UNO Claims Second-Straight National ChampionshipMavericks Crown Three National Champions OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska-Omaha crowned three individual national champions as the Mavericks claimed their second-consecutive team title at the 2005 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship being held on the Nebraska-Omaha campus…
By Ron [email protected] HERSHEY — Kyle Fluke had just pulled off the upset of the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Tournament, taking out two-time runner-up Seth Ciasulli of Easton 4-3. And if that wasn’t reason enough for the State College 125-pounder…
Plum senior on track for first title; Kiski’s Oravec sets record Saturday, March 12, 2005By David Assad, Tri-State Sports & News Service HERSHEY, Pa. — It has been a case of “been there, done that “for 125-pound Plum senior Sean…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Rulon Gardner, who won two Olympic medals in the sport of Greco-Roman wrestling, underwent successful out-patient surgery on a toe on his right foot which had been initially damaged by frostbite in January 2002. Gardner had the…
Fisk, Eckloff, Jones all apear on track for big weekendBy DAN GELSTONThe Associated Press HERSHEY, Pa. – Joey Ecklof and Donnie Jones appear headed toward an epic title showdown. Matt Fisk is so tantalizingly close to breaking the PIAA record…
Girls coach charged with lewd behaviorSan Leandro wrestling head allegedly made inappropriate contact By Ricci Graham, STAFF WRITER SAN LEANDRO ” The girls wrestling coach at San Leandro High School has been charged with committing a lewd act against a…
SUNNY KRAMER, For The Nonpareil WOODBINE – The sport of wrestling is one that’s close to Ron Meeker’s heart. In 1964 Meeker, then a seventh-grade 103-pounder at Tri-Center, planted a seed that would sprout into a family tree full of…
Submitted by: E.Goldman/Boxing & Wrestling Editor It should be no great revelation that winning matches can be a magic formula for increasing attendance at college wrestling meets. The University of Illinois, Big Ten champions for the first time since 1952,…
Fierro: Pinned against the matby giant revolving door Even Jody Karam has succumbed to the sleeper hold. That’s how far free agency has gone in the Lehigh Valley. “The gates are open, “the Liberty wrestling coach matter-of-factly announced this week.…
