Category Amateur Wrestling

Katrina Forces Wrestlers To Move from LA to OK

High school wrestlers move from Louisiana to Oklahoma in wake of Hurricane Katrina Kristin Janloo Sports Writer Hurricane Katrina put an end to Jeff Slaughter’s and Chad Ravannack’s senior year of wrestling at Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-boys Catholic…

Vestavia, Hoover teams help Louisiana wrestlers

CHRIS KIEFFER News staff writer Wrestlers will be the first to tell you there is something transcendent about the sport. They might go at it on the mat, but off it they are one big family. The chance to help…

NDSU Coach Accuses Mankato Of Poaching

NDSU wrestling coach accuses Mankato of “poaching” FARGO, N.D. (AP) ” North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan is accusing Minnesota State, Mankato of “poaching “athletes from his team, a charge the Minnesota school rejects. Four Bison starters have…

Masillon Perry Coach Resigns

By MATTHEW RINK Parents and student athletes came away from Tuesday’s Perry Board of Education meeting with few answers about the direction of one of Ohio’s premier wrestling programs and the two coaches who run it. But they did learn…

Trost Named Assistant Coach of the Year by NWCA

MANHEIM, Pa. — University of Michigan assistant wrestling coach Kirk Trost was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year on Monday (Sept. 26) after helping guide last season’s Wolverines to their most successful season in…

The NCAA 75th Anniversary Team: Did the best men win?

We Americans cherish our right to vote. When asked, we will jump at the chance to cast our ballot, whether it’s for President of the United States, or our favorite on American Idol. We’ll endure long lines at the polling…

Toni Copeland Drowns In Lake Superior

BY JIM WRIGHT Press & Sun-Bulletin Toni Copeland, the 18-year-old McDonough woman trying to become an Olympic wrestler, drowned Sunday with a friend while they were swimming in Lake Superior. Copeland was staying at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich.,…

Visitors win Kabbadi clash

Kabbadi players do it topless – shirts were off when Rochdale met Birmingham in the ancient Indian sport of Kabbadi. Players traditionally go bare chested to avoid being grabbed by opponents in a game that combines wrestling with rugby. The…

Neb Nat Guardsman in Iraq Wins National Athletic Honor

Rob Pilcher, an Army National Guard soldier from Omaha who is serving in Iraq, has been named the National Male Athlete of the Year by the National Congress of State Games. Pilcher and the female winner, Patricia Jaffray of Montana,…

Kyle Maynard on Oprah’s site

Kyle Maynard is one of the most inspiring young men you will ever hear about. Due to a rare birth defect called congenital amputation, Kyle was born without arms and legs. “We didn’t think he’d ever be able to live…