Wrestling Links (5-4-11)

Posted on | May 4, 2011 | No Comments

Weighing in on new wrestling divisions
phillyBurbs.com
Why did high school wrestling, a sport that has more troubles than it needs already, change its weight classes around? The old weight classifications seemed fine. Nothing was broken until last week. That’s the day when the National Federation of State …
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Oviedo High wrestling is even dirtier than Ohio State football
Orlando Sentinel
No, sports fans, we are not talking about some renegade college football or basketball program; we’re talking about the wrestling and volleyball teams at Oviedo High School. “The actions we found from the coaches in wrestling and girls volleyball set a …
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Is TNA Wrestling Finally Making Major Changes?
Bleacher Report
When it comes to TNA Wrestling, there are always questions with few or even no answers! TNA Wrestling has had a short life span of about 10 years, but is still trying to find a foothold to help them grow as a great company. We have seen many faces come …
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Bleacher Report

Wrestling At The Next Level – Grappler Brown Bound For Bakersfield
Oakdale Leader
For Oakdale wrestling coaches, he can dominate the upper weights. For collegiate wrestlingcoaches … well, that’s yet to be decided. Oakdale High senior AC Brown has signed a letter of intent to continue his grappling career at California State …
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Raw shows wrestling can be fun
Poughkeepsie Journal (blog)
A few weeks ago on Wrestling Observer Radio (a steal of a subscription at $10 a month), Bryan Alvarez mentioned that one reason that TNA was that the show was all doom and gloom, tag teams hating each other, bitter struggles over minute pieces of …
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Former teacher, wrestling coach guilty of having sex with student
9NEWS.com
BROOMFIELD – A former Broomfield High School teacher and wrestling coach was found guilty on Tuesday afternoon of sexually assaulting a student and he could face up to life in prison. The jury began deliberating the case of 29-year-old Travis Masse …
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Robert P. Feldbaumer Sr., 89, auto-repair business owner, wrestling referee …
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Sally A. Downey Robert P. “Dusty” Feldbaumer Sr., 89, of West Chester, who managed an auto-repair business for 40 years and refereed professional wrestling bouts for 25 years, died of heart failure Sunday, May 1, at the Hospital of the University of …
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Wrestling Enigmas: The Top 10 Conundrums in Sports-Entertainment Today
Bleacher Report
If there is anything that we—as wrestling fans—suffer from, it’s a myriad of confusing conundrums that will make your head spin faster than a Sin Cara hurricanrana. Whether we’re watching WWE, TNA or one of the various independent promotions around …
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Bleacher Report

Community Sports: Cobra wrestlers capture triple crown
Helena Independent Record
Wrestlers from the USA Cobra Montana program collected the medium team championship in the Olympic wrestling styles of freestyle and Greco Roman recently. Those wins at the USA WrestlingState Championships in Butte combine with last month’s team title …
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Champion Wrestler Chases MMA Dream at R1 Gym in Los Angeles
PR.com (press release)
Champion wrestler, Mark Dickman, decides to take the leap of faith and relocate to the R1 Training Center in the ‘City of Champions,’ Inglewood, CA. Los Angeles, CA, May 04, 2011 –(PR.com)– Mark Dickman grew up in the sleepy river town of Hannibal, …
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Blogs

USA vs Russia Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Meet May 5 in Times …
By KJ Gould
USA and Russia continue their long standing sporting rivalry with a friendly wrestling dual meet as part of a gala to support Wrestling for students in New York City. See which Olympic, World and Collegaite champions are taking part as …
Bloody Elbow – http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

Web

Girls’ wrestling gets MIAA OK – Boston.com
FRANKLIN — Congratulations, wrestling is a girls’ sport.Wrestling was added as an MIAA-sponsored girls’ competition yesterday in a unanimous vote by the …
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Intermat – Maryville adds wrestling, Denney named coach
LOUIS — Maryville University has announced its intention to field a varsity wrestling program that will compete in NCAA Division II as an independent …
www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/8452

Maryville Announces Coach Denney
A win for young people everywhere. Maryville will be a better institution becuase of the acqusition ofwrestling and Mike Denney. UNO goes backwards. …
www.maryvillewrestling.com/

New TNA Wrestling Live Event Tour Dates Coming In June To Ohio and …
TNA Wrestling announces new June live event tour dates coming to Columbus and Troy, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana! Don’t miss your chance to experience…
www.tnawrestling.com/…/2632-New-TNA-Wrestling-Live-Ev…