In a special board meeting Thursday, the Perry School Board of Education hired Mike Ryan as the new Perry Wrestling Coach.  Ryan brings 34 years of success and experience to the Perry program.  Ryan is a graduate of Tulsa Webster, where he was a 4X state qualifier and state placer, wrestling under legendary coach Ernie Jones.  As a junior, Ryan qualified for the Oklahoma Junior national freestyle, competing with teammates like John Smith and Keith Walton at the Junior National Tournament. Ryan was a junior college All-American at NEO and a national qualifier at UCO, wrestling un ..read more

Former Catoosa assistant Vincent Erermita has been named the new head coach for the program the school announced on Monday. pic.twitter.com/KUHjR9g1iE — Catoosa Athletics (@k2cAthletics) April 16, 2024 Eremita wrestled for Catoosa High School and was a three-time state individual medalist and two-time state finalist. He wrestled collegiately at Newman in Wichita, Kansas before returning to Catoosa as an assistant. He replaces longtime Catoosa head coach Mike Clevenger ..read more

It was an emotional day today in Stillwater for John Smith and family as Oklahoma State hosted the long-time Cowboy’s retirement press conference in Stillwater. John spoke on a myriad of things from his career, family, decision to retire, and more. You can watch the full press conference along with interviews with Oklahoma State Athletic Director Chad Weiberg, Daton Fix, and interim head coach Coleman Scott at the links below. Full John Smith Retirement Press Conference | Rokfin Coleman Scott-Post John Smith Retirement Press Conference | Rokfin Chad Weiberg-Post John Smith Retirement Press Con ..read more

Saturday morning started off with fireworks and Team Oklahoma had another strong day. U14 and U20. Moore’s Shelby Kemp and Carl Albert Jr College had a few girls wrestling in U20 . Kasia Wong of Tuttle and Carleigh Clark of Pryor wrestled in U14 on Saturday. In U17 65 KG Bella Williams won her best 2 of 3 series. Williams scored a 10-6 victory in match number 1. Williams was unable to get much going in match number 2 losing a hard fought After a short time Bella was able to regain her composure for match number 3. Williams came out and was looking to attack early in Match 3. Williams was shut ..read more

A host of Oklahoma girls went to Spokane, Washington to compete at the U17 women’s freestyle tournament on Friday and Saturday at the 2024 U.S. Marine Corps Women’s National Championships.   ..read more

After an executive session at the Bridge Creek School Board meeting on Wednesday, Grant Williams was named the new head wrestling coach for the school. We would like to welcome Grant and Skylar Williams to Bridge Creek. Coach Williams was announced at Wednesday’s school board meeting as our new head wrestling coach!! pic.twitter.com/JCWZKGTlon — Bridge Creek Wrestling (@BobcatWrestle) April 13, 2024 Williams spent this past season as an assistant at Blackwell. Before that he built the Watonga wrestling program and was the head coach there. We caught up with him at Blackwell before this seas ..read more

The Oklahoma girls had a pretty good showing yesterday in the U17 and U23 divisions.  The Oklahoma we omens entrants are taking home 2 All American honors back to Oklahoma. In  U17 Bella Williams will wrestle a best 2 of 3 for the right to be the world team representative at World’s later on this year. Bella was relentless in her hand fight on Friday evening in her semifinal match. Her match in the semis was a absolute battle the first period. Williams took a few shots but was unsuccessful in finishing.Williams was on the offense most of the match but was constantly keeping her foot ..read more

Yesterday Oklahoma State announced the retirement of legendary coach and wrestler John Smith after 33 years at the helm for the Cowboys. Here are five thoughts on the announcement ..read more

Oklahoma State legend John Smith announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 33-year run as head coach of the Cowboy wrestling program. The legacy of his career is astounding. John Smith Announces Retirement from Oklahoma State Let’s check out some initial reactions from the wrestling community: I started wrestling in 1990 in a Chicago Park District basement. Knew next to nothing, but my parents bought me the Brute John Smith shoes so I learned who he was and felt pretty invincible wearing them. 34 yrs later, still an inspiration. Congrats and thank you, John Smith! https://t.co ..read more

Oklahoma State University announced today that John Smith has retired from Oklahoma State. Reactions: John Smith Retirement Full release: STILLWATER – Oklahoma State legend John Smith announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 33-year run as head coach of the Cowboy wrestling program. The legacy of his career is astounding. Under his watch, OSU produced five NCAA team championships, 33 NCAA individual championships, 490 dual wins, 153 All-America honors, 23 team conference championships, 132 individual conference championships and two Hodge Trophy winners. His accomplishments ..read more