Month March 2006

Jeff Blatnick’s take on the NCAAs

Q & A: Blatnick offers perspective on NCAA Championships Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 1984 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick has been a fixture at the NCAA Championships as a broadcaster for 20 years. He will do color commentary of the…

NCAA Division I Championships Session 2 Recap

Andrew Hipps and Mark Palmer OKLAHOMA CITY — Day One of the 2006 NCAA Division I Championships is now in the books, and for the two top teams, Oklahoma State and Minnesota, it was a Tale of Two Teams. For…

PENN: Valenti Advances to Quarterfinals; Four Grapplers Still Alive

Oklahoma City, Okla. ““,  Junior Matt Valenti advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday evening at the Ford Center. The Quakers have four wrestlers still competing in the championships, including Valenti who had two falls on…

Div I results from Session I

125 LbsWeight Class Results Round of 64 125 Lbs Bout 1 Austin Devoe Missouri DEC Eric Stevenson Oregon State 4-3 125 Lbs Bout 2 Javier Maldonado Tenn-Chattanooga DEC Matthew Fisk Lehigh 5-2 Round of 32 125 Lbs Bout 51 Nick…

Big Red sweeps Ivy awards for second year in a row

ITHACA, N.Y. – It was announced today by the Ivy League office that Cornell freshman Troy Nickerson was named the Ivy League Wrestler of the Year and the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Nickerson becomes the first male…

Palmer to grapple with bear

From The Plain Dealer staff reports St. Edward senior Lance Palmer will wrestle a 650-pound bear 10 times next week during the Cleveland Sport, Travel & Outdoor Show. Palmer, who Saturday won his fourth state wrestling championship competing at 140…

Michigan High School State Wrestling Tournament results.

AUBURN HILLS — Chad Vallone of Utica Eisenhower picked the right time to beat Joel Trombly of New Baltimore Anchor Bay. Vallone, who lost to Trombly in the Macomb County and Division 1 regional title matches, earned a 4-3 victory…

Williams Gets Gold, M Zadick Silver at Uzebekistan Grand Prix

UPDATED: Williams wins Uzbekistan Golden Grand Prix and Zadick claims a silver, giving Team USA seven medals Gary Abbott USA Wrestling The U.S. men’s freestyle team won two more medals on the final day of the Uzbekistan Independence Cup Grand…

Vering, Lester Win Bronze at the Poland Open

Vering, Lester win bronze medals at Poland Open Craig Sesker USA Wrestling CHELM, Poland “Greco-Roman wrestlers Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) and Harry Lester (Akron, Ohio/USOEC/Gator WC) both earned bronze medals Saturday at the Poland Open. Vering won…

Chamberlain, Primus prevail in PIAA wrestling finals

HERSHEY, Pa. – Four was a pretty good number for Billy Chamberlain and 179 was even better for Ashtin Primus on Saturday night at the PIAA wrestling championships. Chamberlain triumphed in his fourth contest of the year with Walter Peppelman…

Intermat’s Medal-Round Coverage of NCAA D2 Championships

Medal Round Wrapup By Clyde Hughes InterMat Correspondent FINDLAY, Ohio “Nebraska-Omaha’s Patrick Allibone, the defending national champion at 157 pounds, bounced back from a championship semifinal loss this morning to capture third place in his weight class at the NCAA…