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NCAA Wrestling Championships 2018: Day 1 Hot takes, results and upsets

The 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday afternoon and it didn't take long for many of the wrestlers to make a mark.

Check out our list of some of the big stories coming out of the first day of the three-day NCAA Championships.

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Twenty-seven wrestlers with Jersey ties started the morning in the championship bracket and 16 still remained after Round 1- with three of those wrestlers losing Jersey vs. Jersey matches.

Rutgers and Northern Highland's Nick Gravina bested Brown and St. Joseph (Hamm.