Wrestling Updates and Tidbits...

Sommers · April 15, 2017

Again Congrats to McCallie and others around the state for these fine placements into so many fine schools, i.e., Lehigh and Stanford.

Also closer to home what Moorman's doing up in the tri-cities...

King U. continues to grow in national popularity...

http://m.herald-zeitung.com/sports/article_25daa618-2169-11e7-900a-3751a47f1287.html?mode=jqm

By Tucker Stephenson The Herald-Zeitung | Posted 11 hours ago

NB senior Vital to wrestle for DII power King University.

Leilani Vital has always been the pioneer of the New Braunfels High School girls wrestling program

Sommers · April 19, 2017

Lebanon/WC wrestler moves onto next level...

http://wilsonpost.com/wrestling----wc-s-sesnan-signs-with-williams-baptist-cms-90602

WRESTLING -- WC's Sesnan signs with Williams Baptist

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Sesnan signing April 13, 2017

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GLADEVILLE -- Wilson Central wrestler Sean Sesnan signed scholarship papers last week to compete at Williams Baptist, an NAIA institution in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Sesnan (120 pounds) went 187-14 in his four-year varsity career.

Seated, from left: dad Mike, Sean, sister Summer & mom Glenda Sesnan. Standing: WCHS athletic director Chip Bevis, WCHS coach John Kramer, strength & conditioning coach Lee Allison and assistant Daniel Wild.

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NCAA championship sites, Coach changes, Bono update,Rule changes and more...

http://www.flowrestling.org/article/54908-boise-state-to-drop-wrestling-program

Apr 18, 2017

The biggest spectacle in our sport has their home for the next few years. The NCAA championship sites have been announced through the 2021-22 season.

This date had been circled on the calendar, not just for wrestling fans, but throughout the collegiate sports landscape. Here is our article from the last time they were chosen, back in December of 2013. As a reminder, next year's tournament will be at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

We will be making our annual pilgrimage to Pittsburgh in 2019, one of the toughest areas for high school wrestling in the country. Pittsburgh last hosted the NCAA championships in 1957.

The next year, fans will be heading to the land of 10,000 lakes for the 2020 national championships at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. It is the home of the Minnesota Vikings and just opened this past September. The only other time Minnesota has hosted the tournament was in 1996.

In 2021, a familiar face pops up at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, which has hosted the event eight times since 2000, including this year.

Finally, 2022 will be hosted in an arena that hasn't even opened yet. Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the future home of the Pistons and Red Wings, is slated to open this fall. NCAAs was also held in the Pistons arena back in 2006.

Future NCAA Wrestling Championship Sites

Division I

March 21-23, 2019 National Championships

PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh, PA - Pittsburgh and SportsPITTSBURGH

March 19-21, 2020 National Championships

U.S. Bank Stadium - Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota and Meet Minneapolis

March 18-20, 2021 National Championships

Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MO - Missouri and St. Louis Sports Commission

March 17-19, 2022 National Championships

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI - Michigan and Detroit Sports Commission

Division II

March 8-9, 2019 Wrestling Championships

The Wolstein Center - Cleveland, OH - Ashland and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

March 13-14, 2020 Wrestling Championships

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls and Sioux Falls Sports Authority

March 8-13, 2021 Wrestling Championships

Birmingham CrossPlex - Birmingham, AL - Montevallo and City of Birmingham

March 11-12, 2022 Wrestling Championships

Chaifetz Arena - St. Louis, MO - Maryville (Missouri) and St. Louis Sports Commission

Division III

March 8-9, 2019 Wrestling Championships

Berglund Center - Roanoke, VA - Ferrum

March 13-14, 2020 Wrestling Championships

U.S. Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA - IIAC and Go Cedar Rapids

March 12-13, 2021 Wrestling Championships

LaCrosse Center - LaCrosse, WI - Wisconsin-La Crosse

March 11-12, 2022 Wrestling Championships

U.S. Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA - IIAC and Go Cedar Rapids

Boise State To Drop Wrestling Program

Apr 18, 2017

Christian Pyles

The following is a release sent out by Boise State outlining their decision to drop wrestling and add a baseball program. The program has had considerable success having won six Pac 12 titles (2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011). The program boasts 20 individual All-Americans, 12 top-20 NCAA finishes and 5 top-10 NCAA finishes.

April 18, 2017

BOISE, Idaho - In order to better align its programs with the Mountain West, and with the intent to add baseball in the future, Boise State announced Tuesday that it will no longer offer wrestling as an intercollegiate sport.

"This was not an easy decision, but one that needed to be made as we consider the long-term vision for Bronco athletics," said Director of Athletics Curt Apsey. "We will continue to honor the scholarships we provide our student-athletes, and will do all we can to help those who want to continue their collegiate wrestling careers elsewhere."Additionally, current coaching contracts will be honored."

The following was developed to answer questions regarding today's announcement. Additional questions should be directed to Joe Nickell (joenickell@boisestate.edu/208-426-3868).

Why is Boise State adding baseball?

Baseball is the only Mountain West-sponsored sport not offered by Boise State. Additionally, we believe baseball will strengthen the long-term brand and reputation of Boise State at a national level.

Why is Boise State discontinuing wrestling?

Boise State intends to add baseball. The elimination of wrestling alone will not be enough from a budgetary or structural standpoint, but it was the first step that needed to be taken to build the future structure of the athletics department.

Why make the decision now?

When it became clear that the university could not support both baseball and wrestling from a budgetary and structural standpoint, it was decided to simply make the tough decision in hopes of giving our coaches and student-athletes ample time to pursue their careers elsewhere if they choose.

What factors contributed to this decision?

There are multiple factors at play, including our role in the Mountain West and the long-term best interest of the university and its athletic department. Still, every decision made within collegiate athletics involves budgetary and compliance issues for the short and the long term.

What are the next steps for wrestling student-athletes?

Student-athletes are free to transfer, and Boise State will help them with that process. Scholarships will be honored for those that wish to remain students at Boise State. Additionally, all resources -- including academic and medical support -- will continue to be made available to student-athletes as long as they are enrolled at Boise State and remain academically eligible and on track for degree completion.

How close is Boise State to adding baseball?

There is no timeline, but we are committed to moving ahead as quickly as possible.

Is there a possibility for wrestling to return to Boise State?

Knowing that wrestling is not a part of our plan moving forward, it is highly unlikely it would return.

NCAA Championship Sites Announced For 2019-22

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NCAA Championship Sites Announced For 2019-22

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Apr 18, 2017

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The biggest spectacle in our sport has their home for the next few years. The NCAA championship sites have been announced through the 2021-22 season.

This date had been circled on the calendar, not just for wrestling fans, but throughout the collegiate sports landscape. Here is our article from the last time they were chosen, back in December of 2013. As a reminder, next year's tournament will be at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

We will be making our annual pilgrimage to Pittsburgh in 2019, one of the toughest areas for high school wrestling in the country. Pittsburgh last hosted the NCAA championships in 1957.

The next year, fans will be heading to the land of 10,000 lakes for the 2020 national championships at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. It is the home of the Minnesota Vikings and just opened this past September. The only other time Minnesota has hosted the tournament was in 1996.

In 2021, a familiar face pops up at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, which has hosted the event eight times since 2000, including this year.

Finally, 2022 will be hosted in an arena that hasn't even opened yet. Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the future home of the Pistons and Red Wings, is slated to open this fall. NCAAs was also held in the Pistons arena back in 2006.

Future NCAA Wrestling Championship Sites

Division I

March 21-23, 2019 National Championships

PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh, PA - Pittsburgh and SportsPITTSBURGH

March 19-21, 2020 National Championships

U.S. Bank Stadium - Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota and Meet Minneapolis

March 18-20, 2021 National Championships

Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MO - Missouri and St. Louis Sports Commission

March 17-19, 2022 National Championships

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI - Michigan and Detroit Sports Commission

Division II

March 8-9, 2019 Wrestling Championships

The Wolstein Center - Cleveland, OH - Ashland and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

March 13-14, 2020 Wrestling Championships

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls and Sioux Falls Sports Authority

March 8-13, 2021 Wrestling Championships

Birmingham CrossPlex - Birmingham, AL - Montevallo and City of Birmingham

March 11-12, 2022 Wrestling Championships

Chaifetz Arena - St. Louis, MO - Maryville (Missouri) and St. Louis Sports Commission

Division III

March 8-9, 2019 Wrestling Championships

Berglund Center - Roanoke, VA - Ferrum

March 13-14, 2020 Wrestling Championships

U.S. Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA - IIAC and Go Cedar Rapids

March 12-13, 2021 Wrestling Championships

LaCrosse Center - LaCrosse, WI - Wisconsin-La Crosse

March 11-12, 2022 Wrestling Championships

U.S. Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA - IIAC and Go Cedar Rapids

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Redo - Des Moines, Iowa City, Omaha

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Deep in the heart of Texas at Jerry World would be pretty cool!

