Category Amateur Wrestling

Tirapelle named TheMat.com Wrestler of the WeekGary Abbott/USA Wrestling Alex Tirapelle (Clovis, Calif./Illinois) was named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for the week of March 1-7. Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within…

By Ron [email protected] If there is such a thing as a typical Adam Homan match, it was the one in which he gained his 100th career victory. In the Northwest Regional consolation semifinals, the State College 119-pounder escaped from Conneaut…

By Ken Wunderley, Tri-State Sports & News Service Donnie Jones and Joey Ecklof have a chance to join an elite group at the PIAA wrestling championships, which begin Thursday at Hershey’s Giant Center. But one will have to settle for…

By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If you’re a boy in the Sanderson family of Heber, Utah, this is how the family plan goes: You win a lot of wrestling matches, you sign with Iowa State — and you wrestle in…

INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA will hold a Division I Wrestling 75th Anniversary Celebration March, 18 at Union Station in St. Louis. Festivities will begin at 4 p.m. local time starting with the announcement of the 15 wrestlers on the 75th Anniversary Team.…

FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots re-signed guard Steve Neal, keeping one of the key components of their offensive line. Neal, a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion who saw little playing time in 2002 and 2003 due to…

By Don SteinbergInquirer Staff Writer Real wrestling – the kind done in high school and college gyms and the Olympics – hasn’t had a fan base far beyond the sport’s participants and their families. “It’s a huge fraternity and a…

Can you believe it? In just a few short weeks, wrestling fans around the country will all be able to experience the long awaited launch and TV broadcast of RPW. After three years of preparation the New League of Superheroes…

By Bill Albright CLARION — Midway through Sunday’s championship finals of the 2005 Eastern Wrestling League tournament, State College graduate and current Pittsburgh Panther wrestler Matt Kocher could be seen sitting in the stands, chowing down on some pizza, candy…

STILLWATER, Okla. — The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum has received a $40,000 contribution from the Oklahoma Historical Society, an agency of the State of Oklahoma. “We are pleased to be able to help the National Wrestling Hall…

Wrestling with a dream By Jenni CarlsonThe Oklahoman The pats on the back are particularly difficult for Ray Kawasaki when he loses. After the McAlester High School wrestler wins, the pats are no problem. He will soak in the praise…

Illini win Big TensBy Erik Hall IOWA CITY, Iowa – Illinois’ lightest wrestler had the job of carrying the Illini’s biggest trophy out of Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. Junior Kyle Ott (125) needed both arms to lug Illinois’ Big Ten…