By Jason Elmquist CNHI Sports Oklahoma The idea of moving college wrestling out of the winter sports window isn’t a new idea, but it is one that is gaining momentum in the current environment of sports in a global pandemic. According to Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith, the National Wrestli...

Spent some time talking with RIder wrestler Jesse DellaVecchia today. We covered the season, who is working out with, getting a medical year and the medal count in his bedroom. You can listen on SoundCloud or watch on YouTube I also posted some of his matches below that. Monday vs. JDella can’...

Charles was a well known and loved wrestling coach in the local youth, middle and high school programs. He founded the Norristown PAL youth wresting club. He often found ways to allow the young wrestlers in the Norristown area to travel with elite teams and discover educational opportunities that sp...

Zachary Yost As in the rest of the country, life in Pennsylvania has been greatly disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the chaos that has resulted from the state government’s attempts to handle the situation. On March 16, Governor Wolf ordered that all “nonessential” businesses be closed for at le...

I talked with Aaron AB Brooks today and we covered a bunch of stuff but focused mostly on his Freshman season at PSU. You can watch of listen below. Also I’ve posted previous interviews and 4 of his matches below.

Robert Howard is a very talented and fun wrestler to watch. I’m looking forward to watching his college wrestling career. You can also check out his Colaiocco, Mininno Alverez matches below the interviews. You can listen on SoundCloud or watch on YouTube below. Interview from 2019  

 

Wrestlers, athletes, coaches, everyone that is interested in increasing their financial and economic IQ should check out this interview with Robert Wenzel. He has been the most accurate economic prognosticator of the last 20 years. All of the ingredients necessary to be a good wrestler are the same ...

The antibody studies results from New York and Los Angeles are very interesting. If these results remain consistent in other areas it signifies a few things: The virus had already spread widely before the lockdown. The media whipped up Americans into hysteria over the virus that is much less deadly ...

Jim Fedako Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died from the flu during the 2017–18 flu season (with a range of 46,000 to 95,000 deaths). Few of us even remember that event. Stores stayed open, folks met and worked, and everyone lived as no...

Coach McLean and I talked about a little bit of everything last night. Get yourself a good beverage and check it out SoundCloud or YouTube      

   

You think that a missed championship season is the sole cause? You have another thing coming. The economic destruction of the economy is at the root of this. Look for more programs to at least explore this road. In my opinion coach Martin was wasn’t a great leader and made this choice a lot ea...

Coming to a university near you Myron MedcalfESPN Staff Writer Iowa State is implementing a number of budgetary cuts to account for a $5 million shortfall created by the cancellation of the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic, athletic director Jamie Pollard said in a letter ...

Wrestling (Sports), Politics and American History What if tens of millions of Americans had the flu? What if 100,000 were hospitalized because of the flu? Surely it would be a national emergency, right? What if 60 million people in the US were infected and 300,000 were hospitalized. Surely that woul...

In a world where nothing is normal there are some normalcies. Pennsylvania leads all states with 48 NCAA qualifiers, per usual. It isn’t just quantity they also had 5 top two seeds and based on seeding would have nearly doubled Ohio in projected team points.  There were so many possible great matche...

Video will be posted shortly Introductions Post match Pat Santoro, Brandon Paetzell, Ryan Pomrinca, Jordan Kutler, Chris Weiler, Josh Shields and Tanner hall 125 – Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) dec. Brandon Courtney (ASU) 6-1 133 – Jaret Lane (Lehigh) dec. Josh Kramer (ASU) 4-1 141 – Ryan Pomrinca (Lehi...

The video will be up in a few days. 141lbs: Doug Zapf (Penn) dec. Dan Moran (Lehigh) 3-1 149lbs: Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. Lucas Revano (Penn) 2-1 157lbs: Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) major dec. Jon Errico (Penn) 9-1 165lbs:  Brian Meyer (Lehigh) major dec. Jack Conway (Penn) 10-2 174lbs: Jordan Kutler...

Jeff Metcalfe, The Republic | azcentral.com Arizona State wrestling star Zahid Valencia was indefinitely suspended Thursday by the athletic department, as a report surfaced that he failed a drug test. The failed drug test reportedly occurred Jan. 18 at an international meet in Rome as first rep...

Video will be posted tomorrow 149lbs: Lucas Revano (Penn) pins Christiaan Dailey (F&M), 6:19; Penn leads 6-0 157lbs: Jon Errico (Penn) dec. Noah Chan (F&M), 6-1; Penn leads 9-0 165lbs: Emmett LiCastri (F&M) dec. Jacob Lizak (Penn), 10-5; Penn leads 9-3 174lbs: Neil Antrassian (Penn) dec....

