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Colleges: Four NCAA divisions would be a crowd

by Catherine Guiles Thirty-five years after creating the nonscholarship Division III, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is surveying division members about adding a fourth division, citing rapid growth and policy disputes. But athletic directors at several Chicago area Division III…

Exchange student experiences sport

By Guy Cipriano SPRING MILLS ” He had many things to learn about this sport they called wrestling. CDT photo/Christopher Weddle Armando Abraham never heard of Pennsylvania, much less the sport of wrestling, when he came to Penns Valley as…

Garrett Scott resembling past greatness

By Guy Cipriano The crowd clapped and pounded every inch of Rec Hall with a minute remaining. Considering the wrestler on the mat, a rhythmic cheer seemed fitting. Penn State freshman 141- pounder Garrett Scott glided around the circle with…

AAU coach, director says rules ‘don’t work’

By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette Coach J.O. Stright, left, talks with former Yough High School player Ben McCauley during a J.O.T.S practice at Duquesne University in May 2006. As a coach and general manager of Pittsburgh J.O.T.S. AAU…

Wrestling With Tradition: Keep Your Shirt On

By ERIC WILSON Published: November 17, 2005 WALL paintings in Egyptian tombs depict wrestlers competing in crude loincloths that drooped to their knees. Greek antiquities show that when wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., participants competed…

PIAA wrestles with Transfer Rules

BY ROD FRISCO Of The Patriot-News For more than a year, the PIAA has batted around a tough and serious transfer rule that has twice been on the brink of passage, only to pull it back for further revision. Thursday…