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Sunderland named as Manheim Central HS head coach

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…

AZ State Adds Baskren, Snyder & Jordan to Coaching Staff

TEMPE – Former collegiate standouts Bryan Snyder, Ben Askren and Raymond Jordan have joined the coaching staff of the Arizona State University wrestling program, Head Coach Shawn Charles announced Tuesday. All three individuals, who will join current assistant coach Brian…

Fundraiser for Adam Frey set for August 15

via Mike Nelson For anyone that doesn’t know Adam, he lived in Shaler Twp, Pittsburgh and attended Blair Academy becoming the nation’s No. 1 recruit out of high school. He attended Cornell University where he qualified for the NCAA tournament…

Penn Puts Valenti On Coaching Staff

Courtesy: Charles Dorman, Athletic Communications Assistant PHILADELPHIA “Penn wrestling head coach Rob Eiter announced a new addition to his coaching staff, and the name is a familiar one to Penn wrestling fans “two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-America Matt Valenti.…

Mark Perry Moves Coaching Ambitions to Cal Poly

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…

Storniolo Joins Northwestern Coaching Staff

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…

Maryland Seeks To Regain Stranglehold On Wrestling

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…

College Sports Council releases new study

COLLEGE SPORTS COUNCIL New Study of Gender Symmetric Teams Reveals Significant Disparity in Athletic Opportunities at Division I Level 37 Years After Passage of Title IX, the College Sports Council Calls on NCAA to Equalize Scholarship Limits WASHINGTON, D.C. –…

Jake Herbert Wins 2009 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year

Jake Herbert immediately after defeating defending champ Mike Pucillo of Ohio State 6-3 for the 184-pound title at the 2009 NCAAs. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Jake Herbert, two-time NCAA Division I 184-pound wrestling champ for Northwestern University, has been named the…

BigTen Profile on Dustin Schlatter

It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was one Dustin Schlatter felt he had to make. After talking to his father, the Massillon, Ohio native then met with the University of Minnesota coaching staff. Following an injury-plagued 21-5 junior campaign…

Jared Frayer Leaves Hawkeyes for Wis Badgers

Jared Frayer, the Iowa wrestling team’s strength and conditioning coach, has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. Frayer wrestled at Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and an NCAA runner-up in 2002 at 149 pounds, and…

Hodge Has Lived the American Dream

By Mike Mooneyham A serious car accident nearly 33 years ago ended one of the most heralded careers in wrestling history. But it didn’t come close to ending the still-unfolding legacy of Danny Hodge. Hodge, who suffered a broken neck…