  125lbs: Malik Heinselman OSU dec. Brandon Meredith PSU, 5-3                             0-3 133lbs: #2 Roman Bravo-Young PSU dec. Jordan Decatur OSU, 10-4                      3-3 141lbs: #2 Nick Lee PSU dec. #1 Luke Pletcher OSU, 8-4                                       6-3 149lbs: #1 Sammy...

Westtown hosted the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament (PAISWT) yesterday. Wyoming Seminary and Malvern Prep were the headliners, they came into the tournament ranked #2 and #3 in the country respectively. Sem had their entire team in the finals. Malvern 9, Germantown Academy 2, M...

141lbs: Matt Kazimir (Columbia) wins by decision over Marshall Keller (Princeton), 6-4 149lbs: Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) wins by technical fall over Andrew Garr (Columbia), 17-1 5:09 157lbs: #4 Quincy Monday (Princeton) wins by major decision over Kyle Mosher (Columbia), 15-5 165lbs: Grant Cuomo ...

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Highlights will be posted tomorrow The Rutgers wrestling team took a couple vans to Lawerenceville last night and put on a show in front of a sold out crowd of 1,600 passionate wrestling fans.In a match that most thought would be close the Scarlet Knights made a statement winning 8-10 matches, 4 of ...

Video in process So many story lines in this one. There is a new Ivy champ for the first time in 17 years. Princeton claims their first Ivy wrestling championship this century. Their last championship was while I was wrestling in college, 1986. The return of Kolo. he didn’t look great but 149 ...

Busy weekend. Video will be posted shortly. Columbia defeats Penn, 17-15 141lbs: #16 Doug Zapf dec. Matt Kazimir, 5-2; Penn leads 3-0 149lbs: Lucas Revano (Penn) dec. Andrew Garr (Columbia), 7-3; Penn leads 6-0 157lbs: Kyle Mosher (Columbia) dec. Cam Connor (Penn), 7-1; Penn leads 6-3 165lbs: Jacob ...

125lbs Joe Renne (KUTZ) dec. Jacob Ruggeri (MERC), 10-7 3 0 133lbs Collin Wickramaratna (KUTZ) pinned #8 Eric Bartos (MERC), 3:51 9 0 141lbs Alexis Soriano (MERC) dec. Jake Jones (KUTZ), 10-5 9 3 149lbs Michael Cusick (KUTZ) major dec. Alex Samson (MERC), 13-5 13 3 157lbs Mike Clark (MERC) dec. AJ B...

This Sunday February 9th at 7 PM The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers drive 30 miles south on route 1 to face off with their in state rival Rider Broncs. You can listen or watch the preview below.

A banged up GMU wrestling team bused into Lawrenceville, N.J.tonight to face a tested Rider Bronc team. This was senior night for a senior rich team. it was also a route with Rider winning the first 7 matches. GMU bumped up a couple of wrestlers and had a forfiet. NCAA please change your silly rules...

The Ursinus wrestling team lost its first dual-match of the season tonight, coming up short in a 26-13 loss to # 21 Muhlenberg Muhls in its Centennial Conference opener. Roughly 250 fans watched this match unfold and the wrestlers got to compete in an exciting atmosphere. Below you can watch the mat...

Post match interview with Coach Reina & Cole Urbas 125lbs: Dan Planta (Penn) def. Brandon Mercado (LIU), FALL (1:16); Penn leads 6-0 133lbs: Carmen Ferrante (Penn) def. Jacob Zuller (LIU), 12-0 MD; Penn leads 10-0 141lbs: A.J. Vindici (Penn) def. Michael Blando (LIU), FALL (1:16); Penn leads 16-...

    The University of Pennsylvania wrestlers laid it on the Bearcats at the Palestra this afternoon winning 8 of 10 bouts. Both teams were missing starters. No one is 100% this time of the season. 125lbs: Carson Sauriol (Binghamton) def. Dan Planta (Penn), 8-3; Binghamton leads 3-0 133lbs:...

Lehigh cruised to a win over the Navy midshipman this afternoon at Grace Hall. Even while missing a few starters the Mountain Hawks backup came through for the home team.   Intros Post match with Eli Grape and Jordan twins. 125lbs: Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) dec. Logan Treaster (Navy) 5-1 133lbs...

