Month May 2005

U of Pennsylvania Announces Mat Class of 2009

Seven of the 14 incoming student-athletes hail from the Pennsylvania & New Jersey area Philadelphia “The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team announced that it will welcome 14 members of the class of 2009 to the mats next season. Six of…

Greenlee Adds Four to Bobcat Wrestling Program

2005-06 Incoming Class Includes Three High School All-Americans From Ohio Sports Information ATHENS, Ohio – Three prep standouts and a junior college national champion have signed national letters-of-intent to join the 2005-06 Ohio University wrestling program, Bobcat head coach Joel…

Golden Gophers Grab 4 For Next Fall

WR: Golden Gophers Announce Spring Signing Class The University of Minnesota wrestling program has announced that Charles Lloyd and Chris McPhail have signed National Letters of Intent and will wrestle for the Golden Gophers beginning in the fall of 2005.…

Bucknell To Join EIWA In 2005-2006

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell wrestling program took a significant stride forward in its transition back to varsity status with Tuesday’s naming of Dan Wirnsberger as head coach, and now the program has a conference to call home. This week…

Tolly Thompson: Finally On Top

No one is supposed to be talking about Tolly Thompson right now. Instead everyone is talking about him. Thompson, who competes in the 264-pound division for the California Claw, has been overshadowed much of his competitive career by great U.S.…

These Matches Are Real

By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News There is pro baseball and football and basketball and hockey and golf and tennis and volleyball and track and swimming and boxing and ice skating and soccer and lacrosse and, gee, soon in your…

Bob Siddens Still Makes His Mark On Wrestling

Evans: Siddens made sports world a richer placeBy KEVIN EVANS, Executive Sports Editor WATERLOO ” Bob Bowlsby, Steve Alford, Jim Zalesky, Norm Parker and others were in the room at the annual Black Hawk County I-Club gathering earlier this week.…

5 Living Iowa State Olympic Gold Medalists To Be Honored

Five Olympic champions from Iowa State to be honored at Golden Legacy Dinner in Ames, June 17, alongside World Team Trials event5/12/2005Iowa State Univ. Honorees include Olympic Champions Glen Brand, Dan Gable, Ben Peterson, Kevin Jackson and Cael Sanderson AMES,…

Toby Willis TheMat’s Wrestler of the Week

Willis named TheMat.com Wrestler of the WeekJohn Fuller Note: To nominate a wrestler for TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week, send the athlete’s name, accomplishments for the week and career accomplishments to John Fuller at [email protected] Toby Willis (Ashland City, Tenn.)…

Madison Paper Readers Weigh In On Title IX

Your Views Wisconsin State Journal :: FORUM :: B1 Last week, we asked readers what they thought about proposed changes to Title IX, the federal gender equity law in education that has vastly increased women’s participation in sports. Here is…

Bishop Shanahan HS to offer wrestling

By Don Pigeon At Downingtown’s Bishop Shanahan High School, the westernmost institution of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, student activities are grouped into three categories. “First of all, we want to give students opportunities to grow spiritually, “explained Shanahan athletic director Hank…