Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Rationale for wrestling weight class options from the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee. CURRENT: -These current 14 weight classes have been in place since 1995. -The 215-pound weight class was added in 2002. -In 2006, the 275-pound weight class was increased…
Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen Nick Moore joked in May that he might hold off on making a commitment until next spring just to throw off all of the people who expected an announcement this summer that he was…
GREELEY, Colo. – University of Northern Colorado director of athletics Jay Hinrichs today announced that Ben Cherrington will serve as the interim head coach of the wrestling team for the 2009-10 season. “We are pleased to elevate Coach Cherrington to…
TEMPE – Former collegiate standouts Bryan Snyder, Ben Askren and Raymond Jordan have joined the coaching staff of the Arizona State University wrestling program, Head Coach Shawn Charles announced Tuesday. All three individuals, who will join current assistant coach Brian…
via Mike Nelson For anyone that doesn’t know Adam, he lived in Shaler Twp, Pittsburgh and attended Blair Academy becoming the nation’s No. 1 recruit out of high school. He attended Cornell University where he qualified for the NCAA tournament…
Courtesy: Charles Dorman, Athletic Communications Assistant PHILADELPHIA “Penn wrestling head coach Rob Eiter announced a new addition to his coaching staff, and the name is a familiar one to Penn wrestling fans “two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-America Matt Valenti.…
Penn State-bound twins cap junior careers with freestyle titles by Guy Cipriano Future Penn State wrestlers Andrew and Dylan Alton handled their last appearances in the Junior National Championships with the same demeanor they display everywhere else they compete. They…
Mark Perry Jr. spent 45 hours hauling his belongings across the country last month, moving out of his apartment near Penn State’s campus, lugging everything back home to Oklahoma and packing up again for the next stop on the journey…
EVANSTON, Ill. — Matt Storniolo, a two-time All-American at 149 pounds while wrestling for Oklahoma, is the newest addition to Northwestern’s coaching staff, head coach Tim Cysewski announced on Friday. Storniolo has spent the last two seasons as a volunteer…
Terps Seek To Regain Stranglehold On Sport In Which They Once Were Major Players By Joe Platania Athletically, the University of Maryland is quite typical. It is a large, Division I school situated near well-populated urban areas that funnel their…
GREELEY, Colo. — After spending nearly his whole life in a wrestling room, Jack Maughan has decided it’s time for a change. And with that, an era has ended for Bears athletics. Maughan this past season finished his 22nd year…
FARGO, N.D. “Incoming Purdue wrestling freshman Kendrick Sanders won the U.S.A. Wrestling Junior Greco-Roman National Championship at 152 pounds on Tuesday in Fargo, N.D. The national title was the second for the Florida native, who joins the Boilermakers this fall.…