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Boise State To Drop Wrestling Program

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The following is a release sent out by Boise State outlining their decision to drop wrestling and add a baseball program. The program has had considerable success having won six Pac 12 titles (2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011). The program boasts 20 individual All-Americans, 12 top-20 NCAA finishes and 5 top-10 NCAA finishes.

April 18, 2017

BOISE, Idaho - In order to better align its programs with the Mountain West, and with the intent to add baseball in the future, Boise State announced Tuesday that it will no longer offer wrestling as an intercollegiate sport.

"This was not an easy decision, but one that needed to be made as we consider the long-term vision for Bronco athletics," said Director of Athletics Curt Apsey. "We will continue to honor the scholarships we provide our student-athletes, and will do all we can to help those who want to continue their collegiate wrestling careers elsewhere."Additionally, current coaching contracts will be honored."

The following was developed to answer questions regarding today's announcement. Additional questions should be directed to Joe Nickell (joenickell@boisestate.edu/208-426-3868).

Why is Boise State adding baseball?

Baseball is the only Mountain West-sponsored sport not offered by Boise State. Additionally, we believe baseball will strengthen the long-term brand and reputation of Boise State at a national level.

Why is Boise State discontinuing wrestling?

Boise State intends to add baseball. The elimination of wrestling alone will not be enough from a budgetary or structural standpoint, but it was the first step that needed to be taken to build the future structure of the athletics department.

Why make the decision now?

When it became clear that the university could not support both baseball and wrestling from a budgetary and structural standpoint, it was decided to simply make the tough decision in hopes of giving our coaches and student-athletes ample time to pursue their careers elsewhere if they choose.

What factors contributed to this decision?

There are multiple factors at play, including our role in the Mountain West and the long-term best interest of the university and its athletic department. Still, every decision made within collegiate athletics involves budgetary and compliance issues for the short and the long term.

What are the next steps for wrestling student-athletes?

Student-athletes are free to transfer, and Boise State will help them with that process. Scholarships will be honored for those that wish to remain students at Boise State. Additionally, all resources -- including academic and medical support -- will continue to be made available to student-athletes as long as they are enrolled at Boise State and remain academically eligible and on track for degree completion.

How close is Boise State to adding baseball?

There is no timeline, but we are committed to moving ahead as quickly as possible.

Is there a possibility for wrestling to return to Boise State?

Knowing that wrestling is not a part of our plan moving forward, it is highly unlikely it would return.

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edmonster1 hour ago

BSU was one of the only destinations for standout wrestlers in our area to wrestle D1. Many of them tuned me up once or twice in high school, and it was great to see them at the next level. Cheers to those of you who represented us: Cory Fish, Levi Jones, Adam Hall, Brian Owen to name a few. We're sad to see another strong program go.

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the_father_of_lies1 hour ago

First goes GCU and now boise State...

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fowliee112 hours ago

Is it safe to assume that BSU Wrestling has more AA's than any other sport in Boise State history? Even one of the more successful sports at Boise state?

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Angel Escobedo Named Associate Head Coach At Indiana

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Angel Escobedo will be returning to his alma mater to become the associate head coach at Indiana. That position became available when Nick Simmons left the program on April 8th.

Escobedo is one of the greatest wrestlers in Hoosier history, having been a four-time All American and 2008 national champ for the program in his home state. A four-time state champ for Griffith high school, he is coming from Ames, where he was the volunteer assistant for three years at Iowa State.

Along with his decorated college career, Escobedo brings senior level experience to the Crimson and Cream. He was fifth in the world at 55kg in 2013, as well as a Pan Am Games silver medal in 2015 at 57kg.

With a second child on the way in a couple weeks, Escobedo will be splitting time back and forth between Ames and Bloomington, but will be there full time by the fall.

Indiana also recently received news that they will be getting a new competition arena, which could come as early as next year.

Jason Welch Named Assistant Coach At Northwestern

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Below is the announcement of Jason Welch's return to the Northwestern program as a coach, courtesy of the Northwestern Athletic Department.

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EVANSTON, Ill. - Jason Welch, a three-time All-American at Northwestern, has joined the program as an assistant coach, head coach Matt Storniolo announced today.

"I'm extremely excited to welcome back Jason Welch to his home here at Northwestern," Storniolo said. "Jason had one of the most exciting careers that our wrestling program has ever seen and we could not have a better ambassador representing Northwestern or the sport of wrestling."

Welch joins Andrew Howe and Cody Brewer to round out the Northwestern coaching staff and all three were NCAA Champions or NCAA Runners-Up in their collegiate careers. Brewer will work with the lightweights, Welch with the middleweights, and Howe will train the upperweights.

"Joining the staff at my alma mater is a dream job for me. I'm excited to give back to a place that I'm so fond of," Welch said. "I think that there is a huge potential here at Northwestern and I'm looking forward to helping our student-athletes realize that potential."

The Walnut Creek, California, native had one of the most decorated careers in the program's history.

He came to Evanston as a three-time California state champion, the winner of the Junior Dan Hodge Trophy for the nation's best high school wrestler, and the nation's top-ranked recruit and left an NCAA Finalist, a Big Ten Champion, and a two-time Ken Kraft Midlands Champion.

Welch was also the last high-schooler to place at Midlands, taking sixth in 2007.

He had some strong performances at NCAAs in his sophomore and junior campaigns, placing sixth and fourth, respectively. In his sixth-place trip to NCAAs, he was seeded eighth and delivered one of the biggest wins of the Championships by knocking off No. 1 seed Adam Hall of Boise State.

In his final year in Evanston, he was the national runner-up at 157 pounds. In his run-up to NCAAs, he captured his first conference crown with a come-from-behind win as the No. 2 seed in Big Tens. With his victory, he became the 30th-different Wildcat wrestler to win a Big Ten title.

In all, Welch was four-for-four in reaching NCAA Championships during his NU career. His .841 winning percentage was the seventh-best in program history and he is the seventh three-time All-American in NU history.

He has had recent post-graduate wrestling success, taking bronze in the 154-pound division at the Canada Cup in July 2014 and winning bronze at the 2017 Paris International.

He graduated from Northwestern with a degree in English. Since 2014, Welch has been the resident athlete at the Chicago Regional Training Center, which trains elite-level wrestlers in pursuit of Olympic competition. He was the head coach of Loyola Academy's wrestling team from 2015-16 and graduated from Bennington College with a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Storniolo was one of the Wildcats' assistant coaches during Welch's tenure, hired before his redshirt season in 2009. They had a strong rapport on the mat ("He's my favorite to wrestle because our styles are really similar," Storniolo told Intermat in 2009. "We're like two ferrets attacking each other."). Now, the pair will build their rapport as fellow coaches.

Welch is coming full-circle at Northwestern. He was quoted in the Chicago Tribune in his preparations for NCAAs in 2013 as saying, "Coaching is something I have a passion for." With his hiring, his passion will be realized back at his alma mater.

No. 2 Seth Nevills Makes Verbal Commitment To PSU

Apr 14, 2017

Ryan Holmes

Start the "We Are" chants because No. 2 Seth Nevills is headed to Happy Valley.

The three-time undefeated California state champ made his verbal commitment today via Twitter.

Nevills, who just finished his junior season at Clovis, recently won a FloNational title with a win over Cornell commit Brendan Furman, 8-0 while being coached by current Nittany Lions All-American Nick Nevills, his brother, and NCAA Champ Jason Nolf.

Nevills is currently ranked 10th on the Class of 2018 Big Board, obviously projects as a heavyweight on the next level.

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goldfloor6311 hours ago

The two heavyweights need to go at it! I believe Gable has an edge because of his competition. Both are strong and athletic, yet other than Flo, Nevills has no competition all year. He pinned everybody he faced and in his own words, came to Flo to get some work beyond the 1st period. he even mentioned working on scoring next year {to build stamina} instead of pinning everybody in the first period. I believe they both are big strong and athletic, will the slight advantage in athleticism by Gable win over the weight advantage of Nevills? Time will tell!

jonnie2 days ago

So happy to see that Seth chose Penn State...It would have been easy for him to stay home and go to Fresno State. I believe Gable was courted by PSU.I think the redshirt issue and his brother going to Minnesota sealed the deal for Gable (Just my opinion). With Gable declaring for Minnesota, Penn State gave Seth the "full court press". Don't underrate what the Penn State coaching staff can do for Seth...Don't be surprised that Seth is a dominant heavyweight (perhaps better than Gable)...

mjl52494 days ago

WE ARE....Never Losing Again!!

NCAA Wrestling Proposes New Rules

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Apr 14, 2017

Ryan Holmes

Throughout the year everyone debates so many rules and tries to come up with their own modifications for our current standards. Well, the NCAA Rules Committee has met and have proposed some serious changes when it comes to weight management, headgear, facial hair, video review and the awarding of takedowns, which was probably the most controversial topic of the year.

Let's start with the most poignant rule change and that is the one that will certainly affect scrambling. To put it briefly, wrestlers will no longer be able to hang on to a foot and lay on their backs to force a stalemate or prevent a takedown.

