(PCM+) NOC Receives New Donated Wrestling Mats

Story by Scott Cloud | Northern Oklahoma College, Director of Public Information

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Northern Oklahoma College opens the 2024-25 inaugural wrestling season with the Red and Black Scrimmage set for Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. 

  As NOC men and women wrestlers prepare for the upcoming season, they will practice on two new mats donated by First National Bank of Oklahoma.

  NOC President Diana Watkins thanked the bank for their support. “With their contributions of time and financial support, First National Bank has been instrumental in the return of men’s wrestling and the establishment of women’s wrestling at NOC,” Watkins said. “Having grown up in a wrestling community myself, I’m excited to offer an opportunity to students in our service area to compete at the college level in a sport they love while continuing their education. This simply would not have been possible without generous donor support.”