Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
WASHINGTON, DC – Athletics Director James DeStefano announced that Gallaudet University will no longer offer a wrestling program at the NCAA Division III level. He cited lack of participation as one of the main factors for the cancellation of the…
Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Sheng Zetian said that Chinese men can win their first-ever wrestling gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sheng, who won the bronze medals in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, said the changes to the…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy head wrestling coach Bruce Burnett led team US to its best finish ever at the World University Games, which wrapped up last week in Izmir, Turkey. Burnett coached the team to three gold-medal finishes with only…
Travis Chipman graduated from Mountain View in 1990, is an assistant wrestling coach at the school and is now the namesake for one of the larger scholarship funds in the area — Travis Chipman Wrestling Scholarship fund. “To have such…
Toby Lovecchio, director of athletics at The University of Scranton, has announced that Jim Morgan has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach of the Royals’ wrestling program. Morgan, a native of Scranton and a former two-time all-American at…
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State athletics department and the Cyclone wrestling program mourn the loss of Cyclone Wrestling Club board member Renee Tripp. Renee died Tuesday after being hit by a car while walking. Renee Tripp was the Cyclone…
By Ron Bracken [email protected] Saturday morning smorgasports…. If you’re not interested in wrestling, stop here. This is to catch up on news from the mats over the past couple of months. During that time the sport has lost a couple…
By Keith Pompey Inquirer Suburban Staff Tajai Ahmad has a dream about playing in the NBA and worked hard to make it come true. But even an enthusiast knows when games feel more like jobs. And basketball started to feel…
By Duane Shimogawa Jr. – The Garden Island WAIMEA ” After 15 years of no success, yesterday was literally a dream come true for Coach Mac Pigott and his Westside Wrestling Club. The group, along with its many helpers, made…
By Graham Watson Of the Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lorenzo Williams never thought high school wrestling would both help and hamper his collegiate football career. When Missouri recruited Williams, now a first-team defensive tackle as a redshirt sophomore, to play…
Doug Schwab, Sammie Henson, Tolly Thompson. Those are among the many names that will go down in the history of Real Pro Wrestling among the pioneers of the new league of superheroes. But what if Real Pro Wrestling, like the…
BY JOHN JEANSONNE STAFF WRITER Simple. “Whoever has sand on his back has lost, “said Al Bevilacqua, an event organizer for the first beach tournament sanctioned by USA Wrestling, the national federation that oversees that Olympic sport. The event is…