Wrestling cuts seem miles away

STATE COLLEGE — Edinboro athletic director and two-time Olympic champion Bruce Baumgartner sat by the pool at the South Atherton Street Ramada Inn on Sunday afternoon and discussed the conundrum known as wrestling. Less than 30 feet away, dozens of…

Thornton gift spurs wrestling construction at Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Sports Information NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma, thanks in large part to former wrestler Rodney Thornton, is set to launch a $2.4 million project at the McCasland Field House. The bulk of the construction will…

Cael: Wrestling’s Pied Piper

Legendary Cael Sanderson packs ’em in at mat camp Tuesday, July 31, 2007 BY JERRY REIGLE For The Patriot-News SHIPPENSBURG – Cael Sanderson’s pres ence at Heiges Field House at Shippens burg University yesterday blew away the myth that wrestling…

Beach wrestling tourney to raise money

By Brian Kaminski For the Leader Times Move over, volleyball. Another sport is about to take over the beach. And it hopes to help take down diabetes. The local Pride Wrestling Club is sponsoring a beach wrestling tournament Saturday at…

Des Moines Wrestler Travels Long Road to Univ of Iowa

By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Montell Marion grew up in Des Moines, but it took a 1,700-mile roundtrip for him to get to the Iowa wrestling room. Marion, a two-time state champion and four-time finalist at West Des Moines…

Sign The Petition to Save Oregon Wrestling

As most of you are probably know, the University of Oregon has announced that they will be dropping their wrestling program after the 2007-2008 season and replacing it with baseball and competitive cheerleading. This is bad news not just for…

Lehigh wrestler wins in sand

From Call staff reports Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships on Saturday,…

Mariacher brothers draw line in the sand

By Jackie Friedman NEWS SPORTS REPORTER It was game time.   Matt Mariacher got up from the towel on which he had been passed out for the last half an hour, dusted the sand off his legs, straightened out his…

Chinn captures National Beach Championship

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Saturday, Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships, winning all…

SUNY-Maritime drops three sports, including wrestling

Throggs Neck, NY By John Czarnecki Sports Information Director SUNY-Maritime The Athletic Department at SUNY Maritime announced, with regret, that Men’s Tennis, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s Wrestling will not be offered for participation in the 2007-2008 academic year. “Due to…