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Does Iowa Wrestling have a Cael Sanderson Problem?

The wrestling dynasty at Penn State should look familiar to Hawkeye fans. by J.P. Scott I remember sitting in the seats of the Qwest Center (now the CenturyLink Center) in Omaha in 2010, watching as the Iowa wrestling team gathered…

Pennsylvania Proves to Be Wrestling’s Undisputed Hotbed.

By Jason Mackey Dan Miller has his own version of March Madness. Every March since 1999, Miller has traveled from his Imperial home to the NCAA Division I wrestling championships with his brother, Tom. Instead of keeping an eye on brackets,…

Forest Hills wrestler picks Penn State

JOHNSTOWN ” Cody Law always dreamed of wrestling for one of the nation’s top college programs. Up until the past year or two, it looked like just that: A dream. The Forest Hills wrestler hadn’t even qualified for the state…

2008 NCAA Champ PHIL DAVIS Makes UFC Debut Feb 6

Phil Davis, 2008 NCAA Division I 184-pound champ for Penn State, will be competing at UFC 109: Relentless at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, February 6. Davis, who signed with UFC just last month, will…

New Coach Sanderson Intensifies Practices

By Stephen Hennessey and Jocelyn Syrstad Collegian Staff Writer Bubba Jenkins admits he wasn’t even in shape at this point last season. Each practice, even though the season has not started, has been harder than last year’s most difficult practice,…

Cael Tries To Clear The Air RE Cyclones

by SEAN KEELER State College, Pa. ” The wrestling room is bigger than a VFW hall, the mats wide as a country mile. Four high-definition televisions hang on the walls, each one placed strategically a few feet apart from the…

Penn State Wrestling Plans To Celebrate at Homecoming

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Varsity “S “Club and Penn State wrestling head coach Cael Sanderson invite all Penn State wrestling alumni returning for the 2009 Homecoming weekend to join the current wrestling team and staff for a day full…

Sunderland named as Manheim Central HS head coach

The Manheim Central school board approved the hiring of former Penn State coach Troy Sunderland as its head wrestling coach during a school board meeting Tuesday night. Sunderland, who resigned from Penn State on April 4, replaces Shane Mack, who…

Penn Puts Valenti On Coaching Staff

Courtesy: Charles Dorman, Athletic Communications Assistant PHILADELPHIA “Penn wrestling head coach Rob Eiter announced a new addition to his coaching staff, and the name is a familiar one to Penn wrestling fans “two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-America Matt Valenti.…

A Hassled Cael Laying Low While Still in Ames

AMES ” Cael Sanderson is not done in Iowa just yet. The former Iowa State wrestling coach has been in and out of Ames since shocking the wrestling world in April with his decision to leave for the head coaching…