Category Amateur Wrestling

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chris Bono, a nine-year assistant wrestling coach at national-power Iowa State, has accepted an assistant coaching position at UTC, Head Coach Joey Seay announced Thursday. Bono is expected to coach the Mocs’ middleweight wrestlers. A member of…

The 39th annual Coaches All-Star Classic will return to Stillwater, Oklahoma on November 21. The prestigious NWCA dual was first contested at Gallagher Hall at Oklahoma State in 1967.The dual was then called the East-West Senior Dual and wrestled after…

ILA notifies USA Wrestling that no modification to the clinch rule will be made prior to the 2005 World Championships Meredith Wilson/USA Wrestling Please disregard the earlier circulation regarding a rule change concerning the clinch in men’s and women’s freestyle…

By Leila Wai Advertiser Staff Writer The Farrington High girls wrestling team lifted weights yesterday to “continue the legacy “of coach Sanford “Sandy “Obra, who died Tuesday night. He was 56. Obra collapsed while helping to clean a concession stand…

Pariano leaves Cornell College to join Northwestern Darren Miller/Cornell Sports Information Mount Vernon, Iowa – Cornell College wrestling coach Drew Pariano has resigned to become an assistant wrestling coach at Northwestern (Ill.) University, where he was a three-time national qualifier…

– 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…

Cyclone wrestling adds six Amateur Wrestling News’ All-Americans Ames, Iowa – Amateur Wrestling News ranked Iowa State with the best recruiting class in the nation in its September issue. Highlighting the group are AWN high school all-americans Jake Varner (Bakersfield,…

John Fuller Chris Bono has confirmed that he has accepted the position of co-head assistant wrestling coach at the Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Bono declined comment until after the 2005 World Championships, which will take place later this month. Bono has…

From USA Wrestling FILA, the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling, has announced a rule modification for men’s freestyle and women’s freestyle competition effective immediately. Beginning with the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in late September, there…

The University of Minnesota wrestling program has announced that Olympic Champion Dan Gable will be the featured speaker at the 2005 Fall Coaches’ Clinic and Workshop. This popular program will take place Friday, Oct. 28, at the Bierman Field Athletic…

Kevin Jackson (Colorado Springs, Colo.) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for the week of September 6-12. Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee…

National Wrestling Hall of Fame/ STILLWATER, OK- Two Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame will be inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame at the World Championships in Budapest in September. Yojiro Uetake Obata and Kevin Jackson…