BOONE, N.C. — After a little over two weeks off for the holidays, No. 17 Appalachian State University wrestling prepares to return to the mat on Sunday, Jan. 1 as part of the Southern Scuffle hosted at Chattanooga.
The two-day event opens the new year on Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. and will have the Mountaineers (7-2, 3-0 Southern Conference) face off against wrestlers from Air Force, Campbell, Cleveland State, Cornell, Drexel, Duke, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Lehigh, Minnesota, Missouri, Navy, North Carolina, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma State, Penn, Stanford, The Citadel, Utah Valley and Virginia.
The 17th-ranked Black and Gold are coming off a nail-biting loss to No.