By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND – Eric Albarracin no longer travels light. Unlike his early years in wrestling when the Coral Springs High graduate slept on friends’ couches, walked five miles to practice and lived on money…
The beach behind the Hilton Singer Island Resort will be the site of the first U.S. Beach National Championships. They’re part of a wrestling weekend that also includes national and Pan American championships in Sombo wrestling on Sunday at the…
By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND ,· Shawn Sheldon brushed the sand off his arms and face after a demonstration of beach wrestling Wednesday at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. The two-time Olympian lives in West Palm Beach and…
Bryan L. Fuell The Virginia Gazette Most of the land is desert or semi-arid. It covers a diverse range of habitats, from koala bears to tropical rainforests. A stark contrast from Williamsburg, Lafayette High wrestler James Lipford recently traveled to…
The Northeast National Beach Wrestling Championship will be held at Pine Lake on Aug. 5 in Caroga. Among the local competitors will be Amy Whitbeck (Duanesburg), Brendan Lapp (Maple Hill), Diana Acors (Charlton), John Acors (Charlton), Nick Bergami (Niskayuna) and…
A leap into the Tualatin River should have been a requirement of all competitors in the beach wrestling tournament last Saturday at the West Linn Fair. It was bad enough that temperatures soared over 100 degrees that day. By the…
Gary Abbott USA Wrestling As promised, TheMat.com is updating its 2006 Beach Wrestling schedule, as new events are sanctioned with USA Wrestling. Last weekend, the North American Beach Wrestling Championships were a major success in Virginia Beach, Va., June 10-11.…
USA Wrestling has named Palm Beach County, Fla. as the host for two of its national championship events this summer, the U.S. Beach Nationals and the U.S. Sombo Nationals, as well as its semi-annual Board of Directors meeting and its…
Jacob Cook Staff Writer OCEAN CITY “Comparing a proposed wrestling event on the beach in June to nothing short of organized fighting, resort officials this week denied the special event request. Close to approving an event, which would allow anyone…
From a press release from USA Wrestling… March 21 is the bid deadline for 2006 U.S. Beach and Sombo Nationals, along with the Board meeting and State Leaders Conference Tuesday, March 21 is the deadline for event bids to be…
