Sid Sivaraman

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-4x GA state champ -3x UT state champ -2 National Prep champs -2 IA state champs (6 finals combined!) -1 PA state champ -1 MD state finalist -1 NJ state finalist For the uninitiated, a primer on Northwestern wrestling’s “battle-tested” Class of ‘26: dailynorthwestern.com/2026/03/27/spo…

#12 Will Detar of Team Pennsylvania gets the WILD overtime takedown over #6 Mason Jakob of Team USA #pwc

@pcattry Always amazed by how deep your reporting and analysis is, even for preview stories like this! It’s so so appreciated as a reader

happy #USMNT game day to all who celebrate! no Chris Richards and Miles Robinson against Belgium, posing new questions for the team — and prompting Mauricio Pochettino to admit he’s already “suffering” as he contemplates World Cup roster decisions cbssports.com/soccer/news/ma…

Plagued by injuries, Northwestern went winless at the NCAA Wrestling Championships last weekend. It was the first time the Wildcats put up a goose egg in the team score since 2001. — Reported by @sidvaraman dailynorthwestern.com/2026/03/24/lat…

It was an amazing tournament no doubt. With that said, no more official matside reviews and coaches get one challenge per tournament. If they are correct they get the brick back until they lose a challenge. The stoppages were out of control.

Most folkstyle matches these days are not so much Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object as they are Immovable Object vs Immovable Object

There’s probably no athletic experience like waiting for your semis/bloodround at NCAAs. You’re watching guys experience the best and worst moments of their lives one after another, and you just know you’re up next. I aged 100 years down there just getting a ginger ale.

Absolute pandemonium in the 149 quarters - three Cinderellas advance, and Shayne Van Ness, by the skin of his teeth. Electric!

Dekraker was nearly the first wrestler to take down Vega all season, but nearly doesn’t cut it against likely the best scrambler in the country. After the 6-0 loss, he’ll take on #18 seed Carter Nogle from Air Force.

Spidle drops his first match 8-1. He’ll face #28 Garrett Grice of Iowa State in the first consolation round tonight. #31 seed Billy Dekraker coming up on Mat 5 against Oklahoma State #2 Sergio Vega.

Fully in the swing of Day 1 in Cleveland! NU #21 seed at 133lbs Sean Spidle is on deck against #12 seed Evan Mougalian of Penn on Mat 3.

Just touched down in Cleveland for the NCAA wrestling championships! Excited to be back in my home state and bumping shoulders with the best wrestling reporters out there. If you’re down there and see a kid who looks like a deer in headlights, feel free to say hi!

Highlighting how ridiculously good this hed by my colleague @sidvaraman for @DailyNU_Sports is

@RyanInEvanston @DailyNU_Sports holy #impact 🙏🏾

Two Northwestern wrestlers punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships as the team finished 13th at the Big Ten Championships over the weekend. — Reported by @sidvaraman dailynorthwestern.com/2026/03/12/spo…

It’s been an honor, @N_Martinelli1 🥺💜

Sean Spidle gets the 21 seed for the national championships next week. Looks like he could face two of the top 133-pounders in the Ivy with a 1st round bout vs Mougalian and a potential consi 2nd-rounder against Cornell’s Tyler Ferrara.

Who could’ve seen Northwestern, who played a whole game less than 21 hours ago, up 18 on Indiana late in the second half??

10 offensive rebounds and 18 bench points were key in helping Northwestern keep its season alive for another day with a win over Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament. — Reported by @sidvaraman dailynorthwestern.com/2026/03/10/spo…

B1G has the toughest dual season slate, making better resumes for at-large. Guys in the 20-30 range might get two “easy” conference duals, and the rest is a dogfight. Meanwhile Blake West was lowk screwed because Navarro faded 1 of his 3 chances at a ranked dual win all season