Portillo Bros Wrestling

18/07/2024

14/07/2024

*NEW CLINICIAN ANNOUNCED*

We are happy to announce multiple time AA and former national champion Blake Gonzalez will be stepping in to fill a last-second hole. He joins an all-star cast at this year’s PREMIERE Portillo Bros Wrestling Camp!

We are still accepting openings to this camp in Clarion, IA, July 19-20. LINK to sign up IN COMMENTS.

Come for the whole thing, or just drop in for a session.

13/07/2024

Portillo Bros are road tripping! Two more summer camps coming up in Arkansas and Kansas 🔥

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30/06/2024

Flyers/Bombers and all other wrestlers. The Portillo Bros are coming back to Mountain Home in 2 weeks! Get signed up today!

02/06/2024

Our 2024 summer camp wrestling camp season just kicked off this weekend. We are excited for 12 great opportunities to grow the sport! Message for any questions on any of these opportunities. We have a few openings left.

20/05/2024

Our first camp of the summer is finalized and in two weeks! This is open to anyone, and is meant to grow wrestling opportunities in Western Nebraska. Advanced and youth options available! Contact info is in flyer.

15/05/2024

In recent news, Jake Henderson is selected to take over Defiance College next season as the head coach. They will be transitioning into their first year in the NAIA next year and will compete in the WHAC. hondo is a former D1 wrestler at Cleveland State who most recently helped jump start Rio Grande to their first four All-Americans.
Defiance College is located in a hotbed of wrestling talent: northwest Ohio. With that said, Henderson is looking to recruit nationally and wants to make an immediate impact.
Both Jake Henderson’s and the Defiance Wrestling team’s Instagram tags are in the photo.

10/04/2024

Let’s not forget to honor some of the best championship performances of the NCAA D2/D3 championships! Which performance stood out most to you? Read full recaps at the link in bio.

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20/03/2024

Top women’s performances from nationals/final women’s Wrestler of the Week of the season! Read the full scoop at the link in bio.

We saw four programs earn their first-ever female wrestling national champion: Guerrero of NJCU, Rodriguez of Doane, Jelacic of Lourdes, and three different girls all won it for William Penn!

Cam Guerin became a 4x national champion while Carolina Moreno and Adaugo Nwachukwu became 3xers!

Who had the best national championship run for NAIA/NCWWC women?

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14/03/2024

The top 2️⃣ teams in the NAIA and their champions:

14/03/2024

Wrestlers of the week/top performances from nationals.

With the craziness of post season, we will look at some of the top champions in each division. First up, we had NAIA and NJCAA Men/Women.

Which performance was the best in your eyes?? We plan to go back and highlight other performances, but stuck with the champions for now.

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10/03/2024

NAIA 123 National Champion:

Cristella Rodriguez of Doane wins her first nationals title over Maya Davis of Grand View

02/03/2024

23/02/2024

NAIA Conference Wrestlers of the Week (reposted with correct dates):

This week, we wanted to highlight strong performances from unranked competitors at their conference (The Open Mat rankings). Maybe these guys didn’t all win their conferences, but they had to knock off stiff competition to earn their way into the national tournament.

Congrats to the 280 wrestlers who made it to the final step to earning AA/National Champion honors.

And to those that didn’t make it, respect goes to you as well. We see the work, the sacrifice, the dedication that goes into this sport. 99% of us will fall short of our ultimate goals. This is the way of the sport.

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23/02/2024

NAIA Conference Wrestlers of the Week:

This week, we wanted to highlight strong performances from unranked competitors at their conference (The Open Mat rankings). Maybe these guys didn’t all win their conferences, but they had to knock off stiff competition to earn their way into the national tournament.

Congrats to the 280 wrestlers who made it to the final step to earning AA/National Champion honors.

And to those that didn’t make it, respect goes to you as well. We see the work, the sacrifice, the dedication that goes into this sport. 99% of us will fall short of our ultimate goals. This is the way of the sport.

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17/02/2024

Which NAIA conference are you most excited for? Here’s what to watch this week!

Many conferences tournaments started today and conclude tomorrow. Spots will be earned; spots will be lost. Curious who the best at-large candidates will be? Check out for an article on who we think is most likely to earn those final spots after conclusion of the weekend.

16/02/2024

Vantage/Portillo Bros Wrestlers of the Week:

Wrestling may be slowing down as we head into post-season, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t some big performances this past week.

Trent Mahoney had a huge come-from-behind pin to take out the #1 athlete in his weight.

Randy Frailey had one of the best performances in the Wolverine-Hoosie Conference tournament, winning the bracket and securing his spot at nationals.

And quite a few of NAIA women got some top-10 wins!

Conference/regionals are right around the corner. Stay tuned for some chaos and fun! Read the full scoop and WHAC conference recap at the link in bio.

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10/02/2024

What 2 Watch this week!

We get our first taste of post-season action as NJCAA begins their national qualification process with districts this weekend. The North Central district is always loaded, sending majority of their wrestlers to nationals.