  125lbs: Lucas Rodriguez (EU) dec. #20 Jonathan Tropea (RID), 6-5 133lbs: Anthony Cefolo (RID) dec. Tye Vamdell (EU), 3-2 141lbs: Peter Lipari (RID) TF Richie Gomez (EU) at 3:46 149lbs: Gino Fluri (RID) dec. Tyler Vath (EU), 3-2 157lbs: #5 Jesse Dellavecchia (RID) dec. Peter Pappas (EU), 1-0 1...

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Germantown Academy faced off with Malvern Prep Friday night in Alumni Hall. Lots of wrestling fans were looking forward to some good wrestling. It turned out to be anticlimactic. Germantown kept a couple of their best wrestlers on the bench and moved some varsity guys to JV. This resulted in 8 forfe...

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This is a long one the first 15 minutes are a wrap of of some results. Then we open with some Rider talk. From there we preview Princeton going to North Carolina. At an hour and ten minutes we start the Rutgers preview. You can listen on the SoundCloud link or watch on YouTube.

Malvern Prep finished 2nd at Powerade this weekend. They had 6 place winners. Champion, Cole Deery, runner up, Nick Feldman, 3rd, Dalton Harkins, 4th, Spencer Barnhart, 6th, Andrew Connolly and  7th, Dayton DelViscio.Listen to Coach Nathan Lautar thoughts on the last couple of weeks 62% or 9 out of ...

Video in process I have covered Princeton wrestling for the last 4 seasons and they have improved their team more than any other team that I have covered during that time. What makes this especially noteworthy is that they are an Ivy school. Tonight, in the neighborhood skirmish with Rider, Princeto...

106lbs:  Cavan Kinne pinned Ryan Kuegler, 0:48 (6-0) 113lbs:  Max Jackman pinned Chris Harner, 1:07 (6-6) 120lbs:  Billy Wilson pinned Shane Munz, 0:52 (6-12) 126lbs:  Kyle Waterman dec. Killian Delaney, 6-5 (9-12) 132lbs:  Sam McMonagle dec. Mohammed Savriddinov, 5-1 (9-15) 138lbs:  Tom Woloshyn de...

The fighting Friars drove into Cuyahoga Falls with a tough young team looking to make a statement: they might be young but they are ready for prime-time. They finished with 2 champs and 6 overall place winners: the best result in team history. In-state rival Wyoming Seminary dominated the tournament...

This Thursday evening the Rider Broncs take the 2nd shortest journey any D1 school can make to wrestle in-state rival Princeton University. Princeton is coming off back to back losses to Oklahoma State and Iowa. Both teams are ranked but both are coming off losses.  Rider comes into the dual after g...

Match Highlight in process 165lbs: Tracy Hubbard (CMU) dec. Georgio Poullas (RID), 3-2; Central Michigan leads, 3-0 174lbs: #11 Dean Sherry (RID) dec. Jake Lowell (CMU), 8-3; Match tied, 3-3 184lbs: #19 George Walton (RID) maj. dec. Ben Cushman (CMU), 20-7; Rider leads, 7-3 197lbs: #12 Ethan Laird (...

Almost 2,300 fans poured into Jadwin Gymnasium today to catch a glimpse of the number one team in the country face off with Princeton. Iowa recently climbed the polls and currently sits as the best dual team in the country. Princeton has also climbed the polls recently beating Lehigh and losing to O...

Match Video in process Penn State fresh off a disappointing win streak ending loss to Arizona State came into the Lehigh Valley last night. Kicking off a potential new start to a streak against a tough but uneven Lehigh squad, the PSU squad delivered in front of a record crowd of over 6,000 wrestlin...

Princeton has a serious weekend of wrestling coming up. First they travel to Stillwater Oklahoma for a Friday night match at Gallagher-Iba Arena with the Cowboys. Tickets here. Then Saturday they fly back to New Jersey and Sunday at 2PM they host the #1 team in the country. The Iowa Hawkeyes roll in...

We spent a bunch of time talking wrestling and previewing the PSU vs Lehigh match. Penn State has a bunch of moving pieces and parts – we tried to dissect them.  We also spent time talking about different wrestling storylines, including the Flo wrestling vs Willie Saylor drama that is playing ...

Pacific High School in San Bernardino, California was shaken by the theft of a pair of prosthetic legs that were stolen from a wrestler who is a double-amputee. Brett Winters was born missing the tibia bones in his lower legs. This condition necessitated the amputation of his lower legs when he was ...

