Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Jake Herbert immediately after defeating defending champ Mike Pucillo of Ohio State 6-3 for the 184-pound title at the 2009 NCAAs. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Jake Herbert, two-time NCAA Division I 184-pound wrestling champ for Northwestern University, has been named the…
by Jim Brown I had too much time on my hands last week and spent way too much time surfing the ‘net for wrestling-related stories and posts. It just got “curiouser and curiouser” as Alice said. First, from the Iowa…
Josh Lowe, InterMat High School Analyst Heading into the 2009 Schoolboy Greco-Roman National Duals, one wondered whether it would again be a battle between Minnesota and Pennsylvania for the title. In each of the last two years, those squads met…
Canceled. Minneapolis Wrestlers will have their first informational meeting on Tuesday June 30th at 8 pm at the 19 bar in Minneapolis. It will be an open-house, get-to-know-each other kind of event. You can meet the organizers, other wrestlers, and…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced today (Thursday, June 18) that senior wrestler Steve Luke (Massillon, Ohio/Perry HS) and women’s track and field senior Tiffany Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti HS) have been selected as the 2008-09…
A group of Minneapolis & St. Paul wrestlers are working to get an amateur wrestling league put together. They are seeking wrestlers of all sizes with any, or no, level of experience. They are open to any wrestling styles such…
Jared Frayer, the Iowa wrestling team’s strength and conditioning coach, has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. Frayer wrestled at Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and an NCAA runner-up in 2002 at 149 pounds, and…
Mid-South Conference The Mid-South Conference athletics directors unanimously voted to add men’s wrestling as a conference sport on Wednesday at the annual summer meeting at Campbellsville University. Men’s wrestling becomes the 18th sport sponsored by the Mid-South Conference and will…
COLUMBUS, Ohio ““ Wrestler J Jaggers has been named the 2008-09 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, the department of athletics announced Tuesday. Jaggers, a Northfield, Ohio, native who won his second-consecutive NCAA title as a senior in 2009,…
By Lee Barfknecht WORLD-HERALD Bureau LINCOLN ” A recent internal review of the Nebraska wrestling program has uncovered no NCAA violations, despite allegations by two former athletes booted from the team. The Nebraska compliance office issued a statement Thursday in…
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) ” North Dakota State wrestling coach Bucky Maughan has announced the signing of Jake Love of Missoula Sentinel. Love is a three-time state runner-up for the Spartans. He missed state as a senior due to a shoulder…
Council Bluffs, Ia. ” Greco-Roman wrestling got to be a drag for Mark Rial, especially after a subpar showing at the 2008 Olympic Trials. A move back to Cedar Falls, where his college wrestling career began, helped Rial get back…