ACC WRESTLING 2020 DATES ANNOUNCED
Posted On: June 18, 2019CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina wrestling program announced Tuesday its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule and dates for the 2019-20 season. The team will host both Duke and Pittsburgh at Carmichael Arena, while making trips to Virginia Tech, Virginia and NC State.
Below are the opponents and weekends set for conference competition next season: at Virginia Tech (January 24 – January 26)
Duke (January 31 – February 2)
at N.C. State (February 7 – February 9)
Pittsburgh (February 14 – February 16)
at Virginia (February 21 – February 23)
“We’re excited to lock down these dates to get an early look at conference matches next year,” head coach Coleman Scott said. Rest of the story and details at
https://goheels.com/news/2019/6/18/acc-wrestling-2020-dates-announced.aspx?mc_cid=733372627e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
20 Years Worth of DI NCAA Champions
Since we are 20 years into the 2000’s, TOM decided to take a look back at all of the DI NCAA Champions over that time period, broken down weight-by-weight. Which weights look the toughest over the past 20 years?
Rest of the story and full list at
https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/20-years-worth-of-di-ncaa-champions/73482?mc_cid=76c05a6f3c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
9 added to WVU Sports Hall of Fame
TDR Editor’s Notes ; Two of the inductees are All-American wrestlers and are worthy of recognition.
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Nine outstanding contributors to Mountaineer athletics make up the 29th class of honorees in the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, announced Saturday by WVU Director of Athletics Shane Lyons. The 2019 class includes Meg Bulger (women’s basketball), Steve Dunlap (football), Greg Jones (wrestling), Vertus Jones (wrestling), Darryl Prue (men’s basketball), Lisa Stoia (women’s soccer), John Thornton (football), Dr. Stefan Thynell (rifle) and Pete White (men’s basketball/track & field). Induction ceremonies will take place Saturday, Sept. 14, prior to the West Virginia-NC State football game. This class brings the total number of inductees to 197.
Here are capsules of the honorees.
Greg Jones is WVU’s all-time leader in wins and is the Mountaineers’ only three-time NCAA champion during his wrestling career from 2001-05. Posting a career record of 126-4, Jones won the NCAA championship as a freshman in 2002 at 174 pounds, as a junior in 2004 at 184 pounds and as a senior in 2005 at 184 pounds. With three NCAA individual championships, Jones became the 39h wrestler in NCAA history to win three national championships, the 20th wrestler to win titles at two different weight classes and the 10th wrestler to win a national title as a freshman. Jones is the only West Virginia wrestler to post an undefeated season, doing it in 2004 with a record of 26-0 and once again in 2005, posting a mark of 25-0. He ended his career on a 51-match win streak. Following his collegiate wrestling career, Jones served as an assistant coach and associate head coach at WVU for nine seasons. Since 2014, Jones has been one of the top wrestling coaches in MMA training. He and his brother, Vertus, become the second set of siblings to be inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame, joining Marc, Kate and Meg Bulger.
Vertus Jones became the Mountaineers’ first three-time wrestling All-American and first four-time Eastern Wrestling League champion during his outstanding career from 1997-2000. A two-time NCAA runner-up, Jones posted a stellar 30-2 record as a senior in 2000 at 184 pounds, setting the all-time West Virginia consecutive wins mark at 24. He earned his final All-America honor with a second-place finish at the 2000 NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Rest of the story at https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/wvu/added-to-wvu-sports-hall-of-fame/article_1303f800-cb30-518b-bff9-831699f21028.html?mc_cid=76c05a6f3c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Jordan Burroughs denies Isaiah Martinez
After the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Wrestling underwent a change in culture and leadership. The program sought to rebuild itself to best develop American talent and keep that talent in the sport after they reached their goals. In 2009 and 2010, the US senior men’s freestyle team had zero gold medalists. But in 2011, Nebraska’s Jordan Burroughs won gold at 74 kg in his very first international senior freestyle tournament. Since then, Burroughs has collected one Olympic title, four World gold medals and two bronze in his eight appearances as the US representative at 74 kg. Beyond that, Burroughs grew into a crucial leadership role for the program, carrying the sport of wrestling not just with victories on the mat, but by dedicating himself to the craft of motivational prose and spoken word. For nearly a decade, Jordan Burroughs has been the face of that culture change set into motion after 2008. Despite his tagline, “all I see is gold,” the trials and adversity faced by Jordan Burroughs are what make him a living legend. In 2013, he won a World championship with a broken ankle. In 2014, he suffered a severe injury in the first round but wrestled on to win bronze, only losing to the eventual champion Denis Tsargush. Rest of the story at https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/6/19/18683641/wrestling-breakdown-jordan-burroughs-isaiah-martinez?mc_cid=68a7792f28&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Ryle High School female wrestler wins world title
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Girls wrestling may not yet be a sport sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, but a Kentucky high school female wrestler just became a world champion. Olivia Messerly, who attends Ryle High School in Northern Kentucky, captured the gold medal in the U15 World Championships for United World Wrestling on the first day of the World School Combat Games on Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary. She won the title in the Women’s Freestyle 50 kg division. Rest of the story at https://local12.com/sports/high-school-sports/ryle-high-school-female-wrestler-wins-world-title-cincinnat-world-combat-games-preps-high-school-sports-olivia-messerly-budapest-hungary-gold-medal?mc_cid=733372627e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Rogers Williams Wrestling Competes Overseas
BRISTOL, R.I.—The Roger Williams Wrestling team traveled to Europe to sight see, compete, and explore different cultures over a ten day period last week. The team traveled to Dublin, Ireland, Manchester and Liverpool, England and even Wales along the way. On their first stop to Dublin, the team visited the Guinness Storehouse where they went up seven floors that were filled with interactive experiences and some of Ireland’s richest history. After that, they toured Croke Park Stadium and found a local mixed martial arts gym where they got to practice with a number of professional fighters from the area.
