FloSports Partners With GroWrestling
GroWrestling is excited to announce a streaming partnership with FloSports that will include live coverage of six of the eight 2019-2020 events. With a headquarters in Kansas City Missouri, GroWrestling is focused on hosting competitive events for all levels that provide an experience that wrestling deserves. Several of the events will take place at the recently renovated HY VEE arena. Home of the 2003 NCAA Championships.
The first live event in the series, The Blue Chip Fall Brawl, … Get all th details on this chance for more wrestling coverage at https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6572882-flosports-partners-with-growrestling
Wrestling is the world’s oldest sport. In Arkansas, it’s the newest
There’s a lot of moving parts in a college athletics department. It’s more than just an Athletic Director and some coaches. There’s support staff, administrative assistants, academic support, compliance, sports information, marketing and promotions, ticket sales, donor relations – so when the University of Arkansas-Little Rock announced its new Division I wrestling program in March of 2018, there was a lot more work involved from an athletic administration standpoint after the announcement than just hiring a coach and recruiting some wrestlers.
While the landscape of big time college sports today seems to be enamored with pay-for-play and athlete likenesses, sports outside of basketball and football stay out of that mainstream spotlight. For administrators at most places, the focus on a successful college athletics program isn’t always just about championships – it’s about their belief in what athletics can bring to a campus – a real sense of community.
For Little Rock, a coach has been hired and a start time has been set. But it’s not just up to newly hired head coach Neil Erisman to get things done – there’s a lot of moving parts that don’t directly involve wrestling mats and headgear. For the rest of Episode 7 check at http://rockedup.libsyn.com/behind-the-scenes?mc_cid=348e5c372c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Super 32 Results 2019
The final 2018-19 InterMat rankings featured 115 wrestlers that competed in the 2018 Super 32 Challenge. This includes six wrestlers that ended the season ranked first in the country: Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.), Lucas Byrd (Cincinnati LaSalle, Ohio), Ryan Anderson (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.), Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.), Jacob Cardenas (Bergen Catholic, N.J.), and Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.); it was a repeat title for Amos, wile Byrd, Anderson, and Cardenas have matriculated on to college. In addition, 350 participants from the 2018 Super 32 high school tournament won a state title, New England Regional title, or National Prep championship at season’s end.
At the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh, fourteen of the finalists were wrestlers that competed in the Super 32 Challenge during their high school career; eight of them won titles. This includes … Rest of the story and links at https://www.super32.com/
Super 32 Finals Match Ups and results;
https://www.flowrestling.org/results/6574662-2019-super-32/27008
TDR blog
After 20 seasons of publicizing wrestling The TakeDown Report’s (TDR) focus has changed to the collecting of college coaching records from North America since 1903. We will continue to recognize and reward successful wrestlers in eastern North Carolina (east of Raleigh & Fayetteville), assist with schools in starting or re-starting a team and this blog. Join us on our FaceBook Page – “The TakeDown Report” for photos and news. Please send results, stories, links and news to pass along. E-mail us at takedownreport@gmail.com
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