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Hazelton back pinning competition

TDR Editor’s Notes ; While this is from across to the other coast and across our northern border into British Columbia it is a community and school re-starting a wrestling program. We applaud that and encourage others to do the same.
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The home of Olympic wrestlers brings the program back after 15 years.
After just over 15 years of no wrestling program in Hazelton, home of Olympic wrestlers Carol Huynh and Lyndsay Abdou (Belisle), the wrestling program (Hazelton Amateur Wrestling Club) has made a significant come back this year. In the summer of 2018 former wrestlers Jennifer Zyp, Tim Sullivan, Chuck Hayden, and Tom Lee set out on a mission to resurrect the wrestling program with the help of BC Wrestling, Lyndsay Abdou, iSPARC (Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council), and the principles/teachers of Hazelton Secondary School. By October there was an introduction to wrestling clinic run by Lyndsay and Gord (of BC Wrestling) for youth interested in the sport, and a coaches clinic was also run to get our coaches trained up to par in the realm of wrestling.
Rest of the story at https://www.interior-news.com/sports/hazelton-back-pinning-competition/?mc_cid=42ab018544&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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Gray: Wrestling can be life-changing for girls

By Adeline Gray
(The following column appeared in the December issue of WIN Magazine. Click here to subscribe or call 888-305-0606.)

Calling all females, those who will become the next generation of leaders, we want you. I have a path that will strengthen your bodies and souls. Join me and become a wrestler, create a better you. 

As we speak, there are thousands of girls learning that they matter, that they can write their own path to success through their own hard work. They are having their college paid for and experiencing the world as they better themselves. The future will need strong, confident females. And yes, I have a way for you to achieve this: “Daughters of America”, wrestle!    

Forget the photos in magazines, learn at a young age what it means to appreciate what a healthy body can do and appreciate your body. For wrestling is one of the few sports where all body types are allowed, cherished and accepted. From the petite gymnast to the girl with size, we need you.  Learn what a healthy body can accomplish and cherish these muscles that burn calories and that exercise leads to fitness and a sexy, beautiful body. Instill in yourself the desire to be strong and through strength comes beauty inside and out.  Wrestling is the toughest thing you will ever do. You will train beyond your limits, be schooled on how to learn from your defeats and push yourself in a match further than you ever deemed possible. And for all of your hard work, I promise you will become a better person, a stronger person, and a person who knows that from hard work you can achieve success.  Rest of the story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2018/12/wrestling-can-be-life-changing-for-girls/?mc_cid=b977ec9801&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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South Beach Duals shake up NWCA Division I Coaches Poll to kick off 2019

Manheim, Pennsylvania – Missouri went 4-0 at the South Beach Duals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida over the holiday break to push its win streak to 30 and move up one spot to No. 5 into the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released Tuesday. The Tigers improved to 10-0 on the season. Missouri’s move was one of a number related to the second-year event. The Tigers beat three ranked teams – then-No. 13 Purdue 41-3, then-No. 8 Cornell 22-9 and then-No. 21 Lehigh 21-12. The top four teams – Penn State, Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Iowa stayed put to open up the new calendar year. This week’s poll splits two very well-attended individual tournaments as the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships concluded on December 30, while the Southern Scuffle, hosted at Chattanooga, kicked off today.
Prior to the South Beach Duals, Missouri topped Virginia in a packed gym at Park Hill High School in Kansas City, with All-American Daniel Lewis securing the dual with a fall in the dual’s final bout. The shift in the top 10 primarily came to Wyoming’s 22-21 criteria victory over then-No. 7 NC State. It dropped the Wolfpack (9-1) two spots to No. 9, while the Cowboys (6-3) moved up five spots from No. 18 to sit at No. 13 this week. Wyoming also topped Michigan State and SIU Edwardsville, but fell to Cornell (5-1). NC State did top ranked teams Purdue and Utah Valley in Florida.
Rest of the story at http://www.nwcaonline.com/south-beach-duals-shake-up-nwca-division-i-coaches-poll-to-kick-off-2019/

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84 teams descend on Louisville for NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With nearly 320 wrestlers from 84 teams converging this weekend on the Kentucky Expo Center and Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, the name Mat Mayhem remains an adequate descriptor of what’s to come on January 4-5 as NUWAY hosts the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals presented by the United States Marine Corps and Defense Soap.

