A native of Selma, California, Figueroa has quickly become a household name in both high school and freestyle wrestling. Figueroa's success in wrestling can be traced back to his 2009 bantam titles at the CVCA Selma Bear Brawls, and Central East Grizzly Invitational. Figueroa's gone on to more national prominence since then winning the Flo Kickoff classic in 2015, the 2015 Super 32 middle school championships, and the 2016 Flo Reno Worlds. Figueroa won a CAUSA folkstyle state championship in 2013, 2015, and 2016 and has won the SCWAY state championship four times. Figueroa made his high school debut for Selma in the 2017-2018 season winning a California state title as a freshman.
Over 150 Upsets From Conference Tournament Weekend
Mar 11, 2024
It's hard to overstate how much exciting college wrestling took place this past weekend. All seven conferences held their championships over the last few days and determined the majority of the qualifiers for the 2024 NCAA Championships that will take place in less than two weeks in Kansas City, Missouri.
All The Upsets From The Final Week Of The NCAA Regular Season
Feb 26, 2024
The last set of regular season upsets from the 2023-24 NCAA D1 college wrestling season is here! The usual caveats apply, in particular it worth keeping in mind that results that look like upsets now may not look like upsets after the NCAA tournament!
Cohlton Schultz's Pin Propels Arizona State Over Stanford
Feb 17, 2024
Arizona State defeated Stanford on Saturday, 18-17 in a back-and-forth dual that came down to the final match. Check out the article below to see a recap and full results of this incredible dual.
3 Dozen Upsets In Week 12 Of The NCAA Season!
Jan 23, 2023
All the upsets that we could find from week 12 of the 2022-23 NCAA D1 wrestling season.
Nearly 100 Big Upsets In Week 5 Of The NCAA Season
Dec 5, 2022
The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational added heaps of new upsets to the ever-growing list for this 2022-23 NCAA D1 wrestling season.
Missouri vs Arizona State Match Notes
Nov 18, 2022
Follow along as #3 Missouri takes on #6 Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. The Tigers are coming off a tournament win at the Tiger Style Invite while the Sun Devils won seven individual titles at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic.
The Top Potential Matches At U20 World Team Trials
Jun 2, 2022
One of my favorite age-level tournaments of the year has arrived - the Junior World Team Trials. The nation’s best high school upperclassmen and college underclassmen putting it on the line for a chance to represent their country overseas.
US Open: U20 Ultimate Preview & Predictions
Apr 28, 2022
U20 Nationals (formerly known as UWW Junior Nationals) is one of my favorite age-level tournaments every year. The top high school upperclassmen get to test themselves against the best first or second year college guys who are often hungry to compete coming out of redshirt. It's the first step in making the Junior World Team as the winner of this event will earn an automatic berth to the best-of-three wrestle-off series against the World Team Trials challenge tournament champion in June.
Way Too Early Lineup Look: 2022-2023 Arizona State Sun Devils
Apr 1, 2022
Arizona State has gone from finishing 58th at the 2013 NCAA Championships to back-to-back team trophies. What Zeke Jones has done in Tempe since being hired in 2014 is remarkable, and they’re not stopping. The Sun Devils are poised to make it back-to-back-to-back NCAA trophies by bringing back 90% of their starting lineup from this past season.
Cadet Worlds Predicts USA's Future Stars
Jul 8, 2021
The 2021 Cadet World Championships will go down in Budapest, Hungary July 19-25 . Since 2011, team USA has sent a team to the Cadet World Championships every year. This age level competition gives wrestling fans a first-look at the best wrestlers in the world under 17 years old. In this article, we’ll explore how current American wrestling stars fared at the Cadet world championships (in men’s freestyle), ultimately predicting their success at the collegiate level.
Figueroa Joining Sun Devils With Slick Style, Big Credentials
Jun 29, 2021
Richard Figueroa’s hometown of Selma is a small dot in the center of the California map, a community of nearly 25,000 that regularly produces top-tier high school wrestlers.
The Junior 57 kg Bracket Is Bonkers This Weekend
Apr 27, 2021
One week after crowing the Cadet World Team, we get to watch the best wrestlers in the country aged 20 and under duke it out to make a World Team of their own.
Zeke Jones Proud Of Big Sun Devil Haul On Signing Day
Dec 2, 2020
After National Signing Day, Arizona State claimed another top-five recruiting class, including four highly talented recruits. Number one pound-for-pound wrestler Richard Figueroa and top-five recruit Cael Valencia headlined the class.
Who's #1 Match Notes
Oct 3, 2020
It's a wonderful night for a wrestling match, which is great news, because we have 14 of them for you! Literally the best high school wrestlers in the nation are in Austin for Who's #1, which I will live blog for you.
Hometowns & Heatmaps For Who's #1
Oct 1, 2020
Where does one go to find competitors for Who's #1? Our guy Kyle Bratke crunched the numbers on historical WNO wrestlers and the states from whence the came. To get a better idea of the class of 2020, let's take a deeper dive into everyone's hometowns and throw up some keen looking maps in the process.
