Category Amateur Wrestling

Hipps Toss: Weekly College Wrestling Recap

Hipps Toss: Weekly College Wrestling Recap Focus Heads Towards Conference Tournaments As Regular Season Winds Down By Andrew Hipps “Staff Writer Please send comments, questions or replies to: [email protected] The Big 10 and Big 12 have long been the two…

Eddie Goldman on Freestyle Wrestling World Cup

WORLD’S TOP TEAMS COMPETING AT FREESTYLE WRESTLING WORLD CUP MARCH 12-13 IN UZBEKISTAN By: E.Goldman/Boxing & Wrestling Editor 2005 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling is slated to be held March 12-13 at the Yunus Abad Sports Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.…

Nike Commercial Needs Wrestlers

NIKE COMMERCIAL NEEDS WRESTLERS SEEKING THE FOLLOWINGFreestyle /Greco Roman wrestlers10 wrestlers ages 25 – 35 yrs (all ethnicities)1 skinny wrestling referee – 35 – 45 yrs AUDITION DATESFebruary 24th and 25th SHOOT DATESMarch 5th “11thWrestlers and referee will be required…

Greg Jones: As Classy As He Is Talented

Wrestler as classy as he is talented Mickey FurfariDaily Mail sports columnist MORGANTOWN — Greg Jones has accomplished significantly more in his four years here than any other West Virginia University wrestler ever. What’s more, the 6-foot-1, 184-pound senior from…

Take Up Wrestling, End Up At State Tournament

Unforgettable experience Matt Maupin gave wrestling a try and ended up enjoying it By STEVE MATTHIES SALEM – Matt Maupin took a suggestion to heart. Because he did, the Mazama senior had an experience that he never will forget. “He…

Cowboys Ride in and Hogtie the Pride

Cowboys Ride in and Hogtie the PrideBy Dave Diamond It was an inopportune time for the No. 16 Pride to welcome the two-time defending national champion Cowboys of Oklahoma State University to the Hofstra Arena, considering the injury trouble the…

Wrestlers with ringworm forced to sit out

Preps: Wrestlers with ringworm forced to sit outRoman Augustoviz, Star Tribune The drama at the state wrestling meet at Xcel Energy Center this week will start with the skin checks during Wednesday’s weigh-ins, which start at 4 p.m. Several wrestlers…

Game Face At The Garden As NYC Bids On 2012 Olympics

Game face at GardenDespite a rift with Dolans over Stadium, NYC2012’s Doctoroff and others show IOC they can work together BY JOHN JEANSONNESTAFF WRITER Strange bedfellows NYC2012 and Madison Square Garden yesterday combined to provide the lightest, most athletic moment…

1000s To Descend on Vets For Last Tourney

Thousands prepare to descend on Vets for wrestling tourney by Stella Shaffer More than 40-thousand fans are expected to crowd into Vets Auditorium in downtown Des Moines for the high-school wrestling tournament that begins tomorrow and runs through Saturday night.…

Last State Tournament At “The Barn” Rekindles Memories

Last state tournaments at Veterans Auditorium rekindle memories By: CHUCK SCHOFFNER, AP Sports Writer From the time it opened 50 years ago, Veterans Memorial Auditorium – a solid brown brick building on the north edge of downtown – has been…