Portion of a sports columnist from the Creston (Iowa) News-Advertiser drawing some links between Caldwell-Metcalf and Owings-Gable… Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain has often told me tournaments are won on the back side of the brackets, and Iowa proved that with…
Troy Sunderland Resigns as Head Coach of Penn State Wrestling Program Penn State to conduct immediate nationwide search for successor STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Troy Sunderland has resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lion wrestling program, effective today, Director…
Mike Kirk EDMOND, Okla. — Unbeaten 157-pounder Todd Meneely of Nebraska-Omaha has been selected as the 2008-09 NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year after winning his third straight national championship this season. Meneely is the second winner of the…
Tiffin University Sports Information Wrestling will become Tiffin University’s 20th NCAA Division II intercollegiate varsity sport beginning in the 2010-11 season. The program will make its debut in 2009-10 as a club sport. Wrestling will become the 10th men’s sport…
from RevWrestling.com Great things were expected of Andrew Howe when he arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last fall. The Indiana native delivered “¦ and then some, with a 30-5 season, the 2009 Big Ten 165-pound title and Freshman of…
By J.R. Ogden Gazette sports editor The college wrestling season ended last weekend in St. Louis with the University of Iowa earning its second NCAA championship in Tom Brands’ three years as head coach. But the news didn’t stop at…
By John Huckaby This year’s NCAA championships will be remembered for three things ” North Carolina State’s Darrion Caldwell’s upset win over Iowa’s Brent Metcalf at 149 pounds, Metcalf’s unsportsmanlike push of Caldwell after losing and the courage and skill…
BY RYAN YOUNG ST. LOUIS ” It definitely wasn’t the storybook ending Iowa expected at the conclusion of the NCAA wrestling championships. The Hawkeyes received a 22nd team title to a storm of cheers and whistles, but the jubilant and…
Among several Vikings and other football prospects working out for seven NFL scouts Wednesday at the Gophers’ indoor facility was Kole Conrad, a two-time NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion for the Gophers. Conrad, 24, who has received interest from the New…
INDIANAPOLIS— The NCAA announced the 52 at-large selections for the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. These wrestlers, listed in alphabetical order by weight class, join the other 278 student-athletes that qualified automatically through their conference and regional qualifying tournaments.…
