Month November 2005

BY ANDY ELDER For The Patriot-News STATE COLLEGE – In his nine years as head coach of the Penn State wrestling team, Troy Sunderland’s fortunes can best be described as star-crossed. Sure, he’s coached two NCAA champions, 15 All-Americans and…

Social & Domestic Issues Kyle Maynard Achieves Success in Wrestling and Life Congenital Amputee Overcomes the Odds by Amanda B. Carpenter Kyle Maynard, a congenital amputee who was born with his arms ending at his elbows and legs at his…

By ALLEN GEMAEHLICH The Daily Sentinel Central High School senior Sean White is hoping to get a college wrestling scholarship, but has no idea where he might receive one. White has at least one school in mind ” Mesa State…

STILLWATER, Okla. — Former Oklahoma State wrestler Charles Hetrick is this year’s recipient of the Gallagher Award to be presented before the Aluni Dual against Oklahoma on Dec. 9. The Gallagher Award is “presented annually to an OSU wrestling alumnus…

Mark Palmer, Staff Writer [email protected] Remember when you had to read a short story or novel for class, and discuss its major story themes? Just as any work of literature has story themes, so does a college wrestling season. Before…

By PATTI ARNOLD The Daily Sentinel During his coaching career at the University of Iowa, Dan Gable was so focused on his program, he had no idea what was happening to wrestling teams around the country. When he retired in…

The next major building project for Des Moines will probably be a new downtown hotel. Why, you ask? After spending $217 million of public money on a new arena/convention complex, we now learn that not including a new hotel as…

By Rich Bell As a proud practitioner of the transformation arts, I enjoy working with clients of all ages and abilities, as long as work is what we do. But if I had to choose the ideal guinea pig for…

By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen The Iowa wrestling team is still more than a week away from its first competition of the year, but Charlie Falck’s sophomore season has reached injury-plagued status. Iowa’s 125-pounder is expected to miss at…

MARK KARPF In about six minutes, a Lincoln house received at least $7,500 worth of damage, the lives of 11 men were changed and the blood of those involved was all over the floor and walls. Neighbor John Harris, who…

NCAA college coaches may now coach their college wrestlers at various events within or outside of the playing season Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling USA Wrestling has been notified that the NCAA has passed legislation allowing staff members to engage in coaching…

Doug Carroll The Arizona Republic Eighteen years ago, they entered the world one minute apart. Even now, only 5 pounds separate fraternal twins Kyle and Bobby Ellsworth. That, plus the 3,½-mile stretch of Arizona Avenue that runs between Chandler and…