Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Written by Josh Lashley Just about anybody who’s ever witnessed a wrestling match, let alone those who competed on the mat for any extended period of time, can attest that it is quite unlike any sporting event that they’ve ever…
The beach behind the Hilton Singer Island Resort will be the site of the first U.S. Beach National Championships. They’re part of a wrestling weekend that also includes national and Pan American championships in Sombo wrestling on Sunday at the…
By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel SINGER ISLAND ,· Shawn Sheldon brushed the sand off his arms and face after a demonstration of beach wrestling Wednesday at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. The two-time Olympian lives in West Palm Beach and…
Lou Banach won an Olympic gold medal, but he couldn’t make the Port Jervis varsity wrestling team as a sophomore. Banach finally cracked the lineup in his junior year. Banach and his twin brother, Ed, lived along the railroad tracks…
Brock Lesnar, the former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion who became a professional wrestler, will announce this in Las Vegas his plans to become an “ultimate fighting “competitor.
By Laura Ammerman Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Ben Creed started wrestling about two years ago, and already he has represented the United States in an international competition. The 12-year-old Wellington resident returned July 31 from The Netherlands with the…
By BILL MURPHY The Times Flowery Branch’s Carson Fields could hear the excitement from his Team Georgia teammates. And he knew exactly why they were cheering. His opponent could only imagine the mistake he had just made. Fields, 16, was…
By STEPHEN C. SMITH, SR. Funny thing about being in the military – once you’ve been a part of it, you don’t look back on the experience as just some job you had – it’s a part of who you…
By Jenni Carlson The Oklahoman STILLWATER – Steve Mocco has worn Oklahoma State orange time and again. Never, though, quite like this. The wrestling stud is playing football for the Cowboys. You read right. Mocco, a two-time NCAA heavyweight wrestling…
Tom’s wrestling tricks revealed Indo-Asian News Service Actor Tom Cruise reportedly played dirty when he used to wrestle for his high school in New Jersey. According to pagesix.com, a former wrestler from a rival school said: “Even then everybody knew…
By Jamie Rankin DAILY COURIER At this time of year when many other teens are playing baseball and softball, or they’re just taking advantage of the summer break, Matt Zavada is wrestling. Zavada, of Dunbar, will begin his junior year…
By Leslie Berger Communciations & Marketing Writer Oklahoma City University wrestling coach Archie Randall began preparing for the school’s new wrestling program in February, but until this summer, he wasn’t sure where the team was going to practice. After renovations…