With Penn State not at the Classic this fall the tournament was side open. The U Penn wrestling team had two champs (Zapf and Colaiocco) and 14 other yop eight placers helping the Quakers to its first team title at the Keystone Classic since 2010. Rider finished 2nd with 2 champs of their own. Virgi...

Sorry this took so long to post Video Thanks @EdwardGalloMMA Brian Krasowski over Jeremy Ridge 3-2 Tony Patsy over Mikey Kistler 5-4 Lucas Revano over Doug Zapf 3-2 Joey Slackman over Ben Goldin Anthony Artalona over Cam Connor Jake Hendricks over Neil Antrassian 9-8 Jesse Quatse over John Stout 5-3...

  It was a tough weekend for the Mountain Hawks dropping duals with 2 ranked rivals. After a tough loss to Princeton last night Lehigh hosted cross state rival Pitt at the Snakepit. The dual didn’t go as expected with bonus points, upsets and criteria deciding the winner in two consecutive home matc...

The video is in processes and should be posted later today. Lehigh squeezed past Oklahoma State last night in Stabler Arena in front of nearly 3,000 fans.  Lehigh looked competitive and tough for the first 5 matches, even when they lost.  The teams split the first two matches. Then Josh Humphreys th...

Coming into the 2019-20 season there are some high hopes and expectation for Malvern Prep wrestling.  They return a strong and young core. They’ve had some good individual results at early tournaments. It appears that they have better depth than last season. If they can figure out a couple of pieces...

Seth Duckworth and I spent some time today doing a preview of this big early season match up. If the expected starters wrestle, more than a dozen top 25 wrestlers will take the mat. The marquee match will hopefully take place at 174lbs:  #2 Jordan Kutler vs. #5 Joe Smith. Smith hasn’t wrestled a mat...

 

Video in process Quick thoughts about the tournament. It’s the only preseason tournament that I’ve ever been to that finished ahead of schedule two years in a row.  Some of the teams at this tournament didn’t bring their A squads and lots of starters were coaching their teammates. Wrestling is a tou...

There are so many moving pieces with D1 teams trying to win while some of their best wrestlers are trying to make the Olympic team that there are many truly unknowns out there. Things on your favorite team might not be so clear. So many college wrestlers are looking to qualify for the 2020 Olympic [...

I spent a couple of hours talking about Division 1 New Jersey wrestling with Dan Seifring earlier today. We focused on Princeton, RIder and Rutgers but included some thoughts on the top New Jersey wrestlers competing for schools out of state too. Dan is part of the brain trust behind Wrestlestat.com...

There is a bunch of excitement in the media, college athletic ranks and certain political circles about the California law for college athletes to make money while in school. California student-athletes will have the rights to their own name, image and likeness, aka NIL rights, and the law will forb...

In maybe the biggest move by an Olympic and World gold medalist wrestler ever Kyle Sndyer is leaving the Ohio RTC for the Nittany Lion RTC. It is a move that will only escalate the broader wrestling war between the two states despite Kyle Snyder’s long and detailed announcement. I have written in th...

There are countless reasons for wrestlers and MMA fighters to strength train: building strong muscles, increasing dynamic power to help performance in addition to injury prevention, improved long term health and disease prevention. Then there is the enhanced mental health of feeling like a badass wh...

Introduction Competitive sports have been divided primarily by the concepts of male/female identity. However, these traditional athletic categories do not account for transgender persons who experience incongruence between the gender assigned at birthand their experienced gender identity. The questi...

  Team USA went into the World Championships with a strong team and high expectations. Four wrestlers scored zero team points. You can’t win a world championship starting off like that. Pat Downey had a better tournament than most expected. Guessing that he’s not homeless. I know that there were som...

I spent some time talking with Army West Point coach Kevin Ward earlier today. Coach Ward is one of the best younger D1 coaches in the country. Army is ranked #2 in preseason EIWA polls. Coach Ward is a thoughtful and articulate coach with some interesting stories. I can’t help but believe tha...

I had a good talk with Brock earlier today. I’m looking forward to his senior season. I’ll take the over on his preseason rankings. You can watch on You Tube or  listen below on the Sound Cloud link. https://youtu.be/5rltekzZM2I   https://soundcloud.com/user-270993984/true-wrestling...

United World Wrestling has announced changes to the Rankings Series of events that will decide the pre-Olympic point rankings for the Tokyo Olympics. The UWW started the rankings system a couple of years ago and has tweaked since its inception. The new Olympic Changes to the Qualification process, O...

