Category Amateur Wrestling

Wartburg Fueled By “One Bad Day Last Year”

By JIM NELSON, Courier Sports Writer WAVERLY — A national runner-up trophy is nothing to shake a stick at, but one bad day at St. Olaf College last spring has left an awful aftertaste in the mouths of the Wartburg…

Drawing the Fine Line on Stem Cell Research

By DAVID W. CHEN Published: October 26, 2005 “Carl, “a 30-second commercial from United States Senator Jon S. Corzine, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, began running on Monday on cable and network television stations in Philadelphia and…

Cowboys Wrestling Practice Heats Up

Ben Elder Sports Editor As the weather gets colder in Stillwater, the heat of the wrestling room approaches a championship level, leaving egos and sweaty bodies aiming in one direction: an NCAA National Championship. For 10 lucky starters, the most…

Indiana Hoosier All-Americans, 1940

Throughout the season, IUHOOSIERS.com will take wrestling fans back in time into the rich past of IU Wrestling. Since the beginning of the program in 1909, the Hoosiers have produced one National Championship (1931), 10 NCAA Champions (Last: Joe Dubuque,…

Penn State Wrestling on the Radio

State College, Pa. – Local radio station WBLF 970 AM will broadcast the entire season of Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling. Continuing a long-standing tradition of full season coverage, each of Penn State’s dual matches and three major tournaments will…

Northwestern Poised To Continue Success In New Ken Kraft Room

by Becky Plevin Members of the Northwestern wrestling squad are paired up and sparring off, rolling around in the new, 7500-square-foot Ken Kraft Wrestling Complex. Pulsing music pumps through the training room, which is three mats deep and has purple…

Archangelo Resigns as Delaware State Head Coach

By Jason Bryant [email protected] Things seemed to be getting better for Delaware State’s wrestling program. Traditionally a doormat amongst teams in the East, Darren Archangelo seemed to have the Hornets moving towards gaining confidence and winning. Archangelo, a NCAA Division…

School athlete has bear for a playmate

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — High school athlete Josh Herbert isn’t easily intimidated by opponents, not when he has a 6-foot-5, 450-pound bear for a playmate. But after spending his early childhood fighting off life-threatening leukemia, he’s used to challenges. His…

Sumo wrestlers in New York: strangers in a strange land

NEW YORK — They walked across Manhattan’s streets, men of vast girth wearing only their mawashi belts, drawing gaping looks from unaware pedestrians. Sumo wrestling lumbered into Madison Square Garden with an international mix of sport and spectacle. Most of…

Chriswell To Purdue, Kist to Iowa State

Two more recruits committed on Tuesday as Washington’s powerhouse 171-pounder Brent Chriswell informed Purdue that he intends to wrestle in West Lafayette, Ind., while Mark Kist, a Junior Freestyle National Champion from Eagle Grove H.S. in Iowa will head to…

PSU’s Troy Sunderland Show Debuts Nov 2

Penn State University Sports Information State College, Pa. — The Troy Sunderland Show will debut on Wednesday, Nov. 2, on WBLF Radio (970 AM). Co-hosted by Jeff Byers, voice of Penn State wrestling, and Troy Sunderland, head wrestling coach, the…