When Matt Storniolo arrived at Penn State in 2002 as an 18-year-old freshman he had aspirations of making an immediate impact in the Nittany Lion lineup in his first year in Happy Valley. It didn't happen.Storniolo battled...
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On Saturday, Nov. 12 the South Saint Paul, Minnesota High School wrestling team hosted a wrestling fundraiser. The event? A professional wrestling match at South Saint Paul High School. It was a fun evening for wrestling fans...
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"If you host it, they will come." That's the philosophy of a number of college wrestling programs that assumes fans will show up at their wrestle-offs, dual meets and tournaments with minimal advertising, promotion and media coverage....
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Twenty NCAA Division I wrestling programs are using MatBoss, wrestling's premier VideoStats app, including five of the nation's top 10 programs in InterMat's preseason rankings. Below is a season outlook for each of the 20 NCAA Division I...
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Author John C. Maxwell wrote, "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way." On wrestling teams, leaders are assigned the role of team captain and play an important role in...
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College wrestling programs across the country will soon embark on the 2016-17 season with the first official practice less than three weeks away. Coaches will finalize their team rosters and scholarship money will get dispersed throughout the...
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As a wrestling coach, you want -- and expect -- your wrestlers to constantly improve. To gain new skills. To perform better each time they step out onto the mat. In the highly competitive environment that is...
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Yet again the fall is here, which means it is almost the scholastic wrestling season. However, these days, there is no such thing as a true offseason. There have already been a few pre-season tournaments, mostly Super...
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During the first few months of Matt Azevedo's college wrestling career, takedowns were hard to come by in the wrestling room.Azevedo started his college wrestling career at Arizona State (he would later transfer to Iowa State) and...
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In 2008, Chris Bono, who was serving as head wrestling coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, received a surprising request. After Nate Gallick, one of Bono's assistant coaches at the time, was forced to withdraw...
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