Campbell Wrestling finalizes 2019-20 staff
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell head wrestling coach Cary Kolat has announced promotions for Scotti Sentes and Mike Evans, as well as the additions of Nathan Kraisser, Blaize Cabell and Josiah Hritsko to the staff. Sentes will be elevated to associate head coach and Evans will be raised to head assistant coach, while Kraisser, a former Campbell All-American, has been named recruiting coordinator. Cabell joins the Campbell coaching staff as a volunteer assistant, and Hritsko has also been named social media coordinator.
Sentes enters his fourth season at Campbell, with the Camels claiming two Southern Conference tournament championships in his three years. Evans, meanwhile, will head into his third year in Buies Creek in 2019-20. In addition to the program’s second SoCon tournament title in three years, the Camels also earned their first ever regular season conference championship in 2019. CU earned a share of the SoCon dual title with a 5-1 league mark to go along with a 7-1 overall dual record, both program bests. Rest of the story at
2019-2020 D-III REGIONAL ALIGNMENT
The NCAA Championships Committee has release their report from the June meeting where wrestling regional alignment was discussed. There are two new teams this year, and some minor changes to the six regionals. Stevens Institute of Technology is joining the MAC this year and has been moved into the Southeast Region with the other MAC schools. Alvernia (Reading, PA) is a current MAC member who will begin wrestling this season, and they have also been added to the Southeast Region. To make space for these additions, Penn College of Technology and Pitt-Bradford will exit the Southeast and join the Mideast. Finally, Fontbonne (Clayton, MO) will join the Lower Midwest region for their inaugural year of competition. Rest of the story at https://www.d3wrestle.com/2019-2020-regional-alignment/?mc_cid=f8b58aa7e1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Ohio wrestling icon, Hall of Famer Bob Dieli Sr. passes
TDR Editor’s Notes; Bob was a wonderful fan of wrestling. He was very enthusiastic for the sport and delivered a lifetime of service to wrestling. He was a cheerful fan and enjoyable to be with as I had the pleasure to work with him on occasion and am grateful that I met him.
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Robert “Bob” Dieli Sr., an icon in central Ohio wrestling as an athlete, coach, Hall-of-Famer and host of the popular “Matside with Bob Dieli” show on Columbus cable TV for a quarter-century, passed away on Monday, June 24. He was 94.
Bob Dieli”At his visitation, someone said that just about every Ohio high school champ from the 1970s into the 1990s was influenced by Bob Dieli,” according to Adam DiSabato, a four-time letterwinner – and three-time NCAA All-American — for Ohio State from 1989-1993 and nephew of Dieli. Dieli’s day job was as Recreation Director for the City of Columbus allowed him to pursue his wrestling passion and share his knowledge of the sport with future champions in central Ohio. He established the Ohio Wrestling Club in 1971 at the Sunshine Center in Columbus. “Nobody was a stranger,” his son Bob Jr., told InterMat. “Helping kids was a passion.”
Dieli shared his passion for wrestling beyond the Ohio Wrestling Club with his cable TV show “Matside with Bob Dieli” which provided coverage of high school, college and international-style wrestling events in the Columbus area, along with interviews with athletes, coaches and others in the sport. Dieli’s imprint on the popular show extended for 25 years, with his last appearance on “Matside” being the 2013 Ohio high school state finals, according to his 65-year-old son Bob Jr., who was the first state champ for Columbus Bishop Ready High School. “When wrestling was not on TV, he put his show on public access,” Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22102?mc_cid=f8b58aa7e1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
9 ways collegiate coverage impacts women’s wrestling
The growth of women’s wrestling is fantastic. The depth in quality of competitors is getting better, and the number of opportunities is growing. USA Wrestling does a great job covering women on their teams, and states have really stepped up by championing their ladies via social media and other state/local outlets. But there’s this thing that’s been going on for years that’s been just out of focus and only improving slowly: lots of women going into college don’t actually know much about wrestling at that level and neither do their parents. Even though they think they might. This is NOT surprising—it’s been just out of focus from the media and there’s very little comprehensive information out there. We just don’t know what we don’t know. Today we’re looking at 9 ways collegiate coverage could impact women’s wrestling.
Interscholastically
In the words of California’s 2019 Fargo 16U champ & Junior runner-up Jennifer Soto, “It would motivate a lot more young women to wrestle and it would definitely motivate me.”
1) It will create a clear path to a probable next step in a girl wrestlers academic and athletic career while helping athletes choose a best fit program for their goals.
2) Visibility allows female wrestlers to identify with women they can look up to and forward with.
3) An environment that hypes the atmosphere at the collegiate level increases excitement and drive for competition at the next level—the, “We get to be here” factor.
“If you ask a group of kids who their favorite professional football player is, they could name off numerous favorites depending on preference & where they’re from. We want to make sure that if we ask female wrestlers who their role-models are, that they recall the story of a female they personally identify with — maybe their home town, their state, their demographics — wrestling at the collegiate level. That’s inspiring and that helps them feel like their big dreams are wildly manageable.”
Collegiately (technically there are 6 packed into these 3
4) Women deserve the coverage, period. Plus, their families and supporters—maybe haters?— get to witness their journeys.
5) It’s going to help fuel competition, healthy rivalries and fill rosters with quality student-athletes. Rest of the story at https://www.transitionwrestling.com/9-ways-collegiate-coverage-impacts-womens-wrestling/?mc_cid=5d68ca4713&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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