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On this episode of #GMGcast, Zac Babb and Hank Dickenson talk with the new head coach of Mean Green volleyball, Dave Fleming. They discuss his long career in the business, his success at Colorado Mesa, and what he looks forward to as he takes over the helm at North Texas. 0:00 - Podcast introductions 0:56 - Dave Fleming introductions 2:04 - Background in volleyball and success at Colorado Mesa 5:14 - Working under volleyball coaching legends 7:12 - How the sport has changed in his 35 years 12:55 - Assembling his first coaching staff at UNT 14:34 - Working on bettering the team in 2025 17:10 - Legacy at Colorado Mesa and moving forward to UNT
On this episode, Andrew Parker is flying solo and talks with Twins pitching prospect Andrew Morris. Andrew talks about getting promoted twice in 2024, being roommates with Zebby Matthews, playing baseball in the Colorado air, Colorado Mesa to Texas Tech, his golf game and more.
Five years after she was fired from her hospital system in a dispute over medical aid in dying, Dr. Barbara Morris runs a non-profit that educates people about, and advocates for, the practice. Then, a team from Colorado Mesa University won $5 million for its work to save the rainforest. And, the hidden history of Denver's longest-running fire station emerges.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa volleyball player Nicole Martin on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa women's wrestling coach Travis Mercado on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa swimmer Andrew Scoggin on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar post-game Mavs-Adams State 10-12 2024
Colorado Mesa linebacker Colin Stuhr on The Jim Davis Show.
Hell of an episode back after Week 5. First up is UW Platteville's Brandt Stare who had a hell of a performance in UWP's win over #5 UW La Crosse. Next up is Colorado Mesa's Jason Thome, a DB for the Mavs that had a big INT in their upset over #4 Colorado School of Mines. SO MANY D2 Upsets, Great top 25 D3 Matchups, and even more NAIA action. Tune IN! Video Chapters: 0:00 Episode Overview 3:09 Brandt Stare - UW Platteville 12:23 D2 Game Recaps 31:06 Jason Thome - Colorado Mesa 40:33 D3 Game Recaps 1:03:28 NAIA Game Recaps
Colorado Mesa volleyball player Sierra Hunt on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa women's basketball coach Taylor Wagner on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa men's wrestling coach Mike Mendoza on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa swim and dive coach Mickey Wender on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa triathlete Shannon Ferran on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa golfer Cole Beyer on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa men's soccer goalie Diego Chavez on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa volleyball player Sydney Leffler on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa volleyball player Hahni Johnson on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa tennis player Henry Scheck on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa women's triathlon coach Jen Mathe on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa golfer Brittlynn O'Dell on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
WEEK 0 IS HERE, and we are so back. Take a listen to Kobe breaking down some of the best matchups this week across D2FB in Week 0 and what he thinks about the slate. Video Chapters: 0:00-1:35 Episode Overview 1:36 Ferris State vs Pitt State 6:19 Minnesota State vs Northwest Missouri State 12:58 Michigan Tech vs Bemidji State 16:20 Colorado Mesa vs Texas A&M Kingsville 19:47 CSU Pueblo vs South Dakota Mines 22:22 East Stroudsburg vs Edinboro 23:46 Delta State vs Mars Hill
Colorado Mesa men's soccer assistant coach Brandon Bautista on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa volleyball coach Dave Fleming on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa men's soccer assistant coach Brandon Bautista on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa volleyball coach Dave Fleming on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa rodeo champion McKenna Clingman on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa and TEAM USA cyclist Olivia Cummins on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa baseball coach Chris Hanks on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa softball coach Mercedes Bohte on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa softball Illiana Mendoza on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa baseball Chris Hanks on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa baseball coach Chris Hanks on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa men's LAX coach Troy Moyer and midfield/attack James Stenke on The Jim Davis Show.
Colorado Mesa football coach Miles Kochevar on The Jim Davis Show.
