Mid-South Conference The Mid-South Conference athletics directors unanimously voted to add men’s wrestling as a conference sport on Wednesday at the annual summer meeting at Campbellsville University. Men’s wrestling becomes the 18th sport sponsored by the Mid-South Conference and will…
COLUMBUS, Ohio”“ Wrestler J Jaggers has been named the 2008-09 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, the department of athletics announced Tuesday. Jaggers, a Northfield, Ohio, native who won his second-consecutive NCAA title as a senior in 2009, is…
By Lee Barfknecht WORLD-HERALD Bureau LINCOLN” A recent internal review of the Nebraska wrestling program has uncovered no NCAA violations, despite allegations by two former athletes booted from the team. The Nebraska compliance office issued a statement Thursday in response…
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) ” North Dakota State wrestling coach Bucky Maughan has announced the signing of Jake Love of Missoula Sentinel. Love is a three-time state runner-up for the Spartans. He missed state as a senior due to a shoulder…
Council Bluffs, Ia. ” Greco-Roman wrestling got to be a drag for Mark Rial, especially after a subpar showing at the 2008 Olympic Trials. A move back to Cedar Falls, where his college wrestling career began, helped Rial get back…
-videos from ESPN- LINCOLN, Neb. — A photo of wrestler Paul Donahoe, arms raised in victory, rushing from the mat, is still on the wall at the University of Nebraska’s Bob Devaney Sports Center, where he worked his way to…
By Guy Cipriano By the time he reached sixth grade, Taylor’s family had moved to Ohio. Still, Taylor held fond memories of the west’s best known wrestling family and that relationship led to a major announcement Tuesday. Taylor, the nation’s…
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams for the 2008-2009 season. For the second straight year, American University pinned down top team honors. The Eagles, coached by Mark Cody, led the…
AMES ” Cael Sanderson is not done in Iowa just yet. The former Iowa State wrestling coach has been in and out of Ames since shocking the wrestling world in April with his decision to leave for the head coaching…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three-times Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev has decided to retire after a career that has spaned nearly two decades. Saitiev, 34, one of only three wrestlers to have won three Olympic titles, was thinking of bidding…
