From Rutgers Sports Information Office PISCATAWAY, NJ “Rutgers University wrestling head coach John Sacchi announced the hiring of Joseph Ryan as an assistant coach with the program. Ryan replaces long-time assistant coach Mike Leta, who announced his retirement at the…
By Eric Petersen, staff writer Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner is hopeful Ames’ own gold medalist Cael Sanderson will continue his career at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and maybe beyond. Sanderson has not competed since winning gold last summer…
John Fuller/USA Wrestling None of the three wrestlers nominated for ESPY Awards this year came home with a trophy in hand from Los Angeles, but none of the three were too disappointed either. Nominated for ESPY Awards were 2004 Olympic…
By Will Hammock Staff Writer [email protected] His roots are in teaching, although Scott Hage didn’t immediately follow that path. The former Parkview standout – well known as the first Georgia wrestler to win four Class AAAA high school state titles,…
Neil K. Warner DAILY HERALD Brock and Mitch Brown have arrived at Timpanogos High School a few minutes early. It’s Monday morning at 9 a.m., and the Brown brothers are about to participate in the first wrestling camp they have…
The shoes Rulon Gardner left at the 2004 Olympics were meant to signal his retirement from wrestling. But since then, Gardner has trekked across the country promoting the sport he can never really abandon. Gardner handed the torch to the…
It’s no surprise that Shon Lewis has evolved from a basketball wannabe in junior high to a four-time national wrestling champion and a coach of the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The intensity of…
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State wrestling alum Eric Voelker (1986-89), a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at 190 pounds, spent Wednesday afternoon as a clinician at the 24-day Cael Sanderson World Class Intensive Training Camp held at Lied Recreation…
by Sandy Stevens [email protected] Three little brothers from Utah, just having fun, enter their first Kids Regional tournament, in Wyoming. Still having fun, each is crowned a champion. “You better enjoy this,” a bystander tells their mom. “It’ll never happen…
By PAUL BEITLER Sports Editor FORT WAYNE ” From the time he was 6 years old until he graduated from Norwell High School in 2001, Justin Meriwether’s main interest was the sport of wrestling. But over the last year and…
