Month April 2005

BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star Swapping singles for singlets, Lincoln’s retail and hospitality sectors came out on the losing end of a shakeup of high school championship venues Friday afternoon. After listening to proposals from Lincoln and Omaha…

Lincoln Will Take Baseball Tournament LINCOLN, Neb. — Omaha will host the Nebraska State High School Wrestling Tournament in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.The Nebraska School Activities Association voted 6-0 to move the tournament to the Qwest Center from Lincoln’s…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — He has been called everything from a bully to Genghis Khan. Some might also see sumo champion Asashoryu as a 317-pound, showboating troublemaker who doesn’t always honor the staid rituals of his sport. But that’s in…

By Alex Abrami Times Argus Staff For most people, trying a new sport can be difficult, and this was no exception for Randolph’s Paul Lambert. The home-schooled Lambert went out for the wrestling team as a sophomore, and it took…

No apparent NCAA rule violation; DTau not satisfied with U. responseBy Justin Elliott Following vigorous outcry from current and former members of Delta Tau, several top University officials have addressed complaints that Dave Amato, head coach of Brown’s wrestling team,…

John Fuller/USA Wrestling Olympic champion Cael Sanderson will appear on an episode of ESPN’s “I’d Do Anything” scheduled to air on Monday, May 23. The air date is subject to change. “I’d Do Anything” is a show designed to turn…

WVU wrestler wants to get his foot in door on football careerDave Hickman MORGANTOWN ” Greg Jones has a new set of heroes these days, but they aren’t the kind one might expect of West Virginia’s three-time NCAA wrestling champion.…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Head Wrestling Coach Terry Brands has resigned his position to become the Resident Coach at the United States Olympic Training Center, UTC Director of Athletics Steve Sloan announced Monday. Brands, who spent three years as the Mocs’…

Going 6-0 in Cleveland gives him 215-pound titleBy Lem SatterfieldSun Staff Being from a Baltimore public school district considered the weakest in a state whose national wrestling reputation scarcely registers, Patterson’s Deshawn Barrett faced low expectations against a field stacked…

Posted by Steve Broski Arizona Nate Gallick 2nd at 141 Iowa State Arizona Cain Velasquez 5th at 285 Arizona State California Chris Pendleton 1st at 174 Oklahoma State California Effen Ceballos 5th at 125 Fresno State California Matt Sanchez 5th…

Posted by Allen Brown ^^^I’d like to continue posting information on some of Pennsylvania’s collegiate wrestling legends during the off season, and this week I’ll do Dick DiBattista. I never saw DiBattista wrestle but do remember him officiating college matches.…

Posted by Allen Brown ^^^I’ve been filling some WR.com Forum time in the “off “season by posting information about some of our Pennsylvania college wrestling legends. I posted Wade Schalles and Dick DiBattista over on the EWL Forum, and thought…