Eli Roiko of Perham has committed to wrestling for The University of Sioux Falls following his upcoming senior season.
College Recruiting: state placewinner Schmid to Minnesota State University Mankato
Vincent Schmid of Mille Lacs has committed to wrestling for Minnesota State University Mankato following his upcoming senior season.
College Recruiting: state placewinner Staab to Augustana University
Caden Staab of Northfield has committed to wrestling for Augustana University following his upcoming senior season.
College Recruiting: state champion Nicholson to Northern Illinois University
Noah Nicholson of Stillwater Area has committed to wrestling for Northern Illinois University following his upcoming senior season.
Gopher Wrestling: Schedule Announced for 2026-27 Campaign
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota wrestling team has unveiled its 2026-27 schedule, head coach Brandon Eggum announced Tuesday in conjunction with the Big Ten. Match Start times and TV designations will be announced at a later date.
Seven home matches plus a return trip to the National Duals Invitational highlight the schedule for a Gopher team that returns seven starters from last season’s squad, including five that competed at the NCAA Championships, headlined by defending 184-pound national champion Max McEnelly.
In addition, the Gophers bring back reigning All-American Jore Volk (125 pounds), as well as two-time All-American Vance VomBaur (141), plus Charlie Millard (157) and Koy Hopke (285), who both competed in their first NCAA Championships last season.
Minnesota also benefits from the return of starters Ethan Riddle (174) and Gavin Nelson (197).
2026 J-Club Hall of Honor Class: Dr. Bob Dumonceaux ’61
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John’s University has been a central part of Bob Dumonceaux’s life for almost 70 years now.
But as a kid growing up on a farm just north of Foley in the early 1950s, he had mixed emotions about the place.
“I was the third of four boys,” he recalled. “We had a 128-acre farm and everybody worked on it. My oldest brother graduated high school and never came home. We had to take him to St. Cloud to get on the train that night because he’d been drafted. Then my brother Leonard, who is nine years older than me, disappeared the fall after he graduated. My dad took him to this place called Saint John’s way on the other side of St. Cloud.
“That was a sad time for me. We didn’t see him again until Christmas. So to me, Saint John’s was the place that took him away.”
As the next in line, Dumonceaux became his father’s right-hand man on the farm while also going on to a stellar high school athletic career. In 1957, the senior became the first of what would become many Foley High School wrestlers to advance to the state tournament. Continue reading at gojohnnies.com →
College Recruiting: state placewinner Swenson to Minnesota State University Mankato
Gabe Swenson of Zimmerman has committed to wrestling for Minnesota State University Mankato following his upcoming senior season.
College Recruiting: state champion Detloff to St. Cloud State University
Tiegan Detloff of Perham has committed to wrestling for St. Cloud State University following his upcoming senior season.
Bill Hinchley 1941-2026
Bill Hinchley dedicated over four decades to the sport of wrestling, making significant contributions as an official, administrator, and leader. He served as President of the Owatonna Wrestling Association and spent 30 years as the CEO for Minnesota USA Wrestling. A dedicated mat official for over 40 years, Hinchley was widely recognized for his officiating excellence, receiving the US Wrestling Officials Association Lifetime Achievement Award and being named USA Wrestling Official of the Year in 2007. He was inducted into the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 .