Cooper Cazares

Penn State went 4-1 Saturday night at Rec Hall in the NWCA All-Star Classic, a lineup of high-profile exhibition matches featuring some of the nation’s best collegiate wrestlers. Shayne Van Ness, Tyler Kasak, Levi Haines and Carter Starocci each captured victories, while Beau Bartlett dropped his bout with rival Jesse Mendez. Penn State’s night was…

Penn State’s Aaron Brooks defeated fellow former Nittany Lion David Taylor on Saturday night at the Bryce Jordan Center to earn spot on the 2024 U.S. Olympic wrestling team. Brooks’ victory came in the final session of the two-day U.S. Olympic Team Trials at the Bryce Jordan Center, where he and three other Nittany Lion…

Penn State wrestling continued its run in the NCAA Championships Saturday morning as Session 5 culminated with the end of the consolation bracket. No. 7 seed Tyler Kasak, who was upset in the first round of the tournament by No. 26 Jaden Abas of Stanford, won seven consolation matches in a row to finish third.…

Top-ranked Penn State wrestling (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) took down No. 3 Nebraska (11-2, 6-2 ) 22-13 on Sunday afternoon in front of a sold-out Rec Hall crowd. With the victory, Penn State claimed the regular season Big Ten title for the fourth consecutive year. Highlighting the dual for the Nittany Lions were two top-10…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) shut out No. 29 Indiana (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) 46-0 in the team’s first Big Ten dual meet of the season on Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd in Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions scored five technical falls on the day and won the takedown…

Penn State wrestling’s Shayne Van Ness is out for the 2023-24 season because of an undisclosed, lingering injury that will require surgery, head coach Cael Sanderson revealed Tuesday. The Nittany Lion is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation at the 149-pound weight class. “He’s had issues with something that’s just kind of gotten tough and kind…