Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
‘Wrestlers At The Trials’ – excerpt from Gene Mills Amongst the 90 wrestlers and coaches whose never-been-published stories are captured in the recent book about the 1960 thru 1988 Olympic wrestling Trials is former Syracuse standout Gene Mills. From “Wrestlers…
By Kyle Klingman, W.I.N. Columnist Wrestling has the distinct privilege of calling itself the Sport of Lincoln, a fitting tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the man many consider the U.S.’s greatest president. Lincoln’s wrestling match with Jack Armstrong in the tiny…
University of Nebraska Sports Information Lincoln — The Amateur Athletic Union has announced that former Nebraska wrestler Brad Vering is a finalist for the 2007 James E. Sullivan Award, an honor given each year to the nation’s top amateur athlete.…
By JOSH KATZOWITZ Video: Profile of Dustin Carter from The Enquirer GOSHEN, Ohio ” The scream that Dustin Carter let loose in a gym here last weekend conveyed equal parts pain and elation. It was the sound of glory for…
By Travis Johnson Email Collegian Staff Writer A gray-haired man in his 60s sits on a bench in the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex beneath championship plaques. He watches intently as his grandson, an elementary school wrestler, rolls around the mat with…
Flowers Wrestler Learns to Overcome Disability By Alan Goldenbach Washington Post Staff Writer Michael Spriggs grabbed on to a teammate’s shoulder and headed for the gymnasium wall, where William Ngakoue, a 215-pound junior on the C.H. Flowers High School wrestling…