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 Tim Masmar STAFF WRITER BURLINGTON CENTRAL ” Burlington Central’s Ricky Leos still thinks about the bizarre set of circumstances that swiftly unfolded and wiped out a memorable junior season on the wrestling mats nearly one year ago. How could…
Scott Casber/Takedown Radio Takedown Radio Upcoming Schedule: December 24 — No Show, off for the holiday ___________________________________________________________ December 29-30 — TDR will come to you live from the 44th annual Midlands Tournament at Northwestern University This year’s broadcast team includes:…
Tom Franck, Staff Writer [email protected] The team race in folkstyle wrestling tournaments is an exciting and important aspect of the sport. While the competition within each weight class is thrilling by itself, one wrestler alone can’t win a team title…
INDIANAPOLIS – First-year data from the NCAA’s new Graduation Success Rate show that about three-fourths of Division I student-athletes are succeeding in the classroom and earning their college degrees. The GSR is a new NCAA measurement that improves the federally…
Coach’s son earns early win By Mark Schmetzer Enquirer contributor Moeller wrestling coach Jeff Gaier knows exactly what he’d say if his eighth-grade, soccer-playing daughter, Samantha, came to him and asked him if she could take a turn on the…
For most elite wrestlers, the challenge of working their life (school, family, job etc”¦) into their wrestling career is a daily struggle. Wrestling is priority #1 and everything else tends to suffer. Typically, when a wrestler is done competing, they…
By RODERICK BOONE THE JOURNAL NEWS Former North Rockland wrestler C.J. Rodriguez learned yesterday that a New York State Supreme Court judge denied a request to overturn the controversial decision that stripped him of the Division I 135-pound wrestling championship…
Pittsburgh, PA “The Dapper Dan Charities will sponsor The 32nd Annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic, the most prestigious high school all-star wrestling meet in the United States, on Sunday, March 26, 2006, in the University of Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House.…
By Richard Herman Clarion University Sports Information Tom Tomeo, a former NCAA Division I wrestling All-American at Clarion in 1998 and a native of Grove City, Pa., has been named Assistant Wrestling Coach at Clarion University. He replaces Jason Robison…
By: Andrew Shanks – The Daily Iowan The date was Nov. 13. Two Iowa wrestlers had just finished demolishing a field of competitors and were slated to meet head-on for the 125-pound title at the Spartan Open in Dubuque. So…
12/14/2005 – University of Minnesota Sports Information Sophomore C.P. Schlatter has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week after helping lead Minnesota to victories over No. 7 Iowa State and No. 19 Nebraska. Schlatter won both of his matches…
Mark Palmer Earl Jones has an impressive set of accomplishments on the mat: A three-time Kansas high school state champion. A two-time junior college national champion. Ranked third in the 133-pound weight class in an early December 2005 NCAA Division…