Category Amateur Wrestling

Lake Catholic remembers back to its championship team of 1989

They remember like it was yesterday John Kampf Eighteen years have passed since Dale Kaprosy clinched the Division II state wrestling tournament for Lake Catholic. The vivid detail in which Kaprosy recalls the winning moments makes it seem like it…

Gable Still Has Work To Do… But Not Sure He’ll Be Back

But coaching legend not positive he’ll return next season By J.R. Ogden EAST LANSING, MICH. – Dan Gable said “it’s still yet to be determined” if he’ll return to the Iowa wrestling coaching staff next year. But if there still…

Final Gets Flipped (As Loser Flips Off Officials)

Final gets flipped Crazy ending can’t detract from Campbell’s joy at title, revenge Shaun Bennett The Chronicle-Telegram COLUMBUS ” Even an atrocious act by Chanel senior Cameron Wade wasn’t enough to spoil Jesse Campbell’s celebration. The Black River senior heavyweight…

Rulon Survives Small Plane Crash in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner and two Utah men were rescued by a Lake Powell fisherman Sunday after surviving a small plane crash near Good Hope Bay the day before. Gardner was a passenger in the…

Rebuilding Bucknell Wrestling

Pavlechko in at ground level for rebuilding Bucknell wrestling His routine includes the walk into the wrestling office, where young and enthusiastic coaches are always prepared to divulge the day’s news. One day the coaches will dissect an emerging 133-pounder.…

Controversial HS Match Leaves Porta Crying Foul

Controversial 215 match leaves Porta crying foul By DAVE KANE STAFF WRITER Published Thursday, February 22, 2007 The wrestling season ended for Petersburg Porta High School by the slim margin of 31-29 in a Class A Dual Team Sectional loss…

CSTV To Televise NCAA Division II Championships

CSTV to televise NCAA Div. II Championships INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced Thursday that the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship finals on March 10 in Kearney , Nebraska , will be televised on CSTV: College Sports Television (channel 610 on…

Zito wrestles with mental toughness

By Jerry Crasnick ESPN.com SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barry Zito, just your average self-improvement junkie, is always searching for new lessons to learn, brains to pick and alternate avenues to travel in the quest to upgrade his game. This is how…

Catching Up With John Fisher

Quick, always aggressive and possessing an outstanding leg attack, John Fisher (1985, ’87-89) was a dominant force in the Wolverine wrestling room — and on the national scene — through the latter half of the decade. He remains among Michigan’s…

Fists Flying – MMA Fighting

Fists Flying is a mixed martial arts inspiration and information site. I think it’s a new site as there isn’t a lot going on right now. However they do have links to videos, book review and a fighter directory. Keep…

Catching Up with Dale Bahr

Over his 21 years at the helm of the Michigan wrestling program (1978-99), former head coach Dale Bahr made numerous contributions to the longstanding tradition and continued growth of Wolverine wrestling. Bahr accumulated a career record of 221-119-6 and ranks…