2017-18 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Up Next: No. 3 Oklahoma State 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date/Time: Dec. 19, 2017/ 7 p.m. MT Location: Cheyenne, Wyo. 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 strong showing at the Reno Tournament of Champions, the University of Dec. 9 Iowa State * W, 24-14 Wyoming Cowboy wrestling team will take on No. 3 Oklahoma State on Tuesday evening Dec. 17 Reno TOC $ 2nd in Cheyenne. The Big 12 matchup will take place from Storey Gym beginning at 7 p.m. Dec. 19 Oklahoma State * % 7 pm MT. Jan. 5 North Carolina Duals All Day Jan. 12 CSU Bakersfield 7 pm Last Time Out With five top-three finishes, UW took second at the Reno Tournament of Champions Jan. 14 Oregon St. 8 pm this last weekend. Senior Bryce Meredith (141 pounds), junior Branson Ashworth (165 Jan. 18 South Dakota State * 6 pm pounds) and redshirt freshman Montorie Bridges (133 pounds) led the Pokes with first- Jan. 20 North Dakota State * 6 pm place finishes at their respective weights, while seniors Archie Colgan (157 pounds) Jan. 27 Fresno State * 6 pm and Chaz Polson (184 pounds) took third for the Brown and Gold. UW racked up 140 Feb. 4 Oklahoma * 1 pm points to finish behind No. 6 North Carolina State (192 points) in the team standings. Of Feb. 9 Utah Valley * 7 pm Wyoming’s 19 wrestlers that competed on Sunday, 14 recorded a bonus-point victory in their opening round match. Feb. 10 Northern Colorado * TBA Feb. 16 Air Force * 7 pm How to Follow Mar. 3-4 Big 12 Tournament # All Day Live results can be found on Trackwrestling.com and Flowrestling will have live video. Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships ! All Day Fans are encouraged to follow @WyoWrestle on Twitter for updates throughout the dual. Home events in BOLD | Times listed in MT ^ - Las Vegas / $ - Reno, Nev. Wyoming in the Rankings # - Tulsa, Okla. / % - Cheyenne, Wyo. In the week of Dec. 11 rankings, Wyoming checked in at No. 23 in the InterMat Team ! - Cleveland, Ohio Tournament rankings. For the first time this season, UW received a vote in the USA Today/ * - Big 12 Conference dual NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. The Brown and Gold jumped to 20th in the FloWrestling team rankings last week and the Pokes are currently 21st and 23rd in the Open Mat and Trackwrestling team rankings, respectively. Individually, Wyoming once again has four wrestlers ranked. Senior Bryce Meredith will more than likely lead a number of Pokes that will move up in the individual rankings. Meredith earned his fifth-straight win over a ranked opponent. He is fourth at 141 pounds 2017-18 Big 12 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 School Conference Overall and InterMat individual rankings. Junior Branson Ashworth remained at 15th in both the Air Force 1-0 1-1 FloWrestling and InterMat rankings, and is also 16th in Trackwrestling’s rankings. After Fresno State 0-1 1-5 picking up an upset win a week ago and joining Ashworth and Meredith with titles in Iowa State 0-1 0-3 Reno, redshirt freshman Montorie Bridges is currently 20th in the FloWrestling and The North Dakota St. 0-2 1-3 Open Mat’s 133 pound rankings. Northern Colorado 0-0 0-1 Last Year v. Oklahoma State #15 Northern Iowa 1-0 1-1 Against Oklahoma State a year ago, Colgan was the lone Cowboy to get the Pokes on the #21 Oklahoma 0-0 1-2 board with an overtime victory over Davey Dolan. Tied at one heading to overtime, Col- #3 Oklahoma State 1-0 3-0 gan scored the takedown for the 3-1 decision. Wyoming fell 32-3 in Stillwater. #17 South Dakota St. 0-0 4-2 Utah Valley 1-0 4-2 Closing in on 100 West Virginia 0-1 1-2 Colgan currently has 96 career wins while wearing the Brown and Gold. He holds the 20th spot for all-time wins at UW. With 100 victories, he would join 18 other Cowboys Wyoming 1-0 1-1 with at least 100 wins. *Rankings based off USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Oklahoma State Connections Both head coach Mark