Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
From Call staff reports Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships on Saturday,…
By Jackie Friedman NEWS SPORTS REPORTER It was game time. Matt Mariacher got up from the towel on which he had been passed out for the last half an hour, dusted the sand off his legs, straightened out his…
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 2006 World Beach bronze medalist Ray Downey of East Meadow, N.Y. (East Meadow WC) won the U.S. Beach National Championships for the second year in a row, with an impressive performance at 176…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Saturday, Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships, winning all…
Throggs Neck, NY By John Czarnecki Sports Information Director SUNY-Maritime The Athletic Department at SUNY Maritime announced, with regret, that Men’s Tennis, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s Wrestling will not be offered for participation in the 2007-2008 academic year. “Due to…
Frank Edwards was an All-American 165-pounder for the Navy Wrestling Team. He has served in Iraq and now is based at Camp Pendleton outside of San Diego where he commands a platoon of snipers By Jeremy O’Kasick – TWM Freelance…
Athletes compete in beach nationals, World Team Trials Nicole Lee Staff writer Mike Morone has been a wrestler for more than three decades, but even he was exposed to a new element of the sport on Saturday. The 49-year-old Chili…
National championships, World Team Trials come to Charlotte James Johnson Last year’s Ontario Beach Sports and Music Festival sports lineup included professional jet skiing and beach volleyball. More muscle has been added to this year’s event at Charlotte, as Rochester…
Gary Blockus My son once had a so-called coach who espoused that the only thing you learn from losing is how to be a loser. My son no longer plays for that “since there are no names used here, I…
By JIM SULLIVAN, Courier Sports Writer WATERLOO — Cael Sanderson rarely wrestles with the public side of his job anymore. It was easy to reach that conclusion while watching Sanderson work the crowd at the Cyclone Tailgate Tour’s stop at…
Once considered barbaric; now big at arenas BY JASON WILLIAMS | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR Mixed martial arts – which combines boxing, karate, wrestling and more – has afforded teachers, construction workers and businessmen the opportunity to fight their way to national…
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt instructor Charles Dos Anjos gives his perspective on how MMA may becoming too big for it’s own good, and how the sport of wrestling relates in the whole mix. Also, see notes below on former Iowa…