Iowa leads nation in attendance for 13th straight year
TDR Editor’s Notes ; N.C. State ranks 20th in average attendance for home matches and in the top 15 in total numbers of fans at their meets.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Official numbers released Tuesday showed the University of Iowa wrestling program led the nation in average and total attendance for the 13th straight season. The Hawkeyes averaged an NCAA-best 8,526 fans in seven home duals, and saw 59,684 fans enter the gates at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2018-19. Iowa has led the nation in attendance in each of head coach Tom Brands’ 13 seasons. This year was the 11th straight the Hawkeyes averaged more than 8,000 fans.
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From The Street To The Mat: Zack Silver Signs At Bluefield College
Admittedly, Zack Silver was headed down a bad path. But as a middle schooler, he found what has become one of his best friends — the sport of wrestling. Silver, an Alleghany senior and a two-time state qualifier, signed recently to attend and wrestle at Bluefield College.
“Wrestling helped keep me out of trouble, it taught me how to get a good work ethic and become a coachable person,” said Silver at a recently ceremony in the AHS library. “It changed me completely.” And it is helping in getting him a college education. Silver’s numbers as a Mountaineer wrestler are solid. He posted a 128-48 career record over his four years, he earned 278 takedowns and 57 pins. But Silver’s career has been about much more than numbers says his Alleghany High School coach Dale Burdette.
“You can talk about wins on the mat, but he really matured as a young man,” Burdette said. “A lot of that happened as a result of wrestling, but he also got in a good environment at home living with the Reed family.” Silver was a middle school football player when Burdette had his first contact with him. “When I first met Zack he was hanging out on the streets in Clifton (Forge),” he added. “I knew he was a good athlete. Rest of the story at https://thevirginianreview.com/Content/Free-Articles/Free-Articles/Article/From-The-Street-To-The-Mat-Zack-Silver-Signs-At-Bluefield-College/71/1478/47082?mc_cid=6cd9b9e806&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Troy Steiner named 2018 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year
By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | April 03, 2019,
Troy Steiner (Fresno, Calif./Valley RTC) has been named 2018 Women’s Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the second time that Steiner has won this prestigious award, after winning the honor in 2007. Steiner received the award at the Kickoff Party, organized by Jordan and Lauren Burroughs, in Pittsburgh, Pa. on March 20. Steiner serves as the head men’s wrestling coach at Fresno State University, in his second season of competition there after Fresno State reinstated its program.
He is a coach with the Valley Regional Training Center, which trains athletes on the Senior and age-group levels. One of his Valley RTC athletes in men’s freestyle, Joe Colon, won a 2018 World bronze medal for the USA. Steiner has been active as a coach in women’s wrestling for many years. In 2018, Steiner hosted the U.S. Women’s National Team in Fresno for one of its training camps prior to the World Championships. The U.S. Women’s World Team went on to place third at the 2018 World Championships, led by four medalists. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/April/03/Troy-Steiner-named-USA-Wrestling-Womens-Coach-of-the-Year?mc_cid=6cd9b9e806&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Girls wrestling moves one step closer to being sanctioned in Florida
Girls wrestling took a big step in the quest to become an officially sanctioned Florida High School Athletic Association sport on Wednesday. A presentation was made to the FHSAA’s athletic directors advisory committee and received unanimous approval to go forward, signalling a large step forward in the lengthy process.
Orlando Freedom High School girls wrestling coach Lynzie Doll and Palm Coast Matanzas wrestling coach John White made a PowerPoint presentation to the A.D. panel Wednesday. “It’s a great first step, we’re heading in the right direction,” White said. “The goal of our presentation was obviously to get approval but also to show how far girls wrestling has come.” Part of that presentation was showing that despite not being an officially sanctioned sport, Florida already has more girls wrestling in high school than states in the Southeast like Georgia, where it is already official. Rest of the story at https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/wrestling/os-sp-wrestling-girls-20190403-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true&mc_cid=6cd9b9e806&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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