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WolfPack Wrestling downs #22 Utah Valley and Indiana in Florida

RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State wrestling team picked up a pair of dual wins to conclude its weekend 3-1 at the South Beach Duals, with a pair of wins over ranked teams.
The Pack’s day started with a 23-11 win over #22 Utah Valley. NC State won the first two and four of the first five bouts to take an 18-3 lead – the wins included a pin and a tech fall. Utah Valley got the team score to 18-9, but NC State scored decisions in two of the final three matches.
NC State closed out the event with a 24-9 win over Indiana. The Hoosiers won the first two bouts to take a 6-0 lead, but NC State closed out the dual winning seven of the final eight matches, with three bonus point wins.

Up Next: The Pack returns to dual action on Sunday, January 6 with a trip to #2 Ohio State. The match will be televised on ESPN2.
Rest of the details at https://gopack.com/news/2018/12/30/wrestling-packwrestle-downs-22-utah-valley-and-indiana-in-florida.aspx?mc_cid=61e1ccdc29&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

January 4, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

ECU Open Wrestling Workout

ECU will host an Open Wrestling Workout on Sunday, Jan 13th from 2:00 – 4:00. Get 2 free hours of college wrestling instruction while taking a look at the ECU facilities.

The Open Workout will take place at the Student Rec Center on campus at 7th & Cotanche Streets near downtown. Parking is available at the college lot at 9th & Cotanche across from McDonald’s. ECU wrestlers will assist so it’s a good chance to meet ECU coaches and wrestlers.

January 4, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

2018: A year of wrestling news worth celebrating

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Author Mark Palmer is correct in his well written article with a summary of the many good events of progress in wrestling this past year.
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Most of us are inundated with what seems like never-ending waves of negative news stories ‘year round. However, as we look back at 2018, there were news events in amateur wrestling definitely worth remembering … and celebrating.

Growth of high school wrestlingParticipation levels for both boys and girls in high school actually went up this past year when compared to the previous year. 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. By comparison, 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.

Growing numbers of college wrestling programs …
High school athletes wishing to continue wrestling in college will find more opportunities in the new year, thanks to decisions made by a number of schools to add wrestling to their varsity sports roster — including a handful of women’s wrestling programs. Here are the new programs InterMat reported on in 2018 which are expected to take to the mat in fall 2019:

Arizona Christian University, an 800-student private school located in Phoenix, not only announced the formation of a new men’s mat program, but also has hired a coach to head up the program, Travis Patrick. 
Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21060

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