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Ohio Wesleyan to Add Men’s Wrestling, Women’s Rowing

TDR Editor’s Notes ; The first new team to be announced for the 2018-2019 season!
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Ohio Wesleyan University will reinstate men’s wrestling and add women’s rowing as varsity sports for the 2018-19 academic year, it was announced by athletics director Roger Ingles. “It is a bold move to add two new sports, but they will provide great opportunities for our student-athletes,” Ingles said. “Through the addition of these two new programs, the growth of the Ohio Wesleyan athletics department will play an integral part in the University’s strategic growth.” Ingles anticipates having head coaches for the two sports in place by July 1.  Both head coaches will begin recruiting student-athletes during the summer of 2017, the teams will compete as club sports in 2017-18, and varsity competition will begin in 2018-19. The rest of the story at …. http://www.battlingbishops.com/news/2017/2/22/GEN_02222017.aspx?mc_cid=8cd0fb75c4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

March 9, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UW-Oshkosh wrestler turns turmoil into triumph

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Another encouraging story about the positive impact of wrestling on lives.
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OSHKOSH (WLUK) — A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh wrestler is proving it doesn’t matter where you come from, what matters is, where you are going. “Your toughest opponent is yourself,” Mark Choinski told FOX 11 News. He would know, having faced a lot of tough opponents in life. The UW-Oshkosh sophomore grew up in Milwaukee without a stable home, some nights he went without food. “I was all over the place. Back in high school I just started going from friend to friend,” Choinski explained.
Today Choinski is a nationally ranked wrestler. Rest of the story at …. http://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-cities/uw-oshkosh-wrestler-turns-turmoil-in-triumph?mc_cid=8cd0fb75c4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

March 9, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“Wrestling Saved My Life”: The Story of NY’s Top 99 Pounder, Brandon Nunez

TDR Editor’s Notes; An encouraging story about the positive impact wrestling has on the lives of young competitors. One of hundreds of thousands or possibly millions over time.
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Senior Brandon Nunez, the state’s top-ranked 99 pounder, began wrestling just a few years ago, as a freshman.  But even in a relatively short period of time, the sport’s impact on him has been tremendous. In fact, Nunez has gone as far as to say that wrestling “literally saved my life.”
“Where I grew up, it’s really tough out here,” he said. “A lot of people I know are in jail,  some are dead. Some kids aren’t in school. It’s rough. I feel like a lot of times you become who you hang around with. Wrestling kept me from hanging around with the wrong people. Rest of the story at …. http://www.newyorkwrestlingnews.com/news_article/show/759485?referral=rss&referrer_id=1024554&mc_cid=96b4b58fce&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

March 9, 2017 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment