Category Amateur Wrestling

Ohio State’s Jaggers to miss NCAA Championships

By Danielle Warner Ohio State Sports Information COLUMBUS, Ohio ““ Ohio State wrestler J Jaggers will miss the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships March 16-18 in Oklahoma City, Russ Hellickson, head coach, announced Wednesday. Jaggers, who qualified for the national championships…

Strobel Named EIWA Coach of the Year

By Steve Lomangino Lehigh University Sports Information BETHLEHEM, Pa. “After guiding the Mountain Hawks to their fifth consecutive EIWA team championship, Lehigh head coach Greg Strobel was named the conference’s Coach of the Year on Wednesday. This marks the fourth…

March 21: Deadline for Bids to Host Beach, Sambo Events

From a press release from USA Wrestling… March 21 is the bid deadline for 2006 U.S. Beach and Sombo Nationals, along with the Board meeting and State Leaders Conference Tuesday, March 21 is the deadline for event bids to be…

Going to the mat for what he loves

Penn State wrestler has no legs, but that has not stilled his competitive fire,  By Chico Harlan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before arriving at the sweetest, sweatiest room on campus, Rohan Murphy grabbed his size 7 1/2 shoes.…

Schools wrestle with tourney costs

BY BOB BEHRE For the Star-Ledger The annual state championship wrestling tournament in Atlantic City might be a box-office hit for the NJSIAA, but schools across New Jersey are feeling the pinch because of the cost of going there. The…

Play a Minneapolis bar raffle and fund USA Wrestling

I was in Minneapolis recently and stopped in at the Cardinal, a neighborhood tavern on the Southside. Got there about 7 p.m. and saw the raffle was well underway, Beth scurrying around selling numbers and Marion doing a steady business…

Schlatters, Kish, Konrad power Gophers to Big Ten title

Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 03/05/2006 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. “Minnesota sophomore 157-pounder C.P. Schlatter has developed a sure-fire method for gaining that little extra boost before he steps on the mat. Watch his younger brother compete. Gophers true freshman and top-ranked Dustin…

RPW: Catching up with the Groove’s Chris Bono

Chris Bono has always been one to do what is best for him and his family. So last fall when he packed up his wife, two kids and all of his belongings to move from Iowa to Tennessee, it shouldn’t…

One-handed wrestler has firm grip on goals

Ken Gordon THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Every once in awhile, Tony Gonzales allows the anger to well up and spill over. It happened earlier this year at a wrestling match in Bowling Green. Gonzales, a senior from Paulding, was born with…