Start time is 9:00 am this Sat. at UNK. 11 teams which include the 10 RMAC teams and U of San Fransico. Lots of guys with High School ties from Nebraska competing, Morrison, Etherton, McCurdy, Sutton, and Farrel come to mind for UNK and Chadron has several stand outs as well in Majerus, Hunter, and Webb all having ties to the state. SORRY IF I LEFT ANYONE OUT, it is not on purpose and if I did please post the names.
Lets go support these young men!

Travis Kuhn will be competing for Fort Hays State. He is a High Plains grad. Ryan Zavala Chadron State attended Grand Island Central Catholic.

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Good luck to the UNK and CSC wrestlers. Hope to see a bunch of them qualify for nationals.

I realize it's probably a longshot...but wouldn't a 1-2-3 finish among the Nebraska schools be the ultimate? It probably wouldn't warrant a story in the Weird-Harold...but it'd still be pretty freakin' cool...

Unless they changed in the past few years, U of San Fran is a RMAC school for wrestling. Same with Fort Hayes. USFS belongs to CIAA conference, but that conferece dosen't sponser a wrestling championship since USFS is the only school that offers wrestling (and they barely do at that). Fort Hayes left the RMAC a few years ago and joined the MIAA. That conference has teams like Truman State and Central Missouri, but dosen't sponser a conference championship, so FHSU stays in the RMAC so they and USFS can compete for conference titles as well as regional titles.

Quoted from www.lopers.com

Fans that cannot attend the tournament can watch the finals sessions via B2 Networks. For no charge, you can log on to www.b2cabletv.com and watch the action live. RMAC assistant commissioner Sandee Mott and former UNK standout Frank Kuchera will have the call.

Below are the current national team and individual rankings involving RMAC-member schools Log on to www.rmacsports.org for information on the current wrestling season.

Team

4. Western State
5. Nebraska-Kearney
12. Adams State
14. Fort Hays State
15. Chadron State

Individual

125 lbs.
1. Curtis Schurkamp, San Francisco State
2. Arsenia Barksdale, Adams State
5. Eddie Lopez, Western State
6. Devlon Webb, Chadron State

133 lbs.
4. Marques Bravo, Western State
8. Joey Morrison, Nebraska-Kearney

141 lbs.
1. Raymond Dunning, Adams State
4. James Annon, Fort Hays State
8. Jimmy Savala, Chadron State

149 lbs.
4. Ryan Etherton, Nebraska-Kearney

157 lbs.
2. Noomis Jones, Adams State
3. Chase Walker, Mesa State
4. Danny Grater, Fort Hays State

165 lbs.
3. Taylor May, Nebraska-Kearney

174 lbs.
3. Marty Usman, Nebraska-Kearney
4. Brett Hunter, Chadron State
5. Larry Wilbanks, Western State
6. Jesse Feinsod, New Mexico Highlands

184 lbs.
8. Tyler Gonzales, Fort Hays State

197 lbs.
1. Donavan McMahill, Western State
2. Josh Majerus, Chadron State
8. Matt Farrell, Nebraska-Kearney

285 lbs.
8. Charlie Alexander, Western State

Just a quick side note. Marc Bauer's first year as head coach was 2000, when UNK won its first ever RMAC/West regional title. In 2001 Southern Colorado (now University of Colorado State at Pueblo) won. Since then it has been all Bauer's teams. That is seven and counting.

Bryce, is there a schedule for the www.b2cabletv.com coverage portion? What time?

The 10 championship matches in each weight class will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Link to Full Story
http://www.lopers.com/wrestlin.../09Regional_Host.htm

Go Lopes!

well, I don't think I can wait all day to watch finals on TV, better just head down there in the morning

are they going to be updated throughout the day???

UNK semifinalists are at 149, 157, 165, 174, 197, and Hwt. CSC semifinalists are at 141, 174, 197.

Morrison and Sutton were upset in their 1st matches. Western State has 7 semifinalists and are leading after 2 rounds.

Remember-CLONESRULE!!

UNK leading team race now with finalists at 149, 165, 174. At 184 now.

Remember-CLONESRULE!!

Any updates to the brackets? What are the team scores?

Final team results (top 6):
1st - Western State;
2nd - Adams State;
3rd - UNK;
4th - Ft. Hays State;
5th - San Francisco State;
6th - Chadron State

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do the top 4 qualify?

Not usually. The usually take top three and a couple of wild cards.

Yes the top 4 qualify from each weight class and this has been the case since 2001 I believe- that was the last year of seeding the national tourney and using wild cards.

UNK qualified 6 Individuals and the National Tourney is March14-15 in Houston

Link to UNK results.
http://www.lopers.com/wrestlin.../09Regional_Wrap.htm

Any numbers on tournament attendance?