Month June 2007

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…

Federation hopes grappling takes hold

By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Last year the world governing body for Olympic wrestling noted the appeal of beach volleyball and held its first World Beach Wrestling Championship in Turkey (yep, headlocks in the sand). Now it aims to ride…