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I begin this blog with the reference to the inspiration for it, which was a blogged question of Pat Hitchens ( What Are College Wrestlers Supposed to Do After Graduation?), where he asked the following questions: “I am a fan of a lot of sports, and I ask myself, what is the draw to be a really bad-ass wrestler. I mean, what is there to look forward to after college graduation for the country's best. Is it all MMA now? Or is there something else?” Followed by a response by Alan Zorthian that included the following: “I guess one tries… more »

Ian McCutcheon Flowrestling.org Going into its 46th year, the Midlands is the most tradition-rich in season tournament in college wrestling. Looking at a list of former Midlands champions is simply a who’s who in the history of our sport. While a Midlands title is hardly the ultimate goal, it is a feather in your cap that means just a little bit more than most tournament titles. The theme of this year’s Midlands is uncertainty. Now is the time of the year where the picture starts to clear up as we near the end of the non-conference and tournament portion of… more »

There are 56 days and the snow has melted abit. Just as everybody is settling down to a mid winters break and a remnant or two of football. Our battle plans are just begun. We need a solid week on our feet, we also need a solid week on excellent standup. We need a recommitment to the very nature of our journey, " Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will control 100 battles in 100 sorties. Remember to appreciate the scenenary along the way as the road is covered. The goal, the mountain, the unattainable measure. "It is not… more »

Shore Academy Wrestling - 654 Rt. 88 East (Ocean Rd) Pt. Pleasant, NJ 08742. Classes 3 days a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. They start January 5th, 2009 for all members youth thru high school. Check out the class times on the Shore Academy Wrestling link on the home page at: www.billscottbjj.com Come in and try out the club for a week FREE! Inquire about receiving 1 FREE MONTH of training. Contacts call 732-904-1759 Email: billscott171@verizon.net more »

Most high school's wrestling seasons are now just about half over. This is a time of year to evaluate the team and each individual. It is now time to make improvements. Don't wait! Cleveland's wether is crazy! Ice storms, 5 degrees, 55 degrees, snow, sun--all of this makes Northeastern Ohio wrestlers tough and crazy like the weather. St. Eds is getting ready for the Greatest Show on Earth-the MIT. College wrestlers are getting ready for their holiday tournaments-Midlands, and Southern Shuffle. Good Luck to everyone! more »

The new time and place for BJJ Shore Academy's Nick Catone's fight debut in the UFC against Amir Sadollah has been confirmed. This long awaited bout will finally take place on February 7th, 2009 at the Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. Nick vs.Amir is one of the main card bouts and we are excited that everyone will get to watch his fight on Spike TV.His home fan base is proudly ready to tune in and see him fight. Since the original fight bout was cancelled back in November due to Amir Sadollah's leg infection, Nick has continued to train super… more »

Go Perkins Middle School Wrestling:) more »

Effective Sunday, December 21, 2008, I will be back on days at work. Now I will be able to attend "every" practice. Big thanks to Coach Mike, Coach Gabe, and Coach Carlo, for handling practice without me! -Coach Robert more »

When I see 21 freshmen on our roster, I get excited about the future. Not only do we have the numbers, but we have a talented crew to work with. It is very important to think about summer wrestling over the next couple of years. I strongly recommend going to a camp or competing in the Milan Summer Wrestling League which is 6 weeks long! As coaches, we will try to get you as many matches as possible during a season by going to JV tournaments. If you are lucky enough to make the varsity squad, the mat experience you… more »

ALright, my season has started and I am off to a great start.2-0. Hopefully i live up to full potential and get nimber 1 in my state. 2-0 with all pins. Next challenge.... a tough team Audobon. I know my moves are more effective. Hopefully they didn't get any tape. more »

Trenton Rematch 12-17-2008 The much anticipated rematch. The last match ends with us on top 36-35 because one of our kids wrestling up a weight fights to not get pinned and instead gets teched, that was the difference. So Tuesday nights practice leading up to the rematch was intense. It felt like the walls of the room were going to just explode. Everyone was all out brawling, honestly that level of intensity I have never seen in that room, never, before. So now these kids are ready to break bricks and eat nails, yes, we are ready for Trenton, kids… more »

We returned from the western slope. The boys competed well. My hats off to Cory Casady the upper weights OW at 152. Cory had three state champs in his weight and he did not give up an offensive point. Congrats to Courtland Hacker, Gabe Gomez, Nick Zissimos and Eric Mortensen who all came home with medals. We are really starting to come together. more »