Here is what the Rules Committee is proposing:

When in the neutral position, the referee will verbally announce a danger signal to any wrestler who becomes stationary on his back with his shoulders at an angle of 90 degrees or less to the mat surface. The verbal announcement will be followed by an audible three-count. If the referee reaches the third count and the wrestler is still on his back within the 90-degree angle, control will be considered to have been established and a takedown will be awarded.

With weight management the committee is proposing stiffer punishments for those who do not follow their management plans. In the release it states that the committee "recommended a penalty change that would require a wrestler to miss eight consecutive competitions on his first offense in those areas, and to sit out a year for a second offense." But the punishments would not just stop with the wrestler in question but extend to the coaches and directors of athletics, as well.

Headgear will no long have to be worn if the wrestler does not want to. It is now just a recommendation, not a requirement. And when it comes to facial hair, mainly beards, wrestlers will be able to have a beard that is up to a half-inch long. Lastly, with video review they are recommending an optional rule of a third party viewing committee.

Take a look below for the full explanations of the new rules that have been proposed by the NCAA Rules Committee.

Wrestlers who violate NCAA weight assessment protocols, utilize prohibited weight-loss practices or violate medical examination rules may soon face stiffer penalties.

During its annual meeting this week in Indianapolis, the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee recommended a penalty change that would require a wrestler to miss eight consecutive competitions on his first offense in those areas, and to sit out a year for a second offense.

Wrestlers found to be in violation of the weight management protocols or who engage in prohibited weight loss practices would also be required to recertify their weight at some point during the suspension period. Examples of violations covered under this rule include: urine manipulation during weight assessments; use of rubber suits, saunas, diuretics or intravenous rehydration; skin check forgery or deception.

Additionally, the team's coach and the director of athletics would receive private reprimands on the first offense for a wrestler who violates the weight management rules. If a second offense occurs, additional institutional penalties will be determined by the rules committee.

All rules changes must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to review wrestling rules proposals during a teleconference June 13.

Currently, a wrestler who violates the prohibited weight-loss practices rules must sit out one competition on the first offense and for a calendar year for a second offense.

The weight management rules were established to protect the health and safety of the participants in the sport. Currently, wrestlers can lose up to 1.5 percent of their body weight per week. The rules are in place to ensure student-athletes maintain a slow descent toward their competition weight classification.

"We prioritize the health and safety of our athletes, and we didn't have a current penalty structure or protocol that was consistent in these type of violation scenarios," said Mark Branch, the wrestling rules committee chair and head coach at Wyoming. "Our student-athletes are expected to do things right, and with continued education, they will understand there is too much at risk to not follow the rules."

Weight allowance

The committee also recommended when back-to-back dual meet competitions occur, all competitors will receive a 1-pound weight allowance on the second day of competition.

"This is a proposal that will benefit the health and safety of our athletes," Branch said. "It allows them a better opportunity to nourish and hydrate properly when faced with these rare scheduling situations."

Ear protection

The committee proposed removing the current requirement that ear protection must be worn, and while it still recommends that all student-athletes wear the equipment in both practice and competition, it would be the student-athlete's choice.

"The committee still recommends the use of ear protection, but it has been proven that ear protection offers no protection when it comes to concussions," Branch said. "In some cases, the ear protection may irritate or be abrasive to the athlete's ears and promote cauliflower ear. We felt our collegiate athletes are mature and educated enough to decide what is best for them and their particular situation."

Facial hair

The committee recommended wrestlers be allowed to have facial hair of up to a half-inch as long as the skin of the wrestler is visible so that an accurate medical examination can occur. If the official rules the beard is too thick, the wrestler will be required to cover up the facial hair using a non-abrasive facial covering or a face mask.

Currently, wrestlers are not allowed to have facial hair unless they file for a waiver to explain why they should be an exception to the rule.

Third-party video review

The committee recommended an optional rule to allow the hiring of a third-party registered official to conduct video reviews on coaches' challenges in dual meets and tournaments.

"This makes the process more in line with other sports, but with budgetary concerns, we wanted to make it an option rather than a mandate," Branch said.

Other rules recommendations:

Wrestlers will be limited to a maximum of six matches per day.

A recommendation was made to eliminate the Feb. 15 deadline for a wrestler to be down to his lowest-allowable weight class. The committee believes, since all student-athletes must adhere to the 1.5 percent weight loss guidelines, there is no sound rationale for maintaining the arbitrary Feb. 15 deadline.

Wrestlers will be allowed to certify at their weight classifications until the first date of competition. Even though the certification timeline is being extended, the 1.5 percent weight loss descent requirement would remain unchanged.

Coaches will now indicate the intent to use a video review by throwing a red or green foam brick into the competition circle.

The committee also made several editorial changes to the Wrestling Rule Book and worked on a reorganization of the book.

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jonnie2 days ago

I was hoping for 3 points for a takedown...but I guess I'll have to wait...What I didn't like was the facial hair ruling, but I guess I'm just too old fashioned.

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Brian Heller from Facebook3 days ago

Matt Yinger, I'm liking these

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Allen Michael from Facebook3 days ago

No headgear: win 3rd party review should have been imposed a LONG time ago.

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Huckfinn3 days ago

Rats. The rule change that is needed is 3 points for a takedown.

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Pierce Cogburn from Facebook3 days ago

They need to make compression shorts/shirts as a potential uniform and move the season to the right starting in January and ending in April.

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1000004811531954 days ago

My personal opinion is that reviews are given too much time now. If a call can't be confirmed or reversed in 60-90 seconds, there is no obvious evidence to reverse the call. I was also able to hear a discussion on a challenge this last season where the lead official strongly, almost rudely, rejected 100% of the input from his assistant. He knew the result of the challenge before he even saw the replay.

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mikejr.4 days ago

I'd like to see the matches at 6 minutes each, and 1point riding time for every 30 seconds of riding. I think the matches would be faster and furious.

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storppey4 days ago

6 matches a day? how do you finish a big, one day tournament with wrestlebacks? The biggest change needed is related to stalling and being pushed out of bounds versus fleeing to avoid a takedown. Refs still cant be consistent with this and it is not their fault. Guys who are doing all the work and forcing the action get hit on this all the time.

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Nate Krinock from Facebook4 days ago

If that's not a pin idk what is... Jimmy got screwed in this oneâ—ï¸

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Nate Krinock from Facebook4 days ago

Jimmy Gulibon featured above in the thumbnail.. #DA #PSU

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randy84 days ago

The 90 degree rule seems like the "almost" takedown wrestling had just long enough to keep Nico Megaludis from making the world team. If NCAA does not like this position then call a stalemate and move on.

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Trevor Twigg from Facebook4 days ago

As long as the third party reviews don't slow down the action too much I'm cool with it all.

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Brent Wasche from Facebook4 days ago

"But the punishments would not just stop with the wrestler in question but extend to the coaches and directors of athletics, as well." Yeah cause we really want to punish ADs that are already trying to get of wrestling....

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Josh Clark from Facebook4 days ago

I was kind of wondering this also haha

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John B. Skewes from Facebook4 days ago

Steven Skewes. What do you think?

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SherryMonkey4 days ago

They need to apply the 90% rule to situations in control not just neutral.

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Nick Bretz from Facebook4 days ago

Yes yes yes yes yes YES!

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Justin Sullivan from Facebook4 days ago

Craig Kaper Brian Romeo Now I can get on board with this... "Headgear will no long have to be worn if the wrestler does not want to. It is now just a recommendation, not a requirement. And when it comes to facial hair, mainly beards, wrestlers will be able to have a beard that is up to a half-inch long"

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Craig Kaper from Facebook4 days ago

Way it should be

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Craig Kaper from Facebook4 days ago

There have been kids who have grown up as scramblers and have been successful with it. These guys will be the most affected.

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Pete Sandberg from Facebook4 days ago

The college out of bounds rule is changing the entire match and needs to go. Freestyle and Greco are far the better for going to their out of bounds idea.

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Nathan Santhanam from Facebook4 days ago

Nisha Sotiroff look at the first thing on the list \U0001f440 \U0001f442

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Nisha Sotiroff from Facebook4 days ago

You will always be wearing head gear my brother!

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Michael Toryk Sr from Facebook4 days ago

Don't like no headgear rule

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hblester2 days ago

I agree. Ugly ear is not good for the sport or the wrestler. Wear headgear from the beginning all the time. When I started biking - no helmet; same with rock climbing; now, kids coming up have the habit. Not like old farts like me.

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Greg DuVall from Facebook4 days ago

Don't understand why we are changing major rules of the sport on a yearly basis. The review rule is simple, refs can't be afraid to make the right call when taking a second look at it. Don't know why we are changing the fundamentals of our sport and changing the rules constantly...