Only one NAIA conference starts this weekend but it will be a good one. The WHAC conference is not whack as it is led by 3 teams in the top-25 and many other teams with hammers of their own.

What about the duals? The Wildcat Duals will feature many great NAIA Women’s teams. Many teams will wrap up their dual season with some of their toughest competitions of the year!

Let’s enjoy these last few weeks of college wrestling season!

09/02/2024

Vantage/Portillo Bros Wrestlers of the Week!

Click the link in our bio to read the full story.

The Grand View Open for Women was full of expected chaos, and two different types of Vikings impressed on their ways to titles. Grand View Viking Krista Warren was unranked and won 143, while Carl Albert State Viking Lexi Miller won 109.

We got ourselves an NAIA Super Match when Keller Rock bumped up and took out #2 at 174.

And we can’t avoid mentioning high school freshman Taina Fernandez any longer. She has won three college opens already and just took out the #1 NCAA athlete at her weight.

Check out this link in bio to read more!

02/02/2024

Vantage/Portillo Bros Wrestlers of the Week!

News of a big transfer just came out, as NJCAA runner-up Kawaun Deboe made his debut for Cumberland by knocking off #7 in the nation.

In D3, Rayshawn Dixon pinned #1 in the nation on his way to a tournament championship.

Adonis Boyd was the Dual MVP as he avenged an earlier loss by teching #10 in the nation in about 1.5 minutes!

Angel Flores grabbed the biggest D2 win of the week by beating the #3 7-0. And Bo Geibe was able to grab multiple top-ten wins at the Warrior Open.

Augsburg was the team of the week after winning a hectic dual over Wartburg.

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01/02/2024

TONIGHT 7 pm CT: #2 NAIA Dual Team Grand View vs. #5 DII Dual Team Nebraska-Kearney. The alma maters of the Portillo Bros facing off for the third time! Swipe to read our completely neutral and non-biased predictions! 😜

The link to watch is in our bio. In all seriousness, this should be a highly competitive and entertaining dual. Don’t miss it! Grand View has won the first two meetings but the UNK squad is highly improved from last year’s team.

Who are you taking to win the dual?

26/01/2024

WHAT 2 WATCH this week:

Buckle up for another action packed week of collegiate wrestling! There will be plenty of duals and opens worth watching this weekend and the following weekdays.
For D3 aficionados, check out the Pete Willson Invitational, hosted by Wheaton. It’s a two-day tournament which will have over 30 teams in action; 8 of the top-20.
The Spire Classic also transpires today at Saint Mary, with many of the top NAIA women’s teams; 5 of the top-15.
Women’s wrestling fans can continue to catch action on Saturday with the Warrior Open, hosted by Indiana Tech. It will feature six different teams in the top-4 of their respective divisions and all top-4 teams in the NAIA.
Sunday will be a busy day, too! The Newberry Open will contain a variety of solid teams from the Southeast.
It will be a wild Friday night as we not only get #1 Wartburg vs. #2 Augsburg, but also cross-division crossfire in #1 Life vs. #5 Lander! #4 Augustana vs. #7 UMary will also be worth the watch.
During the weekend, we see many intra-conference duals like SOU vs. Providence, Chadron State vs. Western Colorado, and Doane vs. Morningside, all nationally ranked dual teams, according to The Open Mat.
The month of January will conclude with Iowa Western’s men and women taking on Ellsworth’s teams, and another cross-division battle in #3 McKendree vs. #7 Missouri Baptist for the women.

18/01/2024

Wrestlers of the Week! Want to read the full scoop? Check out the link in our bio!

NJCAA National Duals went down last weekend, so many great performances to highlight from there!

The Delaware Valley women’s team was started in 2019 and began competing in 2021. They honored their first class of seniors this week, and senior Bridgette Schoultz’s 20-second pin was a poetic ending in her home gym.

There was also a handful of upsets in D2 with a few top-10 foes taking losses.

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12/01/2024

The Vantage Wrestlers of the Week from National Duals:

We picked some of the top performances from each division of the national duals from last week. Many national champs fell. And #1’s were knocked off. Too much calamity to list all the top results!

Read the full story and recap at the link in the bio!

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12/01/2024

What 2 Watch this week:

Oh, you thought the dual tournaments were done after this last weekend? Wrong! NJCAA has their version of national duals this Friday, with 10 ranked dual teams and 4 of the top 5. Tiffin hosts the DII Super Region 3 Duals on Saturday with 6 ranked dual teams.

The Budd Whitehill Duals feature 5 ranked DIII dual teams. And the Virginia Duals will have flavor from 5 different divisions.

If tournaments are more of your thing to watch, check out the Mike Duroe Invite, the Tornado Open, or the York Invite!

There’s also plenty of individual duals to keep you busy the coming weekdays. We will see 9 different top-ten battles across all divisions. Buckle up for the week and enjoy!

04/01/2024

Your first Vantage Wrestlers of the Week of 2024!

We just started the second semester of wrestling just a few weeks ago and we are already off with a bang with upsets from across all divisions of men’s and women’s wrestling.

