It’s a great day to be a Badger (again)

[dad 2 5]

Rivera baby!!!  This is awesome!!!

+1
I was thinking about Rivera Friday and hoping he would be a Badger!

[vsmf2010]

Here are 2 Juniors who are nationally ranked in-state wrestlers I would love to see commit to Wisconsin: 

Mitch Mesenbrink (Hartland)
Nicolar Rivera (Stoughton)

In my opinion Mesenbrink will go else where.
Rivera doesn't have the grades.  So I've heard.

I was thinking about this string yesterday when I saw the tweet last night. I had kind of thought there was no chance but it is fantastic that either Willie's information was wrong or the young man was able to turn things around. Either way fantastic news! Lots of greats wrestlers and coaches in his size range in the room. Really excited to see what he is able to do at the college level with his creativity and natural ability. His results have not always been consistent but his celling is off the charts.

[dman]

Here are 2 Juniors who are nationally ranked in-state wrestlers I would love to see commit to Wisconsin: 

Mitch Mesenbrink (Hartland)
Nicolar Rivera (Stoughton)

In my opinion Mesenbrink will go else where.
Rivera doesn't have the grades.  So I've heard.

I was thinking about this string yesterday when I saw the tweet last night. I had kind of thought there was no chance but it is fantastic that either Willie's information was wrong or the young man was able to turn things around. Either way fantastic news! Lots of greats wrestlers and coaches in his size range in the room. Really excited to see what he is able to do at the college level with his creativity and natural ability. His results have not always been consistent but his celling is off the charts.

His results haven't been consistent??  Huh??

[vsmf2010]

Here are 2 Juniors who are nationally ranked in-state wrestlers I would love to see commit to Wisconsin: 

Mitch Mesenbrink (Hartland)
Nicolar Rivera (Stoughton)

In my opinion Mesenbrink will go else where.
Rivera doesn't have the grades.  So I've heard.

I was thinking about this string yesterday when I saw the tweet last night. I had kind of thought there was no chance but it is fantastic that either Willie's information was wrong or the young man was able to turn things around. Either way fantastic news! Lots of greats wrestlers and coaches in his size range in the room. Really excited to see what he is able to do at the college level with his creativity and natural ability. His results have not always been consistent but his celling is off the charts.

His results haven't been consistent??  Huh??

That is correct. As far as national level results his results have not always been consistent. He beat the # 1 ranked wrestler in the country at 126 Nathanel Jesuroga of Southeast Polk at Cheesehead but Nicolar is only ranked 10th because of some other losses. Jesuroga is 12th PFP and Nicolar is not in the top 20. This is not a slam at all on Nicolar more of a representation of how much potential he has. I am extremely excited that is he coming to the UW and looking forward to his growth. Below are a few examples. You see high placements, championships and DNP's. The first 2 listed are Fargo from last summer where he did not place in either Greco or Freestyle. He is was 4-2 in both and did not place. He is a previous Fargo champ so to be a champ and then to DNP is somewhat inconsistent.


Nicolar Rivera
Stoughton, WI, US
Results
Placements
Jul 23, 2021
2021 US Marine Corps 16U & Junior Nationals
JR Freestyle 126 lbs
DNP
Jul 23, 2021
2021 US Marine Corps 16U & Junior Nationals
JR Greco Roman 126 lbs
DNP
Oct 25, 2020
2020 Defense Soap Super 32
High School 126 lbs
DNP
Jul 26, 2020
2020 USA Nationals
18U FS 126 kg
1st
Jul 26, 2020
2020 USA Nationals
HS Duals 126 lbs
DNP
Jul 12, 2020
2020 King of the Ring National Duals
High School Duals 125 lbs
DNP
Jul 20, 2019
2019 USMC/USAW 16U Nationals
Greco Roman 120 lbs
1st
Jul 20, 2019
2019 USMC/USAW 16U Nationals
Freestyle 120 lbs
4th
Jun 3, 2019
2019 UWW Cadet and U23 Nationals
UWW Cadet Freestyle 55 kg
4th
Apr 20, 2019
2019 FloNationals
UWW Cadet GR 55 kg
3rd

[dad 2 5]

https://madison.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/watch-now-stoughtons-nicolar-rivera-commits-to-wisconsin-immediately-after-winning-state-gold/article_f8d348f6-712f-5f04-8c4e-b3ffb9f5f0c0.html

exciting!