Five different collegiate wrestling divisions will come to Louisville for the first time in a dual meet advancement format to crown a national dual meet champion as the draws were also released on Wednesday.
This year’s field features 65 ranked teams, with the three of the five divisions competing in 16-team brackets. Division III will stage a 24-team bracket, while the women’s teams, which compete in the Olympic freestyle style, compete in a 12-team bracket.

Brackets & Event Links
Division II (PDF | Web)
Division III (PDF | Web)
NAIA (PDF | Web)
NJCAA (PDF | Web)
Women (PDF | Web)
WHAT: NUWAY hosts the 2019 NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals presented by the Marines and Defense Soap
WHEN: January 4-5, 2019
WHERE: Freedom Hall & Exhibition Hall – Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Rest of the details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21057

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Penn State wins Southern Scuffle, breaks scoring record

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — No. 1 Penn State (4-0, 0-0 B1G) won the 2019 Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s Nittany Lions won the team title with a tournament record scoring total to outdistance second place Oklahoma State. The championship is Penn State’s eighth in its last eight trips to the tournament. The two-day event started yesterday and concluded tonight in UT-Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena. The Nittany Lions rolled to the team title thanks to crowning six champions. One of those champions became Penn State’s all-time pins leader in the process of winning his title and another pinned his way to the crown and another Outstanding Wrestler Award. Twelve of Penn State’s 18 entrants at the event placed. The Nittany Lions’ team point total of 216.5 is a new Southern Scuffle record as well, crushing the old mark of 198.0 held by Oklahoma State (Penn State had 197.0 during last year’s title run). There have been 15 Southern Scuffle’s held. Penn State has won it eight times.
Rest of the details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21055

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No. 6 Missouri beats No. 8 Cornell to go 4-0 at South Beach Duals, as Minnesota also finishes with 4-0 record

By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | Dec. 30, 2018,
No. 6 Missouri beats No. 8 Cornell to go 4-0 at South Beach Duals, as Minnesota also finishes with 4-0 record NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell lines up on top against Jaydin Eierman of Missouri at 141 pounds. Diakomihalis won, 3-1, but Missouri won the dual meet. Photo by Andy Hamilton, TrackWrestling.
In the battle of the top two ranked teams at the South Beach Duals, No. 6 Missouri defeated No. 9 Cornell, 22-9, in the fourth round of action, and finished the event with a perfect 4-0 record. Cornell won two of the first three bouts, but the Tigers then ran off six straight wins to put away the dual meet.
Also finishing with a perfect 4-0 record for the competition was No. 9 Minnesota, which secured a pair of wins on Sunday, beating Kent State, 51-0 and then No. 22 Utah Valley, 36-6. Against Kent State, the Gophers scored bonus point victories in nine of the 10 matches. Against Utah Valley, Minnesota won the first five matches and went on to claim eight of the 10 victories. Round Three on Sunday morning went as expected, based upon rankings, except for West Virginia’s 19-17 upset of North Dakota State. West Virginia gave up two forfeits, but was able to win based upon winning six of the eight contested matches, including the last two bouts of the dual meet. Also in Round Three, No. 12 North Carolina, which went 0-2 on Saturday, rebounded to defeat No. 21 Lehigh, 22-18, giving Lehigh its third straight loss of the weekend. UNC won the first five bouts and Lehigh won the last five bouts, with bonus points the difference, as Lehigh lost two bouts by injury default, as Luke Karam (141) and Josh Humphreys (157) could not finish their bouts.
Rest of the story and details at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/December/30/Missouri-Minnesota-go-undefeated-at-South-Beach-Duals?mc_cid=61e1ccdc29&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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