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Trapper wrestler Ryker Blackburn (top) goes on offense against Tyler Scheurn of Wyoming Western College during the Apodaca Duals at Northwest College. Blackburn went 2-0 over the weekend with a forfeit and then a pin of Northeastern’s Gabriel Garcia.
Northwest Trapper wrestlers ‘improve focus’ in dual wins
After a couple of disappointing duals to begin the 2021 season, Northwest College wrestling made strides at its most recent competition. The Trappers won duals over Otero Junior College (20-18) … more
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Trapper freshman wrestler Tahjae Jenkins-Harris from Las Vegas works to get out from under Connor Davis, a Northeastern Junior college grappler during last month’s Apodaca Duals. Harris won this match by major decision.
NWC wrestling ‘overmatched’ in Great Falls
The Northwest College wrestling team’s most recent outing has head coach Jim Zeigler looking for answers. The Trappers ventured to Great Falls, Montana, for a dual at University of … more
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Ryker Blackburn pins Northeast Junior College’s Gabriel Garcia Saturday, helping NWC earn a 40-11 dual win. Blackburn also picked up the lone NWC win against Wyoming Western College. The Trappers opened the season 1-1 at the annual Apodaca duals.
Trappers go 1-1 in Apodaca Duals
As they are every year, the 2021 Apodaca Duals were memorable.  Not only did Saturday’s duals mark the Northwest College wrestling team’s first official competition in almost a … more
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Brayden Lowry competes in a dual during the 2020 Trapper wrestling season. He is a returner on this year’s squad, which begins its 2021 season Friday with the annual Apodaca Duals.
Zeigler, NWC wrestling ready for ‘groundbreaking’ Apodaca duals
At one point, it was hard to imagine Northwest College being able to wrestle in the 2020-21 school year. COVID-19 pushed the winter season to January, and the Trappers’ fall preparations were … more
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Northwest College head wresting coach Jim Zeigler encourages a Trapper wrestler during the Apodaca Dual in January. Because of COVID-19’s restrictions, Zeigler has focused the 2020 fall on immersing the team in the community and making sure student-athletes are excelling in the classroom.
Free year: NWC wrestling excited for pressure-free 2021 season
As it has been for other teams at Northwest College, the 2020 fall has been unconventional for Trapper wrestling. Positive COVID-19 tests put a hold on the team’s wrestling practices just days … more
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Tahjae Jenkins-Harris will be in the ready position in a Trapper wrestling singlet next year.
Trapper wrestling reaches to Alabama and Las Vegas
Connections count. And they’re paying recruiting dividends for Northwest College wrestling coach Jim Zeigler and his program. The latest to sign with Trapper wrestling and enroll at NWC … more
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Northwest adds Utah state champ as wrestling signee
The network of former Trapper wrestlers is paying dividends again in the signing of a Utah state champion to wrestle at Northwest College in the fall of 2020. Gus Harrison of Uinta High School in … more
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Quinton Hecker is in control as he rides his way to a victory for Lovell at 132 pounds. Hecker will wrestle for NWC in the fall.
Two Lovell Bulldogs commit to Trapper wrestling program
A pair of Class 2A state champion wrestlers from Lovell will join the Northwest College wrestling program this fall, Coach Jim Zeigler announced this week. They are heavyweight champion Coy … more
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Brian Benevidez of Porterville, California, is a 125-pound addition to Trapper wrestling in fall 2020.
Two California brothers commit to Northwest Trapper wrestling
A father’s flashback is the connection that led Brian and Javier Benevidez from Porterville, California, to cast their lot with the Northwest College wrestling program. Jim Zeigler, head … more
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Trapper Brady Lowry (left) wrestles in the national tournament last weekend, where the 149-pound freshman from Cedar City, Utah, took the medal for seventh and earned NJCAA All-America status.
Trappers medal two All-Americans
Northwest College wrestler Majid Muratov wrestled for the NJCAA national title Saturday, finishing second at 197 pounds in a heart-crushing loss to Tucker Tomlinson of Western Wyoming Community … more
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National champions Seth Wright (left) and Tyler Rhodes flank Northwest wrestling coach Jim Zeigler during their induction into the NJCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame. At right is Aaron Cooper, head coach at Mercyhurst (Pennsylvania) and chair of the hall of fame committee.
Trapper champions Rhodes, Wright inducted to NJCAA Hall of Fame
There were many highlights on the Northwest College wrestling teams from 2002 to 2005. Two who shined especially bright were Tyler Rhodes and Seth Wright. Rhodes and Wright were inducted to the … more
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Northwest bound for nationals
For seven Northwest College wrestlers the future is now: All the chips they have worked for this long season — every bump, bruise and black eye — is on the table. Coach Jim Zeigler and … more
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NWC sophomore Dawson Barfuss (125 pounds) grapples against an opponent from Otero Junior College en route to a second place finish at Saturday’s Rocky Mountain District tournament in Cabre Gym.
Trappers qualify seven for nationals
Saturday afternoon’s Rocky Mountain District tournament qualified seven wrestlers from the host Trappers to compete at next month’s NJCAA National Championships. Northwest … more
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The first Trapper wrestling coach, Gerry Danko, passed away last year. He was honored Saturday by (from left) Skipp McCrary, Jim Zeigler, Gerry's wife Carolyn Danko and Steve Knopp.
Trapper’s first wrestling coach, Gerry Danko, remembered
All four coaches in Northwest College wrestling history gathered Saturday at Cabre Gym — three in person and one in fond memory. Gerry Danko, who died last year, was the program’s … more
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NWC wrestlers host Rocky Mountain District
Four teams — starting with Western Wyoming, ranked No. 1 in the nation — will converge on the Trapper Gym Saturday with berths in the NJCAA Wrestling Championships hanging in the … more
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Trapper wrestlers fall to four-year MSU-Northern
The Northwest College wrestlers were tripped up last week at Montana State University-Northern in Havre. “The kids wrestled OK, not great,” coach Jim Zeigler said of his Trappers. … more
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Trappers scuffed up by top-ranked Mustangs
The Western Wyoming Mustangs flexed their muscles as the nation’s best junior college wrestling team Saturday in Riverton, defeating Northwest College 38-6. The teams moved their … more
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Trapper wrestler Majid Muratov tries for a pin against Iowa Central's Quez Bostic during Saturday's Apodaca Duals at Cabre Gym. Muratov went on to win the match by technical fall, 17-1.
Trappers live, die by criteria in the Apodaca
Incredibly, Northwest College tied not one but both its opponents in the 2020 Apodaca Dual Showdown, requiring both decisions to go to criteria (tie-breaking rules) to determine the outcomes. One … more
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Trappers’ signature event, the ‘Apodaca,’ begins Friday
The Apodaca Dual Showdown opens its 22nd year at 7 p.m. Friday on the mats of Cabre Gym at Northwest College. Trapper coach Jim Zeigler established the event more than two decades ago to honor … more
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NWC wrestlers earn split in Colorado, endure brutal bus ride
The Trappers finished one up and one down Friday in back-to-back duals on the road at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado. Coach Jim Zeigler’s squad beat Cloud County Kansas … more
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