After three days, the team took a ferry to Manchester, England where they stopped at the National Training Center and competed for the Celtic Cup. Rest of the story at https://rwuhawks.com/news/2019/6/6/wrestling-competes-over-seas.aspx?mc_cid=190c90f01d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Wrestler makes history with help from thriving club first planned on a napkin
TDR Ed. Notes; An interesting story which should encourage those with big plans and desires for wrestling opportunities to grow.
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WPRI) — Lakiesha Sullivan faced smirking, dismissive boys during her first season as a high school wrestler. And maybe they had reason to take her lightly since she would finish that season with a bagel in the win column and 17 losses. She won’t forget her first ‘w’ the following fall, and the wrestler who ended up with his back on the canvas might not either. “Halfway through the match, his emotions changed. Rest of the story and video at https://www.wpri.com/news/street-stories/wrestler-makes-history-with-help-from-thriving-club-first-planned-on-a-napkin/?mc_cid=cfca3b6237&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Auggie men’s wrestling team honored at Twins game
TDR Editor’s Notes ; Great to see wrestling and wrestlers gaining recognition in front of other sporting fans.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Augsburg University men’s wrestling team was honored for its 2019 NCAA Division III national championship by the Minnesota Twins before Tuesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Target Field, with co-head coach Jim Moulsoff throwing out a ceremonial first pitch. Each member of the team, along with co-head coaches Moulsoff and Tony Valek, assistant coaches and two special alumni guests — two-time national champion John Beatty ’91 and former assistant coach Donny Wichmann ’89 — were introduced on the diamond before the fans at Target Field. Moulsoff then threw a strike for his ceremonial first pitch. The Auggies were treated to great seats by the Twins to watch the home team’s 4-3, 17-inning victory over the Red Sox. In addition to the national championship team members, more than 300 participants in this week’s Augsburg wrestling camp were also in attendance at the game. Rest of the story at https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2019/6/19/mwr061919.aspx?mc_cid=3d0b25a93a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
NWCA Announces Inaugural High School Girls Coach of the Year Winners
Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) is proud to announce the 2019 winners of the Inaugural State and National High School Girls Coach of the Year awards. These awards were made available for any state whose high school association sponsored a Girls Championship, Pilot, or Invitational during the 2018-19 season. This program will continue to grow as the number of states sanctioning high school continues to grow. To date Girls High School Wrestling is now sanctioned in 18 states. States sponsoring girls championships: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts. Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington.
Scholastic Boys Coach of the Year Winners
This year’s National Girls Coach of the Year is Mike Kimber from Mt. Edgecumbe High Schooll (AK) and the National Girls Assistant Coach of the Year is Brad Warren from Rossville High School (TN). Both Kimber and Warren were selected as State Coach of the Year winners. Rest of the story at http://www.nwcaonline.com/nwca-announces-inaugural-high-school-girlss-coach-of-the-year-winners/?mc_cid=3d0b25a93a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
First To Fight’ With All-Marine Head Coach Jason Loukides
This latest generation of the All-Marine Wrestling Team has begun to hit its stride, boasting six US National Team members, four Final X/World Team Trials finalists, and most importantly, two World Team members. And though head coach Jason Loukides would and will never take credit for these successes, it doesn’t make his impact any less profound.
Which is where we kick it off with Loukides in the June report. The performances of first-time World Teamers Ray Bunker (72 kg) and John Stefanowicz(82 kg) are prominently featured, and then the discussion points back to Daniel Miller (97 kg), who fell in a memorable series to Lucas Sheridan(Army/WCAP) last month in Raleigh. Of course, Final X runner-ups Xavier Johnson (63 kg) and Jamel Johnson (67 kg) are also discussed, along with an improved Vaughn Monreal-Berner (87 kg). Rest of the story and podcast at
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