Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
By Ron Bracken [email protected] Saturday morning smorgasports…. If you’re not interested in wrestling, stop here. This is to catch up on news from the mats over the past couple of months. During that time the sport has lost a couple…
By Keith Pompey Inquirer Suburban Staff Tajai Ahmad has a dream about playing in the NBA and worked hard to make it come true. But even an enthusiast knows when games feel more like jobs. And basketball started to feel…
By Duane Shimogawa Jr. – The Garden Island WAIMEA ” After 15 years of no success, yesterday was literally a dream come true for Coach Mac Pigott and his Westside Wrestling Club. The group, along with its many helpers, made…
By Graham Watson Of the Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lorenzo Williams never thought high school wrestling would both help and hamper his collegiate football career. When Missouri recruited Williams, now a first-team defensive tackle as a redshirt sophomore, to play…
Doug Schwab, Sammie Henson, Tolly Thompson. Those are among the many names that will go down in the history of Real Pro Wrestling among the pioneers of the new league of superheroes. But what if Real Pro Wrestling, like the…
BY JOHN JEANSONNE STAFF WRITER Simple. “Whoever has sand on his back has lost, “said Al Bevilacqua, an event organizer for the first beach tournament sanctioned by USA Wrestling, the national federation that oversees that Olympic sport. The event is…
By Todd Hummel For The Daily Item SUNBURY ” Shikellamy wrestling coach Jeff Walter resignation was accepted by the Shikellamy School Board on Thursday night. Walter was head coach at his alma matter for four seasons, compiling a 53-22 record.…
COLUMBIA — After 31 years in the Hearnes Center, the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships will move to a new home next season. The 2006 event will be held in the one-year-old Mizzou Arena. The change made necessary by the expansion to…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling USA Wrestling has re-signed ASICS as an official sponsor, announced USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. USA Wrestling is the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States. ASICS enters its 25th year as a…
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) – Florida State can continue to use the nickname Seminoles in NCAA championships. The NCAA has removed Florida State from its list of colleges subject to restrictions on the use of Native American names, mascots and…
By KIRK BEY | La Crosse Tribune UW-La Crosse athletic director Joe Baker has had to hire a wrestling coach under less-than-ideal circumstances before. Now he’ll have to do it again. Baker said Monday that UW-L’s search for a new…
SGT Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo. Army) won a gold medal at 120 kg lbs. in Greco-Roman wrestling at the CISM World Military Wrestling Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 19-21. This World Championship event features the best amateur athletes…