Month May 2009

Amateur Wrestling Firefox Persona Theme

If you’re using Firefox as your web browser, which you should be, you can now get an amateur wrestling persona theme created by WrestlingPod. If you’re not running Firefox, you can download the free web browser for Mac, Windows and…

Dakota Wesleyan University Names Sedivy As Wrestling Coach

Dakota Wesleyan University athletic director Curt Hart announced Tuesday afternoon that he has hired former Tiger wrestler and assistant coach Matt Sedivy to be the 10th head wrestling coach in school history. Sedivy, a 2006 graduate of Dakota Wesleyan, emerged…

Randy Lewis from Young Arena in Waterloo

Lewis talks about return to the mat Randy Lewis created quite a buzz in the wrestling world when he returned to the mat for the first time in 17 years for the Senior Freestyle competition at the Northern Plains Regional…

Wisconsin’s Howe Wins AWN Freshman of the Year

Another honor for Howe MADISON, Wis. Amateur Wrestling News released its All-Rookie Teams in the May issue, and after making it all the way to the NCAA finals at 165 lbs. as a true freshman, Andrew Howe was tabbed the…

WIN Announces 2009 Award Winners

NEWTON, Iowa — Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine (WIN) is announcing the winners of six of the magazine’s major awards for 2009. The following is a list of the awards and the recipients: Mike Chapman Impact Award: Scott Casber, Takedown Radio/TV Bob…

Haselrig Wins Latest MMA Event in His Hometown

By Randy Griffith THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT Johnstown’s Carlton Haselrig’s first mixed martial arts cage fight in his hometown started the same way countless others have: With a takedown by the former six-time national NCAA wrestling champion. But Haselrig’s debut in the…

Hodge Has Lived the American Dream

By Mike Mooneyham A serious car accident nearly 33 years ago ended one of the most heralded careers in wrestling history. But it didn’t come close to ending the still-unfolding legacy of Danny Hodge. Hodge, who suffered a broken neck…

Randy Lewis goes old-school

Former Hawkeye, 49, wins pair of matches at regional tourney By Jim Nelson Waterloo Courier WATERLOO ” At an age when most men are beginning to stare down retirement, Randy Lewis decided to find out if he was still tough.…