Category Amateur Wrestling

Call to Action: Support University of Oregon Wrestling

Your help is needed to protect wrestling on the West coast. Currently a group has approached the University of Oregon to have Baseball added to the Athletic Program. While I am sure no one is against the addition of Baseball,…

2nd Annual “Save Fresno State Wrestling” Rally July 10

Fresno, CA By Save Fresno State Wrestling SaveFresnoStateWrestling will hold it’s 2nd Annual “Gathering “on Tuesday, July 10th. The event will start at approximately 5 p.m. and will be held in the North Gym. Olympians Ken Chertow and Steven Abas…

Priest takes wrestling, film to the mat

By Sandy Stevens Like the lead character in a drama, Henry Priest declares, “Wrestling saved my life.” The camera then pans a series of scenes: the premiere at the May 2007 Cannes Film Festival of a Priest-produced film, “American Identity,”…

Bonomo excited for recruiting class

Courtesy of Tom Fox Sports Editor, Lock Haven Express   LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Sitting in his office at Thomas Fieldhouse, head wrestling coach Rocky Bonomo talks about each one of the athletes in his current recruiting class. As he…

Nittany Lion Wrestling Team Announces Thrilling 2007-08 Schedule

Oklahoma State returns to schedule; Lions host seven duals against nation’s best STATE COLLEGE, Pa.; — The Penn State wrestling team is celebrating 100 years of wrestling this season and once again faces one of the nation’s toughest schedules. Head…

Article on Henry Cejudo in most recent Sports Illustrated

Bring On the World The son of former illegal immigrants, 20-year-old Henry Cejudo has overcome hardship to become the youngest U.S. wrestling champion in decades. Now he wants to be the best on the planet. Cejudo, who won his first…

Coaches grapple with the MHSAA

Highland Park wrestlers face one-year suspension because Washington was at an outstate meet. Terry Foster / The Detroit News HIGHLAND PARK — There’s a showdown brewing in Michigan high school sports this week — and it has nothing to do…

Pat McNamara named head coach at SIU-Edwardsville

Patrick McNamara, who has been connected to several top NCAA Division I programs, has been named the new head coach for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville wrestling. McNamara joins a wrestling program about to take the next step. SIUE will be…

Mason (OH) HS Wrestling Coach Gets $51K Surprise

With his family looking on, teacher Vance Reid thanks Mason High students and school staff for the gift of a wheelchair-accessible van. MASON “More than 2,100 Mason High School students and staff gave teacher Vance Reid and his family a…