With lingering bitterness, Nick Newell recalls the day he drove four hours to New Hampshire in anticipation of his fourth professional bout as a mixed martial arts fighter. He was limiting his diet to meet a contracted weight of 155…
If you haven’t heard of, Chris Honeycutt, yet, you soon will. The two-time All-American out of Edinboro University and second-place finisher at this year’s 2012 NCAA national wrestling championships at 197 pounds is the most decorated and high-profile collegiate wrestler who has…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.” Cael Sanderson accomplished just about every notable achievement during his illustrious career as an amateur wrestler and collegiate coach. However, there’s one notable exception. In nine tries as a wrestler and coach at Iowa State, and now…
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., has announced the recent induction of Gila Valley resident Dr. Charles “Neil” DeWitt into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. At a banquet held at Arizona State University on Nov. 6,…
California USA Wrestling’s Rob Valeiro has asked the city of Tulare to share the cost of a study to determine whether the 16,000-seat arena and sports complex the organization is proposing is feasible for northeast Tulare. Valeiro said the study,…
Group: St. Cloud Boxing and Wrestling Club. Origins: According to Scott Kelm, owner and operator of the Downtown Gym in St. Cloud, the Boxing and Wrestling Club began with regular meet-ups in the St. Cloud State University wrestling room…
The Finlay family casts a large shadow whenever the Newnan wrestling team rolls out the mats. Led out on the floor by Cougar senior David Finlay, a 2010 state qualifier and team captain, the Finlays have become the first family…
Jessica Bondy MacDonald isn’t the only former L’Essor wrestler looking to further their Olympic hopes at the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association’s team trials this week in Winnipeg. David Tremblay Jr., a Stoney Point native, is the No. 1 seed in…
“I always loved getting hit, I suppose. I dunno what it is. It makes you feel alive. Otherwise you’re cruising through life without a bit of punishment.” Finn Simpson, 22, is one of Sydney’s growing band of amateur cage fighters,…
To say former Hazel Park High wrestler Eric Queener is in it for the danger might be a little extreme. But the Warren Fitzgerald wrestling coach and United States Army sergeant discovered upon his return from active duty in Iraq…