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Tanner Andrews from Facebook4 days ago

Needs to be a push out rule like in Freestyle/Greco

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sjbe4 days ago

I think if the rules committee were really serious about keeping weight cuts safe they could solve the problem very easily. Simply require a hydration test at the same time as the weigh in. That would cut through all the ridiculous nonsense that solves nothing about weight loss protocols. They are pretending to care about the problem without actually wanting to solve it. A hydration test during weigh ins would eliminate the problems with dehydration which is without question the most dangerous aspect of cutting weight for most athletes. Yes this would mean everyone would wrestle a bit heavier than they do now. But everyone would be equally affected so nobody would be at a disadvantage.

I think if they are going to allow wrestlers to compete without headgear that's fine but there should be a penalty (match/team points) if the wrestler has a cauliflower ear that blows during the match delaying the match. They have a choice to wear the head gear to prevent that and if they chose to not do it there should be consequences if it interferes with the conduct of the match.

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stevedecklin4 days ago

@sjbe Hydration testing every wrestler at every competition would take way too long. I am not completely convinced yet that those tests are 100% accurate in the sense that, I think there are some people who would be at a disadvantage in terms of how their body naturally carries water. Also, now you have people drinking water until they know they are hydrated, THEN cutting weight, allowing their urine to be hydrated while their body is not. I am not a scientist though, so if anyone has better knowledge and ideas on how to eliminate weight cutting altogether, I am all for it. Unfortunately I don't know if it's possible given that pretty much every combat sport in existence hasn't figured out a way to get rid of weight cuts.

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tdm154 days ago

I think the best way is to weigh-in mat side, the kids come off the bench and get on the scale, then go right on to the mat. Will it end poor weight cuts, no but this way there would not be any time to recover so I think most kids would wrestle closer to their walking around weight

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stevedecklin4 days ago

@tdm15 I could definitely see this working

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tmanmetsfan4 days ago

@tdm15 No way. Most kids would still cut the same amount and just feel near death when they wrestle. Hydration testing is definitely a better solution. Maybe have athletic trainers test each school the day before, then report the results the day of weigh ins. Not a perfect system, but definitely more easily implemented.

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tdm153 days ago

@tmanmetsfan @tdm15

Your right, but it would only happen one time. they would feel like they were ready to die, and either get the heck beat out of them by someone, or they would not wrestle that night (and if he was on my team I would chew his #### for not putting a toe on the line and hurting his teammates, either way, it would be a one time thing)

Keep in mind I'm talking about high school kids

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Sawyer Novara from Facebook4 days ago

John Jr Novara

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Jb Holden from Facebook4 days ago

Sam Minor interesting!!

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Darryl Bozeat from Facebook4 days ago

Match rule is stupid, hs 5 match rule is one of the dumbest they ever came up with. Little kids can wrestle all day but a varsity athlete gets 5...

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wvutech1 day ago

Children can wrestle all day because their matches are shorter, they pin frequently, and they don't have the muscle mass to be as physical. College athletes are larger, stronger, more physical, don't pin nearly as often, and have matches often 50% longer than those of children. A match limit is not a bad thing at the college level, and will have minimal effect on team scores.

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John Twomey from Facebook4 days ago

Certainly no headgear is a good one. They all have cauliflower ear anyway lol!!

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Scott Murphy from Facebook4 days ago

Tony Mellino Jr I agree with everything and it's funny we were talking about this with your dad in St. Louis

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Scott Murphy from Facebook4 days ago

Show your dad this he'll love it

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Justin Kyle Wheat from Facebook4 days ago

The match limit is terrible! But, the rest I like.

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Albert A. Alexander Jr. from Facebook4 days ago

You can't even get back points at 90 degrees... That's stupid.

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Justin Kyle Wheat from Facebook4 days ago

All is good but, the match limit. 42 mins of wrestling is less than practice, less than a football or basketball game and tennis matches can go way longer. I don't see them getting capped. You might as well say anyone who loses 1st rd now can only wrestle for 5th in a big 1 day tournament. You're penalizing wrestlers for a the way a tournament is set up. It's dumb!

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Shane Louthan from Facebook4 days ago

What they need are more coaches like Cael that teach aggressive scoring wrestling. I'm not a Penn St fan but they're all about bonus points and teams like Iowa are all about low scoring scrambling matches.

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Cody Toad from Facebook4 days ago

What's it matter how they score? If you train and wrestle a certain way for 15 years and become successful enough to wrestle D1, why would you change your style once you get in college?

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Shane Louthan from Facebook4 days ago

Because they keep changing the rules. I don't agree with the changes but I do get sick of watching stalemate after stalemate. Watch Penn St when they step on the mat they're out for blood and that's why they win it every year and this year they had it won before the final day. It's called bonus points and let's face they're trying to get more people to watch and you don't get more people by watching stalemate after stalemate.

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Chuck Ross Fordyce from Facebook4 days ago

Shane Mark Hall in championship sure wasn't aggressive

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Shane Louthan from Facebook4 days ago

Chuck Ross Fordyce your going by one wrestler in one match not to mention a true freshman. How did the rest of them do in the finals? Dominated like they did the whole tournament, heck they had it won before the 3rd day and you don't do that by being a team that stalls you do that by racking up bonus points like they always do.

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hblester2 days ago

Bo Nikal?

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Pete Sandberg from Facebook4 days ago

Plus, on paper at least, Hall was a huge underdog, and he wrestled the match he needed to to win. He pinned and bonus pointed plenty of guys all year.

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Allen Michael from Facebook3 days ago

Cael is the GOAT

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Chris Bono Turns Down Pitt Head Coaching Position

Photo: Tony Rotundo

Chris Bono Turns Down Pitt Head Coaching Position

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Nomad

Chris Bono will not be the next head coach at the University of Pittsburgh. A source close to the situation confirmed to FloWrestling that Bono will be staying at South Dakota State.

A 1996 NCAA champ for Iowa State, Bono was named the Big 12 coach of the year for the 2016-17 season. The three-time world team member had SDSU as high as 15th in Flo's dual rankings this year and finished 16th at NCAAs. Bono has been head coach of the Jackrabbits since April 17th, 2012.

Pitt has been without a head coach since January 19th, when Jason Peters was dismissed. Matt Kocher and Drew Headlee have been acting co-head coaches since then. It has also been reported that Tim Flynn and Pat Santoro received interviews, though both will be staying at their current schools.

The team that was third in the ACC this season and returns three of their four NCAA qualifiers remains without a head coach. Dom Forys is a three-time qualifier who won the ACC tournament, entered NCAAs as the 6th seed and finished No. 11 in the final rankings.

Another ACC champ was redshirt freshman Taleb Rahmani, who finished ranked 19th. Ryan Solomon is also a three-time NCAA qualifier who closed out the year ranked 16th. However, they are losing Te'Shan Campbell, who will be transferring to Ohio State.

The Panthers had the No. 11 recruiting class last year and are bringing in Nino Bonaccorsi, the third ranked 182 in the country, as well as KJ Fenstermacher, who was third at FloNationals.

Edited April 19, 2017 by Sommers

Sommers · April 23, 2017

Patience pays off for Bears

http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/patience-pays-off-for-bears,57035

BRADLEYâ€ˆCENTRALâ€ˆwrestling added another college signee to its list as Austin Mathews made his decision official to wrestle with University of the Cumberlands earlier this week. Mathews will wrestle for the Patriots, who are coached by Chris Fleeger who is a two-time national finalist and was recently inducted into the Purdue athletic Hall of Fame. Mathews went 40-4 overall in his final season with the Bears.

BANNER PHOTO, PATRICKâ€ˆMACCOON

Posted Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:30 pm

By PATRICK MacCOON patrick.maccoon@clevelandbanner.com

There is no secret to Bradley Centralâ€™s historic success on the wrestling mats.

In fact, one of the key ingredients for the stateâ€™s most prolific program with 26 state championships since its start in 1973 (early 90's actually) turns out to be fairly simple, according to a 2017 Class AAA state champion.

â€œWe are just a group of guys going out there and doing what we love,â€ 152-pound state champion Austin Mathews said. â€œWe are passionate about the sport and it shows through our wrestling. It is just great to do what you love with a group of â€˜brothersâ€™ you love.â€

For Mathews, the wait for his first individual state championship took all four varsity seasons, and in two of them he had to wait his turn for a chance to break into the starting lineup.

Some even doubted the fierce competitor, who was ranked fourth in his weight class going into postseason play.

â€œHe was always kind of an underdog, but he always worked hard,â€ said BCHS head coach Ben Smith. â€œHe paid his dues and that is what Bradley wrestling is about â€” kids who come in and buy into the program, and when they get their shot they capitalize on it.â€

The future University of the Cumberlands wrestler, who signed earlier this week with the NAIA program in the Mid-South conference, went 40-4 overall in matches this past season.

Mathews was also a crucial part of the last two state title traditional and dual sweeps for Bradley.

The two-time region champion, who placed third in the 2016 state tournament at 145, took the final top spot on the podium with a 6-3 decision over Blackmanâ€™s Landon Fowler in the Expo Center on Feb. 20.

