Month March 2005

MU wrestler Ben Askren leads the team in his sophomore season. His brother is on his way to Columbia, and his parents might not be far behind. By JEREMY LYNN ON HIS OWN: Askren spars with teammate Jeff Foust in…

By John Branch / The Fresno Bee One last time, Dennis DeLiddo was right where you usually could find him for the past 24 seasons, squirming at the corner of a mat at the North Gym. Coaching his final wrestling…

By Keith Pompey Inquirer Suburban Staff Will a weight-reduction monitoring plan tentatively set to go into effect next season in New Jersey destroy high school wrestling there? Depends on whom you ask. Officials at the National Wrestling Coaches Association and…

By Brian Finley HN Contributor Jim Zalesky talks Day One Q: Frustrating day? Jim Zalesky: Yeah, I mean it was a frustrating morning, more than anything. There’s a couple matches there where, to me, we didn’t do anything. Like 184,…

Donnie Jones, Joey Ecklof, and Garrett Scott will each be hoping to hit the trifecta when the PIAA Wrestling Championships begin Thursday at Hershey’s Giant Center, but at least one will have to settle for something less than a gold…

From Don Stoner/Augsburg Sports Information Top 10 team standings 1. Augsburg (Minn.) 162.0; 2. Wartburg (Iowa) 104.5; 3. Luther (Iowa) 100.0; 4. Wisconsin-La Crosse 72.0; 5. Brockport State (N.Y.) 48.5; 6. Simpson (Iowa) 38.5; 7. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 36.0; 8.…

Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling The tournament team race went down to the gold medal finals at 197 pounds. The team that won that match would emerge as the team champion of the EIWA Championships for 2005. The fans were on the…

3/6/2005John Fuller 1251st ACC – Drew Forshey (North Carolina)1st Big Ten – Nick Simmons (Michigan State)2nd Big Ten – Kyle Ott (Illinois)3rd Big Ten – Adam Smith (Penn State)4th Big Ten – Joe Dubuque (Indiana)5th Big Ten – Bobbe Lowe…

John Fuller Iowa City, Iowa – Illinois head coach Mark Johnson couldn’t have planned it any sweeter than this. Coming back to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where Johnson was an assistant coach in the 1980’s, the Fighting Illini captured its first Big…

Christopher A. Matthews Oklahoma State Wins its Third Consecutive Big 12 Title Cowboys crown seven champions OMAHA, Neb. ‘ Oklahoma State won its third consecutive Big 12 Championship by sending eight wrestlers to the finals and winning seven individual crowns…

If you know of any greco or freestyle wrestling tournaments in Italy please let us know. A former high school wrestler is now in the Navy, stationed in Sicily, and is looking for some mat time in Italy.

Many people ask what they can do to help RPW. We know many of you are telling your friends and helping pass out tv schedule cards. We expect to roll out our radio and television commercial campaign shortly. Maybe you…