Chiefs area scout Terry Delp explains selection of OL Nick Allegretti
The Chiefs have a recent history of drafting and developing offensive linemen in the late rounds of the NFL draft. Nick Allegretti looks to be the next player in that line of success. His versatility is a nice bonus for the Chiefs. “His best tape was at guard because he’s just a big, physical, mauler type guy,” Delp explained. “He’s really fun to watch, he gets after it, plays football hard. But he is athletic enough and versatile enough, you saw it in the East West (Game) to play center and he did a really good job at it.
“He played a little heavier during the year, so guard looked better and he lost some weight for the all-star game and looked really good at center. Definitely looking at a two-position guy in the NFL.” One thing that influenced the Chiefs decision on Allegretti was his background as high school wrestler. It informs his understanding of leverage in a big way. “It’s one of the first things we look at, we have to type in a report of high school stuff and wrestling is one of them,” Delp said. “You get excited when you see that in an offensive lineman because they understand leverage, it’s a mindset, it’s toughness. They really get an understanding of leverage so it’s a plus for sure.” Rest of the story at
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Unique Recruiting Class Highlights Future of HC Wrestling
by Anthony Murray
With the Hastings College Men’s team losing a senior dominated class, they will be looking to reload the following year 2019-2020. WIth 25 guys returning for next year’s roster, Hastings College has added two of the most prestiged guys in their weight class. Hassan Hawthorne (North Idaho College), and Edrich Nortje aka “Eddie” (South Africa). Hassan Hawthorne has a unique background and story behind his journey as a wrestler. Hassan’s lost a part of his lower half as early as three years of age. Due to his fibulas forming without muscles and nerves.
Hawthorne, had his second amputation as a sophomore as well as a torn labrum. He has gone threw 20 different sets of prosthetic legs, when attached, he stands at 6’5. Throughout the journey, Hassan has faced adversity on several different occasions and has overcame this adversity with a story of a champion. Hassan’s Junior year of high school he managed to make his way back into the state tournament before winning a state championship his senior year of high school (2016). Hassan had an impressive 40-0 record in his senior campaign closing the 6A state championship at Pelham High School (Pelham, Alabama). Rest of the story at http://www.hastingsbroncos.com/article/3052.php?mc_cid=d6a072a943&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#.XMhqkXdFxFp
NC STATE WRESTLING: Bullard, Fausz and Hidlay Named Academic All-Americans
RALEIGH, N.C. – Three members of the NC State wrestling team earned NWCA Academic All-American honors. Daniel Bullard (Business Administration), Sean Fausz (Electrical Engineering) and Hayden Hidlay (Business Administration) were all named for the second consecutive season, and all three were NCAA Qualifiers in 2019. Since 2014 under head coach Pat Popolizio, NC State has had 20 Academic All-Americans, including Fausz earning the honors in all four of his seasons. More Wolfpack news at www.GoPack.com
Augsburg to add women’s wrestling as varsity sport
MINNEAPOLIS — Augsburg University is continuing its tradition of being a pioneer in women’s athletics by creating a varsity women’s wrestling team, which will begin competition in the 2019-20 school year with Max Mejia as its first head coach, the university has announced. By being the only collegiate institution in Minnesota to currently sponsor a varsity women’s wrestling program, Augsburg continues to lead the field in adding athletic opportunities for women. Women’s wrestling will be the 22nd varsity sport offered at Augsburg, and the 12th Auggie women’s sport. In 1995, Augsburg was the first college or university in the Midwest to sponsor a varsity women’s ice hockey team, and in 2014, Augsburg became the first collegiate institution in Minnesota to sponsor a varsity women’s lacrosse team.
“I am proud that our outstanding intercollegiate athletics program will once again set a new standard for offering competition opportunities for women,” said Augsburg President Dr. Paul Pribbenow. “Women’s wrestling is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, and it is especially fitting that Augsburg — with its nationally recognized men’s wresting program — will join this movement. I look forward to our women’s wrestling program recruiting top-notch student-athletes from across the country and competing at the highest level.” Adding women’s wrestling will add to Augsburg’s seven-decade reputation as one of the elite small-college wrestling programs in the nation. Augsburg has won 13 NCAA Division III national championships in men’s wrestling, including the most recent title in March. Augsburg has earned 56 individual national champions (52 NCAA, 4 NAIA) and 251 All-Americans (213 NCAA, 38 NAIA) in its intercollegiate men’s wrestling history.
Women’s wrestlers at Augsburg would join their men’s counterparts in using the school’s state-of-the-art wrestling facilities. The Alan and Gloria Rice Wrestling Center was opened in 2006, featuring three full-size and two half-size mats for one of the largest training spaces in the country in college wrestling. “On the heels of winning our 13th NCAA national championship this year and having a seven-decade tradition of excellence in men’s wrestling, it seems appropriate that Augsburg University is opening the door to a new tradition of excellence with the establishment of a women’s wrestling program,” said Augsburg Athletic Director Jeff Swenson, who coached Augsburg’s men’s wrestling team for 25 years, winning 10 national titles with the Auggies. “Once again, Augsburg is providing opportunities for women’s student-athletes. The rich tradition of wrestling at Augsburg will no doubt give the women’s program a jump start. I’m proud to say that since 1995, we have added four women’s sports to our athletic program. The timing to add women’s wrestling is perfect as it is one of the fastest growing sports on the national level. We anticipate it becoming an NCAA sport very soon.” Rest of the details and story at https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2019/4/15/wres041519.aspx?mc_cid=d6a072a943&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
KSHSAA (Kansas) votes to sanction girls wrestling
TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) Starting next year, female wrestlers in high school will have a post season tournament recognized by the state. Mya Kretzer, a senior wrestler at McPherson High School, has had a lot of success in her sport. She’s got the varsity letter patches, and the all-american medals to prove it. “I just wanted to make it to boys state because if I placed there, I could be recognized on the wall at my high school,” Kretzer said.
Kretzer is one of the top wrestlers in the country, she’s won three unofficial state championships but none that are technically recognized by the Kansas High School Athletics Association. “It happened and I was just crying but I didn’t even know what I felt, honestly,” Kretzer said. “There was just so much ingrained in my head.” Kretzer says that feeling came after KSHSAA voted 63-2 in favor of making girls wrestling a sanctioned sport. This will now add a state championship division in 2020, and will be the first new sport added in Kansas since 2005. According to the rule, there will be a two year transition period to permit girls to wrestle in either girls’ or boys’ lineups. Following that period, girls will only wrestle against girls and participate in the girls postseason.
The change goes into effect next season but for Kretzer’s dad and coach, Doug Kretzer, this has been four years of work finally paying off. “At times it was tough, there’s no ‘out of the box template’ on how to make a big change,” her dad said. “You’re trying to figure out what KSHSAA wants, you’re trying to prove to them that it is a valid cause, and there are a lot of unknowns.” Kansas becomes the 15th state to sanction girls wrestling. Rest of the story at https://www.kwch.com/content/news/KSHSAA-votes-to-sanction-girls-wrestling-509135461.html?mc_cid=12b4d2eb73&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
2018-19 ALL-USA Girls Wrestling Team
By: USA TODAY High School Sports | April 25, 2019
USA TODAY High School Sports is proud to announce the inaugural ALL-USA Girls Wrestling Team for the 2018-19 season, selected in coordination with Earl Smith of TheOpenMat.com based on past performance, level of competition and strength of schedule.
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Macey Kilty, River Falls
HONORABLE MENTION: ALL-USA Girls Wrestling
POLL: Who should be ALL-USA Girls Wrestler of the Year?
BOYS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Carson Kharchla, Olentangy Liberty
BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR: Troy Tirapelle, Buchanan
BOYS TEAMS: FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM
Rest of the story at https://usatodayhss.com/2019/2018-19-all-usa-girls-wrestling-team?mc_cid=12b4d2eb73&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Alirez wins Junior Dan Hodge Trophy
By Mike Finn
Winning four state championships in Colorado and many other national honors was not as easy as it looked for Andrew Alirez the past four years. After all, the nation’s top-ranked wrestler, who pinned 98 foes in compiling a 160-1 record — and flattened 29 of 37 foes in an undefeated senior season — in his career at Greeley Central High School, dealt with a broken thumb early in his junior season. He also got a chance to see how his father, whose first name is also Andrew and served as both a coach and drilling partner throughout much of his high school career, overcame shoulder and knee injuries. “That just shows you have to have that dog in you,” said the younger Alirez, whose nickname is “Boo Boo” after hanging out as a child with his father, whose nickname was Yogi. “When we do drill, we go hard. He’s a go-er. He won’t stop, which makes me push harder.