He went 5-0 in Franklin, which included two pin falls, a technical fall and a pair of decisions.

â€œBecoming a state champion did not just come down to this yearâ€™s hard work,â€ Mathews said. â€œI started wrestling when I was 3 years old. The hard practices and extra lifting, along with running, is what helped me reach the top spot. I had to grind it out all the way until the final seconds of my prep career.â€

With a second state championship ring on the way, Mathews is prideful of the Bearsâ€™ accomplishments and humbled by the way his mentors along the way have shaped him.

One day he hopes he can even return to Bradley and coach while also teaching special education, as he will pursue a teaching degree while studying in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

â€œI would not be the young man I am today without this wrestling program,â€ Mathews said. â€œThere are so many great people and lifelong lessons I have learned from being a part of the best program in the state of Tennessee. For me, the rings prove that hard work pays off.â€

While leaving the so-called â€œwrestling capital of the stateâ€ in high school wrestling, his future program also looks to be headed toward the top of its class.

The Patriots finished second in Mid-South conference championships behind Lindsey Wilson this past February in a 12-team competition.

â€œTheir coach is phenomenal,â€ Smith said. â€œChris Fleeger is a three-time All-American and two-time national finalist. He just got inducted into Purdueâ€™s athletic Hall of Fame. I think Austin found the right program and will excel up there in many ways.â€

Mathews is excited for his college career and has dreams of earning a national championship.

â€œThey have a beautiful campus, great coaches and an awesome team,â€ said Mathews, who has one of the 55 individual state championships for the Bears in the 21st century. â€œI am excited to take the next step,â€ he added.

â€œWrestling is about a brotherhood and that is what I formed over these past four years at Bradley. Family is what I will take away the most from my time as a Bear, even over the state championships.â€

Anderson to wrestle

for MTSU

Ethan Anderson played a pivotal role in forming the most successful senior class in Class AAA this season, a group that so far has five wrestlers going on to compete in college.

After three years of waiting his turn, Anderson excelled in his first varsity season with a 40-9 overall record, and was ranked second in the 126-pound class for the majority of the season.

He will compete for Middle Tennessee Stateâ€™s club wrestling program, a part of a 16-team field in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Mid-Atlantic Conference.

â€œEthan really had a tough luck of the draw for the first few years, but he battled and really had a strong senior season,â€ Smith said. â€œI am ecstatic he is going to Middle, which is a program that could very soon be competing at the Division II or NAIA level. Itâ€™s a home run find for him.â€

Andersonâ€™s top wrestling memory was when he landed a pin to clinch a championship in the 126-pound class to help Bradley Central win its own Bradley Invitational title on Dec. 17.

â€œI had watched the Bradley Invitational for as long as I can remember,â€ Anderson said. â€œI always loved seeing how big the crowd was at our gym, and to win it was pretty emotional for me. I got there by working really hard and believing in my coaches.â€

Anderson plans to study environmental engineering while focusing on his goal of competing for NCWA championships.

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Leen Continues to Further his Coaching Opportunities...

http://www.papowerwrestling.com/three-names-linked-pitt-assistant-coach-search/

Pitt Top Assistant...

Early indications are that Headlee will remain on the staff, although he might serve as the second assistant. Thatâ€™s because Jordan Leen, who is the associate head coach at Virginia, is one of the top candidates that Gavin has reportedly set his sights on. Gavin spent the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons on the Cavaliers staff with Leen, with Virginia winning the ACC team championship in 2015.

Leen won an NCAA championship at 157 pounds wrestling for Cornell in 2008 â€“ the same year that Gavin won a title for Pitt at 174. The son of former Tennessee-Chattanooga head coach Mark Leen, Jordan was the winningest wrestler in Tennessee high school history when he graduated in 2004. He was featured in Sports Illustratedâ€™s â€œFaces in the Crowdâ€ segment.

Leen, who is regarded as an excellent recruiter, was a pre-med major at Cornell and served as an analyst for ESPN during the networkâ€™s 2010 broadcast of the NCAA Championships.

Josh Churella, who is the second assistant coach at Michigan, also is scheduled to interview at Pitt this week. Churella just wrapped up his third season as a full-time staff member with the Wolverines.

An NCAA runner-up at 149 pounds in 2007, Churella was a three-time All-American while wrestling for Michigan. After college he had a successful senior-level career, spending three years on the U.S. national freestyle team.

Like Leen, Churella is the son of a former college coach. Mark Churella Sr. coached UNLV from 1979-84. The older Churella was a three-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American at Michigan. Ryan Churella, Joshâ€™s brother, was a three-time All-American for the Wolverines.

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Sommers · April 25, 2017

Congrats to many years of sacrifice to family, coaches, boosters, wrestling partners, fans and Hutchens... Historic!!

http://www.themountainpress.com/sports/hutchens-to-join-mountaineers-wrestling-program/article_f9af7073-2061-59b0-81fa-486577df9a2d.html

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Hutchens to join Mountaineers' wrestling program

By WES MAYBERRY Sports Editor

PIGEON FORGEâ€” History was made at Pigeon Forge High School last week, as senior Gavin Hutchens became the Tigers' first-ever wrestler to sign with a Division-I college program.

"This is awesome. All my hard work has paid off," Hutchens said after signing with Appalachian State University during a signing ceremony at PFHS on April 12. "This has been a dream of mine ever since I started wrestling to go on to the next level and finish out my wrestling career in college."

Sommers · April 26, 2017

We've had Title 9 changing the landscape of NCAA wrestling for years, Now this??

Outrageous...

http://www.flowrestling.org/article/55231-everything-you-need-to-know-about-boise-state-wrestling#.WQF8niNOnqA

First-year head coach Mike Mendoza was caught completely off guard by the announcement, as he explained in an interview moments after hearing the news. Later he would write in an email to the team, "It was our understanding we had full support from administration up until yesterday at 3 PM [Tuesday, April, 18th]."

A day after the news broke, Broncos senior and NCAA qualifier Austin Dewey explained in an interview with ESPN Boise 99.1 how the team found out about the program's cancelation when a compliance officer came by to distribute release forms to sign. Dewey described the news as a "slap in the face and a stab in the back." Dewey recalled how Apsey met with the team early in the school year when they agreed on goals for this season. One of those goals was to improve the team GPA, which was accomplished when the wrestlers earned the highest team GPA in program history.

Idahoans quickly began to register their disapproval with the decision to drop the wrestling program and especially with the way the decision was made and how the team was notified. Most of the incoming freshmen had already signed their national letters of intent, meaning the recruiting process was all but over. Their chances of finding a suitable school to transfer to would be much more difficult than had they known about the impending cut earlier, a decision which was in Kustra's words "two or three years in the works." One wrestling recruit was even being hosted on campus the day the program was shut down.

In response to the abrupt announcement, Assembly Members of the Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) unanimously passed a "Resolution to Slow Athletic Fee Change" on Wednesday, April 19. The assembly resolved that the decision to cut the program "should be stalled until students have had the opportunity to provide input."

Bronco wrestling supporter Mike Randles shared his feelings with The Arbiter, Boise State's independent student news source, saying, "Like so many Idaho wrestling fans, I was shocked to hear of Boise State's decision to drop wrestling and add baseball. A decision that was made so tightly behind closed doors, so far removed from even the most immediate stakeholders that Boise State wrestling coaches were busy recruiting in the moments leading up to this announcement. The announcement was not only handled with a lack of professional courtesy and forethought, but the decision itself is flawed on too many levels to count."

Randles also created a YouTube video going into further detail about why he was so disappointed by the actions of the Boise State administrators.

For many close to the wrestling program, the manner in which the team was cut was not an aberration but par for the course for the BSU administration. Boise State alum and 2006 NCAA national champion Ben Cherrington shared a story of how he felt he was lied to by Apsey when interviewing for the Broncos head coach position this past year.

In an April 20 interview with the Idaho Statesman, Kustra announced that his decision was final.

A day later, the president of the ASBSU announced that the executive council "opted to suspend further consideration of the resolution [passed by the ASBSU assembly on April 19]" due to assembly members' "incomplete understanding of the relevant facts."

The ASBSU president went on to state that "as the newly elected Student Body President, I believe that the decision made concerning our student wrestling team would have benefited from student input. Further, I believe that the decision should have been communicated to the members of the wrestling team in a way that is consistent with our University's Shared values."

The ASBSU president continued, "To my fellow students who are suffering the loss of their community, please know that I and the entire ASBSU executive team stand with you during this time, and we will continue to support you as fellow students."

What Happens Next

That is entirely up to the students and Boise State stakeholders.

Even with the students' resolution not going forward and Kustra saying, "this isn't a decision that's revocable," the president of Boise State still ultimately answers to the state and people of Idaho.

Contrary to how it may appear from his actions, Kustra was not hired to make friends with minor league baseball team owners and help them build taxpayer-funded stadiums.

