Former NCAA All-American Cayle Byers of Peters Creek had a great start before running out of steam at the USA Wrestling Olympic Trials, which wrapped up today in Iowa City, Iowa. The 213-pounder was the only Alaska man at the Trials as he continues his post-collegiate career with the Titan Mercury Wrestling Club. Byers, of… Read more »
Cayle Byers of Peters Creek won a dramatic match to secure a berth to the Olympic Trials in wrestling. The former NCAA All-American now wrestling with Titan Mercury captured his third-place match at 213 pounds with a 2-1 victory over David Zabriskie of Lehigh Valley at the Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs. He… Read more »
Chugiak’s Cayle Byers will return to the World Team Trials this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, for the second consecutive year. This time he’s competing for a spot on Team USA. The former NCAA All-American out of Oklahoma State University will compete in the 213-pound bracket after finishing fifth at this year’s US Open to qualify… Read more »
One of the greatest wrestlers in Alaska history added another awesome accomplishment to his remarkable resume. Chugiak’s Cayle Byers won the 213-pound bracket at the prestigious Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. “It was good,” he told flowrestling.com. “I tried to start fast and score early. It wasn’t always the… Read more »
He is two years removed from his NCAA All-American days at Oklahoma State, but Cayle Byers of Chugiak still has it. The 197-pounder today advanced to the semifinals in this weight class and finished with two wins and two losses during the World Team Trials in Wisconsin. He opened the tournament with a pin before… Read more »
Former NCAA All-American Cayle Byers of Chugiak won his weight class at last weekend’s Northern Plains Senior Freestyle Regional in Iowa. The 214-pounder now with the Titan Mercury Wrestling Club beat former NCAA heavyweight runner-up Ryan Flores 6-5 in the 97-kilomgram championship match. Byers, of Chugiak High fame, used to wrestle for Oklahoma State University,… Read more »
Chugiak’s Cayle Byers made a major statement for Alaska wrestling over the weekend when he captured the 197-pound title in the Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. The super senior is ranked nationally and upset No. 5 Brent Haynes of Missouri with a 5-0 decision in the finals. In the semifinals, Byers needed overtime to… Read more »
He was a stud at Chugiak High School so it figures that Cayle Byers would make an impact at the college level. Byers is a member of the country’s No. 3-ranked wrestling team at Oklahoma State University and makes up one of the NCAA’s most potent 1-2 punches at 197 pounds. He has won 20… Read more »
Palmer’s Caleb Hopkins picked up a win and got a shoutout from ESPN, making his first day at the NCAA Championships a big success. The Campbell University sophomore went 1-1 at 184 pounds, with his victory coming in the first round with a 7-6 decision over the Big Ten’s Zach Braunagel of Illinois. Hopkins is… Read more »
Campbell University wrestler Caleb Hopkins of Palmer won his weight class at the Southern Conference Championships over the weekend to secure his first berth to the NCAA Championships. He is just the fourth Alaskan to qualify for the national championships at the D1 level in the last decade, the first from the Mat-Su Valley since… Read more »