Drew LaComb enters the role of hitting coach and offensive coordinator for the Falcons, as he joins Air Force having previously served as the head coach of Regis University for four seasons. The Rangers were an impressive 87-77-1 during his tenure as skipper.Regis continued its steady progression under LaComb in 2023 as the team reached the RMAC Tournament championship game for the first time since 2012, falling to nationally No. 1 ranked Colorado Mesa. The Rangers, who tied the school record for the longest winning streak (13) during the spring, finished the 2023 season with a 31-24 overall record and in third place in the RMAC regular season standings. The 2023 squad set the program record for runs scored (517) and saw first baseman Matt Marlow become the program's first All-American selection since 2018.The year prior, LaComb was named the RMAC Coach of the Year in 2022 after leading the Rangers to the program's best regular season
Twas a backyard brawl on Thursday night. I took in some high school wrestling as I watched Mounds View High School dispatch with Irondale … which are the two high schools in my school district. One is known as the sports school, the other is the band and robotics school. The sports school won 60-6. By the way, former Gopher Marty Morgan's youngest son is a 215-pounder for Mounds View and he's freaking HUGE. He's headed to South Dakota State. I was spotted in the crowd by one Mounds View parent. Was great to just watch some pretty good high school wrestling without actually working. There's some great HS wrestling kicking off today at the Walsh Ironman. Check my socials @jasonmbryant for some knowledge bombs. It's Short Time Shots, a look at the day's college wrestling scores and more, I'm your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer and broadcaster Jason Bryant. On to the scores on the college scene from Thursday. Speaking of scoreboards, did you know you can find all the D1 dual meet scores and links to their results at collegewrestlingscoreboard.com AND I've added another redirect to help you follow all the tournaments from every division at collegewrestlingtournaments.com. Only D1 dual of the night, Michigan State improved to 4-0 after a 25-9 win over Buffalo ON THE STAGE up in New York. Buffalo did one of those theatre-style duals for the third year in a row. If you look at the dual, this one was probably closer than the score indicates as Michigan State picked up three victories that were two points or less. Still been a rough start for Buffalo this year. In Division II, Augustana (S.D.) knocked off 13th-ranked Northern State 21-13 out in the middle of South Dakota. The Vikings were ranked 18th in the most recent NWCA rankings, which is a tournament points ranking rather than a dual ranking. Augie's top-ranked Jaxson Rohman earned a major at 125 pounds, while top-ranked Wyatt Turnquist won 7-2 at 149 pounds for Northern State. Out west, San Francisco State shutout Simpson (Calif.) 41-0. In D3, second-ranked Wartburg rolled past the only non-Iowa team in the American Rivers Conference, which used to be the Iowa Conference. The Knights had five falls, the fastest coming at 197 pounds by top-ranked Mo Endene, the returning D3 champion at the weight in the 54-0 win. Third-ranked UW-Eau Claire rallied from down 14-3 after five weights and reeled off five straight W's to oust rival UW-Whitewater 25-14. Whitewater did pick up the dual's most notable win as ninth-ranked Dominick Mallinder bounced top-ranked Tyler Fleetwood 7-1 at 133 pounds. 20th-ranked Millikin topped Aurora 23-17. Bonus points were the difference for the Big Blue as three of the wins were bonus victories including falls by Coby Haney at 133 and Nathan Callaway at 157. Also in the CCIW, Elmhurst edged Concordia Wisconsin 24-23. Roanoke beat Shenandoah 43-4 out in my home state of Virginia. Three bonus victories were the difference for Loras as they topped Cornell College 21-19 in a matchup of Iowa schools. In the NAIA, Montana State-Northern rallied to beat Dickinson State 32-16, while No. 11 Providence (Mont.) beat Eastern Oregon 28-15. Top-ranked Hunter Sparks of Eastern Oregon got a fall in that one at 125 pounds. The Evergreen State College earned its first win, topping Grays Harbor College 50-3. Evergreen's mascot? The GEODUCKS. What is a Geoduck? Well, it's the largest burrowing clam in the world, native to the coastal waters of the Pacific. Makes sense, Evergreen is in Washington. Grays Harbor is too, just a mile or two from the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. Some of you will get the reference. On the women's side, fourth ranked Colorado Mesa torched Texas Woman's University 44-5, and Adams State 45-4. UW-Stevens Point topped Wartburg 30-13 in the first home dual in school history for the new women's program at Wartburg. Minot State was a winner over Dakota Wesleyan 27-16. Evergreen's women also picked up a W, beating Grays Harbor 34-8. Shout outs to our latest Mat Talk patrons, Warrior Coach and KBnoswag. Subscribe, for free, to my Daily Wrestling News. Get it for free at mattalkonline.com/news, sign up free today. That's as always, delivered by our longtime friends at Resilite.
