Wrestling Links (12-28-11)

Posted on | December 28, 2011 | No Comments

Wrestlers to check state readiness at Spartan Classic
Palladium-Item
Palladium-Item file photo by Joshua Smith When Cody Phillips committed to wrestle at the University of Minnesota, he picked his first Spartan Classic as one of his fondest memories. Now a senior at Union County, Phillips was a freshman when he opened …
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Wrestling: Richmond tops Hudson in battle of No. 1 teams
Port Huron Times Herald
By PAUL COSTANZO RICHMOND — On a night that was about so much more than wrestling, the top-ranked Richmond Blue Devils put on quite a display of power. Richmond dominated the middleweights Tuesday night to pull away from Hudson in a 40-29 win, …
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SSC wrestlers tackle two-day, 61-team event
Sioux City Journal
State wrestling champion Derek Geddings, pictured, and the rest of South Sioux City’s wrestlingteam won their own invitational for just the second time in 30 years. Now, the Cardinals head to Fargo, ND, for a prestigious two-day, 61-team tournament. …
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Prep wrestling: Layton’s Astle has no plans to let up this season
Salt Lake Tribune
By Nicholas J. Pappas There’s a moment that occurs in the career of many elite wrestlers, even four-time state champions. They start to take it easy. They begin to realize that they are simply better than anyone else they face on the mat, …
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Wrestling Notebook: All-Star Classic has lost its luster
DesMoinesRegister.com
It was neither a collection of college wrestling’s top stars nor a classic event in November when two wrestlers bailed out hours before the meet, forcing organizers to scrap one match and use a back-up from host school Arizona State to fill another. …
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Holiday wrestling starts today at two events
Marion Star
Harding coach Ed Henning argues for points for wrestler Anthony Nye during last year’s Harding Invitational. / James Miller/The MArion Star MARION – The Christmas presents have all been opened and holiday meal leftovers are more than likely been all …
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Weston wrestlers have to settle for tie
Wicked Local
Charlie Saylor and his wrestling teammates saw what looked like sure victory turn into a tie against Wayland. By Scott Shalachman/Sports Correspondent The annual Christmas Eve showdown between the Wayland and Weston wrestling teams is always …
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The Top Five WWE Wrestlers Who’d like to Forget 2011
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 12 hours, 18 minutes ago There is no way that every WWE wrestler can get over with the fans. For every winner there is a loser. For every cheer there is a boo. Worse yet, some WWE wrestlers elicit silence from the crowd and …
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Prep wrestling: Locals ranked in poll
Herald Times Reporter
The second edition of the Wisconsin Wrestling Online Rankings has been released with several Manitowoc-area wrestlers making the list. Manitowoc Lincoln’s Zac Youngchild was ranked fifth at 120 pounds in Division 1, while teammates Adam Shavlik (fifth, …
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L’Essor grad Tremblay puts on wrestling clinic
Windsor Star
By Joel Boyce, The Windsor Star December 28, 2011 7:07 AM Canadian wrestling champion David Tremblay held a free wrestling clinic at L’Essor high school Tuesday for wrestlers in Windsor and Essex County. Tremblay, a L’Essor graduate, decided to put on …
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Blogs

ABBOTT COLUMN: Top 10 wrestling stories of 2011
Jordan Burroughs, Cael Sanderson, Jake Varner, Penn State, Times Square, Anthony Robles, Ali Bernard, Adeline Gray and Ellis Coleman were among the picks. What are your top stories?
TheMat.com News

Lisbon administrators meet with members of wrestling program over …
By kjpilcher
Ethics and expectations of student-athlete behavior addressed.
Iowa Prep Sports

Top 10 All-Time Wrestling Moves List Offends Good Sense By …
By Brian Hickey
The fact that neither JYD nor George “The Animal” Steele appear on this Top 10 Wrestling Moves of All-Time list can be forgiven, if only because The Dog and The Animal brought an outlier level of showmanship to their athletic pursuits.
Deadspin

Jon Fitch doesn’t want to see MMA become pro wrestling (Video …
By Geno Mrosko
If you think MMA is becoming too much like pro wrestling, you have an ally in your fight against it — UFC 141 competitor and perennial welterweight contender Jon Fitch.
MMAmania.com

Web

Four Soldiers win national wrestling championships at U.S. Open …
Four U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program wrestlers won national championships Dec. 16-17, 2011, at the 2011 U.S. Open in Arlington, Texas.
www.army.mil/article/71281/