I spent a few minutes catching up with Princeton coach and senior level freestyle wrestler Nate Jackson earlier today. Jackson is coming off a Gold medal performance at the Medved last weekend. Look for him to compete in November at the Bill Farrell. Nate talks about his senior level success, confid...

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As more Americans are starting to follow senior level wrestling, I wanted to put together a list of the best men’s freestyle wrestlers since the late 1970’s. As a kid this was my favorite style of wrestling. Most wrestlers I’ve talked with have similar feelings, it’s more dynamic than folkstyle and ...

I had a long conversation with All American Jack Mueller last night. I’ve followed him since he attended Wyoming Seminary 5 years ago. I’ve always liked watching him. We cover everything from Spencer Lee to Texas wrestling. Grab a drink and hear what Jack has to say. You can watch on You...

https://youtu.be/duww2g0Y_9c Ty Walz just finished his second season as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, Virginia Tech. He’s also on the Team USA’s national team. In his second season at VT, Walz helped lead the Hokies to top 11 finish at the NCAA Championships. They also h...

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I’ve heard nothing but good stuff from the coaches and through my grapevine about Beard. Very easy to coach and picks up the coaching fast. Look for him to compete at 197 next year no matter the roster situation. Penn State will be reloading with Beard. You can watch the video or audio only be...

10 Things that KILL team culture: Character- Lack of athlete leadership by top wrestLack of club leadership and integrity. Coaches and kids not giving 100% effort in practice or matches. Poor practice partners – going easy on teammates. Coaches only focusing on their kids. Poor sportsmanship o...

10 Signs that you need a break from Wrestling Lost motivation for practice and or competition. Goals don’t seem as important as they once did. Your body consistently aches or hurts. Can’t focus your mind. Nagging injuries are piling up and not healing. Losing matches to kids that you’ve beaten in th...

10 High Performance Habits Wake up at a consistent early time. Give 100% effort at everything. Deal with your most difficult challenges first. Find the lessons from failure, loss and not reaching your goals and then quickly move on. Pay attention to others and learn from their behavior. Choose your ...

Council Rock South ran away with another regional title tonight in Souderton. While they weren’t as dominating as they were at last year’s regionals, a nearly impossible task. The team race was never in question. The real surprise was there closest opponent was cross town rival CR North, who matched...

USA Powerlifting has banned all transgender women from competing as women, even as a trans powerlifter in Minnesota recently won a state championship with another association, setting a state record. The weightlifting governing body explained their reasoning on their website: Men naturally have a la...

Starting practice with a well thought out dynamic warm up is an important beginning to any training session. I’ll cover several reasons why a dynamic warm-up is key to performance and training longevity. Most teams that I see warm up do a static warmup which doesn’t prepare a body for high intensity...

Virginia Tech came into the Lehigh Valley this afternoon and dominated a Mountain Hawk team that has been on a roll lately but looked mostly flat today.  VT opened up the dual winning the first 4 bouts by pushing the pace before true freshman Josh Humphreys put a stop to the slide at 157. The [&#823...

Blair hosted Bergen Catholic at Lehigh University and put on a show of dominance tonight. One year after BC knocked Blair off and a couple weeks after Blair lost two of their wrestlers to Bergen, Blair totally dominated the 2019 dual. Video will be posted on Sunday Post match interviews with Coach A...

The Mountain Hawks pulled away from the Sun Devils in the last 2 match to win going away Saturday night in the Snake Pit. Both teams scraped to a 13-13 tie through 8 matches when Chris Weiler and Jordan Wood sealed the dual with a couple of bonus point wins. Check back for Video Sunday […]

Red Lion high school hosted alumni Chance Marsteller and  his Lock Haven Wrestling team in a major dual with Arizona State. The rise continues. Video will be up Sunday evening. 174lbs: #2 Zahid Valencia (ASU) major dec. Jared Siegrist (LHU) 14-4 / ASU, 4-0 184lbs: #18 Corey Hazel (LHU) dec. Jacen Pe...

Videos in process In a match that featured a bonus points in 8 of the 10 bouts there wasn’t a dull moment. ISU opened up strong at 125 but both wrestlers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike behavior at the close of the match. You can make the call watching the video. Rider bounced back […]

Video Highlights tomorrow After years of struggling to beat Cornell and in the midst of a very challenging year Lehigh rises in the Snake Pit. This dual had something for everyone: momentum swings, unexpected twists with the final match, but not heavyweights, deciding the entire dual. Lehigh jumped ...

