Category Amateur Wrestling

PA’s Upper Perk must forfeit team titles

Don Seeley RED HILL — Upper Perkiomen High School’s wrestling team was taken down Wednesday .. with a move no one associated with the program could counter. According to a press release from Timothy F. Kirby, superintendent of the district,…

Herbert, Konrad share Big 10 Wrestler of the Year honors

EVANSTON, Ill. — NCAA champion and three-time All-American Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) has been named BigElevenWrestling.net Wrestler of the Year. Herbert shares this year’s honor with Minnesota’s two-time national champion Cole Konrad. Herbert won his first career title and…

Why wrestling is so addictive

BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG FREE PRESS COLUMNIST The day that amateur wrestling becomes a major spectator sport in America is the day that aliens land in Iowa and decide their favorite delicacy is cauliflower ear. It just won’t happen, and I…