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George Bergman has seen some of the best wrestlers this area has known come and go through his Oak Harbor program over the years. J.D. Bergman, Cody Magrum, Keith Witt and Kirk Tank are only a few. But he’s never quite had a wrestler like Ian Miller — and he may not again. “Ian’s talent...
Cal State Bakersfield’s wrestling roster just got a lot deeper. Roadrunner coach Mike Mendoza announced the signings of six wrestlers who bring some impressive credentials into the program. Aaron “A.C.” Brown, projected to compete at 197 pounds, was a three-time CIF Tournament qualifier for Oakdale High School. He earned two appearances in the Sac-Joaquin Section...
By the time he entered high school, Darian Kess was already a legend in the making. Though he weighed less than 100 pounds and was only 14 years old, Kess carried with him a large reputation, thanks to his four junior league state wrestling championships and the smooth, almost effortless style with which he dispatched opponents. He did not...
Hastings St. Cecilia wrestler Austin Wilson (H.M. @ 160) can add a few honors to his list of high school accomplishments. The Nebraska wrestling recruit is getting recognized at the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards Presentation at 5 p.m. Saturday at Grand Island Riverside Golf Club. Wilson is being...
It’s getting tougher to be a coach. Discipline is often met with resistance, demands are questioned and commitment doesn’t come without some type of guarantee. That’s not a blanket condemnation of all athletes out there. There are certainly still plenty of kids with the passion and drive who give unconditional effort. That’s the kind of...
The addition of another middle weight to Iowa’s wrestling roster was perhaps more a matter of want than need for the Hawkeyes. Iowa already has a wealth of young talent that could fit into slots at 157 and 165 pounds with freshman All-American Derek St. John, heralded redshirts Nick Moore and Michael Kelly and possibly...
The message in the Pendleton Heights wrestling room this time of year is a simple one: “Work in the summer makes champions in the winter.” It’s a mantra state champion Mason Todd (No. 15 @ 112) lives by — and one that earned him the title of Most Outstanding Wrestler at the NWCA-USA Wrestling National...
An impressive list of names adorns the walls of the wrestling room at South Plainfield High School, but of all the outstanding grapplers the perennial power has produced, none was able to win more than one state title. Sophomore Anthony Ashnault (No. 1 @ 112) cemented his place in the storied program’s history by capturing...
Kyle Casaletto (H.M. @ 125) put in the extra hours in the gym and wrestling room. The Southern Regional senior did all the sweating. He overcame minor injuries and faced tough wrestler after tough wrestler all season long. Casaletto got his hand raised in the center of the mat after winning his third District 24...
Randy Couture remembers the path his life was supposed to follow. He would put his foreign language and literature degree to good use as a high school teacher, and his background as an All-American wrestler to work as a coach. Those were the days before mixed martial arts, back when something called the “Ultimate Fighting...
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