Well, what a heartbreaking way to lose a tourney. ONE point..............by criteria. But it does prove what this team is capable of. We'll get finished with Greencastle, break the season win record, then re-charge our batteries and get ready for the final push. Expecting big things from these guys. more »

Thank goodness we got out of the first round alive   Weeping Water has put together a nice team and challenged us early and often. Louisville and Conestroga were not much of a threat to compete with us. Our guys looked a little sluggish for the start and struggled to do some things right. Thank God in this sport there is always another chance to improve. See ya Friday.   Plattsmouth 3-0   Weeping Water 2-1 score  vs Plattsmouth37 -29   Conestoga 1-2 score vs. Platsmouth 68-6   Louisville 0-3 score vs. Plattsmouth  71-0 more »

There are 67 days to our Team District. The fella's were bouncing off of the walls today, Boss. Great day for battle. Two new old Heavies Wrestled off for the Dual meet tomorrow. Wrestle offs are without a doubt as tipfieing as the actual matches in a young season. Terror aboard flight 285 to Tittabiwasii, yeah something like that. Snow is falling in amounts to bring a probable delay to tomorrows festivities. The largest detriment to this young season has been a lack of grade point average for eleven of our rocks. In to each life a little rain must… more »

1st Period is over-where do we stand on our journey to Lakeland? The season is a long process and growth of a team or team member depends on what he will do over the winter break. Will he sleep in or will he get out of bed and make a commitment to push himself take the next step in becoming a better wrestler, a champion. Until now, a wrester has gone through the ups and downs of early season matches and tournaments, but the most important thing that they have done is found their weaknesses and what they need to… more »

hey yall im louie i wrestle for poquoson high school for mark strickland. im a senior this year. ive been wrestling since only 7th grade. i moved for augusta georgia in 10th grade i was a state placer there. last year i took 7th in aa virginia states at 130. i like talking about wrestling so get hit me up.. more »

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Trophy has left only 2 times in the 10 years of he quad, we plan on keeping again this year. There are a few good weight classes at the duals, 103, 112, 125 all should be very good weights. Snow is in the forecast and did postpone the quad last year. We need to wrestle tonight. more »

NOT BAD FOR TAKING 6 KIDS.. We finished 5 out of 10. 4 in the finals, 3 champ Back to work this week, busy nights Tuesday and Friday more »

LONGHORN WRESTLING : ? The Longhorn varsity team is looking ok. There next dual is Jan. against RB. I hope we win. ? GO LONGHORNS! more »

It seems no one can remember Annapolis ever winning the Garden City Christmas Invitational. The 2008-2009 team did just that with no seniors, missing two very good State ranked wrestlers, no 189, 215 and a green Heavy Weight. 5 Champs wow, what a day. more »

Plainveiw Elgin Millville won their second duel meet. more »

Today's practice consisted of mostly drilling. Levi helped me with set ups and getting my opponents feet to move to open up shots better. He had some good advice on flare outs as well. Plus transition drilling with him is like wrestling an actual match. We also had a king of the mat and 30 and 15 second shots from top and bottom. For conditioning we did ten to win. Oh and almost forgot we stayed in our stances for a whole match worth of time hopefully next time we do this it will be more comfortable. more »

The ever present wintery mix has been battering the new england region for the better part of this week. For us that means more practice and less outside competition. Our meet with white mountain was canceled due to the poor travel conditions. The Con Val Invite that we were in for tomorrow has been canceled already because of the Ice Storm. Con Val has no electricity at this point so they decided to cancel the tournament. So next week we get back at it and hopefully have a tri meet on wednesday with Souhegan and milford. Then Saturday we head… more »

Back to work today. Lots of review and simple things need to be cleaned up. JV kids should get a good experience this weekend at Skutt. Cass County Quad, is coming up and gotta pound on Shuler's old crew for sure. more »

We have a saying around the college...."Surround yourself with good people and good things will happen". It's no secret. If you have a goal that seems hard to reach surrounding yourself with people that have the same purpose will help you achieve that goal.In wrestling at any level there is a club or team that seems to perform year after year. This is because they are all working towards the same goal. If your training partner has the same goal as you , Lets say winning a state title, and you are both working hard to achieve that goal. That… more »

