple weights. Trent Olson RFr. 125 Gillette, Wyo. (Wyoming Seminary Prep) Luke Paine Sr. 184 Billings, Mont. (Billings Senior HS) Chaz Polson Sr. 184 Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Valor Christian HS) Kyle Pope Sr. 174 Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield HS) Casey Randles Fr. 174 Sandpoint, Idaho (Coeur D’Alene HS) Max Stevens So. 133 Oakdale, Calif. (Oakdale HS) Branch’s Year-by-Year Record Ronnie Stevens Sr. 133 Oakdale, Calif. (Oregon State) Year Overall Record Conference Record Doyle Trout So. 125 Waco, Neb. (Centennial HS) 2008-09 15-3 5-0 Sam Turner RFr. 149 Colo. Springs, Colo. (Discovery Canyon HS) 2009-10 12-3 6-0 Cole Verner Jr. 125 Green River, Wyo. (Western Wyoming CC) 2010-11 11-7 5-1 Cody Vigoren So. 197 Lake Stevens, Wash. (Lake Stevens HS) 2011-12 10-3 6-0 GOWYO.COM 2012-13 9-6 4-1 2013-14 6-6 4-1 2014-15 11-4 4-1 2015-16 6-6 4-4 Totals 80-38 38-8 2017-18 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Branson Ashworth Montorie Bridges Anthony Capul Archie Colgan Cale Davidson Sam Eagan Armon Fayyazi Jr. • 165 RFr. • 133 Fr. • 184 Sr. • 157 Fr. • 197 Jr. • HWT Jr. • 165 Spanish Fork, Utah Altus, Okla.