Month July 2005

Summer School for Wrestlers

SWEET HOME ” Sweet Home High wrestling coach Steve Thorpe looked tired as he leaned back in a wooden chair in the nearly empty room where he teaches mathematics during the school year. He rubbed his eyes and tossed a…

Penn State Welcomes Transfer Mark McKnight

Sunderland Welcomes Two-Time NCAA Qualifier McKnight to 2005-06 Nittany Lion Wrestling Roster Highly regarded transfer comes from the University of Buffalo UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., – Penn State Head Wrestling Coach Troy Sunderland has announced the addition of junior, transfer Mark…

Oregon State Announces Captains for 2005-06

Jeremy Larson, Bobby Pfennigs and Ty Watterson have been elected captains of Oregon State’s wrestling team for 2005-06, OSU head coach Joe Wells has announced. Larson (Hermiston, Ore./Hermiston HS) will be a junior 174-pounder, Pfennigs (Great Falls, Mont. Russell HS)…

Chris Williams Named Assistant MSU Wrestling Coach

East Lansing, Mich. – Former Spartan All-American Chris Williams has been named the new second assistant wrestling coach at Michigan State University. Williams wrestled at 125 lbs. for MSU from 1997-2002, and was an NCAA All-American in 2001. His 102…

Wrestling Fan Alert: Beach Wrestling Coming to Long Beach

It is not too many times that wrestling gets an opportunity to receive pre-meet coverage of any of its major events in the nation’s largest newspaper, USA Today. The Metropolitan Wrestling Association and its partners USA Wrestling and NYC2012 hosted…

New Wrestling Instructionals With MMA, JJ In Mind

Richard Salamone is pleased to announce the release of Module 1 (Stance, Movement, Tie-Up, and Set-up Fundamentals) of an extensive multi-volume wrestling technique series (Salamone’s Wrestling Plan for the Jiu Jitsu Man). Richard is s former multi-time national freestyle wrestling…

US Olympic Freestyle Dream Dual: 1972 vs 1992

What Would Happen if Two of the Greatest Olympic Teams Ever Went Head-to-Head? Read Below to Find Out By Kyle Klingman “TWM Columnist Please send comments, questions or replies to: [email protected] When conversations arise about great United States freestyle Olympic…

Wrestling’s New World Rises From Sand

Wrestling’s new world rises from sand By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY LONG BEACH, N.Y. ” In 1985, a police helicopter patrolling Long Island’s beaches spotted a possible riot below. Upon alerting beach authorities, police learned it was just dozens of…

Sammie Henson: Wrestling Around The World

By Eric Francis Grappling prowess has taken Henson to unusual destinations Sammie Henson may have earned a lot of titles through the sport of wrestling, but world traveler was not among those he expected. Now the elder statesman on the…

Tina George Wins Spot on Team USA After Wrestle-Off

Two-time World silver medalist Tina George earns final spot on U.S. World Team John Fuller/USA Wrestling Colorado Springs, Colo. – Tina George (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) will compete at the World Championships for the sixth time after winning a…