2012. LOUIS, MO– Sometimes just getting to the dance is the hard part. The three Adams State University Grizzly wrestlers that made it to the dance that is the NCAA DII National Champions made the tournament look easy, especially Saturday night when all three qualifiers took home individual championships to cap off a perfect 13-0 weekend.
       
      The three champions mark the 36th, 37th and 38th national wrestling championships in Adams State history. They are the first individual champions since Like McPeek won the 197 title in 2012. 2022 is the first time the Grizzlies have had multiple champions since Arsenio Barksdale (125) and Kyle Sand (184) won two titles in 2009. In addition, the Grizzlies had one year, 1982, in which they had three individual champions. During that season, Shane Palmer (167), Scott Ritzen (126) and Darrell Yohn (190) all earned crowns for the Grizzlies.
       
      "I have never ever had a weekend like this, it's a unheard of, to go 13-0 on the weekend," said Head Coach Jason Ramstetteron Saturday night. "I am in awe. It was fun have them go all together like that and to be able sit back and enjoy the rest of the tournament."
       
      After the tournament, Ramstetter was named the NWCA Division II National Tournament Coach of the Year as voted by his peers.
       

Jonathan Andreatta started the gold parade for the Grizzlies as he needed 2:25 to secure the title. He earned a takedown in 42 seconds before completing a suicide cradle for the win over redshirt senior Garrett Vos of St. Cloud State.
 
After a match off, the Grizzlies returned with Noah Hermosillo battling Sam Turner of Nebraska Kearney at 149 pounds. Hermosillo earned the opening points of the match with a takedown of the first period before Turner nabbed an escape and the score stayed the same until the third period.
 
Hermosillo then allowed an escape to start the third before getting a take down with 59 seconds remaining but 30 seconds later Turner earned an escape to pull within one point. Hermosillo could not earn a take down and because of riding time, sudden victory overtime commenced. The two grapplers tangled in the middle of the mat before they went down and both battled for positioning and with 34 seconds left in the period, Hermosillo got the win.
 
Like Andreatta, Josiah Rider only needed the first period to claim the third title for the Grizzlies. He earned a takedown in 1:39 over Baltazar Gonzalez of American International before locking in the cradle for a quick win in 2:48.
 
The Grizzlies are the only team to have three individual champions as Central Oklahoma did score two individual titles at 184 pounds and 197. The Grizzlies, who had just three qualifiers in the entire tournament finished fifth in the team standings with 65 points. As Rider paced the way for the Grizzlies with 23 points, thanks to his two falls, and Andreatta and Hermosillo each scored 21 points.