Branch and associate head coach Ethan Kyle wrestled for Oklahoma State in their collegiate days. Branch was a two-time NCAA Champion and four-time NCAA finalist from 1994-97. After exhausting eligibility, Branch was the associate head coach for six years, helping the team to titles in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Kyle wrestled at Oklahoma State from 2003-07. He was a member of four national championship teams from 2003-06 and was a team captain in 2007 as a senior. Follow Cowboy Wrestling Twitter: @Wyowrestle Instagram: wyo.wrestle Wrestling Contact: Lincoln Mansch Facebook: facebook.com/wyowrestle Office: 307-766-2290 Cell: 406-396-7381 Email: [email protected] GOWYO.COM 2017-18 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Probable Starters Storey Gym Cheyenne, Wyo. Rankings reflect Intermat poll Drake Foster OR Trent Olson No. 3 Nick Piccininni Sophomore - Post Falls, Idaho Redshirt Freshman - Gillette, Wyo. 125 Redshirt Sophomore - East Setauket, N.Y. 11-3 overall - 0-0 duals 11-8 overall - 0-2 duals 8-1 overall - 1-1 duals OR No. 20 Montorie Bridges No. 3 Kaid Brock Redshirt Freshman - Altus, Okla. 133 Redshirt Sophomore - Stillwater, Okla. 16-3 overall - 2-0 duals 12-1 overall - 3-0 duals OR No. 4 Bryce Meredith 141 No. 1 Dean Heil Senior - Cheyenne, Wyo. Redshirt Senior - Brunswick, Ohio 12-1 overall - 2-0 duals 13-0 overall - 3-0 duals Ben Hornickle OR Sam Turner 149 No. 10 Geo Martinez Sophomore - Burlington, Wisc. Redshirt Freshman - Colo. Springs, Colo. Redshirt Junior - Colorado Springs, Colo. 13-8 overall - 0-0 duals 12-10 overall - 0-2 duals 12-3 overall - 2-1 duals No. 17 Archie Colgan Jonce Blaylock Senior - Westminster, Colo. 157 Redshirt Junior- Tulsa, Okla. 18-6 overall - 0-2 duals 9-3 overall - 2-1 duals No. 15 Branson Ashworth 165 No. 6 Chandler Rogers Junior - Spanish ork, Utah Redshirt Junior Stillwater, Okla. 17-3 overall - 1-1 duals 9-1 overall - 3-0 duals Kyle Pope 174 No. 10 Jacobe Smith Senior - Bakersfield, Calif. Redshirt Junior -Muskogee, Okla. 12-6 overall - 2-0 duals 9-3 overall - 2-1 duals Chaz Polson 184 Keegan Moore Senior - Highlands Ranch, Colo. Redshirt Freshman - Jackson, Minn. 18-5 overall - 1-1 duals 9-2 overall - 3-0 duals Cale Davidson OR Cody Vigoren 197 No. 4 Preston Weigel Freshman - Wichita, Kans. Sophomore - Lake Stevens, Wash. Redshirt Junior - Russell, Kans. 13-1 overall - 0-0 duals 6-5 overall - 1-1 duals 0-0 overall - 0-0 duals Sam Eagan OR Hunter Mullins 285 No. 8 Derek White Sophomore - Churchville, N.Y. Redshirt Freshman - Puyallup, Wash. Redshirt Junior - Edmond, Okla. 6-6 overall - 0-0 duals 7-11 overall - 0-2 duals 9-1 overall - 3-0 duals GOWYO.COM 2017-18 Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling Wyoming Wrestling Individual Rankings Coaching Staff FLOW IM TOM Head Coach: Mark Branch (Oklahoma State ‘97) 125: Trent Olson -- -- -- Tenth Season 133: Montorie Bridges 20 -- 20 UW Record: 88-47, 43-12 Conference 141: Bryce Meredith 4 4 4 Overall Record: Same 149: Sam Turner -- -- -- 157: Archie Colgan 17 17 16 Assistant Coaches: 165: Branson Ashworth 15 15 17 Ethan Kyle (Oklahoma State ‘07) 174: Kyle Pope -- -- -- Ninth Season 184: Chaz Polson -- -- -- Teyon Ware (Oklahoma ‘07) 197: Cody Vigoren -- -- -- 285: Hunter Mullins -- -- -- Third Season Oklahoma State Wrestling Individual Rankings Assistant Director of Player Development: McCade Ford (Wyoming ‘13) 125: Nick Piccininni 4 3 4 Fourth Season 133: Kaid Brock 3 3 3 141: Dean Heil 1 1 1 149: Geo Martinez 8 10 8 157: Jonce Blaylock -- -- -- Cowboys by Year 165: Chandler Rogers 5 6 4 174: Jacobe Smith 12 10 16 Seniors (6) - Archie Colgan, Bryce Meredith, Luke Paine, 184: Keegan Moore -- -- -- Chaz Polson, Kyle Pope, Ronnie Stevens 197: Preston Weigel 4 8 -- 285: Derek White 8 8 11 Juniors (5) - Branson Ashworth, Sam Eagan, Armon Fayyazi, Brock George, Cole Verner Week of Dec. 11 Rankings FLOW: Flowrestling, IM: Intermat, TOM: The Open Mat 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.