TAKEDOWN RADIO REPORT
Posted on | May 27, 2008 | No Comments
This week America’s Wrestling Radio Talk show comes to you LIVE from the Brute Adidas Studio in Des Moines with Host’s Steve Foster, Chris Arns and Jeff Murphy. I’ll be making the return journey from the Induction weekend at the Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is a stacked show so I invite you to tune in and listen to the boys and their guests from 9:06 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST throughout Iowa on AM 1460 KXNO and Takedownradio.com
Scheduled to join TDR this week-
9:05 *Chris Bono- Head Coach of the Mocs at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
The wrestling program ranked 15th nationally in average attendance this season in a poll of NCAA Division I wrestling teams. The figures were compiled InterMat. The Mocs, who wrestle at Maclellan Gym on the UTC campus, averaged 975 fans for six home dates in 2007-08. Chattanooga drew a season-high 1,600 fans for its Dec. 16 matchup with No. 8-ranked Missouri.
Wrestlers Steve Hromada and Javier Maldonado were named to the Division I All-Academic Team for the 2007-08 season, the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced. Hromada and Maldonado, both outgoing seniors for the Mocs, were NCAA Championships Qualifiers in March.
9:20 Mike Natvig- Glen Brand Class of 2008 Inductee, Natvig won two NCAA championships for the West Point team, capturing titles at 147 pounds in both 1962 and ‘63. He graduated with an overall record of 47-7-1 and is considered the most successful wrestler in the history of West Point. Though never a state champion in high school, Natvig was a star at Decorah High School, placing second in the 1958 state meet at 138 pounds. He retired from the Army in 1991 as a lieutenant colonel and today lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
9:35 *Andrew Pariano- Assistant Head Coach of the Wildcats at Northwestern University. NCAA qualifiers Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central), Keith Sulzer (Cleveland, Ohio/St. Edward) and Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) have earned All-Academic Team honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA), while NU placed 14th among all schools in cumulative team GPA — the only program to finish in the top-15 at the 2008 NCAA Championships and in grade point average. For Tamillow, the selection is the second of his career. He is also a three-time Academic All-Big Ten recipient. For Sulzer and Hayes, this marks their first NWCA All-Academic team honor. Hayes is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and Sulzer earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this season — his first in the starting lineup.
Herbert Wins Freestyle Championship at University World Team Trials Herbert earns spot on 2008 U.S. University World Team
10:05 Tom Borrelli- Head Coach of the Chippewa of Central Michigan. Borrelli has announced the signing of Marcel Dubose (Sterling Heights, Mich./Oak Park HS) to a National Letter of Intent.
Dubose becomes the fifth member of CMU’s 2008 signing class. He also plans to join the CMU football program as a walk-on. “We’re obviously very excited that Marcel chose our school,” Borrelli said. “I’m excited about the direction that our wrestling and football programs are headed, and I think the attractiveness of both programs made this feel like the right fit for Marcel.” Dubose, who is projected as a 197-pounder in college, was a three-time high school state champion. He won a pair of Division 3 state titles at Highland Park High School before winning a Division 1 championship at Oak Park as a senior. Dubose was 37-0 as a senior and finished runner-up to fellow CMU signee Ben Bennett (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) in voting for Michigan’s Mr. Wrestling award. He finished his prep career with an overall record of 149-7. Dubose won the 215-pound championship at the National High School Coaches Association Seniors Nationals in March. He was one of three members of CMU’s 2008 signing class to win a national championship at the event. Dubose also won a Junior Greco-Roman national championship in 2007.
Dubose was named to the michigangrappler.com Dream Team and was ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the state of Michigan by michigangrappler.com. Dubose joins fellow signees Bennett, Scotti Sentes (Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS), Eric Cubberly (Pemberville, Ohio/Eastwood HS) and Ben Sergent (West Milton, Ohio/Troy Christian HS) in the Chippewas’ 2008 recruiting class. CMU finished tied for the seventh as a team at the 2008 NCAA Championships with four Chippewas claiming All-America honors. CMU has won 10 consecutive Mid-American Conference titles and seven straight conference tournament championships.
10:20 *Brian Smith- Head Coach of the Tigers of Missouri- Missouri senior Tyler McCormick (Leawood, Kan.) and sophomore Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) earned National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Academic All-America honors as announced May 6. This marks the sixth time in seven years that at least one Tiger grappler has received NWCA recognition for work in the classroom.
10:35 Max Askren- MU Tigers 197 wrestler. Missouri 2007 graduate Ben Askren, the Tigers’ first-ever two-time NCAA Champion, claimed top honors at the U.S. Freestyle National Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., after besting Tyrone Lewis, 3-0, 3-2 in the 74 kg (163-pound) championship finals. Askren won four straight matches to take first in the prestigious national event. Wrestling some of the toughest competition in the nation, Askren earned a win over Scott Owen of the New York Athletic Club by way of injury, followed by an 8-4, 6-0 win over Ramico Blackmon (New York Athletic Club) and 4-0, 5-2 win over Ryan Churella (New York Athletic Club). Askren’s final win was by a 3-0, 3-2 decision over Lewis