Kids as young as 5 years old learn the sport of wrestling in Manassas Park’s Cougar Wrestling Program. By Jim Kirkland How does one of the smallest school districts in the state of Virginia, Manassas Park, which holds only…
by Dave Thomas YAKIMA, Finding your path in life and love is rarely well marked, making it all the more rewarding when it’s discovered. It’s even less likely”, but infinitely more satisfying”, should those two paths converge. As teenagers, respectively, in Goldendale…
By Jillian Bullock The Department of Justice, federal agencies, faith-based and other grassroots and community organizations are always looking to instill crime prevention programs to address at-risk youth and gang members. While many of these programs have failed, many people…
By Danny Udero There is a broad question that has enveloped the wrestling world. What do wrestlers do when their careers are over? Mixed martial arts has seen to be the cure for the grappler that can t get enough…
The biggest piece of news to emerge from the fall PIAA Board of Directors meeting Thursday night was the adoption of a new method of counting dual meets that go toward each wrestling team’s allotment of 22 regular season wrestling…
With the 2012 Olympics on the horizon, a number of the biggest names in amateur wrestling, including gold medalists Rulon Gardner (2000) and Cael Sanderson (2004), are considering making one final run at glory. Bellator featherweight title holder Joe Warren,…
by Kyle Nagel By his junior year of high school in Wenatchee, Wash., Brian Van Hoven noticed Marines recruiters in the stands at his wrestling matches mixed in with the college scouts and coaches. Van Hoven certainly was skilled enough…
by KJ Gould The 2011 NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion for Nebraska Jordan Burroughs became World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling in Instanbul, Turkey. Competing at 74 kg / 163 lbs, the one day event saw Burroughs wrestle four times to…
Longtime wrestling coach and retired teacher nominated for Barrie Sports Hall of Fame By GENE PEREIRA Asked to pick one special memory or moment that stands out more than any other from his more than 30 years of coaching wrestling,…
Blackstone Ranch Properties and Hidden Oak Development Donate Land to California USA Wrestling to Build State of the Art Regional Facility FRESNO, CA–(Marketwire – Sep 21, 2011) – California USA Wrestling announced today that they are moving forward with the…
