Category Amateur Wrestling

CUMBERLAND wrestlers are to be allowed to wear more modern kit in an attempt to stop the sport dying out. Youngsters have been too embarrassed by the traditional outfits to try their hand at the sport so it has been…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan wrestling team, which claimed runner-up honors at the NCAA Championships, wrapped up its 2004-05 season and announced the team awards at its annual team banquet on Saturday (April 9). For the second…

Illlini Wrestlers Honor Award Winners at Annual Banquet The University of Illinois wrestling team had plenty to celebrate Sunday evening at the team’s annual banquet, including the school’s first Big Ten Championships in the sport in 53 years. The squad…

The University of Minnesota wrestling team held its annual awards banquet on Sunday night at the Four Points Sheraton. All-Americans Cole Konrad, Mack Reiter and Bobbe Lowe were multiple honorees. A sophomore from Freedom, Wis., Konrad was named the team’s…

By DREW MARKOLThe Intelligencer Just what the world needs, another professional wrestling league. Well, wait a minute, the organization Toby Willis has put together is different – it offers no dropkicks, power bombs or metal chairs to the head. Instead,…

There is more disappointing ratings news for Real Pro Wrestling, the new professional league which features real, Olympic-style wrestling. The second of the series’ eight weekly shows was broadcast this past Sunday, April 3, at 4 PM ET, on the…

By Dave Ornauer, Stars and Stripes CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa ” Last week’s All-Armed Forces meet in Colorado Springs was a successful one for Marine wrestler Cpl. Jacob Clark. The 25-year-old from St. Paul, Minn., added the 2005 freestyle and Greco-Roman…

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star Swapping singles for singlets, Lincoln’s retail and hospitality sectors came out on the losing end of a shakeup of high school championship venues Friday afternoon. After listening to proposals from Lincoln and Omaha…

Lincoln Will Take Baseball Tournament LINCOLN, Neb. — Omaha will host the Nebraska State High School Wrestling Tournament in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.The Nebraska School Activities Association voted 6-0 to move the tournament to the Qwest Center from Lincoln’s…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — He has been called everything from a bully to Genghis Khan. Some might also see sumo champion Asashoryu as a 317-pound, showboating troublemaker who doesn’t always honor the staid rituals of his sport. But that’s in…

By Alex Abrami Times Argus Staff For most people, trying a new sport can be difficult, and this was no exception for Randolph’s Paul Lambert. The home-schooled Lambert went out for the wrestling team as a sophomore, and it took…

No apparent NCAA rule violation; DTau not satisfied with U. responseBy Justin Elliott Following vigorous outcry from current and former members of Delta Tau, several top University officials have addressed complaints that Dave Amato, head coach of Brown’s wrestling team,…