Thomas More isn’t eligible for the DII postseason until next year, but that doesn’t mean they are wasting their time this year. Daulton Mayer shined this weekend at Midlands, placing 5th at the tournament with three pins, one decision, and one major. Mayer was also the only no-DI wrestler to place at Midlands this year.

Ethan Spacht (North Central) is currently behind DIII #2 ranked Christian Guzman. But the freshman notched one of the biggest wins of the weekend when he took out #15 in DI, Jett Strickenberger of West Virginia.

On the women’s side, Henlee Haynes (Presbyterian) has been off to a great start to her college career. She avenged one of her only prior losses in the Midlands semifinals winning 6-4 over the #4 in the nation, thanks to a big 4-point move right off the bat in the match.

Sophomore Katelyn Lewis (Providence) had one of the better tournaments at Soldier Salute. On her way to the finals, she pinned not one, not two, but three different ranked opponents. Despite falling in the finals to a tough Haley Ward (Iowa), her performance was still one of the best of the weekend.

The wrestler of stood out the most at the Citrus Invitational was Patrick McGraw of John Carroll. McGraw took out two ranked wrestlers on his way to the finals. He started off meeting #5 in DIII in the semifinals where McGraw won 13-4, a major decision. In the finals, he took out #8 in DII by a 12-6 win. McGraw is now the all-time wins leader for John Carroll with over 125 career wins and he still has about two months to add to that number.

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23/12/2023

The last Vantage Wrestlers of the Week of 2023!

At the Midwest Classic, three people had superb runs to take over the #1 spot in the nation and win a title. Gabe Hixenbaugh beat both returning national finalists at 133. David Hunsberger took out the returning national champion to win 165. Isaiah Vance won a 285 bracket that included 7 of the top-ten at the time.

Blake Gonzalez became the first and only non-D1 guy to win the Reno TOC, with his best wins coming over Gabe Willochel of Wyoming and Willie McDougald of Oklahoma, both top-25 in the nation in DI.

At Senior Nationals, McKendree’s true freshman Shelby Moore placed 3rd and qualified for the Olympic Team Trials. She had two huge wins over collegiate national champions, both of whom were on the P4P list according to The Open Mat.

Many Phoenix’s rose up the rankings at the Rocky Top Duals. Cumberland rose up to #6 in the dual rankings. Jared Dinh beat two projected All-Americans at 141, Victor Guzman beat the #11 guy in the nation to help them beat Reinhardt, and Eli Clemmons teched the #11 guy at 165.

We wanted to name someone who characterized heart and resilience this past weekend. Kyle Knudston lost his first match in Reno to a very tough NJCAA finalist Darion Johnson by tech. He responded to this adversity by pinning two guys and teching two guys. Then, he was pitted against Johnson on the backside and he flipped the script with an 8-7 win, thus reaching his match limit. For making huge adjustments mid-tournament and staying mentally focused, Knudston wins the Heart Award for the week.

New DII women’s program Adams State may have their first star on their hands. 116 Austria Holland beat a former All-American at the Desert Duals who was ranked #11 and has a past win over the #9 at 109. She hasn’t lost a match yet this year as a true freshman.

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15/12/2023

Check out this week's Vantage Wrestling Wrestlers of the Week!

Gannon Beats D1 Kent State In one of the biggest dual wins of the weekend, unranked D2 Gannon University took out D1 Kent State 20-19. The dual was tied at the end of regulation, but thanks to a Gannon pin, the Knights were victorious. Gannon started off the dual with big momentum with Hunter Robiso...

09/12/2023

As usual, there will be some great action this upcoming week! The NAIA dual rankings, only by , will certainly be shaken up at the NAIA Challenge Duals! Reinhardt is coming off of a huge win over Southeastern, but many of these teams haven’t been tested much in duals yet. 5 in the top-20, and 2 in the top-20, including sleeper teams such as Lourdes and Rio Grande should make for a great weekend of NAIA action.

The North Central Open should be equally as exciting, for men and women. Many times, this open can be harder to place at than nationals. 5 top-10 D3 men’s teams will be there, including Augsburg and UW-Lacrosse, the top two teams. For the women, there will be twelve ranked teams in total. Top-ranked NCAA North Central is joined by top-ranked NJCAA Iowa Central. This could be a big chance to see how well the McKendree team is really doing and if all of their pieces are in place to contend for a national title. Of note, Iowa is only sending a few unattached wrestlers.

The following weekdays will see some fire duals. It is hard to pick a favorite dual of the week but it will definitely happen on Wednesday night. Two top-5 D3 teams clash in a battle for Wisconsin. La Crosse vs. Eau Claire will be worth the watch. That same night, tune into a tri-meet between #2 Life, #9 Reinhardt, and #19 UNC-Pembroke. The Life vs. Reinhardt dual was crazy last year, and it only gets better with Pembroke in the mix.

Other women’s dual action to keep your eyes on is the Trojan Duals, hosted by Mount Olive, the #14 NCAA team. Their toughest challenge will be #3 King.