Category Amateur Wrestling

Borzio wins title at the beach

MIKE KUHNS Record Sports Editor Angelo Borzio, the former wrestler and coach at East Stroudsburg University, is supposed to be lounging on the beach these days, not wrestling on it. But wrestling was exactly what Borzio was doing last Saturday…

No kids in this sandbox

By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND – Eric Albarracin no longer travels light. Unlike his early years in wrestling when the Coral Springs High graduate slept on friends’ couches, walked five miles to practice and lived on money…

New Adidas & Asics Wrestling Shoes for 2006

Check out the newest offerings from Adidas and Asics.,  The new wrestling shoes come in a variety of colors from green to red, orange, white, black, gray and more.,  Take control on the wrestling mat improve your performance with a…

The Role of Wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts

Written by Koy Kosek In November of 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was organized. The concept was brilliant in its simplicity: there were only two major rules regulating the fighters “no biting and no eye-gouging “and the rounds were 10…

James & David Hazewinkel Take Over at Marion Military

After building a nationally ranked wrestling program at Pensacola Christian College, Two-Time Olympic Wrestlers James and David Hazewinkel will head up the Marion Military Institute (MMI) Wrestling Program. Their record of 11 winning seasons, 5 conference titles, 6 national championships,…

What’s Different About This Sport?

Written by Josh Lashley Just about anybody who’s ever witnessed a wrestling match, let alone those who competed on the mat for any extended period of time, can attest that it is quite unlike any sporting event that they’ve ever…

Beach wrestling not for the weaklings

The beach behind the Hilton Singer Island Resort will be the site of the first U.S. Beach National Championships. They’re part of a wrestling weekend that also includes national and Pan American championships in Sombo wrestling on Sunday at the…

U.S. team hopefuls grapple on the sand

By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND ,· Shawn Sheldon brushed the sand off his arms and face after a demonstration of beach wrestling Wednesday at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. The two-time Olympian lives in West Palm Beach and…

As tough guys go, Banach a real Lou-Lou

Lou Banach won an Olympic gold medal, but he couldn’t make the Port Jervis varsity wrestling team as a sophomore. Banach finally cracked the lineup in his junior year. Banach and his twin brother, Ed, lived along the railroad tracks…

Wrestler represents United States in People to People program

By Laura Ammerman Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Ben Creed started wrestling about two years ago, and already he has represented the United States in an international competition. The 12-year-old Wellington resident returned July 31 from The Netherlands with the…