Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Amateur Wrestling news, gear and photos from the side of the mat.
Mark Perry Jr. spent 45 hours hauling his belongings across the country last month, moving out of his apartment near Penn State’s campus, lugging everything back home to Oklahoma and packing up again for the next stop on the journey…
EVANSTON, Ill. — Matt Storniolo, a two-time All-American at 149 pounds while wrestling for Oklahoma, is the newest addition to Northwestern’s coaching staff, head coach Tim Cysewski announced on Friday. Storniolo has spent the last two seasons as a volunteer…
Terps Seek To Regain Stranglehold On Sport In Which They Once Were Major Players By Joe Platania Athletically, the University of Maryland is quite typical. It is a large, Division I school situated near well-populated urban areas that funnel their…
GREELEY, Colo. — After spending nearly his whole life in a wrestling room, Jack Maughan has decided it’s time for a change. And with that, an era has ended for Bears athletics. Maughan this past season finished his 22nd year…
FARGO, N.D. “Incoming Purdue wrestling freshman Kendrick Sanders won the U.S.A. Wrestling Junior Greco-Roman National Championship at 152 pounds on Tuesday in Fargo, N.D. The national title was the second for the Florida native, who joins the Boilermakers this fall.…
LAS VEGAS “So Brock Lesnar, in the parlance of pro wrestling, had gone straight heel. After bludgeoning Frank Mir to retain the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight championship at the hyped UFC 100, the former pro wrestling star decided to put…
The National Wrestling Coaches Association is pleased to announce their 2009 Annual Convention, to be held at the Bahia Mar Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on August 6-9th. This year’s convention features many informative sessions that will be beneficial to…
The career: Punching guys in the face in the world of mixed martial arts. The job candidates: Two wrestling state champions from St. Edward, two accomplished college wrestlers, two athletes looking for a way to turn their sport into a…
ENZO Films is embarking on the making of an Independent Film that promotes and supports our beloved sport of wrestling. The film, which was inspired by actual events, is entitled CARTER-145. It is a Midwestern, sports drama that focuses on…
Brent Metcalf has been a national champion. He has been a national runner-up. He has been an All-American ” twice. He has been a Big Ten champion ” twice. He has been the Outstanding Wrestler at the Big Ten championships…
Some baseball fans may have noticed that during the All Star game Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki looked like he was wearing wresting shoes with cleats on the the bottom. I’m pretty sure that if you were playing in the All Star…
ISU transfer back in business at Iowa By Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen “¢ July 3, 2009 Rankings apparently came into play when Tyler Clark made his decision to leave Iowa State and transfer to Iowa. The two-time NCAA…