Boise State administrators have so far denied all of our requests to answer questions regarding their decision. It's certainly their prerogative to ignore those requests, but one has to wonder why Apsey would not even agree to an interview with Jason Bryant, one of the most reasonable and professional leading lights of the wrestling press, if he wasn't sure that the decision was defensible, logical, and legitimate.

But whether they like it or not, Kustra and Apsey do have a responsibility to answer to the Boise State community, especially the students. Kustra may be the boss of the BSU faculty and Apsey may be in charge of the athletics department, but the students are the reason the entire university exists.

Boise State is not a private company that Kustra has built from scratch, the resources of which he is free to dispose of how he pleases. It is an institution created by and beholden to the public. How the athletics department is run is very much the business of the students and the Idaho taxpayers, and it is their right to demand accountability and transparency from school administrations, regardless of any particular student body parliamentary procedures.

Having recently been in a similar situation, Cleveland State University brought its wrestling program back from the dead when the student body voted to increase their student fees to help pay for a new lacrosse team, a sport the CSU athletic director wanted to start and was originally planning on paying for by cutting the wrestling team.

Kustra has not provided any details for how he intends to pay for the new baseball program he is intent on pursuing, but student fees have become an increasingly popular source of revenue for cash-strapped athletic departments across the county.

Should Kustra decide to increase student fees to fund his pet project, he would be forced to deal with the Idaho Board of Education regulation that states in its Governing Policies and Procedures that "a proposal to alter student tuition and fees shall be formalized by initial notice of the chief executive officer of the institution at least six weeks prior to the Board meeting at which a final decision is to be made."

Furthermore, the ASBSU and the Boise State Department of Student Affairs set up additionally processes that Kustra would be expected to follow, should he and Apsey try to alter the way student fees are currently being spent.

It must now be said that if the students and taxpayers are all on board with Kustra's pet project, then a protest is moot. However, to even make that judgement, the people to whom Kustra was hired to faithfully serve and educate are at least owed an explanation, which so far Kustra has been unwilling to provide.

What You Can Do To Help

Start by signing this petition if you haven't already. 'Like' this page on Facebook to get regular updates and use the hashtag #SaveBSUWrestling.

Attend the Save BSU Wrestling Rally at Board of Education if you are in the area and reading this before April 29.

Support local Idaho journalists as they continue to investigate the story.

Call, write, and email the school (respectfully, please) to voice your opinions. Let them know that you don't think it's a great idea for a public school to shutter a successful, nationally recognized wrestling program just to save money in order to start more expensive baseball team that might see home playoff games snowed out.

Pledge monetary support to the program if you can. But don't feel obligated. Just showing your appreciation to all the folks fighting to save the program can be equally helpful.

Take solace in the fact that there are many others who feel as you do.

Finally, contact me and Dan Lobdell (emails below) and let us know if you have anything else you think should be shared. We will add anything to the article that could possibly help.

andrew.spey@flosports.tv

daniel.lobdell@flosports.tv

Thanks for reading.

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102123393034593678 hours ago

I'm a BSU alumni and this is to little to late...when less than 200 attend every match and the school has to do gimmicks like "Beauty and the Beast" with the legitimately good gymnastics team, it is to late. It's only a concern for wrestling supporters when it is going away, but where were they when they were riding high 5 years ago, now the wrestling team is awful. I stumbled into a BSU wrestling match once. I swear there were maybe 80 people...they didn't even open concessions. Meanwhile, the Hawks baseball team gets over 3,000 per game in attendance and it is a terrible stadium in an awful location. Plop a shiny new stadium in downtown Boise and Boise State baseball will get 5,000 fans easy.

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mmatelich28 hours ago

@Chad Scott "too"

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102123393034593677 hours ago

â€œIt never ceases to amaze me how prosaic, pedestrian, unimaginative people can persistently pontificate about classical grammatical structure as though it's #### rocket science. These must be the same people who hate Picasso, because he couldn't keep the paint inside the lines and the colors never matched the numbers.â€

â€• Abbe Diaz

@10212339303459367 It very well may be too little too late, but to answer your question about where fans were 5 years ago, in 2012 the wrestling team generated over $41,000 in revenue, more than 4X every other BSU program except football and men's basketball.

The taxpayers of Boise are also free to build a shiny new downtown stadium if they want but I'm not sure why would want to do it for a privately held minor league baseball team, one that you say is so successful on it's own anyway. The money spent constructing that stadium (and the money that land would otherwise generate) could be spent literally anywhere else. I can personally think of better uses for it but again, it's up to the Boise and Idaho taxpayers to make that call.

The real point though is why a wrestling program with deep roots at the school and the community should be cut to pursue this baseball team. I am also a baseball fan and think it would be great if Boise State had a baseball team. I would hope any BSU folks that feel the same way would want to do it without needlessly penalizing the wrestling team but I guess that is not the case unfortunately.

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Sommers · April 27, 2017

Two Georgia State champs transfers & stay close to home...

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/4/26/346917/UTC-Wrestling-Signs-Two-Transfers.aspx

UTC Wrestling Signs Two Transfers

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team is welcoming two transfers to the program in the fall, head coach Heath Eslinger announced today.

Chad Pyke comes to the Scenic City from N.C. State while Justin George joins the Mocs from Shorter University. Pyke is a graduate student pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration and George competed as a freshman last season for the Hawks.

"We are extremely excited to add two quality individuals to our program," stated UTC head coach Heath Eslinger.

"Not only to they help fill immediate needs in our lineup, but they will also be outstanding representatives of our University."

Pyke spent four season with the Wolfpack, including a redshirt year in 2013-14. He was 12-9 last season, seeing action at both 157 and 165. He placed seventh at the Southern Scuffle.

His prep career included a nationally-ranked, state champion and All-American senior season at Woodward Academy in McDonough, Ga.

George was second at the Georgia College Open in November and won the Wisconsin Open at 157 pounds for the Hawks in December. A native of Lawrenceville, Ga., he joined the Shorter program after an undefeated 6A title campaign at Mountain View High School.

cbg · April 27, 2017

We've had Title 9 changing the landscape of NCAA wrestling for years, Now this??

Outrageous...

http://www.flowrestling.org/article/55231-everything-you-need-to-know-about-boise-state-wrestling#.WQF8niNOnqA

First-year head coach Mike Mendoza was caught completely off guard by the announcement, as he explained in an interview moments after hearing the news. Later he would write in an email to the team, "It was our understanding we had full support from administration up until yesterday at 3 PM [Tuesday, April, 18th]."

A day after the news broke, Broncos senior and NCAA qualifier Austin Dewey explained in an interview with ESPN Boise 99.1 how the team found out about the program's cancelation when a compliance officer came by to distribute release forms to sign. Dewey described the news as a "slap in the face and a stab in the back." Dewey recalled how Apsey met with the team early in the school year when they agreed on goals for this season. One of those goals was to improve the team GPA, which was accomplished when the wrestlers earned the highest team GPA in program history.

Idahoans quickly began to register their disapproval with the decision to drop the wrestling program and especially with the way the decision was made and how the team was notified. Most of the incoming freshmen had already signed their national letters of intent, meaning the recruiting process was all but over. Their chances of finding a suitable school to transfer to would be much more difficult than had they known about the impending cut earlier, a decision which was in Kustra's words "two or three years in the works." One wrestling recruit was even being hosted on campus the day the program was shut down.

In response to the abrupt announcement, Assembly Members of the Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) unanimously passed a "Resolution to Slow Athletic Fee Change" on Wednesday, April 19. The assembly resolved that the decision to cut the program "should be stalled until students have had the opportunity to provide input."

Bronco wrestling supporter Mike Randles shared his feelings with The Arbiter, Boise State's independent student news source, saying, "Like so many Idaho wrestling fans, I was shocked to hear of Boise State's decision to drop wrestling and add baseball. A decision that was made so tightly behind closed doors, so far removed from even the most immediate stakeholders that Boise State wrestling coaches were busy recruiting in the moments leading up to this announcement. The announcement was not only handled with a lack of professional courtesy and forethought, but the decision itself is flawed on too many levels to count."

Randles also created a YouTube video going into further detail about why he was so disappointed by the actions of the Boise State administrators.

For many close to the wrestling program, the manner in which the team was cut was not an aberration but par for the course for the BSU administration. Boise State alum and 2006 NCAA national champion Ben Cherrington shared a story of how he felt he was lied to by Apsey when interviewing for the Broncos head coach position this past year.

In an April 20 interview with the Idaho Statesman, Kustra announced that his decision was final.

A day later, the president of the ASBSU announced that the executive council "opted to suspend further consideration of the resolution [passed by the ASBSU assembly on April 19]" due to assembly members' "incomplete understanding of the relevant facts."

The ASBSU president went on to state that "as the newly elected Student Body President, I believe that the decision made concerning our student wrestling team would have benefited from student input. Further, I believe that the decision should have been communicated to the members of the wrestling team in a way that is consistent with our University's Shared values."

