Wrestling Links (12-17-11)
OSU wrestling: Beavers hope to maintain their strong start Corvallis Gazette Times The Oregon State wrestling team hopes to peak at the end of the season for a strong finish at the NCAA Championships, but what the Beavers do now can make that easier. No. 14-ranked OSU (4-1) continues to climb the coaches poll rankings, while Intermat … See […]
Kevin Tao: American’s Student Athlete of the Wk, Talks to Takedown Wrestling
Tao Named American Univ. Student-Athlete of the Week Presented by GEICO; Eagles Ranked #10 Release: http://aueagles.com/sports/m-wrestl/2011-12/releases/20111214 Kevin Tao of the American University wrestling team has been selected as the AU Student-Athlete of the Week presented by GEICO, Department of Athletics officials have announced. Tao helped pace the Eagles to a 27-15 dual meet victory over George Mason […]
Wolves dominate Super Region I rankings for second straight time
December 5, 2011 NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Newberry College wrestling team sits atop the Super Region I coaches poll for the second straight time as released today. The Wolves have the No. 1 ranked grappler in four different weight classes and have the No. 2 at four others. Newberry has been atop the rankings in […]
Midlands Founder Ken Kraft Looks to 49th Edition, Talks to Takedown Wrestling
2011 Midlands Championships Follow @NU_Wrestle on Twitter Like the Wildcat Wrestling Club on Facebook EVANSTON, Ill. – More than 40 Division I, II and III teams will send wrestlers to Evanston for the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships as Northwestern announced the tournament field today. This year’s event, running from Dec. 29-30 at Welsh-Ryan Arena, […]
Pat Popolizio’s Binghamton Bearcats in Top 25, Talks to Takedown Wrestling
TROY, N.Y.—Binghamton wresting (6-0) rolled to four wins at the Northeast Duals at Hudson Valley Community College on Saturday, tying the school record for consecutive wins to start a season. The Bearcats defeated Purdue (24-15), Army (20-13), Arizona State (28-15) and Eastern Michigan (22-12) to equal the start set by the 1979-80 squad. Binghamton won […]
Flores Moves to No. 1 in National Rankings at Heavyweight
Senior Ryan Flores has jumped one spot and now sits as the No. 1 nationally-ranked wrestler at 285 lbs in the InterMat poll. This is the first time Flores, the national runner-up and an All-American a season ago, has topped the rankings in his career. Flores began his season impressively last week, starting with an 11-2 major […]
6 X WWC Wrestler of Wk does it again, Cole VonOhlen Talks to Takedown
OREM, Utah – Air Force junior Cole VonOhlen (Jackson, Minn.) has been named the first Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week for the 2011-12 season, as announced today by the league. It marks the sixth time in his career that VonOhlen has been awarded the honor. For the third-straight year, VonOhlen opened the season by winning an […]
Wrestling Links (11-4-11)
UNI wrestling coach Doug Schwab YouTube Second-year wrestling coach Doug Schwab talks about his young team during media day for the 2011-12 season. See all stories on this topic » Wrestling still Munoz’s smartest play ESPN (blog) Now let’s hope — for his sake — the former NCAA wrestling champion knows where to draw the line between gamesmanship and game planning. […]
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