Category Amateur Wrestling

Katrina Forces Wrestlers To Move from LA to OK

High school wrestlers move from Louisiana to Oklahoma in wake of Hurricane Katrina Kristin Janloo Sports Writer Hurricane Katrina put an end to Jeff Slaughter’s and Chad Ravannack’s senior year of wrestling at Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-boys Catholic…

NDSU Coach Accuses Mankato Of Poaching

NDSU wrestling coach accuses Mankato of “poaching” FARGO, N.D. (AP) ” North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan is accusing Minnesota State, Mankato of “poaching “athletes from his team, a charge the Minnesota school rejects. Four Bison starters have…

Masillon Perry Coach Resigns

By MATTHEW RINK Parents and student athletes came away from Tuesday’s Perry Board of Education meeting with few answers about the direction of one of Ohio’s premier wrestling programs and the two coaches who run it. But they did learn…

Trost Named Assistant Coach of the Year by NWCA

MANHEIM, Pa. — University of Michigan assistant wrestling coach Kirk Trost was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year on Monday (Sept. 26) after helping guide last season’s Wolverines to their most successful season in…

Toni Copeland Drowns In Lake Superior

BY JIM WRIGHT Press & Sun-Bulletin Toni Copeland, the 18-year-old McDonough woman trying to become an Olympic wrestler, drowned Sunday with a friend while they were swimming in Lake Superior. Copeland was staying at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich.,…

Visitors win Kabbadi clash

Kabbadi players do it topless – shirts were off when Rochdale met Birmingham in the ancient Indian sport of Kabbadi. Players traditionally go bare chested to avoid being grabbed by opponents in a game that combines wrestling with rugby. The…