Takedown Report

Boys, girls high school wrestling participation grows

Editor’s Notes; Encouraging to see the growth in the number of participants in the past season. Keep encouraging others, recruit other athletes to join in and more schools should offer the sport. Look forward to more growth in the coming season.
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The oldest and greatest sport is seeing greater participation numbers at the high school level, especially among females. The number of individuals participating in high school wrestling grew in the past year, with increased numbers of both boys and girls involved in the sport for 2017-18 compared to the previous school year. The statistics were tabulated by the National Federation of State High School Associations for its annual High School Athletics Participation Survey, presented in a news release. According to the NFHS, a total of 262,126 student-athletes participated in high school wrestling in the U.S. — 245,564 boys, and 16,562 girls — for the 2017-18 school year.
These statistics reflect an increase in participation levels for both boys and girls in high school wrestling over the previous school year. During the 2016-17 academic year, a total of 259,391 high school students wrestled nationwide — 14,587 girls, and 244,804 boys. That translates into an overall increase of 2,735 more athletes involved in wrestling this year vs. last year, with 760 more boys and 1,975 more girls taking to the mat.
The number of schools with boys and girls participating in wrestling has also grown this year vs. last. During the 2017-18 school year, 2,351 schools had at least one girl wrestler while 10,775 schools had at least one boy wrestler … compared to 2,091 schools with girl wrestlers and 10,629 schools with boys in wrestling for the 2016-17 school year. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20490

August 28, 2018 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Top Active College Coaches in NAIA, and Women’s Divisions

Editor’s Notes; Since the NAIA and Women’s programs are mostly at four year schools we have both list of coaches here. The next set of lists will be the last for 2017 and the California Junior Colleges and the National Junior Colleges in two separate lists. Again, if readers have corrections, information and insights please send this to us so we can be more comprehensive in our records.
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ACTIVE NAIA Coaches – Top 15 with at least 40 wins
1. Mike Ritchey (Southern Oregon) 213
2. Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley) 184
3. Franky James (Campbellsville) — 148
4. James Kiagen (McKendree College) 128
5. Caleb Schaeffer (Providence Univ./Great Falls) 123
6. Nick Mitchell (Grand View College) 105
7. Archie Randall (Oklahoma City Univ.) 97 ** retired in 2016
8. Corey Ruff (Lindsey-Wilson) 71
9. Tyson Thivierge (Montana State Northern) 65
10. Lennie Zalesky (Calif. Baptist Univ.) – 55 – NAIA
11. Beau Vest (Dana-Midland) 55
12. Joe Baranik (St. Andrews) 44
13. Jake Stevenson (Morningside College) 43
14. Rik Dahl (Northwestern College) 42
15. Frank Romano (Notre Dame College) 40 moved to D-II in 2012

ACTIVE Women’s Coaches – Top 10 with 20 or more wins
1. Archie Randall (Oklahoma City Univ.) 160 retired in 2016
2. Jason Moorman (King Univ.) 103
3. Sam Schmitz (McKendree Univ.) 51
4. Brian Jackson (Missouri Baptist) 42 – incomplete
5. Tony DeAnda (Jamestown) 33
6. Aaron Meister (Wayland Baptist College) 33
7. Lee Miracle (Campbellsville) 31
8. Donnie Stephens (Univ. of the Cumberlands) 27
9. David Mathews (Life University) 22
10. Beau Vest (Midland Lutheran) 20 – incomplete

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