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2018-19 Truman Wrestling Schedule Finalized

TDR Editor’s Notes;  This is more than just another college team’s schedule but also an announcement that the program has been successful in raising funds to be reinstated.  It was announced last spring that the wrestling team was to be discontinued.  We are quite glad to see that has changed and wrestling will continue at another college.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Wrestling team will compete in the 2018-19 season after reaching their fundraising goal. The Bulldogs have begun practicing and will start the season on November 1 with a dual at Upper Iowa University.
“I would like to thank everyone who donated to the program and to each of the student-athletes that stayed,” said Head Coach David Schutter. “Now it’s on to the season. These student-athletes have a great love for wrestling and for Truman.”
The season schedule features 10 regular season dual matches with two at home. The Bulldogs will wrestle the University of Central Missouri and Graceland (Iowa) on consecutive nights in Pershing Arena on February 6-7 starting at 7 p.m.
Truman will also compete in the two-day Great Lakes Valley Conference dual championship tournament on February 2-3 in Indianapolis. The seven GLVC teams will compete in a round-robin format to crown the league champion.
Rest of the story at https://trumanbulldogs.com/news/2018/10/11/2018-19-truman-wrestling-schedule-finalized.aspx?path=wrestling

 

October 13, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The plan to save Truman State wrestling

Over the years, wrestling mats have been littered with the remains of far too many college wrestling programs that were unceremoniously eliminated by school presidents and athletic directors, too many times without any clear explanation … and no real opportunity for wrestlers, coaches and alumni to reverse the decision.  In early May, Truman State University administrators announced their Bulldog NCAA Division II wrestling program would be eliminated, effective immediately.   Now there is a plan — a written memorandum of understanding — put together by school administrators, head wrestling coach Dave Schutter, and wrestling team captain Samuel Reeves, which is described as “a proposal to provide possible funding for the wrestling program.” The plan was signed by the participants just last week.  Originally, Truman State had planned for its more-than-a-half-century-old wrestling program to shut down at the time of the announcement in early May. Upon receiving word that the school located in northeast Missouri had planned to axe the mat program right away, coach Schutter and his wrestlers requested an opportunity to develop a strategy to compete for one more season, and, also, a strategy for the wrestling program to continue as an intercollegiate sport at Truman State into the future.  Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20186

October 13, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment