Category Beach Wrestling

Martial arts workouts help wrestlers.

“Wrestlers make good fighters because we know how to impose our will on somebody else,” Cal Baptist wrestler Jacob Waste says. That’s a bold statement, but Waste should know. He’s been wrestling since he was 4 and has won six…

Keystone Classic awaits ASU wrestling in Philadelphia

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Arizona State University wrestling team, coming off a 4-0 start to the season last weekend on the road, will head to the East Coast this weekend for its first tournament action of the season as the…

More than just a mini-Olympics

Lee U-Wen [email protected] WITH 3-on-3 basketball and even beach wrestling potentially on the programme, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, for athletes aged 14 to 18, is shaping up to be more than just a mini-version of the Summer…

EK’s Bohn learns from overseas experience

By Jeff Chaney The Grand Rapids Press Jake Bohn said it was a trip to remember, and one that will help him in the future. The East Kentwood senior wrestler recently returned from Antalya, Turkey, where he competed for Team…

Miyasaki wins sand wrestling bronze

Castle alumnus Tanya Miyasaki won a bronze medal last Saturday, placing third in the women’s under 70 kg division at the Beach Wrestling World Championships at Antalya, Turkey. Miyasaki, who also wrestled at Missouri Valley College, advanced to the semifinals…

Beach wrestling tourney to raise money

By Brian Kaminski For the Leader Times Move over, volleyball. Another sport is about to take over the beach. And it hopes to help take down diabetes. The local Pride Wrestling Club is sponsoring a beach wrestling tournament Saturday at…

Lehigh wrestler wins in sand

From Call staff reports Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships on Saturday,…

Mariacher brothers draw line in the sand

By Jackie Friedman NEWS SPORTS REPORTER It was game time.   Matt Mariacher got up from the towel on which he had been passed out for the last half an hour, dusted the sand off his legs, straightened out his…

Chinn captures National Beach Championship

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Looking for a way to remain active during the summer months, Lehigh junior Trevor Chinn took to the beach. Saturday, Chinn captured the 165 national title at the second annual U.S. Beach Wrestling National Championships, winning all…

Beach wrestling: Sand, sun & takedowns

Athletes compete in beach nationals, World Team Trials Nicole Lee Staff writer Mike Morone has been a wrestler for more than three decades, but even he was exposed to a new element of the sport on Saturday. The 49-year-old Chili…

Beach wrestling makes area debut at Ontario Beach

National championships, World Team Trials come to Charlotte James Johnson Last year’s Ontario Beach Sports and Music Festival sports lineup included professional jet skiing and beach volleyball. More muscle has been added to this year’s event at Charlotte, as Rochester…