Dakota Grappler Live: Recent Episodes
Jon Gums
Busy Night for Dakota Grappler Live! We will be interviewing NDSU wrestling coaches Roger Kish and Oberson Blanc. Also, we will be updating people on the ND girls wrestling front interviewing Mandan Coach and USA women's director James Porter. It will be a great night of wrestling talk, join Jon and Bill and the special guests! Special release of ND Class A rankings along with some Dakota Grappler preview digital editions tonight for questions asked during the live show!
Intro Show for the 2021-22 wrestling season. Jon Gums and Bill Holtan interview Minot State Wrestling Coach Evan Forde. We will talk about the addition of women's wrestling to Minot State, his 2021-22 team and so much more! Come over and have some fun as we bring wrestling news from the Dakotas to you!
Jon and Bill update wrestling fans on what is happening in the world of wrestling. Everything from College athletes being paid (NIL) Name, Image, and Likeness. Also updates on the Olympics and the 2021 USA Marines Cadet and 16U Nationals in Fargo. A great show enjoy!
We will talk a lot about Fargo Nationals and Girls wrestling! USA wrestling is really helping get girls wrestling established in North Dakota. A big thank you to Tony Fugelberg and James Porter!
Jim Zalesky made huge news in the past few days after taking the Head wrestling coach at Jamestown College, an NAIA school. Bill and I get to interview him! Enjoy!
The Vermillion, S.D., native and Head wrestling coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers will join the show and talk wrestling! Everything from his program to coaching Jordan Burroughs and so much more!
Jon and Bill interview NDSU superstar wrestlers Jared Franek and Brandon Metz after just returning from the NCAA Div. I National Championship! These young men will be part of a great show! Join us and share to everyone!
Blees attended Bismarck High School, where he accumulated a record of 250-25 and was a five-time Fargo National All-American. He won the 2013 Junior National freestyle championship at 152 pounds. and 160 in 2014 From Oklahoma State to Virginia Tech competed at the Div I level and was a 2x NCAA Div. I Qualifier. Come see this great interview, we will talk a lot about the Championships this weekend, share this to all your wrestling friends. #MATPAC
Bryant operates Mat Talk Online, a podcast network promoting college wrestling programs and wrestling organizations nationwide. Bryant is a three-time national wrestling writer and broadcaster of the year and currently serves as the President for the National Wrestling Media Association.
A must listen to interview with 5x State Champ, Division I Wisconsin 133lber. Bill and I are excited to hear what he has to say... Join us and Share... Lets make this huge!
Jon and Bill interview Jamestown's Women wrestling coach Shauna (Isbell) Kemp. Kemp was a member of the Team USA women's wrestling team from 2012-13 and was the 2012 Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association national champion. She is in her 3rd year coaching at Jamestown. We will discuss everything wrestling. This will be a great interview.
Jon and Bill interview Webster and University of Minnesota Wrestling superstar Logan Storley. It should be a great interview at a fun time talking wrestling for North and South Dakota
Jon and Bill interview Northern State Head Coach after winning their conference.. Should be a great show... plus we may talk a bit about the ND State Wrestling brackets.
Jon and Bill interview Wrestling Changed My Life's Ryan Warner who runs a great podcast! His podcast shows the inspirational journeys of wrestlers and how the sport changed their lives. By stitching together stories of sacrifice, triumph, defeat, and perseverance, he takes the listener deep inside the world’s oldest sport. Based in Chicago, Ryan Warner hosts the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast and is a die-hard wrestling fan. Join us and share this will be a great interview! Randy Lewis arbitration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFQlEy1Tq0
Jon, Bill and Nate talk wrestling in North Dakota for the week. We will talk college, high school, and even about great wrestling podcasts!
Bill and Jon interview Valley City Head wrestling coach and talk wrestling and so much more!
Jon and Bill are so excited to interview wrestling legends Milo and Monte Trusty this Sunday! Put this on your calendars and listen to some great wrestling stories, from some of the best North Dakota and Colorado have ever seen! Share lets get a great crowd!
