Takedown Report

High School Wrestling News – # 18

1 } – Westside’s Lou Miloni ‘coached with a passion’ and touched lives on and off wrestling mat (Nebraska)
Lou Miloni’s legacy to Omaha Westside wrestling is found on the school’s mat. Right there in the center circle, his face is drawn in caricature. Miloni couldn’t attend the mat’s unveiling last year at the state tournament at CHI Health Center, as he was at his home in Arizona with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. But he came back last June when the school unveiled a commemorative plaque and announced an annual endowed scholarship in his name. The 36-year teacher and coach at Westside died May 15 in Chandler, Arizona. He was 79. A memorial service will be held in Omaha at a later time, daughter Tiffany Small said. “Sports were always important to him,” she said. “The family has been touched by the former students who have reached out or visited my dad during his sickness. It meant so much to him.” … rest of story … https://www.omaha.com/sports/high-school/westsides-lou-miloni-coached-with-a-passion-and-touched-lives-on-and-off-wrestling-mat/article_d193cc11-4568-54d2-a189-db360bcdc4f2.html?mc_cid=97df5e5b46&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

2 } – Bozeman wrestling got its coach after novel hiring process (Montana) BILLINGS — The hiring process was new due to the novel coronavirus, but Bozeman Public Schools Activities Director Mark Ator feels the Bozeman Hawks got the right man to lead the wrestling program. Sean Dellwo is the new wrestling coach at Bozeman High, pending school board approval. Ator said Dellwo, who formerly coached the Belgrade Panthers, was hired May 15 after an online meeting. He will also teach math at the school. The school board will address personnel moves during the first part of June, Ator said. Dellwo would succeed Nate Laslovich, the longtime Hawks coach who will now be guiding the new Gallatin High School opening in Bozeman this fall. … rest of story … https://406mtsports.com/high-school/wrestling/bozeman-wrestling-got-its-coach-after-novel-hiring-process/article_48059eed-5b9c-575a-a505-f2c3eacb9421.html?mc_cid=97df5e5b46&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

3 } – Former Burlington High School wrestler Josh Bird killed in accident (Wisconsin)
The Burlington High School wrestling program is reeling from another tragedy. Twenty years after former state champion Mike Kramer was killed in a motorcycle accident, two-time state champion Josh Bird also died on his motorcycle. Bird, who won state championships as a freshman in 2013 and as a junior in ‘15, was killed in a two-vehicle accident in the Town of Mukwonago on Friday. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin State Patrol said a 23-year Burlington man was killed in a motor vehicle accident at 4 p.m. Friday on State Highway 83 and Sugden Road in the Town of Mukwonago. … rest of story … https://journaltimes.com/sports/former-burlington-high-school-wrestler-josh-bird-killed-in-accident/article_dcce7182-a27e-58b3-b9c1-9d18246455ea.html?mc_cid=4b3d9c77ea&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

4 } – Scott Green and Wyoming Seminary finish as the top high school team in the country
Scott Green talks about the process of getting into Wyoming Seminary, college wrestling combines and making it at the next level.
Podcast at … https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1590514634797&twSessionId=gfefzvfhud&videoId=782127135&mc_cid=a56cef7301&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

5 } – Area wrestling coaches give their views on PIAA proposal to cut a weight class (Pennsylvania)
High School wrestling matches are poised to have a different look next season. While there are still steps to be taken before a shift from 14 weight classes to 13 is officially put in place, the PIAA’s board of directors moved in that direction last Wednesday when it passed on a first reading basis the wrestling steering committee’s proposal that would transform the four weight classes between 170-220 into three – 172, 189 and 215. Area coaches weighed in on the move, meant to decrease the number of forfeits seen in matches. “I understand the reason behind PIAA reducing the amount of weight classes,” said Jim Thorpe head coach Shawn Albert. “This does eliminate the amount of wrestlers needed to complete a full lineup.  … rest of story … https://www.tnonline.com/20200526/area-wrestling-coaches-give-their-views-on-piaa-proposal-to-cut-a-weight-cl/?mc_cid=a56cef7301&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