The ASBSU president continued, "To my fellow students who are suffering the loss of their community, please know that I and the entire ASBSU executive team stand with you during this time, and we will continue to support you as fellow students."

What Happens Next

That is entirely up to the students and Boise State stakeholders.

Even with the students' resolution not going forward and Kustra saying, "this isn't a decision that's revocable," the president of Boise State still ultimately answers to the state and people of Idaho.

Contrary to how it may appear from his actions, Kustra was not hired to make friends with minor league baseball team owners and help them build taxpayer-funded stadiums.

Boise State administrators have so far denied all of our requests to answer questions regarding their decision. It's certainly their prerogative to ignore those requests, but one has to wonder why Apsey would not even agree to an interview with Jason Bryant, one of the most reasonable and professional leading lights of the wrestling press, if he wasn't sure that the decision was defensible, logical, and legitimate.

But whether they like it or not, Kustra and Apsey do have a responsibility to answer to the Boise State community, especially the students. Kustra may be the boss of the BSU faculty and Apsey may be in charge of the athletics department, but the students are the reason the entire university exists.

Boise State is not a private company that Kustra has built from scratch, the resources of which he is free to dispose of how he pleases. It is an institution created by and beholden to the public. How the athletics department is run is very much the business of the students and the Idaho taxpayers, and it is their right to demand accountability and transparency from school administrations, regardless of any particular student body parliamentary procedures.

Having recently been in a similar situation, Cleveland State University brought its wrestling program back from the dead when the student body voted to increase their student fees to help pay for a new lacrosse team, a sport the CSU athletic director wanted to start and was originally planning on paying for by cutting the wrestling team.

Kustra has not provided any details for how he intends to pay for the new baseball program he is intent on pursuing, but student fees have become an increasingly popular source of revenue for cash-strapped athletic departments across the county.

Should Kustra decide to increase student fees to fund his pet project, he would be forced to deal with the Idaho Board of Education regulation that states in its Governing Policies and Procedures that "a proposal to alter student tuition and fees shall be formalized by initial notice of the chief executive officer of the institution at least six weeks prior to the Board meeting at which a final decision is to be made."

Furthermore, the ASBSU and the Boise State Department of Student Affairs set up additionally processes that Kustra would be expected to follow, should he and Apsey try to alter the way student fees are currently being spent.

It must now be said that if the students and taxpayers are all on board with Kustra's pet project, then a protest is moot. However, to even make that judgement, the people to whom Kustra was hired to faithfully serve and educate are at least owed an explanation, which so far Kustra has been unwilling to provide.

What You Can Do To Help

Start by signing this petition if you haven't already. 'Like' this page on Facebook to get regular updates and use the hashtag #SaveBSUWrestling.

Attend the Save BSU Wrestling Rally at Board of Education if you are in the area and reading this before April 29.

Support local Idaho journalists as they continue to investigate the story.

Call, write, and email the school (respectfully, please) to voice your opinions. Let them know that you don't think it's a great idea for a public school to shutter a successful, nationally recognized wrestling program just to save money in order to start more expensive baseball team that might see home playoff games snowed out.

Pledge monetary support to the program if you can. But don't feel obligated. Just showing your appreciation to all the folks fighting to save the program can be equally helpful.

Take solace in the fact that there are many others who feel as you do.

Finally, contact me and Dan Lobdell (emails below) and let us know if you have anything else you think should be shared. We will add anything to the article that could possibly help.

andrew.spey@flosports.tv

daniel.lobdell@flosports.tv

Thanks for reading.

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102123393034593678 hours ago

I'm a BSU alumni and this is to little to late...when less than 200 attend every match and the school has to do gimmicks like "Beauty and the Beast" with the legitimately good gymnastics team, it is to late. It's only a concern for wrestling supporters when it is going away, but where were they when they were riding high 5 years ago, now the wrestling team is awful. I stumbled into a BSU wrestling match once. I swear there were maybe 80 people...they didn't even open concessions. Meanwhile, the Hawks baseball team gets over 3,000 per game in attendance and it is a terrible stadium in an awful location. Plop a shiny new stadium in downtown Boise and Boise State baseball will get 5,000 fans easy.

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â€œIt never ceases to amaze me how prosaic, pedestrian, unimaginative people can persistently pontificate about classical grammatical structure as though it's #### rocket science. These must be the same people who hate Picasso, because he couldn't keep the paint inside the lines and the colors never matched the numbers.â€

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@10212339303459367 It very well may be too little too late, but to answer your question about where fans were 5 years ago, in 2012 the wrestling team generated over $41,000 in revenue, more than 4X every other BSU program except football and men's basketball.

The taxpayers of Boise are also free to build a shiny new downtown stadium if they want but I'm not sure why would want to do it for a privately held minor league baseball team, one that you say is so successful on it's own anyway. The money spent constructing that stadium (and the money that land would otherwise generate) could be spent literally anywhere else. I can personally think of better uses for it but again, it's up to the Boise and Idaho taxpayers to make that call.

The real point though is why a wrestling program with deep roots at the school and the community should be cut to pursue this baseball team. I am also a baseball fan and think it would be great if Boise State had a baseball team. I would hope any BSU folks that feel the same way would want to do it without needlessly penalizing the wrestling team but I guess that is not the case unfortunately.

For over 15 years I have been saying that the only way for NCAA Olympic/Minor sports to not only survive but thrive is to raise enough money to fully endow the student/athlete scholarships and coaching salaries. This method would require the athletic department and individual sports work diligently together on a plan to raise enough funds to where each sport would only spend 50% of the INTEREST earned each year. The remaining 50% of the interest would be reinvested and allowed to grow. This method would guarantee all sports would be healthy and continue to flourish in the years to come. The down side to this plan is the athletic department would have to work very hard at raising $$$ for something other than football and basketball.

Sommers · May 5, 2017

Allan Jones in the wrestling news...

http://m.digitaljournal.com/pr/3321687

Dan Gable Museum Receives $25,000 From Sale of George W. Bush Truck

Proceeds of auction of vehicle signed twice by a U.S. president benefits Iowa museum named after Gable

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Cleveland, TN - April 26, 2017 - (Newswire.com)

The proceeds of an auction of the only known vehicle to have been signed twice by a U.S. president will now benefit an Iowa museum named after Dan Gable, the most dominant wrestler in history.

The highlight of the April 8 Barrett-Jackson auction in West Palm Beach turned out to be a white 2009 King Ranch F-150 4X4 pickup autographed twice by President George W. Bush and owned by Allan Jones, the founder and CEO of Check Into Cash. Jones is a longtime wrestling philanthropist both nationally and in Tennessee, where he resides.

The Barrett-Jackson event was broadcast nationwide on the Velocity channel and generated tremendous interest on social media.

The biggest news from the sale of the truck was that $25,000 of the proceeds would go to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo that benefits youth wrestling for boys and girls.

Gable weighed in on the significance of $25,000 going to the museum in his hometown that bears his name. "Thanks to Janie and Allan Jones and the new purchaser, this money will help countless young boys and girls participating in many wrestling programs," said Dan Gable. "It will also benefit the Dan Gable Museum's expansion of its Teaching Center, Wrestling Room, Theater and Museum."

"The $25,000 from this auction will benefit thousands of youth wrestlers in the next few years as well as the museum," Gable added. "This is history."

For Jones, the gift to the Gable museum needs no explanation. â€œThe work Dan Gable is doing with young boys and girls is important because the youth wrestlers develop a love for the sport and build a strong work ethic that will carry them through life,â€ said Jones. â€œDan and his team also strive to teach the young athletes moral character and good sportsmanship. Winning starts at this level.â€

Steve Scoggins, Check Into Cash president, noted that Gable is a wrestling legend whose name is famous all over the world â€“ but especially in Iowa.

Gable had a high school and college record of 181-1 and as an Olympic competitor in the Munich Games of 1972, he brought home the Gold Medal and was undefeated and unscored upon. As a college wrestler at Iowa State University, he was a two-time NCAA champion/three-time finalist and as a coach brought Iowa 15 NCAA titles â€“ nine in a row from 1978 to 1986 â€“ and 21 straight Big Ten conference titles, not to mention Coach of the Year three times.

â€œIt is the pleasure of Check Into Cash to honor this legend and help continue the fine work that he does,â€ said Scoggins. â€œDan Gable is a man who stands in a class of his own and we respect that. He is a great American.â€

Prior to the auction in April, the Bush truck was purchased by Jones in 2013 at that yearâ€™s Palm Beach Barrett Jackson event. Before selling the truck, Bush kept it at his Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, TX, after he left the White House in 2009. It still has the original license plates.

â€œWe originally bought the Presidentâ€™s truck to benefit the National Guard Youth Foundation and always intended to resell it for charity,â€ said Jones. â€œI never imagined the F-150 would become such a collectible because the President autographed it not just once â€“ but twice!â€

Jones explained that after he purchased the truck in 2013, the Bush signature was accidentally washed off during routine maintenance. When he realized what had happened, Jones asked the President if he would sign it again so that truck could be resold for charity.