Las Vegas is on everyone's mind who follows the world of Division I wrestling and that also means me. There's a bunch of Vegas-related content in the newsletter today, so again, you can find out how to get that daily at the end of the show. I was on the mic Thursday here in the Twin Cities - more on that in a bit, this is Short Time Shots, a look at the day's results in and around college wrestling. Right now, if you hear any banging around, it's because I'm getting a new furnace installed this morning. Yup. Thankfully before it his absolute zero here this winter. Our installer used to wrestle, too. Links: Did you know you can find all the D1 dual meet scores and links to their results at collegewrestlingscoreboard.com AND I've added another redirect to help you follow all the tournaments from every division at collegewrestlingtournaments.com. As to the aforementioned Minnesota match, Division III's top-ranked team, Augsburg, blanked No. 25 Loras 46-0 at Si Melby Hall. Augsburg won four matchups between ranked wrestlers, including returning national champion Sam Stuhl earning an 11-2 major decision over No. 13 Jalen Schropp at 141 pounds. Top-ranked heavyweight Tyler Kim and 184-pounder Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann picked big bonus victories - Kim with the fall and BSO (his name is too long to keep repeating) with the tech. Other scores around Division III saw Carthage beat Elmhurst 29-15, and Central, that's it, just Central, pushed past Augustana (Ill.) 36-9. UW-Stevens Point trounced UW-Oshkoh (B'Gosh) 40-18. Augustana did beat Simpson (Iowa) The only Division I match of the night featured a pair of transitional programs as Bellarmine heads out to Missouri and beat Lindenwood 35-7. There were some exciting duals in Division II, including Kutztown winning the last five bouts to pull away past Seton Hill 34-15. Both of Kutztown's ranked wrestlers - No. 11 Dalton Gimbor at 165 and third-ranked Matthew Weinberg at 184 - won. Gimbor beat Kane Kettering while Weinberg picked up a forfeit. I hate forfeit. Millersville beat East Stroudsburg 23-19. Colorado School of Mines won the last six weights to top New Mexico Highlands 31-13. Colorado Mesa beat rival Western Colorado 24-17. Davenport beat NAIA Cleary 37-12. Down south, Coker blanked Bluefield State (that's in West Virginia), while Belmont Abbey beat Emory & Henry 48-3. Emory & Henry is transitioning from Division III to Division II. In the NAIA, Ottawa beat Avila 35-13. On the women's side, Grand View beat Central Methodist 27-18, Cedar Crest beat Alvernia 32-16 in the school's first ever home women's wrestling dual. Sioux Falls new women's program improved to 2-0 with a win over Minot State 39-13 and Lock Haven beat Elmira 35-12. Subscribe, for free, to my Daily Wrestling News. Get it for free at mattalkonline.com/news, sign up free today. That's as always, delivered by our longtime friends at Resilite.
