Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
For most high school athletes, particularly those competing in fall sports, what looms ahead mostly is a diversion at this stage of the school year. What Matt Lackey and Wes Hand are offering high school and upper-level middle-school wrestlers at…
Jenny Beam NDSU FARGO, N.D. “North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan has announced the hiring of Roger Kish as an assistant coach. Kish joins the NDSU program after a successful wrestling career at the University of Minnesota. “We’re…
Adam Frey, the 2005 national junior Greco-Roman champion and the 2007 Ivy League wrestling rookie of the year, is wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt and ski cap, standard garb for the weight-cutting jock. Indeed, for much of his young life 23-year-old…
Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling Dennis Hall of Stevens Points, Wis. has been named the head coach for USA Wrestling’s Greco-Roman program at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University. Hall was one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers in…
Andy Hamilton – Iowa City Press-Citizen Danny Song wasn’t certain what he was getting into three years ago when his search for a place to continue his wrestling career led him from New York to Iowa. He had just finished…
More than two years after their last matches at Iowa State, twins Trent and Travis Paulson remain inseparable. They live together, they train together and now they’re back at ISU together to continue their quest to become world and Olympic…
Tar Heels Add Chinn To Wrestling Staff Three-time NCAA qualifier will work with middle weights, Carolina Wrestling Club. Aug. 18, 2009 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Trevor Chinn, a three-time NCAA qualifier at Lehigh University, has been named an assistant wrestling…
Kurt Angle arrested on PFA violation, possession of HGH By Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pro wrestler Kurt Angle is free on bond following his arrest today on charges that he violated a protection of abuse order obtained by his girlfriend…
Wrestling & Christian Faith Ask most wrestlers what makes them successful, and they’ll talk about long practice sessions, endless conditioning drills, and hours in the weight room. Some give credit to coaches, family, or a particular workout partner. Still others…
The Manheim Central school board approved the hiring of former Penn State coach Troy Sunderland as its head wrestling coach during a school board meeting Tuesday night. Sunderland, who resigned from Penn State on April 4, replaces Shane Mack, who…
AMES, Iowa “For Iowa State’s current 141-pound wrestling standout, a former Cyclone 141-pound NCAA champion is in his corner all the way this season. Luckily for Nick Gallick, it’s his workout partner, coach and older brother, Nate Gallick. The Gallick…
By Tom Rinaldi ESPN “Leroy, touch your toes.” Leroy reaches his arms out in front of him in mock effort, and says, “They’re at home.” And then, the boys laugh. He didn’t know they were gone. Staring down at the…