Single mom and plenty of others steered him toward success By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star Almost everyone’s eyes follow as Louis Caputo walks the halls at Blue Springs High. A calculus teacher beams when he approaches, always pleased…

Travis Hammons Joins Joe Caramanica In Stellar Recruiting Class RALEIGH, N.C. – With one nationally ranked signee already aboard, Wolfpack wrestling coach Carter Jordan continued to build an impressive recruiting class this week when he signed high school national champion…

By Joe Katz When it was officially announced that fourth-year heavyweight wrestler Sean Barnes had won the Amos Alonzo Stagg Medal, Barnes himself was surprised. The Stagg Medal, presented to the fourth-year male athlete with the best all-around record for…

Sanderson stands in contestants way on reality show AMES, IOWA – Iowa State assistant wrestling coach and 2004 Olympic champion Cael Sanderson will appear on an episode of ESPN’s “I’d Do Anything “schedule to air on Monday, May 23. The…

By Katie Wampler | Staff writer WESTFIELD ” Visualization is one of the keys to success for blind athlete Craig MacFarlane, the internationally renowned motivational speaker said to a crowd of about 100 at the Westfield Washington Chamber of Commerce…

EATON RAPIDS – One day in late March, Kelley Rose’s cell phone rang. It was the Army. Her husband, Spc. Johnny Rose, a medic attached to an infantry unit, had been injured in an explosion in Ramadi, Iraq. How bad…

John Fuller Sara Fulp-Allen is only a sophomore in college, and that clearly made her the youngest champion at the U.S. Nationals in the women’s freestyle division. Winning the 48 kg title is the biggest accomplishment of Fulp-Allen’s young and…

World Team Trials preview at 48 kg lbs. in women’s freestyle wrestlingGary Abbott/USA Wrestling College star Sara Fulp-Allen of Menlo College made a big step forward in her career by winning the U.S. Nationals title in Las Vegas, Nev. The…

John Fuller In 2000, Sammie Henson was one of the best freestyle wrestlers in the world. He had just won a silver medal at the Olympic Games and already had a World gold medal that he won in 1998. After…

Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling He’s baaaaaaack. That’s right, 1998 World Champion and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie Henson of the Sunkist Kids has returned to the top spot in his weight class, five years after his Olympic experience at the 2000…

His high school wrestling season ended more than two months ago, but Chenango Forks senior Troy Nickerson continues to rack up the achievements. Nickerson has been named the national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award by the…

Freshman heavyweight tabbed as one of top newcomers in the nation. Cleveland State freshman heavyweight Joe Dennis has been named to the Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Fourth Team, according to the May 12 issue of the publication. The 2004-05 Eastern…