It's SHORT TIME SHOTS … a quick look at the day's top wrestling stories. Here's the good stuff for Friday, October 27.In the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania, Kennedy Blades and Audrey Jimenez from the United States earned silver medals in women's freestyle wrestling. Blades dominated her initial matches but lost 9-2 in the finals against UWW's Reetika in the 76 kg category. Jimenez, competing in the 50 kg category, withdrew from her finals match due to injury but still secured a silver medal. Amit Elor, another U.S. wrestler, advanced to the finals in the 72 kg category, pinning her first two opponents. She will face Jyoti Berwal in the finals, aiming for another U23 championship. Meanwhile, Macey Kilty will compete for a bronze medal in the 65 kg category after a strong start but a narrow 5-4 loss in the semifinals against Irina Ringaci. Xochitl Mota-Pettis is also in the hunt for a bronze medal in the 57 kg category, thanks to her first-round opponent advancing to the finals. The U.S. Greco-Roman team will begin their competition on Friday, featuring wrestlers like Phillip Moomey and Robert Perez III.Carter Starocci has announced his return to Penn State for the 2023-24 wrestling season, aiming to become the Nittany Lions' first four-time NCAA champion. Starocci, who recently won his third NCAA title at 174 pounds, also hinted at a potential Olympic run in the 2024 Summer Games. He has the nation's longest active winning streak with 52 straight bouts and is Penn State's sixth three-time champion. The University of Oklahoma announced that its wrestling program will remain in the Big 12 Conference as an affiliate member, even as the university transitions to the Southeastern Conference in 2024. The decision followed a vote by the Big 12's governance group, which includes university presidents and athletic directors. Oklahoma's wrestling program has a storied history, with seven national championships and 24 conference titles, including three in the Big 12 era. Starting July 1, 2024, the Big 12 wrestling membership will feature legacy programs like Iowa State and Oklahoma State, as well as affiliate programs such as Air Force and Missouri. Arizona State will also join as a newcomer in 2024. Iowa wrestling is gearing up for its season debut on November 4 against California Baptist, amid a turbulent offseason and pending NCAA decisions on sports-wagering penalties. Hawkeye coach Tom Brands praised the NCAA for its deliberative approach and emphasized that the athletes facing suspensions have been accountable. The vote on sports-wagering penalties is set for November 8, and Brands is hopeful for a decision that "fits the crime." Abe Assad and Nelson Brands are currently facing NCAA suspensions related to sports gambling and are likely to miss the season's first dual. Both athletes have criticized the NCAA and are awaiting the Division I Council's vote. While other Iowa wrestlers are also believed to be facing suspensions, Assad and Nelson Brands are the only ones to have spoken publicly about the issue.The National Wrestling Coaches Association has released its NCAA Women's Wrestling Preseason Coaches' Poll, with defending national champion North Central College leading the pack. North Central tops the preseason rankings for the second consecutive year, boasting 128 points and 13 ranked individuals, including seven who are ranked No. 1. They are followed by 2022 runner-up King University, which has 67 points and 10 ranked individuals. McKendree is in third place with 60 points and nine ranked wrestlers, while Colorado Mesa is fourth with 51 points and eight ranked individuals. Sacred Heart and Gannon round out the top six, with 29 and undisclosed points respectively, each having four ranked individuals. East Stroudsburg, Lock Haven University, and the University of Iowa are also in the top 10, along with Adrian College. - Menlo College leads the NAIA Women's Wrestling Preseason Top 20, followed by Life University, Grand View, William Penn, and Providence to kick off the 2023-24 women's wrestling season. Reigning national champion Southern Oregon starts the new season ranked sixth. The rankings were determined by a panel of head coaches from each of the five conferences, using a point system based on individual rankings in each weight class.To hear more about the NAIA women's division, check out the latest Short Time Wrestling Podcast, which has the full media day from the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletics Conference.The full breakdown of the day's wrestling news can be delivered to your inbox daily, courtesy of Mat Talk Online's Daily Wrestling Newsletter, delivered by Resilite. Sign up free at mattalkonline.com/news - Yup, still a bot. I said a name wrong the other day, but then again, he's from Minnesota, so of course it might have sounded weird. So my bad, Matt Muleners.