Month November 2005

Natick ready to host icon: Dan Gable to give free wrestling clinic By Rick Rendell / Daily News Correspondent First, it was John Smith, Olympic champion and successful coach at perennial power Oklahoma State. Then, it was Rulon Gardner, celebrity…

NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma wrestling team crowned seven individual champions and placed 10 wrestlers at the 35th annual Oklahoma Open Saturday in Norman. “This was a good tournament for our young guys to grow up in and that is…

By Don Doxsie There have been times when Sean Mizlo thought he had it pretty bad. And let’s face it, you wouldn’t wish his plight on anyone. The United Township High School assistant wrestling coach had a leg amputated last…

By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen The Iowa wrestling class was nearly complete last spring when the Hawkeyes made a late addition, signing a 133-pound prospect who’d never won a state title, but impressed Jim Zalesky with his rapid improvement.…

Like Michael Sessions of Hillsdale, Mich., Sam Juhl of Roland has been busy answering questions to the media about what it will be like to be an 18-year-old mayor. “Yeah, it’s been busy, “said Juhl, who said he has conducted…

By KEVIN EVANS, Executive Sports Editor AMES — Cael Sanderson isn’t ready to say he won’t wrestle again. But he’s getting close. “I haven’t completely (ruled it out), but pretty close, “said Iowa State’s assistant head wrestling coach. “If I…

Head wrestling coach Tony Aho’s main concern in the aftermath of Eli Meyer’s death is to be there for the wrestlers who were in the gym when Eli collapsed and died. Meyer, 14, collapsed after a captain’s practice on Nov.…

Madison, WI (U-WIRE) — Just glancing at Wisconsin wrestlers Jordan and Josh Crass can give one the feeling of experiencing double vision. The two are identical twins, and more than look the part. Remarkably enough, they make up only one…

Billy Jack Saylor changed the sport of wrestling forever on Nov. 7, 1997. The 19-year-old freshman at Campell University in North Carolina, one of only 35 three-time Florida state wrestling champions, died of cardiac arrest amidst a grueling training session.…

By ERIC WILSON WALL paintings in Egyptian tombs depict wrestlers competing in crude loincloths that drooped to their knees. Greek antiquities show that when wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., participants competed in the buff. In…

Massachusetts USA Wrestling to co-sponsor a free Dan Gable Clinic in Natick, Sunday, Nov. 27 Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Massachusetts USA Wrestling has announced that it will co-sponsor a free wrestling clinic for wrestlers, coaches and fans in Natick, Mass., Sunday,…