Category Amateur Wrestling

Mandi Torrez DENVER — Tim Saucedo shouldn’t be a sophomore. And after getting only a couple of wins on the junior varsity last season, he shouldn’t be one of the best wrestlers in the state, either. But Saucedo proved his…

By Brady Delander Special to The Denver Post Marcus Hernandez could not see it, but all of the nearly 20,000 fans at the Pepsi Center turned their attention to him, took to their feet and gave him a standing ovation.…

Cub Scouts, Japanese school kids spend day with wrestlers By Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes TOKYO ” When push came to shove Saturday for Camp Zama Cub Scout Matthew Decker ” well, it never exactly reached the “shove” stage, despite…

Justin Williams The Daily Record DENVER ” Cody Palmer walked through the tunnel, preparing for his opening-round match Thursday, and a fellow state qualifier’s eyes locked onto the Cañon City heavyweight wrestler. “That’s Palmer,” the wrestler said to his buddy,…

KENT, Ohio – For the eighth straight year, the Central Michigan University wrestling program can call itself a champion.The Chippewas, ranked fourth nationally, defeated Kent State, 23-15, in the regular season finale on Sunday to earn their eighth Mid-American Conference…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Joe Baker and Spencer Manley opened the match with bonus-point victories and a total of seven Midshipmen won bouts as No. 19 Navy defeated Army, 24-9, in an EIWA wrestling match Saturday evening in front of 1,801…

Mandi Torrez DENVER — Some families pass heirlooms and treasures down through the generations. Greeley’s Rangel family is pretty good at passing on quite an impressive double helix — and it carries plenty of genes for muscle, speed and everything…

LAKELAND, Fla. – Trey Toms, Moore Haven High School’s one-man wrestling team, finished sixth at 135 pounds to earn a medal in Class 1A at the state wrestling tournament Saturday. Toms won his first two matches, then lost the next…

Once in a generation a star emerges that transcends the sport of wrestling in Ohio. Fans from the 1960’s will swear to you that the unbeaten Tom Milkovich was the best high school wrestler of all time. Those of us…

Campbell County wrestler is one of a kind Brownfield first girl to qualify for state meet By Terry Boehmker Post staff reporter Priscilla Brownfield should draw a lot of attention when she competes in the Kentucky high school wrestling championships…

Konrad provides winning margin David McCoy The best ones usually do come down to the wire.It did the first time around, when Minnesota heavyweight wrestler Cole Konrad’s pin of Oklahoma State’s Steve Mocco broke a 15-14 score and gave Minnesota…