Month March 2005

Des Moines, March 1st, 2005 – One of the state’s top high school athletes is changing schools just days after winning a state high school wrestling championship. Montell Marion just became Valley High School’s first 3-time wrestling finalist ever. He’s…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA had barely released its first report on teams’ academic progress when the complaints began. “We’d be remiss if we didn’t express at least some concern that there are any number of flaws in this methodology,…

Tolly wrestles with poor air travel By KEVIN EVANS, Executive Sports Editor CEDAR FALLS — Anyone who does any traveling these days has a horror story to relate. Traveling in the winter has always been a problem in the Midwest.…

Sports movies do it all, from ‘Rocky’ to ‘Rudy’By Ali Adair While sitting at dinner Friday night, I began to discuss with my softball teammates just exactly what I wanted to write for my column this week. Not too much…

Dan Gable is special guest at USA Wrestling Kids/Cadet Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 1-3Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling The USA Wrestling’s Kids/Cadet Folkstyle National Championships are set for the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 1-3. Champions at this…

CSTV to televise Big Ten Wrestling Championships March 7Eric Handler/CSTV NEW YORK, February 28, 2005 “For the second consecutive year, CSTV (www.CSTV.com) will televise the Big Ten Wrestling Championships, when the first college sports network presents the championships of the…

Augsburg and Wartburg expected to battle for team honors at NCAA Div. III Nationals in Northfield, Minn., March 4-5Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Wartburg or Augsburg? Augsburg or Wartburg? In recent seasons, the NCAA Div. III National Wrestling Championships has come down…

SINGLE-SESSION TICKETS FOR 2005 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ST. LOUIS ON SALE SUNDAY ST. LOUIS – Feb. 25, 2005 – Single-session tickets for the 2005 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Savvis Center go on sale Sunday, Feb. 27. Fans…

BIG 12 COACHES ASSESS THEIR CHANCES AT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARCH 5 IN OMAHA Submitted by: E.Goldman/Boxing & Wrestling Editor The 2005 Big 12 Wrestling Championship, which will be held Sat., March 5, at the 17,000-seat Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.,…

REALPROWRESTLING PUTS TEAMS UP FOR BID LEAGUE READY TO TALK TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS FOR 2006 SEASON LOS ANGELES (March 1, 2005) “RealProWrestling announced today its intent to begin searching for prospective investors of eight regional teams for the second season…

Kyle Ott Beats The Odds In Quest For Wrestling Success Illini All-American Still Among Nation’s Elite Despite Near Career Ending Injury Wrestlers learn at a young age that their sport is one of the most physical you can involve yourself…

ASU Wrestling Captures 15th Pac-10 Championship, Add Two Individual CrownsStith upsets defending NCAA champion Gentry, earns tournament’s OutstandingWrestler Award SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Last year, the Arizona State University wrestlingteam finished tied for fifth in the Pac-10 Championships with…