By Lori Shontz Of the Post-Dispatch When he’s wrestling a home match, he enters the ring – at a dead sprint – to the strains of “the Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme). “After the match, he sprints directly back to…

By Lori Shontz Of the Post-Dispatch Over the past several seasons, the West Virginia coaching staff has engaged in a rather bizarre offseason ritual. Coach Craig Turnbull and assistant coach Zeke Jones sat in the wrestling office, pored over a…

By Joe Lyons Of the Post-Dispatch Considered the power class of the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, 157 took some major twists and turns Friday at Savvis Center. “In this weight class, at this point of the season, I really…

By Joe Lyons Of the Post-Dispatch The Oklahoma State wrestling team did what it was supposed to do Saturday evening, putting the finishing touches on its third consecutive NCAA Division I championship at Savvis Center. And the Cowboys did it…

A long journey ends with a titleBy Lori Shontz Of the Post-Dispatch After losing in the NCAA semifinals at 133 pounds a year ago, Travis Lee of Cornell learned a universal truth. “It’s a lot easier to cut weight when…

From CDT staff reports ST. LOUIS — Penn State freshman Phil Davis capped one of the best freshman seasons in Nittany Lions history with a seventh-place finish and Eric Bradley battled back for fourth on the last day of the…

By Gary R. BlockusOf The Morning Call ST. LOUIS, Mo. | Travis Frick never thought of getting a nose job, but he will be getting one within a week. Frick, Lehigh’s 174-pound wrestler, sustained a mobile fracture of his nose…

By Gary R. BlockusOf The Morning Call ST. LOUIS, Mo. | Cory Cooperman knows what’s coming next. ”We’ve got two days off, and then [Lehigh head coach Greg] Strobel is going to put us through a workout,” he said after…

Lehigh senior places third, then hushes crowd by retiring. By Gary R. BlockusOf The Morning Call ST. LOUIS, Mo. | Jon Trenge sat at the edge of the mat quickly, quietly, before the referee even could raise his hand in…

By CRAIG PHILLIPS ST. LOUIS, Mo. ” It was old home day for the Clarion University wrestling program Friday at Union Station’s South Plaza. Golden Eagle greats Wade Schalles and Kurt Angle were named to the National Collegiate Athletic Association…

Losses by Troy Letters, Jon Trenge leave team without NCAA finalist. By Gary R. BlockusOf The Morning Call ST. LOUIS, Mo. | Dreams died painfully on Friday night. Troy Letters will never tie Mike Caruso’s Lehigh record as a three-time…

By Brent Trowbridge There will be no fewer than 11 former Pennsylvania high school wrestlers coming home from St. Louis this weekend with All-American status, plus four more who are currently wrestling at a university within Pennsylvania. Greg Jones, a…