Worked on lots of rapid fire stuff (stand ups, takedowns, tilts ...etc.) split into groups of four and wrestled live from top and bottom sit out flare out feeling more comfortable and second move from bottom is gettin better have to remember to keep head up. Did movement from bottom for 30 secs throughout practice. 3 in 33 for conditioning. Didnt weigh out where i wanted 188.4 but itll be fine prolly help me stay focus if anything... cant wait til tommorow! more »

Did head inside single drill at beginning of practice (hoping this becomes part of everyday routine) its helping both my angle on the shot and keeping my head up after picking up the leg. played some shark bait really need to stay in my stance other than that felt good had a good flow going today. ten to win was fun :) more »

Start off am a okay wrestler,if some matches I have are close, oppenents and refree cheat. No excuse I have to build back up to greatness. more »

Got in a good day of drilling after a disappointing match the previous evening. worked mostly on keepin my head in the chest and ribs of opponent while shooting single legs, and keeping knee up and tight after doing tilts. wrapped practice up with 5 minutes of intense drilling. more »

Well i didnt place at the bulldog open and it was a really big upset for me. I should have done better, but all i can do is work harder and prepare myself for Thursday, North Gwinnett and Kennesaw! more »

As a fund raiser and a tool to get some attention to the sport we had a scrimage at our wrestling facility... Our team was divided into two squads (the seniors lead by rob as white, and the underclassmen lead by myself as blue). The roosters may have appeared a little one sided, but the blue squad really stepped up and i think wrestled some very very good matches it may not have shown on the final score but the effort put out was wat i was counting. It increased my confidence for nexts year team. but the final match… more »

last year i was at my first freestyle wrestling torny with zac and austun mccray(there badasses) well any ways i was wrestling 152 in the frist round i was loseing 5 to 0 so we started nutral lol i fliped him over my head into a hip toss pin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

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started day out with a trip to fitness center. Did 5 rounds of 5 dumbell lunges each leg and 15 db swings with 60lb db. Then ran mile. Practice was more relaxed today and i tend to let myself slack on days like this, (NEVER seem to find my flow on these days!) Did some live wrestling after learning cement mixers from standing and butt on mat which i found useful cause i have gotten caught there a few times, but well have to wait and see for during an actual match. My escapes seem to be getting better still… more »

The boys are wrestling hard in practice and they are getting more confident and more experienced everyday! I'm really getting excited for the future!! Lots of injuries at the moment our line-up is thin but hopefully they'll all be back for the tournaments! more »

The varsity wrestling team is competing at the Cuyahoga Fall Tournament this Saturday. We will be competing in a duel meet competition which follows: Rd. 1 - 10:00 vs Coventry Rd 2 - 12:00 vs Cuyahoga Falls Rd 3 - 2:00 vs Akron Garfield Rd 4 - 4:00 vs Barberton Rd 5 - 6:00 vs Canfield The varsity line-up is as follows: 112 Brian Hauser and Adam Pollack 119 Sam Mcintosh 125 Tywan Claxton and Austin Wilson 130 Ronnie Brown 135 Tyler Johnston 140 Jordan Freeman and Devon Range 152 Paul Benford 160 Jason Pollard and Mike Bussey 171 Jevon… more »

It was a great day to be a part of the South Vermillion Wrestling team last saturday. There were so many gutsy performances by everyone, it's always great to see this team in action. Looking at our JV matches it looks like we will keep doing well. Remember that we do voluntary mornings too. more »

Here in New Hampshire we start the season before Thanksgiving. So last week we did our weight cert. This week we come back from Turkey Day and the kids are all getting on the scale and laughing, sighing, and shaking their heads. As we all did these wrestlers ate, ate and then ate some more. That is what Thanksgiving is all about. I happen to love this Holiday, because the main idea of the day is to eat as much as possible, then take a nap and eat again. Any way the kids came back a little heavy. The problem… more »

Well, its time to compete. We open up this Thursday at home against Lee's Summit. Then our JV will compete in the Knob Noster Invitational and the Blue Springs 9/10 Tournament on Saturday. The 12-14 kids going to Knob Noster will get a chance to compete in a Varsity tournament . We have many quality wrestlers who can't break our varsity lineup, so this will give them the opportunity to earn their varsity letter. We have worked extremely hard for 4 weeks and are ready to wrrestle someone else. Our lineup will not be enitrely set until after Christmas, but… more »

The season is just six days from the start and I cant wait to sit in the corner and start coaching something besides practice. Good luck to everyone across the country have a great season. more »