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Sunday, July 20
FARGO, N.D. – One of the great parts of attending the largest wrestling tournament in the world is it provides a reunion of sorts for the wrestling community.
After Day 1 of the Junior and Cadet Nationals, a large group of wrestling people gathered around the big-screen televisions at Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the mixed martial arts bouts being staged on Saturday night.
Among the people sitting at our table were World champions Kristie Marano and Joe Warren, and World medalist Harry Lester. As most people know, wrestlers have been extremely successful when moving on to ultimate fighting.
One of the first to make a splash was past Olympic and World silver medalist Matt Lindland, who is still going strong in MMA at age 38. We watched Lindland pummel his overmatched opponent en route to winning by unanimous decision. Matt’s superior conditioning was evident in his victory.
Joe is now training for his first fight. If Harry ever decided to give MMA a shot, I think he would be highly successful.
Anybody who thought Harry was competitive as a wrestler should see him in the corner as a coach. He certainly has shown plenty of fire and passion in coaching some of the young Greco-Roman kids from Ohio.
It was great to see Kristie again. She’s one of my favorite people in the sport who I’ve worked with on a number of stories over the last three years. She’s moved to Oklahoma with her daughter, Kayla. Kristie is here coaching some of the girls wrestlers from Pennsylvania.
Day 2 of this event is now underway in the Fargo Dome. Nearly 800 wrestlers from 44 states are competing in the Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman division.
Saturday, July 19
FARGO, N.D. – The last time I was in Fargo, North Dakota, the temperature was a blistering 106 degrees in late July of 2006.
We had a day to kill before we flew home at the conclusion of the Junior and Cadet Nationals, so we took in a minor-league baseball game on the North Dakota State University campus.
When I stepped off the plane late Friday afternoon in Fargo, I was pleasantly surprised that the temperature was in the mid-70s. As an added bonus, the air conditioning actually worked in the dorm room I’m staying in at NDSU.
We attended a baseball game last night and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect for this time of year.
I sat with co-workers Tony Black and Steve Beuning for the last few innings of the game. Steve’s cousin was pitching for visiting Winnipeg. It was a fun night at the yard.
Welcome back to Fargo! It’s the home of the largest wrestling tournament in the world. Over the next eight days the best Junior and Cadet wrestlers in the United States will battle it out in Greco-Roman and freestyle on 23 mats in the spacious confines of the Fargo Dome.
Numerous top Division I coaches will roll into town as well, as this is an annual recruiting hotbed with so many talented young wrestlers assembled under one roof.
This is my second trip to Fargo for this event. I missed the 2007 tournament since I was down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, covering the Pan American Games.
We will provide daily wire-to-wire coverage of this event on TheMat.com. Check out what we have to offer.
Hopefully, the temperature will stay closer to 80 than 100 during our week here in North Dakota.
It’s going to be an exciting next month for the folks at USA Wrestling. After I fly home on July 27, I turn around three days later and fly to Beijing, China, for my first Olympics. Can’t wait to go see our men and women chase Olympic gold!
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