Month February 2006

The Associated Press SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) ” Slippery Rock University is cutting eight varsity sports in an effort to save about $350,000 a year, school officials said Monday. Men’s golf, swimming, water polo, tennis and wrestling are being cut,…

By Steven Wine ASSOCIATED PRESS Equipment for the high school wrestling team in Moore Haven, Fla., includes six custom-made uniforms, two pairs of shoes, two knee pads, a warmup sweater and a lucky ski cap. It all belongs to Trey…

By Gary R. Blockus Of The Morning Call Like any wrestler, Joey Schwartz is looking forward to the day when he can crack the starting lineup of the varsity team. Schwartz has a tough task ahead if he wants to…

Senior Joe Dubuque came to Indian after an illustrious high school career that featured numerous titles and awards. Dubuque was a four-year starter on both the wrestling and football team at Glenn Ridge high school in Bloomfield, N.J. As a…

By Mike Kuhns, Pocono Record Sports Editor East Stroudsburg University wrestling coach Angelo Borzio has been benched by the NCAA. And he’s not happy about it. An imposed three-week suspension follows an investigation in September in which the university found…

By Jason Bryant [email protected] The announcement came without warning and just a day after Slippery Rock finished behind Edinboro, Bloomsburg and Lock Haven at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference wrestling championships. It was just a day after Slippery Rock had…

A Denton County grand jury indicted seven students and Coach Charles Zascavage on hazing-related offenses that occurred at a party attended by members of Flower Mound High School’s wrestling team on Aug. 27. Zascavage has been indicted on four accounts…

By MATT LEVINS [email protected] IOWA CITY ” If there is one word which can best be used to describe Tim Johnson, that word would be “passion.” Johnson, a 1972 graduate of Morning Sun High School, has a passion for everything…