Campbell Coach Kolat On the MatTalk On-line
TDR Ed’s Notes; Check this out and listen in on-line.
https://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/on-the-mat/campbell-head-wrestling-coach-cary-kolat-otm559/?fbclid=IwAR0J-NswaNoYaOIjUtEGiQvFpw7d1OdH6IOFarUuyCnM_ekoDRSlJKADoWs
Boise State will have to make baseball a hit without having a home
TDR Ed’s Notes; More evidence that the men who made the decision to drop a successful low cost wrestling program so they could take on an expensive money losing baseball program and they do not even have a stadium to play in. Just more excuses to lose more money in the athletic department. Almost as foolish as UNO and Trev Albert who dropped a 3 time defending national championship program so that they could lose millions each year by adding on Ice Hockey and many losses in Division I sports. Arrogant foolish decisions by athletic directors have hurt wrestling more than Title IX.
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BSU President Bob Kustra speaks Nov. 17, 2017, about the decision to cut the school’s wrestling program and establish a baseball team instead. “While I know there’s many wrestling advocates out there, they can’t compete with America’s national past time. By Darin Oswald It was April 2017 when then-Boise State President Bob Kustra announced the big news: The school was dropping wrestling to revive a baseball program, with the 2020 season targeted for the sport’s return.
About a year away from that first season, the Broncos have coaches, uniforms, the first dozen recruits on campus — they held practices starting last September — and land that the university acquired to build a stadium near campus. What’s still missing is a place to hang their hats and bats for games. BSU spokesman Greg Hahn confirmed with the Statesman last week that the school is still in the negotiation stage with potential developers for a facility located just south of Albertsons Stadium — on a parcel where houses and other structures still stand — and the university acknowledged the obvious time crunch in a press release Friday:
Read more here: https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/article225241540.html?mc_cid=a34acd1440&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#storylink=cpy
Getting past Pittsburgh heading into Rivalry Week with North Carolina – NCS41
by Jason Bryant | Feb 12, 2019
Episode 41 with host Brian Reinhardt visits with head coach Pat Popolizio to talk about the home loss to Pittsburgh and what the team has to do to rebound during Rivalry Week as the Pack approaches the dual with North Carolina. We’ll also focus the show on the senior class and their contributions to the program over the past several years. Rest of the story at http://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/pack-mentality/getting-past-pittsburgh-heading-into-rivalry-week-with-north-carolina-ncs41/?mc_cid=a34acd1440&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Appalachian State shuts out Davidson
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Setting the tone with an aggressive start, Appalachian State Wrestling posted a 43-0 shutout of Davidson on Tuesday in Belk Arena. With the win, App State (7-6, 4-1 SoCon) can clinch a share of a fourth straight conference title by beating The Citadel (1-8, 1-2) on Sunday afternoon in the home finale at Varsity Gym. The dual begins at 3 p.m. Tickets at $7 (adult) and $3 (youth) can be purchased by clicking HERE. The Mountaineers, who are unofficially No. 28 in the latest NWCA Coaches Poll with four voting points, recorded wins in all 10 matches against Davidson and earned bonus points in seven of them. App State seniors Irvin Enriquez (141 pounds) and Michael Elliott (165) had pins, and there were four major decisions. Starting the night at 174 pounds, Appalachian received major decisions from Thomas Flitz (13-4 against Noah Satterfield), Alan Clothier (12-3 at 184 against Conor Fenn) and Randall Diabe (12-3 at 197 against Finlay Holston) before Cary Miller added a 6-2 decision against Mitchell Trigg in the heavyweight division. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21434
VMI defeats Gardner-Webb
Boiling Springs, N.C. – The VMI wrestling team had wins in five weight classes Tuesday night and scored a 21-19 Southern Conference victory at Gardner-Webb University. The competition started with the 165 pounders, and the Keydets and the Bulldogs traded pins in the first two bouts. Red-shirt junior Neal Richards, ranked #19 at 174 lbs., pinned Kyle Homet in 5:28 for his 17th-straight victory on the season. Max Gallahan won 4-0 at 184 and Tre Momon earned a 4-2 victory at 285. Derek Shockey won his match at 125 by forfeit and Dom Gallo’s 4-3 decision at 141 provided the margin of victory and give VMI its second conference win on the season.
Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21433
Wrestling Announces Groups for 2019 Freestyle World Cup
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (February 11) – United World Wrestling has announced the draw for the 2019 Freestyle World Cup Yakutia, Russia. The annual dual-meet event is a highlight of the international wrestling calendar and features the top eight teams from the 2018 World Championships in Budapest. The UWW executive board determined this week that all World Cup competitions, including the Greco-Roman and Women’s World Cup, should follow the same competition format for placement of teams in their respective pools, or groups. With the new system, the No. 1 team will be paired with the No.4, No.5, and No.8teams from the world championships. The No.2 team will in a group with the No.3, No.6, and No.7.
The groups for the 2019 Freestyle World Cup:
Group A – RUS (1), CUB (4), JPN (5), TUR (8)
Group B – USA (2), GEO (3), IRI (6), MGL (7)
In Group A, world champion Russia will look to recapture the World Cup team title after the United States won the 2018 Freestyle World Cup in Iowa City, Iowa. To earn top-billing in 2019 the home side will need to win their group which includes a resurgent Cuban team, Japan, and Turkey. Rest of the story at https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/wrestling-announces-groups-2019-freestyle-world-cup?mc_cid=43fb0bb18d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Women’s wrestlers make history for Menlo College
When the Menlo College women’s wrestling team touched down at Atlanta Airport last week, the city was still reeling in the wake of Super Bowl LIII. It was an appropriate vibe for the Oaks, who were heading to Marietta, Georgia to make some history of their own. Unlike the dynastic New England Patriots, though, Menlo College had never won a national title — in any sport. That changed over the weekend as the Menlo Oaks earned their school’s first-ever national crown Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center in the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association National Championship. Rest of the story at https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/women-s-wrestlers-make-history-for-menlo-college/article_401ac592-2dd5-11e9-8079-bf6fbc0249dc.html?mc_cid=43fb0bb18d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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