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Campbell Wrestling announces staff changes for 2023-24 season

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell wrestling head coach Scotti Sentes has announced staff changes leading into the 2023-24 season.  

Dresden Simon has been named as the director of operations. Former director of operations Josh Heil is transitioning to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, and Chris Kober has also been named an assistant coach after serving as a volunteer coach for one season.  

Simon comes to Buies Creek from Florida, where he spent one year coaching the Buffalo Wrestling Club and The Villages High School. Prior to that, he wrestled at Central Michigan University for six seasons. He tallied a career record of 107-59 at 133, 141 and 149 pounds.  

“Dresden is a student of the sport and very knowledgeable in all aspects of wrestling,” said Sentes. “(He) has spent his entire life around great wrestling and graduated from a program that puts hard work and no excuses above everything else…The Director of Ops position is one of the hardest and busiest positions on staff, so you need someone like Dresden who can think quick on their feet and who is not afraid to take on any role.” 

Simon qualified for the NCAA Championships in his final three seasons with the Chippewas and was named Second Team All-America in 2019-20. He was a two-time MAC Conference champion, and he was named the conference’s Outstanding Wrestler in 2019-20.  

The previous director of operations, Josh Heil now serves as an assistant coach and the program’s recruiting coordinator. He was the first three-time SoCon champion in program history as a wrestler for Campbell. A former teammate of many current Camels, Heil has earned a great deal of respect from the team.  … rest of story at … GOcamels.com/news/2023/6/27/campbell-wrestling-announces-staff-changes-for-2023-24

Brent Slade Commits to Campbell

By Ross Bartachek, Photo by Randi Yeager
Another wrestler is headed out to North Carolina to join Campbell University. Southeast Polk wrestler Brent Slade announced his commitment to the Camels. The two-time state medalist is coming off a third place finish this past season for the Rams. 

Slade began his high school career competing for Ames High School where he finished seventh as a freshman. All the more impressive about that finish was the fact that Slade churned out that performance competing up at 145 pounds, which is typically a difficult weight for freshmen to break through in. He later transferred to SEP where he has gone on to earn a third place finish as a junior up at 170 pounds this past year. 

In addition to his in-season accolades, Slade has done a tremendous job earned hardware for Iowa/USA Wrestling. He won state titles in freestyle as a freshman and sophomore and he also won a Greco-Roman state title last summer. Last July he earned an All-American finish out at Fargo taking fifth at 170 pounds in Greco-Roman. 

He is already off to a strong start this freestyle/Greco season by winning the Northern Plains Regional in freestyle and he was third in Greco-Roman. … rest of story at … Rokfin.com/article/13731/Brent-Slade-Commits-to-Campbell

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Sisterhood Is A Reason For Women’s Wrestling Growth

Women’s wrestling is part sport, part community, part family, part movement — and all progress.
Jun 26, 2023 by Kyle Klingman

Samantha Miller and Allyssa Pirro sat high above the action on the first day of the recent men’s U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio. They eventually worked their way to the floor and volunteered for three straight days — making the two-hour round-trip drive from Cleveland.

Their reason for attending was simple: they love the sport.

“My best friend Allyssa Pirro wrestles at Indiana Tech and she asked if I wanted to go to World Team Trials,” Miller said. “I’m here to support some of my friends and I love wrestling. Why not?”

The two met during high school while competing for Team Ohio. Miller wrestled on the Parkersburg, West Virginia, men’s team and drove three hours to train and compete in Ohio since their opportunities in her state were limited.

Miller recently transferred from Presbyterian to Mount Olive (a Division II program in Mount Olive, North Carolina), while Pirro wrestles for Indiana Tech (an NAIA program in Fort Wayne).

Two different colleges. Two different states. Two different divisions. Lifelong friendship.

“Going from the only girl when I was four years old until now — wrestling has grown tremendously,” Miller said. “I just want to keep growing it and making a path for the girls who haven’t gotten there yet. Even if I lost a match, I could look out and see all these people supporting us. People are putting their time into it.” … rest of story at … Flowrestling.org/Sisterhood-is-a-reason-for-womens-wrestling-growth

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High school wrestling coaches take wait-and-see approach with 3-point takedown

There was a major shakeup in college wrestling earlier this month when the value of a takedown was changed from two to three points in a move meant to encourage more aggressive offense.

Will that rule change make its way down to the high school level?

Local coaches don’t think such a change is imminent, but they are interested in seeing how the three-point takedown makes an impact on college mats.

“It’s tough to score in college,” Burrell coach Josh Shields said. “The new takedown rule might create more risk-reward action.”

In addition to the takedown change, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel also brought back the three-point nearfall to go along with the in-place two-point and four-point nearfalls.

The panel approved 13 of the 14 changes recommended in April by the college wrestling rules committee. The only change not approved was awarding a point for a minute of riding time only if a wrestler received nearfall points.

Franklin Regional coach Matt Lebe said he likes that the sport continues to evolve.

“I could possibly see the three-point takedown coming,” Lebe said. “We’ll see how things play out. I’m not sure the four-point nearfall will be included (in high school).”

Norwin coach Kyle Martin and Penn-Trafford coach Travis McKillop said they are all for promoting offense in the sport.

While they doubt the college changes will hit the high school level soon, they do like some of the new National Federation of State High School Associations changes on the way next season.

The biggest high school rule change will allow a wrestler to compete six times in a day, up from the previous limit of five, as long as it’s no more than 10 times over two days.

The mandatory rest period between matches was shortened from 45 minutes to 30 minutes. Also, if a wrestler takes a medical forfeit because he or she is injured or becomes ill during a tournament, subsequent losses would not be added to his or her record as long as the tournament director approves.

“I don’t agree with the medical forfeits, especially for seeding purposes,” McKillop said. “I do like cutting down the wait time. Thirty minutes is plenty of time to recover. Kids are training better.” … rest of story at … Tribhssn.triblive.com/high-school-wrestling-coaches-takes-wait-and-see-approach-with-3-point-takedown

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