WolfpackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 53 – Transfer Jacob Ferreira & World Medalist Trent Hidlay
RALEIGH, N.C. – The month of August closes down as the school year kicks off with a power-packed new episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, hosted by 2018-19 NWMA Division I SID of the Year Brian Reinhardt. Episode #52 features the head coach of the Wolfpack, Pat Popolizio, and two featured interviews. The first interview introduces Wolfpack Nation to the newest member of the program, Bucknell transfer Jacob Ferreira. The second interview is a return appearance by R-Fr. Trent Hidlay, who is coming off his bronze medal finish … Rest of the story and connection at https://gopack.com/news/2019/8/29/wrestling-packmentality-pop-ins-podcast-ep-53-transfer-jacob-ferreira-world-medalist-trent-hidlay.aspx?mc_cid=480a8b90b3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
App State Wrestling Welcomes 12 Freshmen for 2019-20 Season
BOONE, N.C. — With this week’s start of the fall semester, Appalachian State wrestling coach JohnMark Bentley officially announced the Class of 2019 recruits who are joining the Mountaineers for the 2019-20 season.
App State bolsters the roster as it moves forward from winning a fourth straight Southern Conference regular season championship in 2018-19. The Mountaineers’ 25-2 conference record in the last four seasons ranks fifth nationally.
The 12 wrestlers in the 2019 recruiting class combined for 12 individual state championships in their prep careers and arrive from six different states. “Our incoming class has a lot of talent and promise as we try to continue the winning tradition for our program,” said Bentley, who is 97-66-1 in 10 seasons as App State’s head coach. “I’m excited to see these guys compete and battle for a spot to represent the Black and Gold.”
Class of 2019 recruits
Blake Baker (141 pounds, Hickory, N.C./St. Stephens)
Isaac Byers (149 pounds, Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville)
Rest of the list and story at
https://appstatesports.com/news/2019/8/18/app-state-wrestling-welcomes-11-freshmen-for-2019-20-season.aspx?path=wrestling
How Luke Fickell stayed true to himself and nailed his second act: ‘He’s one of the best I’ve been around’
Pete ThamelYahoo SportsAugust 28, 2019
CINCINNATI – After the final home game of Luke Fickell’s crash-course interim season at Ohio State in 2011, a Buckeye manager pulled Fickell’s black Chevy Suburban a few yards from the training room at Ohio Stadium. As the SUV idled in the stadium tunnel as night fell in Columbus, Fickell stared out at home field one final time as Ohio State’s interim coach. Uncertainty filled the chilly air. The 20-14 home loss to Penn State left the Buckeyes 6-5, as Ohio State struggled in the wake of Jim Tressel’s dismissal. The season fizzled amid suspension and controversy, and Fickell, then 38, found himself pondering coaching at Ohio Stadium for the final time.
“I just kind of took a little time to [reflect],” Fickell said recently in his office at the University of Cincinnati. “Not knowing if you’ll ever have the opportunity to be back.” Less than a decade later, Luke Fickell is preparing for a high-visibility stretch that will crescendo with a return trip to Ohio Stadium as the visiting head coach. He’s the third-year head coach at Cincinnati, which he led to an 11-2 record last year, and he has emerged as one of the profession’s most promising young coaches. Cincinnati hosts UCLA on Thursday night in a marquee game for the program. And in his homecoming at No. 5 Ohio State in Week 2, Fickell has a chance to show precisely how far he and the Bearcats have come, in part because of lessons learned from that interim season. The ties to Ohio State run deeper than Fickell playing five years at the school and spending 16 seasons on staff. He also grew up in Columbus and his wife, Amy, actually lived in the stadium while a student there. (The honors dorm was located there her freshman year.) Rest of the story at
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/luke-fickells-second-act-hes-one-of-the-best-ive-been-around-211113520.html?mc_cid=f321e34b6e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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