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By Rob Sherrill, W.I.N. High School Editor I am not writing this column from the FargoDome fly swatter firmly in hand. However, I hope I will give you the flavor flies and all of a week in the 72-degree (at least inside) world that is the ASICS Vaughan USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior National Championships...
Held July 19-26 at the Dome, one of high school wrestling’s shrines, perhaps 3,000 wrestlers of high school age will compete on as many as 24 mats to get the best competition possible anywhere. What five states will be the most impressive (in alphabetical order)? 1. Illinois — New year, same old M.O. Want proof...
Women Want to Wrestle; Small Colleges Oblige By KATIE THOMAS Women’s wrestling teams are sprouting in the most unlikely places. Missouri Baptist University, a small Christian liberal arts institution, is starting a team this fall. Oklahoma City University, the alma mater of three Miss Americas, began a program in 2007. And Menlo College near San...
Tejovan Edwards’ feel-good wrestling story has turned into a nightmare. Earlier this month, the Cox High School senior accepted a scholarship to Arizona State. He fell in love with the sunny, scenic campus and couldn’t wait to begin training under Sun Devils assistant coach Brian Stith — another former Cox state champion and NCAA runner-up...
Beckley, WV will hold the inaugural Coal Power Nationals Nov. 23 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center. The event will be the first of its kind to be held in West Virginia. “Kevin Farley and I have been to tournaments pretty much all over the East Coast,” NWP chief operating officer Jamison Humphrey said. “We...
By Jason Bryant National Wrestling Coaches Association The National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholastic Board of Directors announced on Tuesday the annual winners for the NWCA Scholastic Coach of the Year, Scholastic Assistant Coach of the Year and the Scholastic Wrestler of the Year. Apple Valley High School coach Jim Jackson is the recipient of the...
Jason Chamberlain, a high school senior from Springville High School in Springville, Utah has been selected as the national winner of the 2008 Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award presented by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum. The High School Excellence Award is named in honor of Olympic and World Champion Dave...
Mark Palmer; RevWrestling Staff Writer Name a state that’s known as a hotbed for high school wrestling. Among the usual suspects: Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Oklahoma. Chances are, the state of North Carolina didn’t immediately come to mind … unless you reside (or wrestle) in the Tar Heel State. One high school...
The Friday night dual between #1 University of Iowa vs. #4 University of Minnesota is not the only battle between top teams from Iowa and Minnesota. On Saturday Feb. 2, The top Division 3 college teams and two top 5 high school teams battle at Levick Arena at the Wartburg-Waverly Sports and Wellness Center in...
In honor of Black History Month in February, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum has created a new exhibit that will commemorate 50 years of African American success on the mat. “On behalf of the Hall of Fame Board of Governors, I want to express our collective excitement for this project that celebrates...
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