Takedown Report

College News – # 96

# 1 ) John Hangey Appointed To NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University Wrestling Head Coach John Hangey has been appointed as a member of the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee. Hangey’s term of service on the committee will begin September 1, 2020, and continue through August 31, 2024. “I’m honored to represent the MAAC, Rider University and the Mid-American Conference on the NCAA Division I Wrestling Rules Committee,” said Hangey. “I look forward to helping evolve the sport of wrestling and, more importantly, making a positive impact on the student-athletes.” Hangey recently completed his third season as Rider’s Head Coach in 2019-20, leading the Broncs to the MAC Eastern Division Championship with a 12-3 overall record and a 7-1 mark in MAC duals. Included in the Broncs’ success was a road upset of nationally-ranked No. 6 Minnesota on Nov. 15. Four Broncs qualified for NCAA’s this season and Hangey has sent 11 Broncs to NCAA’s in his three years at the helm. … rest of story at … https://gobroncs.com/news/2020/5/8/john-hangey-appointed-to-ncaa-wrestling-rules-committee.aspx?mc_cid=4570e96a5e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

2 ) Patrick Henry Community College announces start of wrestling program, brings in former Franklin County High School coach
Patrick Henry Community College will field a wrestling team for the first time this winter, and the Patriots have tapped a local high school coach to take the reins. Justin Smith, Franklin County’s head wrestling coach since 2017, resigned his position with the Eagles this week to accept the head coaching position at PHCC. … rest of story at https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/mva/phcc-announces-start-of-wrestling-program-brings-in-former-franklin-county-high-school-coach/article_78b335c8-2faf-5082-98a4-b87915bef9c8.html?mc_cid=924af05634&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

and https://www.roanoke.com/sports/high_schools/franklin-county-wrestling-coach-resigns-so-he-can-take-on-college-challenge/article_423934d8-f324-5212-bf4c-a3bb20c604e3.html?mc_cid=2bb0dedacc&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

3 ) New Ridgewater Coach Brings Strong Athletic Background to the Team
WILLMAR and HUTCHINSON, MN – Ridgewater College Warrior wrestlers will have a new head coach for the 2020-21 season. Meet Joey Brown from Washington state. Brown comes to Ridgewater College highly recommended after serving the previous five seasons as the head wrestling coach at Snohomish High School in Snohomish, WA, where following this last season, he was named District 1 Coach of the Year. Brown grew up in Washington and Oregon where he wrestled, played football, baseball, and threw for the track team through high school. After high school, he attended Southern Oregon University and Mayville State University, ND, where he played football and walked on to the wrestling team. …. rest of story at https://theguillotine.com/2020/05/new-ridgewater-coach-brings-strong-athletic-background-to-the-team/?mc_cid=6299171a9e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

4 ) Get to Know: Wrestling Head Coach Dave Malecek
La Crosse, Wis. – UW-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics is giving fans an opportunity to get to know its 16 head coaches during the 2019-20 season. We thank all 16 of the Eagles’ head coaches for participating. Our head coach being recognized today is wrestling’s Dave Malecek. 
Malecek completed his 14th season as UWL’s head coach in 2019-20.  He has led the Eagles to top-four finishes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships seven years.  UWL placed second in 2008 and 2010, third in 2007, 2009 and 2011 and fourth in 2012 and 2013.  Five wrestlers were set to compete at the 2020 NCAA Division III Championships March 13-14 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa before being canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat. …. rest of the story at https://uwlathletics.com/news/2020/5/11/get-to-know-wrestling-head-coach-dave-malecek.aspx?mc_cid=682211b4c7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

5 ) Wrestling podcast: Iowa’s Paul Glynn joins ‘In The Room’ to relive the Hawkeyes’ 2019-20 season
A lot made the 2019-20 wrestling season memorable, both in how it unfolded and how it ended. The Iowa wrestling team, especially, was in the midst of an extremely special season, going 13-0 in duals, posting record-shattering attendance numbers, and winning the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles in dominant fashion. Then the novel coronavirus pandemic hit and put the kibosh on what was slated to be the final chapter of the Hawkeyes’ sterling campaign, canceling the NCAA Championships and temporarily pausing sports as we know them. On the latest “In The Room” wrestling podcast, we relived the Hawkeyes’ 2019-20 season with a special guest: Iowa wrestler Paul Glynn. Glynn, a senior this past season, won 28 career matches for Iowa and filled in at 133 pounds over the last four years. He provided some highlights throughout his career, including a run to the semifinals of the Midlands Championships in 2018 and a memorable, come-from-behind victory against Michigan State this past season. …. rest of story at https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2020/04/28/wrestling-podcast-iowa-wrestler-paul-glynn-joins-in-room-hawkeyes-2019-20-season-ncaa-carver/3039293001/?mc_cid=09298b3e7a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

