Pittsburgh — The Wrestling Classic committee selected the USA All-Star Team for the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic, the most prestigious high school all-star wrestling meet in the United States. The Wrestling Classic will be on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the University of Pittsburgh’s Fitzgerald Field House. This year, Maryland will challenge the Western Pennsylvania [...]
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2012 Dapper Dan Classic: USA All-Star Team Selected
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 26th, 2012
How to research a wrestling camp: Tips for parents, wrestlers and coaches
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 19th, 2012
It’s that time of the year. As youth and high school wrestlers are gearing up for local, sectional, state and national tournament stretch runs, parents and wrestlers are starting to look towards the future – starting to research wrestling camps. The talk is buzzing too – at many Saturday tournaments across the country parents of [...]
Iowa high school wrestling: New coaching award to honor wrestling legend Bob Siddens
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 11th, 2012
WATERLOO, Iowa—The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum will recognize the accomplishments of Bob Siddens with a new award. The Bob Siddens Iowa High School Coaching Excellence Award will recognize a current Iowa high school wrestling coach who exemplifies the high standards that Bob Siddens set during his coaching career at Waterloo West. [...]
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Tags: 2012 Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame inductions, and the 1950 NCAA championship team from Iowa State Teachers College, Bob Siddens, Bob Siddens Iowa High School Coaching Excellence Award, Dale Bahr, Dan Gable Museum, Hugo Otopalik, Iowa HighSchool Wrestling, Kelly Ward, Ken Snyder, National Wrestling Hall of Fame 
No Comments »Florida wrestling: All class wrestling tournament to determine best of the best
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 7th, 2012
American Dreams Foundation Makes Major 3 Year Commitment to Florida Wrestling! This Special Achievement Award is being offered to all applicants who meet the criteria. This event has been created solely to create growth within Florida Wrestling, and for no other reason! If you love Florida wrestling and you want to see it go to [...]
Minnesota Gopher Jake Deitchler Ends Wrestling Career
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 4th, 2012
Multiple concussions force former US Olympian to give up wrestling University of Minnesota head wrestling coach J Robinson announced today that redshirt sophomore Jake Deitchler will no longer be competing for the Gopher wrestling program due to his history with concussions that have dated back since he was 7-years old. “I am very proud to [...]
Youth and High School Wrestling Training Tips: Focus on Present, Look Towards the Future
Posted by Matt Krumrie on January 2nd, 2012
I received a number of emails over the past few weeks from parents of youth and high school wrestlers. Among the things I’ve heard: “My son is really wrestling well, even better than we thought. We want to continue the momentum into the offseason. What is the best summer wrestling camp for him?” “When is [...]
Clash 2011: The National High School Wrestling Duals Brackets, Results and Tournament Coverage
Posted by Matt Krumrie on December 21st, 2011
One of the premiere high school wrestling tournaments is set to take place Friday and Saturday Dec. 30 and 31 2011 at the University Center in Rochester, Minnesota. The brackets have been announced and teams are ready to travel to southern Minnesota for one of the nation’s best high school wrestling tournaments. Apple Valley is [...]
Posted in News Tags: Apple Valley, Archbishop Moeller, Brandon High, CA, Clash Brackets, Clash National High school Wrestling Duals, Clash Results and Brackets, Clash Rochester, Clash tournament coverage, Clovis, Florida, Intermat Fab 50, Jim Jackson, Mark Hall, MN, Rochester Post-Bulletin Clash Coverage, Russ Cozart, Simley, St. Paris Graham, The Clash 2011 No Comments »Wrestling Video Highlights: Minnesota vs. Iowa State dual meet from Dec. 9. 2011
Posted by Matt Krumrie on December 14th, 2011
Friday, the Univeristy of Minnesota defeated Iowa State 34-6 in dual meet action in Minneapolis. Minnesota officials have put together a video with highlights from the match here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3AW_ouFlDY Results: 125: No. 1 Zach Sanders wins by forfeit over No. 10 Ryak Finch(ISU) 133: No. 6 David Thorn (Minn) 14-5 maj. dec. RJ Hallman (ISU) [...]
2011 Reno Tournament of Champions: Toughest Tournament in USA Set
Posted by Matt Krumrie on December 13th, 2011
RENO, Nev. — The 17th Annual Reno Tournament of Champions will be held at the Reno Events Center from Dec. 16-18. The tournament will feature a two-day high school tournament followed by a one-day college tournament. A number of area schools will compete against the nation’s best in what is dubbed the “Toughest Tournament in [...]
Colorado Wrestling: Winter Youth/High School Trainining Camp Set at Colorado Mesa University
Posted by Matt Krumrie on December 2nd, 2011
This year will be the 1st annual CMU Wrestling Winter Training Camp. We’d like to use this camp as a supplemental tool that will help prepare the athletes to make their final push towards February. While it will be challenging, our main focus is to teach and drill basic, high level wrestling technique that will [...]