6 } – Whether it’s the NFL or wrestling, recruiting is the key
Preparation for a wrestling meet doesn’t start in the locker room or the wrestling room — it starts in the living room. Recruiting battles are where the competition really begins. Coaching philosophy and technical aspects of wrestling get talked about often, but recruiting usually gets overlooked. Recruiting is an essential part of winning. One person — good or bad — can change the entire dynamic of a team. That means getting the right recruits is fundamental to future success. So what goes into recruiting? Each coach has to sell himself and his program to an athlete. There is an art to getting a high school wrestler — and his parents — to commit to a college. … rest of story … https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1590641077660&twSessionId=oyfwdiszrh&postId=782210135&mc_cid=2313436fb3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

7 } – PREP WRESTLING: Before he became the head coach at Grundy High School, Travis Fiser forged his mat identity in Iowa (Virginia)
Travis Fiser was a sophomore wrestler at Kirkwood Community College and was looking to stay in tip-top shape over Christmas break in 1988. After wrapping up practice one day at a local high school (Kirkwood did not have its own wrestling room on campus), Fiser happened to bump into Barry Davis, a three-time national champion at the University of Iowa, and asked about possibly coming to Iowa City and working out with some of the Hawkeyes. … rest of story … https://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/prep-wrestling-before-he-became-the-head-coach-at-grundy-high-school-travis-fiser-forged/article_97263fde-a6a5-11ea-8721-6704c392573b.html?mc_cid=2e4d96fd0e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

8 } – Big Red’s Tuttle Keeps D-I Tradition Alive (Ohio)
STEUBENVILLE — Keeping the tradition alive. Steubenville High School had four recent graduates wrestling at the NCAA Division I level last season. This year there will be five competing. David Tuttle, a 4-year standout on both the mat and the football field, recently announced that he will attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania this fall to continue his academic and wrestling careers. He will join former teammates Tariq Wilson (North Carolina State), Jashon Hubbard (Ohio State University) and Peyton Blasko and Anthony Rice (Cleveland State) at D-I schools. “We’ve been blessed with some exceptional athletes over the past few years,” veteran Big Red head coach Mike Blackburn said. “It’s a nice accomplishment, … rest of story … https://www.theintelligencer.net/sports/top-sports/2020/05/big-reds-tuttle-keeps-d-i-tradition-alive/?mc_cid=af75736df9&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

9 } – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Thursday announced that Braxton Amos of Mineral Wells, West Virginia, is the 2020 national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
“Being named the 2020 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner is an awesome ending to my high school wrestling career. My club coach, Miron Kharchilava, trained with Dave on several occasions. Hearing his stories about Dave and their training is inspiring,” said Amos, who is the first national winner from West Virginia. “One of the posters that still hangs in Miron’s room is Dave with a quote about the Japanese Samurai Musashi Miyamoto. I have walked by that poster thousands of times, it makes me appreciate the amount of time Dave put into chasing perfection and reminds me that people who didn’t see the discipline will never understand his sacrifice. “It’s an honor to join the list of past DSHSE winners,” he added. “I’m proud to represent the University of Wisconsin, the State of West Virginia, and Parkersburg South High School.” … rest of story … https://nwhof.org/blog/west-virginias-braxton-amos-named-dave-schultz-high-school-excellence-award-national-winner/?mc_cid=af75736df9&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

10 } – PREP WRESTLING: Wrestling legend Barry Davis keeps ‘giving back’ as assistant with New Lisbon (Wisconsin)
Barry Davis has accomplished just about everything there is accomplish in the world of wrestling. During his lengthy, illustrious career as both a wrestler and a coach, Davis has piled up a surefire Hall of Fame résumé. In high school, Davis was a three-time state champion before moving on the wrestle at the University of Iowa under legendary coach Dan Gable. Davis was a four-time NCAA All-American and racked up three NCAA titles during his college career and still owns the Hawkeyes’ career wins record — no small feat at a program that has won 23 team NCAA championships over the years. Davis’s wrestling success continued on to the international stage. He was a silver medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and … rest of story … https://www.wiscnews.com/juneaucountystartimes/sports/high-school/wrestling/prep-wrestling-wrestling-legend-barry-davis-keeps-giving-back-as-assistant-with-new-lisbon/article_10c01e4e-3e98-55c3-9cc7-c2daa726bf5d.html?mc_cid=e0ec51354d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

June 27, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized