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Jul 31, 2014 08:12 pm
University of Iowa national champion Brent Metcalf won a gold medal at 65 kg/143 lbs. at the FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Metcalf scored six unanswered points in the second period to defeat Magomed Muslimov of Azerbaijan, 6-6, in the finals. Muslimov led 6-0 at the break after scoring three first-period takedowns. In the second period, Metcalf scored four points on a front headlock roll, then added another takedown to tie the score, 6-6. He won on criteria by having the highest scoring move with his four-pointer. Metcalf, who has qualified for his third U.S. World Team, worked his way to the finals with a pair of wins. He defeated Murad Nuhkadiev of Russia, 9-0, in the opening round before b
Jul 31, 2014 08:08 pm
The Boss is Coming! Big Dom Bradley has announced that he'll join Sammy Henson's staff at West Virginia. Leaving Tiger Style, Columbus, and Coach Brian Smith behind and heading east will not be easy. It shouldnt be. But now is time for Bradley to share everything he has learned with the young talent in Morganstown.
Jul 31, 2014 04:06 pm
Mike Dixon enters his tenth season with the Monarch wrestling program as associate head coach in 2014-15, after serving as an assistant coach from 2007-14 and as a volunteer assistant for the 2005-06 campaign. With head coach Steve Martin, Dixon has helped put Old Dominion on the map nationally over the last nine seasons. The 2013-14 season gave the Monarchs six NCAA Qualifiers after all finished 4th or better at the MAC Championships in the team's inaugural season in the Mid-American Conference. ODU's freshmen Brandon Jeske and Jack Dechow reached the NCAA's for the first time in their career, while Chris Mecate, Alexander Richardson and Billy Curling qualified for their second straight season. ODU's Tristan Warner qualified fo
Jul 30, 2014 04:34 pm
The youngest of Nat Carr's boys, David, will be competing for another state title having already won his first as an 8th grader. The 15 year old prodigy may be one of the best in the country. Being Nate Carr's son its easy to see why.
Jul 26, 2014 03:50 pm
Hour 1 Hour 2 Dan Wirnsberger Ron Beaschler Matt Moos Jim Zalesky Frank Romano Jimmy Kennedy
Jul 25, 2014 04:03 pm
Mark Palmer/Examiner.com As a former Ohio State and current Team USA wrestler, JD Bergman has been flipped during practice and in matches. However, the former Buckeye big man recently experienced that sensation at high speed on an Ohio interstate… and walked away. In an exclusive interview with College Wrestling Examiner Tuesday, the 29-year-old Bergman described his accident last Thursday, July 17 on I-71 between Columbus and Cleveland where his Jeep Cherokee flipped a number of times, ending up on its roof in the highway median. While the Jeep was totaled, Bergman walked away with barely a scratch, as seen in the accompanying photo of the wrestler and his vehicle. "I had been at an Ohio State wrestling camp and was
Jul 24, 2014 05:33 pm
Johnny Cobb is a Texas wrestling legend. A native of Amarillo, Cobb was a three-time District Champion at Tascosa High School in the mid-1960s, losing only one high school match in three years of competition. He went on to wrestle at Oklahoma State University. After competing collegiately, he went on to be a two-time Texas High School Coach of the Year while at Amarillo's Tascosa High School. Cobb is a member of the Texas Wrestling Ring of Honor and the Texas chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. One of the founding members of the Panhandle Amateur Wrestling Association, he also founded the first children's wrestling program in the panhandle of Texas at the Maverick Boys Club in 1971. His teams won
Jul 22, 2014 08:18 pm
Two-time All-America wrestler Alex Tirapelle has been named the 19th Roger Reina Head Coach of Wrestling in the history of the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made today by the University's new Director of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics, M. Grace Calhoun. "I am excited to welcome Alex to Penn," said Calhoun, who took over as Director on July 1. "During the interview process, his accomplishments both as a wrestler and as a coach stood out. He enjoyed a stellar collegiate wrestling career at Illinois, and over the last few years he has developed a solid reputation as a strong recruiter and coach. Working at an institution like Stanford these last four years also gives Alex a good idea of the kind of student
Jul 17, 2014 07:30 pm
On Friday, July 18th 2014, Wrestling superstar Diamond Dallas Page can officially add "Hall of Fame Inductee" to his already impressive pro wrestling legacy: Page is headed to Waterloo Iowa to be inducted into The National Wrestling Hall of Fame by wrestling icon Mick Foley at the Dan Gable Museum. Page will receive the Frank Gotch Award for bringing positive recognition to professional wrestling through work outside the ring. Page is currently a fitness instructor and an actor. His DDP yoga series has had worldwide appeal, which has led to healthier lifestyles. Page was a popular professional wrestler with WWE, WCW, and TNA. He was a four-time WCW World Heavyweight champion, two-time WCW United States champion, four-time WCW Wor
Jul 17, 2014 06:55 pm
"The Bible tells us that believers are transformed by the renewing of their minds. Another way of putting this is … taking into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. This means learning how to think of all of life, including sport, from a biblical perspective. Michael Fessler's book is drenched in Christian worldview. Those who wrestle with its truths will be richer for it. I wish that I had been able to drink from its wisdom as a young man but am grateful to be able to do so as an old(er) one." - Jack Spates, MDiv, Baptist Bible College & Seminary and former head wrestling coach at Oklahoma University "My belief has always been that wrestling is a microcosm of life. Most of the things that we are going to exp
Jul 12, 2014 04:39 pm
Hour 1 Hour 2 Luke Eustice Troy Peterson & Gerald Brisco John Leonardis Gary Abbott Rico Chiaparelli
Jul 11, 2014 07:54 pm
Eastern Michigan University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke announced Wednesday, June 25, that seven-year EMU Associate Head Wrestling Coach David Bolyard will take over the helm of the EMU wrestling program effective immediately. The search began following the resignation of eight-year head coach Derek DelPorto in late May. "It is exciting to be able to announce David Bolyard as our next head wrestling coach," said Lyke. "What stood out for our committee and me about David is not only his competitive passion for Eastern Michigan wrestling, but his focus on positively impacting our student-athletes through the sport of wrestling. David is well prepared to lead our team and continue to augment t
Jul 10, 2014 07:07 pm
Sergei Alekseevich Beloglazov was born September 16, 1956 just prior to the height of the cold war. Kaliningrad, what is now part of the former Soviet Union was a tough place for he and his family to live. A budding soccer star as a youth, he and his Gold medal winning twin Anatoli quite literally stumbled into wrestling when shopping for soccer supplies at a sporting goods store. To be busy with a sport was a very good idea indeed. Staying out of trouble and off the streets was even better. Beloglazov is largely regarded as one of the worlds great modern wrestlers. He trained at the Armed Forces Sports Society in Kaliningrad in 1976-77 and later at Dynamo in Kiev. Sergei was a two-time Olympic Champion in 1980 and 1988, a s
Jul 09, 2014 03:50 pm
Derek St. John, 2013 NCAA Division I wrestling champ for the University of Iowa, is now an assistant coach at North Dakota State University, the Fargo-based school announced Monday. St. John replaces Bret Maughan, assistant wrestling coach at NDSU for the past 13 seasons, who announced in May he would not be back for the 2014-15 season. The former Hawkeye joins assistant coach Manny Rivera and head coach Roger Kish, both University of Minnesota graduates, on a staff that now features a distinctive Big Ten flavor. St. John won the 157-pound title at the 2013 NCAAs, defeating Northwestern's Jason Welch in the finals. The Parnell, Iowa native was four-time NCAA All-American, and two-time finalist, losing to Cornell University's Kyl
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