The Waynesburg University wrestling team’s season started last weekend with the Orange/Black wrestle-offs. In the annual inter-squad battle, the black team emerged victorious 19-9. This year the Yellow Jackets are filled with the veteran wrestlers like senior Jake Evans, the returning Division III National Champion at 285-pounds, junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs, who also competed in … Continue reading
Senior Tristan Buxton put together a historic Waynesburg wrestling career at 125-pounds. The four-year standout capped off his four years as the man in second place all-time in career wins as a Yellow Jacket with 127. For Buxton, it didn’t truly hit him how much of an impact his wrestling career had at Waynesburg until … Continue reading
Jake Evans stood under the lights of the Cleveland Public Auditorium waiting for the final bout of the weekend. It was the second consecutive year Evans made it to the national tournament, but this time, things were different. The match was for the heavyweight national title and was the farthest Evans had ever made it … Continue reading
Waynesburg University wrestling sent three men to the national tournament in Cleveland, Ohio March 9 and 10 in search for the school’s first individual national championship. Junior Jake Evans was able to take one home in the 285 pounds. Waynesburg also sent senior Tristian Buxton in the 125 weight class and sophomore Ken Burrs in … Continue reading
After a long two-days at the 2018 NCAA Division III Central Regional Championships, three Waynesburg University wrestlers emerged from the tournament with a bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships. Senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton and sophomore 197-pounder Ken Burrs both earned their first career bids to the National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 9 … Continue reading
After winning its second straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship two weeks ago, the wrestling team heads to the regionals, looking to follow up a tournament that head coach Ron Headlee thought was “one of the best performances that I’ve been a part of” last year. After winning seven in a row the first day last … Continue reading
Just one year after Filippo Crivelli set the standard for wins as a Waynesburg University wrestler with 121, two of his former teammates have surpassed that mark. Junior 285-pounder Jake Evans and senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton, in a matter of two weeks, have rolled to 127 wins and 122 wins, respectively, to place them first … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University wrestling team captured the 2018 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Wrestling Championship on Saturday, becoming back-to-back conference champions. The Yellow Jackets had seven wrestlers complete in finals matches, three of which took home first place. In the 125-pound weight class, senior Tristan Buxton defeated Thomas More freshman Brady Wells in the semi-final, before going … Continue reading
This Saturday is the Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestling championship, and for head coach Ron Headlee his focus is winning this weekend even through injuries, expectations and wrestlers changing weight classes. “This has been our goal ever since [we were picked to win],” said Headlee. “It’s never easy when you’re picked to win it, but we … Continue reading
Nick Garber remembers what the Waynesburg University wrestling program was before Ron Headlee took over as head coach in 2008. After graduating from Waynesburg Central High School, where Headlee guided him as an assistant coach, Garber began his college wrestling career in 2007. Garber had planned on attending a bigger school before he was ruled … Continue reading
