{"id":44297,"date":"2019-03-06T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T15:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44297"},"modified":"2019-03-06T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T15:32:19","slug":"ball-gears-up-for-national-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44297","title":{"rendered":"Ball gears up for national tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The No. 10 ranked Fort Hays State wrestling team will be\nsending one of their own to the NCAA Division II Championships this weekend\n(Mar. 8-9) in Cleveland, Ohio as junior Brandon\nBall<\/a> earned his way to his third-consecutive appearance at nationals.\nBall will take on fellow Division II competitors for a chance at All-American\nstats and a national championship.
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\nNo. 1 ranked Brandon\nBall<\/a> will compete in the 141-pound weight class. He will battle Dylan\nNace of East Stroudsburg in an opening-round match, or pigtail match, before\nentering the round of 16. This is the third-consecutive year that Ball will be\ncompeting at the NCAA Division II Championships. He earned a sixth-place finish\nand All-American status as a redshirt-freshman before finishing one round shy\nof placing last season.
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\nBall enters the championships with a 24-0 overall record and a 21-0 clip\nagainst Division II competition this year. He is coming off his second super\nregional title. In Ball’s weight class, there are seven other wrestlers who\nBall has faced this season, two of which are on the top half of the 18-man\nbracket. Including top-ranked Ball, nine of the 18 players are currently ranked\nin the nation.
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\nBelow is the full schedule of events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Date\/Time<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Event<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Location<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Friday,\n March 8<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 11\n a.m.\n <\/td>\n Session\n I (6 mats, 120 matches)\n <\/td>\n Wolstein\n Center\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 5\n p.m.\n <\/td>\n Session\n II (6 mats, 120 matches)\n <\/td>\n Wolstein\n Center\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Saturday,\n March 9<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 10\n a.m.\n <\/td>\n Session\n III (4 mats, 90 matches)\n <\/td>\n Wolstein\n Center\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 7\n p.m. – 9 p.m.\n <\/td>\n Session\n IV (1 mat, 10 matches)\n <\/td>\n Wolstein\n Center\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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