Month August 2005

Burnett Coaches US Team at World University Games

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy head wrestling coach Bruce Burnett led team US to its best finish ever at the World University Games, which wrapped up last week in Izmir, Turkey. Burnett coached the team to three gold-medal finishes with only…

Scholarship fund set for Oregon wrestlers

Travis Chipman graduated from Mountain View in 1990, is an assistant wrestling coach at the school and is now the namesake for one of the larger scholarship funds in the area — Travis Chipman Wrestling Scholarship fund. “To have such…

Jim Morgan Promoted to Head Coach at U of Scranton

Toby Lovecchio, director of athletics at The University of Scranton, has announced that Jim Morgan has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach of the Royals’ wrestling program. Morgan, a native of Scranton and a former two-time all-American at…

Iowa State Wrestling Page story on Renee Tripp

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State athletics department and the Cyclone wrestling program mourn the loss of Cyclone Wrestling Club board member Renee Tripp. Renee died Tuesday after being hit by a car while walking. Renee Tripp was the Cyclone…

Plenty of PA Wrestling News

By Ron Bracken [email protected] Saturday morning smorgasports…. If you’re not interested in wrestling, stop here. This is to catch up on news from the mats over the past couple of months. During that time the sport has lost a couple…

Tired of Sports, Some Kids Just Walk Away

By Keith Pompey Inquirer Suburban Staff Tajai Ahmad has a dream about playing in the NBA and worked hard to make it come true. But even an enthusiast knows when games feel more like jobs. And basketball started to feel…

A Dream Come True for Wrestlers in Hawaii

By Duane Shimogawa Jr. – The Garden Island WAIMEA ” After 15 years of no success, yesterday was literally a dream come true for Coach Mac Pigott and his Westside Wrestling Club. The group, along with its many helpers, made…

HS Wrestling Helps, Hampers Williams’ College Football Career

By Graham Watson Of the Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lorenzo Williams never thought high school wrestling would both help and hamper his collegiate football career. When Missouri recruited Williams, now a first-team defensive tackle as a redshirt sophomore, to play…

Old School RPW

Doug Schwab, Sammie Henson, Tolly Thompson. Those are among the many names that will go down in the history of Real Pro Wrestling among the pioneers of the new league of superheroes. But what if Real Pro Wrestling, like the…

New York Newsday: Takedowns In The Sand

BY JOHN JEANSONNE STAFF WRITER Simple. “Whoever has sand on his back has lost, “said Al Bevilacqua, an event organizer for the first beach tournament sanctioned by USA Wrestling, the national federation that oversees that Olympic sport. The event is…

Jeff Walter resigns as Shikellamy High wrestling coach

By Todd Hummel For The Daily Item SUNBURY ” Shikellamy wrestling coach Jeff Walter resignation was accepted by the Shikellamy School Board on Thursday night. Walter was head coach at his alma matter for four seasons, compiling a 53-22 record.…

Mizzou Arena to host MSHSAA mat championships

COLUMBIA — After 31 years in the Hearnes Center, the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships will move to a new home next season. The 2006 event will be held in the one-year-old Mizzou Arena. The change made necessary by the expansion to…