Along with the $25,000 to the Gable Museum, the remaining money raised from the auction â€“ $65,000 â€“ was designated for the Higher Calling Youth Wrestling Club in Cleveland, TN (the hometown of Jones). Higher Calling is a wrestling program that gives young wrestlers of all skill levels, grades K through 5, a chance to learn the essentials of practice and competition.

Sommers · May 9, 2017

AA Brascetta Plays major role at UTC...

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2017/may/09/sewanee-hosting-divisiiii-tennregional/427070/

Three-time All-American Nick Brascetta has been promoted to assistant coach in the UTC wrestling program, head coach Heath Eslinger announced Monday. A former Virginia Tech wrestler with three Atlantic Coast Conference titles and a third-place finish at 157 pounds in the 2016 NCAA tournament, Brascetta spent the 2016-17 season as the Mocs' coordinator of student-athlete development. "He did a great job for us last year, but now he will be able to work directly with our student-athletes from training to competition," Eslinger said in a release.

Also...

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/5/8/347616/UTC-s-Brascetta-Named-Wrestling.aspx

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Sommers · May 19, 2017

The Mocs keeping some talent close to home...

With a 42-2 overall record (29 pins) in his senior season, a â€œBest Wrestlerâ€ and five wins against defending state champions, Colton Landers proved his worth in gold for a dynamic Cleveland squad.

â€œHe really led the way for the underclassmen and showed them being a state champion is possible,â€ said CHS head coach Josh Bosken, whose team featured 11 underclassmen in the starting lineup this past season.

http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/landers-inks-with-mocs,58459

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Landers inks with Mocs

COLTONâ€ˆLANDERS signed to wrestle with Division-I powerhouse University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tuesday afternoon at Cleveland High School. Landers was the stateâ€™s Class AAAâ€ˆchampion at 132 pounds in February. Front row, from left, are Bobby Landers, Colton Landers, Debi Landers and Bradlee Landers. In back are CHS head wrestling coach Josh Bosken and CHSâ€ˆassistant Joey Knox.

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By PATRICK MacCOON patrick.maccoon@clevelandbanner.com

Athletes who love their chosen sports and compete with their hearts on their sleeves, or perhaps singlets, live for the â€œchampionshipâ€ moment.

As one of the most decorated wrestlers in Cleveland High history, 146-win and 132-pound state champion Colton Landers pinned down his college decision to wrestle with his hometown favorite.

Remaining a part of the extended Cleveland family, Landers will wrestle for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and former Blue Raider head coach Heath Eslinger.

â€œI have always been around UTC, so I have always wanted to go there,â€ Landers said. â€œI have grown up watching them wrestle on the Division I level, and I pretty much know everybody there.

â€œI have always gone to their tournaments and camps. I am excited to be a part of another great program.â€

With a 42-2 overall record (29 pins) in his senior season, a â€œBest Wrestlerâ€ and five wins against defending state champions, Landers proved his worth in gold for a dynamic Cleveland squad.

â€œHe really led the way for the underclassmen and showed them being a state champion is possible,â€ said CHS head coach Josh Bosken, whose team featured 11 underclassmen in the starting lineup this past season.

â€œIt is definitely comforting knowing Coltonâ€™s going to wrestle for a guy like Heath. Heâ€™s going to be shown the right way to live. The most important thing is he is surrounded by good people, because wrestling only lasts so long.â€

With a strong pursuit of his ultimate goal, the prideful and technical brawler came away with three pin falls in a total time of 8:38, majored 11-0 and completed his state champion march with a 9-4 decision.

After holding off his opponent, Ryan McElhaney, in the Class AAA state title â€œBradley County special,â€ Landers reflected back on the closing moment he had sacrificed blood and sweat for since taking the varsity mats as a freshman.

â€œWhen I was getting my hand raised by the official, I looked up to the stands and everyone was running down the stairs to congratulate me,â€ said Landers, who soon after embraced his father and coaches with a hug after running off the mat. â€œItâ€™s a moment I will never forget.â€

As just one of three seniors in Clevelandâ€™s 14-man lineup this past season, Landers believes the future for the Blue Raidersâ€™ may be as bright as ever for a group that had a 222-86 point advantage over Soddy-Daisy, Father Ryan, Baylor, Wilson Central and Science Hill this past season.

â€œFor our future senior wrestlers, I hope to see them take the leadership role on, and give it their all,â€ Landers said. â€œIf they can step in and fearlessly lead, then I believe they will have no problem with winning a lot of hardware.â€

Landers became the 24th individual state champion wrestler for CHS in program history dating back to 1966. He also is a three-time state medalist, as he was a runner-up at 126 as a sophomore and 132 as a junior.

As a state-ranked freshman he also helped the Raiders land their second straight duals and traditional championship sweep in 2014 and led the program to a â€œthree-peatâ€ in 2015 as he made the leap from 106 to 126.

Through his love and commitment for the sport, Landers believes his life has been significantly and positively affected by his wrestling career.

â€œThere is a saying that once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy,â€ he said. â€œI learned how to overcome tough obstacles through it in high school and would not have done it any other way.â€

Landers is excited to pursue a degree in engineering at UTC, where he will also train again with former teammate Chris Debien, who competed at the national championship for the Mocs this past year.

He and Debien, who will be a junior, both expect to wrestle at 133. A fellow local standout in three-time state champion TJâ€ˆHicks also signed to wrestle with UTC,â€ˆin March.

â€œI have to work harder, be smarter and manage my weight even better over the next few years,â€ he said. â€œI canâ€™t wait to wrestle for a powerhouse program in the Southern Conference,â€ Landers said.

Sommers · May 23, 2017

http://wjhl.com/2017/05/22/elizabethton-female-wrestlers-shatter-school-and-state-records/

wrestlers shatter school and state records

ï¿¼By Kenny HawkinsPublished: May 22, 2017, 8:57 pm

This weekend, an Elizabethton High School freshman was named Tennesseeâ€™s first-ever female freestyle national champion in wrestling. All-American ShaMia Wells placed 1st in the USA Wrestling Womenâ€™s National Freestyle Championship in Irving, Texas. She competed in the 100-kg weight class and finished 3-1

Wells not only made state history, she and Haley Brown were the first female wrestlers in the history of the school to be named All-American. The only other All-American wrestler was Justin Fair in 1999.

Wells qualified in March at the National Wrestling Tournament in Oklahoma, and junior Haley Brown qualified this weekend. Brown placed 7th in the 84-kg weight class after finishing 3-2. They both competed in the UWW Cadet Division.

â€œIt makes my heart swell with pride to see what Haley and ShaMia have accomplished this year representing the state of Tennessee, Elizabethton, and Carter County,â€ said Coach Donnie Shipley. â€œFor a school that is only in its second year trying to push a full separate girls division, we have seen these girls shatter expectations.â€

â€œCurrently, I doubt either girl truly understands the significance of their accomplishments this year, but one day when they look back on what theyâ€™ve done, I hope they will understand that they are some of the most elite female wrestlers in the country,â€ Shipley said.

Sommers · May 25, 2017

Frankie the Beast Morgan moving on...

http://wjhl.com/2017/05/24/king-universitys-morgan-steps-down-from-king-mens-wrestling/

King Universityâ€™s Morgan steps down from King menâ€™s wrestling

By Kenny Hawkins

Published: May 24, 2017, 5:13 pm

BRISTOL, Tenn. â€“ King University Director of Athletics David Hicks announced the resignation of Associate Head Menâ€™s Wrestling Coach Frank Morgan on Wednesday.

â€œAs a student, an athlete and a coach, any time spent at King rewards me with great personal and spiritual growth,â€ Morgan said. â€œThe time I have spent here has been essential to the person I am today. I am truly indebted to Jason Moorman for giving me this opportunity and will forever reflect on the things he has taught me. I am thankful for every single person who influenced me during this time, but most importantly for how genuinely everyone has wished me well as I attack my most sincere dreams.â€

Morgan graduated from King in 2012 as one of the most decorated wrestlers in program history, qualifying for either the NAIA or NCAA National Championships in each of his four years, and finishing as both an NAIA national finalist and an NCAA Division II All-American.

â€œFrank was very instrumental in our success the past three years,â€ Head Coach Jason Moorman said. â€œHe exemplified what kind of standard we set here at King. We wish him the best in his new venture, and he will be missed.â€

Following his graduation with a degree in Mathematics and Physics in 2012, Frank returned to King in the fall of 2014 as Associate Head Coach of the menâ€™s wrestling program. During his three seasons with the program, Morgan contributed to King climbing back into relevance on the national level, climbing as high as 19th nationally in 2017 and seeing two wrestlers earn All-American honors.

â€œMorgan has done a phenomenal job the past three years, and embodies every characteristic we want our student-athletes, graduates and staff to exhibit,â€ Hicks stated. â€œHis presence will be missed, but I am appreciative of his contributions to and leadership of our student athletes during his tenure.â€

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