Three Wrestlers Get Up Off the Mat to Overcome Adversity
from the Examiner
Wrestling is about resilience -- getting back on the mat, no matter what challenges you face. Here are two inspirational stories about three wrestlers from the wrestling hotbeds of Iowa and Ohio who have overcome tremendous physical odds. More    More

Dana College Welcomes Rollins Back to its Coaching Staff
from the Examiner
The newest addition to the Dana College wrestling program is a very familiar face. Jimmy Rollins, a 2008 Dana graduate, returns to the program to join the coaching staff at the Blair, Nebraska school after a one-year absence. More

Bradley Wins Heavyweight Gold Medal at Junior World Championships in Turkey
from TheMat.com
Dominique Bradley (Blue Springs, Mo./Sunkist Kids) won a gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. on the final day of the six-day the Junior World Championships. The Junior World Championship feature the world’s best wrestlers who are 17-20 years old. More

Decorated Penn Alum Joins Wrestling Staff for Next Season
from The Daily Pennsylvanian
A national champion is returning to Penn. Not as a student-athlete, but as a coach. Just two and a half years removed from his second-straight NCAA championship in the 133-pound weightclass, Matt Valenti - a 2007 graduate of the College - will come back to the Pottruck Wrestling Complex as an assistant on head coach Rob Eiter's staff. More

Morehead Continues Wrestling Success on National Level
from the Appeal-Democrat
Austin Morehead showed California he could wrestle by finishing fifth at the state championships in May. Last month, he showed the country. Morehead took sixth place in the Junior Greco National Championships. The finish earned him All-American honors. More

Josh Lambrecht Hired as Mocs Wrestling Assistant
from The Chattanoogan
Former University of Chattanooga wrestler and three-time NCAA D-I All-American Josh Lambrecht has been hired as an assistant coach with the Mocs' wrestling program head coach Heath Eslinger recently announced. More

U.S. Defeats Poland in International Women’s Dual Meet, 6-1
from TheMat.com
The U.S. women’s freestyle team faced Poland in a dual meet in a Zgozleski region of Poland, which is not far from the German border. It took seven hours to reach this location by bus, as the two teams traveled together from SPALA, the Poland Olympic Training Center in Warsaw. The United States won the dual meet, 6-1 in front of a packed gymnasium of enthusiastic fans. More