Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Columbia, Mo. – The No. 11 Missouri Tigers shattered their previous attendance record at the Hearnes Center Jan. 22, dropping their Big 12 opener to No. 2-ranked defending national champion Oklahoma State, 29-10. Packing 2,128 fans into the bleachers, the…
LOCK HAVEN — When the new USA Today/NWCA rankings were released Wednesday, Penn State had moved up to No. 10 and several of its wrestlers had shifted higher as well. That didn’t come as a surprise after the Nittany Lions…
It has been a year to the day since a fire destroyed the home of Toby Willis, Founder of Real Pro Wrestling. A lot has happened in that year and I was able to catch up with him and ask…
Entrepreneur brings college wrestling to the masses By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY The 84-year-old founder of a firm that will webcast college wrestling this weekend doesn’t even have a laptop computer. Bob Feldmeier’s main business is manufacturing equipment for the…
INDIANAPOLIS — ESPN Classic and ESPNU are airing “25 Defining Moments in NCAA History” throughout the months of January, March and September. Each moment is a 30-second vignette that highlights the most exciting, important and memorable events in the NCAA’s…
Ruling: L-L transfer out this season By JOE PETRUCCI [email protected] “The majority opinion … was wrestling was the motivation for the transfer at the time of the transfer.” Wally Blucas PIAA president and District 10 chairman MECHANICSBURG “The Pennsylvania Interscholastic…
BUFFALO, NY “Others would have quit. Others would have just walked away, walked into the sunset, taken the opportunity for a chance to graduate college as enough of a challenge. No one would stand in the shadows of an All-American…
All-American heavyweight Cole Konrad was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week after being named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the National Duals. Konrad pinned top-ranked and two-time NCAA Champion Steve Mocco of Oklahoma State to clinch Minnesota’s 21 -14 upset…
One year. That should solve just about everything. Make transfers, with the exception of extreme circumstances such as school closings or the elimination of a sport at the school they’re coming from, ineligible to compete for PIAA high school varsity…
DISTRICT 11 COMMITTEE votes 12-0 to deny wrestler a chance to compete this season, but Easton can appeal. By NICK FIERRO The Express-Times LYNN TWP. | Easton Area High School sophomore Alex Meade has been ruled athletically ineligible for the…
By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Ty Eustice flipped through his newspaper Wednesday morning and discovered something unusual in the college wrestling rankings. There was a No. 1 next to his name. “It looked funny, “said Iowa’s top-ranked senior 149-pounder.…
By KEVIN EVANS, Executive Sports Editor That big smile walking around the floor of the UNI-Dome Saturday? It belonged to Justin Sell, the Northern Iowa assistant athletic director who is the tournament director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association National…