Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Olympic wrestler’s clinic gratifying for kids, coach BY DAN STRUMPF Staff writer Lucky for Naoki Yamaguchi, Kerry McCoy was just giving a lesson when he grabbed Naoki’s arm, hooked his hand under his left calf and started charging. Naoki, 17,…
SAMMAMISH — Young wrestlers from the Eastside had the chance to learn from, as Skyline coach Gus Kiss put it, one of the Michael Jordans of wrestling. Olympic silver medalist and former world champion Sammie Henson, 34, headed a five-day…
Teen female wrestler featured in Parade Magazine’s Fresh Voices column Alexis Richel/Parade Magazine New York, – Danbury, Conn., resident Susie Levitt, 18, was ranked No. 4 by the United States Girls Wrestling Association for the 2004 season. As women’s wrestling…
Durlacher wins double title at Maccabiah Games in Israel, July 17-18, as U.S. claims six total gold medals Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Lindsey Durlacher (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a double title, capturing a gold medal in both Greco-Roman and…
By Kevin Witt Times Herald-Record [email protected] Sean Floor hits the road with his father and brother almost every weekend in search of wrestling tournaments. The competition is great, Floor said, and will make him a better wrestler this winter when…
Track star Nan Doak-Davis and wrestler Barry Davis first husband-wife inductees. By ANDREW LOGUE REGISTER STAFF WRITER If Barry Davis had run a little faster, he might have left his future behind him. In fall 1981, Davis was a University…
NC State Hires Tony Davis As Assistant Wrestling Coach Former National Champion Rounds Out Wolfpack Coaching Staff July 18, 2005 RALEIGH, N.C. – Tony Davis, a former NCAA champion and two-time All-America wrestler at Northern Iowa, has joined the NC…
From Rutgers Sports Information Office PISCATAWAY, NJ “Rutgers University wrestling head coach John Sacchi announced the hiring of Joseph Ryan as an assistant coach with the program. Ryan replaces long-time assistant coach Mike Leta, who announced his retirement at the…
By Eric Petersen, staff writer Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner is hopeful Ames’ own gold medalist Cael Sanderson will continue his career at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and maybe beyond. Sanderson has not competed since winning gold last summer…
John Fuller/USA Wrestling None of the three wrestlers nominated for ESPY Awards this year came home with a trophy in hand from Los Angeles, but none of the three were too disappointed either. Nominated for ESPY Awards were 2004 Olympic…
By Will Hammock Staff Writer [email protected] His roots are in teaching, although Scott Hage didn’t immediately follow that path. The former Parkview standout – well known as the first Georgia wrestler to win four Class AAAA high school state titles,…
Neil K. Warner DAILY HERALD Brock and Mitch Brown have arrived at Timpanogos High School a few minutes early. It’s Monday morning at 9 a.m., and the Brown brothers are about to participate in the first wrestling camp they have…