Before They Were Stars: Fargo 2008

Many of today's wrestling stars got their start at Fargo. Check out some of the guys who have had success at the NCAA level and beyond who were wrestling at the 2008 Fargo Cadet and Junior Nationals.

Jul 5, 2017 by Mark Bader

Logan Stieber won a World Title last year at 61kg. But before he became the best in the world he was competing at Fargo, trying to be the best in the United States.

Back in 2008 FloWrestling was in it's infancy but still had a presence at Fargo with Zeb Miller and Cliff Fretwell on the ground interviewing wrestlers who had success at the event.

Fast forward nearly a decade and we have seen many of those wrestlers move on to have success at the NCAA level and beyond.

Let's take a trip down memory lane to the 2008 Cadet and Junior National Championships in Fargo, ND to see what stud were having success back then.

2016 World Champion Logan Stieber

2016 Olympian Jesse Thielke

2x NCAA Champion Chris Perry

NCAA Champion Andrew Howe

NCAA Champion Cody Brewer

4x NCAA All-American Dylan Ness

University World Champion Tyrell Fortune

3x NCAA All-American Connor Medbery

Check out all of the interviews from the 2008 coverage here.

Be sure to tune in on July 15-22 for this year's event, every match will be streaming LIVE on FloWrestling along with all results and brackets!