Wrestling Links (5-1-11)

Posted on | May 1, 2011 | No Comments

Wrestling: Offseason tournaments help athletes improve for regular season
Wausau Daily Herald
Mosinee’s Elliot Sparby works to turn his opponent during the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation state freestyle tournament held Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids. Sparby, competing for the Northern Exposure club out of Merrill, placed sixth in the Cadet …
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Former Iowa wrestler Ray Brinzer
DesMoinesRegister.com
Two-time all-America wrestler Ray Brinzer might be the perfect subject for “Where are they now?” Because with all the interests and life experiences that Brinzer has had, it’s hard telling what the ex-Hawkeye might be doing from day to day. …
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New high school weight classes change wrestling
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
He sees wrestlers on his Milton team that will fit better into the new weight classes established this week by the National Federation of High Schools, and he sees some wrestlers who are going to have tough decisions to make. …
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Schaefer, Jackson headed to wrestling HOF
Gwinnettdailypost.com
Gary Schaefer has received several letters from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame over the years. The Lilburn resident would usually read them and then throw them away. Schaefer got a letter this winter from the hall of fame that he will keep forever …
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Simmons: No teams to be cut for next year
The Brown Daily Herald
The men’s and women’s fencing teams, men’s wrestling team and women’s ski team will be allowed to compete through next academic year, wrote President Ruth Simmons in an email to the Brown community Friday afternoon. Simmons’ recommendations to the …
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WWE: Does the World Still Need Wrestling or Has It Become an Obsolete Art?
Bleacher Report
So too wrestling provides a similar medium. We can watch a wrestler perform night after night, executing moves to an inch of perfection so as to fool even the most cynical of fans into believing that what they are watching is real. …
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WWE: The Creative Team Should Not Be the IWC’s Scapegoat
Bleacher Report
For years, the Internet wrestling community has largely blamed WWE’s team of creative writers for the lack of dynamic output on WWE programming. Whilst the WWE product has grown increasingly stale, the creative team tend to be focus of the IWC’s…
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Countdown to WWE Extreme Rules
CANOE
Wrestling After shaking up the roster in a big way this past Monday and Tuesday, WWE heads back to pay-per-view with Extreme Rules. The gimmick menagerie has been admittedly so-so in the past, and the trend could continue. There’s some intrigue around …
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TNA Wrestling Star Kurt Angle To Try Out For The 2012 Olympics
Wrestle Heat
Angle and his nephew, Mark, who were both All-American wrestlers out of Clarion University, discussed the idea of making a run at making the Olympic team. It’s not just this old man trying to lash out to get publicity,” Angle told WTAE Channel 4 Action…
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Pulse Wrestling Report: WWE Smackdown! 04.29.2011 — Randy Orton, Alberto del …
Inside Pulse
Also, we’ll apparently watch the smallest wrestler face the largest, as Mysterio will take on Mark Henry, for some reason. That should be…disastrous. Randy Orton enters in his brand spankin’ new Smackdown shirt, looking furry with his man-beard. …
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