Wrestling Links (5-5-11)

Posted on | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

Olympic wrestling champ Cejudo returns to the mat
USA Today
Cejudo had never won a match in a world-level senior tournament before Beijing, but became the youngest American to capture an Olympic wrestling gold medal when he won the freestyle 55-kilogram division. The next eight months were a blur of travel and …
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Rough and tumble: Club sharpens wrestlers‘ skills
Mansfield News Journal
ASHLAND — Jim Speelman surveys the room, eyes a wrestler without a partner and pounces, like a cheetah tracking an antelope. He takes the kid down, lets him up and rides him to the mat again despite spotting his student about 6 inches and 100 pounds. …
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Wrestling landscape changing
Parkersburg News
With the recent announcement by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) concerning the upcoming change in weight classes for high school wrestling I decided I’d make a few phone calls. For those not familiar with what’s going …
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Balance could prove key for state wrestling
Iowa City Press Citizen
7:34 pm Mark Reiland’s toughest task during the last week of the high school wrestling season often was finding the right motivational buttons to push. His West High Trojans would come home from the state traditional tournament in recent years either …
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Rally Wrestling Masks Work For Angels Announcers In Extra Innings
Awful Announcing
As it turns out, the wrestling mask will be a promotional giveaway on May 10. The boys in the booth dipped into their bag of tricks a little early to make sure this game didn’t last until May 10. Thankfully, the Angels didn’t blow another lead in the …
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Yorktown wrestlers, coach earn honors
Muncie Star Press
YORKTOWN — Two Yorktown High School wrestlers earned spots on Indiana’s all-star teams that competed in the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Scholastic Duals April 15-16. Thanks to their placement at the IHSAA state wrestling tournament …
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Mocs Wrestling Brings the Southern Scuffle to Chattanooga
GoMocs.com
One of the largest in-season collegiate wrestling tournaments in the nation, the Chattanooga Southern Scuffle will be held January 1-2, 2012, at McKenzie Arena. The event is a 30-team invitational tournament with student-athletes competing in each of …
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WWE/TNA: Why I Despise and Adore the so Called Internet Wrestling Community
Bleacher Report
You’re probably bashing me right now as you sit at home on your computer. “Son of a b…” or “the Mother…..” you probably be thinking and with good reason. Once this slide show concludes, you’ll see why I love and hate you guys. …
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Wrestler ‘Mankind’ Mick Foley auctions Mr. Socko and bloody shirt for charity
Examiner.com
By Tracey Parece Mick Foley, the wrestler also known as Mankind, will auction a significant piece of wrestling memorabilia for charity. The legend will give up his sock puppet, Mr. Socko, for a good cause. Fans of Mick Foley may remember Mr. Socko from …
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Lexington athletes get rides to college
Mansfield News Journal
One of Kent State’s top wrestling recruits, Hile will have his aeronautics course work and the US Air Force Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) program to keep him busy. The school’s second three-time state placer and the only confirmed four-time …
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