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All-Marine wrestling team hosts Lejeune Open, scouts talent

The All-Marine Wrestling team hosted its second free tournament of the year at Goettge Memorial Field House, Aug. 3. The Lejeune Open, a tournament for active duty Marines and Sailors, served as a way to scout potential future All-Marine wrestlers and to give former wrestlers an opportunity to get back into the sport. Pvt. Kalik Battle took first in the 149 lbs. weight class by knocking off Lance Cpl. Johnathan Dulin in the final as Cpl. Jeremy Jarvis won the 159 lbs. weight class by taking down Cpl. Luke Irons in the championship match. In the 169 lbs. division, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Jongereel defeated Cpl. Cam Stadler in the final.

In the 179 lbs. class, Cpl. Samuel Johnson was the champion as Pfc. Joshua Jernagin got second. Lance Cpl. Salem Harsh defeated Sgt. Brandon Francik to take the 189 lbs. weight class as 2nd Lt. Courtney Freeman defeated Cpl. Arthur Walthour in the 250 lbs. division final. Jason Loukides, All-Marine Wrestling Team head coach, was sitting mat side along with All-Marine wrestlers who helped organize, officiate and score the double-elimination tournament. One Marine wrestler who was discovered by the team as a competitor in last year’s Lejeune Open was Sgt. Josh Medina.

“It’s been life-changing,” Medina said of becoming an All-Marine wrestler. “It’s really great to be around Coach Loukides and some of the great athletes that are in the room. It’s truly inspiring to be with them every day and to workout with them.” Medina drove 13 hours from Pennsylvania to participate in the tournament last year. He ended up winning his weight class, which began his relationship with Coach Loukides and the All-Marine program. Medina believes the tournament serves as a similar opportunity for other Marines interested in showcasing their talent in front of the All-Marine team. Rest of the story at
https://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/sports/all-marine-wrestling-team-hosts-lejeune-open-scouts-talent/article_3c478c12-b87b-11e9-9eb2-632dda5484ec.html?mc_cid=c98ec4a62d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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PSU wrestling book published

UNIVERSITY PARK — In his 10 years at the helm of the Penn State wrestling team, coach Cael Sanderson has led the Nittany Lions to a run of success rarely seen in NCAA wrestling or any other collegiate sport. A new book written and published by the Penn State Wrestling Club, “Dawn of a New Era,” details the first decade of the second century of Penn State wrestling, including the first nine years of Sanderson’s tenure. “Dawn of a New Era” supplements the book that chronicled the first 100 years of Penn State wrestling, “A Century of Penn State Wrestling,” which also was written by Penn State Wrestling Club members and published in 2008.

It contains facts, stories and photos from Penn State’s first season of collegiate wrestling in 1909 through the 2007-08 season. The Penn State Wrestling Club, which was founded in 1981, is the official booster club of the wrestling team. The group organizes trips and pre-match socials, sells team-related clothing and supports the student-run Wrestling Affiliate Club.

“When we wrote the Century book, it was meant to commemorate the historic milestone of 100 years as a Penn State sport,” said Connie Christiansen, the chair of the PSWC’s Historian Committee. “As the Sanderson era started to unfold, we thought it would be appropriate to write a supplement to the original.  Rest of the story at http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/sports/penn-state/2019/08/psu%e2%80%88wrestling-book-published/?mc_cid=c98ec4a62d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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POSTCARD FROM JAPAN: WHITMAN CHECKS IN FROM GUNMA

Hi Tar Heel Fans,
Brandon Whitman here, a sophomore from Dundee, Michigan. We’re a long way from the States here in Japan, but we’re having a great time as a team. This is going to go a long way for our team bonding. We’re all growing closer and enjoying the camaraderie.
Yesterday, we went on a team hike and reached the summit to see an amazing view of Mount Fuji. A big group of us made it to the top and got some incredible pictures. This country has some amazing views – definitely things that you don’t see back in Dundee or Chapel Hill!
We’ve been eating some traditional Japanese foods and trying different cultural experiences. My favorite food has been the real sushi and ramen. Some of these guys are going to lose a lot of weight, but most of us are being bold! As Bryce would say, you’ve got to get tough.
We’re now in the prefecture of Gunma to stay in a traditional Japanese hotel and train/practice for a few days. It’s great to head to a different culture and get training in that’s different than what we get back home. Rest of the story at https://goheels.com/news/2019/8/6/wrestling-postcard-from-japan-whitman-checks-in-from-gunma.aspx?mc_cid=b9eb082e8f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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The Impact of Technology on Wrestling

BY MATT KRUMRIE 
Jason Bryant remembers his first trip to Fargo to cover USA Wrestling’s Cadet and Junior Nationals in 1999. “We had hand-written vertically paired brackets, dial-up Internet and zero social media,” says Bryant, who later worked for USA Wrestling in a communications role.

Fast-forward 20 years to the 2019 Cadet and Junior Nationals, held in Fargo in mid-July. Bryant has created the Mat Talk Podcast Network, the leading podcast network in the sport of wrestling. While in Fargo covering the event, he conducted a number of on-site interviews and 10-minute features, then twice during the week, he did a media collaboration between his network at Mat Talk Online, FloWrestling, and The Open Mat, a popular wrestling news and information website. “We had three to four people in a live show streaming from Herd & Horns (a Fargo Sports Bar and Grill) and all the streaming info was coming right from my iPad over the restaurant’s Wi-Fi,” says Bryant, now also an 11-time wrestling journalism and broadcasting award winner. “We also watched the rest of the round from Herd & Horns because they had the technology to bring a livestream from the web and put FloWrestling up on their TVs. That was unheard of when I first started coming to Fargo.”

It’s no secret that high speed internet, wireless access, and smartphones have changed the way the world can connect, and that is making an impact across the sport of wrestling. Free video hosting platforms and inexpensive digital video cameras have become standard, not just for the major media players, but for state associations, too. “When you tie in video and live streaming with tournament software like FloArena or Trackwrestling, there’s really no reason—other than access to high speed internet or a tight budget—wrestling fans can’t get scores and match video as they happen,” Bryant says. Rest of the story at
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/August/01/The-Impact-of-Technology-on-Wrestling?mc_cid=0627ee2afe&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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9 freshmen to know before the 2019-2020 wrestling season

With every new wrestling season comes new faces and new expectations. Last year, Minnesota true freshman Gable Steveson broke onto the scene at heavyweight, posted an undefeated regular season record and finished third at the NCAA championships. In 2018, Iowa and Cornell freshmen Spencer Lee and Yianni Diakomihalis won their respective weight classes at the national tournament. True freshmen have been winning titles and making waves on the collegiate scene for years, and 2020 will likely follow this trend.
WRESTLERS TO WATCH: These are the 25 college wrestlers you need to know heading into the 2019-2020 season
Ohio State landed what has been regarded as the best recruiting class in the country this year, and the Buckeyes will aim to use their new crop of talent to help take on the reigning national champions Penn State as well as hold off other powerhouse programs including Oklahoma State and Iowa. Ranking the nation’s best incoming freshman is a subjective and difficult task, but these are the nine student-athletes to watch as they start their college careers this fall. These athletes are in no particular order, and they represent nine different teams. All nine should be among the fun names to follow as they compete over the course of their college careers. Rest of the story at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-08-05/9-freshmen-know-2019-2020-wrestling-season?mc_cid=b9eb082e8f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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