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Donnie Jones, Joey Ecklof, and Garrett Scott will each be hoping to hit the trifecta when the PIAA Wrestling Championships begin Thursday at Hershey’s Giant Center, but at least one will have to settle for something less than a gold…

From Don Stoner/Augsburg Sports Information Top 10 team standings 1. Augsburg (Minn.) 162.0; 2. Wartburg (Iowa) 104.5; 3. Luther (Iowa) 100.0; 4. Wisconsin-La Crosse 72.0; 5. Brockport State (N.Y.) 48.5; 6. Simpson (Iowa) 38.5; 7. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 36.0; 8.…

Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling The tournament team race went down to the gold medal finals at 197 pounds. The team that won that match would emerge as the team champion of the EIWA Championships for 2005. The fans were on the…

3/6/2005John Fuller 1251st ACC – Drew Forshey (North Carolina)1st Big Ten – Nick Simmons (Michigan State)2nd Big Ten – Kyle Ott (Illinois)3rd Big Ten – Adam Smith (Penn State)4th Big Ten – Joe Dubuque (Indiana)5th Big Ten – Bobbe Lowe…

John Fuller Iowa City, Iowa – Illinois head coach Mark Johnson couldn’t have planned it any sweeter than this. Coming back to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where Johnson was an assistant coach in the 1980’s, the Fighting Illini captured its first Big…

Christopher A. Matthews Oklahoma State Wins its Third Consecutive Big 12 Title Cowboys crown seven champions OMAHA, Neb. ‘ Oklahoma State won its third consecutive Big 12 Championship by sending eight wrestlers to the finals and winning seven individual crowns…

If you know of any greco or freestyle wrestling tournaments in Italy please let us know. A former high school wrestler is now in the Navy, stationed in Sicily, and is looking for some mat time in Italy.

Many people ask what they can do to help RPW. We know many of you are telling your friends and helping pass out tv schedule cards. We expect to roll out our radio and television commercial campaign shortly. Maybe you…

By: Andy Hutchison, Sports Editor The days of high school wrestlers jogging in rubber suits in order to drop pounds are long gone. Wrestlers no longer leave pre-match weigh-ins to run off the necessary weight to compete, also found to…

By Andy Elder UNIVERSITY PARK — After completing, a 10-10 regular season and a 3-5 mark in the Big Ten, Penn State wasn’t expected to be among the conference leaders in the seedings for this weekend’s Big Ten Championships at…

Conference and regional tournaments are, in essence, just qualifying events for the NCAA Tournament. But we’ll bet there aren’t any wrestlers out there who want to earn a trip to the St. Louis tournament as a runner-up, consolation champion, or…

By Billy Ortiz, STAFF WRITER It was Monday evening and Campolindo High coach Bob McLaughlin called it a day for the several local wrestlers who had gathered at his school for practice. San Ramon Valley senior David Christian and his…