Jon and Bill will interview New Salem head wrestling coach David Wolding New Salem Head wrestling coach... Listen to this great coach and some Class B wrestling chatter! It was a blast! Enjoy!
Jon and Bill will interview Shane Sparks, for many wrestling fans, the voice and face of wrestling is Shane Sparks. What makes this wrestling broadcaster so good and what makes it so interesting are his enthusiasm and apparent wonder for the sport.
A quick 10 minute interview to discuss Turtle Mountain Community High School's process to get the school ready to wrestle.
Covid almost shut down their season!
Jon and Bill discuss wrestling with 2008 Olympian Andy Hrovat. We talk "base wrestling" Spartan wrestling and so much more... a Great Show!
Bill and Jon Discuss what is happening in Wrestling! Special guest had something come up.. So it is just Bill and Jon... Next Week we will have an ex-Olympian on Andy Hrovat.
Dakota Grappler Live will feature two great guests, Terry Steiner USA Wrestling Women’s National Team Head Coach and Jordan Hassler BEK's Cheif Operating Officer, Nominee for National Wrestling Media Association "Broadcaster of the Year". we will talk lots of wrestling. Host's Jon Gums and Bill Holtan will have fun with these two former North Dakota Wrestlers.
A long episode but well worth it. Terry Steiner delivers! I know you will go away with great information!
This Show includes Jeff Schumacher Bismarck High Coach and Mitch Greenwood Cavalier Wrestling Coach. We will talk about everything happening in wrestling today and everything from history to wrestling mindset. This will be a great show to join us!
Tonight's show will include special guests Brendon Flynn Devils Lake wrestling coach, and Nate Humann Century Wrestling coach. And maybe a special appearance of Jim Makovsky time plays out right... Jon Gums and Bill Holtan will host this great wrestling talk show! Long show. If you want to skip around I would suggest about the 1 hour and 30 min location for some great content!
Awesome show with Olympic Champion Randy Lewis, and Pierre's head wrestling coach Shawn Lewis. If you missed it there are two ways to see and hear it... #1 Go to Dakota Grappler's Youtube Channel and see it... #2 Listen to the podcast here... enjoy.
Tonight Jon Gums and Bill Holtan talk wrestling with Century's Clay Radenz and Blair Kelley. Great show about high school mindset and so much more... Enjoy this great Show!
Dakota Grappler Live's Jon Gums and Bill Holtan brings you an interview of Northern State University Wrestling coach Rocky Burkett. It is a great show which also includes Rapid City's Tom Schoenhard. We talk what is currently going on in North and South Dakota Wrestling, covid, and always more. Enjoy!
Feb 20, 2020 Jon Gums has a quick sit down with NDSU's Head Wrestling Coach.
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Dakota Grappler Live: Jon Gums and Bill Holtan discuss the start of the 20-21 Wrestling Season
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Tonight Bill, Jon and Special guest Tom Schoenhard will talk North and South Dakota Wrestling. It should be fun come join us! We will give some wrestling updates, some USA wrestling news, local college updates and so much more. The show usually lasts approximately 1 hour (most times longer) Feel free to ask questions or make comments during the Live Wrestling Show.
We will talk wrestling with Special Guest Justin DeCoteau... USA wrestling, refereeing, the Gorilla wrestling club, and more... prepare for some great wrestling talk...
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We will talk wrestling with Dickinson High Head Wrestling Coach Trevor Conrad. Bill and Jon will talk some College wrestling and much more come and listen to this live wrestling show!
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Bill and Jon will talk wrestling with Killdeer's Head wrestling coach. We will also talk about Senior National results. Come Join the fun!
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Jon Gums and Bill Holtan have a great interview with Grand Forks Central Head Coach Jeff Welsh and Bismarck Century Co-Head Coach Nate Humann, bear with a few technical difficulties early but some great information to be had and fun wrestling talk!
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Listen to a great interview of Steven Monk NDSU's All American Wrestler and Scott Andal McCook Central Head wrestling coach breakdown what is happening in High School wrestling in North and South Dakota
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We talk about wrestling, covid 19 and opening up the season in both North and South Dakota. Plus so much more. Enjoy!
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