National Champ Banner Unveiled as Lopers Beat the Cougars & Jets

1/16/2026 8:52:00 PM

Kearney, Neb. – The second-ranked Nebraska Kearney wrestling team started a two-week home stand by easily defeating Sioux Falls, 35-6, and Newman, 46-6, Friday night at the Health & Sports Center. Crew Howard

UNK (9-2, 1-0 MIAA) unveiled its latest National Championship banner prior to the win over the NU Jets (0-3, 0-1). To start the day, USF (5-5) bested NU, 34-20.

Using multiple reserves in both duals, the Lopers racked up four falls, six tech falls and three majors. They had 35 total takedowns against the Cougars and then 28 more in the Jets dual.

Among the many Lopers to go 2-0 were California redshirt freshman Alex Munoz (184 lbs.) and Omaha redshirt freshman Henry Reilly (174 lbs.) with David City redshirt junior Tre Daro (197 lbs.) having a tech fall vs. Sioux Falls. In the NU dual, top-ranked heavyweight Crew Howard dominated ninth-ranked Caleb Wunsch as he scored the first 10 points before recording a fall at 5:49. Finally, Bennington graduate Caleb Coyle (125 lbs.) started each dual with a victory and totaled 26 points.

UNK faces NAIA powerhouse Grand View (Ia.) Saturday at 1 p.m.

	125	Caleb Coyle over Vincent Mayberry (Sioux Falls) (Dec 18-11)	3	0
	133	#15 Zach Ourada over Bray Skinner (Sioux Falls) (Tech Fall 18-3; 7:00)	5	0
	141	Beau Beavers (Sioux Falls) over Brenyn Delano (Dec 5-4)	0	3
	149	Brady Collins over Sonny Lora (Sioux Falls) (Fall 4:22)	6	0
	157	#6 Cael Robb over Cooper Sanders (Sioux Falls) (Dec 13-7)	3	0
	165	#4 Trenton Munoz over Lincoln Fink (Sioux Falls) (Maj Dec 13-5)	4	0
	174	Henry Reilly over Ashtin Johnson (Sioux Falls) (Tech Fall 19-4; 2:32)	5	0
	184	Alex Munoz over Mishael Mauck (Sioux Falls) (Maj Dec 12-1)	4	0
	197	Tre Daro over Hank Meyer (Sioux Falls) (Tech Fall 17-2: 6:30)	5	0
	285	Stetson Davis (Sioux Falls) over Jack Allen (Dec 2-0)	0	3
Team Score:			35	6

	125	Caleb Coyle over Jaxson Newcomb (Newman) (Dec 8-4)	3	0
	133	#15 Zach Ourada wins by forfeit	6	0
	141	Brenyn Delano over Kaven Bartlett (Newman) (Tech Fall 22-5; 6:59)	5	0
	149	Keton Patterson (Newman) wins by forfeit	0	6
	157	#6 Cael Robb over Eli Means (Newman) (Tech Fall 17-2; 4:40)	5	0
	165	#4 Trenton Munoz over Jayden Ford (Newman) (Fall 2:32)	6	0
	174	Henry Reilly over Skyler Geer (Newman) (Maj Dec 18-4)	4	0
	184	Alex Munoz over Chris Mapp (Newman) (Tech Fall 16-0; 4:37)	5	0
	197	Jacob Awiszus over Erik Tomanek (Newman) (Fall 1:42)	6	0
	285	#1 Crew Howard over #9 Caleb Wunsch (Newman) (Fall 5:49)	6	0
Team Score:			46	6

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