By Tom Archdeacon LONDON, Ohio ” On what so far was the biggest day of his high school life, Dustin Carter woke up with the flu and all the diarrhea and dehydration that comes with it. Worried about the consequences…
John Huckaby Imagine if Robert Montgomery Knight would have been a wrestling coach. Think about the quotes we would have enjoyed. Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt Knight, who resigned as head basketball coach at Texas Tech, filled…
by Catherine Guiles Thirty-five years after creating the nonscholarship Division III, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is surveying division members about adding a fourth division, citing rapid growth and policy disputes. But athletic directors at several Chicago area Division III…
BY DAN McCOOL In college athletic department offices across America, the coach behind the door belongs to a group that averages nearly $70,000 in base salary each year. Down many of those hallways, though, other coaches cash bigger paychecks than…
By Guy Cipriano SPRING MILLS” He had many things to learn about this sport they called wrestling. CDT photo/Christopher Weddle Armando Abraham never heard of Pennsylvania, much less the sport of wrestling, when he came to Penns Valley as an…
Wrestler has lost just 1 match this year in pursuit of a dream BY JOHN ERARDI Today, Dustin Carter opens his pursuit of “making state, “as he wrestles in the sectional tournament at Chillicothe. His favorite thing about that? His…
By Guy Cipriano The crowd clapped and pounded every inch of Rec Hall with a minute remaining. Considering the wrestler on the mat, a rhythmic cheer seemed fitting. Penn State freshman 141- pounder Garrett Scott glided around the circle with…
By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette Coach J.O. Stright, left, talks with former Yough High School player Ben McCauley during a J.O.T.S practice at Duquesne University in May 2006. As a coach and general manager of Pittsburgh J.O.T.S. AAU…
By ERIC WILSON Published: November 17, 2005 WALL paintings in Egyptian tombs depict wrestlers competing in crude loincloths that drooped to their knees. Greek antiquities show that when wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., participants competed…
BY ROD FRISCO Of The Patriot-News For more than a year, the PIAA has batted around a tough and serious transfer rule that has twice been on the brink of passage, only to pull it back for further revision. Thursday…
