Follow the Virginia Tech Hokies throughout the college wrestling season with news, notes and interviews.
Hokie Insider: VT Heading To Tulsa With Full Lineup Firepower
Mar 13, 2023
If what Virginia Tech coach Tony Robie said at the beginning of the season plays out at the end of it in Tulsa, the Hokies will have taken another giant step.
Hokie Insider: VT Gearing Up For Highly Contested ACC Tournament
Feb 22, 2023
A college wrestling season flies by so quickly that coaches don’t have time to look back or ahead — they are forced to live in the moment. But Virginia Tech coach Tony Robie took a few minutes to look both ways, and he liked what he saw.
Hokie Insider: Henson Dialed In On Chase Of His 'Big, Ultimate Goal'
Feb 8, 2023
What makes Virginia Tech wrestler Caleb Henson tick isn’t much different than anyone else in his sport. He likes wrestling’s one-on-one aspect; he knows there can be no excuses for anything that might go wrong.
Hokie Insider: Andonian's Return Ignites VT In Win Over NC State
Jan 25, 2023
Not many dual meets end up with four overtime bouts in the summary, not many teams lose those four in the sudden victory period and still win the overall match — and not many teams are Virginia Tech.
Hokie Insider: Robie Pleased With VT Progress Against Challenging Schedule
Jan 12, 2023
A first-half schedule that placed Virginia Tech against three top-10 teams and in three tournaments resulted in a #5 ranking for the Hokies and an upbeat outlook about the season’s second half.
Hokie Insider: Past Adversity Pushing Latona Forward At 133
Dec 27, 2022
Few are the wrestlers who enroll in college, find immediate success, don’t cut weight and don’t handle a hardship or two.
Hokie Insider: VT Getting Tested By Rugged First-Half Schedule
Dec 14, 2022
Call it an early Christmas bonus for Virginia Tech. Major decisions by the Hokies’ Cooper Flynn at 125 and Hunter Bolen at 184 turned a 10-bout split with Missouri into a 17-15 victory fueled by bonus points in a Sunday dual in Blacksburg that pretty much went to chalk.
Hokie Insider: VT Readies For Vegas After Getting Tested In November
Nov 30, 2022
Virginia Tech might have traveled south to get back to Blacksburg after the recent Keystone Open in Philadelphia, but the directional needle on the Hokies’ level of production and progression after the one-day tournament was pointing due north.
Hokie Insider: Freshmen Henson, Crook Surging Up Rankings After Big Wins
Nov 16, 2022
In a dual meet that was decided by five points and seven of the bouts within it were settled by one or two points, Virginia Tech coach Tony Robie made it a point to review the Hokies’ 18-13 loss to Ohio State on an individual basis.
Hokie Insider: VT Stacking Up Talent In NCAA Trophy Pursuit
Oct 31, 2022
Preseason conversation about NCAA wrestling team titles always includes Penn State and Iowa, often involves Cornell and Arizona State and recently has pulled Michigan, North Carolina State and Ohio State into the mix. With star power returning, upperclassmen improving and a skilled incoming class, it might be time to talk Tech.
