Month September 2007

FILA World Wrestling Championships on WCSN.com – Schedule

World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) will provide same-day delayed coverage of the 2007 FILA World Wrestling Championship from Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 17 – 22. Fans can log on to www.wcsn.com to watch top athletes from over 70 countries compete…

Gable: “Iowa Wrestling Program On Its Way Back”

Gable: Iowa program on its way back By Steve Batterson Dan Gable senses a different attitude when he walks around the Iowa wrestling room. The longtime Hawkeyes coach and second-year assistant to coach Tom Brands believes Iowa is positioned to…

Athletic Business: Pinned Hopes at U of Oregon

By: Paul Steinbach It’s a homecoming that many are celebrating. On July 13, first-year athletic director Pat Kilkenny announced that Ducks baseball will return to the University of Oregon after a 26-year hiatus. But the news ruffled more than a…

Athletic Business: Pinned Hopes at U of Oregon

By: Paul Steinbach It’s a homecoming that many are celebrating. On July 13, first-year athletic director Pat Kilkenny announced that Ducks baseball will return to the University of Oregon after a 26-year hiatus. But the news ruffled more than a…

Ex-Huskers Ruiz, Vering Ready for the Worlds

BY KARL VOGEL / Lincoln Journal Star For most of the last four years, the Nebraska 197s have painted a small corner of Colorado Springs, Colo., their own shade of Husker red. Two members of that club ” Brad Vering…

Gable coming to Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The Higher Calling Wrestling Club and the Chattanooga wrestling team is pleased to announce that they will be hosting wrestling legend Dan Gable at their respective facilities on October 12-13, 2007. The event will kick…

Miyasaki wins sand wrestling bronze

Castle alumnus Tanya Miyasaki won a bronze medal last Saturday, placing third in the women’s under 70 kg division at the Beach Wrestling World Championships at Antalya, Turkey. Miyasaki, who also wrestled at Missouri Valley College, advanced to the semifinals…

Bonilla-Bowman Transfers from Va Tech to Hofstra

Hofstra University Sports Information Hempstead, NY — Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, who captured the Atlantic Coast Conference 157-pound championship as a redshirt freshman at Virginia Tech last spring, has transferred and will compete for the Pride this season, Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach…

Ex-Ohio State/Big Ten Champ Admits Investment Scam

By Jodi Andes THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A former sports agent and OSU wrestling champion admitted yesterday to a scheme that bilked investors out of $1.8 million. Dunyasha M. Yetts appeared before federal Judge John D. Holschuh and pleaded guilty to…

Matt Demaray To Be Inducted Into U Wisconsin Hall of Fame

Over the years, many wrestlers made their marks on the University of Wisconsin wrestling program. From 1989-1992, Matt Demaray etched his name in the Badger record books and will be honored August 29 as an inductee into the UW Athletic…