“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 national titles. As a newcomer to the Lancers program, he expects to contend for an […]
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 Sun Devils compete in the Keystone Classic inside the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. The tournament, […]
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 Olympics. The menu of 26 sports will be part of an attempt to better “interest […]
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 USA in the World Tournament from Sept. 7-9. Bohn wrestled in three submission styles at […]
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 before losing to eventual champion Margarita Montez of Spain 2-1. Beach wrestling is conducted on […]
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 Crooked Creek Park in Ford City. Tournament proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) […]
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, winning all three of his matches on Sunday Beach in Rochester, N.Y. Chinn, wrestling for […]
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 orange swimming trunks and headed over to the ring. “It’s a relaxing change,” Mariacher’s father […]
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 2006 World Beach bronze medalist Ray Downey of East Meadow, N.Y. (East Meadow WC) won the U.S. Beach National Championships for the second year in a row, with an impressive performance at 176 pounds in the Senior division on Sunday at Charlotte Beach Downey won four matches on […]
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 three of his matches on Sunday Beach. Chinn, wrestling for Team Titan, came from behind […]