Video will be posted soon Okie State came into New Jersey yesterday and opened up a winning two match Jersey road trip with upstart Princeton before running over Rutgers today. Jadwin Gym was packed and fans were offered early hope when Pat Glory looked solid in the first period versus Nick Piccanni...

Video will be posted tomorrow The Palestra was a roller-coaster of emotion Sunday afternoon for both teams. Drexel pulled out an early lead but a come from behind win in the last seconds of the penultimate match got the Penn faithful on their feet hoping for a minor miracle in the final match to com...

Video will be posted Sunday                 #16 North Carolina cruised into Princeton earlier today to face the #12 team in the country.  I know other wrestling organizations don’t have them ranked as I do. Princeton’s team is clearly on the move literally. Fa...

Video will be posted Sunday         Lehigh piled up the bonus points in a 34-12 win over Bucknell Friday night in its first home match since November. The Hawks got bonus points in five matches, including three first period pins to post their second straight dual win of the seaso...

As if wrestling needs one more adversary, the American Psychological Association (APA) has released guidelines that teach psychologists working with men and boys that “traditional masculinity is psychologically harmful.” This is a clear and direct attack on nearly every male wrestler (and every male...

Know why you want to get better. Example my son thinks it’s fun and that it makes him mentally stronger in all areas of life. Treat your food as fuel. Eat healthier foods. Give up all sweetened drinks. Protect yourself from mat disease better. Pick one goal a week. Try a new technique at practice. [...

What happens when high school and college kids study intersectionality and Social Justice? In most places it is merged with all courses. If you major in this area you learn through various diagrams showing matrices of privilege and persecution. It’s not only Caucasian privilege causing black oppress...

Americans unconsciously consume more sugar year after year – why don’t we think more about it? Until this century humans didn’t really have much access to sugar. Athletes interested in enhancing performance sometimes think that simple sugars will work. I’m not sure that real science backs that claim...

I’ve been around a long time and have participate and coached several sports. In my opinion what is very clear through the lenses of history and the world is that wrestling is the most valuable sport to a boy that society ever devised. Numerous wrestling programs have stayed off termination or scrut...

I talked with Erie Cathedral Prep coach Mike Hahesy earlier today. Maybe it’s because we have similar upbringings and coaching beliefs that I enjoyed talking with him so much. I felt like we could have talked for hours. His team looks to be in the hunt for medals in the state dual tournament a...

Top ranked Blair rode into Malvern last tonight without a few of their starters and still put on a show of dominance for the crowd of a couple hundred fans. All the teams were banged up, missing starters but there was a ton of talent in the room. Next up for Malvern and Blair is […]

Army came into Philly tonight and came out ready to compete hard for 7 minutes. They caught a young nicked up Drexel team flat footed and kept their foot on the gas pedal for the entire dual.  Next up for Army, Midlands Dec 29th. Drexel is next in action at the Southern Scuffle Jan. 1st. [&#823...

  The U Penn wrestling team bounced back from a close loss to Rider on Friday night to smack down the Terps at the Palestra on Sunday afternoon. The “new look” Penn team started 6 freshmen in new uniforms to win 8 of the 10 matches. While Maryland doesn’t bring a bunch of ranked wrestlers [&#82...

The Princeton Tigers bussed into the Lehigh Valley tonight with high hopes after a tough road trip through the Midwest. They faced off against an injured Mountainhawk team and won a dual for the first time in my lifetime in the snake pit. I’m not even sure that the administration at Princeton knows ...

If you weren’t in Lawrenceville New Jersey last night you missed a crazy early season match between to relatively new foes. Penn drew for a random weight class start and Jake Hendriz at 174 opened the match with a win. Then Rider cruised out to a 7-point lead before Penn had two falls to put [&#8230...

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Penn State came into Philadelphia ranked a clear #1 in the country and showed a partisan and seemingly larger crowd than last year. They are so enjoyable to watch with a wide-open style that it makes even the casual observer a fan. PSU lost only one match in what might be considered an upset, 3rdpla...

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Response to a Comment from Age of Enlightenment or Avoidance Great post Mike. I love the things you talk about here and the only question I have is what mirror do we use to look at ourselves (& more importantly our kids) when trying to evaluate our shared process. Every coach has different advic...

I talked with Aaron Brooks a few hours ago. Here is our conversation. Right after we talked he signed a NLI to attend PSU.

Starting off an article by telling you that I’m a child of the enlightenment won’t win over any new readers, but if you’re a regular you won’t be surprised by my thought process. Let me explain. If you have a goal and a current assessment based on evidence, reason will generally give you the straigh...

