With Matt Hughes employing an amateur wrestling headlock to choke his way to victory over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117, I figured the time was right to feature some more nasty amateur action “in this case, some slams. Now some…
Winnipeg wrestler Caleb Rutner, a superstar-quality wrestler who beat all the Grade 12ers when he was in Grade 9 last year, has been fighting his heart out in high-level wrestling training camps in the United States this summer. He’s looking…
CINCINNATI — It would be great to have someone shovel your driveway for free. On Thursday, a small group of teens who call themselves the “Winton Woods Weather Warriors “wrestled the elements to say thank you. “This is just going…
For most high school athletes, particularly those competing in fall sports, what looms ahead mostly is a diversion at this stage of the school year. What Matt Lackey and Wes Hand are offering high school and upper-level middle-school wrestlers at…
The Manheim Central school board approved the hiring of former Penn State coach Troy Sunderland as its head wrestling coach during a school board meeting Tuesday night. Sunderland, who resigned from Penn State on April 4, replaces Shane Mack, who…
By Tom Rinaldi ESPN “Leroy, touch your toes.” Leroy reaches his arms out in front of him in mock effort, and says, “They’re at home.” And then, the boys laugh. He didn’t know they were gone. Staring down at the…
Rationale for wrestling weight class options from the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee. CURRENT: -These current 14 weight classes have been in place since 1995. -The 215-pound weight class was added in 2002. -In 2006, the 275-pound weight class was increased…
Penn State-bound twins cap junior careers with freestyle titles by Guy Cipriano Future Penn State wrestlers Andrew and Dylan Alton handled their last appearances in the Junior National Championships with the same demeanor they display everywhere else they compete. They…
Josh Lowe, InterMat High School Analyst Heading into the 2009 Schoolboy Greco-Roman National Duals, one wondered whether it would again be a battle between Minnesota and Pennsylvania for the title. In each of the last two years, those squads met…
Seven wrestlers from the Lexington Wrestling Club qualified for the National High School Coaches Association National Tournament with strong showings this weekend at a state qualifying tournament at Trinity High School. Tyler Davis (103) and Keyonne Redfearn (heavyweight) won their…
