Category Amateur Wrestling

Penn Wrestling Announces Date of Coaches Clinic, Wrestle-Offs

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling program has announced that it will hold its annual wrestle-offs and coaches clinic on Sunday, Nov. 4 at The Palestra. The coaching clinic will be headed by Penn head coach Zeke Jones, who…

Mark Churella Sr Joins Michigan Staff as Volunteer Assistant

University of Michigan Sports Information ANN ARBOR, Mich. — University of Michigan wrestling head coach Joe McFarland announced Monday (Oct. 8th) the addition of Mark Churella Sr. to the coaching staff. Churella, a three-time NCAA champion and National Wrestling Hall…

Kurt Angle Charged With DUI

Posted at the Wrestling Talk forum… Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star Kurt Angle was charged Friday with driving under the influence. Moon Township police said they received a call from a motorist at 1:49 p.m. complaining that someone…

Heskett Has Emergency Heart Surgery, Wrestling Career Over

2007 World Team member Joe Heskett has sudden heart surgery, wrestling career ends Danielle Warner Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio “Joe Heskett, Ohio State wrestling volunteer assistant coach, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia last Thursday and underwent surgery…

Hendricks Makes Move to MMA

By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY In decades past, an outstanding college wrestler like Johny Hendricks probably would have focused his post-graduate efforts on trying to make the Olympics. Instead, he’ll make his mixed martial arts debut in a cage match…

Purdue Wrestlers Lend Hand with Community Projects

Boilermaker wrestlers lend hand with community projects West Lafayette, IN By Tanner Lipsett Purdue University Sports Information The Purdue University wrestling team did its part to make the world a better place this summer as they helped out with a…

Brad Vering Earns Silver at Worlds

Vering second at World Championships Five victories on Tuesday propelled Howells, Neb., native Brad Vering into the championship finals at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, but Russian Aleksey Mishin proved to be too much at 84kg. Vering picked up his…

Cole Konrad to Direct School of Champions

Minneapolis, MN “The School of Champions announces Cole Konrad as the Director for 2007. Konrad, the two-time NCAA National Champion and three-time Big Ten Champion for the University of Minnesota takes over the supplemental training program in its fifth year.…