Jim Heath RICHARDSON, TEXAS “Depth proves to be the big edge for the University of Central Florida as they won individual championships in the last three weight classes to repeat as National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) national champions on Saturday…
By John GruppTRIBUNE-REVIEW HERSHEY — One of the most anticipated championship matches in PIAA wrestling history ended with a whimper. Somebody finally found a way to keep up with the Joneses. Joey Ecklof of Northampton thumped Donnie Jones of Greensburg…
Greensburg Salem senior soundly beaten in 152-pound final, 10-3By David Assad, Tri-State Sports & News Service HERSHEY, Pa. — After hundreds of PIAA Class AAA wrestling matches this weekend, the showdown that everyone had waited to see turned into a…
Jeannette star returns to take title BY ROD FRISCOOf The Patriot-News Jeannette’s A.J. Graves was a state runner-up last year, but his loss in the finals to Wilkes-Barre Meyers’ Joe Rovelli left the Jayhawk with such a bad feeling that…
John Fuller The breakdown of this weight class could rely heavily on who gets the top seed. Travis Lee of Cornell and Shawn Bunch of Edinboro each have one loss this year “to each other. These two have a great…
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Tina George (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) defeated 2004 Olympic silver medalist Tonya Verbeek of Canada in the gold-medal finals at 55 kg/121 lbs. at the Trophe Milone Interational in Naples, Italy on March 12. George won…
John Fuller All season long, the race for the title at 125 lbs. has been between three wrestlers “Sam Hazewinkel of Oklahoma, Kyle Ott of Illinois and Nick Simmons of Michigan State. Hazewinkel’s only loss this season came in the…
By Eric MayesThe Daily Item LEWISBURG ” A former Bucknell University wrestling coach and star wrestler have sued Bucknell alleging defamation, and are seeking unspecified damages. The trial started earlier this week. Michael Garcia of Mount Carmel and former coach…
Friday’s PIAA state quarterfinal bout was the worst kind for Nazareth’s Joe Caramanica — or any defending state champion, for that matter. The kind where absolutely nothing goes your way and then you find yourself in overtime and then in…
Wrestler grappling over disputed decision School appeals call that gave title to La Salle’s Florio By DAN HOWLEY, Staff writer Don’t look for a reversal of the reversal. North Rockland High is challenging an officiating call that cost senior C.J.…
