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Discuss (0 comments)May 29, 2008Humble hit man - Burlington Times News
Humble hit manBurlington Times News,?NC?- 11 minutes agoBut he was a terror on the wrestling mats, winning state youth championships in five of six years. Three times in high school he placed in Class 4-A state ...
Graff as dominant as advertised - ReporterHerald.com
ReporterHerald.comGraff as dominant as advertisedReporterHerald.com,?CO?- 36 minutes agoThe four state wrestling championships that were predicted for him ? he won them all. He set records in the process and did some unthinkable things. ...
Roths receives national honor
Nine weeks ago, Bill Roths had hip-replacement surgery. A few months from now, Roths expects to be back on the mat as a wrestling official.
Augsburg wrestlers in Central Asia from May 25 to June 8
Six members of the Augsburg College wrestling team are traveling to central Asia for a 15-day training, mission and service trip. Four Auggie wrestlers, two coaches and four other wrestlers will be in central Asia from May 25 to June 8, training in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Dushnabe, Tajikistan. In addition to training and competing, the wrestlers will do mission and service work, along with visiting historical and cultural sites in the two countries. Two-time All-American and 2008 NCAA Division III 125-pound national champion Seth Flodeen (JR, Cannon Falls, Minn.), 141-pound national runner-up Jason Adams (SO, Coon Rapids, Minn.), 141-pounder Lucas Murray (FY, Anoka, Minn.) and 141-pounder Jake Saatzer (FY, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka H
Northern Iowa adds 12 recruits
University of Northern Iowa head wrestling coach Brad Penrith today announced his 2008 recruiting class with the addition of 12 wrestlers to the Panther roster for next season. Blayne Beale (Davenport, Iowa/Davenport West HS) secured 66 wins over the past two seasons, which included a pair of top-eight finishes at the state tournament. Beale placed 7th in 2007 and then bettered that with a 4th-place finish in 2008 in the 285-pound weight class. David Bonin (Broussard, La./Comeaux HS) was a three-time state champion in Louisiana in the 160-pound weight class. Bonin was a perfect 59-0 as a senior. He tallied a 56-1 record as a junior and was 57-3 as a sophomore. His four-year prep record was 216-10. Bonin was a four-time state placer af
Wrestling: Northern Iowa announces recruiting class
The Northern Iowa wrestling program announced today the 12 recruits who will join the team next season.
Cunningham named assistant coach at Iowa State
AMES, Iowa -- Casey Cunningham, who as assistant head wrestling coach the past seven years at Central Michigan guided 18 Chippewa All-Americans and 35 Mid-American Conference champions, has been named as an assistant coach on the Iowa State wrestling coaching staff head coach Cael Sanderson announced Wednesday. At CMU, Cunningham was a part of a program in which he was the 1999 NCAA 157-pound champion. Cunningham, the 2008 Pan American Games wrestling silver medalist who is retiring from international competition at the end of this season, replaces former ISU assistant coach Tim Hartung. Hartung resigned to accept a job in private business. Cunningham will assume coaching duties Aug. 1. "I've been around Casey as a competitor and he has
Penn State's 1953 team to be honored NWHOF
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -– The 1953 Penn State wrestling team that won the NCAA National Championship will be honored this weekend by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Penn State's 100 year centennial in the sport will be recognized as well. The Hall of Fame's annual weekend of activities will feature a reception on Friday evening in Stillwater, Okla., where the 1953 Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team will be honored for its national championship run in 1953. Penn State had one national champion and five total All-Americans that year in winning the team title. Head coach Charlie Speidel's squad was led during the entire season by captain's Donald Frey and Joe Lemyre. Hud Samson won the individual national title at 191 while Dick
Gophers headed to Junior World Championships
Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestlers Zach Sanders, Jake Deitchler, Ben Berhow and Brent Eidenschink will help represent the United States at the 2008 Junior National Championships in Istanbul, Turkey July 29-August 3. Sanders (Wabasha, Minn.) qualified by winning the 55 kg./121 lbs. freestyle division at last weekend's FILA Junior World Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Col., and incoming Gopher recruit Deitchler (Ramsey, Minn.) did the same in the 66 kg./145 lbs. Greco-Roman division. Rising sophomore Berhow finished second at the Trials in the 120 kg/264.5 lbs. freestyle division and will serve as an alternate on the team, while rising junior Eidenschink was the runner up at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in Greco-Roman and will also serve as an alterna
Penn State Wrestling's 1953 team to be honored by National ... - Big Ten Network
Penn State Wrestling's 1953 team to be honored by National ...Big Ten Network,?IL?- 2 hours agoThe 1953 Penn State wrestling team that won the NCAA National Championship will be honored this weekend by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. ...
Irish Attempt To Wrestle LB Out Of NJ - Blue and Gold Illustrated (susbcription)
Blue and Gold Illustrated (susbcription)Irish Attempt To Wrestle LB Out Of NJBlue and Gold Illustrated (susbcription),?IN?- 2 hours agoHis dad was a standout collegiate football player and wrestler and now Carson is in a position where he could get a full college scholarship for either ...
Summer Break with Jeff James - Soonersports.com
Soonersports.comSummer Break with Jeff JamesSoonersports.com,?OK?- 2 hours agoI loved actually competing in the NCAA's. I have thought about that my whole life and now I am actually doing it. I have always looked at Oklahoma wrestlers ...
Many differences, one goal - SI.com
Many differences, one goalSI.com?- 2 hours agoWith one of the most impressive mixed martial arts careers, regardless of age, the former NCAA wrestling champion's record still lacks some of the big-name ...
Ex-Vol Pro Wrestler Challenges Entire City of Memphis to 'Make a Free Throw'
Okay, we here in Flyer ville are rarely disposed to reproduce PR-gimmick press releases, but this one, from wrestling organization Total Nonstop Action Entertainment, got us.
Area sports clinics - Arkansas City Traveler
Area sports clinicsArkansas City Traveler,?KS?- 3 hours agoOn June 7, Jim Ramirez will be hosting a wrestling clinic for grade school and high school wrestlers at the rec center. The clinic will start at 8 am and ...
Ex-WWE star Lesnar to fight Herring - Sportsnet.ca
Sportsnet.caEx-WWE star Lesnar to fight HerringSportsnet.ca,?Canada?- 1 hour agoIt will be the second fight in the Octagon for Lesnar, a former NCAA wrestling champion, and he will fighting in his home state of Minnesota where he had ...
Nittany Lions tied for 19th at NCAAs - Centre Daily Times
Nittany Lions tied for 19th at NCAAsCentre Daily Times,?PA?- 1 hour ago1953 Penn State national champion wrestling team will be honored this weekend by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, where the Nittany Lions? 100th season ...
Wrestling is real?
Toward the eastern edge of Portland, among dilapidated commercial buildings and car repair shops, lies a small, discreet warehouse. Inside, a dozen rows of mismatched chairs surround a wrestling ring that snugly fits where stacked cardboard boxes and a forklift used to be. Metal music blares as Wage Reichten enters the ring to a chorus of jeers from a crowd of 50. Wage is a pile of muscles trying to escape a small piece of spandex. Climbingthe corner turnbuckles of the ring, he gives a horrific scream as the duct-tape wrapped ropes shake beneath his weight. A young man yells from the crowd: "You look like a shaved vagina from the 1980s."
State champion to join Hawkeyes
The crowning moment of Jeret Chiri’s high school wrestling career came this past season when the New London/Winfield-Mount Union claimed his first state championship with a first-period pin in the Class 1A finals.