“(He also showed me) you have to find that way to push through (any pain). That’s something that is going to help me in the college season. It’s impossible to go through a whole college season without something going wrong.” And it’s that fortitude that also earned the future University of Northern Colorado wrestler the 2019 WIN Magazine Junior Dan Hodge Trophy, which is presented annually by the AAU to the nation’s most dominant high school wrestler and named after Dan Hodge, the three-time Oklahoma national champion.
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Freshman Trent Hidlay Claims Top Honors at UWW Junior Nationals
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State freshman Trent Hidlay claimed top honors at 86 kg at the UWW Junior Freestyles this weekend in Las Vegas. Hidlay redshirted this past season at NC State, going 24-2 and winning five tournaments while splitting time between 174 and 184 pounds. Starting as the #3 seed, Hidlay advanced to the quarterfinals with a 9-2 win followed by a 7-0 win. In the quarterfinals he downed Abe Assad (8-0), an Iowa commit and ranked #4 nationally at 182 pounds by InterMat. In the semifinals, Hidlay took out the second seeded Gavin Hoffman of Ohio State, a former top-12 recruit who also redshirted this season, 8-1.
In the finals, Hidlay scored a 10-3 win over Zachary Braunagel from Illinois. Hidlay went 5-0 in winning the tournament, outscoring his foes 42-6. With the win, Hidlay advances to the Junior World Team Trials which will be hosted by NC State in Reynolds Coliseum in May. Rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2019/4/27/wrestling-freshman-trent-hidlay-claims-top-honors-at-uww-junior-nationals.aspx?mc_cid=d5a7b7bfeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Senior Men’s Freestyle placement matches determine 2019 Trials qualifiers
The third, fifth and seventh place finishers were determined in Senior men’s freestyle and in Saturday morning’s session of the U.S. Open. The top seven placers at each weight qualify for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Raleigh, N.C., in May.
Below are the morning’s results.
2019 U.S. OPEN at South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nev. Senior men’s freestyle results
57 kg
Third- Zane Richards (TMWC) dec Vito Arujau (TMWC) 8-2
Fifth- Darian Cruz (NYAC/LVAC) win by forfeit Nathan Tomasello (TMWC)
Seventh- Frank Perrelli (TMWC) dec Zach Sanders (Minnesota Storm) 2-1
61 kg
Third -Joey Palmer (unattached) dec Tyler Graff (TMWC) 2-2
Fifth- Cory Clark (TMWC) dec Anthony Ramos (Sunkist Kids) 7-4
Rest of the story and results at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/April/27/us-open-mens-placements?mc_cid=d5a7b7bfeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Fayyazi, Jarmillo, And Luna Signed As First Wrestling Recruits In Vanguard Program Relaunch
COSTA MESA, Calif. – Nearly 40 years after the matmen departed from Southern California College, the Vanguard Wrestling program has inked its first three recruits for the Lions. IN a historic signing day ceremony Armon Fayyazi, Sunny Luna, and Manuel Jaramillo commited to the Pride and will serve as foundational members for Head Coach Caleb Flores during 2019-20 campaign. Fayyazi joins the Lions from nearby Irvine, California where he wrestled at Irvine High School before moving on to Santa Ana College for two seasons; He wrestles in two weight classes – 165 pounds and 174 pounds. Luna will head to Orange County for his college career after graduating from Victor Valley High School this Spring. Rest of the story at http://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip/news/fayyazi-jarmillo-and-luna-signed-as-first-wrestling-recruits-in-vanguard-program-relaunch.htm?mc_cid=d5a7b7bfeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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