Agile Wrestler Kicks Ass – Must See Video
I’ve seen good wrestling matches in the past, but this kid is the champ. Check out his amazing move that gets him the pin! This is something you have to see to believe. Agile Wrestler Kicks Ass Add to My…
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Month February 2008
Tom Archdeacon: Seeing opportunities instead of obstacles
By Tom Archdeacon LONDON, Ohio ” On what so far was the biggest day of his high school life, Dustin Carter woke up with the flu and all the diarrhea and dehydration that comes with it. Worried about the consequences…
Wrestling coaches need to be more quotable
John Huckaby Imagine if Robert Montgomery Knight would have been a wrestling coach. Think about the quotes we would have enjoyed. Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt Knight, who resigned as head basketball coach at Texas Tech, filled…
Colleges: Four NCAA divisions would be a crowd
by Catherine Guiles Thirty-five years after creating the nonscholarship Division III, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is surveying division members about adding a fourth division, citing rapid growth and policy disputes. But athletic directors at several Chicago area Division III…
College wrestling: Mat coaches not getting rich
BY DAN McCOOL In college athletic department offices across America, the coach behind the door belongs to a group that averages nearly $70,000 in base salary each year. Down many of those hallways, though, other coaches cash bigger paychecks than…
Exchange student experiences sport
By Guy Cipriano SPRING MILLS ” He had many things to learn about this sport they called wrestling. CDT photo/Christopher Weddle Armando Abraham never heard of Pennsylvania, much less the sport of wrestling, when he came to Penns Valley as…
Legless, Armless Wrestler’s Goal Is To Make Ohio HS State Tourney
Wrestler has lost just 1 match this year in pursuit of a dream BY JOHN ERARDI Today, Dustin Carter opens his pursuit of “making state, “as he wrestles in the sectional tournament at Chillicothe. His favorite thing about that? His…
Garrett Scott resembling past greatness
By Guy Cipriano The crowd clapped and pounded every inch of Rec Hall with a minute remaining. Considering the wrestler on the mat, a rhythmic cheer seemed fitting. Penn State freshman 141- pounder Garrett Scott glided around the circle with…
AAU coach, director says rules ‘don’t work’
By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette Coach J.O. Stright, left, talks with former Yough High School player Ben McCauley during a J.O.T.S practice at Duquesne University in May 2006. As a coach and general manager of Pittsburgh J.O.T.S. AAU…
Wrestling With Tradition: Keep Your Shirt On
By ERIC WILSON Published: November 17, 2005 WALL paintings in Egyptian tombs depict wrestlers competing in crude loincloths that drooped to their knees. Greek antiquities show that when wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., participants competed…
PIAA wrestles with Transfer Rules
BY ROD FRISCO Of The Patriot-News For more than a year, the PIAA has batted around a tough and serious transfer rule that has twice been on the brink of passage, only to pull it back for further revision. Thursday…
Gone IN 90 Seconds: Mir Wrecks Lesnar’s UFC Debut
Mir defeats Lesnar in 1st round Ex-champion spoils former WWE wrestler’s UFC debut LAS VEGAS (AP) — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira took the UFC interim heavyweight title, forcing former two-time champion Tim Sylvia to tap in the third round on Saturday…