Earl Smith
Journalist at InterMat
Intermat Wrestling -- 2022 NWMA Journalist of the Year; 2022-23 WIN Magazine Journalist of the Year
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2 months ago |
intermatwrestle.com | Earl Smith
The 2025 US Open is just around the corner. The Senior women’s freestyle portion of the tournament will start a week from today and will conclude on Friday the 25th. Not only will the US Open determine a national championship for competitors at ten weight classes, but in many cases, it’s the first step towards a berth on the 2025 world team. Champions at the US Open will clinch a spot in Final X, putting them only two wins away from the world team.
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2 months ago |
intermatwrestle.com | Earl Smith
A couple of weeks ago, the National Duals Invitational announced the selection process for their inaugural tournament, November 15-16th, 2025. Automatic entries were extended to the teams that finished in the top 12 at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Those teams had until April 15th to confirm their participation in the tournament. The remaining spots will be filled through a draw from the teams that finished 13-24th at nationals. That is set to take place on April 24th.
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2 months ago |
intermatwrestle.com | Earl Smith
Three-time All-American Lachlan McNeil has announced his transfer destination. McNeil will get a bit closer to home and finish his career with the University of Michigan. McNeil earned All-American honors every year he competed for the University of North Carolina - finishing fourth as a freshman, sixth as a sophomore, and fifth as a junior. In each of the last two seasons, McNeil has earned the #6 seed at the NCAA Championships.
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2 months ago |
intermatwrestle.com | Earl Smith
One of the top uncommitted juniors in the nation is no longer uncommitted! The #8 overall wrestler in the Class of 2026, Michael Mocco (Cardinal Gibbons, FL), has committed to wrestle for the University of Iowa. This isn’t the first time that a highly sought-after future heavyweight named Mocco will suit up for the Hawkeyes.
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2 months ago |
intermatwrestle.com | Earl Smith
Since the 2025 NCAA Championships wrapped up, the biggest topic of conversation has been the transfer portal. Who entered it? Where could they be looking? Who has made a transfer decision? And for how much? Your traditional fans may yearn for a day when we didn’t fill the first two weeks after the tournament talking about transfers. But that’s the landscape of college wrestling and college athletics to a larger degree.
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Sometimes wrestling Twitter gets outta control, but it's no match for MMA. Extremely toxic. Even in a situation like Ben's. Hope he continues to fight and progress.
The MMA community continues to be extremely reckless with the Ben Askren situation, is this typical of that community? This is the 2nd time they falsely spread that Ben has passed away, which is NOT TRUE at all. He was just medically transported to a hospital in Wisconsin, where
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I can’t be the only with window A/C who is constantly terrified it’s just gonna randomly fall out of the window one day.