6 ) Oklahoma State Wrestling Finishes 6th Nationally in Attendance
The National Wrestling Media Association recently compiled a list of wrestling attendance data from the last year and here’s where the Cowboys landed compared to other top programs. The Cowboys found themselves averaging the sixth nationally behind Ohio State, Rutgers, Iowa State, Penn State, and Iowa. They were ahead of Minnesota, Arizona State, Fresno State, and Lehigh, which rounded out the rest of the top 10. Iowa smashed historic attendance records with their crowds this year which included Oklahoma State and even helped lift Iowa State into the top three with their crowd in Ames of 11,238. .. rest of story and chart at https://pistolsfiringblog.com/oklahoma-state-wrestling-finishes-6th-nationally-in-attendance/?mc_cid=9b182d31f3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

7 ) Unfinished wrestling season ‘doesn’t seem real’ to Mizzou standout Connor Flynn
Connor Flynn was near the top of his game when the game was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Wrestling for the University of Missouri in the Mid-America Conference Tournament in DeKalb, Ill., in early March, Flynn dropped a 3-2 match in the second round but rallied to dominate in four consolation matches to take third place at 174 pounds. During that Sunday run, Flynn won by technical fall over top-seeded Jacob Oliver of Edinboro, pinned second-seeded Dean Sherry of Rider in 1:11 and then won 7-0 over Northern Illinois’ Kenny Moore to earn his third consecutive trip to the NCAAs. …. story at https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/unfinished-wrestling-season-doesnt-seem-real-to-mizzou-standout-connor-flynn/article_0a6ce714-187e-59cb-b65d-56c7509a7d9f.html?mc_cid=09298b3e7a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

8 ) Tanner Weatherman and his life on the wrestling mat
Ballard and Iowa State graduate Tanner Weatherman took a volunteer coaching position for the Dallas Center-Grimes wrestling program in 2020. Wrestling for his uncle Jeff and father Tim, Weatherman went 173-9 and was a three-time state champion at Ballard from 2009-11. He was part of back-to-back Class 2A state traditional and dual-team tournament championships in 2008-09. At ISU, Weatherman went 98-35 from 2013-16, wrestling at 174 pounds his first three years and at 165 as a senior. He was named the Freshman of the Year in the Big 12 and was a four-time NCAA qualifier. …. story at https://www.newsrepublican.com/sports/20200502/tanner-weatherman-and-his-life-on-wrestling-mat?mc_cid=3a87a899d8&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

9 ) ASU Wrestling Coach Zeke Jones Reflects On the Loss of a Promising Season
The date was November 22nd, 2019, and Arizona State wrestling had just pulled off a 19-18 win over Penn State, college wrestling’s premier program, and winners of 60-straight dual meets. For a brief moment, Jones stepped out of coach mode. The long-in place plan Zeke Jones and his staff envisioned reached had its apex, but the euphoria of the execution of that plan drew out the competitor in him. Having just been part of one of the biggest wins of his career on the mat or in the chair, he began to pump his fists while making his way toward key members of the largest crowd to ever see a Sun Devil wrestling match. Jones, who was a member of the 1988 national champion team, wanted to thank the program’s biggest supporters for helping Arizona State get to a spot he envisioned when he was hired in 2014. …. story at https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/news/asu-wrestling-coach-zeke-jones-reflects-on-the-loss-of-a-promising-season?mc_cid=d92f731bd9&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

10 ) – Brands: Grapple on the Gridiron II was planned for last year vs. Penn State
Grapple on the Gridiron II was almost a thing.
That’s according to Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands, who appeared on KCJJ Friday morning. The original Grapple on the Gridiron was held on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 in the south end zone of Kinnick Stadium. A record 42,287 fans saw the 4th-ranked Hawkeyes edge #1 Oklahoma State 18-16. Brands told KCJJ he and athletics director Gary Barta made plans for a sequel last season. He said he tried to contact Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson about bringing his preseason #1 Nittany Lions to Kinnick Stadium to face his second-ranked Hawkeyes, but Sanderson never returned his calls. “He hemmed and hawed and stalled me,” Brands told KCJJ, “so I just had to move on.”
The event had been planned for the weekend of Saturday, November 16th. When plans with Penn State fell through, Iowa scheduled Tennessee-Chattanooga for the same weekend. …. story at https://www.1630kcjj.com/2020/05/03/brands-grapple-on-the-gridiron-ii-was-planned-for-last-year-vs-penn-state/?mc_cid=91ffce1a35&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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