Month October 2005

Backers of a plan to move a wrestling museum to downtown Waterloo made their pitch to the people who could make it happen. The museum would bear Waterloo native and wrestling icon Dan Gable’s name. But it all depends on…

GENERALLY SPEAKING MICHAEL E. HANKE You shouldn’t elect a person to office who won’t tell you what is going on. Elected officials represent you, the voter, and not themselves, and certainly not the staffs of whatever office they hold. The…

Matt Zimmer [email protected] The University of Sioux Falls officially added wrestling as an intercollegiate sport at a press conference Tuesday at the Stewart Center. Former Roosevelt High coach Tim Homan was named the first head coach for the Cougars, who…

High school wrestlers move from Louisiana to Oklahoma in wake of Hurricane Katrina Kristin Janloo Sports Writer Hurricane Katrina put an end to Jeff Slaughter’s and Chad Ravannack’s senior year of wrestling at Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-boys Catholic…

CHRIS KIEFFER News staff writer Wrestlers will be the first to tell you there is something transcendent about the sport. They might go at it on the mat, but off it they are one big family. The chance to help…

NDSU wrestling coach accuses Mankato of “poaching” FARGO, N.D. (AP) ” North Dakota State head wrestling coach Bucky Maughan is accusing Minnesota State, Mankato of “poaching “athletes from his team, a charge the Minnesota school rejects. Four Bison starters have…

By MATTHEW RINK Parents and student athletes came away from Tuesday’s Perry Board of Education meeting with few answers about the direction of one of Ohio’s premier wrestling programs and the two coaches who run it. But they did learn…

MANHEIM, Pa. — University of Michigan assistant wrestling coach Kirk Trost was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year on Monday (Sept. 26) after helping guide last season’s Wolverines to their most successful season in…

We Americans cherish our right to vote. When asked, we will jump at the chance to cast our ballot, whether it’s for President of the United States, or our favorite on American Idol. We’ll endure long lines at the polling…

Andrew Hipps, Senior Writer [email protected] To say that 2005 has been an emotional rollercoaster for Iowa State senior Nate Gallick would be understatement. In a three-month span (late March to late June), the 22-year-old Gallick came up just short, placing…

Kabbadi players do it topless – shirts were off when Rochdale met Birmingham in the ancient Indian sport of Kabbadi. Players traditionally go bare chested to avoid being grabbed by opponents in a game that combines wrestling with rugby. The…