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Video will be posted shortly Some quick thoughts about the tournament. It’s the only preseason tournament that I’ve ever been to that finished ahead of schedule. It would have been over even earlier if the Track software didn’t need to pause the mats so often. You can click on any match with a hyper...

Over 1,100 fans filed into Grace Hall last night to watch Lehigh conduct its annual wrestle offs. Most of the wrestlers know each other so well that the action can be limited due to familiarity. Several likely starters were missing from the action and seemed to temper the already discreet crowd. Tim...

It makes sense that as life gets easier (less physical) the weaker our muscles become. Children become physically weaker from inactivity and a team of researchers who measured handgrip, arm-hangs and sit-ups found a dramatic decrease in fitness in the last generation of kids.   What most parent...

The top 30 D1 transfers. Eastern Michigan (closed) and Edinboro have the most wrestlers transferring. Not one Boro wrestler went to West Virginia. You got to wonder if they were blocked by the Edinboro administration (Bruce Baumgartner)? I could get one person to talk with me about it from Edinboro....

Lennie Zalesky was named the California Baptist University wrestling head coach coach in June 2011. The Lancers have enjoyed tremendous success in NCAA Division II and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference since they completed their transition in 2013-14. CBU looks to carry that over as it transiti...

What if I told you a week ago that America was within striking distance of repeating as Freestyle World champs without the face of American freestyle wrestling making it to the finals match? All four of the first day wrestlers medaled, with the Magic Man bringing home a gold on his first world team....

General Guidelines- Prepare your child for contact and lifelong body health. Warning! Driven wrestling parents won’t think that this is enough. I disagree. My goal with this is to protect a kid’s body and have them ready for serious competition around puberty. Disguise the workouts as fun or competi...

I just talked with Marco Vespa. Marco is a 2x NY State medalist, he took 3rd  in last years tournament. Marco is going into his senior year and just committed to Penn State. PSU is loaded with young light weight talent: RBY, Teasdale, Teske, Davis, Busiello just name the obvious. Can he take a big [...

Get back on your workout routine for strength, conditioning of the body and mind and dial-it-in to be lean and mean. Learn from previous years’ failures. The harder you train the harder it is to give up on a goal. Get more recovery time than you think that you need. Don’t even think about dieting. [...

If you want your strength to increase you need to grow your muscles. To grow your muscles you need to put them through stress. Wrestlers want strength with as little bulk as possible unless going up a weight class. If you are a wrestler or just an athlete you want the exercises you’re doing to [&#82...

The crazy, crazy money in college athletics keeps getting crazier. I don’t see how it can continue at this pace. That’s a huge payday for all parties involved and was to be expected given the recent changes to the Big Ten media partnerships. The advent of conference networks and new television...

A pair of attackers from ISIS hit a wrestling match in the Shi’ite part of the Afghan capital city of Kabul. The first attacker killed a guard outside the sports center, forced his way in, and detonated in the crowd. A second bomber detonated outside in a car, causing more casualties. More Here &#38...

There has been a lot of talk about strength training in the wrestling world spurred on by Kyle Snyder showing off much of his training on social media. Many old school wrestlers and coaches were brought up with the idea that lifting weights tends to make you slower. That may have been true with the ...

Have you seen the stats?  Kids aren’t enrolling in contact sports like they used to.  When parents wrap their sons in bubble wrap it is hard to get those same kids interested in a sport that requires rough physical contact. A young coach called me just the other day to talk about a problem that [&#8...

Have you seen the stats?  Kids aren’t enrolling in contact sports like they used to.  When parents wrap their sons in bubble wrap it is hard to get those same kids interested in a sport that requires rough physical contact. A young coach called me just the other day to talk about a problem that [&#8...

I see some many high school and college kids that want to get better but they are making decisions that won’t help them get better. I promise you that staying up late, playing hours of Fortnite (or any video game) and otherwise living a sedentary life style, punctuated by a couple hours of working o...

I see some many high school and college kids that want to get better but they are making decisions that won’t help them get better. I promise you that staying up late, playing hours of Fortnite (or any video game) and otherwise living a sedentary life style, punctuated by a couple hours of working o...

I talked with Pat earlier today. I enjoyed our rangy conversation. Downey is an individual that has taken a winding road to being a very good wrestler and it seems everyone has strong opinions about him. I’m a fan of individualism and of Pat’s unshakeable competitive mindset. I hope he finds a place...

