Big XII Wrestling Preview 2009/10
Wilkes Preview [New Window]
Wilkes University ColonelsHead Coach: Jon LaudenslagerYears at School as head coach: 7thCareer Record at school: 79-46-3Assistant Coaches: Mitch Marcks, Trevor Hiffa, Al Wilson, Erik Smith, Shaun Farnham, Rubin Prophete2008-2009 Dual Meet Record: 17-6-22008-2009 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Frank Heffernan (7th@174), Shaun Farnham (NQ@125), Josh Pauling (NQ@133), Erik Smith (NQ@149), Zach Pizarro (NQ@197)Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:30:59 -0400
Big XII Wrestling Preview 2009/10 [New Window]
One of the premier wrestling conferences in the nation, The Big Twelve features five teams that routinely rack up All-American medals and high team finishes at NCAAs. The 2009-10 will be no different as the conference returns 3 individual National Champions, 10 All-Americans, and two teams (Nebraska, Iowa State) who finished in the top four [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:19:33 -0400
PA State Champ Shober to Northwestern [New Window]
Colin Shober had three criteria for selecting his college choice: a highly ranked wrestling program, a prestigious academic institution, and a school outside of his native Pennsylvania. I saw this as a chance to expand my horizons, to go some place really new and exciting.TOMs 5th ranked 149lb prospect, Shober has had a tremendous year. [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:15:40 -0400
Coaches open FdL wrestling academy [New Window]
Two University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh wrestling coaches decided to take what they had already been teaching and branch out to their own facility in Fond du Lac.UW-Oshkosh head coach Mike DeRoehn and assistant Larry Marchionda, who was the Fond du Lac (Goodrich) High School coach for more than 30 years, will open the doors to their [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:42:17 -0400
Rep. Jim Jordan to enter wrestling hall of fame [New Window]
Urbana GOP Rep. Jim Jordan – a star high school and college wrestler in the years before he shifted his attention to wrestling the federal budget – will be inducted into the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association amateur wrestling hall of fame.Read the entire article by Sabrina Eaton here…
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:34:11 -0400
Ben Anderson named Concordia mat co-captain [New Window]
Concordia College junior Ben Anderson, a state champion for the Frazee Hornets in the Minnesota State High School Wrestling Tournament in 2006, will be one of three wrestling captains leading the Concordia College wrestlers through a tough schedule for 2009-2010.Anderson has been a national qualifier in the NCAA Division III Tournament and has also placed [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:24:41 -0400
Johnson & Wales Preview [New Window]
Johnson and Wales University WildcatsHead Coach: Lonnie MorrisYears at School as head coach: 13thCareer Record at school: 158-91-2Assistant Coaches: Brian Allen (11th), James Gilbert (8th), Chris Wells (3rd), Randall Totten (2nd)2008-2009 Dual Meet Record: 18-5 overall / 15-0 in conference2008-2009 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Nicholas Cucciniello 133 lbs. (NQ), Jerome Owens 174 lbs. (NQ, AA [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:19:54 -0400
Henderson-UFC Talks Moving Slowly [New Window]
Dan Henderson and UFC owners Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White met at the negotiation table last week in Las Vegas but left without a new agreement reached, said the top-ranked middleweight.It didnt go quite as I hoped. Lets put it that way, Henderson told Sherdog.com Wednesday. It could have been a lot better.The former two-division [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:14:45 -0400
Roy Nelson Beats Kimbo Slice on The Ultimate Fighter: Whats Next? [New Window]
We knew heading into this season of The Ultimate Fighter that Roy Nelson is bigger, stronger and more skillful than Kimbo Slice, and that Kimbo needs to get better on the ground. So in one respect, Nelson’s second-round TKO victory over Kimbo on Wednesday night’s episode of the UFC’s reality show didn’t teach us much.But [...]
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:11:28 -0400
