Sumo in St. Louis – Living Large

By Patricia Corrigan Of the Post-Dispatch The sun beats down. The sumo wrestlers stretch their massive, muscular legs and slap their thighs. They squat low, face each other and tap the ground with their fists. Suddenly, they collide and each…

Rulon To Auction Snowmobile on eBay for Native American Fund

Danielle Marquis/Marquis Athletes Rulon Gardner, Olympic Gold and Bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, will auction the actual snowmobile he was on in his near fatal accident in the Wyoming wilderness. The snowmobile, which has been refurbished, will be listed on…

Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Battle Heats Up This Week

By CN Staff This Wednesday the ISU and Iowa soccer teams will kick-off the second annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk series in Iowa City. Hy-Vee, Inc., in conjunction with Hawkeye Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Communications, and Cyclone Sports Marketing, a…

From wrestling match to rescue helicopter

Brooker, from wrestling match to rescue helicopter on Gulf Coast By MERI-JO BORZILLERI The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – This weekend, Anthony Brooker was supposed to be sweating in a singlet at the U.S. Olympic Training Center,…

Artist features Sumo Wrestling

Wrestling at the Garden Julie Randle Of the Suburban Journals Oakville-Mehlville Journal Lynn Matsuoka isn’t a sports fan, so after 30 plus years of following sumo wrestling one has to wonder. “I’m still not a sports fan. I’m a people…

Harris Pins Down Honors While Wrestling

By Cheryl Walker UNION-TRIBUNE COMMUNITY NEWS WRITER VALLEY CENTER “Football, trombone or wrestling. Bethany Harris decided she had to pin herself down to one activity and give it her all. Wrestling won. “Why wrestling? “is what most people ask the…

Tim Foley Named to Columbia’s Wrestling Staff

Tim Foley Named to Columbia Wrestling Staff Former All-American Follows Brendan Buckley’s Lead Tim Foley, one of the finest wrestlers in University of Virginia history, has joined the Columbia wrestling staff as a graduate assistant coach, following the lead of…

Jake Percival Joins Rutgers Staff

Four-Time All-American Jake Percival Joins RU Wrestling Staff PISCATAWAY, NJ “Former Ohio University All-American Jake Percival, the program’s all-time leader in victories, has joined the Rutgers wrestling program as an assistant coach, announced RU head coach John Sacchi. Percival graduated…

Augsburg To Be Honored at White House Sept 8

Don Stoner/Augsburg Sports Information MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The nine-time NCAA Division III national champion Augsburg College wrestling team has been invited to meet with President George W. Bush at the White House in Washington, D.C., next Thursday (9/8), college officials…

Two-time All-American wrestler may receive second chance

From Staff Reports If everything goes as planned, 133-pound senior Chris Fleeger will be eligible to wrestle for Purdue once fall semester grades are released. Fleeger finished third as a freshman and second as a sophomore at the NCAA Wrestling…

Erisman Commits to Cowboys (Oklahoma State)

By Joel Reichenberger, Sports editor The news may not have been official — it still won’t be for a couple months in fact — but one glance around De Soto senior Neil Erisman’s home and there was no question about…