I talked with Pat earlier today. I enjoyed our rangy conversation. Downey is an individual that has taken a winding road to being a very good wrestler and it seems everyone has strong opinions about him. I’m a fan of individualism and of Pat’s unshakeable competitive mindset. I hope he finds a place...

Men’s Freestyle Match 1 61 Joe Colon Fresno, CA (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Nahshon Garrett Tempe, AZ (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 7-5 92 J’den Cox Columbia, MO (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Hayden Zillmer Crosby, MN (Minnesota Storm), 5-2 125 Nick Gwiazdowski Raleigh, NC...

Men’s Freestyle Match 1 61 Joe Colon Fresno, CA (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Nahshon Garrett Tempe, AZ (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 7-5 92 J’den Cox Columbia, MO (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Hayden Zillmer Crosby, MN (Minnesota Storm), 5-2 125 Nick Gwiazdowski Raleigh, NC...

  Heal up the body and mind. If you have had any injuries go see a doctor of osteopathy (DO), a quality physical therapist (myo-fascial release) or sports psychologist to ensure that they really heal up. The mind is just as important as the body. The next step would be to strengthen the formerly wea...

  Heal up the body and mind. If you have had any injuries go see a doctor of osteopathy (DO), a quality physical therapist (myo-fascial release) or sports psychologist to ensure that they really heal up. The mind is just as important as the body. The next step would be to strengthen the formerly wea...

I talked with Alec Pantaleo earlier today.  Alec is a 2x AA place winner with his highest finish 5th last March in Cleveland. Pantaleo is one of my favorite wrestlers. He can go with and beat anyone when he’s on his game. Not sure what weight class he will be at next season but if […]

I talked with Alec Pantaleo earlier today.  Alec is a 2x AA place winner with his highest finish 5th last March in Cleveland. Pantaleo is one of my favorite wrestlers. He can go with and beat anyone when he’s on his game. Not sure what weight class he will be at next season but if […]

Make the Changes necessary to reach your goals. I promise that it won’t be easy. So you can dive into the pain of growth or delay the pain of failure until next season. The choice is yours. Good luck.   Be a multi sport athlete. Take a competitive break from wrestling but still get some [&#8230...

Make the Changes necessary to reach your goals. I promise that it won’t be easy. So you can dive into the pain of growth or delay the pain of failure until next season. The choice is yours. Good luck.   Be a multi sport athlete. Take a competitive break from wrestling but still get some [&#8230...

I recently had a long talk with Stuart McGill. Nearly 2/3’s of Americans and north of 80% of athletes suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Serious athletes are especially susceptible to lower back troubles. McGill has worked with many of the top athletes in the world. We mai...

I recently had a long talk with Stuart McGill. Nearly 2/3’s of Americans and north of 80% of athletes suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Serious athletes are especially susceptible to lower back troubles. McGill has worked with many of the top athletes in the world. We mai...

I spent some time talking with Pat Glory today. Pat is a 2x NJ State Champ, 3x State Finalist, Super 32 Champ, Beast of the East, Escape the Rock Champ etc… Pat is an interesting and engaging young man. He thoughtfully answered questions about his personal development into one of the best high schoo...

I spent some time talking with Pat Glory today. Pat is a 2x NJ State Champ, 3x State Finalist, Super 32 Champ, Beast of the East, Escape the Rock Champ etc… Pat is an interesting and engaging young man. He thoughtfully answered questions about his personal development into one of the best high schoo...

We spent close to an hour, on and off camera, talking about his wrestling history and future aspirations. Aaron just won an absolutely loaded US Open Junior bracket. The North Hagerstown Maryland senior won in the finals over University of Nebraska’s and PA native Michael Labriola 14-3 in 5:05. I&#8...

We spent close to an hour, on and off camera, talking about his wrestling history and future aspirations. Aaron just won an absolutely loaded US Open Junior bracket. The North Hagerstown Maryland senior won in the finals over University of Nebraska’s and PA native Michael Labriola 14-3 in 5:05. I&#8...

by Jim Beeghley April 27, 2018 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS NEWS RELEASE  Clarity Provided to Out-of-Bounds Calls in High School Wrestling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elliot Hopkins INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 27, 2018) — New definitions for inbounds and out of bounds highlig...

First of all, this was no easy task. There have been so many extraordinary wrestlers over the last 20 years that there can be no totally objective list. I tried to be objective with my subjective perspective, guys that I like to watch. I did include some guys that I flat out don’t jive with […...