Born Without Arms or Legs, Kyle Maynard Is an Inspiration to Others Sep. 30, 2005 – Kyle Maynard was a bona fide contender for a Georgia state high school wrestling championship, despite a physical condition that put him at a…
Dan Mundrick breathed extremely heavily and pleaded for a drink of water. He even contemplated vomiting. And he couldn’t have been happier. Mundrick, a junior at BGSU, was one of 12 students at the club wrestling team’s first optional practice…
By Beau Dure, USATODAY.com Japanese wrestler Kyoko Hamaguchi has won five world titles. Coming into the 158.5-pound final against Hamaguchi in Budapest, Iris Smith had none. Smith had only been to the World Championships once before ” in 2000. She…
Backers of a plan to move a wrestling museum to downtown Waterloo made their pitch to the people who could make it happen. The museum would bear Waterloo native and wrestling icon Dan Gable’s name. But it all depends on…
GENERALLY SPEAKING MICHAEL E. HANKE You shouldn’t elect a person to office who won’t tell you what is going on. Elected officials represent you, the voter, and not themselves, and certainly not the staffs of whatever office they hold. The…
Matt Zimmer [email protected] The University of Sioux Falls officially added wrestling as an intercollegiate sport at a press conference Tuesday at the Stewart Center. Former Roosevelt High coach Tim Homan was named the first head coach for the Cougars, who…
High school wrestlers move from Louisiana to Oklahoma in wake of Hurricane Katrina Kristin Janloo Sports Writer Hurricane Katrina put an end to Jeff Slaughter’s and Chad Ravannack’s senior year of wrestling at Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-boys Catholic…
CHRIS KIEFFER News staff writer Wrestlers will be the first to tell you there is something transcendent about the sport. They might go at it on the mat, but off it they are one big family. The chance to help…
NDSU wrestling coach accuses Mankato of “poaching” FARGO, N.D. (AP) ” North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan is accusing Minnesota State, Mankato of “poaching “athletes from his team, a charge the Minnesota school rejects. Four Bison starters have…
